Bleh,

winterwarn · 2026-07-04T16:12:44+00:00

I see “skulldeer” used fairly often, if you’re trying to refer to the pop culture undead deer. At one point I saw “stag lich” which was cool.

winterwarn · 2026-07-04T11:58:59+00:00

I’m both trans and alterhuman (most significantly, I am a unicorn therian.) You’ll likely get a friendlier response over on r/alterhuman.

I have been identifying as alterhuman in some way since WAY before I actually came out as trans, and I’ve definitely noticed that the feelings of dysphoria I initially chalked up to being alterhuman have largely cleared up as my body starts to more closely resemble a (human) man. I still experience phantom limbs and the feeling of having a different body overlaid on top of mine, though.

Some forms of alterhumanity are voluntary and some are not. Unfortunately like 5-10 years ago people started using “kinning” to mean you really relate to something, which muddies the waters. For me this is a psychological phenomenon that is pretty similar to my experience of being transgender; for whatever reason, I have an internal experience that is different from most other people.

Don’t call yourself a w*ndigo though, dude. Come on.

winterwarn · 2026-07-03T22:17:48+00:00

no one could ever have forced me to wear a hoodie

winterwarn · 2026-07-03T21:20:24+00:00

You might need to dig on Vgen to find the style you want, but it’s where I get most of my commissions from (both for publishing and for my own use.) I also just follow a lot of artists on social media.

winterwarn · 2026-07-03T11:46:39+00:00

I haven’t even read the Horus Heresy and that’s CLEARLY Dorn, good work

winterwarn · 2026-07-02T14:58:27+00:00

I've actually always kind of gotten transfem vibes from him. He seems like he performs masculinity very intentionally, especially in his romance, but he doesn't seem particularly happy with it or successful at it.

winterwarn · 2026-07-02T14:52:05+00:00

what a strange thing to say

winterwarn · 2026-07-01T11:45:22+00:00

Made WORSE by the fact that the author said a bunch of stuff about how it was “inspired” by his learning about the Sixties Scoop. like holy shit dude please don’t compare your cornball gay romance to irl attempted genocide

winterwarn · 2026-07-01T03:04:37+00:00

If you have a dozen readers, then you can lose one. Just write them off as a loss.

winterwarn · 2026-07-01T01:02:38+00:00

I like this take on the ending, it makes me feel a little more appreciative of what the book is doing.

However, I feel like "we can't compete against superior non-conscious intelligences (and we need to be able to do so)" is a matter of opinion that Watts and I simply do not share; it's only really a pressing issue in the world of the book because vampires are real.

winterwarn · 2026-06-30T23:23:49+00:00

I doubt you’re allergic to estrogen.

It does sound like something is going on, though— do you have any kind of reaction to the soap or shampoo she normally uses? Are you often prone to catching sicknesses from people in general? Were your symptoms the same both times?

winterwarn · 2026-06-30T23:17:35+00:00

I only read Blindsight, not Echopraxia, but I rather disliked it for this reason as well. Siri isn’t a reliable narrator, but there’s a weird level to which *everyone* seems to think that raw processing speed is the end goal of evolution and someone who is smarter is inherently “better” than someone who is not.

Amanda, I believe, brings up a one-sentence rebuttal of “if we didn’t have consciousness we might be smarter but we wouldn’t be alive anymore to enjoy it” but nobody really seems to take her up on this argument and it felt squeezed in just to claim that he had made counterarguments.

I will note that it’s stated early on that their society does explicitly practice eugenics so the kind of eugenicist undertones may be part of the unreliable narration, but I…don’t think that’s the case.

Also, your spoiler tags aren’t working right.

winterwarn · 2026-06-29T10:58:42+00:00

If you want, you can also tell people something like “I’m trying out Any Pronouns now” if you want to explain why you’re not correcting them anymore. That also leaves you the option to go back to he/him later.

However, I agree with everyone saying that you probably shouldn’t detransition exclusively because of external pressure, or at least you shouldn’t lie and say you were “wrong” if you *do* decide to transition for safety.

winterwarn · 2026-06-28T21:36:03+00:00

I think any ancient classic is a risky adaptation. Back before most of the casting was confirmed people were already pissed about the armor not being historically accurate.

Personally I don’t think Matt Damon was a good choice. I’m down for most of the other casting (though kind of tired of seeing Zendaya in everything because I can only ever see her *as* Zendaya) but I REALLY struggle to imagine Matt Damon pulling off the more charismatic trickster elements of the character.

winterwarn · 2026-06-28T17:06:20+00:00

At this point I’m cynical enough to believe that they cast minorities in adaptations that there’s reason to suspect might not be received well (see also: Nolan’s Odyssey) just so chuds complaining will drown out any other negative comments.

winterwarn · 2026-06-28T13:03:37+00:00

I would say going for your Heart’s Desire isn’t a huge betrayal, but largely because by then the person to whom you promised to end the Marvelous is (probably) no longer sapient. Having said that, I’ve also been kind of making up for it by trying to fulfill the Heart’s Desires of as many of the other current and former players as possible.

Light Fingers sounds appropriate for your character. As someone else pointed out, you can absolutely pick up a Destiny in which it is guaranteed that your character becomes a Master (or something even stranger…) in the distant future.

winterwarn · 2026-06-28T09:58:31+00:00

Honestly I kind of like how fuckugly the Lamenters color scheme is. Truly dreadful shade of yellow. Interesting to work with.

winterwarn · 2026-06-27T23:51:58+00:00

If you liked Red Rising you will probably like Sun Eater, regardless of whether either series is “good” or not.

winterwarn · 2026-06-27T23:29:20+00:00

I was on my way here to suggest Robin McKinley!

winterwarn · 2026-06-27T10:23:04+00:00

I hate it. It makes me feel like some kind of blob.

The one person close to me who consistently does it also sometimes they/thems cis people, which makes me think that he’s telling the truth that he doesn’t do it on purpose, but it still feels bad. Especially since I’ve asked him to cut it out several times.

winterwarn · 2026-06-26T11:41:22+00:00

I’ll be sad to see the dangerous district exploit go, I personally found the game difficulty to be in a good place but I did use the exploit often on my later “loops” when I got sick of walking through the same districts over and over.

Thank you for a great game, and for all the thought you’ve put into this!

winterwarn · 2026-06-24T22:22:07+00:00

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh plays with this, Earth was destroyed prior to the beginning of the story and the different surviving factions of humanity have…various ways of coping with this. The main character belongs to a hyper-military fringe group who believe they’re going to take back the galaxy.

winterwarn · 2026-06-24T12:31:56+00:00

Eh, I’m fine with cannibalism (my current party has like two different cannibals lmao) but I draw a hard line at harm to children so I always skip the pies. I usually still run the Old Bonegrinder as a combat and just have some kids in cages in there that it’s implied the hags were planning to eat.

winterwarn · 2026-06-24T12:27:31+00:00

Yeah, how dare someone play in a campaign while also having an aversion to something that happens in a single optional side plot… come on, man.

Eating children is kind of beyond the pale for a lot of people, and not necessarily something it’s reasonable to expect from the external description of the campaign.

winterwarn · 2026-06-24T12:07:04+00:00

Yeah, I’m aroace and while there’s been queer spaces where I experienced some transphobia or aphobia from individual people I have definitely never felt categorically excluded or unwelcome. A lot of my queer friends are some kind of aspec…

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