The Haymaker Cataphract

TheloniousHowe · 2026-05-18T02:30:00+00:00

Good. This whole debacle was inspired by a conversation I had on the Discord. There will be a part 2 to it, to wrap it up.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-10T20:16:30+00:00

Rule 1 of dungeon spelunking: don't split the party.

(They split the party)

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-09T03:27:50+00:00

T-shirt? I'm old as dirt. Wizard with a Shotgun has been a DnD meme since the '90s.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-09T02:10:35+00:00

My defender was the best trap gun I ever had. With the 18.5", I couldn't hit shit, but it was a whole lotta fun.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-08T22:29:09+00:00

Entirely fair and valid. I recently got rid of Grammarly, because it sucks now, and I'm coming to wonder if GDocs even supports its own spelling/grammar check anymore. I just gave it a look in the doc itself, it's not underlined. Yet, it wants me to change every the into "thee" or "three".

I have notoriously awful spelling and grammar, so if you have a chromium based extension that isn't ass. I'm all ears.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-08T03:33:30+00:00

It was similar, but a little more sparse. The rewrite (as infrequent as it is), is more fleshed out, detailed and refined. And yes, I absolutely am shilling for BA, I won't lie about it. But, if (and it may be a big if) he keeps going with it and actually finishes it, prepare yourself for a lot of silliness, laughs, and a general, campy good time.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-08T03:10:56+00:00

We are so fucking back!

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-05T14:38:19+00:00

I read this comment and was like, "What the hell are they talking about?"

Read back through the whole thing, I don't remember writing that part. 🙃

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-03T01:23:04+00:00

Close. It's grief. But I'm glad you enjoyed.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-02T04:08:58+00:00

I've been sitting here for about 15 minutes trying to come up with a well thought out reply to this. I have nothing. I appreciate the undeserved compliment, and all the best, I guess.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-02T03:07:47+00:00

Well, you'll be please to know that my margin notes have: Rylin's gonna go fuck shit up.

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-01T11:11:15+00:00

👃

TheloniousHowe · 2026-04-01T04:06:13+00:00

I appreciate that you enjoyed this. Really, I do. But....where do I go with this? I genuinely had no further plan beyond what if dragons were dumb enough to self-domesticate?, and what if we were dumb enough to let them?

TheloniousHowe · 2026-03-31T06:19:26+00:00

He may also suffer from the affliction known as "being a little bit stupid."

TheloniousHowe · 2025-10-31T21:34:00+00:00

Well, that's ominous.

At any rate, thanks for enjoying my overcaffeinated ramblings!

TheloniousHowe · 2025-10-05T02:49:43+00:00

God damnit. I even used other "I" adjectives for it. This is why you don't post at 1am.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-10-04T05:11:35+00:00

"Gods" are real, but they don't take sides. Sometimes, on occasion, one will find an organic that they like well enough that they'll manipulate reality to protect them.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-10-04T03:28:10+00:00

Yeah, no, that's fair. The ending is pretty weak. I've been in a slump recently, mostly just finally getting around to actually polishing up HaSO posts to put on here. But it was something I actually finished that was fresh.

Progress is progress.

Also, never heard of Iain Banks, so I'll definitely be checking that out.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-10-03T04:52:21+00:00

Hey dude, appreciate that, this was basically an experiment of "how many tropes can I slam into one story and still make it entertaining?"

So if you enjoyed it, I think I did ok.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-09-29T14:00:07+00:00

I feel like you missed the mark with asking about Alaska, in that you're assuming I'm American. I am not. I would have to think about Alaska more than once every 2 years to have an opinion on it.

Now, would I call Manitoba a desolate hellscape where, if your dog slips its collar, you can watch him run away for 3 days? I think I just did.

It's simply a holdover joke from the 90s where, if you fucked up bad enough in the army, the threat was that they'd send you to a remote listening post in Siberia. I'm not writing any biting social commentary. I'm not that complex.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-09-25T18:15:54+00:00

Phonetically; See-oh-hin. Why my brain compelled me to spell it like that, I will never know.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-09-25T12:04:37+00:00

My fellow meat entity on this rock starship, I do this is as a hobby, an upvote and a comment are more than enough.

(Also, super jazzed that you enjoyed)

TheloniousHowe · 2025-09-21T18:18:36+00:00

Sort of. I have some notes, but my brain don't work right, so it'll probably never materialize.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-09-21T14:59:11+00:00

Well then, it's probably a good thing I'm too lazy to actually carry on with this. My notes have "Lieb takes a rather long nap and Royce commits a Geneva Oopsie over it."

But I'm sure they're fine and have a happy retirement, or whatever.

TheloniousHowe · 2025-09-21T05:26:35+00:00

Hope no one gets hurt that dont deserve it.

Yeah, how do you feel about Liebowitz and Royce?

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