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 No.49409[Reply]

Anyone here have weird, niche interests? I’m curious about this kind of thing. I like hearing about people dedicating their lives to one specific strange thing. Post about them here.
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 No.67991

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I've returned to fanfiction thanks to ai.
I know it's common sense that writing things yourself is better than having "some machine doing that for you."

To make a long story short: this is a severe exception if you've unfortunately read the bigass fic I wrote a decade ago of which it serves as a prequel to..

Also I wrote another story that practically needed ai, even if sparingly, to perfectly encapsulate an effect I was aiming for.

 No.67992

>>67991
Doing the same but in an adventure-like fashion, roleplaying as my own character in a set universe like Star Wars or else.

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 No.68024

I like to collect old phones and PDAs. I have spent hundreds of dollars on these obsolete devices. They're pretty cool though

 No.68420

>>49409
is that image supposed to be pareidolia? becuase it kinda looks like a face from the distance.



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 No.33619[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Has anyone read 5e's fucking Ravenloft?
Just some of the horrid shit in it:
>Strahd's played off as what amounts to Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Angelus levels of edge, literally feels nothing and seemingly has no interests above the usual, though not for the same Bram Stoker's Dracula tier reasons, Literally just wants Tatanya as if a meaningless trophy on his belt
>These dumb faggots made it so that Strahd wants to turn whatsherface not into a vampire bride, or hell, even a true vampire, BUT VAMPIRE SPAWN (You know, sniveling wall crawling nosebleed assface monster vamps?)
>Tatanya's a nigger
>The reincarnation is a nigger
>Strahd's wives are niggers
>Nigger Mayor of a town surrounding the land
>Evil white "everything is fine man"
>Strahd's a Bisexual sodomite degenerate with two male consorts to boot
>Made Barovians "Diverse"
>Made Strahd's conquering of the land sound tyrannical as fuck and less just
>Made it so that Some have Barovians have souls and some don't because of 5e's ravenloft being in a private demiplane, stopping newborn bodies from getting souls, in a piss-poor attempt to mimick the Old demiplanes of dread thing where some residents are literally just NPCs made by the powers, even though this makes no sense to anyone who's had to deal with Gulthias in 3.5 and Ashradorn in the whole Soul font thing with the ban on unborn souls in lore, so these people should be getting souls, because otherwise the demiplane would have to deny all positive energy for this shit to even remotely work
>All done because they're too lazy to redo the demiplanes of dread just like before,
>Strahd now heals for 20 in his fast heal
>Mongrel Men are the results of Racemixing past the half-race stage suffer for it, check their description and it's fucking played off as a good thing despite them being ugly mutants beyond redemption in their racial descriptions, the self-unawareness is real

This is why warhammer roleplay and castle drachenfels will always be superior
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>>67900
Love? Well each person is different. To me it's a prison. I call it the 'prison of just enoughs'. Just enough fun to make you not quit. Just enough imagination required to make you dedicated. Just enough tactics to make you pay attention. Just enough for you to care. Just. And it has the odd property of eternally diminishing fun without ever reaching zero, again, just enough to make you show up session after session, month after month, year after year. To me it became this bizarre lingering experience, a looming haze perpetually distorting my days, folding my mind into moss infested corridors, lurking monsters and magic artifacts. I don't even consider quitting anymore because it's better than nothing, again, just enough to make it worth it.

What I mean by if I quit the game dies I mean exactly that. This group I'm in doesn't have the open table mindset and can't even consider bringing someone new in. They are extremely averse to change and newcomers. It's 3 people laser focused on churning fantasy dungeons, there's a rhythm, a comfort and a delicate dynamic we've built through countless hours of gaming together. A year ago when I tangentially suggested bringing in another player it was like I was asking them to commit murder, one of the guys even got offended, like I was trying to destroy a sacrosanct inner circle or something. I don't know, maybe I was. Fucking gamers. And so that's what it is. A prison of just 'enoughs' just for us 3 guys, which is fitting I suppose. Fucking gamers. Fucking troglodytes. Fucking dwarves and wizards and old relics. Next session is in a couple of days. I'll be there early to write the recap and organize the gear for the hirelings. One of them leveled up recently but lost a couple of fingers.

 No.67913

>>67910
A lovely prison. Thanks for the reply.
So 1 GM and 2 players… indeed, it would probably mean the end if either of you quit.
Well, I hope you have fun next session, and make it to name level one day, if you guys haven't already.

 No.67914

>>67913
NP, I was quite surprised someone decided to respond to this thread. And thanks, it's probably going to be fun. We have a party at name level working for a king but right now we're dungeon crawling with a thief focused chaotic party, little bit of an evil campaign of sorts.

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>>67914
Hello anon,
I'd love to hear about this game again.
Any new development? Is it still going? Did your feelings towards the game change?

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>>68418
Thank you for your interest. Last session we found a monster deep inside a crypt (yet another monster, yet another crypt, yet again, yet again…) but it turned out the monster was dead. Despite being dead, it was making a whistling noise, indicating there's a monster inside the monster's carcass (or something like that). This monster's carcass is located on top of a large stalagmite surrounded by open chasm (another chasm, chasm n. 100000th) and we spent the entirety of the last session hiring workers and gathering materials to build a bridge. Wood, nails, climbing equipment, scaffold parts and whatnot.That took about 4 hours to put together and the bridge will probably be ready for the upcoming session. Then we'll proceed to stab, shoot or befriend what we find there, carry the loot, if any, back to our base, and use it to support a rebellion that is trying to overthrown a particular duke that have accused us of egregious crimes we have accidentally committed. We killed an important individual during a rogue mission for someone else and he's very angry about. So, in order to clear our names, the duke must die. Currently, his army is after us, and we're trying to dismantle his political power through this rebel movement.

Yes, it's still ongoing. My feelings towards the game have not changed. I spend most of the week despising it. I find gaming a frivolous, intellectually and spiritually backward practice and I'm ashamed to be part and engage in it. It's a repetitive, vacuous, frivolous, execrable hobby. It's a bunch of adults who have handed their imagination to the lowest, childish form of distraction. These are not the elegant air castles of literature or the higher arts, it's a group of avatars living in a synthetic, crude world where cheap events are lined up and pushed through so primitive decision making and random chance gives us increasingly expected results. I have often considered that perhaps staring at the ceiling has more value than gaming. Excuse my self-loathing.

Then it's gaming night and all is forgiven. I have a great time, I get to talk with other human beings I don't actively despise, I get to build things out of thin air and exist vicariously in a world where pain, death and poverty are weak forces of superficial and even amusing consequence. We get to be strong, smart, cunning, capable forces in a world of high fantasy.Post too long. Click here to view the full text.


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 No.68295[Reply]

Book discussion. Tell us what you're reading.
Previous threads:
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>>68320
Fascinating, anon, very interesting, I will read Gilgamesh someday.

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showing my books :3

 No.68373

>>68320
Gilgermesh

 No.68412

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any of you read one of the best BD ever made? Corto Maltese

 No.68417

I'm finishing read the OG Thrawn trilogy from Star Wars, very well made and fun adventure, highly recommend for people that like Star Wars books.



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 No.68413[Reply]

aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua
i want to go to a water park
aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua aqua
this is all a dream

 No.68414

I romanticize all old computer UI between 2000-2010. it felt friendly, bubbly, there was attention to detail. overall just looked beautiful. it is not something I can say for what I am staring at right now.

 No.68415

>>68413
>>68414

Frutiger Aero | The Promised Future We Never Got
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcsDhbtyzjw

 No.68416

Moved to >>>/b/1004362.



 No.56436[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

A thread for those who enjoy and wish to discuss animation and animation related stuff from places that aren't Japan.
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 No.68327

>>68326
Was interesting as a pilot but not so sure the project will go anywhere.

 No.68339

>>68326
Preview of ep one

 No.68347

This is really a charming movie, but his new fandom is awful. According to them Ann is lesbian for Babette, Andy is a troon, and they despise the poor captain. This is just a cute and comfy movie without any political commentary

 No.68407

Someone remembers Mona the vampire. I liked that show a lot when I was a kid, and I see in it now the memory of a world that no longer exists. You're not going to see a single kid with a phone in his hand. I like that the show plays with the idea that some of the things mona deals with are real as in the ending of the fisherking. I've always liked fictional works that don't differentiate between reality and fiction.

 No.68411

>>68407
I watched a little bit of it, but eventually lost interest due to it being ok but not great, while also having a ton of ep.


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 No.68271[Reply]

What makes a good fantasy or science fiction novel for you. Is it the prose or the writer's ability to bring his ideas to life?

Have you read any novels that you consider beautiful in their own right?
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 No.68398

What is the worst fantasy or science fiction book you have ever read. For me it is Dying of the Light. The most pathethic thing i ever read

 No.68399

>>68398
In the past few years, I guess The Handmaid's Tale comes to mind.
The plot was retarded, the world building was retarded, the MC was 100% passive throughout, and the overall story craft was abysmal.
The only thing remotely decent about it was the competent prose. Which was like throwing cheap glitter onto steaming turds.

Oh, also the vast majority of weeb web novels are atrocious. Like someone tricked me into reading a chapter of Shadow Slave. It was sad how bad it was. To see someone write that much yet never get better at their craft is tragic.

 No.68406

>>68399
Because succubi like that book so much. What is the reason for the fanaticism. I have seen news about succubi crying, because they think that now The us will be like in that book.

 No.68409

>>68406
many succubi think men around them are potential rapists just waiting for the opportunity, and that hitler trump will make america rape again
it's as stupid as the book

 No.68410

>>68406
>What is the reason for the fanaticism
Probably because it appeals to the female version of fantasies about extreme desirability for just existing.
Sort of like a succubus version of those shittier harem anime where the MC is totally plain and doesn't really do anything the whole show/manga but for "reasons" is treated as the most desirable being in the universe, with extremely powerful and desirable succubi willing to fight to the death just to be by their side.
Although even those trash anime don't usually have scenes involving ritual worship of basic bodily functions, lol.

> I have seen news about succubi crying, because they think that now The us will be like in that book.

That is just overly emotional retards whipping themselves up into a fervor but lack something reasonable to frame it, so they go with whatever pop-culture reference come to mind. These are the same kind of people who would have been in hysterics crying about the devil and end of days being near because the label on their favorite brand of soap changed if this was 30 or 40 years ago.
Now since they don't have Jesus they compare everything to shit like marvel movies, Harry Potter, and if they are really heated they bring up the one part of history class they remember and call all bad things the same as nazi.
When it comes to Handmaid's, I guess I wouldn't begruge it that much if it just stayed a shit book I didn't like. Even people liking what I think is trash doesn't bother me. But it's these kind of retards who lack other frames of reference who then latch on to such a ridiculous book as a political statement that really annoy me.
You don't see the dudes into those shittier harem anime I mentioned above act like it's a portent of reality in anyway shape or form. Even the unhinged ones accept it's just gratifying fantasy and escapism.

I don't know if the retards would be better off or not if they found Jesus, but they certainly would be better off if they found better books to read.



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 No.41819[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Favorite comic?

Favorite author?

Favorite cartoonist?

Favorite character?
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 No.68156

>>68152
Not as good imo but still worth reading.

 No.68159

>>68156
Ah ok

 No.68174

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Anya's Ghost (2011)
Oh, Miss Brosgol ;_;..

 No.68178

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Great Expectations (2010/1861) Charles Dickens and Brigit Viney


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>Gilgamesh the Immortal is a creation of Argentine cartoonist Lucho Olivera based on the ancient Sumerian legend of a prince who seeks immortality from the gods and finally obtains it thanks to a being from another planet. His gift will lead him to live countless adventures in different places and times. He will meet fictional characters such as Nippur of Lagash, Dracula, and real ones such as Hitler and Freud. His life will be marked by loneliness and bewilderment, full of reflections on the mundane human existence.


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 No.67921

>>67399
learn 2 inject code so you can fix all of your favorite games

 No.68377

I've never coded before and I am attempting to learn Lua. It probably won't go well but I haven't given up yet.

 No.68400

the problem isnt learning to code, since i know how to read and write code to an extent now,the problem is,how do i inspire myself to actually create something and how do i create something that would be worth creating?

 No.68403

>>68400
That's part of the problem I face
The uh standard answers is you
-solve simple everyday problems that arise in your computer use
-solve standard challenges like idk advent of code, that kind of shit
-do something for your own amusement, like a game or shaders
-learn a lot about languages and never actually write programs just argue over their design over the internet

 No.68405

>>68400
I have been stuck at that point for years, mostly because the things i really wish i could make are only suitable for highly skilled developers. I feel like there is a gulf between what i can make and what i could be passionate about making. I think it is the same for artists that struggle to enjoy making art while their skills are still developing. Perhaps the only solution is to push through it and make things for the sake of learning until inspiration strikes and you think of something you can do and want to do


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 No.63672[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

All you need to begin drawing is a pencil and some paper

Feel free to post any drawings of yours in this thread. Illustration, doodle, traditional, digital - anything goes. Discussion on skillbuilding techniques and fair critique of other wizards' work is welcome.

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 No.68365

>>68360
Nonsense.

 No.68380

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pepper

 No.68382

>>68365
>shade the sphere, copy the LOOMIS head, only draw what you're looking at instead of pulling from imagination
t. left-dominant pattern repeater who can't draw a coffee mug unless he has one in front of him

 No.68401

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I dunno, looks like coomer sama to me.

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 No.52879[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

I now consider researching conspiracy theories to be a hobby of mine. Of course, as a hikki, this information is of literally no use to me whatsoever, and I do not have the charisma to "educate" others. It is simply a pastime.
Many people act like simply researching these very alternative ideas is damaging in and of itself. Popular on wizchan youtuber named "K9 Aversion" recently announced she will no longer be creating content simply because people among her fanbase were discussing 5G towers and anti-vaxx ideas within her communities. Discussion alone is so offensive? Why? I do not even believe many of the ideas proposed myself and just enjoy thinking about them.
Because of these extreme reactions, I feel it necessary to give this disclaimer. Again, I do not necessarily believe the things proposed in this thread but rather enjoy thinking about it.

Please do not discuss theories that are political in nature in this thread. I don't want it to be deleted, although I find them interesting as well.

Some examples I've been thinking about lately:
- Alien abductions are real, however they differ from the normalfag idea of an alien abduction in that real abductions occur spiritually and not physically. And these abductions are NEVER to your benefit and you leave very unhealthy and emotionally damaged. They happen during the sleep normally, however sometimes they can happen while awake and when this happens it's similar to a date rape drug– you have a 2-5 hour blank spot in your memory when you "wake up" and have a feeling of general unease.

- The extension of the flat earth theory which claims the entire sky is a hologram, and sometimes that no planets except Earth exist. There are many youtube videos that document sky hologram "glitches".
- Alternatively (not flat earth related), that the sky is itself a giant living organism and that it sometimes sends shards of itself down to attack or observe people (they look like blue blankets and fly at great speeds.)

- You can fall through the ground like a video game glitch and get stuck in an infinite void on certain parts of the planet.

- Dinosaurs existed up until the early 1900's as evidenced by dinosaur tracks on the top layer of the earth that are way too well preserved to be from 60,000,000 years ago.

- Some gnostic wizards think that if they become spiritually elevated enough that they can cease ingesting food of any kind and live heaPost too long. Click here to view the full text.
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 No.68389

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Since I've had the internet, I've seen stories about giants around the world and no matter where in the world they are, they always look like this. Exactly human, except for the height and only having 4 fingers and toes.

I remember hearing about the testimony of a Smithsonian employee, who, on his deathbed, confessed to the cover-up and destruction of anything to do with giants and anything that did not fit into the historical and evolutionary narrative.

I wonder why. What's wrong with knowing that the history of the world is much more than what a mercenary scientist who sells himself to the highest bidder tells you?

 No.68391

>>68366
>So why should they do evil against their own citizens
The CIA specifically has a massive lack of oversight and accountability. That is the main reason.
Ideally such organizations should be kept on a very short leash with a very narrow mission scope. That has unfortunately never been the case for the CIA.

 No.68392

>>68389
What's the point of hiding gigants? What the "elites" would gain with that? Those stupid gigants theory come from stupdi christian trying to prove that the bible is real somehow, get a grip, you're being grifted.

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>>68389
>>68392

>According to Aztec legends the Quinametzin are giants that inhabited Mesoamerica and Mexico in archaic time.


>The Quinametzin and other humanoid giants are mentioned in Aztec and Mesoamerican mythology and in Spanish chronicles.


>These mysterious beings stood over 10 feet tall and weighed around 600 pounds.


>They lived in a time known as the Era of the Fourth Sun and it is said that they built the pyramids of Teotihuacán and the Great Pyramid of Cholula.


> These mythological beings are associated with the narrative of the Five Suns of the Aztecs, which is about the existence of five eras with five different races in the remote past of America.


>They were created by the Gods in the Age of the Fourth Sun: that of Atltonatiuh (Sun of Water).


>The Ríos Codex or Vatican Codex A, which focuses on the Toltec-Chichimeca people, shows the Aztecs battling and capturing one of these giants.


>The name of the giant that appears in the codex is Quinametzin.

The word comes from ” quinametli “, which means giant.
Aztec mythology says that these beings inhabited Mexico and Central America and that the native peoples fought against them.
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>>68396
>Many chroniclers and scribe priests knew of the giant legends told by the aborigines of ancient Mexico.

>The Bernardino de Sahagun fray even stated that the builders of the pyramids of Teotihuacan and Cholula were these colossal humanoids:


>And the burial mounds that they made to the sun and the moon are like great mountains built by hand, which seems to be natural mountains and they are not, and it can still be an incredible thing to say that they are built by hand, and it is true, because those who They were made then, they were gigantic and even this is clear on the hill or mount of Chollullan, which is clear to be made by hand, because it has adobe and whitewashed (Sahagún, 1956, vol. III, p. 209).


>The Friar Diego Duran also mentioned the presence of giants in the region of Puebla-Tlaxcala: “The other people who say they found those of Tlaxcala and Cholula and Huejotzingo, say they were giants. – extracted from Durán, 1951, P. 14.


>Durán stipulated that long and large bones were found in that region of Puebla that he himself saw when they were being extracted.

He also spoke of battles between the giants and the Cholultecs.

>In addition, Fray Andrés Olmos reported the collection of gigantic standing bones in the palace of Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of New Spain.


>the Aztec constructions of the pyramids of Teotihuacán and the Great Pyramid of Cholula are among the most amazing and megalithic in America.


>The Great Pyramid of Cholula has been called the largest in the world, with 65 meters high and 450 meters x 450 meters base.


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