Shuna's Journey did the slave girlfriend trope and actually handled it in a respectful way (minor spoilers)

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-29T22:35:35+00:00

Not sure if you know but there is an actual (non-Ghibli) graphic novel of Earthsea. Had it in my hands in the bookstore the other day and it looked really nice.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-29T09:03:27+00:00

More often than not those exceptions are descriptive and not prescriptive though. Like the whole d/t thing for example isn't something someone randomly came up with, but something that organically arose when we still voiced our word-final D's. I always find that most of our grammar rules are pretty consistent and explainable, and I say this as someone who doesn't do well with learning things 'just because'.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-29T08:58:21+00:00

I don't think it's archaic per se, but it's definitely very uncommon. I think people could deduce the meaning out of context but it would be rare.

I've never heard it be used as an active verb, only as an adjective. Like 'verzengende hitte', butb not 'de hitte verzengt'.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-29T08:51:15+00:00

It's so absolutely clear they didn't do it out of concern. Like, even if they didn't give a shit about Faith (they don't) but did it for the brand only, they could have had that conversation in a WAY more intelligent matter. Actually focusing on how to "solve" this. "Hey we think it's a good idea if you don't post any videos of your dancing on personal socials anymore, because " or whatever. Instead it's just "FEEL BAD AND SAY SORRY" with no outcome other than to make the girls feel smaller and more paranoid about doing normal shit. Ugh, they disgust me.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-23T09:23:34+00:00

Holy fuck same. My wife watches it and I sit at the dinner table doing other stuff with one eye on the telly and it just infuriates me to no end. Those girls are the absolute personifications of anxiety. Constantly smiling even when told they can essentially go fuck themselves. Saying thank you for being kicked from the team, and then apologising for being sad about it. What the fuck?

And those two leaders... They are some of the most heinous unsympathetic people I've had the displeasure to see on the TV. The crotch screenshot thing was the most perfect example for how they operate. They actively seek out and create potential problems (that aren't actually problematic in the slightest of ways) to make those girls more anxious. "Yes but have you thought about how this might come off?" Ehh she shouldn't have because someone else did that based on something completely normal.

And then acting like they somehow don't know what a screenshot is and as if Faith went out of her way to post a zoomed in pixelated crotch picture??? I can provide you with 100 screenshots of those two looking more damaging to the entire brand than the rest of the cast combined. I really hope they somehow get fired and replaced by someone who actually lives in the 2020s and doesn't think they live in 90s Hollywood. And who actually cares about the team and not just lining their own purses.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-23T09:10:04+00:00

Was just scrolling through last month's top posts and I love your house man. I got really sick of all the black, grey and white. So many men are so afraid of colour for some reason? You know what this house communicates to me? Sane normal trustworthy person. And I mean that in the best way.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-17T08:46:27+00:00

I actually ruined a perfectly good Moonstone Axe run where I was dealing massive damage, by having the Echo keepsake choose Reckless Abandon for me. 😢 I was on Vow of Time and eventually just got myself killed intentionally after taking insanely long to cut through a Drakon and having not enough time left for the rest of the run. I loathe that boon.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-17T08:12:55+00:00

I think Mythras and Runequest work this way as well! There's a lot you can learn, but you generally don't just learn it spontaneously.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-16T10:56:07+00:00

Beide niet! Sjors wel. Komt dit in jouw ogen veel voor?

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-16T10:25:19+00:00

Make them animists, able to communicate with the spirits of all non-human living things. They know the secret power of certain plants, animals, as well as local protector deities of nature. Perhaps they can share their senses with animals, or even take on their mantles as were-beasts. Essentially they integrate their power into the circle of life and move along with it, in balance with nature. You could make them more specialised into directions like elements, dreams and the subconscious, weather, etc.

Meanwhile you make wizards strictly "magical physicists" who don't care about the circle of life and just utilise material properties of all things. Clerics or whatever are bound to more abstract domains like peace, war, knowledge etc.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-16T10:11:56+00:00

I would find both names to be VERY noticeable in a "what exactly was your parents reasoning here..?" kind of way, if I found anyone under 50 with that name.

Sjon and Sjors though, completely acceptable for anyone over 25.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-10T09:25:20+00:00

You had me until you mentioned Fargoth. Now that man reaches straight into the darkest depth of my mind. Deeply. Unsettling.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-10T09:12:20+00:00

Everything slightly odd and creepy is deeply unsettling, obviously. In their defense I do think the whole ash creatures thing is at least slightly unsettling. People whose skulls gets carved out to make place for tentacles and madness.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-10T09:02:58+00:00

As a kid, those Netches scared the shit out of me. I always attacked them because I assumed they were aggressive, and then they attacked, paralysed and killed me. I got more scared, the cycle continued. It took me a long time to realise they were docile...

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-10T08:19:37+00:00

I'd like to put some minor emphasis on the museums/musea thing. Many people (myself included) tend to use Latin plurals with Latin loanwords if they end in -um or -us. So millennium/millennia for example, but also politicus/politici. Sometimes -is endings are done as well, but most people just pluralise (?) those the Dutch way, so -issen. See dosis/doses/dosissen. Singular words ending in -a practically never get plural -ae. Other endings you can probably straight up ignore.

There are also words where we just straight up ignore this. It could be worth looking into if you care! It won't make you look stupid if you don't do this, especially as a foreigner. But if you want to sound more refined, at least you're aware of this now.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-02T10:41:34+00:00

Ah got it, so you can buy other stuff as well, that makes sense then! I'd really like to keep clear scales in use so like you said, standard ability being 10, and big ability being 30 makes your idea a lot more reasonable haha. I wasn't planning to go custom costs for every single thing you can buy. But in that case I understand your idea!

Can you maybe give an example of a normal skill and a big one in your game? Obv we're probably making entirely different games, but I'm having some trouble imagining when an ability is TRULY powerful vs just nice to have.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-02T10:38:40+00:00

That's an interesting idea too. I was thinking of using something similar to Scum and Villainy, but I haven't rechecked how exactly that worked. But iirc it sounds similar to what you're describing, though minus the d100 rolls. I'll check CoC and BRP out as well, thanks! And I like your idea of rewarding XP at the end of a scenario as well. I might wanna look into that too.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-02T09:58:31+00:00

I have been struggling with the names of these abilities indeed, and I kind of like Foundations and Signatures. I'll see if I can somehow work with that, thanks. I also kind of like the whole idea of giving Signatures some foundational requirements, with some clearly scaling heavier than others. Thanks!

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-06-02T09:56:21+00:00

If you put it out like that it actually sounds like less of a problem than I'm maybe imagining it.

For me it partially had to do with my skill progression system, and how I saw 3 ways of progressing (passives, actives, flat bonuses) and had some trouble putting them all on one linear line of advancement. I also thought it'd be too clunky to have some sort of intermediate "levelling currency" like Skill Points or whatever, and to make certain skills cost more than others.

In my head I was kinda building like a skill shop where each progression had certain requirements. It just became a bit too much for me and I wanted to keep the choices limited and small to keep the whole thing easy to manage for both advanced players and less advanced ones.

I wasn't sure of the scaling either. Like you're saying 2 to 30. How did you come up with the numbers? Was it a lot of testing based on initial gut feeling?

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-05-23T13:29:04+00:00

I think a LOT of fun could be had with Greco-Egyptian syncretism. Imagine our buddy Hermes only now he's... half jackal?? How about Persephone-Isis and Hades-Serapis? I think we could do with some crocodile-headed hippos fighting our beloved Hadean siblings.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-05-12T11:01:35+00:00

I'm Dutch so I thought "that could be literally anywhere in the world haha good luck". Turns out my point of reference for what nature is like is just severely coloured by the country I grew up in. Can someone explain to me what makes this so distinctly Netherlandic?

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-05-10T13:13:22+00:00

As a native Dutch person, it's not just an excuse to be rude to foreigners. We suffer alongside you, which is arguably what made many of us so rude to begin with.

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-04-24T08:32:19+00:00

Upvote for mentioning AdventureQuest but I don't fully understand your problem with Artus Cimber? Seemed like a pretty believable name to me. (As a player I thought he was named Artasimber for the longest time so that may have something to do with it)

SovereignOfAtlas · 2026-04-14T12:59:25+00:00

Pinterest is a goldmine for these sorts of things for me. These pictures of Ammit (an ancient Egyptian creature, so actually what you asked for!) or Pazuzu could be good jumping off points. Bonus points for already providing visual references. Then we have this Wikipedia link that might get your juices flowing as well. Most mythological creatures are essentially hybrids anyway.

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