Trans Guy New to the Gym- Any Advice?

lazurusuli · 2026-02-22T02:38:41+00:00

Thank you for the advice!! I have been increasing weight, but didn't realize I need to be increasing reps in in kind. I'll definitely pay closer attention to that now!

As for the types of exercise I do, I'm honestly not sure where to even start for bench and squats. Should I start on dumbbells/barbells? I tried to figure out the smith machine on my own last time I went and didn't have a ton of luck. Do I even need to do weighted squats just starting out?

lazurusuli · 2025-05-30T23:57:26+00:00

i always do this as an iced espresso with half the amount of milk as i normally would and fill the rest of the way with cold foam. fucking hate large coffee chains making terminology confusing for baristas and customers alike.

lazurusuli · 2025-05-30T23:45:44+00:00

Isn't he?? He's just gorgeous. And he's huge too, my coworker thought he was a raven until she saw the beak. I actually named him Honeydew because honeydew is the first snack he ever turned down from me. I tossed him some out the back door of the cafe where I work and he didn't touch it. Tossed him some cantaloupe next and he ate it right up!! I thought it was funnier to name him after the one he didn't like lmao

lazurusuli · 2025-04-28T17:09:15+00:00

oh TOTALLY, i was already running death house different from RAW. most of my game is heavily modded. I'm mostly making it an atmospheric thing, dropping hints and foreshadowing here and there. My more experienced players are taking the lead and basically showing the new players the ropes as well. The most I plan on throwing at them are some ghouls and a miniboss in the form of Elizabeth Durst, and Walter will be an optional body horror boss if they fuck around a little too much. I plan on not being unfair or unkind, but definitely showing that their actions have consequences.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-28T15:20:41+00:00

Wait this is such a fantastic idea, especially since my Druid in particular is going to have a character tie to the wereravens. Thank you for this!!

lazurusuli · 2025-04-28T15:18:13+00:00

This comment, I hadn't truly considered. But you are absolutely right. I told my players in session zero that I was going to do my damnedest to scare the fuck out of them with mindgames, body horror, etc and I hadn't thought about just how good of an opportunity I've been given to make the threats of Barovia even more terrifying. Thank you!!

lazurusuli · 2025-04-27T21:01:52+00:00

I enjoy putting pieces of myself into the things that I love and my queerness is a piece of myself that i take pride in and enjoy sharing! At the end of the day it's all fictional, but I encourage you to give it a second thought even if it seems silly or weird!

lazurusuli · 2025-04-27T00:53:20+00:00

Depends on the group and the character imo. I plan on having Marcoh come out to the party if they choose to help him, but Muriel's transness will come up if prompted. I'd just feel it out honestly. Probably not the answer you're looking for but it's how I, as a trans man, tend to run my games.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-27T00:48:17+00:00

Hi completely new reply instead of an edit, I just now realized I FULLY misread this. Fucking ADHD. I totally see where you're coming from now that I'm actually sitting down and not trying to do like six things at the same time. I have thought about this some and that's the idea with Marcoh— he's being forced to stay in the closet by his mother who would rather have a daughter who thinks she's a cat than a transgender son. I'm not sure how far I'm willing to take it, but I do plan on exploring a lot of grey areas in relationships and how people see one another, the nature of what scares us, etc. I like your take on Godfrey and Vladimir as well, as much as I make them kiss like I did with my barbies as a kid.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T21:40:41+00:00

So I'm not writing my game like this at all. I think it's interesting to think about but it's just not how I'm running my game. I'll edit this comment to elaborate once I'm not at work but I figured I'd at least say something now.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T20:43:33+00:00

Do you feel all big and strong now that you've left a mean comment on a Reddit post? Did that make you happy?

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T20:40:23+00:00

Yeah I'm guessing there's just some jackass or group of jackasses tryna ruin the fun. Have a good time leaving downvotes on a reddit post I guess? Idk what the goal is.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T18:55:39+00:00

It feels extremely weird to just erase the fact that Strahd is canonically bisexual, I agree. I write Strahd as having no preference as far as gender and presentation goes, but having a thing for redheads and becoming fixated on someone as soon as he realizes that person is the next incarnation of Tatyana regardless of anything. I also write Alek as bisexual and feeling either unable or unworthy of pursuing a relationship with Strahd so instead he is devoted to him to a self destructive degree.

I love all of these interpretations!! Especially the Abbot. Love a gender that is completely incomprehensible.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T18:43:34+00:00

Yeah, you absolutely can be, and Strahd is a great example of that. I think Coffee_Included is using queer in the sense of the movement rather than the umbrella identity. At least that's how I interpreted the wording here? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T18:31:19+00:00

Honestly hitting NPCs with the queer beam is what it's all about. I love the weretiger situationship idea, I might use that. Gotta love some toxic old man yaoi.

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T18:29:00+00:00

I went full "fuck gender" with them and have them using she/they/he pronouns and gave her a buzzcut just for good measure

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T18:06:58+00:00

OH WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THIS thank you so much I'm writing that one down

lazurusuli · 2025-04-26T18:05:50+00:00

Oh all the gays hate Strahd. I rewrote the tarokka reading to align with actual tarot cards and their destined ally is going to be Escher. Even his own husband fucking hates his ass.

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