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ilovelaica

My endless list of favourite horses: Deerinwater Silver Samurai. [Ridden by ?? ]

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nitewrighter

Me: *carrying my ball python around the garden* This is enrichment. Do you feel the sunlight? Do you feel the breeze? This is what they’re doing at the zoos right now except you’re not a penguin or a sloth. Isn’t this stimulating? Don’t you feel more active and aware from all of the new sensory information you’re taking in outside your tank? Are you having fun?

My ball python: :|

My ball python: :P

My ball python: :|

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You know what’s more fun than worldbuilding that makes some fantasy races EEEEVIIIIIIILLLLL!!!!? Worldbuilding that gives the different races cultural differences that help explain why there’s a lot of conflict between them:

Goblin culture doesn’t have a concept of “Property”. A stick on the ground and a tool in a locked shed are equally up for grabs if a thing needs doing. They casually take and leave things all over their communities, eat from communal pots, and genuinely Do Not Understand why the Core Races are so Angry and prone to Violence all the time.

Consequently Goblins who live near Core communities develop a reputation as “Thieves” despite not even having a *word* for that. (The closest word they have is more like “Greedy” and it means a person that hides things so nobody else can use them, and it’s a surefire fight-starter to call a Goblin that)

Common Orc Spiritual beliefs hold that a Soul can only grow stronger by overcoming Challenges in life, and see intruding on another person’s Challenge unasked for as not just Rude, but Deeply Harmful. You’re Stealing their chance to Grow. Asking for help is deeply personal and doing so can be both a way to grow closer with them or a too-personal intrusion, depending on your existing relationship with them. An exception is Children, as far as most Orcs are concerned, all Children are fundamentally the responsibility of the Whole Community, regardless of whose child they are, or even if said child is an Orc at *all*.

This means that Orcs who live near Core neighbors often seem Rude and Standoffish if not outright hostile, because they neither ask for nor offer aid even in times of trouble, and respond to unasked for aid themselves with Anger. There are even rumors that they Steal Children, because if an Orc finds a child lost in the woods they’re pretty much immediately going to start feeding it, and if they can’t find where to bring it back to, or it doesn’t seem to be well cared for, they’re just gonna keep it. 

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crazy-pages

This. I like this.

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meme-spren

They’re not Designated Evilguys, but the latter idea actually sounds like it’d be a good fit for goliaths, they’re all about challenging yourself and their description makes them sound… rather unhelpful towards those who are struggling.

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