u/SmashingTheAdam

The hatred for other races is weak. It is born of fear.

Grudges are for those who have wronged you, not those who resemble the offender.

I and my kin are not limp-bearded enough to lash out at strangers because we fear they might do something. If they take advantage of our open hand then we will slap them down, and only them. We will not lash out like children throwing a tantrum.

I would rather my stone bear a few scratches from someone who tried to betray me, than crumble from the rot of distrust and prejudice.

It becomes more of a struggle daily to consider you kin when all you talk about is how all elves are weak, poor craftsmen, untrustworthy, effete. Or how all orcs are stupid, dirty, brutish, aggressive.

Close your gates and focus on your own craft and leave the world be, if it so scares you. But for the love of Reorx, stop complaining about them. It’s disgraceful.

I’m about an hour into this beast of an episode and Aabriya said “God, just give me some motherfuckers in mint rocking up”.

This is after Brennan mentioned what the Pariah blade’s buff is doing to the audience members after the play. Aabriya says this, everyone laughs and cheers, and then Marisha says “pitchforks abound!” to more laughter.

Is this a reference to some other rebels or something I’m unfamiliar with?

So I’m new to the CR fandom with campaign 4. And all the cast are such beautiful people, so I expect something like this from time to time.

But watching Matt Mercer simultaneously seduce a giant woman *and a nation of viewers* (represented by Aabriya’s reactions) in real time is *wildly* entertaining.

My wife's ship (the Foebreaker's Fist, of the Greater Thurian League) went down and I haven't heard from her in a couple of days. Her name is Lord Grimnyr Magdha Stûrmwrôghte. I know she's not dead because it would take infinitely more than a simple catastrophic wreck in hostile territory, but if anyone runs across a vision of divinity, please tell her that Ivor is impatiently awaiting her return and I hope she brings me something shiny.

A friend of mine is sending me screenshots and whatnot from Mechanicus 2, and it looks like the Votann are being pretty well-represented. The leader is a female Grimnyr, which seems awesome.

Any Votann players actually playing the game and can comment on it?

I made the Liar's Crit post that Elise mentioned in the birthday stream!

I'd love to see a t-shirt or something for that, if Darrington were interested. I'm not trying to make money off of it, I just think it'd be cool and a way to contribute to the community. Is that something any of the rest of you would like to see?

Is it just tradition that makes most protagonists young and fresh-faced? (Yet often also somehow as canny as someone with twice their life experience?)

Is it due to the readership? Are most readers of the genre in their teens and twenties and want someone relatable?

I’m assuming those stories are the ones that do well and that’s why they get written, but I would *love* to see more stories featuring older, more experienced characters.

Especially if you’re gonna have a love interest. Enough with the awkward puppy love, give me middle aged new romance where the pale involved know what they want and what they won’t put up with.

I know part of it is probably “an older person would be less physically able to deal a sudden shift from normal life to adventure” but for one, life experience could make up for that (I know plenty of guys in the SCA who beat the brakes off of each other weekly, and they’re in their 50’s and even 60’s), and two, magic and sci fi can obviously easily account for physical disparity.