SassyGumsquatch

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

I teach outdoors for school groups in a nature area and a part of that process is a discovery hike. Its me, about 12 kids, and a parent chaperone and as we are walking through the woods we see a deer. All these kids, who were in 4th grade, were so excited! We very quietly watched it grazing around in this woods, not giving us any mind at all, when it sort of gets its antlers tangled in some vine and ends up pulling a dead tree down on top of it.

The deer is now flailing under a whole ass tree that collapsed right on to it, and it clearly is suffering. It is making the worst kinds of noises and I have the parent keep the kids back as I approach this crazed stag. It clearly suffered head trauma and was bleeding. The worst part is that it was right on the path back and, due to the terrain, there was really no way to get around this deer without being close to it. After trying and failing to get the deer loose, I had the children all vlimb over the tree and we went back. To top it off they all immediately got on the bus to go home, so it was the last memory these kids had of the place.

I ended up going back and putting the deer down. Absolutely traumatizing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You sound like you live in your mom's basement

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All I hear is the shit in your mouth from all the boots you've licked

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Your business is licking shit off boots

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Go lick some boots

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Recently I have been reading a lot of folklore from eastern Europe. I find it all fascinating since it doesn't get told as much where I am from as things like Greek mythology.

 

What are some real world influences in your own stories and worlds?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's... why I'm here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think that Batman and Robin is the most perfect representation of Batman that has ever been put to film. It captures the wackiness so well

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Batman and Robin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I was obsessed with Long John Silver as a child, but I think I might enjoy the character of Captain Ahab more nowadays. I guess I have a thing for flawed maritime literary characters

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

One of my favorite things about this question is everyone has such different and interesting ideas. Thanks for sharing! I think the idea of some false creators is captivating

 

I was curious what other people have made as far as creation myths and stories.

Here is one of mine:

The Void awoke and thought. From its thought came Chaos. Chaos was and is and is all there will be. Void saw this and heard this and hated it, so the Void created Imortos, a being of perfect order. Imortos also hated Chaos, but did not understand how to stop Chaos. So Void thought one more time and created a being that understood both chaos and order, Kelaster. Kelaster looked at Chaos and Imortos and came up with an idea. He began whispering things to Imortos and dropping hints here and there, sowing the seeds of what was to come.

It was then that Imortos came to Kelaster with an idea. He would build a great machine that would finally transform Chaos into order. He poured over the details, explaining it to Kelaster. Kelaster would interject only to offer suggestions and make minor corrections. When Imortos finished, Kelaster asked Imortos what he would build this great machine out of. "You," replied Imortos.

"Now brother, do you really think that I would make good materials for this machine? I would muck it up, ruining the perfect order of things," replied Kelaster. His words resonated with Imortos, and Imortos asked Kelaster to aid him in becoming the machine. Imortos wrote out all the instructions for the machine and then instructed Kelaster to cut him up and reassemble him as Mechanus, the Cosmic Clock. Kelaster killed Imortos and did as instructed, but tweaked the design somewhat as he did so. When Mechanus began, time did as well, killing Chaos and splitting it into the past, the present, and the future. Because Kelaster tweaked Imortos' design, chance now exists and the future is not fully realized.

Whew, that was longer than I thought it would be. Thanks for staying and reading. Can't wait to read some of yours.

 

All I'm saying is they didn't start beating the drums until Gandalf shouted at poor Pippin

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