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35 . reader . writer . geek . cis fem (she/her/hers) . kind heart . badass .

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[fawnpalmer]

quarterly reminder that if i reblog something ai-generated it is 110% and always an accident and for the love of god please tell me so i can delete it from my blog

[hgedits]

Eva Stratt:

[queer-benoit-blanc]

Project Hail Mary in-world top 10 most controversial reddit post arguing eva stratt should get a nobel prize

[future-crab]

So I follow N. D. Stevenson (comics writer and animator, most famous for Nimona and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and his husband Lee Ostertag (also a comics writer and animator) on Instagram. When I started following them, they were both publicly presenting as women, and then a few years ago N. D. came out as transmasc nonbinary, and then earlier this year Lee also came out as transmasc. Anyway this is all setup to say that Lee had the chance to make the funniest post of all time and he took it:

Absolutely iconic.

[fearoftheminotaur]

I want to throw in that part of the context behind this meme was N.D. talking about how he sometimes gets hatemail for marrying a man as a former lesbian, and how many people seem to think he divorced his wife.

I have not managed to find anyone who thinks that in the wild, but it is so damn funny.

[falconscry]

mulligan’s hound: a narrative principle emphasizing that if a dog is included in a story, there must be a reason for it, such as the dog being killed at some later point

[astroloquacious]

Once again this episode has been very on-brand for Mr. Mulligan.

[astroloquacious]

Heyyy... people watching Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness that have also played Vampire/other CoD games, most specifically Demon:

[not technically spoilers, but CoD-lore informed speculation below cut]

Anybody else getting God-Machine vibes from all this "spider spinning its lightning web" (coughDalgacough) and talk of city "infrastructure" and how Otherman was talking about "it's likely that we live in a simulation" and "people will be replaced with programs in 30 years" (servitors) stuff? Plus the intro animation had some clear references to PNW cryptid culture (when Cryptids are a specific thing in DtD related to the God-Machine).

I'm just saying in a campaign that seems to already be more than a little bit about Stop Letting AI Dictate Everything & Turn People Into Data, played in a system that already has lore & mechanics for Eldrich Computer Overlord That Runs Everything...

I dunno if that's getting too deep into CoD lore for a 14-ep season that isn't even technically DtD, though. But it would feel very Brennan to be like "and your final boss is an Angel representing the evils of technofeudalism!"

Thoughts?

[astroloquacious]

WAIT OTHERMAN'S COMPANY IS NAMED "CEREPHIM" LIKE THE ANGEL putting money on this theory now

[astroloquacious]

Heyyy... people watching Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness that have also played Vampire/other CoD games, most specifically Demon:

[not technically spoilers, but CoD-lore informed speculation below cut]

Anybody else getting God-Machine vibes from all this "spider spinning its lightning web" (coughDalgacough) and talk of city "infrastructure" and how Otherman was talking about "it's likely that we live in a simulation" and "people will be replaced with programs in 30 years" (servitors) stuff? Plus the intro animation had some clear references to PNW cryptid culture (when Cryptids are a specific thing in DtD related to the God-Machine).

I'm just saying in a campaign that seems to already be more than a little bit about Stop Letting AI Dictate Everything & Turn People Into Data, played in a system that already has lore & mechanics for Eldrich Computer Overlord That Runs Everything...

I dunno if that's getting too deep into CoD lore for a 14-ep season that isn't even technically DtD, though. But it would feel very Brennan to be like "and your final boss is an Angel representing the evils of technofeudalism!"

Thoughts?

[astroloquacious]

Item: Headphones Rarity: ⏶ Common

Name a video game song you still have stuck in your head.

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Main theme from Planet of Lana.

🟣🔵🔵🟣🟢

[rowan-ashtree]

hello beloved mutuals and followers. all of you go play Planet of Lana and then its sequel. bc i need to talk to someone about it.

[bittercupnightingale]

I think about Planet of Lana often and I didn't know while I was playing, but this was all hand painted. It's a beautiful game 🩷

[prokopetz]

This game has a tutorial specifically for how to pet whatever this is.

[rowan-ashtree]

hello beloved mutuals and followers. all of you go play Planet of Lana and then its sequel. bc i need to talk to someone about it.

[shadowen]

This is an anti-despair checkpoint! You must share something you're looking forward to before scrolling on.

[a-murmuration-of-sorts]

chef’s tools mention!

[wolf-tail]

Hot Take: A LOT of dieting is just straight up self-harm but because it's supposed to turn your body into an "acceptable" one it's encouraged.