Coutelier

Wherein our hero, an autistic sci-fi and fantasy author, battles the evils of Anxiety and its villainous cohorts; Procrastination and Executive Dysfunction. On this blr I post writing, stuff about writing, some art, and the odd thing I find inspiring, funny, or interesting.

[coutelier]

About

J.P. Coutelier is a writer of sci-fi mystery and adventure, diagnosed with autism as an adult. Struggling to fit in as a child, they instead daydreamed to themselves, sometimes going for walks or spending time in the library reading about physics, history, psychology, and philosophy. Not much has changed.

Books by J.P. Coutelier

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Wherein our hero, an autistic sci-fi and fantasy author, battles the evils of Anxiety and its villainous cohorts; Procrastination and Execut

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Autistic writer of fantasy and scifi. Dumb human sidekick to Nevis, mighty descendant of Dinosaurs.

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Fan art and comics and fiction. Mostly Baldur's Gate right now. My account for original writing and pet photos: https://bsky.app/profile/jp

[cryptidjeepers]

just watched a star trek episode about a planet that relied so heavily on it's computer system that they all forgot the basics of their own knowledge. and that allowed them to miss the fact that they were being posioned with radiation and nearly ending their civilization. because they couldn't use their own knowledge to figure things out. i bring this up for no reason in particular

[gremlininho]

looking. at you

[expressions-of-nature]

by Thomas Marquize

[the-big-mood]

Sam Neill has sadly passed away at the age of 78.

[computer-voiced-by-majel-barrett]

Shoutout to my favorite genre of TOS episode:

[dduane]

…I can’t think how it took me so long to run across this. I feel privileged to have been found by it. 😄

[petitworld]

Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, USA by Dan Mihai

[coutelier]

I mean if this by-election goes ahead and Count Binface actually somehow wins it, who knows? Maybe he'd do a good job. By all accounts H'Angus the Monkey became a pretty respected mayor after being elected. And Nigel Farage does literally nothing for Clacton, so it would take a real concerted effort to be worse.

Although it's very unlikely, I could imagine a world where Clacton gets a big boost in tourism just because of Count Binface.

[coutelier]

So Nigel Farage resigned as an MP, so that he can stand again in a by-election. He seems to think this will take the heat off for all the dodgy donations, but those investigations will just resume again if he wins. Which he likely will; he chose a place where he was pretty much guaranteed to.

Honestly, I think the best thing the other parties can do is nothing. Let him have his little election by himself and win a totally empty victory.

[coutelier]

Well, that seems to be exactly what has happened; all the other parties have said no, we are not going to indulge your tantrum Nigel; we are actually just going to wait for the results of the actual investigation. Nigel seems to under the delusion that being popular (in Clacton) means that rules shouldn't apply to him, but that is just not how rules work. And of course he will scream that everyone is just afraid to face him, then whine that he's such a poor victim with only five houses a £100,000 salary and a pension from his time as an MEP and millions of pounds in 'gifts' to live on, and the media are all against him because I guess he hasn't been invited on Question Time for a week.

I do feel bad for the people of Clacton being put through this, and potentially will have to go through yet another election if Nigel wins but then is found guilty. But it is really all on him; he did not have to do this.

Count Binface has said he would stand, which means Clacton does have a chance to make the funniest thing in the history of politics happen.

[isitaviv]

Most important writing advice of the day is to fuck around. Stop writing to appeal others. Stop thinking you know what other people like. The only thing you know is what you like so write that shit, brain-fried scene. The right people will like it and the others you're worrying about don't exist in the realm of your creation process.

[coutelier]

So Nigel Farage resigned as an MP, so that he can stand again in a by-election. He seems to think this will take the heat off for all the dodgy donations, but those investigations will just resume again if he wins. Which he likely will; he chose a place where he was pretty much guaranteed to.

Honestly, I think the best thing the other parties can do is nothing. Let him have his little election by himself and win a totally empty victory.

[epicsause-official]

i think we are long overdue for a game that does the reverse of 90s first person shooters and actively makes fun of the player for picking the hard difficulty

[epicsause-official]

heres kinda what i mean

[coutelier]

I was cleaning up my old screenshots folder and came across this. This was around Christmas 2019. My brother had said he was interested in getting a train set so I decided to have a quick and found... this. The description doesn't quite match the pictures.

Some kind of database error, maybe? I have always wondered though, if I had felt like burning £165 and ordered it, what would have arrived? Train set or anime girl?

[elancholia]

Some people, when presented with a situation where it's plausibly justifiable to be mean, will choose meanness every single time. And it's sort of subtle, because they can make an argument that they're being reasonable in every individual case, but, in aggregate, they're poisonous, absolutely psychically corrosive to their whole environments. And the attitude is sort of contagious because it always looks strong, even as it weakens and hollows everything it touches — it gives you lots of opportunities to score points, you're always on the offensive, you keep everyone permanently on the back foot. And it makes everyone fucking miserable. You have to look at those situations and say, actually, it's also perfectly plausible and reasonable for you not to be an asshole about this, you're choosing this, and you always choose this.

[deervsheadlights]

wish everyone could perceive the Vague Concepts in my head because i just know you would looove my Vague Concepts. you would think im so smart if you saw the misty clouds of Vague Concepts floating around in my head. #MyVagueConcepts

[humanoidhistory]

Star Trek drone swarm in Sydney, 2022.

[kushblazer666]

[flowercrownsylveon]