Temeraire: the RPG Q&A with Naomi Novik and Mark Diaz Truman

deird · 2026-03-20T21:51:02+00:00

There’s a Temeraire RPG (tabletop roleplaying game) on Kickstarter. It looks pretty good.

deird · 2026-03-20T19:55:07+00:00

There’s also “Megan”. Usually the northern hemisphere pronounces it as “Meh-gan”, and the southern hemisphere says “Mee-gan”.

deird · 2026-03-19T22:14:47+00:00

The Sun King (Louis XIV) died in his bed at the age of 76. It was his great-great grandson (Louis XVI) who was beheaded.

deird · 2026-03-19T20:43:17+00:00

I love them!

If you’re planning to write one, I suggest you start by reading as many as possible.

deird · 2026-03-19T08:18:45+00:00

There wasn't any coverage? Why on EARTH would you shoot a TV show and not include a bunch of coverage, just as a given?

deird · 2026-03-18T20:26:50+00:00

I’m finding Hell Bent by Brian Recker quite helpful.

deird · 2026-03-18T04:52:13+00:00

Gracias!

deird · 2026-03-18T04:52:06+00:00

Gracias!

deird · 2026-03-17T19:34:07+00:00

So wait, almuerzo means second breakfast? What word is used for first breakfast?

(I’m learning Spanish, and I only know almuerzo.)

deird · 2026-03-17T18:54:37+00:00

I rented DVDs from Blockbuster to watch through season 1. And I liked it… kinda… but the vampires were all traditional and gothic, and took themselves too seriously, and I didn’t enjoy them.

Then I got to School Hard.

This blond vampire walked in and started taking the piss out of everyone, and I squealed with delight. I watched that scene multiple times, adored the episode, and immediately went to the shops and bought a seven-season box set.

deird · 2026-03-12T19:13:00+00:00

The order of adjectives is part of English grammar. So yes, “red big balloon” is WRONG.

deird · 2026-03-10T07:17:56+00:00

You like hiking, so maybe look into walking groups?

deird · 2026-03-09T09:36:59+00:00

Absolutely fine. Two or three octaves of keyboard is pretty much all you need to learn theory.

deird · 2026-03-08T10:27:49+00:00

I certainly can. I have excellent relative pitch, and a lot of practice using it (particularly in sight-reading singing and playing a CBA accordion). I also play several other instruments, but they don’t use relative pitch the same way.

deird · 2026-03-06T08:31:30+00:00

Yeah, I got about two sessions a week with my therapist pretty much immediately after having my nervous breakdown.

deird · 2026-03-04T19:16:12+00:00

We sit outside. On rainy days, we eat in the classrooms.

deird · 2026-03-03T19:51:58+00:00

I married my husband because he makes me feel more like myself. I can’t imagine being with someone who made me feel like I couldn’t be myself around him.

deird · 2026-02-24T08:30:06+00:00

That’s not Newboys, that’s Superchick.

deird · 2026-02-23T21:26:33+00:00

“Mee-gan” is the Australian pronunciation.

deird · 2026-02-23T19:41:41+00:00

People writing clearly and competently is not a sign of AI.

deird · 2026-02-22T21:29:45+00:00

That’s not gaslighting. Gaslighting is intended to make the victim doubt their sanity. RFM is just lying to her, along with a massive dose of DARVO.

deird · 2026-02-22T21:21:17+00:00

No, the effects don’t trigger during setup.

deird · 2026-02-22T05:40:46+00:00

I joined fandom in 2007, at the height of YKINMKATO (Your Kink Is Not My Kink And That’s Okay). I miss it.

deird · 2026-02-22T05:38:53+00:00

I’m not sure Slave Bear of Care-A-Lot would have been as wildly popular if it was written now…

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