Elf Herself
@elfherself.bsky.social
I'm here for: Fanfic talk, lawsplainers, social media meta, paganism, scifi fandom, ttrpgs, indie publishing, and doc formatting.
The doc formatting community is especially weak but I have hopes.
The doc formatting community is especially weak but I have hopes.
I was poor. I went to thrift stories and spent 50 cents on the albums that had cover art I liked, took them home and listened to them to decide if I liked them.
Discovered Cat Stevens, Head, Pentangle, and the Funkadelics that way.
Discovered Cat Stevens, Head, Pentangle, and the Funkadelics that way.
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I was poor. I went to thrift stories and spent 50 cents on the albums that had cover art I liked, took them home and listened to them to decide if I liked them.
Discovered Cat Stevens, Head, Pentangle, and the Funkadelics that way.
Discovered Cat Stevens, Head, Pentangle, and the Funkadelics that way.
What bro country sounds like to people who don't like bro country
YouTube video by There I Ruined It
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Health problems from disease more dangerous than health problems from vaccination for that disease: SHOCKING NEW STUDY RESULTS!!!"
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"Health problems from disease more dangerous than health problems from vaccination for that disease: SHOCKING NEW STUDY RESULTS!!!"
I not only have limited time to listen to shows, I have limited time to hunt for them. I'd be willing to try a show with a recommendation from a friend that I'd pass over while looking for myself.
I don't have time to try an hour of everything, so I start with the ones I'm most likely to enjoy.
I don't have time to try an hour of everything, so I start with the ones I'm most likely to enjoy.
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I not only have limited time to listen to shows, I have limited time to hunt for them. I'd be willing to try a show with a recommendation from a friend that I'd pass over while looking for myself.
I don't have time to try an hour of everything, so I start with the ones I'm most likely to enjoy.
I don't have time to try an hour of everything, so I start with the ones I'm most likely to enjoy.
If you're following the money, it's in D&D. If you want your own most dedicated audience, you figure out who those are and play the game they want to hear.
D&D is going to remain the industry powerhouse as long as people are saying "well, but that's where all the people are."
D&D is going to remain the industry powerhouse as long as people are saying "well, but that's where all the people are."
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you're following the money, it's in D&D. If you want your own most dedicated audience, you figure out who those are and play the game they want to hear.
D&D is going to remain the industry powerhouse as long as people are saying "well, but that's where all the people are."
D&D is going to remain the industry powerhouse as long as people are saying "well, but that's where all the people are."
Not "likely to be bad." But "less likely to be interesting to me" if it's all coming from a small range of perspectives, and much more likely to accidentally be offensive in ways none of the participants notice.
Generally not worth the risk. Might try on a rec; not wasting my time to check.
Generally not worth the risk. Might try on a rec; not wasting my time to check.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Not "likely to be bad." But "less likely to be interesting to me" if it's all coming from a small range of perspectives, and much more likely to accidentally be offensive in ways none of the participants notice.
Generally not worth the risk. Might try on a rec; not wasting my time to check.
Generally not worth the risk. Might try on a rec; not wasting my time to check.
Or make sure there's something going on while someone looks up the rules - keep people talking, encourage players to say "oh this reminds me of when..." and throw in random not-yet-canon details from their background or something like that.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Or make sure there's something going on while someone looks up the rules - keep people talking, encourage players to say "oh this reminds me of when..." and throw in random not-yet-canon details from their background or something like that.
"Ah, no, I meant that we'd give the money to *businesses*, and give them tax breaks, and *they'll* hire enough people to..."
Setting aside how many other things are wrong with that: No amount of corporate hiring is going to fix schools without libraries.
Setting aside how many other things are wrong with that: No amount of corporate hiring is going to fix schools without libraries.
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"Ah, no, I meant that we'd give the money to *businesses*, and give them tax breaks, and *they'll* hire enough people to..."
Setting aside how many other things are wrong with that: No amount of corporate hiring is going to fix schools without libraries.
Setting aside how many other things are wrong with that: No amount of corporate hiring is going to fix schools without libraries.
I could see an argument for "no foreign aid while people in the US are starving."
So... when is the money formerly dedicated to foreign aid going to be sent to people in the US living in poverty? Where's the money to fix US schools, pay teachers what they're worth, provide health care?
So... when is the money formerly dedicated to foreign aid going to be sent to people in the US living in poverty? Where's the money to fix US schools, pay teachers what they're worth, provide health care?
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I could see an argument for "no foreign aid while people in the US are starving."
So... when is the money formerly dedicated to foreign aid going to be sent to people in the US living in poverty? Where's the money to fix US schools, pay teachers what they're worth, provide health care?
So... when is the money formerly dedicated to foreign aid going to be sent to people in the US living in poverty? Where's the money to fix US schools, pay teachers what they're worth, provide health care?
We're all braced for a swarm of articles saying "Democrats won a lot of elections with a far-left, inclusive, anti-corporate agenda. Here's why that's problematic and they need to be more centrist."
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We're all braced for a swarm of articles saying "Democrats won a lot of elections with a far-left, inclusive, anti-corporate agenda. Here's why that's problematic and they need to be more centrist."
"It works well for most people who use it" is not compelling when the counterpoint is "my friend wasted thousands of dollars on three different therapists and wound up feeling more miserable than when she started, and this is apparently not considered malpractice."
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"It works well for most people who use it" is not compelling when the counterpoint is "my friend wasted thousands of dollars on three different therapists and wound up feeling more miserable than when she started, and this is apparently not considered malpractice."
(because it's the most common current practice and that's where the money is) and "cases where it actively didn't help because it's the wrong treatment" and sometimes a combination of those.
And the resulting horror stories are what the public hears most of.
And the resulting horror stories are what the public hears most of.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
(because it's the most common current practice and that's where the money is) and "cases where it actively didn't help because it's the wrong treatment" and sometimes a combination of those.
And the resulting horror stories are what the public hears most of.
And the resulting horror stories are what the public hears most of.
There are cases where it's not helpful (notably, some disorders with intrusive thoughts, and situations where depression is a response to ongoing abuse). And right now, many insurance companies don't cover anything else.
So there's both "a whole lot of near-incompetent practitioners"…
So there's both "a whole lot of near-incompetent practitioners"…
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There are cases where it's not helpful (notably, some disorders with intrusive thoughts, and situations where depression is a response to ongoing abuse). And right now, many insurance companies don't cover anything else.
So there's both "a whole lot of near-incompetent practitioners"…
So there's both "a whole lot of near-incompetent practitioners"…
It really wasn't long ago that Kirk/Spock was a controversial, problematic pairing and having fanzines with it could get your table banned from conventions.
Before 2003, gay sex was a crime in most of the US, so you could be facing charges for promoting criminal activity.
Before 2003, gay sex was a crime in most of the US, so you could be facing charges for promoting criminal activity.
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It really wasn't long ago that Kirk/Spock was a controversial, problematic pairing and having fanzines with it could get your table banned from conventions.
Before 2003, gay sex was a crime in most of the US, so you could be facing charges for promoting criminal activity.
Before 2003, gay sex was a crime in most of the US, so you could be facing charges for promoting criminal activity.
All of them. I have done all of them. (...To be fair, the boombox was in my own home, and I'm probably weasling on the definition of "blasted.")
My parents bought an encyclopedia the year I was born; I eventually owned it. And then it was destroyed in a storage unit that leaked. :(
My parents bought an encyclopedia the year I was born; I eventually owned it. And then it was destroyed in a storage unit that leaked. :(
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
All of them. I have done all of them. (...To be fair, the boombox was in my own home, and I'm probably weasling on the definition of "blasted.")
My parents bought an encyclopedia the year I was born; I eventually owned it. And then it was destroyed in a storage unit that leaked. :(
My parents bought an encyclopedia the year I was born; I eventually owned it. And then it was destroyed in a storage unit that leaked. :(
Patchwork Potions is a witchy game (…there are a lot of solo witchy games) where you fill in a grid (map? quilt?) with your activities as you go.
bespoketacle.itch.io/patchwork-po...
bespoketacle.itch.io/patchwork-po...
Patchwork Potions by bespoketacle
A solo journaling and grid-coloring RPG about witchy business
bespoketacle.itch.io
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Patchwork Potions is a witchy game (…there are a lot of solo witchy games) where you fill in a grid (map? quilt?) with your activities as you go.
bespoketacle.itch.io/patchwork-po...
bespoketacle.itch.io/patchwork-po...
Haxen is one of the few no-dice no-cards no-randomizers games that's not a pure journaling game; there's a map to explore (you put things on it) and a set of runes you use to shape what happens.
notwriting.itch.io/haxen
notwriting.itch.io/haxen
Haxen by NotWriting
A solo post-apocalypse RPG
notwriting.itch.io
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Haxen is one of the few no-dice no-cards no-randomizers games that's not a pure journaling game; there's a map to explore (you put things on it) and a set of runes you use to shape what happens.
notwriting.itch.io/haxen
notwriting.itch.io/haxen
Quill is heavy on the writing but there is a game system; you roll for results instead of just enjoying what you have written like most journaling games.
trollish-delver-games.itch.io/quill-a-lett...
trollish-delver-games.itch.io/quill-a-lett...
Quill: A Letter-Writing Roleplaying Game for a Single Player by Trollish Delver Games
The award-winning solo writing game
trollish-delver-games.itch.io
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Quill is heavy on the writing but there is a game system; you roll for results instead of just enjoying what you have written like most journaling games.
trollish-delver-games.itch.io/quill-a-lett...
trollish-delver-games.itch.io/quill-a-lett...
For more game-ish, less RPG, with a side of writing prompts, there's Carta games. (I'd recommend my faves but a lot of this is "which story/setting appeals to you?")
itch.io/physical-gam...
itch.io/physical-gam...
Top physical games tagged carta
Find physical games tagged carta like Oyasumi Wonderland, The Tea Shelf, Sanguine Masquerade, Moon Rings, Untitled Moth Game on itch.io, the indie game hosting marketplace
itch.io
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
For more game-ish, less RPG, with a side of writing prompts, there's Carta games. (I'd recommend my faves but a lot of this is "which story/setting appeals to you?")
itch.io/physical-gam...
itch.io/physical-gam...
The closest to "the good kind of D&D without a GM or a group" is Ironsworn:
shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn
shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn
Ironsworn by Shawn Tomkin
A tabletop RPG of perilous quests for solo, co-op, and guided play
shawn-tomkin.itch.io
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The closest to "the good kind of D&D without a GM or a group" is Ironsworn:
shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn
shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn
People who dislike that said that anyone "proship" was in favor of all problematic ships, and often said that liking a fictional ship meant you liked or approved of those kinds of relationships in real life.
Proship is a philosophy, like "pro-choice." There is no such thing as "a proship."
Proship is a philosophy, like "pro-choice." There is no such thing as "a proship."
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
People who dislike that said that anyone "proship" was in favor of all problematic ships, and often said that liking a fictional ship meant you liked or approved of those kinds of relationships in real life.
Proship is a philosophy, like "pro-choice." There is no such thing as "a proship."
Proship is a philosophy, like "pro-choice." There is no such thing as "a proship."
"proship" was made to be the opposite of "anti-ship," the people who denounced some ships as problematic. "Proship" just means "ship whatever you like." (Often followed by, "I will not read it unless it's one I like; plz tag so i can avoid what I don't like.")
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"proship" was made to be the opposite of "anti-ship," the people who denounced some ships as problematic. "Proship" just means "ship whatever you like." (Often followed by, "I will not read it unless it's one I like; plz tag so i can avoid what I don't like.")