I am Aquarion. Writer of unpublished things. Coder of Larp.me & Lampstand. Formerly head ref & story team for #OdysseyLRP. I have nothing to do with the anime or water company that share my name. May contain traces of: Opinions, Reblogs, Kittens, original content, mild peril.
last night i had a dream that i was playing minecraft and i noticed i had 77 blocks of cobblestone in one slot instead of it being capped at 64 and it was so jarring to me that it literally booted me out of the dream. like sure you can fly now and your childhood home is a pharmacy but 77 pieces of cobblestone? unthinkable. wake the fuck up.
Time for some virtue signalling from the Ace Cis Guy.
Trans people are people. Trans rights are human rights. Gatekeeping medical access behind moral panic is abhorrent and the UK Government’s recent astroterfing[1] at its conference is a direct echo (to the phrase in some cases) of Margret Thatcher’s opinions on gay rights in the 80s, and will go down in history with the same grace.
I’m incredibly lucky, and I’ve had trans friends my whole adult life. My very first meeting of Internet Strangers (a David Eddings fan gathering in a YHA arranged on usenet in 1998, when I was 17) a trans women named Gaia carefully sat me down as a person she didn’t recognise, introduced herself as herself and asked if I knew what [transgender] meant, and gave me an introduction to the concept (I hadn’t asked, and I later knew it was part of Gaia’s process of establishing safety in groups. I don’t know where she is now, but I hope she’s doing well.)
(I say [transgender] because it’s not the term she used, and I’m not going to go into a deep dive on a quarter century glossary of changing terms I’m not qualified to explain correctly)
(Did I know trans people at school? Probably. I don’t know if I did, and if I did I was probably not kind to them. One of the advantages of aging is the way it’s slowly clouding over the memories of the prick I was as a child)
Since then, I’ve known, been friends with, loved, hated and played with people who are trans. In a couple of cases, I’ve not known they were trans until they felt the need to decloak[2] in defence against the shear amount of bullshit that’s started to be slung at trans people in the last few years.
And yes, it’s escalating. The friends I have that began their transition last century did not have it easy, but there was not this towering tsunami of hate blocking out the sun above them.
I have nothing but respect for anyone attempting to become their authentic self, and specifically for those who transitioning is part of that[3].
Words are cheap, and I try to back up mine with support of projects, art and the people behind them. But also, I think that part of being an Ally is that occasionally it’s valuable to stand up and say that you are one in public. To say that trans rights are human rights, and that the things that governments are doing to imply - morally and legally - that that is not the case are wrong.
[1] They don’t believe it. They don’t believe anything. They’re just saying things other people have written for them to say, which will make specific people vote for them. That it’ll make other people not vote for them doesn’t matter, they weren’t going to vote blue anyway.
[2] Nobody “Always Knows”. They may suspect, but experience suggests that anyone who guesses is going guess wrong without considering the consequences.
[3] This includes the trans people I know who are in other ways complete wastes of valuable carbon in my experience. I don’t have to like your authentic self in order to respect its achievement.
For all my fellow Aussies remember, voting yes in the referendum quite literally means that Indigenous Australians will get a proper spot in parliament. If someone tells you to vote no they are racist, there is no reason why Indigenous Australians shouldn’t be allowed in parliament.
Vote Yes!
VOTE YES!!!!!!
also, “the referendum wont do anything” It’s gonna do a hell of a lot more than what we’ve got now I’m telling you right fucking now
if your not Australian please reblog this, reblogging this will help show this to more Australians who will (hopefully!) vote yes. The people who are on the front lines for voting no are incredibly racist.
The referendum is going to be held on the 14th of October. If you are unable to make it that day remember to apply for early voting. This is something incredibly important, please even if you aren’t australian reblog this
A reminder that while referenda may not bind parliament to future action, any win, no matter how slight, can be wielded like a bludgeon as the “Will of the People, as Proven Democratically” no matter how much they lied, cheated and jaywalked to get there.
Yrs truly,
A Brit on the losing side of his last two referenda, and a supporter of the Scots on the losing side of their most recent.
A snap general election could be called any day. This will be the first general election that requires photo ID if you vote at the polls (postal votes 📫 are unaffected by the Election Act 2022).
If you don’t have an approved form of identification (list here), you can apply for a FREE voter ID photo card. Find out more below or use these 5 minutes to register and get your ID sorted instead ❎ because, and this is important to know, the government really doesn’t want young people to vote.
I am very sorry for how relatively quiet this blog has been but I’ve been dealing with a very unpleasant situation the last few months, and now I need help.
Essentially, I tried to help someone out, and she took advantage of me, and I have no way to recoup my losses.
Earlier this year, I moved house. Before we sold the old house, a Now-Former friend ran into some trouble and was about to become homeless with pets and a small child. Not wanting them to be on the street, we offered to let her rent the old house at a severe discount to cover the cost of the two mortgages. No profit to us, just helping her out.
Instead, she:
Never Paid a Dime of Rent ($12,000 for the nine months she was there)
Trashed the house ($500 dump fees for the trash alone)
Let her pets piss and shit all over the house ($1,500 bio hazard cleanup, $4000 to replace the carpet and other damaged flooring)
Caused an electrical issue in the garage ($900 to repair)
Broke the washer, dryer and refrigerator ($2500 to replace)
Broke the FENCE ($1000 to repair)
Illegally squatted in the house for a solid three months and I had to hire a lawyer and actually take her to court to get her to leave ($2,500 because she dragged it out)
The resulting stress has been, as you can imagine, stressful. So stressful, in fact, that my Husband developed acute medical issues, had to go to the hospital, and take time off work to recover. Now the health insurance is trying to weasel out of paying his short-term disability claim.
So net, this woman has managed to cost me around $25,000 and that’s not taking into account the missed paychecks and medical expenses. I do not have $25,000, and until at least $13,000 of that is spent to repair the damage she did, I cannot sell the house to even begin to recoup my losses.
Theoretically, I could sue this woman, but she doesn’t have any money, or a job to garnish wages from, and it would be me paying even more money I don’t have to get… Nothing.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol* moon’s stuck in a time loop. do you have extra ammo? this won’t be enough. nasa employee: enough for…what? astronaut: *finding extra clip of ammo, pocketing it, and getting back on the rocket-ship* don’t worry about it!
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *emerging from supply closet with a space harpoon, getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: what? nasa employee: how did you know what i was going to say? astronaut: *punching in key pad code for base evacuation signal, getting back on the rocket-ship* i told you…moon’s stuck in a time loop. *red warning lights begin flashing*
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *rifling thru bookshelf of operating instructions, selecting one that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.
nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. hey, do you have anything to eat? i’m starving. *opens random drawer, finds nothing, closes it* nasa employee: a time loo- uh, we don’t have food in here…we can’t…eat in the control room, only the break-room. astronaut: *sighs* nasa employee:…my lunch is in like 10 minutes, though, and if my lunch is actually STILL THERE and not STOLEN, AGAIN, i can share it with yo- astronaut: nah, that’s ok…no time. *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* or…too much time. but thanks, anyway. OK, bye! *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: you’re…welcome? wait, a TIME LOOP?!
I don’t think there’s ever been a funnier piece of lore in a video game then the etymology of the word “gun” in FFXIV
@wibbley-wobble So in XIV lore there was a queen named Gunhilder who ruled a country that was conquered by the big bad guy nation, galemald, and she had a royal guard called “gunhilder’s blades” who fought with swords that had triggers on them and were used for channeling magic, and these were called gunblades after the royal guard, When garlemald conquered bozja they copied the design of their swords but garleans can’t use magic so to adopt their fighting style they switched to a mechanical design that used black powder. Later on firearms were developed off of this concept and since they were “gunblades without the blade” people started calling them guns.
masterpiece world building actually
you know what’s even better? that lore is a magicalized remix of the word’s irl etymology and i think that’s brilliant
Oh. it’s just real. It was really that silly.
Seeing this going around again for the umpteenth time I’d like to reiterate that I know about the real world gunhilder and about allagan siege weapons. To me the funny part is that in eorzea, gunblades were invented before muskets
A FFXIV soundtrack video for Shadows Withal (which is great).
Three instances of the same Dimension 20 episode.
A grand cacophony of competing ideas and sounds that drives out any attempt at thought without providing any possibility of rest.
And this is strange, because I’m not planning on trying to sleep for hours.
1️⃣ All of these will close at the end of the day, because if I do not treat tabs as ephemeral, then eventually the demons of my brain will never let me close a browser window again.
“How do I get into tabletop games?” Literally join a polycule. That’s it.
The only difference between your local board games club and your partners is that you’re usually not having sex with your board games club. Other than that it’s the same dynamic
You can think that if you join a local board games club you will be safe from having sex and/or becoming a polycule. But be careful. There are things you need to know
“How do I get into tabletop games?” Literally join a polycule. That’s it.
but also
“How do I get into a polycule?” Literally join a tabletop game. That’s it.
Three things about GMing a polycule game, from either inside or outside:
It’s a great fit for highly reactive character-story driven games. The characters will go from nothing to found family before you finish session zero.
A polycule is a net of 1-to-1 relationships wearing a large hat. While everyone may not be dating everyone, everyone has a relationship of some kind to everyone, and these are generally close to the surface. BWIM: Who is playing will ebb and flow, if you try to make who is present for any given moment something with a canon explanation session by session, you’re going to tie your timelines in knots. Characters are around, characters are being quiet, characters are fighting a different mob and doing fine. OOC upheavals will affect your game, but don’t reflect them IC in real time. If you wish to model the polycule in a game, I’d suggest The Sims instead.
Just because you may know each other inside out, do not do not do not be tempted to skip session zero. What people are looking for in a game is subject to change, and a reminder of boundaries and preferred veil points
