Play a one-shot D&D game online with my partner and DM of 20 years on StartPlaying.Games! This game is perfect for: —Folks who fell in love with BG3 and have always wanted to try tabletop D&D. Playing a version of your favorite Tav is strongly encouraged! —Fanfic writers and Ao3 readers who have always wanted to step into the story. —Experienced D&D players who love narrative play and deep character immersion. If you make playlists and Pinterest boards for your OCs, this might be the table for you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQ+ players enthusiastically welcome! 🚫 AI use ever, and players are not permitted to bring AI-generated content to the table.

The elf is DM-ing for the Christmas birds.

A heartfelt message for family members who have been totally fucking radio silent about MAGA persecution of trans youth—never once checked in on our kid—wanting to connect for Christmas.

F: Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight. M: This is a SWORD.

Look, I know we’re all broke, but artists know that you’re probably not making six-figures as a writer and are generally willing to work with you on payment plans. Many artists will discuss how to simplify something to make it easier/faster for them and cheaper for you. Have a budget of $0? Good news, there’s an absolute MOUNTAIN of incredible art in the public domain. Stop seeing AI as an option. Kneecapping another creative professional to sell your own creative work is vile.

I swore I wouldn’t do this until I was totally finished with all writing and initial proofreading/edits for our book buuuuuut I’m out of ADHD meds and it was almost half price and I got very ‘fuck it I’ve waited a decade’ and HERE WE ARE.

Thirteen years ago, my partner published this poem about going down on me, which still feels like more my achievement than his.

Yeah. That was super fun. So anyway what is your opinion on generative AI and why is it that it should be SET ON FIRE?

(He doesn’t really wonder that, but I imagine him wondering it and THERE IS AN ANSWER to that question.)

Hiria Dunning (@hiriadunning.bsky.social) asked this question on bluesky today and I’m having so much fun reading the answers I wanted to try it here as well! Mine: Baldur’s Gate 3—the second act, specifically, Forgotten Realms in general, Wolfwalkers, The Little Mermaid, Alan Moore’s Voice of the Fire, Slavic folklore, Slovenian primeval forests, The Wizard of Oz, folk horror in general, Faun Fables, Jesca Hoop’s Hunting My Dress, Lorena McKennitt, The Decemberists’ Hazards of Love