Since this script will now run every time you open the tumblr dashboard, disable it again after usage: With the dashboard open, click the toolbar button for Tampermonkey. Now click the switch to disable the “tumblr score checker 2.0” again.
As for those wondering about “what am I going to run on my tumblr, is it even save?”, if you would like to feel free to check the code, but what it does is get the so called “form key” from the page (tumblr uses it internally to communicate between pages, e.g. xkit uses it too). Next, this form key is used in combination with the part of the server that loads blogs in the sidebar view. The loading code returned by the server has information about whether or not posts are flagged, and a lot of extra information.
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I was gonna post a whole long thing about it but tl;dr I think getting the whitestone arc first spoiled us and skewed our perception of what d&d character growth and storytelling should look like
I only know partial bits of Campaign 1, and legitimately cannot set aside time to watch it, so would you mind elaborating a little more?
I keep seeing the Whitestone Arc cropping up everywhere, so it definitely had a huge impact, but I just don’t know why people keep comparing parts of Campaign 2 to the Whitestone Arc. I know the bare facts of the arc as related to me by real life friends who watched live, but they can’t seem to express their reaction to it except by repeating ‘YOUR SOUL IS FORFEIT!’ ad infinitum. Did it utilize certain tropes well? Did it have good dialogue/ good combat/good growth?
I’m really curious is all.
The Whitestone Arc––which I’m calling roughly episodes 24-36 of the first campaign, which was about… two years in at that point I think, including the pre-stream home game––was a deep dive into Percy’s backstory that introduced major through-lines through the rest of the campaign: villains, plots, mysteries, relationships, more. A bunch of it bloomed during the Whitestone Arc and carried through the rest of the campaign. It also dug into a lot of character stuff, the whys and hows of being adventuring heroes dedicated to doing Good. Vox Machina made decisions pertaining not just to them but to an entire city (and it came on the end of a… er, pretty rough fight, when certain members––Keyleth especially––were rethinking what it meant to be a part of this group) in order to save it, and that introduced a whole new facet to the show. And the game in general, I think; it was the point they finally found their legs and started to figure out what exactly a D&D show could be.
Not to mention the RP reached an entirely new level, between the introduction of a serious new character-heavy plot and the absence of a certain player. It was the culmination of a lot of change and stumbling around into something cohesive, gripping, and beautifully played out.
But it was also deeply focused on Percy, and I think hindsight often paints it even more as his story, so there’s a tendency to compare, well, any character-specific or backstory-driven plotline to it. Fjord seeking Vandren and learning about Uk’otoa? That’s Fjord’s Whitestone Arc. Going to Nicodranas to see Jester’s mom? Her Whitestone Arc. Vex in the Feywild? Her Whitestone Arc. Caleb and the Academy? His Whitestone Arc. And so on and so forth.
The trouble being, not every character or backstory is built for a twelve-episode dive into what makes a character tick and what’s lurking in their past, so not every character’s story can be like that. Whitestone was amazing––seriously, it was such a transformation and I’m pretty sure it still holds up, and it gave us some of the most iconic moments, one-liners, fights, and character development––but it’s just seen as the gold standard when not everyone even uses the same currency, much less the wealth to reach it.
First, a note: I ask that people please reblog this to spread this since the tags are kinda unusable right now, especially when a post has external links within it.
Dreamwidth has been my main active posting platform for a year and a half now, and I’ve noticed a lot of bloggers talking about jumping ship over to DW with tumblr’s uhhhhhh current state of affairs.
But DW is kinda bland and boring if you’re too young to have been of the LiveJournal generation, and therefore don’t know where to look or start in order to build your friends list and find communities, so I’m going to do some of the legwork for you.
the_great_tumblr_purge: I made a dw community specifically for people jumping ship from tumblr to reconnect with each other.
addme: a friending community where you pimp yourself out and find other people with similar interests that you might want to see on your reading page.
addme_fandom: similar to above, only with a stronger emphasis on finding people based on your fandoms.
fandomcalendar: a community where you can find fandom events, such as big bangs, exchanges, challenges, bingos, etc. and other fandom communities that might suit your interests.
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