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Andy "Spooktober" Mason

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Sometimes I draw things. Mostly I just think about drawing things. "Unexpectedly rugged." ORIGINAL CHARACTER DO NOT STEAL

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 8h

Brom is very Boris, and I mean that as a compliment 🙂

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

No more kings. Vimes had difficulty in articulating why this should be so, why the concept resonated in his very bones. After all, a good many of the patricians had been as bad as any king. But they were...sort of...bad on equal terms. What set Vimes's teeth on edge was the idea that kings were a different kind of human being. A higher lifeform. Somehow magical.

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 11h

Is the president literally shitposting

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 1d

It's been a while since I made a double entendre. I'm just not feeling myself

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 1d

I mean, they don't want to be called bigots, that's why they say "it's bad" rather than "I don't like it". Because then they'd have to explain what they don't like about it

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 1d

Why? He's not a cat.

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

Haha of course. Parkiiiiin [shakes fist]

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The Mancunian Candidate (short story)

The Mancunian Candidate was the ninth story in the anthology Wildthyme on Top. It was written by Lance Parkin.

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

"The Mancunian Candidate"? Is that anything? Surely by now

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

And here I thought it was about quality control

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

D&D is founded on flexibility and adaptability, so it's odd when people insist it can only be one thing.

I'm sure when Dark Sun came out, there were people who complained it wasn't true to the spirit of D&D and wondered why everything was psionics nowadays, no wonder they were losing money

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

(Cynical hindbrain suspects they are aware that they mean "this is not to my taste" but do not want to be caught saying that because they are aware on some level that they're being wrongheaded)

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

Caught myself typing "I miss the days when" which is almost always a nostalgia trap.

I suppose people have always confused "this is not to my taste" with "this is low quality" so I'm not going to waste time wishing fandom was great again

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

Not everything has to be Boris Vallejo

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Dungeons & Dragons @dndbeyond.com · 3d

In this realm, your story is yours to tell.

A day of love and celebration throughout the realms of Dungeons & Dragons. Art by Ricardo Bessa.

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

KOBOLD BARD shikka shikka shikka

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

Honestly I'd rather be named after something slightly obscure that my parents loved, than a big pop culture phenomenon of the moment. It's much less cringe

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

Hmm, no instances of "Crash" in freely available UK name search databases, but apparently they intentionally omit names with extremely low incidences so

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

I mean ... I can see a kid being called "Crash", but like. You don't get the surname

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 2d

Of course, in the North, we barm for initiative.

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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 2d

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

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Rich May @richdmay.bsky.social · 3d

I registered my Xbox Live Account in _2002_ you absolute gibbons.

Screen cap of an email from Microsoft about having to verify my age to use chat online on Xbox. The text reads:

"At Xbox, we are committed to providing players with a safe and secure
experience on our platform. In collaboration with the community, publishing partners, and industry regulators, we frequently iterate on our safety measures to ensure we are offering the safest player experience.

As part of our compliance program for the UK Online Safety Act and our ongoing investments in tools and technologies that help ensure age-appropriate experiences, we need you to verify your age so you can continue enjoying social features on Xbox.

Please feel free to disregard this email if you've already verified your age via the verification process."

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 3d

I'm just super bad at making time for myself to read. I'm still in the Krakoa era

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Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 3d

... If you showed me this photo out of context, there is no scenario in which I'd have guessed "church"

Andy "Spooktober" Mason @andysdrawings.co.uk · 3d

I love when it's unclear whether the writer is underscoring that their story takes place in a fantasy world, or revealing their honest beliefs