A blog of all things brilliant

About me: thirty-something, will talk at length about d&d, language teaching, sewing, and my cats.

[throo]

Wh-what do you mean it’s from a birthday cake

[throo]

We could have been eating him

[matineaux-deactivated20260222]

kind of weird how parts of your soul are left in various locations without any warning… like yes i’m always at the top of that hill, sitting at the bus stop, in the cool light of the Japanese restaurant, standing at the pier etc etc

[hi-im-ryn]

[cartoonscientist]

[rexuality]

hikes are very good yes but a deluxe hike is when you are accompanied by a freak with niche nature knowledge. they’re like omg stop there’s a horned valerian varmint beetle here and then you both get to crouch down and look at a bug like :)

[probablybadrpgideas]

Rarer D&D alignments

Bastard Good: You make the world better for people but in a really obnoxious way so everyone low-key hates you for it

Chaotic Dead: You set yourself on fire at the start of each session

Informed Evil: you're wearing a red cape and cackling so we kind of assume you've probably done some bad things off screen, right?

Lawful Pointless: You follow the rules of chess in every situation you find yourself in.

False Neutral: HAHA FOOLS! I WAS NO DRUID! I WAS A PALADIN ALL ALONG!

Lawful Anxious: You follow very strict laws but you don't know what those laws are or if you're breaking them.

Personal Evil: rather then making things worse for sapient life, you work to make things worse for Steve specifically. Everyone else is fine.

Centrist Neutral: "I don't support The Chained God Tharizdun breaking free and unmaking all reality but if we stop him through force we're just as bad as he is. Did you know there's actually zero difference between good and bad things?"

Sponsored Good: You provide justice, compassion and the great taste of subways sandwiches! Put in the code SMITETHESINNERS when ordering online for 20% off!

Sexy Lawful: You follow very strict rules but in such a way we kind of suspect you're getting off on it.

Chaotic Incidental: You act completely randomly but by sheer chance your actions turn out identical to if you followed very strict rules.

Theoretical Good: You want to do good things to help the world and once you stop binging Netflix you're absolutely going to.

Ugly Neutral: None of the other alignments want to hang out with you so you're neutral by default

Chaotic Meta: You pointedly refuse to follow the rules of the game you're playing.

Thirsty Evil: Look, orcs are hot, ok?

[bookcub]

Notable Reads of 2026 (so far)

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow - A fantastic fantasy novel about an epic lady knight, a cowardly scholar, and the power of stories. I need to talk about this book with everyone.

As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel - A sapphic romantic fantasy about a witch and a demon who make a Faustian bargain, whose love story is equal levels of intoxicating and beautiful.

Villains are Destined to Die by SUOL (vol 1-8) - An isekai manhwa where a college student becomes the villain in a dating sim and must be ruthless in her journey of survival. Stunning art and a fantastic main character.

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - A fantastical, historical, horror novel following three women in different time periods. It's deeply unsettling and weird and magical. Excited to read more by Moreno-Garcia!

Armeveni by Nadine Takvorian - A graphic memoir, that follows not only the author, but how she learns about how her family fled Armenia during the genocide. Stunning art, well-researched and poignant about another part of history that is often erased.

Just One Gift by Linda Sue Park - A very short kids' book about a classroom who have the assignment to think of a gift they would give to someone in their lives' that they have never asked for. I cried like 4 times.

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (vol. 1-4) - A fictional memoir series about a scientist in a fake Victorian(?) England studying dragons throughout her lifetime, with drama in regards to her personal life and world politics. Very fun.

Fustuk by Robert Mgrdich Apelian - A stunning fantasy graphic novel, pulling from Armenian and Persian mythology about a family making a deal with a demonic creature. Lots of familial tension, gorgeous art, and lots of focus on food.

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School and The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar by Sonido Reyes - YA contemporary novels following a set of siblings as they struggle with different aspects of their identity. I bawled reading these books and the relationship between Yami and Cesar feels so real.

Comfort Me with Apples by Cathrynne M. Valente - Bluebeard in a white, suburban gated community. Terrifying. Cutting critique of white supremacy.

[iamthemaestro]

found this at an antique shop the other day and was immediately like oh this belongs on tumblr. sniles sneetly. fwowns fwangry.

[1000-life-hacks]

[screenshotsofdespair]

[vaskemire]

[feedyourdeadnametothevoidfish]

‘capitalism works’ factoid actually untrue. the 62 people who own half the world’s wealth are outliers and should be eaten.

[anarchistmemedistro]

62 8

[technofeudalism]

[g00burr]

Absolutely nuts how they made up a number for this satire post and the correction is that reality is *more absurd* than the number they chose

[anarchistmemedistro]

no i’m afraid it’s even worse than that. 62 was correct in 2016 when the original post was made.

[holespoles]

Anastasia Yarygina

[niidsch]

Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia ✧ 2026

[sidras-tak]

Tattoo artist and I were debating over where to place my thigh tattoo. I, pants pulled down and half a buttcheek out in a large airy room in front of the windows said nervously “haha, I know I have a lot of thigh to work with” and they go “OMG yes I feel so bad for skinny clients because their art gets all crowded. You could get some nice big pieces on your arms and legs though”. Hell yeah my friend. Yet another W for the fat crowd tonight.

[lady-lazarus-13]

@gr1d tags

[debian-official]

reblog to boop prev with your paw

[delinquentbookworm]

one time I went over to a friend's house and their housemate was making paper in the living room, and we saw this big tub full of water they were using to dissolve old scrap paper into a slurry, and everyone was immediately like "oh, you need scrap paper?" and started turning out their jacket pockets and producing expired coupons and bus tickets and crumpled receipts and old shopping lists and whatever else they'd been carrying round with them for no good reason, and passing it all to the paper-making housemate to make sure it was suitable before it got torn up and dropped into the tub, while people took turns stirring the slurry with a big wooden stick. it was strangely ritualistic, like presenting an offering to some kind of temple elder for inspection before placing it in a watery shrine to be devoured and reformed. pulp for the pulp god.

[hellenhighwater]

Eleanor update! Look at her!!!

[spicyvampire]

The way all the 2020s have done so far have been making me categorically against every new generation of tech that comes out is insane. Like I'm from a technological boom generation, saw the first portable phones, nokias & blackberries & flipphones etc, and the first smartphones, and the first ipods & ipads & tablets in general while still having cassettes & DVD & MP3 players around so I know how all of it work, I had computer classes in high school, I did the transition between home desktop computers to laptops and back to gaming computers. But then they started to put internet in your printer & microwave, everything has ads & AI now and every update is worst than the last. I literally loved technology and they ruined it