Ensign Ro(wan)
@rowanchurch.bsky.social
Old, 🏳️⚧️, She/Her, PDX
Story and development editor (Magica Riot), mixing and mastering (The Crystal Furs, and more).
I don’t make the art you love. I make the art you love better.
Story and development editor (Magica Riot), mixing and mastering (The Crystal Furs, and more).
I don’t make the art you love. I make the art you love better.
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Getting my vote is easy! Support trans people's right to medication at the start of puberty and participation in athletics, oppose the cruel, illegal deportation of US residents, and oppose the genocidal crimes occurring in Gaza. Why are these very reasonable requests now unreasonable purity tests?
So tired i tried to stand up and instead I just started crying
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So tired i tried to stand up and instead I just started crying
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I immediately delete any post that gets liked by a straight guy I haven’t previously approved of.
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I immediately delete any post that gets liked by a straight guy I haven’t previously approved of.
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One of the best worldbuilding guides you can read is Tolkien's notes on translation, where he talks about the fact that *everything* you write is in practice being translated into English; is is no more anachronistic to use the word "September" than it is use the word "sword" or "house" or "hello".
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?
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
One of the best worldbuilding guides you can read is Tolkien's notes on translation, where he talks about the fact that *everything* you write is in practice being translated into English; is is no more anachronistic to use the word "September" than it is use the word "sword" or "house" or "hello".
Sorry for the long ramble.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sorry for the long ramble.
The Death Of Media Literacy trades in the dangerous idea that the greater audience of any work ever had any media literacy at all.
No, your protagonist doesn’t need to be Good or Nice but guess what? You will always gather an audience that likes the protagonist. To think otherwise is naïveté.
No, your protagonist doesn’t need to be Good or Nice but guess what? You will always gather an audience that likes the protagonist. To think otherwise is naïveté.
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Death Of Media Literacy trades in the dangerous idea that the greater audience of any work ever had any media literacy at all.
No, your protagonist doesn’t need to be Good or Nice but guess what? You will always gather an audience that likes the protagonist. To think otherwise is naïveté.
No, your protagonist doesn’t need to be Good or Nice but guess what? You will always gather an audience that likes the protagonist. To think otherwise is naïveté.
I’ve got a gock-solid premise with the right amount of fun absurdity and built-in excuses for a bunch of lighter kinks to happen. I’m excited about exploring the variations on the themes, and I think there might even be an emotional core about work/life balance and polyamory in there.
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I’ve got a gock-solid premise with the right amount of fun absurdity and built-in excuses for a bunch of lighter kinks to happen. I’m excited about exploring the variations on the themes, and I think there might even be an emotional core about work/life balance and polyamory in there.
Has erotica changed a lot in the last ten years? I haven’t really written any since 2015. Any new descriptors I should look out for, or terms that are out of style these days?
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Has erotica changed a lot in the last ten years? I haven’t really written any since 2015. Any new descriptors I should look out for, or terms that are out of style these days?
Fuck it, I’m gonna start writing porn again.
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Fuck it, I’m gonna start writing porn again.
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Been watching the Gunbuster OVAs
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Been watching the Gunbuster OVAs
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I'm available for developmental edits on full and partial manuscripts for a limited time! Full details here:
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I'm available for developmental edits on full and partial manuscripts for a limited time! Full details here:
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
open.substack.com/pub/danieljo...
Getting my vote is easy! Support trans people's right to medication at the start of puberty and participation in athletics, oppose the cruel, illegal deportation of US residents, and oppose the genocidal crimes occurring in Gaza. Why are these very reasonable requests now unreasonable purity tests?
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Getting my vote is easy! Support trans people's right to medication at the start of puberty and participation in athletics, oppose the cruel, illegal deportation of US residents, and oppose the genocidal crimes occurring in Gaza. Why are these very reasonable requests now unreasonable purity tests?
My 12 year old: "Monopoly fucking sucks! When I grow up I'm gonna make a Monopoly where sharing is actually caring!!"
November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
My 12 year old: "Monopoly fucking sucks! When I grow up I'm gonna make a Monopoly where sharing is actually caring!!"
Martian Successor Nadesico is probably my all-time favorite dub… not the best, mind you, but it has a hare brained quality to it that really translates the bonkers comedy and deadly seriousness of the story. Spike Spencer’s finest hour imho.
Amazon has rolled out AI dubbed anime and I’m truly appalled. Like it or loathe it, the medium has a rich, incredible history of English performances. There’s already a million reasons to hate Amazon, but fuck me.
I wanna hear about your fav dub. Your fav VA. Let’s celebrate these folks. 💜
I wanna hear about your fav dub. Your fav VA. Let’s celebrate these folks. 💜
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Martian Successor Nadesico is probably my all-time favorite dub… not the best, mind you, but it has a hare brained quality to it that really translates the bonkers comedy and deadly seriousness of the story. Spike Spencer’s finest hour imho.
Wanting to be a girl is a symptom of being a girl.
Remember that nothing stops you from being a girl if that’s what you want. Even if it’s a sex thing, even if it doesn’t feel like you are one or should be one, even if it doesn’t feel that set in stone, like you could change your mind. If you want to be a girl you can just be one.
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Wanting to be a girl is a symptom of being a girl.
Reddit reaches carbon neutrality (colorized, 2025)
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Reddit reaches carbon neutrality (colorized, 2025)
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November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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played this. it's fantastic
made a game with some friends for yuri game jam 2025
flout.itch.io/i-hope-shes-...
itch.io/jam/yuri-gam...
flout.itch.io/i-hope-shes-...
itch.io/jam/yuri-gam...
I hope she's doing well by flout
Dispose of your memories in this space-based trash-burning simulator!
flout.itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
played this. it's fantastic
Trans people are the worst thing for society: slightly inconvenient
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Trans people are the worst thing for society: slightly inconvenient
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I got a little retractable tabletop banner for my artist alley/etc. appearances! It’ll be debuting at the Winter Queer fest maker’s market at Kenton Club here in PDX on the 7th!
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I got a little retractable tabletop banner for my artist alley/etc. appearances! It’ll be debuting at the Winter Queer fest maker’s market at Kenton Club here in PDX on the 7th!
I’m so fucking tired of this shit
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m so fucking tired of this shit
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Today is Itch Creator Day! I’d like to remind you that everything I’ve put out - “Magica Riot,” “Jade Evergreen and the Perils of Polybius,” and “Magica Riot: Full Bloom” - is available DRM-free on Itch! Get some queer and trans Portland magical girls stories!
stormmaiden.itch.io
stormmaiden.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today is Itch Creator Day! I’d like to remind you that everything I’ve put out - “Magica Riot,” “Jade Evergreen and the Perils of Polybius,” and “Magica Riot: Full Bloom” - is available DRM-free on Itch! Get some queer and trans Portland magical girls stories!
stormmaiden.itch.io
stormmaiden.itch.io
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im stronger than art block raaaahhhhhh
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
im stronger than art block raaaahhhhhh