I ask because I live at home and in the near future, I plan to move out or at least find a simple vehicle. If I'm still at home, then my mother and I want to move elsewhere and I want my credit to remain in a good place.
Yes I ki-charged but only out of celebration because I lost 4-5 promotion matches in bad luck. 😭 Could've played this much better as well but it's another learning experience. 😩
And no, this is NOT to demonize or shit on Black men. Now, I get it when the discourse is someone *actively* dating outside the Black community and refusing to date their own, or even putting down other Black people (then by all means, call that shit out).
My thing is when for example, someone shares how they sought out a non-Black person, it doesn't work out for whatever reason, and OP laments about their efforts and/or wants advice on how to move past that.
Then comes the pitchforks and accusations of coonery being a pick-me, and "Have you dated other Black men?". The latter part isn't the problem, but the OP could very well prefer Black men overall and have a healthy sense of self-worth, and still get hit with "Oh just date a Black man and stop being foolish." I've seen it many times, even when the OP is not putting non-Black men on a pedestal.
Admittedly it gets to a point where it's low-key annoying to read because IMHO a man whether Black or not can and will reject you for anything. Not only that, you can date Black all you want, but if both of you aren't compatible, then what? Do you both have common goals and intentions? Are either of you a walking red flag? Do you actually have a connection? Does that man actually LIKE you and treat you right?
And this is not saying interracial relationships are any better or different because 1) people do make their IRs their entire personality which is honestly annoying AF, and 2) again, why date anyone if there's no connection?
Hell, sometimes it's OP not working on themselves and having a lot of baggage to be sorted out before they ever try dating, or that the Black men people are actively looking to date, don't want to date their own (which allegedly is a thing on the West Coast).
There's no guarantee on dating success whether you do so within or outside of the community, because a man can be Black 24/7 and 365 days a year, and still either say no or not respond at all. On another note, sometimes you also just gotta work on yourself before trying to date people at all.
MAGMoves, concerts, Chipspace, room parties, POSE/Replay Lounge, spontaneous cyphers, panel attendees or panelists, even if you're one of MAGFest's drag performers, anything, I wanna hear and read it all!
I've been kicking myself to get back into dance after this past con. I miss having the confidence and moves to hop into cyphers, and want to be able to adapt to various styles and genres. I'm hoping reading your stories will motivate me!
This is actually the highest I've ever ranked in any Tekken game, so this feels huge AF ngl.
A weird prompt, but I started watching The Apothecary Diaries and found some posts detailing how to emulate that in a build. I've seen Mercy Monk, Artificer, Druid, Rogue and proficiencies such as Medicine, Nature, and Investigation as key skills. This is for a Homebrew sub-campaign at Level 8 and I want to play something different, preferably a high INT-character (for plot and IRL breaks, we've alternated between characters; I went from Wild Magic Barbarian to Trickery Cleric).
Stat-wise, I rolled 17-16-14-13-12-6 (15 after re-roll), so I could be or do anything (even though it feels very bloated and OP mechanically, weirdly off-putting even for me). I'm not complaining about rolling lucky, but it does feel like "whoa".
Briefly, I want to be a combat medic similar to Rebecca Chambers from Resident Evil; heals, bombs, flamethrowers, stun guns, throwing flasks, improvised weapons, etc. Another touch could be like Grace from Requiem, stabbing enemies with syringes.
Class-wise, Artificer just feels very overwhelming and daunting (the decisions on what inventions to build) even though Alchemist fits (as a chemist). I could be a Sorcerer and just re-flavor spells, though I've seen comments nudge towards Mercy Monk (non-magic) and/or Druid due to the Nature and Medicine aspects.
I'm still navigating the concept and not overthinking it or pigeon-holing into an idea, dithering between a nature-oriented healer with little to no magic and "I'm a healer, but..." before throwing the fantasy-equivalent of a molotov or something.
It's been an uphill grind with on and off gaming breaks, but I think it's a neat milestone.