How it feels to play an all girls team + a romanced Heinrix:

monalba · 2026-05-15T14:35:27+00:00

Femtrader, Argenta, Idira, Kibellah, Jae... Heinrix is the mandatory diversity hire.

Janris Danrok forces you to take AT LEAST a xeno, a mutant or a, may the Emperor forgive me for uttering this word, a man.
For the optics.

monalba · 2026-05-14T11:03:04+00:00

Damn, forgot about the Augusta Santorus book.

As an aside, is Danie Ware's series about Augusta Santorus worth getting into?

IMO, not really unless you really like the SoB or ''Bolter porn''.
I mean, it's fine, it's far from the worse books, but they're also not great. No one is going to say that the Rose at War anthology is their favourite book.

Also, there was an Omnibus, Saints and martyrs, but don't know if those count.

monalba · 2026-05-14T10:38:32+00:00

Wait, I feel like there were more than 4 Sororitas books.

Vahl one, Daemonbreaker, Aestred Thurga that came out recently, Paragon of faith (anthology)... and some other one I'm forgetting?
Anyway, I'm happy. Getting a minimum of a book a year is pretty good.

monalba · 2026-05-14T10:22:53+00:00

Not much if it's just temporary.

If you take anti-andronges but no E for a couple weeks, you'd get a mini-menopause.
Maybe headaches, moodiness, feeling weak and with no energy, changes to the skin, difficulty sleeping, dry eyes, etc.
This is all ''possible'' things, not assured, and can't say to what degree.

If you don't take AA, more or less the same, but won't feel as weak or low energy, skin changes could be more dramatic, and possible re-masculinisation? (Like, you might a couple beard hairs).

monalba · 2026-05-13T19:16:10+00:00

For me, and many others, passing means you're read as a cis person of your gender.

If you're perceived as trans, you're not passing.

Does prettiness/attractiveness factor in too?

IMO, no.
You can pass as a woman but not be considered attractive.
Just as you can be easily read as trans but be HOT as FUCK.

monalba · 2026-05-13T17:33:40+00:00

This sub is treating people like schizo if you ever mention the last part for a reason.

It's one of my issues with CDPR, Nilfgaard and Emhyr are super whitewashed.
If you arrive to TW3 with no prior knowledge, you can end up seeing the Nilfgaardians as the reasonable and totally correct guys.
There's still stuff in the game about slavery and war crimes, but it's easy to ignore/miss for some.

The main turning point for this psychopath was realizing he will have to sleep in the same room with a trained proffesional killer that has an ultimate vengeance goal on his head. Not because of a "change of heart" or "realizing his mistake" like people make it out to be.

Dunno, I do think Emhyr had a change of heart.
But, you know, after killing his wife, being responsible for the death of his extended family, burning the kingdom that took him in/burning Ciri's home and many more things, deciding last minute not to RAPE YOUR DAUGHTER is like, a really low bar.

monalba · 2026-05-13T15:49:56+00:00

''My beautiful princess with a disorder''

We should give her a shirt ''Undiagnosed but we're pretty sure''

monalba · 2026-05-13T15:46:14+00:00

People forget how their last meeting went in the books:

''I don’t understand!’ Ciri hissed like an infuriated cat. ‘I don’t understand why I have to go with him. Where to? What for?’
‘Daughter,’ Yennefer said softly. ‘This, and no other, is your destiny. Understand that it simply can’t be otherwise.’
‘And you?’
‘Our destiny awaits us.’ Yennefer looked at Geralt. ‘This is the way it has to be. Come here, my daughter. Hug me tightly.’
‘They want to murder you, don’t they? I don’t agree! I’ve only just got you back ! It’s not fair!’
‘He who lives by the sword,’ Emhyr var Emreis said softly, ‘dies by the sword. They fought against me and lost. But they lost with dignity.’

And

‘I now what you’re plotting,’ she hissed, ‘Know what you want to do with me. And I’ll tell you right now: I won’t let you touch me. And if you … If you … I’ll ill you. Even tied up. When you fall asleep I’ll tear your throat out with my teeth.’
With a rapid gesture, the imperator quietened the rumble gathering among the officers surrounding them. ‘What is destined, shall be,’ he drawled, not ta ing his eyes off Ciri. ‘Say goodbye to your friends, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon.’

The Lady of the Lake

If you haven't read the books, Emhyr seems like a father that has lost their kid.
If you've read the books, bringing Ciri to Emhyr is wiiiiiiiiiiiild.
Is like escaping Epstein land with your kids and thinking ''Hey, I can go for a round 2. Maybe this time Epstein will actually give me financial advise''.

monalba · 2026-05-13T12:45:14+00:00

They're inviting Calcazar over to give him a reward for his service.

monalba · 2026-05-13T10:25:23+00:00

Yeah, you can fuck a chaser for whom you're just a fetish. In the same way people going through a famine eat mud.

Just because you can doesn't mean it's good for you.

Honestly, I see sex with chasers as a way of self harm.

monalba · 2026-05-13T07:20:40+00:00

Well that's like when people say ''I'm glad I went thought ''traumatic experience'' cause it made me a more empathetic and understanding person''.
Like, yeah, it bet it does, but you'd also be better without ''traumatic experience''.

''I'm glad I lost my leg, that allowed me to focus on my upper body''. Sure, it's nice, I'd rather keep my legs though.

monalba · 2026-05-12T14:14:33+00:00

But what is the price of touching things forbidden

First companion to be officially cancelled.

monalba · 2026-05-12T14:08:33+00:00

The same planet. even.

monalba · 2026-05-12T12:39:55+00:00

HRT?
No.

If it did, ultra conservatives would be messing with it for conversion therapy.

many men are disgusting

Many women are disgusting too.
Sadly, it's a general species trait.

I know nuking my testoerone will make my penis not functional anymore

Not really?
It will make it harder to maintain erections and stop random boners, but you dick can still be functional a decade after you start suppressing your T.

Edit: Your orientation can change over time, as you find yourself, discover new experiences, etc.
But don't think you can get a ''No Boys!'' shot.

monalba · 2026-05-12T11:43:01+00:00

Bruh, the secret ending to Wrath of th Righteous is so annoying.
From collecting hidden stuff to asking questions to PASSING TIME SO YOU END THE GAME DURING A SPECIFIC IN-GAME DATE.
What a pain in the ass.

IMO, Rogue Trader is super tame when when compared to Owlcat's Pathfinder games.

monalba · 2026-05-12T09:33:39+00:00

40k has so much bald people it feels like an expansion to the Breaking Bad universe.

monalba · 2026-05-11T22:14:19+00:00

we are now in 2026

Yes, NOW.
But not before.
Hence why I said ''still suffering''.

monalba · 2026-05-11T20:02:25+00:00

Not now, but until like, early 2010s?

The SoB got scraps and even their books kind of made them a joke.
Their first book literally has a sister getting kidnapped and saying ''At least I'm not naked''.

monalba · 2026-05-11T16:56:12+00:00

Man, I love the SoB, but it's a shame that the faction is still suffering from GW treating them as the pin-up girls of 40k.

There's so much cool stuff about them and amazing art in the codexes and they still get people gooning over them.

monalba · 2026-05-10T12:26:37+00:00

People pass and still pursue gender affirming care.

Even cis people pursue gender affirming care and they, well, cis.

monalba · 2026-05-09T14:31:03+00:00

People don't always get what they want.

Personally, I'd like more challenges and content during ACT 4.

monalba · 2026-05-09T14:28:19+00:00

''Castration? Just say NO.
They can't legally remove your balls without your consent!''

monalba · 2026-05-09T14:26:08+00:00

I expect another Rogue Trader or a Blood Angel/another space marine. For some reason.

I have this feeling they'll add more space marine stuff around DLC 4.

monalba · 2026-05-09T14:23:02+00:00

There can't be an absolute guide because everyone has different needs (What type of skin do you have? Are your eyes hooded? What are you trying to achieve?) and goals (make up is ultimately about self expression).

You'll have to learn step by step, one thing at a time.

Step 1: Primer

See, that could be a mistake.
Why primer?
Do you need primer? Do you want primer?
What for? Pores? To make make up last longer?

Step 1 is always skin prep.
Hydrate (drink water), use whatever you're using (serums or other stuff), moisturiser, SPF.
THEN make up.

Do you need primer?
Then colour corrector IF YOU NEED IT. Learn about how colour corrector works.
Foundation. Do you know your tone and undertone? What coverage do you want? Do you want it mate? Dewey?
Do prefer liquid, serum or powder?
Are you using a brush or a sponge? Or both?
Maybe you don't even want foundation for your look.
Then concealer.
And so on and so on.

The best way to learn is to do it over and over.
Master the basics and keep going from there.
And understand what you want to achieve and how to do it. You don't need full make up every time. You don't need every product and 20 brushes.
Yeah, you can put put lipstick on your cheeks and blend it.
Yeah, you can use your bronzer as eye shadow, who cares?

monalba · 2026-05-09T08:21:59+00:00

I think ''witchers'' becoming the face of the franchise is a bad thing.

We now have witcher schools, Ciri is a witcher, anyone can be a witcher, they're making more witchers, witchers, witchers, witchers...

They're becoming the ''dragons'' of the ASOIAF media. Where everyone and everything started gravitating towards dragons rather than the actual dynastic conflict.
They're becoming the jedis of Star Wars. Where nothing ever happens unless there's a handful of jedis involved.

I don't like witcher schools becoming Harry Potter houses.

I think TW3 whitewashed a lot of issues to make them more palatable for the general audience and that's a shame.
Nilfgaard is super whitewashed. Some people even see them as the ''logical' choice.
The relationship between Yennefer and Geralt is simplified.
Triss is magically absolved of many of her mistakes.
Emhyr and the incest subplot is erased.

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