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    Birthday Thread

    February 17, 2001
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    Careers in a fantasy realm

    Oh, yeah, like Witchers (though not necessarily with the whole painful process thing) or the Silver Hand! Or animal control, for a real world comparison, except instead of a bear it's a dragon! Or exterminators but for gremlins instead of rats. And I like "forensic magicologist"! Thanks for the...
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    Careers in a fantasy realm

    Oooh, so like ballistics markings. That's super cool. I really like it! And I've never really thought about how the magic in this world came to be. Now that I think of it, though, for fantasy-ized irl jobs, Avatar/Korra has Mako working at a power plant using his bending, plus there's...
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    Careers in a fantasy realm

    Just brainstorming, what do you think some jobs and their names/titles would be in a fantasy realm? Mine is a sorta modern world that's fantasy. Like, they have technology and science and the like, but then there's also magic and various fantasy things that are equally just "normal" to them the...
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    Status Titles

    It's not exactly a fantasy story, but I think something similar could work for fantasy: one of my stories has one of the main antagonists ruling the world referred to as "High Lord Assassin". Maybe something like that, still using "lord" but dressing it up a bit? Or "High Emperor" or something?
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    What do you listen to?

    It's hard to pin down an exact description of the full picture of what I like to listen to, because it's just kinda whatever I end up liking and can be a bit all over the place lol. I generally say pop because a lot of it either is in that genre or at least is similarly energetic. Though a lot...
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    Caption this...

    The bear did not understand how Farmer John couldn't see his win was fair and square. Farmer John insisted it was rigged.
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    What pitfalls should I look out for in the characters that I've laid out in the description below?

    Yeah, true, that is really weird as well. Some of the articles, like the one about neurodivergent characters in fantasy, may be helpful for OP. Please, please, please, OP, take a look. This is exactly why those are here. Would also be good to talk to or find some personal accounts specifically...
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    What pitfalls should I look out for in the characters that I've laid out in the description below?

    Yeah, what exactly do you mean by "slightly defective"? Like, that could mean a million things, especially in the context of fantasy. Is she an android or cyborg with some faulty wiring? Or does she have a disability? Is it physical or cognitive or a learning disability? Was she born with it or...
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    Interesting "magic schools" ideas you've seen

    I have a character that uses a magical heart thing as sort of a dark secret and shame/guilt detector. Like she keeps it in a pouch most of the time and if it senses someone's dark secret or shame or guilt, whether it be some evil thing they themselves did out of malice or just some really morbid...
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    Hello

    I'm not great at introductions lol. I like to go by KestrelDC on most areas of the internet I go on. Kestrel is the name of one of my characters, a superhero version of myself, and the DC is in reference to DC Comics (or Detective Comics Comics lmao). While I have several worlds and stories...
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