Tangent Joy
@tjslotus.bsky.social
Knight girl, dedicated GM, rpg system designer and philosophy student.
Played XO: Tan in #over/under, and a Guineve the war-witch at #EmpireLRP
Played XO: Tan in #over/under, and a Guineve the war-witch at #EmpireLRP
After I finish up with Silksong, I'm considering playing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, a game that now that I'm learning more about the alternating death/respawn mechanic, feels more like Sekiro: Shadows Die in iambs.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
After I finish up with Silksong, I'm considering playing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, a game that now that I'm learning more about the alternating death/respawn mechanic, feels more like Sekiro: Shadows Die in iambs.
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Explaining #over/under to out of game players in #vanitera450 is making me realize what a farce the wargame turned into by the end
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Explaining #over/under to out of game players in #vanitera450 is making me realize what a farce the wargame turned into by the end
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large vizier models are typically trained using backtreasoning, where the model steps backwards through a plot or scheme to arrive at the cradle of twisted desires that birthed it
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
large vizier models are typically trained using backtreasoning, where the model steps backwards through a plot or scheme to arrive at the cradle of twisted desires that birthed it
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making some nice progress on my lil post #over/under zine. Its quite fun trying to immitate some of the style of A Pound of Flesh when all you have is google docs
(I intend to run this all through some hand collage later to give it the real juice!)
(I intend to run this all through some hand collage later to give it the real juice!)
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
making some nice progress on my lil post #over/under zine. Its quite fun trying to immitate some of the style of A Pound of Flesh when all you have is google docs
(I intend to run this all through some hand collage later to give it the real juice!)
(I intend to run this all through some hand collage later to give it the real juice!)
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Spent the entirety of the last two weeks pretending I was Anthony Bourdain
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
Over Under Anthony Bourdain Compilation
docs.google.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Spent the entirety of the last two weeks pretending I was Anthony Bourdain
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
Here is a link to the full compilation and a retrospective at the end:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
#OVER/UNDER
Okay so I don't have a blog, I'm just gonna post some #over/under thoughts here and try to keep myself concise.
I don't really play games for fun.
I tend to go into them with the goal of mastering some system, and in LARPs and in this, that tends to be social. In some ways, I got my win?
I don't really play games for fun.
I tend to go into them with the goal of mastering some system, and in LARPs and in this, that tends to be social. In some ways, I got my win?
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Okay so I don't have a blog, I'm just gonna post some #over/under thoughts here and try to keep myself concise.
I don't really play games for fun.
I tend to go into them with the goal of mastering some system, and in LARPs and in this, that tends to be social. In some ways, I got my win?
I don't really play games for fun.
I tend to go into them with the goal of mastering some system, and in LARPs and in this, that tends to be social. In some ways, I got my win?
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i kept seeing the tempest (merc/soldier) faction in #over/under use the words "mercy" and "consequence" and i was like... that seems... familiar.
It turns out that Tan (@tjslotus.bsky.social) and Otso's friendship was so profound that it literally changed Tempest's narrative internal code.
It turns out that Tan (@tjslotus.bsky.social) and Otso's friendship was so profound that it literally changed Tempest's narrative internal code.
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
i kept seeing the tempest (merc/soldier) faction in #over/under use the words "mercy" and "consequence" and i was like... that seems... familiar.
It turns out that Tan (@tjslotus.bsky.social) and Otso's friendship was so profound that it literally changed Tempest's narrative internal code.
It turns out that Tan (@tjslotus.bsky.social) and Otso's friendship was so profound that it literally changed Tempest's narrative internal code.
Okay everyone Yuri stocks are somehow booming!!!
Maybe the one thing the datacache cannot understand is the POWER OF LOVE
*if* I can save this game via the power of yuri, you can damn well bet I'm gonna give everything I can to try!!!!!
More on this tomorrow
Maybe the one thing the datacache cannot understand is the POWER OF LOVE
*if* I can save this game via the power of yuri, you can damn well bet I'm gonna give everything I can to try!!!!!
More on this tomorrow
So I went quiet on #over/under posting for a bit, but now people are saying that a war ended because someone was in love with me; to which I say
YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
@juniper-c.bsky.social
YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
@juniper-c.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Okay everyone Yuri stocks are somehow booming!!!
Maybe the one thing the datacache cannot understand is the POWER OF LOVE
*if* I can save this game via the power of yuri, you can damn well bet I'm gonna give everything I can to try!!!!!
More on this tomorrow
Maybe the one thing the datacache cannot understand is the POWER OF LOVE
*if* I can save this game via the power of yuri, you can damn well bet I'm gonna give everything I can to try!!!!!
More on this tomorrow
Hours later and I still cannot express how funny it is that The Grash Uppem Gardening Club is where that conversation happened. I am in *tears* laughing at this tiny garden being chosen for an absolutely character defining scene.
Prospero's Dream is an unfathomably beautiful place.
Prospero's Dream is an unfathomably beautiful place.
today in #over/under
So there's a thread where every day I post a doodle of a plant, the idea is that the plant is growing. The thread used to be more active but the guy who started it left so it's just me. And I forget about the thread for a few days cause of everything else
So there's a thread where every day I post a doodle of a plant, the idea is that the plant is growing. The thread used to be more active but the guy who started it left so it's just me. And I forget about the thread for a few days cause of everything else
November 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hours later and I still cannot express how funny it is that The Grash Uppem Gardening Club is where that conversation happened. I am in *tears* laughing at this tiny garden being chosen for an absolutely character defining scene.
Prospero's Dream is an unfathomably beautiful place.
Prospero's Dream is an unfathomably beautiful place.
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More like the war STARTED because someone was in love with you.
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
More like the war STARTED because someone was in love with you.
So I went quiet on #over/under posting for a bit, but now people are saying that a war ended because someone was in love with me; to which I say
YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
@juniper-c.bsky.social
YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
@juniper-c.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So I went quiet on #over/under posting for a bit, but now people are saying that a war ended because someone was in love with me; to which I say
YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
@juniper-c.bsky.social
YEAH? MAYBE? YOU CAN'T PROVE A THING. THIS STATION RUNS ON YURI AND SPITE, AND LEMME TELL YA, I'M RUNNIN DAMN LOW ON YURI.
@juniper-c.bsky.social
In new #Over/Under news, text formatting is huge.
Today has seen so much use of -# for small text to whisper, mutter, and to hold parallel conversations with visual distinction as well as just using replies.
Also!! code `formatting` text to represent digital messages instead of speech!
Today has seen so much use of -# for small text to whisper, mutter, and to hold parallel conversations with visual distinction as well as just using replies.
Also!! code `formatting` text to represent digital messages instead of speech!
October 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In new #Over/Under news, text formatting is huge.
Today has seen so much use of -# for small text to whisper, mutter, and to hold parallel conversations with visual distinction as well as just using replies.
Also!! code `formatting` text to represent digital messages instead of speech!
Today has seen so much use of -# for small text to whisper, mutter, and to hold parallel conversations with visual distinction as well as just using replies.
Also!! code `formatting` text to represent digital messages instead of speech!
Mondo Terminal was always a delightful piece of levity whenever I saw him in the Blocks, but earlier tonight I heard an eight second audio that changed my life.
Its out there. It exists. The audio apology.
Its out there. It exists. The audio apology.
Playing a Wily Old Space Hustler in #Over/Under has been such a blast. I cant thank the community enough for their continued support of Mondo Terminal and his many side businesses.
And if you havent met Mondo yet, well then:
And if you havent met Mondo yet, well then:
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Mondo Terminal was always a delightful piece of levity whenever I saw him in the Blocks, but earlier tonight I heard an eight second audio that changed my life.
Its out there. It exists. The audio apology.
Its out there. It exists. The audio apology.
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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It's been so extremely fun to be playing #OVER/UNDER all day with some of my favourite folks in the TTRPG space. Laugh out loud dialogue and truly iconic, hard-as-fuck moments happen every hour or so. It's a big part of the appeal tbh. I'm dying for the scrapbooks to come out after the game ends.
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's been so extremely fun to be playing #OVER/UNDER all day with some of my favourite folks in the TTRPG space. Laugh out loud dialogue and truly iconic, hard-as-fuck moments happen every hour or so. It's a big part of the appeal tbh. I'm dying for the scrapbooks to come out after the game ends.
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#OVER/UNDER Why would sam do this to us... what an evil man...
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
#OVER/UNDER Why would sam do this to us... what an evil man...
The bratva ball may just be one of the greatest gaming experiences of my life, and knowing that that whole channel has been archived is going to tear me apart in the most beautiful *tears in the rain* way
You've done it again #Over/Under, you absolute bastard game
You've done it again #Over/Under, you absolute bastard game
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The bratva ball may just be one of the greatest gaming experiences of my life, and knowing that that whole channel has been archived is going to tear me apart in the most beautiful *tears in the rain* way
You've done it again #Over/Under, you absolute bastard game
You've done it again #Over/Under, you absolute bastard game
Sam Sorensen's #over/under is perhaps one of the best games I've played in years.
I feel cripplingly powerless, I regularly spend tens of minutes staring at my screen in shock, and I could be kicked out of the game at any moment by forces beyond my control.
Also I draw pictures for monopoly money!
I feel cripplingly powerless, I regularly spend tens of minutes staring at my screen in shock, and I could be kicked out of the game at any moment by forces beyond my control.
Also I draw pictures for monopoly money!
October 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sam Sorensen's #over/under is perhaps one of the best games I've played in years.
I feel cripplingly powerless, I regularly spend tens of minutes staring at my screen in shock, and I could be kicked out of the game at any moment by forces beyond my control.
Also I draw pictures for monopoly money!
I feel cripplingly powerless, I regularly spend tens of minutes staring at my screen in shock, and I could be kicked out of the game at any moment by forces beyond my control.
Also I draw pictures for monopoly money!
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October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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got another one done
February 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
got another one done
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Oh, I have THOUGHTS on this one.
So, this trope, the trope of the Adaptable Human, emerges directly from the racist beliefs and subconscious feelings of the folks who made the first fantasy rpgs. In some of these early games, humans could choose from any number of classes, but... (1/10)
So, this trope, the trope of the Adaptable Human, emerges directly from the racist beliefs and subconscious feelings of the folks who made the first fantasy rpgs. In some of these early games, humans could choose from any number of classes, but... (1/10)
Humans in #ttrpgs are usually portrayed as jacks-of-all-trades compared to other species.
Maybe that's because we all want to identify with our own species, which is hard if every human is naturally prone to rage or something.
Have you seen humans find a unique niche in some ttrpg?
Maybe that's because we all want to identify with our own species, which is hard if every human is naturally prone to rage or something.
Have you seen humans find a unique niche in some ttrpg?
December 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Oh, I have THOUGHTS on this one.
So, this trope, the trope of the Adaptable Human, emerges directly from the racist beliefs and subconscious feelings of the folks who made the first fantasy rpgs. In some of these early games, humans could choose from any number of classes, but... (1/10)
So, this trope, the trope of the Adaptable Human, emerges directly from the racist beliefs and subconscious feelings of the folks who made the first fantasy rpgs. In some of these early games, humans could choose from any number of classes, but... (1/10)
Having a normal one, sat on the floor of a friend's kitchen writing poetry in fridge magnets and eating ice cream
November 17, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Having a normal one, sat on the floor of a friend's kitchen writing poetry in fridge magnets and eating ice cream
Taking estrogen feels like I've just cranked a bunch of difficulty options up; I get tired faster, bits of me hurt that didn't used to, they've added a whole new seasonal emotions mechanic that I'm still getting used to, and I'm pretty sure some of the AI Factions are getting stealth buffs
November 15, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Taking estrogen feels like I've just cranked a bunch of difficulty options up; I get tired faster, bits of me hurt that didn't used to, they've added a whole new seasonal emotions mechanic that I'm still getting used to, and I'm pretty sure some of the AI Factions are getting stealth buffs