Whimsy's Geekery

Geekery & Girl Gaming Lindsey AKA Whimsy Mid 30s • She/Her Pacific Northwest • USA Always a work in progress. RPG Month is every August!

[whimsysgeekery]

It's time for my annual free roleplaying game event!

The last few years I had some great new Tumblr friends sign-up, and would love to see more of you as there are even more games this year! In fact, Tumblr has so consistently had the best new to me players join these games, that I now only spend advertising money on Tumblr Blazes.

The games are all run through my Discord server which you'll receive the invite to after you sign-up. The server is on the small side, queer friendly, anti-AI, and primarily based in WA state, but we have members from around the world.

With the help of some wonderful Game Master friends of mine, I’m hosting 12 games for you to join in! These games are a great opportunity to try a new system OR try tabletop roleplaying for the very first time. All games are online.

SPACE IS LIMITED! Sign-up now to guarantee your spot! Sign-up and view the details at the Eventbrite Collection here: https://rpgmonth.geekgirlre.com

Just like last year, I'll also be sending each participant a custom sticker designed by one of my artist friends! (should you include your address at sign-up).

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Times are not listed below to avoid time zone confusion - please visit the link to view all games on Eventbrite which should localize to your time. At least one is great for European time. The rest take place throughout American time zones.

⭐WANDERHOME 📚Wanderhome (Pastoral Fantasy w/Animals) 📅Tue August 4 👤GM: Pebbles 🔢2-6 Players

⭐NEON GHOSTS 📚Cyberpunk RED 2077 📅Fri August 7 👤GM: Kenn 🔢3-5 Players

⭐CAMP KNIFEPOINT 📚Oh F***, the Killer! (One-Page RPG!) 📅Sat August 8 👤GM: Rogue 🔢3-5 Players

⭐THE WITCH OF THE WESTMORELAND 📚 (As Titled) Tarot Based RPG (Based on the song!) 📅Sun August 9 👤GM: Me! 🔢3-5 Players

⭐FUROR IN THE FARMYARD 📚Tales of the Valiant/D&D 5E (Expands On D&D 5E) 📅Thu August 13 👤GM: Shawn 🔢3-6 Players

⭐ENNESMOUTH: A TOWN OUT OF TIME & REASON 📚Monsterhearts 2 📅Sat August 15 👤GMs: Rogue & Jordan 🔢3-7 Players

⭐THE SHIP IN THE LAKE 📚Traveller (Mongoose 2E) - European friendly time! 📅Sun August 16👤GM: Freyja 🔢3-4 Players

⭐THE SMOSH PIT OF AG-MORATH 📚Mörk Borg 📅Sat August 22 👤GM: Kassian 🔢3-5 Players

⭐ARCHAEONAUTS OF UMDAAR 📚Fate Accelerated (Masters of Umdaar) 📅Sun August 23 👤GM: Paul 🔢3-5 Players

⭐DECISION POINT 📚Star Trek Adventures 2E 📅Thu August 27 👤GM: Jimmy 🔢3-6 Players

⭐LITTLE TROUBLE IN BIG ABSALOM 📚Pathfinder 2E (All Kobolds!) 📅Sat August 29 👤GM: Joe 🔢4-6 Players

⭐THE GREAT BRINDLEWOOD BAY BAKE-OFF 📚Brindlewood Bay (Murder, She Wrote + Widow's Bay!) 📅Sun August 30 👤GM: Me again! 🔢3-5 Players

The event used to be sponsored by my business as a real estate agent, but now I am no longer in the real estate business so it's just about community!

[unadulteratedhideouttrash]

[lakevida]

i love poison omelette

[the-bone-thief]

-1

[skeletor-at-the-skele-store]

-1

[sanleigh]

-1

[lakevida]

got some kick to it i tell you what

[teaboot]

I just want everyone to eat well and get old

[teaboot]

every single one of us should have the chance to get old and bald and wrinkly and fat. I mean that sincerely

[kira-7]

This is a spot from an italian estate agency (we are governed by the right-wing party)

The woman says "Ridiculous..."

If you want to spread it elsewhere, here's the official link

[arctic-hands]

[Video Description: An ad with piano music over it all, showing an elderly woman in her home, knitting, when two younger men walk by her window, which catches her attention. She stares out her window at them as they kiss each other while walking, the old lady staring in disbelief. Cut to the old woman approaching a residence with a broom in hand, staring up at the second floor window where a small rainbow Pride flag is hanging. The old woman stares up at it and mutters "Ridiculo", before getting up on a ladder with her broom to remove the flag. Focus on the flag fluttering to the ground as church bells chime. The scene then cuts to the couple from before, approaching their home with grocery bags in hand before one stops and stares at the second floor, stopping his partner who then drops the groceries as he too stares up. It's then revealed that the small pride flag had been replaced with a gigantic, hand-knit pride flag. It then cuts back to the old woman's home, where a tin of rainbow-colored yarn sits on her table. The hands of the old woman are holding and fondly touching an old black and white photo of two young smiling women, leaning against each other. Cut to the old woman's face as she stares out with a look of happy pride on her face. At the end of the video, the name "Idealista" appears on screen, followed by "buon pride" along with a rainbow. End VD.]

[spaceofentropy]

One correction:

The old lady is not in her home. She is at work. She's meant to be what in Italian is called "la portinaia", aka a cross between a doorwoman and cleaner of a residential building. She's in her small "office" space, at the entrance of the building, from where she can survey the coming and goings of the inhabitants. It's a job that has mostly disappeared, but is culturally very clear to us as having the connotation of "potentially gossipy, one-million-percent judgmental woman who sees everything that goes on in the apartment complex, knows everyone and their secrets, and has Strong Opinions™️".

In this case, thankfully, the Strong Opinion™️ is that those two men are ridiculous with their teeny tiny flag for ants.

[nicolegendary]

"this is what ive BEEN saying" - me about a thought that 99% only exists in my brain and i maybe mentioned briefly in one tag once

[geardrops]

"i don't think i've mentioned this but" - me about something i have said 847620938 times before

[allsonargent]

Kate O'Flynn as Patricia Moyer in WIDOW'S BAY (2026—)

[whimsysgeekery]

It's time for my annual free roleplaying game event!

The last few years I had some great new Tumblr friends sign-up, and would love to see more of you as there are even more games this year! In fact, Tumblr has so consistently had the best new to me players join these games, that I now only spend advertising money on Tumblr Blazes.

The games are all run through my Discord server which you'll receive the invite to after you sign-up. The server is on the small side, queer friendly, anti-AI, and primarily based in WA state, but we have members from around the world.

With the help of some wonderful Game Master friends of mine, I’m hosting 12 games for you to join in! These games are a great opportunity to try a new system OR try tabletop roleplaying for the very first time. All games are online.

SPACE IS LIMITED! Sign-up now to guarantee your spot! Sign-up and view the details at the Eventbrite Collection here: https://rpgmonth.geekgirlre.com

Just like last year, I'll also be sending each participant a custom sticker designed by one of my artist friends! (should you include your address at sign-up).

---

Times are not listed below to avoid time zone confusion - please visit the link to view all games on Eventbrite which should localize to your time. At least one is great for European time. The rest take place throughout American time zones.

⭐WANDERHOME 📚Wanderhome (Pastoral Fantasy w/Animals) 📅Tue August 4 👤GM: Pebbles 🔢2-6 Players

⭐NEON GHOSTS 📚Cyberpunk RED 2077 📅Fri August 7 👤GM: Kenn 🔢3-5 Players

⭐CAMP KNIFEPOINT 📚Oh F***, the Killer! (One-Page RPG!) 📅Sat August 8 👤GM: Rogue 🔢3-5 Players

⭐THE WITCH OF THE WESTMORELAND 📚 (As Titled) Tarot Based RPG (Based on the song!) 📅Sun August 9 👤GM: Me! 🔢3-5 Players

⭐FUROR IN THE FARMYARD 📚Tales of the Valiant/D&D 5E (Expands On D&D 5E) 📅Thu August 13 👤GM: Shawn 🔢3-6 Players

⭐ENNESMOUTH: A TOWN OUT OF TIME & REASON 📚Monsterhearts 2 📅Sat August 15 👤GMs: Rogue & Jordan 🔢3-7 Players

⭐THE SHIP IN THE LAKE 📚Traveller (Mongoose 2E) - European friendly time! 📅Sun August 16👤GM: Freyja 🔢3-4 Players

⭐THE SMOSH PIT OF AG-MORATH 📚Mörk Borg 📅Sat August 22 👤GM: Kassian 🔢3-5 Players

⭐ARCHAEONAUTS OF UMDAAR 📚Fate Accelerated (Masters of Umdaar) 📅Sun August 23 👤GM: Paul 🔢3-5 Players

⭐DECISION POINT 📚Star Trek Adventures 2E 📅Thu August 27 👤GM: Jimmy 🔢3-6 Players

⭐LITTLE TROUBLE IN BIG ABSALOM 📚Pathfinder 2E (All Kobolds!) 📅Sat August 29 👤GM: Joe 🔢4-6 Players

⭐THE GREAT BRINDLEWOOD BAY BAKE-OFF 📚Brindlewood Bay (Murder, She Wrote + Widow's Bay!) 📅Sun August 30 👤GM: Me again! 🔢3-5 Players

The event used to be sponsored by my business as a real estate agent, but now I am no longer in the real estate business so it's just about community!

[whimsysgeekery]

Wow! Thank you all! One big Blaze and I got 11 sign-ups even over a month away from the start of RPG month. 3 games are full now, with even more sign-ups going into wait lists.

Also, welcome new followers! I mostly post around this time of year for RPG month these days, but I have been here since the old magic was written.

Games that still have at least 1 spot open:

WANDERHOME

NEON GHOSTS (Cyberpunk Red 2077)

FUROR IN THE FARMYARD (Tales of the Valiant/D&D 5E)

ENNESMOUTH: A TOWN OUT OF TIME & REASON (Monsterhearts 2)

THE SHIP IN THE LAKE (Traveller Mongoose 2E)

THE SMOSH PIT OF AG-MORATH (Mörk Borg)

ARCHAEONAUTS OF UMDAAR (Fate Accelerated)

DECISION POINT (Star Trek Adventures 2E)

LITTLE TROUBLE IN BIG ABSALOM (Pathfinder 2E)

[redstonedust]

pet peeve is when you look up fashion references from a specific era and you keep getting modern day '[era]-inspired' fashion like NO i want authenticity damn it. i can see your 2020 photo quality and your 2020 hair and your 2020 makeup. youre not fooling me.

[bincliff]

hello i'm a historical fashion researcher and i have a lot of experience looking up things! this is a very widely experienced irritation and you're definitely not alone in this, but i am here to share everything i know!

so, ways to get around this:

turn off AI results. they're literally nonsense to us

don't use pinterest because the sources/provenance is often hard to trace

a standard internet search can be okay, but museum collections are the top tier (list of collections below this list)

instead of broad terms like victorian, regency, tudor, renaissance etc. try using the decade you're looking for. if you're not sure of what decade it is but have a vague image in your head, look on the fashion history timeline and just jump around until you find it. but even changing to e.g. 19th century will give better results than victorian

including terms like womenswear/menswear, daywear, formal wear, evening wear, court dress should increase the value of your search too

including "fashion plates" in your search can give you a nice impression of the intended silhouettes of the era. some of these might be a little stylised but will show you what was considered in vogue

for pre-fashion plate eras or things like makeup and styling, you'll have to look at portraiture or manuscripts. these are harder to actually find what you're looking for, but searching museum collections and limiting results to specific date ranges will be your friend

when looking at art, do bear in mind sometimes artists would paint fabric extra flow-y to show off their skills. it might not have been exactly like that in terms of fabric weight or drape. so, a pinch of salt required!

if you find something on image search where the provenance is dubious, reverse image search and you might find a source! i've been able to trace random pinterest images to real sources, but this does take a lot of time and effort and is often not worth the headache

some online resources and museum collections:

fashion history timeline is an invaluable resource if you're trying to get a feel for everything and should be your first port of call. it'll also link to good examples

the met has a vast number of extant examples of clothing, as well as fashion plates

costume institute fashion plates is a subcollection of the met for fashion plates (1800s-1922)

v&a also has many extant garments, fashion plates, and incredible articles on clothing and aesthetics. read the details of the objects because they'll often reveal a lot about the piece

lacma is good for C19th-20th pieces

nypl digital collection for photographs

national portrait gallery or similar for portraiture, or literally any museum in your country that has historical art

national museums scotland can be useful situationally but might be oddly specific

stout style history is a great collection for finding image references for fat people wearing historical clothes. survival bias of a lot of museum pieces tends towards smaller clothing that couldn't be repurposed, but this aims to counter that. it's not sortable, but is still a really nice resource

wikimedia commons is surprisingly handy! and the images, if you should need to link/repost them, are public domain

auction websites sound like a funny one to recommend. some won't have mannequins and some will. just look up historical garment auctions and you'll find some!

anyway, i hope this has been a good place to start for anyone interested! there are probably some i've missed because there are so many museums across the world and i don't know about all of them or can't remember them. but these are the ones i've used the most! (my specialisation/jobs i've had to research for have only really been in western fashion, so my resources reflect that)

[haemey]

Wikipedia has a list of fashion museums. Unfortunately, the page itself is only available in German, but the introductory paragraph is very short and after that, it's organised by country, and then it's a simple list. If you click on a museum's article, the website is usually linked in the overview table.

[queerolddad]

Don’t let fake fans tell you different, Trek has always been queer 🏳️‍🌈🪐🚀

[teaboot]

Do you think Clark Kent's first few major articles were about the continued presence of lead pipes in parts of Metropolis' water system

[teaboot]

(Average Metropolis reader after investigative reporter C. Kent's 452nd article on yet another case of landlords/business owners/factories' continued use of lead pipes/paint/gas/glass knowingly exposing the public to dangerously toxic lead levels) what the fuck happened to this guy

[teaboot]

One day Bruce Wayne mentions in an interview that heroes like Superman are overrated, as the most effective way to reduce crime is to provide public resources and improve local infrastructure, then cites how neighboring city Metropolis has effectively lowered their violent crime by 13% after addressing their outdated water system and investing low income housing. the reporter conducting the interview suddenly starts looking a little uncomfortable

[teaboot]

To be clear, Clark is still a fantastic investigative reporter. He still has to track down the sources to prove all this shit

[teaboot]

"Who, Clark Kent? Yeah, we're pretty sure he's a Meta. Is he a superhero? Like what, "Lead-detector guy"? "Captain pipes?" Don't get me wrong, he's a great guy and it's a handy trick, but it's lead detection, not laser vision. He's not about to go running around in tights any time soon."

[sindri42]

I just love the idea of a cape maintaining their secret identity by pretending to be a completely different and less impressive kind of parahuman.

[roach-works]

everyone assumes that kent is so squirrely around superheros because he’s just desperately hoping not to be conscripted to the JLA to fix their plumbing

[teaboot]

Local Metropolis Reporter Publically Recognized For Contributions To The City; Awarded Medal Of Distinction

[championofdnd]

They tried to get superman to present the medal but he was offended at being called "overrated" in comparison to Clark so he declined

[teaboot]

Counter offer: Bruce Wayne disguised as Superman

[teaboot]

beating this dead horse with memes

[everythingismadeofchaos]

Hey this was a real fun little read. It's so great to find these treasures on this site

[teaboot]

We’re happy to have you!

[clerkrard]

are there any readers 📚 😏 in the audience 👥 🎤 tonight? 🌃 have you come across THIS 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ bodice ripper?🧛 😒 dubbed an IRRITATING HOAX 🙄 bound for flash 💥 in the pan 🍳 status by vanity fair? 💖 and a thoong 🩲 bustingg 🤯 steamy 🌫️ beach read ⛱️ for the cocksucking 🫦 fire island set by OUT MAGAZINE? 🏳️‍🌈 well WE are the tribute band 💁🎸 🥁 spawned from this literary ✨ mountaintop. 🗻 unless of course 🤷 louis de pointe du lac 🤭 was interviewed by a two ✌️ time pulitzer-prize-winning mortal in dubai 😒 AND I ☝️ AM 🤯 ACTUALLY ✨ THE TOXIC ☠️ BITCH ‼️ ANXIOUSLY ATTACHED 😟 show pony 🐎 ✨ with a peRSONALITY DISORDERRRE 🤸 💃called LESTAT!!! 💪‼️any vampire truthers out theeere? 🦇 ⚰️ 🤘 STANS of 🇮 🇼 🇹 🇻 we have a very special guest in the audience tonight...😊 please FOLLOW ☝️ my FINGERR 🐍 to the FRENCH 🇫🇷 BENGALI 🇧🇩 SMOKESHOW 💨 🪩 😳 🫵 can we get a TORCH 🔦

[shymagnolia]

so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

[shymagnolia]

okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post

[flagellant]

…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment

likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post

[coffee-or-hot-cocoa]

i need all the help i can get for finals

[finnglas]

Hey so

the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like. 

So you know. 

This might be the real one, y’all.

[avhira]

I could use some luck

[redstonedust]

its actually easy to de-enshittify your digital experience all you need to do is install this browser extension and this browser extension and this browser extension and input this custom script into the advanced box and go into your system settings and reconfigure all these options you didnt know existed and change your entire workflow and switch to this alternative operating system and this alternative web browser and this alternative chat client and this alternative word processor and this alternative- sorry that one turned out to be malware delete that one okay now double check your task manager for unwanted background processes and element block these ads and invest in a good VPN and append all your searches with AI blocking keywords and wait a few years until everything you just did becomes shitty too so you can do it all over again okay kitten. its literally that easy.

[lucybellwood]

hi sorry s'cuse me but were NONE OF YOU GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT BLACK BOOKS OF HOURS???

LOOK AT THIS MAGNIFICENT GOTH-ASS SHIT

EGADDDDDDD

THE IRON-COPPER SOLUTION USED TO DYE THE PAGES WAS SO CORROSIVE THAT THERE ARE VERY FEW SURVIVING EXAMPLES

THESE BOOKS WERE LITERALLY TOO METAL TO LIVE

i can't

[howmanyholesinswisscheese]

Biggest fuck-up ever is that people have to pay to become doctors

[howmanyholesinswisscheese]

Like unironically we should be subsidising at least 50% of their educations. What do you mean we have a shortage of doctors we should have surplus. What do you mean they’re being overworked they should be treated like royalty, they can fix human bodies

[howmanyholesinswisscheese]

I don’t care if some of them are only doing it for the money. I don’t care if all of them are only doing it for the money. Intentions don’t matter to the stitches in my nana’s leg or the ten billion other lifesaving treatments we all get at a detriment to their finances and mental wellbeing. Entire cities are kept alive by just a couple thousand of them what are we DOINGGGGG

[hydrachea]

> turns on my computer

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software

> disables a new AI fea