people seem to forget a lot that the dm is ALSO one of the players whenever you sit down for a session, and that their comfort, enjoyment, and limitations matter just as much as everyone else’s. i think sometimes people get really used to treating the dm like they’re a game engine that can and will have to produce entertaining results for anything you do as a player without realizing that while improvisation is a valued and important skill for a dm, its also probably a sign of a bad player to take too much pride in burning your dm’s campaign to the ground. imagine if another player got smug about constantly pushing your pc off of cliffs. you wouldn’t be having a very good time if that happened.
If we’re being honest the most unrealistic thing about MHA is that…you mean to tell me…none of these kids dick around with their quirks???
Legit some of these kids have the most wild and borderline outlandish powers and you fr expect me to believe they all handle them in a responsible manner?? LMAO OKAY
>You mean to tell me Sero hasn’t used his tape to tape himself or others to the wall/ceiling??
> Jirou doesn’t take her ear thingys and hijack the aux cord to play Cupcakke or Take On Me at full blast???
>denki doesn’t go around (mildly) shocking his friends??? Come on…we know he can be used as a charger give us this…
> Urarararararaka doesn’t randomly make people/their possesions float to see how long it takes them to notice?
> Kirishima and tetsutesu don’t go around headbutting every hard surface they see because someone dared them to?
> kendo doesn’t walk around with her hands enlarged to see how long it takes someone to say something??
> Shinsou doesn’t make people do the Macarena or smth when they slightly piss him off just because he thinks it’s funny???
>Ojiro doesn’t go around hanging from random trees and poles with his tail?
Even the more serious characters like Bakugou, Iida, Tokoyami, Todoroki, and Tsu would fuck around with their quirks they’re tEeNaGeRs
> tsu wouldn’t cling to the wall and startle people at the doors? She wouldn’t use her tongue to grab objects she could reach if she just moved a little more???
> Tokoyami wouldn’t use dark shadow to sneak into the dorm kitchen and get him a snack bc he got the munchies at 4am??? Rly??
> Todoroki is a thermometer for fucks sake you seriously mean to tell me he hasn’t set the dorm on fire at least once because he wanted to heat up his hot pocket without using the microwave??? He hasn’t tried to ice skate to class??
> You mean to tell me Iida doesn’t Naruto run to class sometimes…he isn’t the one that gives Midoriya super sonic piggyback rides bc Midoriya already told someone “he had a ride”????
> Bakugou doesn’t go around lighting up ant hills or using his quirk like a firework bc the bakusquad wanted to cause some Teenage Chaos at 1am??
But the most unrealistic thing of all…is that Izuku Midoriya…the boy who was once qUIRKLESS
DOESN’T FUCK AROUND WITH HIS POWERS THE MOST
> You mean to tell me he doesn’t wall jump in order to sit in really high places he’s not supposed to just bc he can??
He doesn’t do that thing where you use your legs and back to support yourself between two walls except it’s between two buildings??
He doesn’t try to stand on top of light posts like the weeb headass he is?
He doesn’t do Extreme Parkour??
He doesn’t try to support things with his legs that he really doesn’t need to (balancing desks, the chair of the kid in front of (with said kid in chair), boxes, etc.)??
He doesn’t Naruto run to class (with iida)???
He doesn’t take every dare that’s given to him because he’s That Bitch??
Petition for there to be a Tony Stark cameo in every marvel film after A4 where he’s just chilling while the world goes to shit
signed
RDJ takes over as the new cameo guy in each MCU film. It’ll just be little things like:
Tony with cucumber slices on his eyes, treating himself at the spa; he hears a loud crash outside. He peels the cucumber slice off one eye, looking outside the window. Giant Man has just thrown a tractor trailer across town. He lays back down, “Glad it’s not my problem.”
Peter Parker has had a long adventure and then he gets a ping on his phone. It’s a video of Tony and baby Morgan playing with a Spider-Man action figure.
A quick flash on the news of interviewers hounding Tony while he’s feeding pigeons at the park. “Would Iron Man like to comment?” Tony just stares blankly at them, “Iron Man? Who’s that?” then rollers skates pop out of his loafers and he zips away.
please please please please please
this’d be even funnier if tony died in avengers 4 and just kept inexplicably appearing throughout the mcu and the news reporters are like ‘oh my god, tony stark’s alive!’ and tony just raises his sunglasses and says ‘my name is anthony stank’
Every time someone tries to explain the metaplot of Supernatural to me, it basically ends up sounding like redneck Dragon Ball Z. I’m sure there’s some nuance I’m failing to grasp here.
Care to elaborate on that?
…I’m not even offended, just absolutely curious. From the stuff I’ve seen and heard about Supernatural I can’t see the connection.
Mostly, I get the impression of a show that doesn’t know how not to escalate.
Every threat’s gotta be quantitatively bigger and badder than the one that came before. Every deus ex machina’s gotta be shinier than the last one. Every season’s gotta end with a massive eleventh-hour powerup for our heroes, only for the next season to raise the stakes enough to put them back in the underdog position.
It’s like, you beat the Devil himself? Well, now you’ve gotta fight the Devil’s cousin Phil, who has conveniently gone entirely unmentioned up until now, but he’s totally twice as evil.
That last paragraph was literally supposed to be the most ridiculous hypothetical example I could think of, and people are messaging me to say “his name was Metatron, not Phil”. I can’t even make fun of this show.
This. This is good fiction writing advice. I really appreciate how it was formatted as “this is a common problem, here is a solution to try in your own work” and not “oh god, don’t do that!” without any extra help. And I extra appreciated the “don’t rely on adverbs” bit, because they do have their place but they aren’t the only way actions can be emphasized.
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