Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="pathfinderq1" data-source="post: 6794639" data-attributes="member: 48394">Various free-form thoughts on a variety of stuff (s-blocked for your sanity)1. [sblock= Romance/boys] Given her budding telepathy and California upbringing, Tasha has a little bit of SJW (Social Justice Warrior, but in a good way, and I'll keep it low key) in her mix, so her first thought towards an all-female group dealing with 'romance tropes' in high school is "Don't be so heteronormative". More amusingly, and more to the point, this means that "Boys are a Plot Device"- if only high school were really that easy... [/sblock]2. [sblock= Old People, and 'the Old Country'] So if Francis and her mother have an interest in religious superstition and mythology, there is that a bit in common with Tasha- she shares such an interest with her maternal great-grandmother (still mostly lucid and spry for her age of 105, living in an assisted living facility in Brighton- she immigrated from Russia just after WW2, and is a wealth of tales from her homeland)- it is also likely that she has some of the same gifts that Tasha has (which may account for her still-sharp mind and how she survived WW2, among other things). Both countries likely share at least some history, and possibly bits of folklore and so on.  Just means now Tasha has to learn Romanian, as well as Spanish... [/sblock]3. [sblock= Tasha's references] Once we get going, I will probably put up another post in the RG to keep track of various references for Tasha- this is likely to include any interesting topics/info she has picked up (so I don't forget it), but will also likely include local color and such from Belmont/Boston, and a running list of her observations/t-shirt of the day/etc. I'll keep it s-blocked for clarity. If I get too deeply Boston, just let me know- I lived there for 12 years, still know many people there, and might be moving back someday (For instance, nerdy Tasha may spend time visiting Pandemonium Books and Games in Cambridge- it is a real, and awesome, place). Just FYI... [/sblock]4. [sblock= Genre/tropes/tone] In addition to the previously-mentioned BtVS and Veronica Mars, I'll probably reference many 80s teen movies (many of which, sadly, I remember from the first time around). And given that Belmont (and eastern Massachusetts in general) is pretty squarely in the center of Lovecraft country, there may be some of those references as well. The Breakfast Club meets the Elder Gods or "you can take Detention or lose SAN, your choice"... [/sblock]</blockquote>

Verification