Real Deal Pumpkin Spice Energy (C.A. MacLean)
@camroundabout.bsky.social
Novelist, author of sci-fi action series Architects Of The Illusion (and others to come!). Canadian. Find my media-analysis articles, novels and other links: https://thegamerslookingglass.com/?page_id=398
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www.amazon.com/dp/B09FF7XY66 My #scifi action/adventure epic Architects Of The Illusion is right here in physical & digital! Sweeping battles, derelict stations, emotionally compromised space birds and cosmic entities who are making life more metaphysically complex than said space birds would like.
The shot/chaser element to this is the embedded twitter post being flagged by twitter for "hateful conduct"
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The shot/chaser element to this is the embedded twitter post being flagged by twitter for "hateful conduct"
Thought: The Great Catsby
...wait wouldn't that just be a Lackadaisy expanded universe type thing-
...wait wouldn't that just be a Lackadaisy expanded universe type thing-
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Thought: The Great Catsby
...wait wouldn't that just be a Lackadaisy expanded universe type thing-
...wait wouldn't that just be a Lackadaisy expanded universe type thing-
I just started Metroid Prime 4 and omg I can hardly put in words how good this feels to just PLAY. So smooth, so fluid.
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I just started Metroid Prime 4 and omg I can hardly put in words how good this feels to just PLAY. So smooth, so fluid.
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It goes into that weird thing that genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism but everybody is getting trained to be such a cynical unfeeling asshole nowadays that I find the smartest people often are the “hell yeah cool song/drawing/story/video” people
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It goes into that weird thing that genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism but everybody is getting trained to be such a cynical unfeeling asshole nowadays that I find the smartest people often are the “hell yeah cool song/drawing/story/video” people
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I’ve forgotten this sometimes but being able to discover something you like, curate it, and make time to enjoy it *is* intelligence, connecting with art is intelligence, empathy is intelligence, the way of the dullard is to find nothing meaningful in art except for a way to seem snidely clever
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’ve forgotten this sometimes but being able to discover something you like, curate it, and make time to enjoy it *is* intelligence, connecting with art is intelligence, empathy is intelligence, the way of the dullard is to find nothing meaningful in art except for a way to seem snidely clever
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Stop comparing yourself to other authors.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Stop comparing yourself to other authors.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
Almost to new Metroid game day and with it comes the realization that by the time I get up tomorrow they'll have already figured out how to skip 21% of the game by crashing the bike through a single janky pixel between walls
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Almost to new Metroid game day and with it comes the realization that by the time I get up tomorrow they'll have already figured out how to skip 21% of the game by crashing the bike through a single janky pixel between walls
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Every member of ICE will be held to account for their actions.
Prev: I say that whenever I talk about ICE as I fully believe they are a criminal enterprise and those responsible for it will one day be hunted down in similar fashion from how Wiesenthal brought nazi fugitives to face justice.
Prev: I say that whenever I talk about ICE as I fully believe they are a criminal enterprise and those responsible for it will one day be hunted down in similar fashion from how Wiesenthal brought nazi fugitives to face justice.
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Every member of ICE will be held to account for their actions.
Prev: I say that whenever I talk about ICE as I fully believe they are a criminal enterprise and those responsible for it will one day be hunted down in similar fashion from how Wiesenthal brought nazi fugitives to face justice.
Prev: I say that whenever I talk about ICE as I fully believe they are a criminal enterprise and those responsible for it will one day be hunted down in similar fashion from how Wiesenthal brought nazi fugitives to face justice.
Tbh, one of the many reasons I tend to write the articles on my site in a way that praises/elevates the media being discussed via analysis is because you honestly have no idea how incredibly sick I am of just seeing everything under the sun get bitched about 25/8. (1/3)
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Tbh, one of the many reasons I tend to write the articles on my site in a way that praises/elevates the media being discussed via analysis is because you honestly have no idea how incredibly sick I am of just seeing everything under the sun get bitched about 25/8. (1/3)
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There’s a point when planning a book where the story takes on a life of its own and new scenes and plot developments start popping into your head at random moments during the day.
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There’s a point when planning a book where the story takes on a life of its own and new scenes and plot developments start popping into your head at random moments during the day.
Remembering during the peak Supernatural era when I was in class and used the word 'ganked' to describe a death in a Shakespeare play, and the professor was deadass "Did you just say 'ganked'?"
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Remembering during the peak Supernatural era when I was in class and used the word 'ganked' to describe a death in a Shakespeare play, and the professor was deadass "Did you just say 'ganked'?"
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
I would like to come upon an actual name for the hyperspecific feeling of deep-rooted disappointment you get when that friend who dug dystopian narratives all throughout high school, V, Orwell etc, is now all in on MAGA/antiwoke type stuff. Motherfucker you are not V's buddy in this allegory
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I would like to come upon an actual name for the hyperspecific feeling of deep-rooted disappointment you get when that friend who dug dystopian narratives all throughout high school, V, Orwell etc, is now all in on MAGA/antiwoke type stuff. Motherfucker you are not V's buddy in this allegory
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Iron Maiden 2005/6/8/10/10/12
Avantasia 2015
Wacken 2010
Judas Priest/Heaven & Hell/Motorhead 2008
Blind Guardian 2015
Bonus: had my first beer in Avril Lavigne & Sum 41's limo (back when they shared a local driver)
Iron Maiden 2005/6/8/10/10/12
Avantasia 2015
Wacken 2010
Judas Priest/Heaven & Hell/Motorhead 2008
Blind Guardian 2015
Bonus: had my first beer in Avril Lavigne & Sum 41's limo (back when they shared a local driver)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
1. Paul McCartney
2. Elton John
3. Pearl Jam
4. Vusi Mahlasela
5. @davidwise.bsky.social & @kevbayliss.bsky.social
1. Paul McCartney
2. Elton John
3. Pearl Jam
4. Vusi Mahlasela
5. @davidwise.bsky.social & @kevbayliss.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Ash
Placebo
Hundred Reasons
Idlewild
The Divine Comedy
Ash
Placebo
Hundred Reasons
Idlewild
The Divine Comedy
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Iron Maiden 2005/6/8/10/10/12
Avantasia 2015
Wacken 2010
Judas Priest/Heaven & Hell/Motorhead 2008
Blind Guardian 2015
Bonus: had my first beer in Avril Lavigne & Sum 41's limo (back when they shared a local driver)
Iron Maiden 2005/6/8/10/10/12
Avantasia 2015
Wacken 2010
Judas Priest/Heaven & Hell/Motorhead 2008
Blind Guardian 2015
Bonus: had my first beer in Avril Lavigne & Sum 41's limo (back when they shared a local driver)
Re: Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, in practice the sand prison's just kind of a big desert with crystals but "a massive desert within a cavern where every grain of sand is in fact an entire unborn universe destroyed before it could come into being" is still one of the coolest goddamn setpieces.
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Re: Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, in practice the sand prison's just kind of a big desert with crystals but "a massive desert within a cavern where every grain of sand is in fact an entire unborn universe destroyed before it could come into being" is still one of the coolest goddamn setpieces.
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should've hired me
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
should've hired me
Finding out a buddy is going through Breaking Bad for the first time and the level of secondhand excitement I feel for him right now is bordering on contact high
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Finding out a buddy is going through Breaking Bad for the first time and the level of secondhand excitement I feel for him right now is bordering on contact high
Tonight's vibes are old Supernatural episodes, Noora's twisty-turny vocal hooks on the new Battle Beast album, various Aviators songs, and picking away at bits and pieces of lines in two separate WIPS (it still counts as progress)
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Tonight's vibes are old Supernatural episodes, Noora's twisty-turny vocal hooks on the new Battle Beast album, various Aviators songs, and picking away at bits and pieces of lines in two separate WIPS (it still counts as progress)
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
If you're wondering how oligarch-owned media is framing the act of stating, objectively, that soldiers don't have to obey illegal orders. The framing of literal facts as 'controversial' plays right into the endgame of making a population so gaslit that baseline reality is whatever Trump says it is.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you're wondering how oligarch-owned media is framing the act of stating, objectively, that soldiers don't have to obey illegal orders. The framing of literal facts as 'controversial' plays right into the endgame of making a population so gaslit that baseline reality is whatever Trump says it is.
The statement "Donna Noble is the Mae Borowski of Doctor Who companions in all the most beautifully aggravatingly human ways" is taking up too much real estate in my mind palace so here, it's public domain now, it's yours, take it
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The statement "Donna Noble is the Mae Borowski of Doctor Who companions in all the most beautifully aggravatingly human ways" is taking up too much real estate in my mind palace so here, it's public domain now, it's yours, take it
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
This character design is so cool and Alec's art does it so much justice. *shoves it in your face* LOOK HOW COOL SHE IS
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This character design is so cool and Alec's art does it so much justice. *shoves it in your face* LOOK HOW COOL SHE IS
So weird when you see closed-down decaying urbex-ass malls that still have a fully functional anchor store open. Like in a game when you go past the happy merchant, the game janks as you hit a load zone and you are immediately in The Blighted Lands
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So weird when you see closed-down decaying urbex-ass malls that still have a fully functional anchor store open. Like in a game when you go past the happy merchant, the game janks as you hit a load zone and you are immediately in The Blighted Lands
Insane thing about the Hazbin Hotel S2 soundtrack is that, okay, lots of cast recordings have THAT SONG, maybe even a handful of THAT SONGs if we're blessed, but with the HH Season 2 soundtrack, a good 2/3rds (at least) of the OST is THAT SONG and man, people aren't talking enough about how it hits
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Insane thing about the Hazbin Hotel S2 soundtrack is that, okay, lots of cast recordings have THAT SONG, maybe even a handful of THAT SONGs if we're blessed, but with the HH Season 2 soundtrack, a good 2/3rds (at least) of the OST is THAT SONG and man, people aren't talking enough about how it hits