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Ragitsu Posted November 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 Yeah, she definitely bears a resemblance to Victoria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 29, 2023 Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 Backstory, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ragitsu Posted November 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 2:52 AM, L. Marcus said: Backstory, please. Apologies if the video response is off the mark, but I couldn't be fully certain if you were, well...you know...or if that was a drive by pasting. Hm. Assuming you were...what sort of character did you have in mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 1, 2023 Report Share Posted December 1, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 11:47 AM, Ragitsu said: Yeah, she definitely bears a resemblance to Victoria. 2 hours ago, Ragitsu said: Apologies if the video response is off the mark, but I couldn't be fully certain if you were, well...you know...or if that was a drive by pasting. Hm. Assuming you were...what sort of character did you have in mind? I was just wondering who the second lady was supposed to be. The first is Crown Princess Victoria, and I guess Lady #2 reminds you of her ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted December 1, 2023 Report Share Posted December 1, 2023 Dave was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them." Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Dave, how about Tom Cruise?" "No dramas boss, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it." So Dave and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, and Tom Cruise shouts, "Dave! What's happening? Great to see you! Come on in for a beer!" Although impressed, Dave's boss is still skeptical. After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Dave that he thinks him knowing Cruise was just lucky. "No, no, just name anyone else," Dave says. "President Obama," his boss quickly retorts. "Yup," Dave says, "Old buddies, let's fly out to Washington," and off they go. At the White House, Obama spots Dave on the tour and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Dave, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a beer first and catch up." Well, the boss is very shaken by now but still not totally convinced. After they leave the White House grounds he expresses his doubts to Dave, who again implores him to name anyone else. "Pope Francis," his boss replies. "Sure!" says Dave. "I've known the Pope for years." So off they fly to Rome. Dave and his boss are assembled with the masses at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square when Dave says, "This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope." He disappears into the crowd headed towards the Vatican. Sure enough, half an hour later Dave emerges with the Pope on the balcony, but by the time Dave returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics. Making his way to his boss' side, Dave asks him, "What happened?" His boss looks up and says, "It was the final straw... you and the Pope came out on to the balcony and the man next to me said, 'Who the is that on the balcony with Dave?' L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted December 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2023 6 hours ago, L. Marcus said: I was just wondering who the second lady was supposed to be. The first is Crown Princess Victoria, and I guess Lady #2 reminds you of her ...? Elsewhere, someone had commented that the original character image (do not view the middle to bottom of the webpage unless you are thoroughly familiar with the lass) reminded them of Princess Victoria of Sweden. Me, being absolutely clueless regarding the reference, looked up the woman in question; sure enough, I now agree. Both Skie and Victoria are nobility...though the former is a sheltered Thief desperate for adventure (I can't speak to the proclivities of the latter ). Given the fact that other portraits from that same CRPG are based on real people, such an inspiration wouldn't be a terribly surprising "revelation", if true. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- This seems like a roundabout way for people who support the status quo and believe us to be falling away from it to call themselves strong and their opponents weak, ie. an elaborate ego-stroke. Basically just saying, "Things were bad, then people like me made it better, and we made it so great that now ungrateful people are trying to wreck it because they don't get how great I am and have been at all moments in history. I guess I'm just too awesome for my own good, poor me." People have different ideas of what's authoritarian and what's not, and what's "good times" and what's not, based on their personal ideology, it's not an objective scale by any measure. This perspective of yours has many unspoken assumptions baked into it, both about what constitutes authoritarian societies and what constitutes good versus bad times. L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Certified Posted December 3, 2023 Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 🎄 Naughty! - A Metahumans Rising Adventure After a century of imprisonment Krampus emerges from his icy tomb, and this year, everyone is on his naughty list. Can the heroes save the world before this Christmas spirit turns everyone to coal? Itch: https://housedok.itch.io/naughty DTRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/462526/Naughty--A-Metahumans-Rising-Adventure Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetahumansRising Itch: https://housedok.itch.io/metahumans-rising Blue Sky https://bsky.app/profile/housedokpro.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/HouseDokPro #Metahumans #Superheroes #TTRPG #TTRPGSolidarity #TTRPGRising #Christmas #Krampus #Santa Ragitsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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