I Loved This Novel Trilogy.

Today is my second week of being laid off. I probably have to make my older son- 4 - switch daycares. My younger son, 2, just started, and its just so expensive. The potential place is okay and less money, but he said on the way to see it that he likes his current school, and I almost broke into tears at that second. I don't want to switch schools/ care centers. I feel like everything I've done, to lead me to a moment that I'm so barely prepared for anything, having less than the minimum to keep everything running (I'm already falling behind every month on bills)... I've really failed here. My wife gives birth tomorrow to our third - a girl- after our first two were IVF boys, we are having a girl naturally (all of our embryos were boys). I should feel more blessed, but I just feel terrified.

I love my kids and my wife. I really hate myself right now. I hope I feel any better after I cry, because right now, I really need to.

Unless that toad has psychic defenses (or Jace had his memory wiped just prior to this fight) this is over before it begins, maybe literally, and Jace doesn't lose to toad that a) thinks they're friends or b) doesn't remember anything at all or c) is replaying some kind of lava bug eating fantasy

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Propaganda for Jace Beleren:

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Propaganda for Eruptoad:

"It's a toad with a volcano on it"

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Jace Beleren

Jace Beleren (Phyrexian: auL, IPA: [ʤes]) is a human planeswalker and mind-mage from Vryn. While working with the Infinite Consortium on Rav

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(For details, see Skills) Note: This is my personal gameplay opinion.  Other, more experienced players can add on to this, as well. They'll

When you discuss set complexity, what do you mean? I prefer a set with lots of mechanics being used in unique ways or in ways not seen the first time around, but I don't like complex/wordy effects.

There are three basic types of complexity:

Card complexity - Can you read the card and understand what it does?

Board complexity - How hard is it to understand what's happening on the battlefield, how the individual cards interact with one another?

Strategic complexity - Do you understand how to best play the card?

You dislike card complexity, but seem to enjoy some amount of board complexity (and I'm guessing strategic complexity).

On a separate axis, there are numerous mental skills that Magic cards can tap into and some are probably easier for you than others. For example, maybe you're poor with memory tasks, but good at picturing hypotheticals (aka future board states).

Psyched again for a follow up!

@ratyger

"If the focus is on the three worlds, there has to be a thematic (and mechanical) through line." Does the thematic have to allign and match between the worlds or can it be clashing thematics that work well together?

You want connective tissue. The different worlds can address the theme differently, but you need mechanical cohesion.

Biden is the most progressive president since FDR. He wasn't when he was running in 2020, but is sure as hell is now. In fact, he went from a milquetoast "not-trump" candidate to a bonafide, effective progressive.

This post lists a ton of his accomplishments, but I do want to call out again his recent medical debt can't be added to credit reports change. This is a massive step forward to controlling medical insurance, which is overwhelming so many of us.

I’ll say it again, please just grit your teeth and vote for Biden…

Senpai says you’re welcome

#Memorable

I’ve seen the shortened version of Cab Calloway’s St James Infirmary Blues from the Betty Boop Snow White 1933 cartoon on Tumblr a few times, thought you’d all like the full version.

Whatever minor design disagreements I occasionally have with him, Rosewater will always be one of my favorite people, as both a designer AND human person.

Im really torn between the fact that my favorite set of all time Will be seeing the light of the day again ( lorwyn) and my gut feelings of how It Will be fucked up by the new superbland mediocre art style and the real world politic agenda ( not so) subtly pushed in late sets, in a CARD GAME. We want to see stories of faeries, kithkins, elves, goblins, Giants,merfolk and cinders in their beautiful fantasy setting, no trans they/them faeries that think they're kithkins

Two points:

1) When returning to a world, we’re very cognizant of the aesthetic of the world. We understand returning to Lorwyn requires embracing what made people love it the first time around. Obviously, there will be updates, as the game has evolved much since our first visit, but we’re very aware of the need to recapture the plane’s essence.

2) For far too long, fantasy, as a genre, was used as a way to reflect the worldview of those in power. It leaned into stereotype and reflected how the privileged wished the world was. Modern fantasy is more reflective of the actual world, which includes the wide variety of life experiences that exists.

Trans people, people of color, and women playing a larger role, are all part of modern fantasy because they’re all part of the actual world, and it’s important that our stories and world building be reflective of that.

“I want to return to a time where we could ignore the existence of certain elements because I was happy living in that ignorance” is not an excuse to deny real people and their real life experiences.

Entertainment is at its best when it lifts everyone up and isn’t used as yet another means to ignore certain people’s reality.

I reblog Galavant

Content I'd love to see, as a movie, short, or anything in between.

I smell a franchise in Character X and Character Y (gender norms unintended) Verb [Topical] Right

Brock Samson and Sailor Moon Eviscerate Tyrannical Sympathizers

That sounds like a f***ing party and I'm very pleased with myself.