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recent DnD character commission – a gnoll adventurer having a peaceful evening under the northern lights.

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#fascinated by how viscerally disturbing this is #I actually recoiled when I saw it #no not the gnoll‚ they’re fine #the aurora #I recently spent three months writing a story from the perspective of someone #whose homeworld had their Carrington-Event-equivalent when they were at a ~1930s tech level instead of 1850s #((he wasn’t born until several decades later‚ but it’s had an impact on the culture)) #(he ends up on a world that’s happened to have made it to ~modern tech level *without* any major grid collapses) #(that is still naive enough to casually place its trust) #(–more trust than ever–) #(in big centralised electricity supply) #(he’s terrified the Big One is going to hit before he has a chance to talk some sense into them) #apparently this has left its mark on me #(plus of course the fact that‚ well‚ there’s a reason I wrote it that way in the first place) #a big part of me is looking at this picture and going #’how the fuck are you having ”a peaceful evening” under a harbinger of doom’ #(yes I’m aware that the answer is ”when you’re that far north‚ auroras don’t mean much”) #((and it’s D&D so the answer is probably also ”what’s an electrical grid”)) #tag rambles #art #D&D #apocalypse cw