Taxpaying Adult Human

Mass. 32. They/them. Very very aroace. I like clouds. Opinions my own and not reflective of my employer. Was working on a web novel at some point.

[the-shattering]

The Shattering - A Fantasy Web Novel

About:

The Shattering is a fantasy web novel about three queer middle-aged warriors banding together to fight an ancient evil that's threatening to literally tear the continent apart. They also semi-adopt a Chosen One kid in the process. Torvola, an old knight who thought her fighting days were long behind her, takes up the mantle of champion once more to fulfill her duty to the queen. Cazan, an archer and a blood mage, fights to protect the kid they took on as a student and prove that there is such a thing as ethical blood magic. Caleste, a countess on an endless quest for fame and glory, throws herself headlong into the battle to save the continent (and finally get the hero title she rightfully deserves).

More detailed summary here.

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Read it if you like:

Swords

Gays

Sword wielding gays

Honestly just lots of queers in this story

Fantasy

Action

Adventure

Lesbian angst

Somewhat witty dialogue

If it were up on AO3 it'd be somewhere between the Teen and Mature rating.

Content warnings: Fantasy violence (with somewhat detailed descriptions of blood and death but nothing too over the top), exploration of mental illnesses including PTSD, depictions of natural disasters, cussing.

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Updates Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 pm ET.

[mass-convergence]

Back to updating this beast ❤️

[charlesoberonn]

The only bad part about classical music is the names

[charlesoberonn]

Oh fuck yeah my favorite song, Blorbobio Suite No. 117, Op.5, W.1099 in K Major for String Quartet. It's a banger.

[mass-convergence]

So I learned a super important lesson today about ensuring my garage door is fully open before backing my car out.

No I will not explain how I learned this lesson.

[softmcshimi]

baran and cassie take their boys hiking 🩷🌄

the fluff potential is off the charts with these two

[essaimart]

☝️ one

[essaimart]

she needs a lot

[mass-convergence]

Hanging on the floor with my cat

[parapompp]

A little empathy goes a long way for those suffering in real pain

[wizardshark]

99% of queer discourse stops right before they define the true difference between bisexual and pansexual!

[saspitite]

FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME

BISEXUALS GROW FROM THE GROUND

PANSEXUALS GROW FROM THE CEILING

[preserving-tiktok]

[taraljc]

This is an awesome use of what is probably a master's degree if not a doctorate and I am 100% thrilled that she shared it even though it was embarrassing and she squeaked.

[liminalbeauty]

Thank you, adorable scientist, for making people's lives better.

[punchspeedchunk]

As an Australian, THIS WOMAN IS A FUCKING GODSEND.

[notasapleasure]

this is Hannah Fry, Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

[qualityrachni]

Love that this has popped up whilst I'm watching her podcast The Rest is Science

[mohanism]

actually i think we all moved on too quickly from “bring me another woman to yell at”

[sapropel]

Apolitically killing bandits and savages in my video game with no messages

[diet-poison]

asked the skyrim bandits why they were living in a cave and they explained the war effort has buried the economy so they can't find work and lost their homes. I use my shout to blast them across the cave and find a preeeetty nice sword among their belongings

[amnesiaguy]

best m/f dynamic is a flamboyant bisexual show-off desperately in love with an extremely practical girl who’s difficult to impress 🤩

[varijacija]

[mass-convergence]

Debating going on a local chase today - got a risk for severe weather right over us and the Black Hills can spin up some gorgeous storms.

[viralfrog]

[robotslenderman]

this explains why Australians don't eat corndogs either

[thecrumbez]

Happy Pride Month to those two women dancing together in the foreground of the boat scene in Godzilla (1954).

I’m sorry your romantic foibles were overshadowed by a big ass atomic lizard thing.

[erratic-dragon-fruit]

out of the tags with you

[swampthingy]

[actuallyapathy]

[the-lumpfish-queen]

I love environmental storytelling

[belphegor1982]

[hotlegsharker]

[berlynn-wohl]

[harleyklawz]

Its fucking hieroglyphs with you people

[necronomipod]

Can't just leave this in the comments

[fandomsandfeminism]

Occasionally, when I'm in the early stages of planning a trip, I will, laughably, check to see if it's feasible to do something *without* the car, or a plane.

Bus and train. It may take longer than a plane, and be less convenient than by car, but better for the environment, right? Let's see.

Well. I COULD drive 11 hours from Austin to Albuquerque, where I have family, which costs whatever horrible gas prices we have right now. (Plus driving time always inflates for pit stops.)

OR take a plane (2 hours in the air, plus airport time, and probably need to rent a car there) for roughly $150ish.

Or...I can take the Greyhound bus, which....means taking the bus to Dallas, then transferring to go to Oklahoma, then transferring to another bus to go to Albuquerque. And it'll only take 20 hours and cost $250.

OR.....for $220, I can take an Amtrak from Austin to Dallas, then change trains to go to Oklahoma, then *switch to a bus* to go to....Kansas? And then get on a train in Kansas to go to Albequrque. And it will only take 30+ hours.

.....

Ok.

Chicago. Go see the Field Museum.

I can drive there in 18 hours. Or fly, about $200 and 3 hours in the air.

Greyhound for $250 in 25 hours. Amtrak for $230...in 29 hours.

.....

What if I just want to go to Houston for the weekend and not deal with the traffic? I can drive to Houston in 2.5 maybe 3 hours? I'd never fly that, since that's crazy (an hour in the air, but driving is actually faster if you account for airport shennanigans). This one at least has a viable bus option at 3 hours and $40 (but then you don't have your car with you, so you have to figure out transportation around Houston...)

Amtrak...amazingly , requires a train transfer in San Antonio, takes 16 hours, and costs $70.

Ok, New York City. 26 hours of driving. 5 hours and $300 flying. Bus is only $180 and takes....45 hours.

Amtrak. Costs. $440. And would take...54 hours...on three different trains.

And I just.

Fine. I'll drive.