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[Lemon Cheesecake]

I've had to be at family reunions and people are speaking another language with English words thrown in there...laughing away...and I have no clue what they are saying!

[silverberry]

That's what I love about Discord server channels - it gives everyone the ability to hold like 10 different conversations with the same people at the same time.

Ah, at family gatherings, table's usually big enough that people just naturally break off and have convos in smaller groups.

I personally don't mind not being part of a conversation that's physically close to me - not everything has to be for me. Besides, if the only allowed topic is something super general that everyone could relate to, it'll end up be the super vague, small-talk type-esque stuff. And even those convos eventually wander into more specific, less relatable topics by themselves!

It's also p interesting to just. Listen in on everyone share their knowledge and opinions, even on things I don't understand much.

[npixelz]

That doesn't usually happen at home because we're often told to talk about things that everyone can discuss. It's not a rigid rule, but it's strongly advised.

That's a pretty good rule to have. It's awkward when you're the one not able to join the discussion.

Indeed! But sometimes I want to talk to my sister about a game, and I can't! Though now I don't eat with them, so that doesn't happen anymore.

Oof.

Indeed!
We don't have many family gatherings and when we do, the children (even adult children) are usually separate from the parents/guardians.
True.
Indeed

[MissAutumn]

I've had to be at family reunions and people are speaking another language with English words thrown in there...laughing away...and I have no clue what they are saying!

I hate that. I feel like I'm missing out on something when people switch languages.

Indeed! But sometimes I want to talk to my sister about a game, and I can't! Though now I don't eat with them, so that doesn't happen anymore.

That would be annoying.

[ShiroGEM]

Cilencio Cerbera
I use name generators all the time! Especially on my DND characters because I don't end up fleshing out their backstory until halfway into the campaign.. oops?
They're really good for someone with no braincells like me~
Ikr? Iridescent makes any colour combination look pretty honestly, it's one of the only genes I couldn't pass up haha. Also I never really understood how familiars worked, I'm pretty sure I only bonded them to get rewards. LOL

npixelz
Ahh I see! I don't often eat with my family (bad blood lol) but when we have family gatherings, they're usually extended families or nothing. Kind of hard to include everyone when the dining table has 10 people and there's 4-5 tables of people in the same family Usually we have like 4-5 people participating in conversations and it works out because the other half get to focus on eating food

Lemon Cheesecake
I feel that all the time at family gatherings! My dad's side are all Hong Kongers and I don't speak Canto at all and when I eat with my mom's side, they all speak in Taiwanese and I don't speak that either

[ShiroGEM]

silverberry
Discord has totally changed how I interact with people online and I love how servers can contain thousands of members and still feel like there's a conversation going on
Totally agree with you that listening in can be entertaining! Sometimes there's not much to contribute anyway~ We usually have family gatherings at banquets and the food there is so good! To the point where I don't even make an effort in speaking when I don't have to, I just nod and chew, occasionally pour tea for others etc. Maybe i'm just an introvert too haha

[npixelz]

Indeed! But sometimes I want to talk to my sister about a game, and I can't! Though now I don't eat with them, so that doesn't happen anymore.

That would be annoying.

Yup!

I see! Baby now we've got bad blood! Indeed
Oof.

Discord is great

[silverberry]

ShiroGEM
Oh yes, it's a huge introvert mood. Family gatherings are just... too big and too much to handle. ESPECIALLY if like, they've all heard of you or something and you don't even know how you're related to them orz

[Cilencio Cerbera]

Ohhhh hell nawh the topic of OC's backstory is giving some war flashback HAHAHAHAH XDDDD Idk if you're like me, coz for mine I'd usually create random tragic or funny backstories as we move along HAHAHA instead of creating it all together <.<;;; If the backstories are created too early, it feels that it's much more likely subjected to change.

Indeed ToT And metallic/alloy genes too, it brings out the shine! But iridescent is still the best when it comes to pairing with skins!

Ayyy ya got that right we bond with familiars to ultimately receive the golden gilded chest! The items inside these gold chest tends to contain more 'gem' than normal brown chest, so the more the better I'd say HAHAHA These chests helped in increasing many users' gem count.

[silverberry]

I second that metallic gene! I went nuts over it so a lot of the dragons in my lair are metallic...
It's just makes a really good, subtle but not bland base!

...backstory whomstveveve HAHAHA
I wrote a personality for my progens (and the iciest looking ridgey i have) but other than that... nada.

[Cilencio Cerbera]

HAHAHAAHAH Ikr, metallic just has this awesome shine to it! It pairs well with many tertiary genes too, along with the crystal genes! Ahh but secondary bee gene works wonders even when the dragon colors aint matching or contrasting.

OH OH, have yall checked out the new patchwork skin? >XD it looks so cute on baby dragons!!! They look like lil fluffy plushies

HAAHAHHAHAHAAHHA
I just slap em with some copy pasta Ars Goetia demon names and lore LMAOOOOOOO

[ShiroGEM]

Cilencio Cerbera
Same with me honestly! i've had OC backstories still in the works and none of them are complete, even if some of them have been worked on for about 5 years on and off. just doesn't feel right to finish them and dust them aside. The backstories have definitely gotten more complex the older i've gotten too

Oh yea I forgot they gave gems too! That's probably why I had them on in the first place, but I only have like 500 gems right now anyway so I was not good at checking them daily

silverberry
Writing a backstory for your dragons is pretty cool! I don't have enough creativity to write non-human characters anymore C":

[Lemon Cheesecake]

How are things going on your side of the world, ShiroGem?

[npixelz]

Vewy gwood qwestiawn uwu

[murmurlade]

hope everyones having a good lunar new year /