I’m a proud ND, queer trans NBi POC working full-time in #TTRPGs as an Art Director, Illustrator, and professional AP Stream Performer. I also do VA and sensitivity editing!
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marriage equality ALSO means that Disabled people should be able to get married without losing their benefits
No one:
Absolutely no one:
My character design professor, who previous worked for Disney, introducing our next project:
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PSA bc TIL how to pronounce Axolotl 😤💖 and I’m sure y’all have also been saying it wrong as well !! Please RT to spread the word!
(Video/audio of pronunciation will be in replies)
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dear anyone who’s looking for art for their projects:
Full copyright transfers are expensive. If you want a full copyright transfer (ie to OWN the art), expect to pay AT LEAST $1,000 (artists should be charging at LEAST double their base price)
Why? 👇🏽
“I am a mosaic of everyone I’ve ever loved”
Thinking about all the people who have entered and exited my life, those who have drifted away or left with a bang, and how they’ve changed me to be the person I am today.
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for those who didn’t ‘get’ this scene, before the clip starts, Rachel (Wu) gives up the tile that Eleanor (Yeoh) needed to win the round. Rachel says her speech, and then reveals her hand, showing that the tile she discarded, had she kept it, would have given HER the victory.
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“So, I just wanted you to know that one day, when he marries another lucky girl who is enough for you, and you’re playing with your grandkids, while the tan huas are blooming or the birds are chirping, that it was because of me.”
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NFTs are officially dead.
95% of NFTs are estimated to be literally worthless, with pieces from top collections mostly worth $5-$10.
Roughly 25 million people are sat on dead assets, thanks to celebrity endorsements. The speculative bubble has popped:
markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencie
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Oh NO My dice bags spilled my dice everywhere 😭😭😭😭
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Hey Barbarian dnd players who feel like ‘rage’ doesn’t fit with your character and renamed it something else:
What do you call it instead?
RT THIS THREAD
If you recognize any of these MFers, REPORT THEM TO THEIR JOBS, to the local authorities, idk if anything would actually happen bc WHITE but they need to be prosecuted and locked up. They don’t deserve to go home and continue living like nothing happened.
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Don't forget, Federal investigators will have to investigate any reports of stolen documents or items.
Here are some of the terrorists.
[thread] a list of things that make me, a queer trans POC, want to leave a dnd game:
- the only POC live in tribes
- the only POC are exotic and are “asian inspired”
- the only POC are black and live in barbaric settlements
- the only POC are monstrous races (orcs/drow/etc)
The fact that dresses/skirts aren’t usually present in ‘androgynous’ fashion collections because masculine clothing is seen as ‘neutral’ is yet another example of how masc is seen as ‘default’ or ‘standard,’ and feminine things are disregarded/seen as lesser.
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You....glow too much?????
Just send this back 😂😂 /j
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This mirrors her speech; she’s CHOOSING to walk away from Nick to ‘allow’ him to someday marry someone good enough for Eleanor— and when that day comes, Eleanor should be grateful, bc R (someone E thinks isn’t good enough) GAVE that to her (just like she gave E the win)
White Americans
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And one more, from Alicia Smith:
“Nahuatl is a polysynthetic/agglutinative language which means the words are little poems. For example, "Axolotl" comes from the words "Atl" or water and "Xolotl" which is our name for the dog that guides us through Mictlan, the underworld.”
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wow yikes— as someone who often puts a lot of love, thought, and care into writing unique, nuanced, and interesting characters for TTRPGs, I would never want to play with someone who would punish me for doing so.
You cast me, I’m gonna be extra as hell. That’s a promise.
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Guess which #dnd character is getting offed within two sessions? 
It's good to be the #dm
It's good to be the #dm
This isn’t over until it’s over for EVERYONE. And even then, COUNTLESS lives will have been lost.
Be mindful of the language used to talk about this pandemic. Your friends with family and friends overseas are listening.
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Rachel was playing so well that she KNEW what tile Eleanor needed to win; and so when Rachel draws that tile, she decides to make her point in one of my FAVORITE scenes of all time :’)
did it hurt? when you’re a marginalized creator on the internet and the only stuff of yours that gains traction and engagement is your sadness, pain, and community(s) suffering? 😶
hi, adopted person here:
Transracial refers to when a person is adopted by a family whose race is DIFFERENT than the adoptee
Example: a Chinese baby is adopted by a white single mom. This is a transracial adoption. twitter.com/ruemcclammyhan
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I want to destroy the Nuclear Family as a standard of American living. Why can’t ppl just buy a house w/ friends? Why don’t Americans utilize communal living? Would you rather raise kids by yourself/ur SO, or with the help of your neighborhood, family, and friends?
so i already do this; i block EVERY account that puts sponsored content on my feed
it results in me being un-marketable (I barely get any ads on this site now) AND the ads I do get are random and funny as fuck (before I block 'em) AND now, of course, Elongated Muskrat loses $ :)
Romance in Tabletop RPGs has quickly become one of my favorites 😳 if done correctly with clear consent and communication,,, yall it’s SO GOOD
👁👁🍷✨
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I am BEGGING indie game designers to understand this, and to stop lowballing artists when asking for exclusivity.
If you want exclusivity, you gotta PAY for that— however, exclusivity ≠ Full Copyright Transfer
Original TTRPG’s be more like
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Hello everyone! Have an infographic.
This is why white people cannot be victims of racism. Reverse racism does not exist.
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My sister talks in her sleep.
She just sat up and whispered very loudly, “tonight, it’s hungry. The feast will take place tomorrow, and it will feed. No one lives,” before laying back down, silent.
😳 big fear
wanting to hold WOTC accountable for all of their bullshit AND understanding many marginalized people still play the game because it’s a far steadier income/revenue source are two things that can co exist simultaneously
yt TTRPG creators, like clockwork, every 6 months or so 🤪
it’s okay yall they “did research” and are “big anime fans” don’t worry!!!!!! #satire
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A lot of queer discourse/community infighting is started by white queer people who often forget that Queerphobia is inherently colonialist and is rooted in white supremacy.
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What's something true (but controversial) that if you say it you'll piss off a lot of *political* people?
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A FCT means you now own the art, and can do anything you want with it: merch/prints, edit it, resell the rights to someone else, etc
Most don’t NEED a FCT. There are other options for commercial licenses that allow artists to retain rights & are cheaper for the client.
Did it hurt? When someone came up w the same dnd char as you so you claimed they stole yours bc you have 1mil followers yet no one actually knew who you were so you got accused of clout chasing and instead of apologizing you said something ¿racist ? so then you get memed and then
Hmm a free block here—
but also, if you see this and want to…I wanna see your sluttiest ttrpg character cosplays bc y’all are hot and amazing and we don’t need this slut-shaming nonsense in this space 😑
i gotta figure out how I can THOTify Qiuyu or Talis in the meantime 🤣
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- the only POC are from this one vaguely middle eastern inspired civ, and they’re the bad guys
-the DM’s a weeaboo
- any colonizer bullshit
- fantasy racism as a plot hook
- fantasy racism
- fantasy slavery as a plot hook
- slavery
- have i mentioned white colonizer bullshit
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A limited or full Exclusivity license prevents the artist from relicensing the work elsewhere, BUT they retain the rights and can use it in their portfolio, for self promo, and can (depending on your agreement) sell their own prints if they wish.
Me: “I got cast in a paid dnd show”
my dad: “…what? Paid? How much”
Also me: “I got interviewed for a Forbes article!”
My dad: “oh wow congrats!! I’ll have to read it later!”
Anyways: today on my asian parents don’t understand what I do for a job in TTRPGs🤣
My aunt’s extended family lives on Maui and all lost their homes.
If you have ever vacationed to Hawai’i or want to go someday, first of all DON’T and second of all go donate to the mutual aid posts I’ve been RTing instead.
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Oh my God.
The historic Front Street of Lahaina is literally gone.
All of it.
Please don’t pass this video without watching it.
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…I’m gonna do it.
I’m making a goddamn BINGO card for ttrpg discourse. Bc I SWEAR TO GOD the same shit gets recycled on a 3 month cycle, although even that time span has been shortening.
Anyways lmk below what should be included. I already have 14 things. Need AT LEAST 20 🫣
In case you don’t know how to do this:
In Lists, tap the three dots and click “lists you’re on” twitter.com/DANILALONDERS/
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concept: an RPG that you play by sending actual letters to each other using stamps to save the USPS
Who wants in???
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so yeah. this is my PSA hoping that the TTRPG space absorbs it like a sponge. FCTs are expensive and (usually) not needed for the average project. What you are probably seeking is an [limited] exclusivity commercial license.
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- yes, that means YOU! White ppl are colonizers, and if you want to include POC, you need to decolonize your writing & your language
IF THE ONLY POC ARE ALSO THE BAD GUYS
- do not make the ONLY poc the only bad guys
- don’t do it
- b a d
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The reason why FCTs are expensive is because the client can, via merch/prints/future uses, continue to make money off the art with the artist not seeing a cent of that profit. The client can edit it, and the artist can’t do anything, even though their name is still attached.
If anyone is looking to diversify their art/beat same-face syndrome, or is looking for a face claim for their character, I keep a pinterest board of unique faces of all ethnicities!
Rt's ok!
In case y’all STILL don’t get it, 6 white people playing D&D in an all new stream is old and boring and overdone y’all, like COME ON
Hire me to draw your OCs I promise I’ll make them look hot as fuck
today’s my gotcha day (day I was adopted on) and all I want is for ttrpg players to stop writing adoption narratives into their characters’ backstories as a way to be “edgy”
My trauma is very real, and it’s hard to talk about with non-adoptees bc y’all just,, don’t understand.
I haven’t seen this film but all I wanna say is every yt dunking on THIS specifically should know that this IS a reality for a lot of immigrant/first gen POC families. My grandma literally talked to me about “marrying a good Chinese boy” WHEN I WAS STILL IN HS twitter.com/AHAB_INC/statu
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Hello everyone if you are a Person Of Color Who Plays The Dungeons And The Dragons:
comment below!!! bc apparently #WOTC is having trouble finding us 🤷🏻♀️😤❤️
Lmao I lost two followers. Anyone else wanna show themselves out bc this is a hill I WILL die on.
YOU CANNOT BE RACIST TOWARDS WHITE PEOPLE.
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- white player who keeps seeking out POC NPC’s to fuck. Take your fetish elsewhere (and maybe stop??)
- cis male playing a lesbian character continually seeking out female NPC’s to fuck. Take your fetish elsewhere (and maybe stop???)
- players who play into fantasy racism
in 2020, let's replace "hey guys" with 'everyone' or 'folx' or 'friends' or 'lovely people' or 'y'all' or literally ANY other word that isn't gendered
cool? cool.
that's all
Hating the US military and what it stands for AND understanding that a lot of low income ppl are pulled into service, AND being sympathetic towards veterans, especially disabled vets are three things that can coexist in your brain 😤
CW: domestic violence, assault
BWF has repeatedly attacked marginalized ppl on twitter and overall is a piece of shit; I’m honestly not surprised to hear this. I really hope she’s okay. twitter.com/NaughtyNDC/sta
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- cis DM’s w badly written trans NPC’s
- straight DM’s using queer baiting techniques
- in game homophobia used as a plot hook against my queer PC (I face enough of that IRL, I play dnd to escape that bullshit)
- also that’s why I hate fantasy racism ^
Are the men who reminisce about ‘what RPG’s used to be like’ before ‘everything became TOO PC’ just “upset” about change…or are they feeling *threatened* bc being mediocre in this business no longer is “enough” and they’re being outsold by the more-talented marginalized folks 🤔
Hey if you follow me and you are one or more of the following:
-artist
-TTRPG player/GM
-funny
-hot
-writer
-activist
*AND* you are any combination of the following:
-queer
-trans
-BIMPOC
-disabled/neurodivergent
Comment below! I want to find more ppl to follow 👀❤️
imagine if every critical role episode ended w them scheduling next session 💀
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- being told that “you can make your character queer/trans as long as it’s not their whole personality”
- so...you’re ok w diversity as long as it’s not visible
cool cool cool, I know which game (and person) to avoid now 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
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for example, if hiring ME (bc i don't speak for all artists):
Basic Commercial License: grants permission to use art in print/pdf and in social media promos for the project w credit
Limited Exclusivity: the above + I can't relicense until X amt of time has passed
…white Europeans realize that a MAJORITY of the racist “Asian inspired” “oriental” board games and TTRPGs I’ve seen come FROM WHITE EUROPEANS right???
anyways.
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I want to play a dnd game where I play a warlock who is the reincarnated soulmate of their patron or something,,,, no edgy sadness, no dark backstory,,,, just a relationship between two people growing to love each other once again ;0;
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Coming back to add that Rachel drew the winning tile herself, and had she kept it to win, everyone would have had to pay her double the points (or money, if they were playing with actual cash)
By revealing her hand, she’s making a HUGE power play to make her point.
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Full Exclusivity: the above except I can't relicense it at all, but I do retain full rights to the image
Full Copyright Transfer: You own the art and can do whatever they want w/out getting permission from me, even 10 yrs from now. You don't even HAVE to credit me (but u should)
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There’s A LOT more details that are significant to this scene which I could explain but here’s a link to the entire scene; and in the YouTube comments, user brandonchew9936 summarized it very well
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- ableist language used by either players or DM
- mental illness being gameified (this is controversial,, some mentally ill folx like seeing representation, which is good!!! but I personally am not comfortable ‘rolling dice’ to ‘see if my PC’s mental illness will haPPEN’)
they tried to cut this 30 minute ‘free for all’ AMA short and I asked if we could extend this session bc frankly, giving feedback and asking Qs of execs was WHY I CAME. They put it to a vote and we all voted to continue the AMA
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Let's be clear: the influencers in the room, in solidarity with the virtual attendees, have seized the agenda and ripped it to confetti. twitter.com/danielhkwan/st…
NO ONE TOLD ME MY PROF DOESNT CROP THE CLASS RECORDINGS AND SO THERES JUST TWELVE WHOLE MINUTES OF ME EATING MY LUNCH AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS 2’S VIDEO 💀💀💀💀💀💀
campaign where everyone’s character concept is inspired by one song and all the songs get added to a playlist for the game
I’ve been here since 2019; me & MANY other poc HAVE been calling it out and we get death threats and harassed for it.
I went to the WOTC creator summit SPECIFICALLY so I could give this kind of feedback and was called a “corporate shill”
we’re TRYING, y’all just don’t listen. twitter.com/tinysquash/sta
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Just in general, white cis het DM’s who make an effort to diversify who obviously have done 0 research— the writing comes off as lazy and trope heavy. Don’t play into that. Be good— be better. Talk to queer/trans/POC folks. BUT—
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Anyways Mahjong is cool and fun and I’d love to teach folks how to play 🫡🫡🫡 PLEASE play w me aaaaaaa
🔥NBi BIMPOC in TTRPG’s🔥
If you are non-binary
AND
identify as Black/Indigenous/Mixed/POC
AND
do *anything* within the #ttrpg industry, comment below & promo yourself and your work!!
Everyone else, please boost this, hire these folks, and buy their games!!!
Hey if you follow me and you are one or more of the following:
-artist
-TTRPG player/GM
-funny
-hot
-writer
-activist
*AND* you are any combination of the following:
-queer
-trans
-BIMPOC
-disabled/neurodivergent
Comment below! I want to find more ppl to follow 👀❤️
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some disclaimers bc this is twitter and ppl are gonna misunderstand me:
- i don't speak for all artists (but artists, if you didn't know this pls look this stuff up bc you could be losing out on lots of money)
- I'm not a lawyer, this is not legal advice
rt if this was helpful!
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Be aware of the emotional labor you are demanding from people. While I love educating people about stuff like this, I am not your personal teacher. I’m not gonna hold ur hand and walk u through this. Google is free.
Being a marginalized creator has EVERYTHING to do with my talent as an artist bc my life experiences affect my creativity and inform the work I produce. I am proud of who I am and am confident my unique and diverse POV will bring new ideas to the table 🥰
thanks for asking! /s
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also I do art consultations!! If you are looking to hire artists and don't know what tf you're doing, you can hire me and I'll go over your project needs and help give you an idea of what your art is going to cost you depending on your needs!
“White Culture” is white supremacy. That’s all y’all get. White people as a WHOLE never had a culture— y’all just stole from POC 🥴
Individual white countries have culture, sure! Irish pride, Scottish Pride, Danish Pride— that’s all valid. “White Pride” is just racism w a mask.
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today's zoom class: a sight never seen before! A Queer Trans POC on the set of Critical Role!!!
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I have absolutely zero idea what I’m doing but it’s happening
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I said it before, and I’ll say it again.
WHITE LGBTQ+ FOLX LISTEN UP:
Being queer does NOT excuse you from being racist. Be aware of how much space you as a white person is taking up in queer spaces. BE AWARE. Thanks.
If you are WHITE (or non-Asian poc) and your branding/screen name as an artist is from some kind of (East) Asian country, consider NOT doing that? 😭 especially if your work takes inspiration from art styles popular in Asia 🥲
It’s #AAPIHeritageMonth. Do me a favor. Rebrand.
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White cishet people— educating yourself is good. Unlearn your biases, and be better allies for minority groups. But you need to put in some work as well. Don’t lean on your minority friends to do the work for you. BE AWARE of how much space you take up. Be better.
Hey in addition to helping prevent Covid— did y’all notice how wearing a mask GREATLY REDUCED all other flu/colds this winter??? And did you know that wearing one if you’re sick moving forward could become social standard??? That would be p cool, I think !1!!! /s
…I’d rather white people play respectful Asian PCs in the ATLA TTRPG than shoehorn a reason for Europeans to exist within the world 🙃🙃🙃
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We're cancelling each other over Avatar The Last Airbender and Legend Of Korra takes today. Quote tweet with your cancelable take.
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If you read this and are uncomfortable, examine your privilege and ask yourself why you feel that way. In a world that’s constantly changing, you need to be AGGRESSIVELY anti-bullshit. Being passive puts you on the side of the oppressor.
I’m starting a support group for GMs so we can talk about our campaign plots with SOMEONE who’s not our player(s) who wants in 😩🤌🏽🤌🏽
This tweet was brought to you by me, a GM, working on my notes for a home game and wishing I could spill some of the JUICIEST plot points 😭😭😭
I want to wish
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‘everyone in the TTRPG space named Jess/Jessica’
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a very
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‘heck there’s a lot of you holy fuck’
Dnd Tik Tok is SO WHITE Y’ALL
Consider this my bat signal to my fellow BIMPOC 😤😤😤😤
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