This is finally starting to come together. Plotting this out has got us much closer to a Playtest.

#Dabo #PbtA #Fate #Risus #Munchkin #Fantasy #Anime #Adventure #DungeonDive #SpeedRun #Cliche #Trope #GameDesign #TTRPG #Playtest

A character with this Role may not do well in the long term in a '#good guys' #campaign for taking the health of others for ones own benefit (even if given with consent) isn't logically that ethical. On the other hand a globe trotting morally ambiguous thriller campaign could well support a vampire and a character somewhere in their redemption arc is certainly a common enough #trope to be filled in a campaign, better for those #vampires that can gentle their inflicting of damage on others.

The #husbear and I are #watching #ds9 from the beginning. He's a #trope fan, so we end each episode learning what they did in the episode. I'm loving the show, I never gave it a chance the first time around.

the pterosaur Tropeognathus evolved to feast on all the tropes seen in popular paleomedia.

#pterosaur
#trope
#dinosaurs

Anyone remember Time Bandits an the chunk of baked pure evil in the toaster oven? What are your fave "ultimate evil" stories? Writers, what have you done with this trope?

#UltimateEbil #Horror #Paranormal #Trope #Evil #Reader #Readers #Discussion #WritersofMastodon #Writers #Authors #Writer #Author

You know what sci-fi movie trope I'm glad faded away? The whole "what if we could use 100% of our brain and be a SUPER HERO!"
That was pretty lame.

#scifi #movies #film #trope

Robinson Crusoe and the politics of #individualism – a colonial adventure story.
"#Castaway stories are premised on the idea that the freedom of human beings is fundamentally as individuals. . .The achievement of human freedom for individuals can only be realised socially as the #freedom of all. Only then can we truly rescue Robinson from his island."
https://theconversation.com/the-politics-of-the-castaway-story-200827
#RobinsonCrusoe #Island #Trope #Nature #ordeal #Colonial #Expansion #MutualRecognition #SelfSufficiency

It is a well known fact, that any machinegun works significantly better if you continuously scream while firing it.

#tv #trope #fun

The #trailer for #Ghosted, on #AppleTV, is ridiculous, so I guess I'm watching it tonight 😂

It seems they're using the highly #toxic #stalker-as-romantic #RomCom #trope to setup the story, or maybe as the twist.

#TheNightAgent on #Netflix is reasonably good mindless #entertainment with a complicated plot (suspend disbelief, all ye who venture here).

The ending betrays one by making them an eager part of tip of the spear for #US #imperialism, and another by reducing them from brilliant, ruthless, and efficient to misguided sycophant (with subtext #trope of #sexual #obsession).

Both felt forced.

Maybe our #government wanted changes to balance out the rest of the story, in exchange for access and info?

lol

but also... I'm sensing a very bad trope beyond the manic pixie dream girl trope where just clueless guys chase women who have experienced more stuff than them.

#manicpixiedreamgirl #trope #transgender

There's this... is it a #trope? I'm not sure if tvtropes has an article for it, but I call it Second World Aversion. And I might have heard that somewhere before.

It's when a piece of media clearly is a high #fantasy story, but doesn't dare go all the way and establish itself as taking place on a different world. So you have a story with elves and orcs and magic and shit, and then it drops a connection to the real world.
There's Spain. Or England.

@bestbuy #BestBuy

Did I find a #rightwing #trope #culturejamming in this product image for a #TV you're selling online?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-24-class-led-hd-smart-tv-with-webos/6506779.p?skuId=6506779

Minimegademo (Lovebyte 2023) (Commodore 64) (C64) (256b Intro)

#256bIntro #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #Minimegademo #Trope

...

https://www.retroveteran.com/2023/02/20/minimegademo-lovebyte-2023-commodore-64-c64-256b-intro/

Targets of #abuse are told to "let go, and let (insert #dogmatic #trope here) handle it".

THIS is what it means to give your #power away. THIS is what it means to consent to #abuse. THIS is what it means to choose passivity in place of walking in the power we were created to express. Propaganda says we can't" yet #DNA says #WeCan

Suppressing populations for walking in our God given rights, strength, courage while standing up to #Crimes against #humanity is the highest path anyone can take.

Etude (Lovebyte 2023) (Commodore 64) (C64) (32b Intro)

#32bIntro #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #Etude #Trope

Etude by Trope is a 32b Intro released at 'Lovebyte 2023' for Commodore 64.​...

https://www.retroveteran.com/2023/02/17/etude-lovebyte-2023-commodore-64-c64-32b-intro/

Just got a notification on one of the streaming services that “Maid in Manhattan” is available. As if I’d ever watch this. #trope #stereotype

One overlooked silver lining of the release and mass public awareness of #ChatGPT occurs to me: maybe we can finally discard that ridiculous #trope where some otherwise wildly advanced #AI can't quite seem to get the hang of #idioms, or #sarcasm, or whatever (e.g. #Data in #StarTrek)

#tv #scifi #compsci #computerscience #agi #gpt

#NativeAmerican #Comedian Calls Out Tired #StephenKing #Trope — "Dear Legendary #Horror Author Stephen King, instead of using #IndianBurialGrounds in your books, have you thought about using #EuropeanBurialGrounds?" #indigenous

https://www.themarysue.com/native-american-comedian-calls-out-tired-stephen-king-trope/

@opalium @aral

"An algorithm with the sole purpose of making us angry and bitter"

As something of a backgrounder, browse the #Twitch web site for a while and ponder why the vast majority of #Video #Games involve, if not demand, killing someone or some thing

The popular #Trope that #VideoGames are bad for kids is pretty cliche

But there's also hard degree of foundational reality to it

Anger

Let's face it: anger is arousal and is exciting, for some

https://www.twitch.tv/