strayhorn
A Flex Of The Brain
Call me Stray. Ace. Adult.I’m just gonna yell about characters and worldsI made. Feel free to ask me questions.
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Ugh, was having a great time mocking my recently imprisoned rival when I noticed the camera positioning makes it so that I appear behind the bars, thus framing me as trapped in a metaphorical prison of the narrative, now my whole day is ruined. Fuck.
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Roll Initiative?
Level 4 Firbolg Circle of the Coast Druid
Proficiency in Nature and Insight to start. Racial Bonus: Talk to plants and animals.
Ability Scores (Point Buy):
Strength: 10. Dexterity: 10. Constitution: 12. Intelligence: 13. Wisdom: 15. Charisma: 13
Background: Far Traveler with Proficiency in Perception and History and the Flute. You also speak Giant.
Lifestyle: Comfortable. Alignment: Neutral Good
#a tumbler user in their natural habitat#your blog feels natural#like it has always been here#thanks for the ask!#roll initiative#inbox game#dnd character sheet#Finally! A visitor! (Asks)
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Koun is the pinnacle of grace. Man’s is a literal Angel. If he fell, no he didn’t.
Would you describe your OC as clumsy or graceful?
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Who Neuvillette is as a character absolutely explodes my brain whenever I think about it too hard.
He is the original dragon ruler of the world that was vanquished by a foreign entity. He gets reincarnated in the form of a member of his own vanquisher's people and is given the position of the chief judge in their society. But instead of using his societal role and strength to enact revenge, he develops a sense of compassion for his usurper's creations that is so powerful it makes the skies themselves weep whenever he is confronted with their pain. Like are you kidding me. Are you fucking kidding me
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power signalling
Kneeling.
Ordered to kneel as punishment or as a show of deference.
Shoved physically to the ground by hands on their shoulders, maybe a kick to the back of the knee.
Picking themself up off the ground but only getting as far as hands and knees.
Crawling because they haven't got the strength to stand anymore.
Dropping to their knees from exhaustion or despair.
Personal space.
Casually invading it.
Uninvited touch - from the deeply creepy to something as simple as a firm hand on the shoulder.
Standing too close - especially if taller or otherwise physically stronger.
Conversely, hurrying to get out of someone's way.
Eye contact.
Staring someone down. Who is the first to look away?
Averting eyes for one's social superiors. Trying to de-escalate by avoiding eye contact.
Too frightened or ashamed to look someone in the eye.
Insisting that someone maintain eye contact while you're talking to them. Insisting that someone never look you in the eye.
Singling someone out just by looking at them.
More generally, Attention.
The room falls quiet when they walk in.
Who cuts in, and who gets talked over. Ignoring those who are beneath your attention.
The excited attention given to the object of respect and idolization.
The careful, wary focus given to a potential threat.
Deliberately attending to something else to appear less threatening. Deliberately burying oneself in something else to avoid attracting unwanted attention.
Codified status behaviours.
Bowing to one's superiors. Bonus points if there are differentiated kinds of bowing for different status differentials.
Soldiers coming to attention when a superior officer comes.
Saluting. Who greets whom first?
Serving food in a particular order.
Standing up when a respected person enters the room.
Non-verbal threats.
Just resting a hand on a weapon, or perhaps even just near a weapon.
Cracking knuckles or rolling shoulders. Clenched fists. The little come-get-some-then life of the chin.
Stepping from a conversational stance into one that's balance for fight or flight.
Pointing a weapon at someone. Casually brushing aside a weapon.
Conversely, de-escalation and surrender.
Open hands, spread in front of them. Hands above head.
(Raised slowly, transitioning from the simple whoa-calm-down gesture to full on surrender as the situation gets tenser.)
Going still. Slow, careful movements being sure to keep hands where they can be seen. Laying down weapons.
Hands on head. Getting down on the floor. Deliberately making oneself vulnerable to prove non-hostile (or non-resisting) intent.
Alternately, deliberately showing "vulnerability" to demonstrate how little of a threat you consider the other person.
The slouch of villainy. Open posture, casual, relaxed in the face of apparent danger.
Casually putting weapons away or turning one's back, confident that they won't do anything.
Signs of fear.
Flinching. Trembling. Closed defensive posture. Tension. Backing away. Fidgeting. Lip-biting.
Arms hugged close to chest. Or refusing to lower defences. Checking for escape routes. Trying to insist that they don't come any closer.
Offer of or requests for help.
Extending a hand to help someone up off the ground. Reaching out a hand in silent plea.
Do they have to ask for help? Are they willing to accept it? Do they get a choice? Who has plenty and who has to rely on the other's goodwill?
Picking someone up off the ground. Carrying them. (Dropping them?)
Adjusting someone's clothes. Withholding aid.
credit:@just-horrible-things // @whetstonefires suggests:
A character can vastly expand their area of influence by laying a hand on a table, for example. If you're standing on opposite sides of a large table, and one of you puts your hand down, that can symbolically take you up into the other party's personal space in a much subtler and more deniable way than actually getting up in their face.
This can be used equally well to convey affection or threat.
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Hey, do you have any AU ideas? Preferably fantasy. :)
Here Are Some Fantasy AU Ideas!
General
Angels and Demons AU
Fairytale/folktale Retelling
Game of Thrones AU (AKA rivaling noble families AU)
Greek/Roman/Norse God AU
Greek/Roman/Norse Myth Retelling
Modern magic AU
Pirate AU
Vampire and Werewolf AU
Enemies to Lovers
Rival knights fighting for the hand of the king's heir, only to fall in love with each other instead.
Warlocks from competing apothecaries across the street try to sabotage each other
A knight falls in love with the shapeshifting dragon they're supposed to slay
Students from rival magic academies
A siren falls in love with a pirate they meant to drown
Demons in competition to see who can buy the most souls
Childhood Bestfriends to Lovers
A farmer's child with incredible powers and the satyr who lived in the woods nearby and would help with the chores
Grew up in the same magic academy
Witch x familiar
A fisherman's child who grew up on the docks and the mermaid whose love they have to keep a secret, lest the mermaid be hunted
A noble heir and the ghost that haunts their castle
An angel is still in love with their childhood bestfriend even after they've fallen.
Fluff
Magical picnic in an otherworldly setting
Panicked human intensely studies the culture of their magical creature lover to see what the most heartfelt gift would be
Domestic magic slice-of-life
Pushing an aquatic lover around in a tank on wheels to show them the human world
Werewolf exhibits all the traits of a dog, perhaps with a vampire lover (à la Sarah Anderson)
Teaching their human creation experiment (ie. Frankenstein, Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas, etc.) friend how to be a real person
Angst
A hero cursed to sleep must be woken with true love's kiss...though the true love is not whom they were expecting. The supposed "true love" must come to terms with the fact that they are not The One.
A foolhardy wizard must slay the dragon/beast they'd hatched and raised themself.
A noble heir A is arranged to marry heir B while being in love with their knightly escort, C. A and C must love one another in secret, all while B slowly falls in love with A.
A forest creature must watch its ancient homeland be cleared for farming or development
An ancient immortal being cries whenever it thinks about how its mortal friend/lover is growing old.
There is no treasure at the end of the line. It was all for nothing.
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Pixars 22 Rules of Story Telling
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