I feel like it should be noted that primary weapons are usually weapons that cannot be stores, like polearms.
How many weapons is it practical for a fantasy character to carry?
Assuming no magic is involved, the answer might be more than you’d expect!
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Extra History recently did a series on Nazis and the Occult, it's pretty good.
apologies if you've asked this before, but why were the nazis so into the occult? like what drew them in specifically?
Fascists love identifying with an ancient warrior culture that never existed, and they love to try and believe things until they become true. The occult mileu of the 1930s had both in spades.
Important to say though, a few important Nazis were really into the occult, but Hitler himself found it pretty cringe. Don't get it in your head that every Nazi was training to be a wizard or some shit. Read Nicholas Goodrick Clarke's book on the topic.
What I'm hearing is that people should send asks about theories and ideas that they DON'T want to happen.
I think people should be very careful of the asks they send you. Like, this is more-so rambling into your ask box than anything, considering how many asks you have, but y’know.
People can be really excited about a theory or idea they have, they hype it up, get themselves all in on it, and then do the most foolish thing ever: send you an ask about it.
Because isn’t there some sort of thing where, if an author/show runner/etc ends up consciously or subconsciously using a fan’s theory or idea, there’s a chance they could get into trouble with lawsuits or something?
So by sending you an ask about a theory or idea, it makes it less and less probable for it to end up becoming real.
I've pointed this out many times. Yes.
Hot take but you can’t learn about paganism without also learning about white supremacy and how it uses pagan religions to push hate group agendas all over the world today. If you don’t learn about the connections between the two and how it operates, your ignorance enables white supremacists to keep on doing it and using it to recruit others. People in our community who do nothing and stay silent are literally a part of the problem, there is no opting out whatsoever. Divorcing the two makes the issue repeat itself over and over and over again.
It’s not hard to include this in your research and stay aware. It’s the bare minimum.
you can say sex and kill its fine
If you don't have a profile picture people will assume you're a bot
theres barely an algorithm, if you want to see cool shit reblog things instead of just liking them
follower count doesnt matter
tumblr fame gets you one thing and it is Yelled At
no one knows what the fuck the nsfw policy is
block anyone that annoys you even a little bit
And most importantly:
post cringe
What’s the deal with tiny shields?
(Yes, I know my ‘big’ shield is stil pretty small)
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Look, if someone wants to buy me a suit of armour, I’ll test the hell out of it. But until then, here’s some theory!
As always, more content, tutorials, etc. over on Patreon
See, our first mistake was trying to have a civilization in northern Europe between October and February. The darkest three months of the year should be for staying home under the blankets, midwinter festivals, and getting blind drunk when the sun goes down at 4 pm like the bog gods intended.
Golden eyed child of the ancient one
Do you know what you have done?
An arm and leg your sacrifice
Your brother also paid the price
A powerful truth you now have met
A taboo that must be kept secret
The laws of nature you have broken
A foul thing has been awoken
The crimson stone you now seek
But what destruction shall it wreak
Blood and steel shall be your way
Until the dark and promised day
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I made this poem for a creative writing class, and wanted to share it.
Watching all these social media platforms spiraling into disgust, I really think we need to consider alternatives. And I’m not really talking about finding different social media platforms, either, but rather changing the way we engage with and reach the content we want to see online.
As things stand now, we’re really just being corralled into ad-revenue pens at our own expense (i.e. being forced to see toxic content that’s terrible for our mental health but great for their engagement). It’s not for our benefit. It’s for theirs. In fact, we often get punished by their algorithms because we don’t post at their pace or share the kind of content they want.
But we’re stuck because we don’t feel like we have any other options, right? Because that’s the only way we can reach people and share our creations, right? To be honest, I’d rather subscribe to newsletters and visit personal blogs or websites. I’d rather pay modest, reasonable amounts to access a creator’s work than force them to rely on ad revenue from the more ravenous. But I don’t think we’re ready for that as a whole…