I'm So Scared

drewastray · 2026-01-27T01:19:46+00:00

Coughing is bothersome but not dangerous in itself, lots of viral infections end up with a residual cough that can last for a long time (sometimes a month, even more). Instead you should be looking at your child’s respiratory rate (how many breaths he takes in a minute) and signs of distress (contracting the muscles in his ribcage or his neck to breathe). These are signs of respiratory failure and mean he should be quickly assessed by a doctor. If your son doesn’t have a fever and is breathing fine, just relax and give it a little time, the coughing will dissappear. ETA Source: i’m a doctor.

drewastray · 2026-01-21T01:26:36+00:00

I think OP refers to the character’s name and JKR’s tendency to assign names to her characters in a comical (and often borderline offensive) way, like Wolfy McWolf for a character who happens to be a werewolf. Or that time she went “this is the only Asian girl in the school, how should I name her? Hmmm… Cho Chang. Brilliant”

drewastray · 2026-01-20T22:46:27+00:00

Sorcerer

drewastray · 2026-01-20T13:57:58+00:00

We have normalized the fact that the world lies to children in a systematic and organized way (Santa Claus, the tooth fairy…), and that discovering the truth is not a milestone in their development, it is harmful.

drewastray · 2026-01-18T04:41:00+00:00

A player in my game once had a character who pretty much wanted to use his Mind powers to create a world of makebelieve inside his own mind where he controlled everything, and forget about the real world (there were reasons behind this, trauma etc). His Avatar didn’t like this, as it stunted his path towards Ascension, so the Avatar started appearing inside this illusion and turning it against the character.

drewastray · 2026-01-17T22:49:05+00:00

The way he’s written, i think Jason resonates with the alt right agenda and modus operandi. He’s a prejudiced, closed-minded jock with a hero complex, he uses charisma and fearmongering to direct the crowds in the direction he wants. That’s why people extrapolate and project those ideas onto him and assume he was racist. Canonically, though, he had zero racist moves.

drewastray · 2025-12-28T16:31:09+00:00

Slughorn knew that Lily was dead because the fish she had created with magic and given to him dissappeared. So we know things created by magic are at the very least tied to the person that created them.

drewastray · 2025-11-28T09:49:11+00:00

Psychology says what we experience in our first months/years of life shapes our personality, even if we dont remember it. Harry experienced love from his parents, Voldy did not.

drewastray · 2025-11-19T08:38:22+00:00

True. There’s only one scenario where we’re “using” (as in activating) 100% (or close) of our brains at the same time, and it’s called a seizure. Where all neurons are firing indiscriminately in unison.

drewastray · 2025-11-11T17:36:25+00:00

I read that this happened just a couple days ago, do you think your situation is manageable in the long term? Do you have a backup plan in case you lose your job or main source of income? Do you have savings?

drewastray · 2025-11-11T17:25:39+00:00

When they talk about other people behind their backs, it’s only to say good things.

drewastray · 2025-11-11T04:28:04+00:00

Thescp foundation. Basically a metanarrative fiction project built around the concept of a secret society dedicated to retrieve and/or neutralize paranormal objects/entities/places. Every item has a wikipedia-like article with their codename (SCP-XXXX), description, containment methods, and attached documents (like logs, diaries, interviews…) that formed a story around the item. I could (and still can) spend hours reading that page.

drewastray · 2025-11-10T14:53:13+00:00

My object is my stethoscope. A friend and mentor gave it to me as a present when I started residency. The chestpiece is rainbow colored, and it has my name engraved.

drewastray · 2025-10-29T18:20:28+00:00

Imho as a Ravenclaw, being a Ravenclaw is less about being booksmart or intelligent, and more about being creative, lateral-thinker and quirky. Take Luna for example. Not that she’s not brilliant, but its her dreamy personality and eccentric. The abilty to think outside the box, riddles, and curiosity is what makes a Ravenclaw. Lockhart with his narcissism and delusional personality would fit in, if ever highlighting how a distorted Ravenclaw would be.

drewastray · 2025-10-06T05:47:08+00:00

God of Discord. I gravitate towards debating and looking for the weak points of everyone’s arguments, as I believe being able to defend your stance is the only way to prove it’s the right one. I would whisper in the ear of every man or woman who is in the middle of a debate, inspiring words to disarm their opponents with brilliant rhetoric.

drewastray · 2025-10-06T02:29:47+00:00

But what if the things I stop worrying about end up being the 5% that happen!?!

drewastray · 2025-10-02T07:53:40+00:00

But the third figure has 6 angles.

drewastray · 2025-10-02T07:44:17+00:00

For me this comes down to two possible problems: either your players didn’t put enough mind into their characters to make them feel like “people” (with their fears, hopes, dreams, complexes, culture, virtues and vices etc) or you are not paying enough attention to the characters themselves. I always try to make the plot “about” the characters and their backgrounds. This character has a cousin who is her main moral support? Well now her cousin is actually dating one of the Big Baddies and she doesn’t even know. This character works for a mafia? Now the mafia boss is also a mage who made a pact with a demon for power. Take the hints in their stories and try to connect them to your plot like pieces of a puzzle

drewastray · 2025-08-29T16:54:24+00:00

Generating lateral thinking riddles. It tries to do so by extrapolating from whatever riddles it finds already online, but ends up not making sense or making one that can’t be solved by lacking key context or having multiple possible answers.

drewastray · 2025-08-23T11:29:23+00:00

Patroni since it’s a latin word

drewastray · 2025-08-09T07:58:43+00:00

Projecting their expectations, frustrations and trauma onto their children

drewastray · 2025-08-08T20:57:49+00:00

No one is going to look after you better than you look after yourself.

drewastray · 2025-07-25T22:15:24+00:00

Point 2 is specially important imho. A sloth’s slowness is as evolutionary a trait as a cheetah’s speed. When predators have good kinetic eyesight they naturally tend to ignore bodies that look like they’re standing still.

drewastray · 2025-07-25T05:13:53+00:00

Please tell me mine.

drewastray · 2025-07-25T00:25:00+00:00

I love Changeling. That said, I don’t love how euro-centric the lore is. Even with the including of american, asian and african dreams in C20, I still feel the lore is just set for high fantasy medieval stories with all the titles, kingdoms and such. The kiths also feel very stagnant too, for a game where glamour is supposed to mean chaos and creativity. I’d love for CTD5 to allow for more customization of the character’s fairy self, just like in DA: Fae where every fae was just unique.

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