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@winterfuchs.bsky.social

ttrpg, scifi, fantasy, art, neurodiversity, games, photography, ... β€’ he/him or they/them β€’ languages: german, english β€’ AuDHD brain 😡 β€’ "please, be kind, especially when we don't know what's going on"

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Guardian

08.11.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2156    πŸ” 474    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I have bad taste. Just finished The Witcher s. 4 ep. 5 and I liked it. So far, the new guy isn't so bad and I quite like Yen, Jaskier, Regis and for some reason also Cahir (I may be a sucker for redemption arcs). I've watched far worse shows and something in me still seems to enjoy this one.

05.11.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cw: mental health, neurodivergence?
rejection sensitive dysphoria. Anyone know more about this?
Is it possible that what I think feels like RSD is actually 'just' the result of being too controlled with my emotions around people for too long and that just explodes, when I get surprised by rejection?

05.11.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I strongly believe the smallest act of daily creativity can powerfully reinforce & fuel our trauma recovery.

Our bullies & abusers desperately want us forgetting how to make & share music, art, poetry, or anything else. Ask yourself why.

25.10.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
A goblin guy talking to a floating robot

A goblin guy talking to a floating robot

gob

16.10.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
an illustration of book being pierced through by a sword, from the wound the thorns with red tips are growing, slowly changing into flowers, a red bookmark is there to symbolize blood.

the book reads 'It's alright to say No. You will always be a villain in someone's story...'

an illustration of book being pierced through by a sword, from the wound the thorns with red tips are growing, slowly changing into flowers, a red bookmark is there to symbolize blood. the book reads 'It's alright to say No. You will always be a villain in someone's story...'

| Villain |

To all my fellow people pleasers out there... 😌
#originalart

15.10.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5793    πŸ” 2389    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 22
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It's good weather for reading ghost stories

13.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Das sieht stilistisch sehr anders aus - und ich find's toll! <3

08.10.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

rewatch 'Dead End: Paranormal Park'
s. 1 e. 3 is probably still my favorite because of how it shows how Norma, an autistic character, experiences the world and her fears.
"New people are scary. Actually just people. Period." - Norma

(honestly, all my nightmares are 'just' of social interactions)

04.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pine Martens - bit more character concept work for the third Gwelf book. Work continues. More soon.

04.10.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 402    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

And it does not try to force you to be a certain way. Or, well... may be it does try to get people to be open to diversity. Still don't understand why this should be a bad thing.
Anyway... rewatching 'Dead End: Paranormal Park' now. <3
2/2

03.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No idea why some people see representation in media as some kind of propaganda. It's not. To me it's an offer to either find parts of yourself in it or at the very least get an insight into people different than you, an offer to understand them.
1/2

03.10.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rawr! Some snowy dragons

25.09.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Just tell them" is such an underrated piece of advice for telegraphing dangers in RPGs.

"How can I hint that the hallway is trapped? How can I hint that if they defeat the dungeon lord, they become the next dungeon lord?"

Just tell them. Tell them out loud. With your words.

18.09.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 550    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 27

Saw three teenage boys wearing hoodies, trying to act cool. The hoodie colors: light blue, white and pink.
Not sure they were aware that they had the colors of the transgender flag, but ❀️ if they were aware of it. :-)

13.09.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the 2nd, without the extra borders

11.09.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A screenshot of a Tumblr post;

gyavaforradalmar

i'm starting to realise that having a diverse cast of characters actually lets you cheat your way out of many creative writing rules.

'this character is just infodumping and also talks too formally, the dialogue is not realistic at all!' yeah except they are canonically autistic.

'male viewpoint characters don't tend to describe other men this accurately' he is bisexual, next question.

'the pacing is off, why does she think in full-ass pharagraphs before saying a word?' it's called general anxiety disorder look it up.
and maybe the most gut-punching one:

'why dont they just go to ThE poLiCe' no offense
sir but you sound really white.

A screenshot of a Tumblr post; gyavaforradalmar i'm starting to realise that having a diverse cast of characters actually lets you cheat your way out of many creative writing rules. 'this character is just infodumping and also talks too formally, the dialogue is not realistic at all!' yeah except they are canonically autistic. 'male viewpoint characters don't tend to describe other men this accurately' he is bisexual, next question. 'the pacing is off, why does she think in full-ass pharagraphs before saying a word?' it's called general anxiety disorder look it up. and maybe the most gut-punching one: 'why dont they just go to ThE poLiCe' no offense sir but you sound really white.

I mean, yeah, basically.

Hell, shit like this applies to characters in TTRPGs as well, and really does help reinforce that, as a GM, it's our responsibility to try and make our worlds as believable as possible for our players.

Easiest way to do that? Have a diverse collection of NPCs.

#TTRPG

09.09.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Getting blocked by someone for liking a post of the person after this person followed me? That were the only interactions.
Fascinating. That's the first time in human interaction where I don't even have any basis to let my thoughts spiral out of control. :-D Kind of disappointing for the RSD.

08.09.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Be aware: Sometimes you don't have one problem, but two. Or even more."

First stumbled upon that in my job as a software developer and explained it to colleagues when they were confused by a problem.

Then I noticed: it's applicable everywhere else too.

...now I hide it in my TTRPG plots. :)

08.09.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some neighbors (not from my house) and their friends partying in the backyard garden, with little RU flags for decoration.

Help...

06.09.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You deserve to be happy.

That's it, that's the post.

05.09.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Need to catch up on your reading? There's a new page up for SABLE: A Ghost Story! Read now at sablecomic.com

04.09.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of four young antropomorphic animals with clothes, based on the Humblewood setting for D&D. From left to right a hedgehog (hedge), owl (strig), polarfox (vulpin), dove (luma). There's some hints that they will become a druid (the hedge with a snail on his hand), a paladin (the strig with a wooden sword), a wizard (the vulpin with a book) and a bard (the luma with a lute).

Picture of four young antropomorphic animals with clothes, based on the Humblewood setting for D&D. From left to right a hedgehog (hedge), owl (strig), polarfox (vulpin), dove (luma). There's some hints that they will become a druid (the hedge with a snail on his hand), a paladin (the strig with a wooden sword), a wizard (the vulpin with a book) and a bard (the luma with a lute).

#ttrpg
An #illustration of my rpg group's #Humblewood characters as kids. They'll be: druid, paladin, wizard & bard

It was a gift for the gamemaster - but I'm not sure, if they really liked it or not.

I'm not used to drawing antropomorphic animals (except mice). Need more practice & take more time

02.09.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I look in the mirror and it feels like alternate versions of me are staring back. I like the ones who smile, they give the other versions hope. :)

(thoughts wander in odd directions today :-P )

31.08.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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you're the main reason to keep on going

29.08.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 12525    πŸ” 5092    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 42
Painting in gouache and watercolor of a raccoon eating a fish sandwich in an autumnal landscape while a few robins gather around. By Victoria Maderna.

Painting in gouache and watercolor of a raccoon eating a fish sandwich in an autumnal landscape while a few robins gather around. By Victoria Maderna.

A rover's rest. Gouache and watercolor.

Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...

#art #illustration #raccoon #animals #gouache #painting

21.06.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2820    πŸ” 674    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6

A reminder alert popped up.

"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"

Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."

"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."

"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"

25.08.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 410    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

It amused me that the player who had not read the books made a character that was a bit like 'Satchel' from #BookshopsAndBonedust.
The whole session (~7h) went so amazingly well, that I have no idea how to continue from that without dipping in quality and fun.
But it was so worth it trying that.
7/7

23.08.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I even let their 5th (npc) party member appear. A dwarven cleric who did not want to settle down, because then her family would pester her to take over the family brewery - of course the tavern accidently got their beer from them, because she had never bothered to tell that part of her backstory
6/7

23.08.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of character play and plot and I loved my players. They were a bit suprised by how many things I included in the plot that they had defined at the beginning and how seemingly minor details connected. But I guess that's a speciality of my ND brain, connecting everything with everything else.
5/7

23.08.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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