Honestly the biggest thing that in my experience makes DnD or any ttrpg run smoothly is buy-in

Players have to buy-in to the story otherwise it won't work

And by this I don't mean be railroaded by the DM I mean like,

When one of my players switches characters and I introduce them to the party by them just happening to be nearby, I know my players will find a reason to talk to the new PC cause it's important. If there's a noise outside they'll investigate (albeit cautiously) cause that's the point of the noise outside

You have to meet the DM at least halfway and Want to engage with the world

The never ending dilemma.

Even if it was for one year in fifth grade <3

Extra points for leaving in tags for how many years and if you still do

Hearing them get so excited over the whale fall is so fun I love hearing people who are passionate about their work

Certain words can change your brain forever and ever so you do have to be very careful about it.

staff choosing to copy twitter now is certainly.......a choice

I would like to share with you all some absolutely raw advice my mom gave me about my anxiety today

Allow me to elucidate, @a-sour-nectarine

When most people "roll their eyes", they flick their eyes directly upward, usually as far as they comfortably go, then resume looking normally.

When someone who learned the phrase before the behavior does it, they usually go in a circular (ish) motion. Since most eye movements are lines, it's usually pretty triangular: the key points are usually a diagonal up one way, then to the far other side, then to a diagonal low the first way. Thus, the eyes basically make a loop, so they "rolled".

I've found that when people who learned the up-down way first try the circular motion, they might risk motion sickness, so experiment carefully.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN MOST PEOPLE JUST LOOK UP

IS THIS WHY PEOPLE THINK I’M ROLLING MY EYES WHEN I THINK AND LOOK UPWARD

Your eyes are spheres: when you look up, they are still "rolling;" they're rolling back, subtly; the result is you're looking upward.

when I feel exasperation and roll my eyes: eyes briefly close, reopen as I glance up and away (or diagonally, or even just to the side), usually theres some kind of exhale or "tsk" sound, or a deep breath while I formulate a response, then looking back at the speaker.

I seem to remember performing this action as a kid before I knew what it was called ("don't roll your eyes at me!" "I didn't!" <- yes I did, i just wasn't aware that's what it was called yet)

The difference between this and just "looking away and thinking" is where tension is held. Rolling my eyes, my eyes are fully open while tension in my brow is sometimes directed inward and down. "Thinking" sometimes involves the lower eyelids (squinting), pursed or pinched mouth, and y'know, making a thinky sound.

Ofc you can roll your eyes as you think too, so the two expressions are pretty similar and it's not uncommon to be misinterpreted if you're not very expressive in the first place or you're being subtle (Context and sounds you make go a long way). Because rolling your eyes does usually come with thinking about something.

💖💚 Sharing~!! [hat swap]

(After surveying suggestions from my last post it's unanimous that their ship name will be "Minurah" ~!

I will be tagging their ship content with that from now on~ I hope others that are also aboard this ship will use it too so we can share things better!!)

I don't know about you guys but i really miss seeing "high fantasy" dragons in media, high fantasy dragons are like Smaug (The Hobbit), Draco (DragonHeart), Saphira (Eragon) and Spyro (Spyro the Dragon games franchise) for example, they have their own free will and cannot be controlled, they are highly intelligent and capable of speaking and even writing or drawing. It seems the version of dragons that has taken over is the animalistic and realistic version, that are basically huge dogs that can breath fire, bring back intellectual dragons that like to make riddles to fool intruders, bring back grumpy dragons that live isolated from everyone but they are actually lonely and in need of a friend, bring back the loyal and brave dragons that are willing to sacrifice themselves to save the ones they love, dragons that will talk to you about the mysteries of the world and the universe, JUST BRING BACK HIGH FANTASY DRAGONS GODDAMIT

sonia as klimt's hygieia