Tumgik
About
Privacy Policy
Removal Request
Visit Blog
Explore Tumblr blogs with no restrictions, modern design and the best experience.
Fun Fact
Tumblr.com is the 103rd most visited website in the world.
#speaking of 'getting mad because people don't meaningfully engage with fantasy lifespans'
blujayonthewing
ยท
1 year
Text
if a human asks a gnome when gnomes reach adulthood, they'll probably pin it somewhere between 20 and 40, depending on how they're interpreting the question; if an elf asks, they'll say "oh, we don't"
#speaking of 'getting mad because people don't meaningfully engage with fantasy lifespans'
#EVERYONE overlooks the cultural nuance in dnd that elves are /physically/ mature not much later than humans
#but are not considered an adult until some self-declared point of maturity usually around the age of 100
#that is. DIFFERENT. than 'a 50 year old elf is basically a literal child' no it ISN'T! it's a CULTURAL RECOGNITION
#elves don't think it's possible for humans to mature into a really meaningful adulthood because they literally don't live long enough
#'poor things have to settle down and work and marry and have children and die before they can even figure themselves out :/'
#gnomes don't subscribe to this because of course they don't it's a cultural viewpoint but also they largely think it's stupid
#oh yeah? you're all done growing up after 100 years? nothing left to learn about yourself as a person?
#you Become An Adult when you're Wise And Mature which is a single static thing that happens in the first 1/6th of your life?
#wow amazing it must be cool to be so enlightened ๐
#... I need a general worldbuilding musing tag agsjkfdhsj
#I guess for now
#gnome thoughts
#it's almost entirely elf thoughts but that's my only relevant established tag :'D
#gnome stuff
299 notes
ยท
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
ririinu
Riri's Rentry Resources
makein-flags
Hello this is where i make flag
princessofangiemania
๐จ๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐
millennium-gold
โจโ๏ธโจ
seraphimfall
St. Peter Closed The Gate