Larabella Dynamite
@glaiveguisarme.com
Larabella Paige Turner, the original Glaive-Guisarmier. Library worker, hot mom, LGBTQTπ, semi-retired RPG dev, 'tism rizz out the wazoo. She/her.
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Ah, the second of the Sworn Soldier books, and also the least exciting.
Listen, I liked it, I did. Alex Easton is charming. And maybe it suffers from coming right after my favorite book of the year. But it was just okay. No regrets, just… okay.
Listen, I liked it, I did. Alex Easton is charming. And maybe it suffers from coming right after my favorite book of the year. But it was just okay. No regrets, just… okay.
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Ah, the second of the Sworn Soldier books, and also the least exciting.
Listen, I liked it, I did. Alex Easton is charming. And maybe it suffers from coming right after my favorite book of the year. But it was just okay. No regrets, just… okay.
Listen, I liked it, I did. Alex Easton is charming. And maybe it suffers from coming right after my favorite book of the year. But it was just okay. No regrets, just… okay.
Just because game night got cancelled doesn’t mean I can’t demand compliments on the pretty dress I got today.
(The glaive is there to ensure compliance.)
(The glaive is there to ensure compliance.)
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just because game night got cancelled doesn’t mean I can’t demand compliments on the pretty dress I got today.
(The glaive is there to ensure compliance.)
(The glaive is there to ensure compliance.)
Fucking hell, I’m in the break room crying about a fucking Spaceship Versus Dracula book. And yet!
This is my favorite thing I’ve read this year bar none, and as you can see above I read a lot! I fell in love from page 1. I bought a copy last night because I needed to own it. It’s so good.
This is my favorite thing I’ve read this year bar none, and as you can see above I read a lot! I fell in love from page 1. I bought a copy last night because I needed to own it. It’s so good.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Fucking hell, I’m in the break room crying about a fucking Spaceship Versus Dracula book. And yet!
This is my favorite thing I’ve read this year bar none, and as you can see above I read a lot! I fell in love from page 1. I bought a copy last night because I needed to own it. It’s so good.
This is my favorite thing I’ve read this year bar none, and as you can see above I read a lot! I fell in love from page 1. I bought a copy last night because I needed to own it. It’s so good.
It’s the Trans Day of Remembrance. So we say a little prayer to St. Rat, because we know she’s listening, no matter how much they try to silence us.
Is it silly to light a candle to a mosaic rat? Perhaps. And yet. We do what we must to keep fighting.
Is it silly to light a candle to a mosaic rat? Perhaps. And yet. We do what we must to keep fighting.
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s the Trans Day of Remembrance. So we say a little prayer to St. Rat, because we know she’s listening, no matter how much they try to silence us.
Is it silly to light a candle to a mosaic rat? Perhaps. And yet. We do what we must to keep fighting.
Is it silly to light a candle to a mosaic rat? Perhaps. And yet. We do what we must to keep fighting.
I love shitty magical artifacts. The stuff that barely works, or does something utterly niche, but the protagonists find a perfect use for it.
Two outcasts at the mages guild are sent to the boonies to catalog low-value artifacts. They make friends and fall in love and it’s FUCKING CUTE AS H*CK.
Two outcasts at the mages guild are sent to the boonies to catalog low-value artifacts. They make friends and fall in love and it’s FUCKING CUTE AS H*CK.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I love shitty magical artifacts. The stuff that barely works, or does something utterly niche, but the protagonists find a perfect use for it.
Two outcasts at the mages guild are sent to the boonies to catalog low-value artifacts. They make friends and fall in love and it’s FUCKING CUTE AS H*CK.
Two outcasts at the mages guild are sent to the boonies to catalog low-value artifacts. They make friends and fall in love and it’s FUCKING CUTE AS H*CK.
Someone grab a type C extinguisher, because I’m an electric/fire.
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Someone grab a type C extinguisher, because I’m an electric/fire.
Oh, utter tosh.
But what am I NOT gonna read my namesake’s silly little comic books?
And utter tosh can be fun, if approached with the right attitude.
But what am I NOT gonna read my namesake’s silly little comic books?
And utter tosh can be fun, if approached with the right attitude.
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Oh, utter tosh.
But what am I NOT gonna read my namesake’s silly little comic books?
And utter tosh can be fun, if approached with the right attitude.
But what am I NOT gonna read my namesake’s silly little comic books?
And utter tosh can be fun, if approached with the right attitude.
Oldest selfie on your phone.
2018; tellingly, there are virtually no selfies pre-transition that aren’t also pointing at someone else (e.g.: ratties!).
…who the fuck IS this guy? Did he have any idea how much his life was going to improve?
2018; tellingly, there are virtually no selfies pre-transition that aren’t also pointing at someone else (e.g.: ratties!).
…who the fuck IS this guy? Did he have any idea how much his life was going to improve?
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Oldest selfie on your phone.
2018; tellingly, there are virtually no selfies pre-transition that aren’t also pointing at someone else (e.g.: ratties!).
…who the fuck IS this guy? Did he have any idea how much his life was going to improve?
2018; tellingly, there are virtually no selfies pre-transition that aren’t also pointing at someone else (e.g.: ratties!).
…who the fuck IS this guy? Did he have any idea how much his life was going to improve?
I put a sticker of St Rat on the back of my helmet to protect me from concussions. But she’s also guiding my wheels: I passed the Jet City Roller Derby pilot program, and am qualified to start training in CONTACT skills next year!
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I put a sticker of St Rat on the back of my helmet to protect me from concussions. But she’s also guiding my wheels: I passed the Jet City Roller Derby pilot program, and am qualified to start training in CONTACT skills next year!
You know, I gotta admit it: I am loving the Sworn Soldier series. Really striking the perfect balance of absurdism and grotesquery for me. A dude disappears in an abandoned mine, and Easton investigates. Consciously similar to What Moves the Dead, but tonally very distinct.
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
You know, I gotta admit it: I am loving the Sworn Soldier series. Really striking the perfect balance of absurdism and grotesquery for me. A dude disappears in an abandoned mine, and Easton investigates. Consciously similar to What Moves the Dead, but tonally very distinct.
Daphne does appear to be an open position, although I do have some lovely wall art I’ll be using as a benchmark for potential applicants.
November 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Daphne does appear to be an open position, although I do have some lovely wall art I’ll be using as a benchmark for potential applicants.
Well pardner, I din’t choose the cowgirl life, nor did the cowgirl life stric’ly speakin’ choose me. These’re jus’ the duds I happened ta throw on this mornin’.
[WILD HONKY-TONK DANCE BREAK]
[WILD HONKY-TONK DANCE BREAK]
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Well pardner, I din’t choose the cowgirl life, nor did the cowgirl life stric’ly speakin’ choose me. These’re jus’ the duds I happened ta throw on this mornin’.
[WILD HONKY-TONK DANCE BREAK]
[WILD HONKY-TONK DANCE BREAK]
This was beautiful. A mermaid who just destroyed the kingdom which stole her from the sea, joined by a plague doctor who hides their past. I don’t want to give you more details but it is extremely body-horror, extremely tragic, utterly wrong.
And one of the more beautiful love stories I’ve read.
And one of the more beautiful love stories I’ve read.
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This was beautiful. A mermaid who just destroyed the kingdom which stole her from the sea, joined by a plague doctor who hides their past. I don’t want to give you more details but it is extremely body-horror, extremely tragic, utterly wrong.
And one of the more beautiful love stories I’ve read.
And one of the more beautiful love stories I’ve read.
You like mysteries where the detective is very aware of mystery tropes? You like mysteries in fantasy/sci-fi milieu where part of the detective’s task is learning how the world even works?
Midsolar Murders is the series for you! Murder She Wrote on a sentient space station!
Midsolar Murders is the series for you! Murder She Wrote on a sentient space station!
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
You like mysteries where the detective is very aware of mystery tropes? You like mysteries in fantasy/sci-fi milieu where part of the detective’s task is learning how the world even works?
Midsolar Murders is the series for you! Murder She Wrote on a sentient space station!
Midsolar Murders is the series for you! Murder She Wrote on a sentient space station!
By popular demand, the outfit I actually wore to the club. It was a nightmare circus clown rave. I got a balloon sword which I later lost in some misadventure.
Clubbing is awesome.
Clubbing is awesome.
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
By popular demand, the outfit I actually wore to the club. It was a nightmare circus clown rave. I got a balloon sword which I later lost in some misadventure.
Clubbing is awesome.
Clubbing is awesome.
For what it’s worth, this was the outfit that I DIDN’T take clubbing, so you can only imagine the one that did because [cartoon wolf noises].
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
For what it’s worth, this was the outfit that I DIDN’T take clubbing, so you can only imagine the one that did because [cartoon wolf noises].
Every book at my library with the word "Mothman" in the title.
One is a choose-your-own-adventure style cryptid hunt, which is a cool concept, but pretty... linear. The most interesting part is one of your potential Mothman hunting sites is Oz Park in Chicago, like two blocks from where I grew up.
One is a choose-your-own-adventure style cryptid hunt, which is a cool concept, but pretty... linear. The most interesting part is one of your potential Mothman hunting sites is Oz Park in Chicago, like two blocks from where I grew up.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Every book at my library with the word "Mothman" in the title.
One is a choose-your-own-adventure style cryptid hunt, which is a cool concept, but pretty... linear. The most interesting part is one of your potential Mothman hunting sites is Oz Park in Chicago, like two blocks from where I grew up.
One is a choose-your-own-adventure style cryptid hunt, which is a cool concept, but pretty... linear. The most interesting part is one of your potential Mothman hunting sites is Oz Park in Chicago, like two blocks from where I grew up.
Yeah I checked out this My Little Pony roller derby comic without a second thought. It was cute. There’s bright colors and friendship. I’m not super into the G5 ponies but Izzy Moonbow is a fukkin’ delight. And surely all the lessons about roller derby tactics will transfer easily to me, a biped.
October 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah I checked out this My Little Pony roller derby comic without a second thought. It was cute. There’s bright colors and friendship. I’m not super into the G5 ponies but Izzy Moonbow is a fukkin’ delight. And surely all the lessons about roller derby tactics will transfer easily to me, a biped.
Went to an author event last night, and worked real REAL hard to finish this one before Martha Wells handed me its sequel.
It’s good though! Big fantasy epicness with a neat complex world of body-borrowing demons and real, like… cool and wriggly magic.
It’s good though! Big fantasy epicness with a neat complex world of body-borrowing demons and real, like… cool and wriggly magic.
October 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Went to an author event last night, and worked real REAL hard to finish this one before Martha Wells handed me its sequel.
It’s good though! Big fantasy epicness with a neat complex world of body-borrowing demons and real, like… cool and wriggly magic.
It’s good though! Big fantasy epicness with a neat complex world of body-borrowing demons and real, like… cool and wriggly magic.
Photos taken almost six years apart.
Are these the same person? Like, there's a resemblance but increasingly he looks like, I don't know, a secret brother or something.
Anyway. Happy Coming Out Day. It's the best thing I ever did.
Are these the same person? Like, there's a resemblance but increasingly he looks like, I don't know, a secret brother or something.
Anyway. Happy Coming Out Day. It's the best thing I ever did.
October 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Photos taken almost six years apart.
Are these the same person? Like, there's a resemblance but increasingly he looks like, I don't know, a secret brother or something.
Anyway. Happy Coming Out Day. It's the best thing I ever did.
Are these the same person? Like, there's a resemblance but increasingly he looks like, I don't know, a secret brother or something.
Anyway. Happy Coming Out Day. It's the best thing I ever did.
2020 was a good time for folks to transition, huh?
Robin’s comics are delightful and funny and often painfully accurate; I started just a few months before she did so I almost always saw myself when she talked about her experiences.
So glad to have the collection in a physical form.
Robin’s comics are delightful and funny and often painfully accurate; I started just a few months before she did so I almost always saw myself when she talked about her experiences.
So glad to have the collection in a physical form.
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
2020 was a good time for folks to transition, huh?
Robin’s comics are delightful and funny and often painfully accurate; I started just a few months before she did so I almost always saw myself when she talked about her experiences.
So glad to have the collection in a physical form.
Robin’s comics are delightful and funny and often painfully accurate; I started just a few months before she did so I almost always saw myself when she talked about her experiences.
So glad to have the collection in a physical form.
Getting my hair done is always fun, always. But getting my hair done at a Queer As Hell place in Capitol Hill is a delight that I had not realized I was missing.
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Getting my hair done is always fun, always. But getting my hair done at a Queer As Hell place in Capitol Hill is a delight that I had not realized I was missing.
Listen the cover should tell you all you need to know about whether this book is fucked up; it’s fucked up. It’s also a brilliant adaptation/expansion of the Fall of the House of Usher. Deeply creepy. Vile in all the best ways. Big recommend.
October 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Listen the cover should tell you all you need to know about whether this book is fucked up; it’s fucked up. It’s also a brilliant adaptation/expansion of the Fall of the House of Usher. Deeply creepy. Vile in all the best ways. Big recommend.
Ooh, seven writers go to the manor of a recently deceased, much more famous horror author.
Does it sound like he’s gonna posthumously off them one-by-one in revenge for the ills they have caused him?
Of course it does!
If you enjoy when real sack-of-shits get got, you’ll have a good time.
Does it sound like he’s gonna posthumously off them one-by-one in revenge for the ills they have caused him?
Of course it does!
If you enjoy when real sack-of-shits get got, you’ll have a good time.
September 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ooh, seven writers go to the manor of a recently deceased, much more famous horror author.
Does it sound like he’s gonna posthumously off them one-by-one in revenge for the ills they have caused him?
Of course it does!
If you enjoy when real sack-of-shits get got, you’ll have a good time.
Does it sound like he’s gonna posthumously off them one-by-one in revenge for the ills they have caused him?
Of course it does!
If you enjoy when real sack-of-shits get got, you’ll have a good time.