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Michele, a Ghost of Cinders
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I write about monsters & myths, sometimes for work. Onyx Path freelancer. I'll geek out about books, movies and RPGs.
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I suppose I should introduce myself but barring a couple exceptions my followers around here know me so, well, it's a bit awkward.

Let's see.

#ttrpg
Someone said that the Chronicles of Darkness in their opinion are bad for not including history and myth in their writing.

I could have replied in many ways, with proof to the contrary, but please be proud of my restraint for not just doing so by posting a photo of the three Dark Eras tomes.
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Commission for @skeleton.fyi
Thank you! 🧡
October 9, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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I drew Scylla (and the Sirens) from Hades II
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The X-Files is genuinely a timelessly good show, because when not focusing on overarching conspiracy plot, they would really just focus on a single concept and quite crucially, it would cast an incredible actor to center the episode around who would be utterly god damn captivating to watch.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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steal this look
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ok, when I first saw this trailer...14 years ago?! Goddammit.

Well, I liked it a lot. And now I'm there again for reasons. Fun seeing how nothing you love ever leaves you.
Darksiders II - Extended Announcement Trailer (PC, PS3, Xbox 360, WiiU)
YouTube video by GameSpot
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Folx, it's okay to say Stranger Things' Vecna owes 90% of his thing to Freddy Krueger, plush a dash of Pennywise.

The authors were never subtle about their inspirations. They even got Robert Englund in a crucial role related to Vecna's backstory during season 4, ffs.
a close up of a nightmare before christmas character with a hat on
ALT: a close up of a nightmare before christmas character with a hat on
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"She's just like me for real!"
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We really didn't have a better plotline for Steve & Jonathan than a redo of a love triangle? Several seasons later?

It's not like Nancy has any energy to give to *that* anyways.
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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This is the clip I was looking for btw. Happy Bisexual Bob Belcher day to all who celebrate
Bob Belcher - I'm mostly straight
YouTube video by Kronc Lee
m.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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i don't want to have to second guess if every image is ai!! i don't want to edit with ai!! i don't wait to generate anything!!!! i don't want to talk to an ai chatbot!!! go away omg
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Lmao, Dead by Daylight has D&D Vecna in (voiced by Matthew Mercer, btw)

They just announced a new Stranger Thing collab and teased the new killer...

...Vecna. The Stranger Things one, who owes his name to there other.

Amazing. Game's in utter shambles at the moment, but amazing.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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復+執
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh, Linda Hamilton!
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🌊The Angler's Bride🌊

My heart is a sunken altar. There, I thrive. There, I keep a ledger of bones. The deep remembers what the surface forgets.
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Cat goblin
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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You just know Peppermint Patty grew up to run a gay bar like the navy
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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💀⚔️💫
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This is true, and I'm still so proud we made a magical school RPG in They Came from Witchford Academy! that is openly about all of these, proudly so, and has no single word about HP in it.

We wouldn't have it any other way. It really was a need for the team.

Can't wait for it to finally come out.
Some superior wizard-school series you can easily replace HP with:

🧙 Witch Hat Atelier
🧙 Little Witch Academia
🧙 The Worst Witch
🧙‍♀️ The Owl House
🧙 Mashle: Magic & Muscles
🧙‍♀️ Wizard of Earthsea (le Guin)
🧙 The School for Good & Evil (Soman Chainani)
Harry Potter is one of those things where I don’t care how important it was or is to you sentimentally or whatever. I insist you find another fucking thing. There are so many things. Other things. Better things. Literally anything.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Today we are reading vintage Richard Scarry
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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When you realize you pulled the baddest bitch in the cosmos by being an autistic nerd
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is true, and I'm still so proud we made a magical school RPG in They Came from Witchford Academy! that is openly about all of these, proudly so, and has no single word about HP in it.

We wouldn't have it any other way. It really was a need for the team.

Can't wait for it to finally come out.
Some superior wizard-school series you can easily replace HP with:

🧙 Witch Hat Atelier
🧙 Little Witch Academia
🧙 The Worst Witch
🧙‍♀️ The Owl House
🧙 Mashle: Magic & Muscles
🧙‍♀️ Wizard of Earthsea (le Guin)
🧙 The School for Good & Evil (Soman Chainani)
Harry Potter is one of those things where I don’t care how important it was or is to you sentimentally or whatever. I insist you find another fucking thing. There are so many things. Other things. Better things. Literally anything.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
For me, there was life before Raziel and then after. He changed my brain chemistry forever.
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The strength economy is in shambles. #bg3 #art
September 30, 2023 at 3:49 PM