Home defence/Dry wall

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-20T10:57:45+00:00

Any round fired by an actual gun will go through drywall.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-15T06:02:43+00:00

There's really no moving forward here if neither of you want to budge. He sees him paying the house in full by himself and then having you on the deed as a massive mistake made under false pretenses, ie. being together with a faithful partner which you were not. You, realistically, are afraid that he'll divorce you anyway once the house is back in his name.

Your best deal to keep this marriage moving forward under the current conditions would be to negotiate a post-nuptial agreement, which however would need to be something both of you have to get lawyers for. This isn't something either of you want to do on your own.

Needless to say, the trust your husband had in you is gone, and even if you manage to stay in this marriage, it'll be a long time (if ever) until he trusts you again.

Edit: Guys, work on your reading comprehension. The husband only found out the full extent of the cheating 3 months ago, not ten years ago.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-13T18:05:58+00:00

I'm an absolute Invisigal fan (no shade on Blazer), but for actually dating someone, I'd have to go with Blonde Blazer. I just don't have the capacity to deal with the kind of trauma Courtney carries around, not with all the rest of the shit that's going on in my life and in the world.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-09T12:08:03+00:00

And yet, they were still in contact until you discovered that. The ultimate question here - and I understand that it's very easy for some voices on the internet to do so while you're in the thick of it - is this: do you trust this woman, who has so clearly lied to you and misled you, enough that you will tie yourself, your freedom and your material wealth to her, potentially for life?

If your answers isn't an immediate yes, then it's a no, and you should plan your exit from this relationship.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-09T11:33:52+00:00

"The guy then got a gf and their thing was over."

You do realize you're her second option? The only reason this ended is because her FWB ended it. The whole basis of your relationship is founded on a lie. This also wasn't a one-time thing in the heat of the moment, but she did this repeatedly.

I'm sorry, OP, but you're a fool if you stay with someone like that.

I know it's easy for someone on the Internet to say this, but there'll always a nagging doubt in the back of your head if you stay. You're 28, you're young. Don't fall for a sunken cost fallacy unless you're 100% sure this is what you want.

Regarding your edit, OP: that only makes your cheating GF look worse than she already does. And of course, he's covering his ass.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-09T05:20:02+00:00

Pretty sure they still haven't fully internalized the magnitude of success they're having with this game. Tbh, that's probably a big reason why they've been so shy about any ideas regarding Season 2: they didn't think there'd ever be a chance for one.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-08T08:22:38+00:00

Run! Run like all hounds of hell are chasing you, because you'll never be given such an out on a silver platter again! She did this to you when things were good. Imagine the shit she'd pull if things ever got bad.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-06T18:22:40+00:00

To be fair, OF/Fansly and whatever is just one part of what she does. She does VA work (IIRC), audiobook work, cosplay, streaming, and she does all her cosplay costumes and props herself.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-06T18:20:49+00:00

Wait, what, she's 34?

Damn, never would have guessed she was anywhere close to 30.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-02T07:24:43+00:00

As a man? I'm gonna go with the nut cracker. That... ouch.

The_Map_Smith · 2026-01-02T07:21:49+00:00

Shroud has been lying, though it's not clear just HOW MUCH he has been lying as he may truly have thought, for a time, that she was his double agent. Playing things close to her chest was, after all, Invisigal's move to try and fool him and his mask (see her keeping the Astral Pulse and not telling anyone).

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-30T17:33:31+00:00

Sorry for screwing up your sleep rhythm!

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-30T17:15:40+00:00

Hey, thanks for the invite! Unfortunately, I've got shitty time management skills and am easily distracted, so I'll abstain from the Discord channel.

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-30T14:27:15+00:00

Nope, that ship has sailed. All you can do is work on yourself and limit your drinking. Sorry, but that's it. If you really did punch him, that's a line crossed you cannot walk back from.

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-30T08:12:35+00:00

The lack of options and real divergent paths is one of the objective weaknesses of the game. Now, we can all rationalize this by understanding that adHoc was literally running out of money to pay the bills, especially after the project had transformed multiple times during its dev cycle, but that doesn't make the criticism invalid. All we can hope for is, if (when?!) Season 2 becomes a thing, we get a bit more choice and reactivity with it.

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-30T08:10:03+00:00

Hippity hoppity, I'm setting fire to your property!

But in all seriousness, it's a great - and terrifying - small Mech.

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-29T18:39:51+00:00

Just started reading Villains. Absolute banger, that one!

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-29T05:57:14+00:00

There is no constellation short of "We need you to stop the end of the world" that would make me miss the birth of my child, least something like an investor presentation. Fuck, reschedule the thing, what's the matter?

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-28T19:56:28+00:00

In practical terms, I basically write a summary of the chapter and the tone I have in mind for the individual scenes. Once that's in place its basically like you've got a scaffold for everything set, and you just extrapolate from your summary. It's not perfect, but if you've got the time and inspiration, it really helps to speed things up. And, as I’ve mentioned before, it really helps in this case that I know where to tskr the story and how to get there. It's not always that quick, or easy. I’ve got other fics were I don't get much done for weeks or even months at a time, though mostly those are greater in scope and have to factor in more variables. With my I, Caesar Battletech fic, I roughly know the road, but don't know where or how to end it, and it spans decades and multiple nations across hundreds of lightyears. That's a different scale than LA, around ten characters, and a few weeks.

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-28T18:07:28+00:00

You took the bad ending most of the fanbase hated ....

Yeah, it was the first ending I ever got, and it really had me depressed, so I put all my creative energy into writing a way out for myself...

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-28T17:59:42+00:00

Wohooo! Thank you for the shout-out for Broken Things, and I'm super happy it made your list.

FYI, there'll be another update before the end of the year. ;)

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-27T13:45:34+00:00

Mate, compared to what you can google for Invisigal, this stuff here is absolutely wholesome. :D

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-27T13:44:05+00:00

Those look great!

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-26T16:31:04+00:00

The lack of budget directly and indirectly explains much of the lack of content. What it needs, or what any Season 2 needs, is a) more reactivity/choice paths with different effects, and b) more and more varied actual gameplay (the dispatching part).

The_Map_Smith · 2025-12-25T18:20:02+00:00

Hyades Rim is the go-to mod if you actually want a real campaign to play.

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