Discworld, Swords, and Sewing

37 year old fan of reading, making things and sleeping.

[caffeinatedkt]

I’ve been playing through Tears of the Kingdom, and just found an item: Trousers of Time. Vimes would be proud.

[caffeinatedkt]

At this point, I’m just going to need Aabria to work through the cast and play everyone’s ex as a PC. Laerryn was amazing, sniping divorced couple was delightful, but watching Travis try to IRL misty step out of the studio through sheer force of will was glorious.

[marisatomay]

he had it coming

[devil-seabird-king]

Sexiest Wizards Part 3:

Essek Thelyss

Laerryn Coramar Seelie

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2023

Based on the results of Poll 1 and Poll 2. I'll also be doing a runner-up part with Caleb v The Raven Queen and Allura v Eadwulf just to figure out the top five Sexiest Wizards order.

[quiddie]

The good lord led me to tumblr decades ago solely for this purpose: to do my fucking level best to tip the scales in Laerryn’s favor.

Essek my love, in another life they would be amoral besties. They could compare their little ginger boyfriends (Evandrin counts!) and complain about bureaucracy impeding progress and the limitations of organized religion til Ruidus fades from the sky.

But circumstances led them to this point. And I will not go quietly. You think Laerryn’s losing to a dude that has skipped Leg Day his ENTIRE LIFE? To the guy that gets bodied by ✨sunshine✨? Bro’s favorite food is SOUP. FAVORITE. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Please vote for the girlie who did what even the gods could not: dispelled and destroyed the King and Queen of the Titans so the Prime Deities and Exandria would have a chance to survive the Calamity.

Blight Queen 2023 💖

[lancrewizzard]

My uncle opened my eyes to another Pratchett stealth pun that made us both feel slow as hell for not getting it for years.

Master Wen is a play on Doctor Who.

[caffeinatedkt]

God damnit.

[neil-gaiman]

Why Tumblr? Why do you, an actual celebrity, a famous writer, use Tumblr of all websites?

(The actual celebrity and famous writer sits back in his rocking chair, surveys the world of Tumblr, from his porch. He chews meditatively on a straw, and then he says:)

TACAFW: Y'see, I've been here for nigh on twelve years now, which in new-fangled internet years is about four hundred years... yup, I remember when all this wuz just folks trading photos of cats, and I remember when over there, where it's now just waste land, that whole part of town was whut we used to call 'Not safe for work" -- hooey, I don't know where those folks went, when they got driv out of town -- but me, through those twelve years, I've just been in this old rockin' chair on this old porch, and I've seen 'em come and I've seen 'em go... I guess I mus' just' like it here...

[eloisecarles]

[aenramsden]

[ID: A picture of Neil Gaiman wearing an old-fashioned jacket with popped collar and a Stetson pulled low over his eyes, leaning back in his rocking chair with his boots propped up on an upside-down washing pan, saying “They came for gold an’ glory, but all they could find were sexbots an’ kittens. So they left. But I stayed. I stayed.”]

[natalieironside]

The litany against getting Mad Online

[natalieironside]

I must not reply. Replying is the mind-killer. Replying is the little death that brings total obliteration.

[caffeinatedkt]

Damnit Sam. Stop healing Yu. Don’t trust them. It might be a bit, but it feels like one that could bite them square in the ass. (Erika is a goddamn delight, all of this is a testament to the quality of their performance in this game, but damn, Orym is the only one with the right instincts in this situation, imo).

[caffeinatedkt]

While I understand the confusion from the members of Bell’s Hells, the targeting of Bertie (Birdie?) as well as (or instead of) Yu is baffling to me. Yu actively lied to them the entire time, and used them to get their own way, Bertie is their friend’s mother who they now have heard has been working on this to figure out the ruidis born thing for Fearne. 

[caffeinatedkt]

[caffeinatedkt]

So I’ve been thinking that Laerryn’s character arc is reminding me of Mordin Solus in ME3 because, it had to be her.

Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

[caffeinatedkt]

I want to rewatch EXU Calamity, but I know I am NOT READY to experience that again so soon after that absolutely amazing and devastating ending. I know I missed so much lore in my first watch that I want to catch on a second viewing, but I know I need to give it some time. Those were seriously beautiful performances of wonderfully flawed and nuanced characters (especially Zerxus and Laerryn). It is amazing how much emotional impact the cast packed into only a four episode series, and how heavy the events of that last episode hit.

[anyroads]

*sigh* The TERFs are at it again

As a lot of sewing and costube nerds know, Bernadette Banner just released her book on sewing, a basic guide for sewing and mending based on historical techniques. She has a successful YouTube channel where she teaches these techniques and occasionally features other costubers, experts, etc. Naturally, in writing her book, she’s transferred some of the personal aspects that are part of any YouTube channel’s branding, such as illustrating her work with narratives and introducing the people who are featured in the book.

Because she has used people’s correct pronouns and approached this book in an inclusive way, it seems a group of TERF activists have organized and bombarded the book’s Amazon page with bad reviews, claiming the book has an “agenda” and is “political” by using the preferred pronouns of the people featured. Of course, this is this absurd – YouTube personalities, even those with substantive content who aren’t just influencers, are exactly that? Personalities? So of course there will be personal narratives, and why should someone’s identity be left out of their narrative, especially if the reason they need to tailor a garment is a gender reassignment surgery? I also imagine it may be triggering and difficult, as Banner has an openly non-binary sibling who has also been featured in her videos.

All this to say, you can go to Amazon and report these bigoted reviews or mark them as unhelpful, and if you have a copy of the book and like it, this is a good time to leave a nice review. The book was published less than a month ago, and bad Amazon reviews can tank new publications or push Amazon to force the author to make changes in some cases (though I think only with digital books, but as there’s a kindle edition and we all know that Amazon takes money from authors whose books are returned, I’m hoping these TERFs aren’t buying and returning Kindle editions just to leave shitty reviews). Anyway, it’s important to authors not to get dragged down by a TERF swarm, especially so early after publication. And it’s even more important to keep pushing back and showing TERFs that they can’t keep pulling this shit.

I’m honestly just so tired of their bullshit. Please find a non-destructive outlet for your trauma.

[nealashitposts]

Doing research for a thing everyone reblog or reply and tell me what you would do with your time if you didn’t have to work. Like if you suddenly got enough passive income to live a comfortable middle class life and you didn’t have to do a single thing to get it, what would you do all day? 

If you think your answer is embaraseing anon it to me.

[thatdisasterauthor]

Hike. Write books. Join a SAR team. Draw comics.

[thebibliosphere]

Write books. Go to physical therapy. Cook nice meals for me and my family. Read a boatload of books. Paint.

[caffeinatedkt]

I’d probably still work (I like the research part of my job), but I’d work 20ish hours a week (unless the study required more time). I would sew more, game more, get more sleep, get a dog. I would be able to do things on the weekends other than recover from the prior week. It would be nice.

[caffeinatedkt]

Bell’s Hells have all of one brain cell, and I’m afraid Dorian may have taken it with him when he left. This heist sure is...something

[megapope-deactivated20220531]

god damn this is a QUILT ('late day shadows' by nancy messier)

[thatdisasterauthor]

EXCUSE ME.

[ms-demeanor]

Dear quilters,

What the fuck. What the fuck.

Sincerely, - Everyone Else

[homunculus-argument]

I wish rich people went back to keeping artists as pets. Like when you’re wealthy enough you pick a cool weirdo to do regular commissions for you, and if you really want to flex on your peers, you’ve got several.

 And you visit them every once in a while like “hello, I’ve paid for your rent and your tools, have you worked on that commission giant oil painting of me getting sucked off by my political opponent, who is unfortunately still the mayor of this town, like I requested?”

 And your favourite feral art person looks up - mouth full of gravel and completely surrounded by art-related trash like “no, but I designed a helicopter.”

And you’re like “that’s fucking lit, the mayor doesn’t have a helicopter. Please carry on as you have.”