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My name's Riley, 30. She/Her. I'm a writer, streamer, and professional game master. I stream Mondays through Thursdays
All my links are here: https://linktr.ee/rlyehriley
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What a legacy to have.. to be the piss queen. It's a lonely throne, but at least you earned it?
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Divination Wizard!
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Like, for real, this poor kid has a phobia of *all* insects and bugs from a bad experience in his most vulnerable and formative years. He has a panic attack over even the smallest winged creature, even if it's harmless.
I might *ask* his mom about it, but now it's in my head I'm gonna do it.
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100%, haha.
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Bugs are scary, what can I say? It seems classically, a lot of feminine monsters are top half human / bottom half monster. So, we may have to look at aliens and sci-fi for Straight Male Hear Me Outs.
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Though, Shelob is (much to my dismay) given a human form in one of the LotR games (Shadow of Mordor, I think) even though she has always been a giant spider.
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Hahaha. I would also propose yautja from Predator, but considering they're humanoid enough, I think it depends on where the line is. Like 100% not human or humanoid.
I would also say Shelob from Lord of the Rings and argue a giant spider isn't an animal but I'm gonna assume you meant insects, too!
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Are we including or excluding fantasy creatures? Would you include insects under 'animals'? What are your feelings on the Xenomorph Queen from Aliens?
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Gotta start somewhere!
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You don't have to apologize. I'm just happy to hear that you're doing al right! <3
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There's an archaeologist on youtube, miniminuteman, who I adore because he actively debunks those 'what if' conspiracies and educates on archaeological sites that have all these made-up myths about them with actual truth.
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I hate what ancient aliens has done to my very smart mother in law.
"Did you know the pyramids were ancient power generators?"
"No- that's not what they are."
"But what if they were!"
It's the 'what if' that I hate, it's so infuriating. Anyone can claim to be an expert and they're just trusted.
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I'm paying my current, part-time editor $12/hr to make clips. If I had the means, I'd be paying them more.
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That's so valid. I used to wear the medic armor all the time. Now I wear the +2 grenade armor with thermites because that's turned into my go-to for dealing with heavies.
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Happy birthday, Skatey!!
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It's so long ago. I didn't meet anyone doing it. All I did was occasionally watch the anime and steal my older brother's copy of a yugioh game he had on the GBA.
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It definitley does!
I still wonder where I'd be if I stuck with it, but back then just about anything I got into was so that I could do something with my older brother. I was a shy and lonely kid!
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The day I stopped playing is burned into my memory. It's a shitty story, too. But the time I spent playing with my older brother, even if I was a little sore loser at the time, are unforgettable.
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I never learned any strats or anything. What I ended up doing way back then was just taking any cards my older brother gave me and ended up created this towering monstrosity of a deck. It was a lot of cards.
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I literally watched a tiktok the other day explaining a frog / toad deck.. Or maybe it was a youtube short, I don't remember. But I watched it and really really felt an itch to get back into yugioh. It's been over 2 decades since I played when I was a little kid.
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Gotta dial up those goth baddie levels so that there is absolutely no doubt.
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I did peek at a few of them! I'll definitely have to look into it.