Sinew and Spite

‘Scrolls of Frolicking Animals’ (Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga) from the Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto, 12th/13th century.

"Hey bro," says my buddy Wylescroft, "the news says aliens are real."

This one's making the repost rounds on twitter, it seems. Just in time for pride month.

TAFCON this weekend was perfect??? Shoutout to the Malevolent cosplayer, to the well-known creators who still got flabbergasted by having fans, to everyone who signed my yearbook, to people whose tumblr names I recognized, to the live bloggers, to Roshan Singh Sambi making me wheeze with laughter describing Madame Web, to Gabriel Urbina stopping by the script clinic and even reading for a character, to DESTINY HOWELL I LOVE YOU, to all my new fantasy podcast besties, to the artists who thanked me for bringing them a table (apparently cons don’t always do that?), to the Boston contingent, to Hera, to Victoria, to everyone I met who worked on Breathing Space, to Ester for telling me all about dndads workflow, to people who were like “you’re such a good moderator,” (I’M CRY), to running out of stickers, to the confused Boulder uber driver, to falling into perfect synch with a partner I just met in person, and above all, to Tal and Will and Anne.

one has you making posts like "okay but if the author UNDERSTOOD the POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS of the story they were telling, and leaned into it, it would actually be a really interesting exploration of..."