Lady Hope
@ladyhope.bsky.social
Shaggy is the swinginest gymnast in school.
Yeah. It's too bad that the guy who made Terminator 2, Aliens, and Titanic has gotten so hung up on his CGI white savior cats.
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Yeah. It's too bad that the guy who made Terminator 2, Aliens, and Titanic has gotten so hung up on his CGI white savior cats.
That isn't what the first movie said to a lot of people, though. It might have been what it was trying to say, but by centering the white dude from the capitalist empire, its point became "a white capitalist needs to come do everything better than the indigenous people and save them."
That's bad.
That's bad.
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
That isn't what the first movie said to a lot of people, though. It might have been what it was trying to say, but by centering the white dude from the capitalist empire, its point became "a white capitalist needs to come do everything better than the indigenous people and save them."
That's bad.
That's bad.
Writing also removes having people to bounce off of in real time.
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Writing also removes having people to bounce off of in real time.
Y'all.
This is WSJ opinion. This is NewsCorp. The Murdochs. From the same people who brought us Fox News.
If course it's shit.
This is WSJ opinion. This is NewsCorp. The Murdochs. From the same people who brought us Fox News.
If course it's shit.
December 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Y'all.
This is WSJ opinion. This is NewsCorp. The Murdochs. From the same people who brought us Fox News.
If course it's shit.
This is WSJ opinion. This is NewsCorp. The Murdochs. From the same people who brought us Fox News.
If course it's shit.
I (I'm a care worker) very rarely use algebra formally in day to day life.
Algebraic principles - being able to get one number out of a couple of other related ones - are constantly helpful.
Algebraic principles - being able to get one number out of a couple of other related ones - are constantly helpful.
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I (I'm a care worker) very rarely use algebra formally in day to day life.
Algebraic principles - being able to get one number out of a couple of other related ones - are constantly helpful.
Algebraic principles - being able to get one number out of a couple of other related ones - are constantly helpful.
You definitely implied Democrats voted for RFK.
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You definitely implied Democrats voted for RFK.
Democrats are a loose coalition of the people the GOP wants to kill. The GOP is a cohesive political movement.
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Democrats are a loose coalition of the people the GOP wants to kill. The GOP is a cohesive political movement.
The system is barely functional, but the physical act of reading the dice is very resonant with the game. I love it and would never wish it on my friends.
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The system is barely functional, but the physical act of reading the dice is very resonant with the game. I love it and would never wish it on my friends.
My favorite very bad core game mechanic was the d666 system from In Nomine. It's a 2d6 roll under target number system with a third die that determines degree of success or failure. The game has the players as angels and demons, and 111 or 666 on the dice means an intervention from God or Satan.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My favorite very bad core game mechanic was the d666 system from In Nomine. It's a 2d6 roll under target number system with a third die that determines degree of success or failure. The game has the players as angels and demons, and 111 or 666 on the dice means an intervention from God or Satan.
The experience of playing WoD in the 1990s when the game was kinda bad and nobody was ready for an RPG with themes makes me look askance at dice pools, but BitD is great and the Tomb Raider game in particular is full out awesome.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The experience of playing WoD in the 1990s when the game was kinda bad and nobody was ready for an RPG with themes makes me look askance at dice pools, but BitD is great and the Tomb Raider game in particular is full out awesome.
... with a curve. Why can't I edit?
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM
... with a curve. Why can't I edit?
I agree. D&D isn't D&D without the curve.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I agree. D&D isn't D&D without the curve.
Extreme rolls are rare, and outcomes fall into a space near the mean. The choices of the players reign, and the dice behave in a straightforward way that makes them useful as a tool for guiding the story as it goes. The dice chosen make each game what it is.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Extreme rolls are rare, and outcomes fall into a space near the mean. The choices of the players reign, and the dice behave in a straightforward way that makes them useful as a tool for guiding the story as it goes. The dice chosen make each game what it is.
In Dungeons & Dragons, the flat probability curve of 1d20+mod leaves characters at the will of the fates. That die and its merciless straight line is the tyrant that rules over everything.
A game like Powered by the Apocalypse and its 2d6 system gives a gentle bell curve.
A game like Powered by the Apocalypse and its 2d6 system gives a gentle bell curve.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
In Dungeons & Dragons, the flat probability curve of 1d20+mod leaves characters at the will of the fates. That die and its merciless straight line is the tyrant that rules over everything.
A game like Powered by the Apocalypse and its 2d6 system gives a gentle bell curve.
A game like Powered by the Apocalypse and its 2d6 system gives a gentle bell curve.
The worst people are the ones who believe in the Rapture. So a regular Rapture would do me just fine.
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The worst people are the ones who believe in the Rapture. So a regular Rapture would do me just fine.
Are two of them Palpatine's two separate three eyed sons?
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Are two of them Palpatine's two separate three eyed sons?
Evangelical support for Israel is driven by antisemitism.
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Evangelical support for Israel is driven by antisemitism.
The New York Times is one of the main examples of a paper I can't trust on things I don't know because they lie to me about things I do know (mostly trans issues). Atlantic falls into that same space.
Which makes me sad. I likes the Atlantic before they went all in on transphobia.
Which makes me sad. I likes the Atlantic before they went all in on transphobia.
October 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The New York Times is one of the main examples of a paper I can't trust on things I don't know because they lie to me about things I do know (mostly trans issues). Atlantic falls into that same space.
Which makes me sad. I likes the Atlantic before they went all in on transphobia.
Which makes me sad. I likes the Atlantic before they went all in on transphobia.
Universal Dracula
Alien
Predator
Son of Dracula
Alien
Predator
Son of Dracula
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Universal Dracula
Alien
Predator
Son of Dracula
Alien
Predator
Son of Dracula
Hard and soft magic allow different stories to be told. If your fantasy story is also a mystery and magic was used by they who dunnit, you almost certainly need to explain the magic so the reader can participate in the mystery. The details of the magic become clues.
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Hard and soft magic allow different stories to be told. If your fantasy story is also a mystery and magic was used by they who dunnit, you almost certainly need to explain the magic so the reader can participate in the mystery. The details of the magic become clues.
The New York Times exists to provide cover for the fascists running the country, treating MAGA behavior like it is rational and within norms.
October 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The New York Times exists to provide cover for the fascists running the country, treating MAGA behavior like it is rational and within norms.
Do you want to be George R. R. Martin? Because "they had an emotional response to a character dying, better keep doing that" is how you become George R. R. Martin.
October 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Do you want to be George R. R. Martin? Because "they had an emotional response to a character dying, better keep doing that" is how you become George R. R. Martin.
