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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 3d

Gonna sweep out the 2 party system with sudden national figures. That all starts at the county and local level. Work NOW and build. Keep going. There are older voters who will support your efforts and help the heavy lifting.
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 3d

Especially if you live in a state that heavily favors one party or the other to think nationally. But remember all the state and local elections that are coming up. For everyone under the age of 35, these local elections is where you can build change that pays off in 20 years. We aren't
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 3d

I'll remind all my Democratic friends whenever Newsom pops into the news. We need to work on winning the midterms next year. Don't be distracted by Newsom. He isn't the nominee. 2028 is way out in the future. 2026 and the elections that run up to is must be our focus. I know it's hard
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 3d

and when I refer to the Podcast, I'm talkin' about the whole thing. From hosting Charlie Kirk to this exchange, inclusive.

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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 3d

Newsom has really thrown his mask into the waters of the Pacific with this podcast. He knows the Dictator is circling the drain and he wants to pick up the crown when it falls from Trump's greasy orange brow. He believes that he can be a Republican with a D next to his name.

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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck. The. Daily. Wire.
That is all.

Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 4d

The new essay for Lore and Legends of the Dezzyverse has uploaded. Take a look and you can discover what the Cards have in store for you.
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The Caravanserai Who Camp in the City of Miseries Not everyone in Arjenvís are monsters, prey, or prisoners. There are one people who know secrets, who travel out beyond the walls of the city to ot…

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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 6d

another lonely kid that my art might touch. I join a 50 year legacy of writers, artists and designers who have presented worlds of possibilities and inspiration. How could I not contribute my efforts?

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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 6d

Why?
Because I was a lonely kid and my only outlet was my imagination. I found D&D at a time in my childhood when that imagination needed something to hang on to. I don't think I would have lived to be an adult if it were not for tabletop roleplaying.
So, I create to give back, in case there's
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Dice Company @dicecompany.bsky.social · 6d

Why do you make [creative thing]?

This extract sums it up perfectly: we want to make people happy... and we're a "bottomless pit of ambition". But mostly the happy thing

From Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

A photo of an book page. The text says:

“Sadie,” he said. “Do you know why I want to make a game?”

“Of course. Because you foolishly think it will make you rich and famous.”

“No. It’s very simple. I want to make something that will make people happy.”

“That seems trite,” Sadie remarked.

“I don’t think it is. Do you remember when we were kids, and how much fun it used to be to spend the whole afternoon in some game world?”

“Of course,” Sadie said.

“Sometimes, I would be in so much pain. The only thing that kept me from wanting to die was the fact that I could leave my body and be in a body that worked perfectly for a while—better than perfectly, actually—with a set of problems that were not my own.”

“You couldn’t land at the top of a pole, but Mario could.”

“Exactly. I could save the princess, even when I could barely get out of bed. So, I do want to be rich and famous. I am, as you know, a bottomless pit of ambition and need. But I also want to make something sweet. Something kids like us would have wanted to play to forget their troubles for a while.”

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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

I'm in the middle of packing and moving across the country. I'm carving a couple hours out of my Saturday to join the protest. Dictators don't go quietly. The People must fight them.

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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

IT MUST BE MINE!!!!

John P Golden @jpegolden.bsky.social · 8d

The Albino Emperor, Elric, White Wolf of Melnibone, Soul-Drinker, Kin Slayer, Eternal Champion...and now a sticker!

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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

I got one more thing... doesn't need to be added to that very long rant.
The world is burning. I'm partially to blame. I should have, I dunno, worked harder for a better place for the kids coming up after me. I'm sorry. really. I shoulda taken better care of things.

Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

Doctor wants.
I think I can hear the imaginary nice young woman telling me to go back to bed and get some rest. Enough excitement for one night.
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

are for sale if you want new content that appeals to you. Don't worry grandpa, you're still being catered to. Don't let those mean 'ol gays make you upset with their sparkley dice and gender bending characters. Just crawl back to your man-cave. And don't forget to take your meds like the
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

still get a copy used in about a hundred different ways if your mom threw your books out when you left for college in 1988. Morgan Ironwolf still has nipple bumps in her chainmail on page 33 of the Basic rulebook. There is a WHOLE group of authors and designers making OSR games right now that
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

bikinis are still out there right where you left them in Savage Sword of Conan Issue 51. The 1st edition D&D Player's Handbook still has limits on women character's maximum strength, because girls are just small and weak like you remember. Those words are still printed on those pages, and you
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

himself. ON BLUE SKY NO LESS. Hello kettle, I didn't know if you were aware, but your black. Love, pot.
It's a comic. it has rainbows and people being affectionate and kobolds in drag. No one, not Arenson nor Gygax are spinning in their grave. The illustrations of babes in hawt chainmail
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

excited kids at the convention or your game store talking about how they wanna make friends with orcs, or seduce the minotaur. Fucking get over yourselves.
Yes, I am fully aware I've written a dozen post thread for the past 45 minutes only to tell my straw man Gen X grognard to get over
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

one, least of all me, or Wizards of the Coast is gonna stop you! The Queer Gamer Mafia isn't gonna break through your windows on rainbow zip lines and glitter you before replacing your BECMI D&D books you've been using since '85. Worst thing that will happen is that you'll have to endure some
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

block. So it's ok, I can still be "Chaotic Good") belonged in D&D when I was a teenager.
Point is, if you don't like the current direction of D&D, ignore it! Play the edition you're comfortable with. Gather around your dining-room table with your friends and play the game the way you want. No
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

hobgoblin, wood elves and a drow and I see something that tells my aged queer self belongs in D&D. Just as much as my edgelord priest of Thor who slew orcs for no other reason than orcs were monsters in the monster manual and had Treasure Type M. (and they were Lawful Evil, said so in the stat
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

corporation owned by a megacorporation. They know a good rainbow capitalism when they see it and queer dollars spend just as well as straight dollars. I look at the imagery of LGBT D&D characters who are having a party, I read about those NPCs who are a married same-sex polycule of gnomes, a
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

everybody's future in the hands of a band of cut-rate Nazis who are threatened because people who don't look like, talk like fuck like or dress like them are being paid attention too.
Which brings me back to the cartoon.
WotC is, if anything, dubious in their corporate sensitivity. They're a
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

age. Gen X on the cusp of old age, angry that the world has changed and they're not "with it" any more. (see the Simpsons reference above). Our rage, the anger of my peers is burning the world down. White, angry man-children who are pissed off that they can't use slurs in public are putting
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Dezzy Parrish (Xe/ Xer/ Xem) @dezzyparrish.bsky.social · 8d

There's a Beholder in make-up with full lips! A Halfling is doing a power slide with a lute! DEAR GODS won't SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?
I wouldn't let this bother me so much except... well, remember Jan 6 2021? All those angry MAGA freaks storming the capital. A bunch of them were my
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