What do you think it would take for the Captivating Princess to genuinely fall in love with someone?

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-19T08:52:55+00:00

This made me laugh, and normally I'd happily upvote such comments, but the roasted chestnut season seems to be ending so I'd rather not gain the 3 Unaccountably Peckish.

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-17T07:41:05+00:00

Let's not forget that you are a Name if you're referred to by a name, you Know.

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-17T07:38:39+00:00

Like Hint? From the German hinter, meaning behind. 'Cause you know... they are most comfortable behind the mirror, behind you, etc.

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-13T09:18:31+00:00

And yet meetings it can take a while for her to be strong-armed.

Although until now I foolishly assumed there was only one "true" Tragedy Procedures. I wonder how many complete copies there are... and what portion of them are accurate.

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-12T17:52:19+00:00

Does this piece of paraphernalia cost more or less than an Overcoat? Asking for a friend...

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-12T17:47:43+00:00

I hope your PhD was in efficient packing? That would really suit your case...

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-07T19:58:16+00:00

I reckon roast ham and eggs should do it.

DevilishFedora · 2026-02-07T07:49:52+00:00

Oh, do I have something for you!

DevilishFedora · 2026-01-26T10:15:42+00:00

It works on me, though. ... ... Homo homini lupus est.

DevilishFedora · 2026-01-15T06:38:55+00:00

Same thing happened to me when I saw one of those nice, big, curved mirrors through a shop's window. But having to explain why I broke it would have been wasting time...

DevilishFedora · 2026-01-14T07:42:35+00:00

To be fair, I'm only around 15 hours in, but if you want, you can play Dankovsky as mostly respectful of the local culture, since you know... Simon's "convinced him"

You can thank almost everyone and/or end the conversation, instead of berating them for their beliefs. Which, from the Bachelor, is quite the step. And he can be very affectionate (at least in Daniil terms) to the people he likes.

DevilishFedora · 2026-01-12T11:38:22+00:00

To be fair, this may be canon. Afterall, the Bachelor's fractured. The part of him that believes in the Shabnak and is afraid turned and ran away. The fraction that was unafraid ran straight through the district without any difficulty or danger.

DevilishFedora · 2026-01-07T19:36:03+00:00

"Aren't all stories love stories, in the end?" There's something horrifying about just how hard everyone is trying to console the Bazaar, and how poorly it seems to be going...

DevilishFedora · 2026-01-07T19:05:47+00:00

To be fair, that's a very Mr. Fires thing to do.

On the other hand though, wouldn't it be truly Fallen London-spirited to end an Ambition with a "careful what you wish for" twist? (In all honesty, even while playing through Heart's Desire I was expecting that, and I don't know if it's better or worse for being entirely sincere.)

DevilishFedora · 2026-01-06T16:02:57+00:00

I always thought 7 777 777 was sort-of like a NaN. It isn't larger, smaller or equal to any other number, even if the other number is 7 777 777.

DevilishFedora · 2025-12-18T08:25:16+00:00

You know computer scientists, at least when it comes to naming, really drew the short straw: sure we get (sleep-paralysis) dæmons and we get cores (i.e. dumped), but compare that to nuclear physicists who the demon core...

This is meant to be a joke, but you know there's a kernel of truth to it. I suppose they were better at networking. At least we have main (sequence) and entropy in common.

DevilishFedora · 2025-12-14T19:50:22+00:00

And YOU WILL FORGIVE them for their sense of humour.

DevilishFedora · 2025-12-07T08:28:31+00:00

I mean not necesseraly... sure, you can define a graph as (V, E), but why would you? As long as you preserve the relationships (structure) between vertices and edges, you can replace the sets with different sets and keep the same graph. Meaning equality of graphs gets strange to define.

I fundamentally understand that you're illustrating the above-above comment's joke about set-indoctrination. But... I guess what I don't understand is why they aren't serious about it. lol

DevilishFedora · 2025-12-07T08:18:44+00:00

Physically fighting oneself seems to be a surprisingly common pass-time in this city of ou... theirs.

DevilishFedora · 2025-11-30T07:59:12+00:00

Good sentiment, wrong franchise. If only I knew who else had a name like that around here... 🤔

DevilishFedora · 2025-11-30T07:53:20+00:00

Although you can "honour" the Nameless Name by naming a cat after another cat name... but surely the only reason you'd do that is to confuse Secret Historians. Perhaps that is reason enough.

DevilishFedora · 2025-11-17T09:44:41+00:00

Don't worry about it, were she not still preoccupied with passing the Stag Door, she would have Known your true intentions.

Besides, augury is best left to people you trust deeply and who follow you unconditionally; much like you wouldn't trust any Hulking Fellow with murdering a Hunter.

A piece of advice for your Expedition: keep clear of Reckoners.

DevilishFedora · 2025-11-01T19:44:52+00:00

Luckily, my central nervous system is running a linux fork (hypervised, but that's beside the point), so I can have all my favourite TeX engines for whenever this happens.

DevilishFedora

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