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if I ever strike gold and end up writing a popular book series i'd love to keep an eye on the fandom to determine the smallest crackship and make that the only one that goes canon

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trying out a really cool ttrpg, interstitial, about kingdom hearts style crossover interactions and uh. i think i might have figured out what one of the playbooks is inspired by most lmao

their little sample blurb rules too (all the others are second or third person descriptions of the character archetype)

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But which characters do I rope into a solo game of Interstitial 2e...? Or do I just reboot the 1e game Wolf was doing? Which I think had, uh... Amaterasu (The Chosen), The XCOM Collective (The Almagram-- initially made up of Central, the Commander, and Asaru), and one of Wolf's OCs, Bri the Espeon plushie (The Friend). I suppose I could...expand the party? Eh, I'm kind of more interested in making a wholly new party and rolling with them.

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let me tell you about a little game called.. Interstitial

you know how we live in this corporate controlled creative economy where stories have been turned into commodities to be controlled and licensed

well fuck all that

STEAL THEM BACK and tell your own stories with them

Interstitial asks 'what if we took those characters off the shelf and played with them' and then centers their growing connections to build these relationships

it can also be 'wouldn't it be cool if X and Y characters met and got into Situations' but with an earnestness that is only possible for fans of that thing to create

it's a gateway to a whole different way of playing with media and I just think that's delightful.

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I think our only real experience with Interstitial is Wolf playing 1e solo... but from what I remember, they enjoyed it. So I'm curious and interested in trying as well... probably still solo, though.

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"You wearing a collar in public is bad cuz I didn't consent" you wearing a bracelet in public is bad cuz I didn't consent to it.

Yall don't really have a right to consent to other peoples clothes.

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we're still glad to have you here,

with whatever time you've got

even if it's not a lot;

you'll always be our dear

(please don't cry)

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bradford-macmillan,

we know you'll fit right in--

we'll keep you steady despite

what could have been;

and if you let us,

we'll make you a home

(how could we be angry?)

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I want...shitty Progresso canned soup. And ice cream with a hot brownie. And someone to hold me... Michael, or an F/O, it doesn't matter. I won't get any of it.

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If I ask nicely who will rb this telling me what is the last song u listened to 🥺

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this is for a fake discord trial that took place in an outback steakhouse

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Website would like the patch I just finished painting.

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there’s something so desperately miserable about the lyric “buy me some peanuts and cracker jack / i don’t care if i never come back”

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I understand that when folks criticise the self-labelled "cozy" genre as an effort to produce "games about nothing", they're talking about trying to opt out of having opinions by producing a game with a perfectly politically neutral premise (which is impossible), but whenever I see the phrase that gremlin voice in the back of my mind is like:

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it's easier to apply for jobs than ever! so what if you lost your insurance, anyone can get a job these days, even without meds. everyone is hiring! there's a "good employee" shortage!

well you just need to revamp your resume, here's a paid app subscription that can read it for you. rewrite the cover letter they won't read. google jobs in my area and then scrawl through Monster/Indeed/worbly. did you want to save the search? this was posted 98 days ago. over 1 billion applicants! this position is trending.

jobs i actively like doing and get paid for. your search returned no results. easy-apply with HireSpin! easy apply with SparkFire! easy apply with PenisFlash! with a few short clicks, get your information stolen.

watch out! the first 98 links on google are actually scams! they're false postings. oopsie. that business isn't even hiring. that other one is closed permanently. find one that looks halfway legit, google the company and the word "careers". go to their page. scroll past brightly-lit diversity stock photo JOIN US white sans serif. we are a unique, fresh, client-focused stock value capitalism. we are committed to excellence and selling your soul on ebay. we are DRIVEN with POWER to INNOVATE our greed. yippee! our company has big values of divisive decision making, sucking our dicks, and hating work-life balances. our values are to piss in your mouth. sign here and tell us if you have gender issues so we can get ahead of the sexual harassment claim. are you hispanic although let's be real we threw out the resume when we saw your last name.

sign up to LinkHub to access updates from this company. make a HirePlus account to apply. download the PoundLink app. your account has been created, click the link we sent you in 15 minutes. upload that resume. we didn't read the resume, manually fill in the lines now. what is your expected pay grade. oh actually we want hungry people, not people driven by a salary. cut a zero off that number, buddy, this is about opportunity, and we need to be thrifty. highest level of education. autofill is glitching. here is an AI generated set of questions. what is your favorite part of our sexy, sexy company. how do you resolve conflict. will you get our company logo tattooed on your person. warning: while our CEO is guilty of wage theft, we will absolutely refuse to hire a nonviolent felon.

thank you for your interest at WEEBLIX. we actually already filled this position internally. we actually never had that posting. we actually needed you to have 9 years of experience and since you have 10 years we think it might be too many? we'll be texting you. we'll email you. we'll keep your resume. definitely absolutely we won't just completely ignore you. look at your phone, there's already a spam text from Bethany@stealyouridentity. they're hiring!

wait, did you get an interview? well that's special, aren't you lucky. out of 910 jobs you applied to, one answered, finally. and funny story! actually the position isn't exactly as advertised, we are looking for someone curious and dedicated. it's sort of more managerial. no, the pay doesn't change - you won't have any leadership title. now take this 90 minute assessment. in order to be a dog groomer, we need you to explain cell biology. in order to be a copyeditor, write a tiny dissertation about the dwindling supply of helium on the planet. answer our riddles three. great job! we just need to push this up to Tracy in HR who will send it to Rodney who is actually in charge. and then of course it's jay's decision and then greg will need to see you naked and if you survive you'll be given a drug test and a full anal examination.

and of course you'll be hungry this whole time, aren't you, months and months of the same shit. months of no insurance, no meds, no funding, barely able to afford the internet and the phone and the rent - all things you need in order to even apply for our thing. but do it again! do it again and again and again, until you flip inside out and turn into a being of pure dread!

you're not hired yet because you're lazy. there's over one million AI-generated hallucinated jobs in your area. don't worry. with zipruiter, hiring and firing is easier than ever. sign up. stay on-call.

in the meantime, little peon - why don't you just fucking suffer.

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June 24 2025 - Tuesday

2:54pm

Note-- fell asleep on the clock for...at least an hour? tldr: not good

Emotions you feel right now, if you can name it?: even more tired then before?, unfocused, vaguely hopeless and despair-y but I...can't let myself feel it so I'm ignoring it

How grounded or ungrounded do you feel? (See: back of the head scale; 1 - checked out, 5 - present): less than before; maybe a 2.6?

What do you feel in your body: my head is heavy, my body is cold, but that's all I really feel

What thoughts are you having?: I'm tired, I want this day to be over, (general whining and general worry about the future if I lose this job)