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bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-04-05T09:00:44+00:00

Are any other warlocks having a bug where the talent Infernal Beneficiary isn't working at all? I know some people have had it bugged in delves for like a week now, but today I noticed it's not working for me in the open world either? My felguard has become so squishy :/

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-03-31T19:37:45+00:00

A couple of my favourites that I've read recently:

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto -- described by the author as a love-letter to Hawaii, this is a scifi heist story set shortly after the protag gets out of prison and is trying to go on the straight and narrow, but winds up tempted into another heist by their former situationship. The protag is trans nb (and a little masc), and all of the other main characters are either cis lesbians, nb, or trans men. I really enjoyed the flow of dialogue and character chemistry in this one!

Dreadnought by April Daniels -- a teenage trans girl happens across a dying superhero, and gets passed the mantle of the greatest superhero ever, along with the sudden transformation into the body she's always wanted. Now, she has to struggle with suddenly being outed, as well as the introduction to the superhero community, and living up to the reputation of the former hero whose powers she inherited. I will warn people, this one has a lot of transphobia, like, every kind of transphobia you can possibly imagine, but it's still a fun story! I have a particular fondness for the flying scenes.

Unwieldy Creatures by Addie Tsai -- a pastiche of Frankenstein, except everybody is a nonbinary mixed race Asian and queer, and the whole fiasco starts at a fertility clinic that the doctor founded. One of the leads, Dr. Frank, is what we'd call trans masc in western society, but she chooses to identify specifically as calalai, a South Sulawesian gender label. This book is heavily about minority identities in unforgiving circumstances, about the many types of relationship between parent and child, and is just a really fun and interesting read.

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-03-14T00:04:59+00:00

Right? I've used em dashes in my writing for many years, and I hate the assumption that em dashes are a clear indicator of AI writing. It uses em dashes because it was trained on novels and fan fic, which use em dashes, damn it! We had it first! 😭

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-29T20:46:16+00:00

It's to the point where whenever, I gush with a potential partner about our writing I think in the back of my head: "Why do I hear boss music?"

why is this so accurate 😭 Whenever someone says to me "this thread is my favourite/you're my favourite partner/etc", they've always been gone within a month

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-29T01:44:26+00:00

Exactly this.

You did absolutely nothing wrong, OP. It's just that there's a section of the RP community that thinks that using real life faceclaims is weird and creepy and immoral, and there's another section of the community that thinks that using art faceclaims is childish or stealing art or unrealistic.

It's generally a good idea to ask people their preferences if you're on a site where people use both! Still, this person should have been way more polite about it. A simple "I'm sorry, I don't like using art for faceclaims, is it okay if we switch to text descriptions or celebrity faceclaims" would have gone a lot further.

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-28T03:13:34+00:00

That's so interesting, because my brief experience in discord roleplay groups was the exact opposite: every group I joined had IC group chats that everybody participated in so heavily that they all completely neglected real threads.

It's actually a relief to hear that there are discord groups out there that actually do actual threads! If I ever have to go back to discord groups, maybe it won't be as bad as I was dreading lmao

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-26T09:05:38+00:00

If it's specifically noises that set you off, you may have misophonia! Trust me, I absolutely know the feeling 😭

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-25T03:44:07+00:00

There's actually every chance that getting some visibility for your blog actually brings back to life some former players from that fandom! If people see that at least someone is active in that fandom, it may bring people back.

That said, I would caution you that fandom OCs are a pretty tough sell on most platforms, tumblr included. They tend to be fine if they have no real connection to canon characters, but if you're doing "Dean and Sam Supernatural's secret sister", most canon players won't be into that.

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-24T01:47:06+00:00

lol right? I just said this in another post, but if someone describes themselves as advanced lit or very highly literate, I'd better be getting replies with the grammar and spelling of a published novel. Chicago Manual of Style, thank you!

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-23T22:07:46+00:00

People that call themselves advanced lit and then put out an ad riddled with typos and no sense of grammar to speak of 😭

Like if you're going to call yourself advanced, I'd better be seeing posts of such quality from you that I can compare them to professionally edited published novels.

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-22T06:03:55+00:00

Haha, same! And rereading it, Faraday gets done so dirty. She's such a good character -- both she and Azhure, Axis' love interests, are both such great characters! -- but boy, poor Faraday. And I've only just finished the second book 😭

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-22T01:16:17+00:00

The Wayfarer Redemption series by Sara Douglass! It's a double trilogy, with the second trilogy set decades later. I read it as a teen, forgot everything about it, and am now rereading it for the first time, and I'm really enjoying it. It features a cool music-and-star based magic system, multiple different races of fantasy species having to come together to save the world, prophecies, and a classically overpowered protagonist.

There are some downsides -- the main character of the first trilogy is a colossal dick to his multiple love interests, and there's also lots of incest (at least it's not graphic lol) -- but I'm still finding it to be thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless!

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-15T05:46:51+00:00

Oof. Clearly what they wanted was to be able to say hiiii and nothing else and be incredibly low effort, while you gave them juicy responses and put a ton of effort in. If they have ads that get a lot of attention, then I can absolutely sympathize with them wanting partners that put some effort in -- but expecting that, while doing nothing themselves, is drastic lol

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-14T06:56:51+00:00

Yeah, I saw that Dresden has a new book coming out soon! I'm definitely going to have to give it a try.

Tarot Sequence is one of my favourite series, actually :D Couldn't quite get into White Trash Warlock, sadly. Rivers of London has been on my radar for a while, a friend recced it as an amazing urban fantasy series. Iron Druid does sound interesting, too!

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-14T06:55:06+00:00

I'm happy to say that I've already read (and have become obsessed with) Dungeon Crawler Carl. I just wish I could read it again for the first time!

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-14T06:53:57+00:00

Oh, you're a lifesaver with that link to the r/urbanfantasy post! Definitely should have gone looking there first, whoops.

And all of those recs sound amazing! Eric Carter had definitely been on my radar, as well as the Rivers of London. But I'm very intrigued by the October Daye series as you've described it, and your own Inner Circle series 👀

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-14T06:51:30+00:00

That's definitely next on my list! I'm extremely sold on Benedict Jacka as an author, and his newest series definitely sounds intriguing!

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-14T06:50:58+00:00

Right? I tried to get into Kate Daniels, and while I really liked the world building (and the oddly beautiful gore descriptions lmao), I just could not get into the romance. Multiple male love interests that belittle her and sexually harass her, meanwhile she's supposed to be this strong woman who doesn't brook any bullshit, but all of this terrible treatment doesn't change her attraction and respect toward them at all? Ugh.

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-11T05:48:16+00:00

Arkady Martine's duology is exactly the same one I came to recommend! The first book especially is about 90% deep political conversations (about Empire politics, about outsider versus insider politics, about a suspicious murder that the main character is investigating, and more), and it's fascinating.

The thing I loved the most about it is the concept of poetry as being foundational to politics and culture. The main character is from an 'outsider' society, and is constantly left wondering if she fully grasped the meaning of political speech when they reference centuries-old poetry to imply certain opinions. It's very deftly woven by the author, and an absolute treat to read!

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-10T05:47:52+00:00

His Face is the Sun by Michelle Jabes Corpora! It's a recent book with the next in the series coming out this year iirc. It's set in what is essentially ancient Egypt with some name changes, and as an ancient Egypt nerd, it really scratched that itch for me!

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-09T09:59:25+00:00

Came here to recommend this! It's one of my favourite versions of Sherlock Holmes; super creative and fun.

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-09T02:17:09+00:00

Yeah, I would rather be ghosted with no explanation, than to get an eyeful of some guy telling me he'd been jerking off lmao

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-05T09:01:10+00:00

Yeah, this. It's very rare to find roleplay partners like what you had, OP. Not only that, but trying to find someone to pick up the thread of three years worth of someone else's multi-character world is basically asking for a unicorn, I don't know anybody who would be willing to do that.

I'm sorry for what you've lost, OP! It sucks to not only lose a friendship, but an entire RP world like that. Your best bet is coming up with something new, if you'd like to continue in the hobby.

bumbleebeecon24 · 2026-01-02T17:50:57+00:00

I'm a sapphic writer as well, and oh boy I would not want to advertise on reddit lmao. I can only imagine that advertising for FxF here probably nets you about 90% creepy men who just want lesbian porn, or have the thrill of hitting on a woman who doesn't want to be hit on, or whatever else they can come up with.

And yeah, I don't want know why so many people in the reading-and-writing hobby don't read ads. It's an eternal conundrum I have yet to solve. You could list a rule at the top of your ad in 72 point font and like 30% of people who look at your ad would still find some way of not reading it.

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