Tweecore and Falls
Aug. 16th, 2024 10:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseToday we have drizzly rain here in Saint Paul. Of course, today is the day that NOT ONLY is everyone at work at the Energy place at the end of the block, but ALSO my glove compartment has decided to lose its ability to stay shut. It is currently (probably) being held together with the medical tape I was able to find in the first aid kit. I may be in danger of losing my butch credentials, because I failed to have duct tape in the trunk.
Then, I managed to spill coffee all over myself after I had walked the block and a half home in miserable drizzle.
Pretty good start so far, I'd say. :-P
At least Willow has curled herself up in my lap in a way that it is still possible to type. There are good things. Cats in laps are definitely on the top of that list.
So, yesterday, Mason was supposed to go over to his uncle Keven's house to do some work around the yard, but it had rained BUCKETS on Wednesday night. Keven apparently lost power, plus everything he'd wanted Mason to do was sodden. Thursday was payday so Mason and I decided to be mischievous--something we haven't done together since he was probably 12--and go on an adventure hike to Minnehaha Falls. Mostly, what we really wanted was a chance to have lunch at Sea Salt. I can't remember the last time I've seen The Falls so huge. From Sea Salt you could see the spray coming off it. It was raging!!
Mason and I did the hike out to that point on the Mississippi, but we couldn't go our usual way because much of it was completely washed out. Still, we had a lovely time talking about role-playing games and what we like about certain kinds and what Mason, in particular, finds annoying about "tweecore," which has, of course, hit TTRPGs in the same way it did fantasy novels. (Basically, Mason wants stories with strong plot and that usually requires conflict, which he sees a lot of twee settings as intentionally trying to avoid. He's not wrong, but we argued the value of low-key low stakes stories and why we sometimes crave them.)
Mason and I did the hike out to that point on the Mississippi, but we couldn't go our usual way because much of it was completely washed out. Still, we had a lovely time talking about role-playing games and what we like about certain kinds and what Mason, in particular, finds annoying about "tweecore," which has, of course, hit TTRPGs in the same way it did fantasy novels. (Basically, Mason wants stories with strong plot and that usually requires conflict, which he sees a lot of twee settings as intentionally trying to avoid. He's not wrong, but we argued the value of low-key low stakes stories and why we sometimes crave them.)
Interestingly, I'm planning to run a tweecore game at ConFABulous this year. I bought it several years ago when Lumberjanes was really popular because it is, in part, based on those comics. The game is called Camp Flying Moose and it's basically magical summer camp.
I mean, WHY NOT, right?
I mean, WHY NOT, right?