Ryan/Bengraven - EVERYTHING CAN BE DEFEATED🐦⬛
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Former Midwestern/current southern left-leaning dad. Aka “Bengraven”. Freelance, talking about writing, gaming, mental health and 🏳️🌈 , Americana, comics/manga, animation, cozy or genre art. Severe ADHD when it comes to posting!
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Man, amazing how from when I was a kid growing up in a very right wing home that I hated liberals, and now I'm 34, very lefty, and hate liberals again.
February 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Man, amazing how from when I was a kid growing up in a very right wing home that I hated liberals, and now I'm 34, very lefty, and hate liberals again.
Rest in legends.
a man wearing a vest and tie is sitting in front of a window
Alt: a man wearing a vest and tie is sitting in front of a window
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February 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Rest in legends.
This is so true.
It's why so many old horror novels are "I'm visiting an old friend from university days, I need solititude and to go on long walks through ruins or the moors".
Cue: the suspicious locals, the strange creature in the window/side of road, the nighttime whispers or a beautiful woman.
It's why so many old horror novels are "I'm visiting an old friend from university days, I need solititude and to go on long walks through ruins or the moors".
Cue: the suspicious locals, the strange creature in the window/side of road, the nighttime whispers or a beautiful woman.
The only reason authors make the main characters in their books authors is it’s one of few professions where someone can get away with doing fuck all for most of the day, hence available to solve that murder, have a whirlwind romance, or return to their hometown to get caught up in cosmic horror.
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
This is so true.
It's why so many old horror novels are "I'm visiting an old friend from university days, I need solititude and to go on long walks through ruins or the moors".
Cue: the suspicious locals, the strange creature in the window/side of road, the nighttime whispers or a beautiful woman.
It's why so many old horror novels are "I'm visiting an old friend from university days, I need solititude and to go on long walks through ruins or the moors".
Cue: the suspicious locals, the strange creature in the window/side of road, the nighttime whispers or a beautiful woman.
I was 46 years old as of today when learned that the dark fantasy films I loved growing up were all made by the same cineatographer.
Alex Thomson quite literally invented the way I think of fantasy in my head for 40 years.
Alex Thomson quite literally invented the way I think of fantasy in my head for 40 years.
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I was 46 years old as of today when learned that the dark fantasy films I loved growing up were all made by the same cineatographer.
Alex Thomson quite literally invented the way I think of fantasy in my head for 40 years.
Alex Thomson quite literally invented the way I think of fantasy in my head for 40 years.
If you're Gen X or elder Millenial and you feel gaming has left you behind, lacking any appeal, being too colorful and ADHD, then I highly recommend playing cozy lo-fi indie horror/exploration games.
They look like something you spent an hour printing a 42kb FAQ for in 1996.
They look like something you spent an hour printing a 42kb FAQ for in 1996.
February 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If you're Gen X or elder Millenial and you feel gaming has left you behind, lacking any appeal, being too colorful and ADHD, then I highly recommend playing cozy lo-fi indie horror/exploration games.
They look like something you spent an hour printing a 42kb FAQ for in 1996.
They look like something you spent an hour printing a 42kb FAQ for in 1996.
Art pic, but this was my TCG in the 90s. I was mad that Ravenloft and Dark Sun expansions were more expensive because those were my favorite worlds and I was in my early teens and broke.
The image from the Artemis Entreri card from Spellfire: Master the Magic, the #dnd CCG that TSR hastily launched in response to the popularity of Magic The Gathering.
Yea.
No Seriously. Look it up. Nightstalkers edition, card 29/100.
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Yea.
No Seriously. Look it up. Nightstalkers edition, card 29/100.
forgottenrealms.fand...
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Art pic, but this was my TCG in the 90s. I was mad that Ravenloft and Dark Sun expansions were more expensive because those were my favorite worlds and I was in my early teens and broke.
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
The intro to Tears of the Kingdom in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
CREDIT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCRs...
CREDIT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCRs...
February 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The intro to Tears of the Kingdom in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
CREDIT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCRs...
CREDIT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCRs...
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I finished painting this lady death knight:
February 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I finished painting this lady death knight:
So not even Reddit is safe anymore.
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
So not even Reddit is safe anymore.
I'm about to have 700 gigs of screenshots and videos.
Hearing that FF7 Rpt3 (Reunion? Returns?) might be on Steam Day 1 and Rebirth releasing recently, I decided I can sit back and finally get immersed. I needed a bit epic game and so the #1 game on my backlog for 5 years has begun.
Hearing that FF7 Rpt3 (Reunion? Returns?) might be on Steam Day 1 and Rebirth releasing recently, I decided I can sit back and finally get immersed. I needed a bit epic game and so the #1 game on my backlog for 5 years has begun.
All right, fine. It's time.
The rainy day has arrived.
The rainy day has arrived.
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I'm about to have 700 gigs of screenshots and videos.
Hearing that FF7 Rpt3 (Reunion? Returns?) might be on Steam Day 1 and Rebirth releasing recently, I decided I can sit back and finally get immersed. I needed a bit epic game and so the #1 game on my backlog for 5 years has begun.
Hearing that FF7 Rpt3 (Reunion? Returns?) might be on Steam Day 1 and Rebirth releasing recently, I decided I can sit back and finally get immersed. I needed a bit epic game and so the #1 game on my backlog for 5 years has begun.
All right, fine. It's time.
The rainy day has arrived.
The rainy day has arrived.
February 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
All right, fine. It's time.
The rainy day has arrived.
The rainy day has arrived.
I remember when rivalry pushed for innovation.
But modern capitalism realized that you can make a lot more money teaming up.
As an embarrassingly, obessively pro-consumer kid, I would have been crazy for this.
But modern capitalism realized that you can make a lot more money teaming up.
As an embarrassingly, obessively pro-consumer kid, I would have been crazy for this.
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I remember when rivalry pushed for innovation.
But modern capitalism realized that you can make a lot more money teaming up.
As an embarrassingly, obessively pro-consumer kid, I would have been crazy for this.
But modern capitalism realized that you can make a lot more money teaming up.
As an embarrassingly, obessively pro-consumer kid, I would have been crazy for this.
Extremely anxious today.
I'm waiting for the emergency anti-anxiety meds to kick in, then I'm going to play indie horror games.
I'm waiting for the emergency anti-anxiety meds to kick in, then I'm going to play indie horror games.
February 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Extremely anxious today.
I'm waiting for the emergency anti-anxiety meds to kick in, then I'm going to play indie horror games.
I'm waiting for the emergency anti-anxiety meds to kick in, then I'm going to play indie horror games.
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
I've said this before, but if you're a lover of fantasy journeys, I highly recommend this book even if it's the only western you ever read.
It's up there with LOTR as one of the great, sweeping, and moving journeys of all time.
Then go watch the nearly 40 year old miniseries because it holds up.
It's up there with LOTR as one of the great, sweeping, and moving journeys of all time.
Then go watch the nearly 40 year old miniseries because it holds up.
I’ve never been this swept up in so many characters’ lives. And I certainly could never have predicted what would happen as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call head north to Montana. At so many different times in this epic narrative, I was yelling at the characters to make different choices. What a story!
February 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I've said this before, but if you're a lover of fantasy journeys, I highly recommend this book even if it's the only western you ever read.
It's up there with LOTR as one of the great, sweeping, and moving journeys of all time.
Then go watch the nearly 40 year old miniseries because it holds up.
It's up there with LOTR as one of the great, sweeping, and moving journeys of all time.
Then go watch the nearly 40 year old miniseries because it holds up.
Me and my wife don't agree on certain things, but our takes on David Bowie and NIN are radically less important than killing American civilians, disappearing protestors from their homes, and the start of an actual genocide of Latinos.
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Me and my wife don't agree on certain things, but our takes on David Bowie and NIN are radically less important than killing American civilians, disappearing protestors from their homes, and the start of an actual genocide of Latinos.
They keep DOING this shit. "I'm going to comment on how I don't support this horrible thing Trump is doing" and then a week later "I'm not sure you realized this, but Trump's penis is HUGE. Absolutely enormous."
Katie Britt, who supposedly was moved to tears by the detention of 5-year-old Minnesota boy Liam Ramos: "There is no one better on interior enforcement than President Trump"
February 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
They keep DOING this shit. "I'm going to comment on how I don't support this horrible thing Trump is doing" and then a week later "I'm not sure you realized this, but Trump's penis is HUGE. Absolutely enormous."
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It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
February 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
It's great to live in a country (Canada, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, etc.) where citizens don't worry about if the next election will be canceled, if they will be allowed to register to vote, if they will have to stand in line for hours to vote, or if their vote will be counted.
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I went to the theatre to watch Star Trek: Into Darkness and there was a power cut after like 10 min and they gave us all refunds and I still haven't seen it because every time I tell this story someone who has seen it is like "wow wish I was that lucky"
February 15, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I went to the theatre to watch Star Trek: Into Darkness and there was a power cut after like 10 min and they gave us all refunds and I still haven't seen it because every time I tell this story someone who has seen it is like "wow wish I was that lucky"
Ah, another day, another "the kid changed his Discord tag and updated his Instagram to show he has a new boyfriend but will never ever tell us until he's struggling with relationship drama a month down the road".
February 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Ah, another day, another "the kid changed his Discord tag and updated his Instagram to show he has a new boyfriend but will never ever tell us until he's struggling with relationship drama a month down the road".
This is wild. We've had government officials and now even a former president being like "yep, they're real - anyway..."
Imagine telling this to Ryan age 10.
Imagine telling this to Ryan age 10.
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This is wild. We've had government officials and now even a former president being like "yep, they're real - anyway..."
Imagine telling this to Ryan age 10.
Imagine telling this to Ryan age 10.
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Valentines for the special resident in your life 💖
February 14, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Valentines for the special resident in your life 💖