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solidork | A jumbled pile of person.
@franticshepherd.bsky.social
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"You’re putting on airs. You’re dreaming big. Bigger than the life you have. You’re aspiring, you know? But you don’t really know how to get there."
- Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine
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The names of the original 14 Magic: the Gathering cards according to Austin and Jack on the most recent Side Story. Back in the day you could only play with these, and Ludevico's doesn't really count because it'd make your friends stop talking to you.
The Frog Dog Leg Wizard King Fight of Leaves The Song The Sun Awful Son of the Demon Father Demon Box Containing Egg Crowbar Four Cats' Wishes Fireball Ludevico's Ice Shield Strange Device The Whisper in the Night
September 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I'm playing Adventure Mode on Forge on my phone a lot lately, and my deck has some real sweet lines. Only starting with 8 life is making things challenging in a fun way.
Magic the Gathering card - Gixian Puppeteer Magic Card: Samwise the stouthearted Magic Card: morbid Opportunist Priest of Forgotten Gods
July 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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A film that takes place where you're from.
The movie poster for Apollo 13. Which takes place in space, but also Houston.
April 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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He's from the same universe as this generated surrealist compliment from nearly a decade ago.
Tumblr post by rruffian from November 2015 “The sisters of St. Cathode ask that you cover yourself with filaments and take pains to make yourself fully incandescent this evening.” — Probably my favorite sentence in the history of the English language, courtesy of the Surrealist Compliment Generator.
February 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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My first Innistrad Remastered deck from a 4 person draft tonight. Jace visits a very normal town with a normal religion that totally isn't trying to summon Cuthulu you guys!
A Blue/White draft deck featuring lots of humans and spirits - notable cards are Elder Deep Fiend, Jace Wielder of Mysteries, Memory Deluge and Butcher's Cleaver.
February 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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A joke Magic: the Gathering card named Grinch's Ultimatum, with a screenshot from the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Grinch stands triumphantly atop a mountain with everything he stole, having resolved to return them. Grinch's Ultimatum White White Red Red Red Blue Blue Sorcery Gain control of all non-creature, non-land artifacts until the end of your next turn. You can't sacrifice permanents you gained control of this way to cast spells or activate abilities. Gain life equal to the number of artifacts you control. "Why the Grinch even took their last can of Who hash." -Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas
January 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I guess that's one thing you could call it.
The magic card Garruk's Gorehorn 4 colorless green Creature - Beast 7/3 "It certainly takes after its master: big and brutish, and you can smell it from a mile away." - Liliana Vess
January 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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I don't really remember worrying about that except the one time I got so stuck I needed a moderator get me unstuck. The game thought I was falling so I couldn't hearth or use the automated tools for getting stuck. I think I got suspended for a few hours.
A World of Warcraft screenshot showing the UI. The player has turned himself into a skeleton and become stuck midair after jumping off the edge of the world, which extends as a white featureless plain behind him to silhouetted mountains in the distance. A speech bubble above his head reads, "well this bites" A notification about an open support ticket is visible at the top of the screen.
January 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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There was a point in World of Warcraft where it was really easy to get to places you weren't supposed to. Most of it wasn't particularly interesting, but sometimes you'd get these surreal landscapes that I still think about from time to time.
A screenshot of World of Warcraft at night. The moon rises over a hill that is bisected, with the side closest to the viewer being perfectly smooth and white with strange ribbed protrusions. A screenshot of World of Warcraft. A mountain rises in the background before a cloudy sky and in the foreground hundreds of razor thin strips of geometry shoot up into the sky and extend to the horizon. They're spaced so you can see past them while they are close but quickly blur together in the distance.
January 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Below is a ritual I made for working on a project.
One of my friends was playing an artist, and wanted to kick start interest in her work in a place that had never heard of her. Skill+Will and some narration could have worked, but this was a defining moment in her story - it deserved more. 4/8
Ritual of the Craft Here’s how you might get your hands dirty and work on a project. Are you making something? Fixing something? If you want to use this ritual for this, get everyone’s attention and agreement. Once you have that, start the ritual with a phrase like “Let’s get to work!” and take turns answering prompts as directed by the HG: -Describe the tools or materials used for project “I’ve got a bunch of Spider-Man comics and this arachnology textbook for my collage…” -Describe how you contribute to progress on the project “First I need to trace the pattern of the dress onto the cloth…” -Describe an interruption or interlude in your progress “While I’m waiting for the paint to dry, I head down to the corner store to get a snack…” -Describe what the project means to you - what it represents, why you’re making it or how it makes you feel. “I’m restoring this bicycle because it’ll make it easier to visit my friends in Fortitude.” -Give a sensory description of the work or the process. “You hear a hiss as you crack the egg into the frying pan.” -Describe the workspace or something that happens there not related to the work “As you’re writing in the cafe, a mother with a child comes in. The kid stares curiously at you.” -Describe a reaction to a recent event in the ritual. “I look up and give the kid a little wave before going back to my work.” -Describe something happening elsewhere that is somehow reflected in the work “As you paint the clouds into the scene, my character is getting lunch. You can see the steam rise out of his ramen bowl .”
January 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Adding this review to the corkboard and connecting it with red string to Jay Dragon's essay "Rules are a Cage (and I'm a puppygirl)" and Mark Rosewater's seminal advice that applies to any creative endeavor; that restrictions breed creativity.
A quote from John Paul Brammer's review of the movie Conclave. https://holapapi.substack.com/p/popecrave "I love films set in worlds of strict uniformity, because it’s against such strict uniformity that even slight deviations hold enormous power. I think that might be why I find period pieces and palace intrigue stories gayer than explicitly pro-gay movies that typically end with the message of “shake off the haters, screw the rules, and accept yourself!” Because, well, no. I am surrounded by haters, and I am beholden to the rules. My weapons are gossip, witty one-liners, and fantastic outfits."
January 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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A little on the nose.
A screenshot from the 1997 movie Titanic, about the the historic and catastrophic sinking of the passenger of the ship of the same name. The ship is in the process of sinking, partially submerged and listing; the deck is crowded with people and a some lifeboats are in the process of being lowered.
January 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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5/5
Ninja turtle logo that says "M'Lord Wartime Profits Grandpa"
December 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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4/5
Ninja Turtle logo that says "Erstwhile Noble Rabbit Beefcake"
December 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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3/5
Ninja Turtle logo that says "Secret Dragon Badass Halfpint"
December 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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2/5
Ninja Turtles logo that says "Hel-sworn Former Farmer Prophet"
December 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Made Ninja Turtle title cards for the party + a major NPC in one of my weekly games. 1/5
Ninja Turtle logo that says "Sheltered Wizard Dragon Princess"
December 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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"Broken Things" is a quest for Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine. It was made for a literal handyman character, but could work for someone bent to the task of mending less physical things like hearts or relationships.
Broken Things: 0/10 Experience It’s a fact of life that things fall apart. Whether by mischance or malice, stuff breaks. Luckily for the world, you fix things. Pick it up. Dust it off. Put it back together. Major Goals: One time, earn 3XP towards this quest when you… Are asked to try and fix something near and dear to someone's heart. Miss out on something you’ve been looking forward to in order to help someone else. Quest Flavor: Once per chapter, earn 1XP towards this quest when you… Wipe the sweat from your brow Try to deny praise or recompense for your efforts. Find a new problem while in the middle of addressing one you knew about. Pick up something/someone that has fallen, been dropped, or knocked over.
December 12, 2024 at 7:50 AM
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Shout out to this unnamed guy from Episode 1 of Hunter x Hunter (2011) #hxh #hunterxhunter
a chubby sailor wearing beige pants, a red crop top, a yellow bandana tied around his neck and a backwards red baseball cap. He looks panicked. a chubby sailor wearing beige pants, a red crop top, a yellow bandana tied around his neck and a backwards red baseball cap. He stands alert and at attention.
December 6, 2024 at 10:41 PM