Trick Weekes
@trickweekes.bsky.social
Narrative Designer by day (Mass Effect, Dragon Age), Novelist by night (The Palace Job, Feeder). (they/them, views strictly mine, OC do not steal)
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its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
its so crazy that young people became less interested in movies & tv at the same time weird tech guys mostly started deciding what gets made
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you're a writer on deadline to write a food vendor and it feels boring or unimportant, that's when you put on your Big Game Writer Pants and make the food vendor's dialogue a sneaky reference to the Chicks' "Goodbye, Earl," LIKE A PROFESSIONAL.
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If you're a writer on deadline to write a food vendor and it feels boring or unimportant, that's when you put on your Big Game Writer Pants and make the food vendor's dialogue a sneaky reference to the Chicks' "Goodbye, Earl," LIKE A PROFESSIONAL.
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i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
🫠
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
🫠
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
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This is why people spent/saved more during Lockdown.
It wasn’t the stimulus checks, it was not being required to spend all that money just to survive.
It wasn’t the stimulus checks, it was not being required to spend all that money just to survive.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is why people spent/saved more during Lockdown.
It wasn’t the stimulus checks, it was not being required to spend all that money just to survive.
It wasn’t the stimulus checks, it was not being required to spend all that money just to survive.
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I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
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Four separate novellas at a pretty decent discount.
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/A-Nov...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: http://store.koboboo...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #Novellas
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/A-Nov...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: http://store.koboboo...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #Novellas
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Four separate novellas at a pretty decent discount.
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/A-Nov...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: http://store.koboboo...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #Novellas
/jb
Amazon: www.amazon.com/A-Nov...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...
Kobo: http://store.koboboo...
#HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #Novellas
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Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
There's nothing wrong with literary porn, but some of the crap those guys wrote was "Have you actuallly ever HAD sex?"
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions
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Happily sharing the upcoming Veilguard livestream featuring an awesome cast of folks!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
The Veliguard cast is doing a live autograph signing after our livestream Q&A on 12/4.
🥁Shameless Self Promotion🥁
Lucanis- streamily.com/zach-mendez
Rook (Jeff)- streamily.com/jeffberg
Harding - streamily.com/AliHillis
Emmerich- streamily.com/nickboraine
Neve- streamily.com/jessicaclark
🥁Shameless Self Promotion🥁
Lucanis- streamily.com/zach-mendez
Rook (Jeff)- streamily.com/jeffberg
Harding - streamily.com/AliHillis
Emmerich- streamily.com/nickboraine
Neve- streamily.com/jessicaclark
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Happily sharing the upcoming Veilguard livestream featuring an awesome cast of folks!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
I was writer-on-call for a bunch of @willynilly123.bsky.social 's recording sessions. He brought tons of life and care to Lucanis and Thedas!
Addendum: The unfriendliness of FFXIV itself to returning players is absolutely countered by the incredible friendliness of people who play it. What an amazingly positive bunch of cat, bunny, and dragon people.
I don't know how many games make it easy to jump back in after a year or more of not playing, but in case anyone is wondering, Final Fantasy XIV is not among them.
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Addendum: The unfriendliness of FFXIV itself to returning players is absolutely countered by the incredible friendliness of people who play it. What an amazingly positive bunch of cat, bunny, and dragon people.
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Just dropped this elsewhere, so boosting, since the illegal-orders discussion is back in the news: there's some great GI Rights Hotline postcards and leaflets for printing and distributing, but here's one with the absolute basic message and phone number as a label template.
I've seen a bunch of people sharing leaflet and postcard-sized versions of the GI Rights Hotline info, but I haven't seen any templates designed for label printing, so 30 seconds with the Avery template maker made the simplest possible version with the absolute basics (to be seen from a distance).
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just dropped this elsewhere, so boosting, since the illegal-orders discussion is back in the news: there's some great GI Rights Hotline postcards and leaflets for printing and distributing, but here's one with the absolute basic message and phone number as a label template.
I don't know how many games make it easy to jump back in after a year or more of not playing, but in case anyone is wondering, Final Fantasy XIV is not among them.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I don't know how many games make it easy to jump back in after a year or more of not playing, but in case anyone is wondering, Final Fantasy XIV is not among them.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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feeling extremely something to see some peanut go "you haven't given people a reason to *not* pirate books" juxtaposed with said peanut talking about the kind of queer representation they want in media
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
feeling extremely something to see some peanut go "you haven't given people a reason to *not* pirate books" juxtaposed with said peanut talking about the kind of queer representation they want in media
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
unfun fact: a lot of queer creatives are broke as shattered windows, and piracy doesn't help
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10 Dragon Age facts to share with your straight cishet family at thanksgiving;
1) taash is so sexy
2) taash strap big
3) taash strap game strong af
4) taash beautiful
5) taash handsome
6) taash perfect
7) taash never does bad
8) taash always does good
9) taash kissie good
10) taash fucks
1) taash is so sexy
2) taash strap big
3) taash strap game strong af
4) taash beautiful
5) taash handsome
6) taash perfect
7) taash never does bad
8) taash always does good
9) taash kissie good
10) taash fucks
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
10 Dragon Age facts to share with your straight cishet family at thanksgiving;
1) taash is so sexy
2) taash strap big
3) taash strap game strong af
4) taash beautiful
5) taash handsome
6) taash perfect
7) taash never does bad
8) taash always does good
9) taash kissie good
10) taash fucks
1) taash is so sexy
2) taash strap big
3) taash strap game strong af
4) taash beautiful
5) taash handsome
6) taash perfect
7) taash never does bad
8) taash always does good
9) taash kissie good
10) taash fucks
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Very excited for this discussion, happening TOMORROW, Tuesday the 25th at 9 p.m. EST on my channel--please join us!
I'm excited to announce a writing discussion coming to my channel on Tuesday, November 25th at 9 p.m. ET! Join @premeemohamed.com, @brandoncrilly.bsky.social, @valerievaldes.bsky.social, and me for "Crossing The 49th: Canadian and American Authors Talk Shop," about North American publishing in 2025!
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Very excited for this discussion, happening TOMORROW, Tuesday the 25th at 9 p.m. EST on my channel--please join us!
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Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Look, I am very small potatoes as an author. I make too little in royalties to live off them. But I can tell you the reason I got to write my 2nd book was bc the sales of the 1st were very good. That's what else you're eating into by pirating, our ability to keep writing what you claim to love.
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normalise serving chocolate milk at parties
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
normalise serving chocolate milk at parties
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Write. You have an entire universe between your ears
Writing fiction is good for the soul.
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Write. You have an entire universe between your ears
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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My family is out with our fellow Albertans to protest the government attacks on our young trans citizens. From kiddos to seniors, we’re out here and we’re not giving up. ✊🩷🤍🩵🏳️⚧️
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My family is out with our fellow Albertans to protest the government attacks on our young trans citizens. From kiddos to seniors, we’re out here and we’re not giving up. ✊🩷🤍🩵🏳️⚧️
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Also, here's my other statement: Placebo doesn't mean ineffective. We call it the placebo effect because it's literally effective, and weirdly enough, some placebos have become more effective over time.
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Also, here's my other statement: Placebo doesn't mean ineffective. We call it the placebo effect because it's literally effective, and weirdly enough, some placebos have become more effective over time.
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I had a point where walking left me in enormous pain. I went to one doctor whose main answer was "stop being fat" and just...didn't ask anyone else about it for a long time.
I tried so many things.
I tried so many things.
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I had a point where walking left me in enormous pain. I went to one doctor whose main answer was "stop being fat" and just...didn't ask anyone else about it for a long time.
I tried so many things.
I tried so many things.
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Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
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Sunday, November 23 - 10:30 AM
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sunday, November 23 - 10:30 AM
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally
“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”