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Would you know where to find such people? I'm mostly interested for lore aspects but find modern renditions of them pretty mid which makes me come off as a contrarian or have to dilute the conversation down to something that I can't really get anything useful out of. I'll try to increase my breadth in-terms of fantasy and DND places but most of them don't give a fuck about the religious/occultic aspects of stuff like Tolkien, Conan, etc. and just like the aesthetics.
>Empathy and self-control.
I never talk about this stuff in real life. I get along well with people but there isn't anyone I can really truly say is reliable anymore because the good people in my life got married and the people who weren't haven't even begun to tackle the mental and physical issues they are. Main thing is I struggle with empathy because the average person here seems to really have little thoughts and I basically just get along with them while working. Not trying to come off as pretentious and maybe I'm just pic related but that's the conclusion I have come to.