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Question of the Day:

What are your least favourite kinds of villain?

Tethys 13 wrote:My answer:
I find emotionless villains extremely boring, for example Horus from Warhammer 40,000, who once gave the quote “there us no evil, there is only indifference”. I also strongly dislike smug villains, particularly those who only achieve things due to plot contrivance, which is a common thing with villain-of-the-day characters from episodic shows like Star Trek. Smugness can be made to work, but only if it is earned, and I always prefer villains who are just genuinely enjoying themselves.

I also dislike characters for which the writers attempted to 'have their cake and eat it too' in regards to pure evil vs sympathetic evil, which is a very common problem in Marvel films, and also in the Kung Fu Panda films I was recently browbeat into watching. Forcing villains who were clearly meant to be pure evil into sympathetic evil just makes them difficult to enjoy, and robs their defeat of catharsis.

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Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What are your least favourite kinds of villain?

Propaganda spamming fascist kinds!

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What are your least favourite kinds of villain?

In think probably my least favorite would be like, evil for evil's sake or evil incarnate villains. Not necessarily characters who are just evil and bad people obvs but characters who have no reason to evil and just are. There's any number of takes on the Joker in DC that have done this, Carnage in some Marvel stuff, Like, everyone has a reason to do things. It doesn't have to be complicated, or lengthy, and can still fit in line with whatever edgy villain you want to write just.... give them a reason to do things outside of "I'm the evil this world needs for there to be good" or something. It's so exhausting.

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day (Suggested by Oibrithe Loch Garman):

How was your country formed? (E.g. civil war, revolution or union)

Before the beginning there was no thing, just the endless sands. Then P'tah willed herself into being. Mouth filled with sand, P'tah spat it out, giving it life. This sand became Phlaki, her daughter, the earth. P'tah coughed, covering Phlaki with her son Khrust, birthed from her mouth. P'tah breathed, blowing her daughter P'ph into the world. P'ph became the air. Then P'tah sneezed Shu, her son, from her nose. Shu became the wind, chasing P'ph from place to place. Still with grains of sand in her mouth, P'tah gathered her saliva and spat. This daughter, Phlo, became the river which runs through the centre of our great nation. Where Phlo touches Khrust, they became fertile, and the crops grow, and the cattle graze. This is how our great country was formed.

P'tah’s children are often celebrated in bakeries and Khafe shops, where different types of pastries are named after them - Phlaki, Khrust, P'ph, Shu, and Phlo.

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What are your least favourite kinds of villain?

Low-quality ones

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What are your least favourite kinds of villain?

I like villains that are fun to watch and villains that are competent. Essentially I like them to be entertaining and made to feel that they know what they are doing and doing it well, which often runs counter to the heroes consistently winning which is prevalent in some media. I also, usually, enjoy the villain having an understandable reason. I like knowing why they do something, bonus points if they are still 100% Evil and even tho I sympathize with them I know that what they are doing is wrong.

Sinker tag got nerfed

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What are your least favourite kinds of villain?

Generally the kind that would try their utmost best to look and be cool but ending up failing miserably in all ways every single time. Similar to the stupid villain type in Hitchcockian thrillers. They’d just miss the golden opportunity to eliminate the character deemed as the heroic protagonist by giving them a moment of respite which would later haunt them dearly. I’d much prefer the type of villain that would genuinely make the audiences hate them rather than being a comic relief.

Question of the Day:

Does your nation have 'Mother's Day', or an equivalent, and if so what is it like?

Tethys 13 wrote:My answer:
Each family traditionally assigns itself a time to reunite and celebrate a particular generation or individual, read what new things they have written, give constructive criticism and feedback, etcetera. However, in terms of a standardised holiday, they do not.

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Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

Does your nation have 'Mother's Day', or an equivalent, and if so what is it like?

Celebration of the mother is an enshrined day in my nation, a very matriarchal one. A holiday in which is meant only to be spent celebrating mothers. Everything comes to a halt to have these celebrates thanking and praising our mothers and the role they play in our society. Whether in the capital or in a small town, the most public square is used to hold a festival of which can vary regionally what it may look like.

Hello There everyone may everyone be smiled upon by the anti-cheese gods

Ramadan Mubarak to all the Muslims here! May you all have a blessed month!

Question of the Day:

What work of fiction has particularly contributed to your informal vocabulary (often quoted words or phrases that those lacking context might not understand)?

Tethys 13 wrote:My answer:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, particularly the radio version. From "Belgium, man, Belgium!" and "you stupid Ghent" to "Press the 'Go' stud Arthur!" and even "The other Shaltanac's joopleberry shrub is always a more mauvy shade of pinky-russet." I also occasionally mentally call people B-Arkers, probably a little too often. Needless to say, when mentioned in the presence of those unfamiliar, it gets me some weird looks.

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Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What work of fiction has particularly contributed to your informal vocabulary (often quoted words or phrases that those lacking context might not understand)?

Definitely Homestuck.
"I TOLD YOU DOG!" and "pirouette off the handle" are the ones i mostly remember as examples of this, but there is definitely more, like any time I mention "Land of ___ and ___" during a conversation and about it.

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What work of fiction has particularly contributed to your informal vocabulary (often quoted words or phrases that those lacking context might not understand)?

The poetry of Rumi and Omar Khayyam

Well, I haven’t used this message board in a long time
I just wanna know if the Legion is raiding Lux Immortalem and who to endorse. I’m not joining the Legion I will just fight side-by-side to bash the fash

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

Does your nation have 'Mother's Day', or an equivalent, and if so what is it like?

Though not only for the maternal figure in particular, family values have always been deeply embedded as a part of the Principality’s philosophy as well as guided by our religious faith. The second Friday of each month in a year is officially declared as a Family Day, where companies are given incentives through governmental sponsorship to permit their employees on leave, in order to spend their time more with their siblings, and younger generations to their seniors. There is no doubt economic development is vital for the nation as a whole, but we ought not to forget what makes up the basis and foundation of a society, and that being a family.

Question of the Day:

How does your nation treat those with severe disabilities?

Tethys 13 wrote:My answer:
They are treated as having enormous story potential due to the level of hardship placed against them every day. This means many wish to support them for the sake of their own stories, though some choose instead to keep a distance so as not to weaken the impact of that struggle. They are economically supported by their Order, though not fully sufficiently. Welfare in Tethys 13 is not as good as it should be.

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Post by Valerievna suppressed by Tethys 13.

are we not allowed to fart here in osiris

literally 1984

Post by Jakuzure suppressed by Tethys 13.

Those who make peaceful farting impossible will make violent sharting inevitable.

Tethys 13 wrote:Question of the Day:

What work of fiction has particularly contributed to your informal vocabulary (often quoted words or phrases that those lacking context might not understand)?

I quote Star Wars frequently (any mention of sand and you can probably guess what I respond with) as well as Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

Hey Cretanja I think you might have missed my TGs so im just gonna tell ya stuff here. I was the Ambassador of EOTA and had left NS because of real life stuff and apparebtly the leaders of EOTA were transphobic and saying oomphy stuff against the trans community and then all that stuff happened. I apologise cuz you had to go through all that. I dont even know if u remember me but I think maybe this helps? A year or two ago id also written something in the duet stela too. Well that's all i have to say as of now tho hehe. I wish TEA CUP would hv been something better than that but well I learnt my lesson I'll choose better people for leading my region next time
Edit: Sorry for the TG spam I was all over the place with what happened I couldn't believe they were transphobic and I was loke what is going on...etc etcc

Oh also I noticed yall got rid of them from EOTA. Thanks for that hehe

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