The Pleasure Of Actual Play Is Twofold: Theres The Elemental Pleasure Of Being Told A Story, Intertwined

The pleasure of actual play is twofold: there’s the elemental pleasure of being told a story, intertwined with the alchemy of watching that story be created in front of your eyes (or ears). It is about craft—not in the sense of the well-wrought urn, but in the ways that true chance, fueled by dice or teetering Jenga towers or cards or a coin toss, explodes ossified, clichéd narrative structures.

Who Owns Dungeons & Dragons? — Dr Emily Friedman, LA Review of Books

This chimes pretty much exactly with what we found at the Open Space on theatre and RPGs a few years ago!

I've seen multiple locked tomb posts about Gideon's vocabulary and how many hyper-specific or uncommon descriptors she uses and such tracing this trait to her rivalry with Supreme Nerd Harrowhark Nonagesimus. Which is very fair, but I think it's ignoring the real explanation for why they are both Like That in terms of vocab, which is that they were raised in critical proximity to Ortus.

butch fatale

i must not afternoon nap. afternoon nap is the mind-killer. afternoon nap is the little death that brings total obliteration. i will face my afternoon sleepy tired and permit it to pass over and through me. and when it has gone i will turn the inner eye to see its path. where the afternoon sleepy tired has gone there will be nothing. only i will remain

born to write but also born to be so sleepy 

This meme is inescapable on French insta so I'm posting it here for all to enjoy