[ SECRET POST #5338 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5338 ⌋

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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

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01. https://i.imgur.com/WQdn6fk.png

[(Anonymous)]

Ooo, this secret brought to mind one of my absolute favorite games: Caves of Qud. The look of it (and playstyle) isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it hits all the right notes for me. It features procedural generation of names, cultures, and lore in a way I haven't seen anywhere else, and the setting is a lovely departure from typical fantasy worlds.

LOL I promise I ain't a Qud salesman, I just had to gush for a moment. I hope you find more games to scratch that particular itch, OP!

[(Anonymous)]

NGL, it's the reason I also like isekai as a trope, for all the memes and derision there is about it.

Sure, it's blatant escapism, but at the same time, it allows both the audience and the writer to be able to explore the world with the same baggage as characters set in it would be. It is a blessing in disguise, in my opinion, that allows you to see the world with the same awe as a new person.

Besides, some really amazing characters have come out of isekai-like stories: Ashley Williams from Army of Darkness, Fry from Futurama, Alice from Alice in Wonderland...

[philstar22]

I'm basically the opposite of this secret. I don't play games at all and don't really want to. But I love learning about game lore anyway and especially with some of the bigger franchises getting involved in the fandom and getting invested in a fictional world I've never actually played, so I've never seen the source material.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for making my secret Secret Maker!

[(Anonymous)]

I loved those books as a young teen... I haven't read them in years but unlike everyone else in the I hated Achmed! I thought he was super smug and gross for his attitude that he'd always get what he wanted in the end. I did love Grunthor though, he was a sweetheart.

L5R

[(Anonymous)]

Legend of the Five Rings can easily be played without knowing the lore. I've been running it for 20+ years now (still using 1st edition), and only one or two of my players know any of the lore that didn't come directly from one of our previous games.

Each successive campaign has been a new generation of characters (at least a couple being children or grand-children of a player's previous character), and almost every time, we've added a new player or two to the table.

Now, if you're running a game, then knowing the lore can certainly help. In that case, I suggest homebrew campaigns.

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[(Anonymous)]

This is how I feel about the books too; I swear I read them in high school and parts BOTHERED me but I always loved their friendship. I ended up picking up the 4th book but I don't think I ever ended up reading it

[(Anonymous)]

This is weird because I'd forgotten that I read this series (or at least a couple books out of it?) until this secret appeared and was like... that author sounds familiar? Those names... sound familiar? Bu I can't remember anything else. What about the books were problematic, OP?

Thank you Secretmaker!

[(Anonymous)]

I never realized how orange had a strong presence in all three covers. Neat!

[(Anonymous)]

Read the series and enjoyed it, at least the first trilogy. The trio was great.

My favorite ship was Rhapsody/Achmed.

I hadn't read a lot of fantasy books before I got to that series, so I didn't realize how derivative a lot of the stuff in it was. As a musician, though, I loved that Rhapsody herself was a musician MC.

I guess not a lot of stuff to contribute. Thanks for the secret, OP.

[dantesspirit]

I have that entire series of books and read them exactly once.

They did not stick with me.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, ditto, OP!

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[(Anonymous)]

I think most people sub in RL situations in cases like this; an old man's old wife dying is sad because that's something that's pretty sad regardless whether we know the characters in fiction or RL people or not. I'll cry if I see it in a 30 second greeting card commercial or a news story, too.

Maybe I'm overly sensitive! IDK!

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I guess it's a "marry a man like your father" thing, because Almanzo was a spendthrift and always into the Next Big Thing but he was still way more responsible and thoughtful than Pa Ingalls. As for "why did Laura go along with it?", well, what choice did she realistically have? She couldn't have supported a family alone on the pittance women were paid.

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