TTRPG Safety & Support Tools (Part 1 of 2): Making sure X-cards, lines and veils etc actually work

Safety tools aren’t about making your game unrecognizable or about censoring/restricting stories but rather make people better about exploring dark, violent, or themes. People seem to think its 'ohwhat do i have to cut?' when really its 'how hard can i go?' A lot of folks WANT to explore heavy or intimate themes in games and stories - they just don't know how to broach that sensitively. That's where this comes in.