KJ

Meet Jirell Thorne: Rook, Grey Warden, and Guardian of the Veil.

Some of you may remember that I took a Tumblr hiatus back when DA: Inquisition was released. In theory I came back from that hiatus, but in practice the habit of checking the site had been broken, and I never really rejoined the community.

A loooooot has happened since then, and I can't even properly remember what I've shared here. The short version is that things are personally pretty good -- still married, still living in San Francisco (over 25 years in one home), lost one cat in January '23 and welcomed two kittens that October. In less good news, I was recently laid off by my government-contractor employer (more details on my DW). Fortunately, our savings are in very good shape, so I can consider this an unexpected sabbatical and take my time to start job-hunting again.

On the fandom side of life, I've basically dropped off the face of the earth -- I haven't written any fic in a couple of years, and been out of the community almost completely. I miss it all, very much, but I'm not entirely sure how to come back. Let's start here: T and I finally finished DA: Veilguard last week, and I wrote up my thoughts on DW. Would be happy to hear other opinions and get pointers to fanwork and commentary! Not sure when I will replay, so feel free to spoil for other outcomes and pathways -- I have no illusions of spoiler-free replays here. In other fandoms, I've kept up with Critical Role but fallen out of Marvel almost entirely -- too much content, too much of it mediocre or uninspiring. Probably my biggest new discovery is Baldur's Gate 3 (I'm sorry to have missed that train when it was new). I'm slowly working on my first replay and plan on doing a Dark Urge run next.