My new headcanon. Holy hell that's genius.
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I had to post three or four warnings to my friend group that said, "The following is not a cry for help, I promise I'm fine" before I posted this.
Worth it.
She's screaming, with her head in the leopard's mouth, "But I can be useful!"
Opponents beware, opponents beware.
It annoys me how often people who claim to be so intelligent want someone else to sift through the world and label everything for them.
I immediately thought of an Everlasting Gay. Like the Everlasting Gobstopper.
Awww I read 'bitch brian' and thought he was a bottom! Damn!
Same! I would totally chat up that dude!
It's just like any other system of belief. You can sit around praying for something, or you can cast more effective hexes, such as "hit this guy with my car," or "actually give him poison."
Lets hope all these internet witches don't learn the power of ~~direct action~~ real magic.
My favorite move there when someone points out thing that contradict is to say, "Yes. That's what you were told." Imply there's something mysterious to uncover about why those facts don't gel.
Alternatively: "I'm giving you the real history. That's not what your character knows to be true!"
Death of the author is one of my most cherished tropes.
Warning: that is a tvtropes link. Don't click unless you are somehow resistant to rabbit holes, or you feel like entering one.
I once said something about hating tankies and got name-checked into a thread there. I explained that I don't care for authoritarianism of any kind, and one mouthy punk kept trying to rile me up.
Y'all got a reputation for a reason.
(There were others who were chill about it, but people tend to remember loud assholes better than chill people.)