Emily Dare
@strangetree.maenad.club
[She/Her 🏳️⚧️ 40+] Occasional writer—often of things horrific and/or smutty
This might not be surprising from someone with a maenad.club handle but I think TDOR should involve more frenzied-tearing-apart-of-the-unwary and general communal ecstasy and madness. The release of a rage impossible to articulate spurred on by a grief that is an injustice to have to bear
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This might not be surprising from someone with a maenad.club handle but I think TDOR should involve more frenzied-tearing-apart-of-the-unwary and general communal ecstasy and madness. The release of a rage impossible to articulate spurred on by a grief that is an injustice to have to bear
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I've been busy rewatching the original and prequel trilogy these last few weeks. Here are some awesome vampire slaying heroes from my new Draw Steel game!
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I've been busy rewatching the original and prequel trilogy these last few weeks. Here are some awesome vampire slaying heroes from my new Draw Steel game!
I will never stop with the hingeless injection monologues. Never. For with each simple injection, I will grow ever closer to becoming a living god! All will abase themselves before me and...
Oh, sorry. It's not even injection day
Oh, sorry. It's not even injection day
November 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I will never stop with the hingeless injection monologues. Never. For with each simple injection, I will grow ever closer to becoming a living god! All will abase themselves before me and...
Oh, sorry. It's not even injection day
Oh, sorry. It's not even injection day
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it has to be like this because a temperature gradient is part of the experience. all that shredded cheese melts at the touch of hot chili noodles.
so each bite of spaghetti gets pulled through a huge fluffy nest of cheese, imparting multiple different textures to your bite.
so each bite of spaghetti gets pulled through a huge fluffy nest of cheese, imparting multiple different textures to your bite.
It's about 50% pasta, 50% shredded cheese, and 20% chili.
November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
it has to be like this because a temperature gradient is part of the experience. all that shredded cheese melts at the touch of hot chili noodles.
so each bite of spaghetti gets pulled through a huge fluffy nest of cheese, imparting multiple different textures to your bite.
so each bite of spaghetti gets pulled through a huge fluffy nest of cheese, imparting multiple different textures to your bite.
Speed Racer would tear through audiences like a biblical plague
If Tarsem Singh's The Fall was released this year people would die in the movie theater from shock.
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Speed Racer would tear through audiences like a biblical plague
Bard's Tale was so key to my learning to love RPGs of all kinds. And I was high-key obsessed with Dragon Wars. Bard's Tale + Sumerian Mythology + Wasteland influence? Which started you off naked in a prison and the coolest way to escape was Monte Cristo style? Classic.
What a legend
What a legend
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Bard's Tale was so key to my learning to love RPGs of all kinds. And I was high-key obsessed with Dragon Wars. Bard's Tale + Sumerian Mythology + Wasteland influence? Which started you off naked in a prison and the coolest way to escape was Monte Cristo style? Classic.
What a legend
What a legend
qp with you being a hot bitch in a dress
(I want to be self deprecating but I already know my final arbiter of such matters thinks I look hot in this photo/dress so here we are)
(I want to be self deprecating but I already know my final arbiter of such matters thinks I look hot in this photo/dress so here we are)
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
qp with you being a hot bitch in a dress
(I want to be self deprecating but I already know my final arbiter of such matters thinks I look hot in this photo/dress so here we are)
(I want to be self deprecating but I already know my final arbiter of such matters thinks I look hot in this photo/dress so here we are)
This really reminds me of one of my earliest D&D games where I ended up with the “cursed” Girdle of Femininity and kept trying to figure out ways to not let the party remove the curse. (I failed and the curse was removed. 😭)
every good party needs a knight (or a puppy. either works)
third bit of doll dungeon posting :p
third bit of doll dungeon posting :p
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This really reminds me of one of my earliest D&D games where I ended up with the “cursed” Girdle of Femininity and kept trying to figure out ways to not let the party remove the curse. (I failed and the curse was removed. 😭)
Not saying I'm a little groggy today, but I did just almost leave the house without a shirt on
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Not saying I'm a little groggy today, but I did just almost leave the house without a shirt on
I have actually done both my Saturday injections on Saturday! You, my friends, loved ones, silent witnesses, may rejoice!
November 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I have actually done both my Saturday injections on Saturday! You, my friends, loved ones, silent witnesses, may rejoice!
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the first great-grandchild to unlock the nsfw mode with great-grandmas virtual AI is going to create so much complex sociological energy it'll reanimate Sigmund Freud instantly like Frankensteins monster
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the first great-grandchild to unlock the nsfw mode with great-grandmas virtual AI is going to create so much complex sociological energy it'll reanimate Sigmund Freud instantly like Frankensteins monster
Good morning to all you survivors, weirdos, tricksters, and fellow travelers
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Good morning to all you survivors, weirdos, tricksters, and fellow travelers
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I have started responding to any complaints with “I have to google whether I can use the bathroom in a state before I travel, but sure that sounds hard too” when I’m annoyed.
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I have started responding to any complaints with “I have to google whether I can use the bathroom in a state before I travel, but sure that sounds hard too” when I’m annoyed.
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We are going Super Social Justice Blue Hair and Pronouns. We are calling things "gay" and "queer" as compliments and honorifics. We are proudly being buzzkills and harpies and feminine and vegan and giving a sincere fucking shit about the environment and climate and well-being of the community.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We are going Super Social Justice Blue Hair and Pronouns. We are calling things "gay" and "queer" as compliments and honorifics. We are proudly being buzzkills and harpies and feminine and vegan and giving a sincere fucking shit about the environment and climate and well-being of the community.
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i want trans people to be proud of their transness and will not accept the idea that being trans is a consolation prize
July 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
i want trans people to be proud of their transness and will not accept the idea that being trans is a consolation prize
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transness is a gift. i need every trans woman to understand that by nature of their existence they have been blessed with the ability to pluck the strands of fate with their hands if they choose to. it is not always easy and it is not without hardship but every trans woman is capable of greatness.
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
transness is a gift. i need every trans woman to understand that by nature of their existence they have been blessed with the ability to pluck the strands of fate with their hands if they choose to. it is not always easy and it is not without hardship but every trans woman is capable of greatness.
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
The degree to which I’ve internalized “would Miss approve of how you’re treating her things” as a reminder to treat myself better if I’m pushing too hard or being overly negative is kind of mind boggling
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The degree to which I’ve internalized “would Miss approve of how you’re treating her things” as a reminder to treat myself better if I’m pushing too hard or being overly negative is kind of mind boggling
Damage control with trans women who have driven themselves into a frenzy of despair and hopelessness over something inflated or misreported in Erin's work is basically a hobby of mine at this point.
i don’t know about you but i have had to counsel SO MANY FRIENDS who experience DARK THOUGHTS AND IDEATION of SELF HARM because of erin’s work and lacking commitment to the rigors typical of professional journalism
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Damage control with trans women who have driven themselves into a frenzy of despair and hopelessness over something inflated or misreported in Erin's work is basically a hobby of mine at this point.
I don't know why one simple surgery consult today felt like running a marathon with several very hungry tigers, but here we are.
I feel emotionally destroyed and worn down for no apparent reason. If I had a human pet bed, I'd be in it.
I feel emotionally destroyed and worn down for no apparent reason. If I had a human pet bed, I'd be in it.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I don't know why one simple surgery consult today felt like running a marathon with several very hungry tigers, but here we are.
I feel emotionally destroyed and worn down for no apparent reason. If I had a human pet bed, I'd be in it.
I feel emotionally destroyed and worn down for no apparent reason. If I had a human pet bed, I'd be in it.
Just when I thought I was out (of weekend #drawsteel games) @katiethefae.bsky.social pulled me back in! (With the promise of more lesbian vampires) A Faded Memory of Stars Obscured by Clouds is a High Elf witch (Fire Elementalist) blackmailed into fighting a conspiracy of vampires in the Shadowfell
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Just when I thought I was out (of weekend #drawsteel games) @katiethefae.bsky.social pulled me back in! (With the promise of more lesbian vampires) A Faded Memory of Stars Obscured by Clouds is a High Elf witch (Fire Elementalist) blackmailed into fighting a conspiracy of vampires in the Shadowfell
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call your friends cute! call them hot! say i love you! fuck me dude ive spent twenty two years thinking i had to be polite about my friends when you should frankly be a little in love with everyone youre close with. they matter to you. let them know it
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
call your friends cute! call them hot! say i love you! fuck me dude ive spent twenty two years thinking i had to be polite about my friends when you should frankly be a little in love with everyone youre close with. they matter to you. let them know it
Me: I am the one trans woman immune to puppygirl vibes. Not a puppygirl!
[REDACTED]: So, could I clip this lead onto your collar and take you for walkies? I bet the other dogs in the neighborhood would be so jealous of my pretty puppy!
Me: I need to meditate on the choices that brought me here
[REDACTED]: So, could I clip this lead onto your collar and take you for walkies? I bet the other dogs in the neighborhood would be so jealous of my pretty puppy!
Me: I need to meditate on the choices that brought me here
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Me: I am the one trans woman immune to puppygirl vibes. Not a puppygirl!
[REDACTED]: So, could I clip this lead onto your collar and take you for walkies? I bet the other dogs in the neighborhood would be so jealous of my pretty puppy!
Me: I need to meditate on the choices that brought me here
[REDACTED]: So, could I clip this lead onto your collar and take you for walkies? I bet the other dogs in the neighborhood would be so jealous of my pretty puppy!
Me: I need to meditate on the choices that brought me here
Too much heartache and fear tonight. Think I need to eject.
Be kind to yourselves. We’ll try this again, tomorrow.
Be kind to yourselves. We’ll try this again, tomorrow.
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Too much heartache and fear tonight. Think I need to eject.
Be kind to yourselves. We’ll try this again, tomorrow.
Be kind to yourselves. We’ll try this again, tomorrow.
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at this point, if you aren't on a government surveillance list, are you really living?
March 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
at this point, if you aren't on a government surveillance list, are you really living?