Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

Never have I identified with a videogame character as much as the tiny manic cosplay goblin from Dicey Dungeons

"Transphobes will misuse it" isn't an excuse to hurt and suppress other trans people's experiences.

You can't come up with a clean version of trans that phobes will embrace. That's a hill without a summit, using others as the stairs.

"Transphobes misuse". Full stop. That's all you need.

Even if you silence every single voice that isn't yours they'll keep misusing, because it's not supposed to be fair. Theirs isn't a set of standards we'll ever meet. The goal is destruction.

Policing other trans people's feelings and experiences isn't going to do anything except help achieve that.

Trust me, 'Sweeping less palatable subgroups of your minority under the rug and your enemies will no longer be able to hurt the rest' has a long history.

That history spans contemporary trans communities, and far beyond those borders. Many groups try this, and have tried it in the past. If you still earnestly believe that's the right thing to do, I implore you to go away and research it.

It has never, ever worked.

Does anyone know of a good resources to point to of the history of fanfiction, highlighting personal exploration, AU stuff, queer community, etc?

( @Brainship do you know any good ones maybe?)

I know something similar was asked recently but can't find it

Can anyone recommend v.low preparation meal options that are doable in er, the current situation

I rely on online deliveries & readymeals/frozen pmuch exclusively b/c disability, but that's all becoming increasingly difficult to get access to, so I want to know any options I don't know already (cereal, toast, porridge, noodle pots)

Is there any research or identified types of ADHD where the hyperactivity component specifically kicks in much later in the day/night cycle?

I want to try Pathfinder 2..

It looks really promising as a "We're established, so now we're doing our own thing."

Also you can play as a goblin, and tbh every game should let you play as a goblin

And stuff like moving away from 'species = race = monoculture' problems and showing you don't need to do that to have D&D-style character choices in a fantasy setting

And representation stuff which PF's always been pretty ahead of the pack with and improves on here

Yeah it looks good

I was reading the D&D5 Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica last night and it reminded me how much I love weird random generation tables

There's a set of them for each guild and they're glorious. Gruul gets a "RAAARGHH! (translation goes here)" response to every question, which is really committing to yr theme

I want to run a Ravnica game someday..

Also hope the Age of Sigmar RPG has this much love put into the faction-specific character quirks

This week on "Age of Sigmar is a very silly game":

For rules reasons, a giant triceratops carrying a howdah full of tiny lizardfolk on its back counts as riding on them, not the other way round

(this lets it strap magic swords to its feet like Bayonetta)

Played WarCry with an acquaintance today. It was fun!

Both sides got into a massive scrap in the centre board, a lotta peeps got eaten by a snow lion, demons gribbled at each other appropriately

All good stuff

Today has been maximum brainfog

The sorta level where I should really get a spoopy-ass ghost ship to sail majestically out in

Suddenly: teeny tiny plastic bugs

(Emerald Lifeswarm from Age of Sigmar)

I've recently been reading Colour and Light by James Gurney, which is a very good and indepth look into how environmental light affects form & colour. (primarily in painting, but also v. useful for other things)

The first book, Imaginative Realism, was very good also.

K has never played Bushido Blade 2 and that's probably the one fighting game my wrists could physically handle now

So I really ought to get ePSXe running again to fix that next time he comes over, it's a really wild genre experiment to play with