Evangeline Sorrel
@forestoath.bsky.social
23 / Trans Lesbian / TTRPG + SFF literature enthusiast / leftist / writer 🌿 (she/her)
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Everything I got at dragonmeet!
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Everything I got at dragonmeet!
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Netflix deal will swiftly accelerate the dismaying trend of television and cinema turning into the adult version of baby sensory videos on YouTube.
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Netflix deal will swiftly accelerate the dismaying trend of television and cinema turning into the adult version of baby sensory videos on YouTube.
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Chris Person takes a look at Horses, "the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form" (quoted from the article blurb).
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Chris Person takes a look at Horses, "the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form" (quoted from the article blurb).
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
aftermath.site/horses-indie...
At least read this paragraph:
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i'm sorry for bad take theater but: for a place that consists like 50% of TTRPG recommendations threads, what r/rpg will suggest to people is usually *hysterically* off-base
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
i'm sorry for bad take theater but: for a place that consists like 50% of TTRPG recommendations threads, what r/rpg will suggest to people is usually *hysterically* off-base
Mythic Bastionland (or any other flavour of into the odd)
Lancer (or a 4e-descendant of your choice, but the pilot moves are worth it)
Revolt! (or for the queen ect)
Ironsworn (gmless) (or starforged/sundered isles)
then you go Death Game to force people into trying out GMing
Lancer (or a 4e-descendant of your choice, but the pilot moves are worth it)
Revolt! (or for the queen ect)
Ironsworn (gmless) (or starforged/sundered isles)
then you go Death Game to force people into trying out GMing
If you wanted to run say, four different games that weren't Dungeons & Dragons in hopes of showing people the breadth of the TTRPG hobby, what games would you run for them? Assume that they are sort of familiar with 5E.
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mythic Bastionland (or any other flavour of into the odd)
Lancer (or a 4e-descendant of your choice, but the pilot moves are worth it)
Revolt! (or for the queen ect)
Ironsworn (gmless) (or starforged/sundered isles)
then you go Death Game to force people into trying out GMing
Lancer (or a 4e-descendant of your choice, but the pilot moves are worth it)
Revolt! (or for the queen ect)
Ironsworn (gmless) (or starforged/sundered isles)
then you go Death Game to force people into trying out GMing
Yeh so i've finished "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" and yeh what the fuck ~ Wolfe being the master of leaving me thinking "I can not wait to reread that"
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Yeh so i've finished "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" and yeh what the fuck ~ Wolfe being the master of leaving me thinking "I can not wait to reread that"
creep by radiohead it just fucking sucks skunds bad and is a theme tune for school shooters
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
creep by radiohead it just fucking sucks skunds bad and is a theme tune for school shooters
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thats not true they still exist ~ Vermis is the most famous example, but look at Iris Compiet's Faeries of the Faultline. In fact, Gnomes itself got a revised edition in 2023 and a sequal this year! The only difference is that as an adult, you have to look for this stuff yourself.
Everyone turned into the wrong type of nerd in the last 20 years and this type of fun world guide, not connected to any larger narrative, began to disappear.
Talk about "memory unlocked," just borrowed this from the library
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
thats not true they still exist ~ Vermis is the most famous example, but look at Iris Compiet's Faeries of the Faultline. In fact, Gnomes itself got a revised edition in 2023 and a sequal this year! The only difference is that as an adult, you have to look for this stuff yourself.
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If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
doomsong is.... amazing? maybe thats too much...its very what i wanted it to be and better... its fucking cool
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
doomsong is.... amazing? maybe thats too much...its very what i wanted it to be and better... its fucking cool
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I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
I wrote an Arthurian poem on my travels
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I wrote an Arthurian poem on my travels
alright so if the OSR is a discord full of trans girls then where are they? i want innnn
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
alright so if the OSR is a discord full of trans girls then where are they? i want innnn
BTW if anyone missed this due to dragonmeet this weekend i uploaded a new blog post! Its abouts cards assisting with cognitve load in ttrpgs and how i personally discovered how to handle NPCs (particularly them disappearing) its a short but sweet one forestoath.bearblog.dev/cards-in-ttr...
Cards in TTRPGS: Cognitive Load and Interactions.
TTRPGs can have a cognitive load issue. This isn't unique, it's common to all analog games but it’s common in a game style that we decided should be explaine...
forestoath.bearblog.dev
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
BTW if anyone missed this due to dragonmeet this weekend i uploaded a new blog post! Its abouts cards assisting with cognitve load in ttrpgs and how i personally discovered how to handle NPCs (particularly them disappearing) its a short but sweet one forestoath.bearblog.dev/cards-in-ttr...
i dont think you guys understand, as a mothership lover, the lack of hiding rules is so much worse than you think when it has succint detailed rules on how different levels of radiation affects you or how military training is different from training any other skill
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
i dont think you guys understand, as a mothership lover, the lack of hiding rules is so much worse than you think when it has succint detailed rules on how different levels of radiation affects you or how military training is different from training any other skill
TTRPG people I AM begging you to add a cream option to your tshirts, its such an easier colour to wear than black or white esp with my personal favourite plum corduroys
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
TTRPG people I AM begging you to add a cream option to your tshirts, its such an easier colour to wear than black or white esp with my personal favourite plum corduroys
my gf devoured moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social in a weekend... shes not a big reader at all, shes never read a book this quick...she is not beating the chaser allegations
December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
my gf devoured moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social in a weekend... shes not a big reader at all, shes never read a book this quick...she is not beating the chaser allegations
An (older) person i spoke to recently, absolutely dissaproved of my love for horror yet approved of my love for romance, but i have a feeling they wouldn't feel the same knowing how explicit i like my romances :) interesting that
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
An (older) person i spoke to recently, absolutely dissaproved of my love for horror yet approved of my love for romance, but i have a feeling they wouldn't feel the same knowing how explicit i like my romances :) interesting that
two things i want to see more in contemporary cyberpunk
- focus or mention of how governments (and legislature) collude towards the dominance of the private sectors
- A higher focus on private companies utilising terms and conditions and other practices to curtail individual freedom of expression
- focus or mention of how governments (and legislature) collude towards the dominance of the private sectors
- A higher focus on private companies utilising terms and conditions and other practices to curtail individual freedom of expression
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
two things i want to see more in contemporary cyberpunk
- focus or mention of how governments (and legislature) collude towards the dominance of the private sectors
- A higher focus on private companies utilising terms and conditions and other practices to curtail individual freedom of expression
- focus or mention of how governments (and legislature) collude towards the dominance of the private sectors
- A higher focus on private companies utilising terms and conditions and other practices to curtail individual freedom of expression
Reposted by Evangeline Sorrel
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
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hey w how trad pub is likely going to be pulling back on books by marginalized authors, now more than ever, please get over whatever roadblock exists in your mind that keeps you from branching out to indie books. if the trad space starts to look dire soon (and it will), this is gonna be the solution
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
hey w how trad pub is likely going to be pulling back on books by marginalized authors, now more than ever, please get over whatever roadblock exists in your mind that keeps you from branching out to indie books. if the trad space starts to look dire soon (and it will), this is gonna be the solution
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Reading "Chainsaw Man guy watched porn" discourse on X and losing my mind laughing I thought we were past this shit
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reading "Chainsaw Man guy watched porn" discourse on X and losing my mind laughing I thought we were past this shit
???? he looks excactly 49?? my father, at 46, looks like this?? Huh??
James A. Garfield was assassinated at age 49. This portrait was taken that same year. Absolutely how much older 49 year olds looked in 1881.
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
???? he looks excactly 49?? my father, at 46, looks like this?? Huh??
i just feel fantasy isn't for you. I love this stuff, its a large part of making a fantasy feel mythic and otherworldly, and is also the best form of world-building ~ cultural rather than just purely geographical
Not sure how I feel when a book tells me that instead of "12 months" they have "10 arcs," which are each 40 days long, and they all have names like Blossomarc, Flamearc Snowarc,.... I appreciate the world building, but couldnt we have just kept the calendar the same?
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
i just feel fantasy isn't for you. I love this stuff, its a large part of making a fantasy feel mythic and otherworldly, and is also the best form of world-building ~ cultural rather than just purely geographical