Also this: "When we ask tropes to carry the full weight of the book they appear in, we de-incentivize the deep work of building meaningful characters, textured worlds, and emotionally honest relationships."

That sounds like the perfect place for villainous gemstones. 😍😆

And it's very cute either way! The color and design get the Crystal Seal of Approval, of course, since I have a similar one but ceramic ... although I'm not sure any more which exact model it is since I can't find the order information. 🤔

(mental excited flailing) Ooh ooh, what kind of ocarina? (I have a jaw harp but I got tired of smacking myself in the teeth with it too quickly to learn much on it. 😆)

I'll bring the mountain dulcimer and a super-tiny rain stick! I'm sure that'll be extremely useful. 😆