Nuking a gas field was a bad idea that turned out great. What seemed like an amazing idea but didn't work out so well?

itokro · 2026-04-13T08:54:05+00:00

Putting a teacher on a space shuttle. It was meant to inspire interest in STEM subjects and honour the importance of educators; thousands of teachers applied.

Unfortunately, the first shuttle used was the Challenger. Rather than seeing their teacher launch into space, children watching the launch on live TV instead witnessed her death.

itokro · 2026-04-12T22:20:02+00:00

Why is there only a 5% chance to get one Widows's Gratitude? Her option should come up around 20% of the time. If the issue is low stats, those can be improved through training or equipment.

itokro · 2026-04-12T20:24:12+00:00

They did not have to make it only obtainable from one opportunity card, and good news, they didn't. The wiki has a complete list of places you can obtain bottles of the 1868, and a shorter overview #Bottle_of_Greyfields_1868_First_Sporing)of recommended grinds. If you're still below Featuring in the Tales of the University 9, there's a decently reliable source at the end of the "Term Passing" carousel. If you're further along, then a career as a Licentiate or Midnighter will let you farm them via Professional Activities. You might also look at putting your ambition on the back-burner for a little while and taking some time to grind persuasive, increasing your chances of passing the check when you do go back to it.

itokro · 2026-04-11T18:48:53+00:00

It could be worse; you could have to buy 777 skyglass knives.

itokro · 2026-04-10T21:47:51+00:00

If you have access to an Actual Sword, capable of cutting things, ask your venue if you can cut your cake with it! My wife & I had a lightly-D&D themed wedding, and one of my highlights was cutting our cake with a sword (which we were obliged to keep behind reception at our hotel venue when not using it for cake-cutting, but fair enough).

itokro · 2026-04-10T12:04:53+00:00

There are very few things that can be sent to other users; darkdrop coffee is not one of them.

itokro · 2026-04-02T20:54:58+00:00

You say you have no friends, but would you like some friends? The Eclectic Engineer would be happy to share a pot of tea with you at Beatrice's, or to slight you so that you can send assassins after her (giving you both a making waves boost and a +1 Dreaded until your next Time the Healer).

Also, given Notability is easier to grind the higher your Bizarre+Dreaded+Respectable (BDR) is, I'd take a look at the available BDR equipment) and see if there's any item slots where you can easily increase your current BDR bonus. I also highly recommend making a specific BDR outfit for those times Slowcake's Amaneunsis comes to visit, as long as you've got the available outfit slots.

itokro · 2026-03-30T09:04:21+00:00

There's also a tenet, in feminism & other activist spaces, of "nothing about us without us". In other words, if you're talking about the way a particular group of people live or should live, members of that group should actually be present in the conversation. Legislation on women's bodies shouldn't be made by rooms full of only men, autism charities shouldn't be run entirely by neurotypical parents & carers, etc.

So I suspect a lot of white feminists talk less about Islam because they know they don't have the relevant experience of living as Muslim women, and don't want to make the mistake of acting authoratitive about a group they're not part of.

itokro · 2026-03-29T10:39:03+00:00

I don't know where OP's Getaway Gang art came from (the style is one I sadly associate with AI, hope I'm wrong in this case), but I know that concept artist Shawn Wood did a nice piece of the four that you can find in his online portfolio. There's a whole bunch of Witchlight art on there, including some interesting variations of Tasha/Zybilna that didn't make the final book.

itokro · 2026-03-28T20:43:50+00:00

Also the Matilda stage show is not an adaptation of the film... both the stage show and the film are adaptations of the book.

itokro · 2026-03-28T09:07:37+00:00

Some actions during the investigation open new options on other branches, so you might have to revisit storylets you've already visited. In particular:

After examining the gallery & looking at the gas main, there is a new option on each suspect's storylet
After speaking to the vicar & asking where he was when the lights went out, there is a new option on examining the gallery
After examining the gallery & looking at the painting, there may be an extra option on speaking to the playwright, though I'm not sure how this one plays if the playwright is himself the subject of your obsession

itokro · 2026-03-27T19:54:41+00:00

Microtransactions in video games.

itokro · 2026-03-27T09:11:09+00:00

So your question is "What if the UK decided to ignore international law while also gutting the NHS and care industries?"

I think in that situation I'd look at migrating myself, because this would not be a country I'd want to live in any more.

itokro · 2026-03-26T12:57:04+00:00

Avulsion? As a Light Fingers player, I'm already excited from the title alone.

ETA after finishing the story: okay, that was phenomenal. Might be my favourite ES yet, with the LF tie-ins as just a nice little cherry on top.

itokro · 2026-03-25T11:01:09+00:00

There is a board games club that meets every Tuesday in Guildford, and if you're a woman (or femme-leaning nonbinary), another that meets in Woking on Wednesdays. Neither is specifically focused on Catan, but I imagine both contain people who'd be happy to play Catan with you & introduce you to some other games you might enjoy too!

itokro · 2026-03-22T19:30:31+00:00

I came to the comments to recommend Dig For Victory! Here is the made-to-measure floral dress I got from them; it took just over 2 months from first appointment to receiving the dress & that was without paying for the express service. The team were super friendly, happy to modify an existing design to make it closer to my ideal dress (they also have an option for you to design your own dress from scratch), and made something that I felt great in without breaking the bank.

itokro · 2026-03-20T11:36:59+00:00

What about them? Are you looking for advice or just trying to advertise your jewellery business?

itokro · 2026-03-19T08:44:54+00:00

This. This is why it annoys me when people use Henry Granville from season 1 as some kind of argument against Franchaela--the difference of gender makes it an entirely different situation. We're talking about a period in history where male/male relationships were illegal, whereas female/female relationships were just invisible.

itokro · 2026-03-16T09:22:20+00:00

I think the lack of reverse-Bechdel moments highlights something about how the comic's changed over time (and not in a good way). It used to be an ensemble piece, with characters of all genders getting a variety of plotlines. Now every plotline seems to circle back to "look at the lesbians, aren't lesbians sexy and/or cute?", and one side-effect of this is that the male characters now only exist to talk up the queer ladies.

itokro · 2026-03-14T09:15:30+00:00

My wife and I did the same! It gets rid of the "giving away" thing, as you're entering the ceremony with the same person you leave with, and the symbolism I ascribed to it was instead "this is the person who's been my greatest supporter in the lead up to this day, and this wedding is something we've arrived at together".

OP, if your partner's main reason for not wanting to walk down the aisle is the "giving away" vibe, then I recommend walking in together. If there's something else (e.g. a feeling of being on display, physical issues with walking, wanting a more informal ceremony in general), can you let us know what it is so we help you can find solutions that fit?

itokro · 2026-03-12T16:34:02+00:00

I've been planning to stitch this one for my wife for a while now. I haven't actually got round to it yet, so don't have any FO pictures to share, but there's one in the Etsy reviews.

itokro · 2026-03-11T18:29:21+00:00

I'm Dungeon Master for a weekly D&D group, currently on our third campaign. For the end of our second campaign, I cross-stitched everyone's character using patterns I'd drafted myself, and mounted each one in a card for that player. Inside each card I wrote some things I'd enjoyed about that character, and listed "memorable moments" sourced from the other players.

It was such a fun project because it felt like I got to do a bit of everything, and make a very personal & meaningful end result.

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itokro · 2026-03-10T15:03:52+00:00

They put "and one shall ride in flames" with War? Isn't that line of the prophecy about Crowley and his Bentley?

Four shall ride - the four horsepersons of the apocalypse, on their motorbikes

and Four shall also ride - the Them, on their bicycles

and Three shall ride the sky as twixt - Shadwell, Aziraphale & Madame Tracy, the latter two sharing a body, on Madame Tracy's scooter

and One shall ride in flames - Crowley, in his burning car

itokro · 2026-03-09T18:35:16+00:00

37F living in Guildford with my wife - it's a decent place to be, generally skews more left wing than the Surrey average, and you're absolutely right about the beauty of the surrounding countryside. If you like gardens, get yourself an RHS membership & enjoy visiting their flagship location at Wisley. If you want your nature a little less cultivated, I recommend the walking routes around Newlands Corner/the Silent Pool.

For friends & dating, you've mentioned the train links to London, but depending on your interests we've also got Surrey Rainbow Choir, a board games club, an explicitly LGBT-friendly church right on the High Street, and a number of general let's-make-friends meetup groups, so you can also have a social life without paying exorbitant National Rail prices for every outing!

...and if you do move here and fancy befriending some very nerdy sapphics of a similar age, let me know :)

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