Thank you so much! It turned out so well!!

He was one of those people who like to argue just for the sake of arguing without feeling the need to try and focus on resolving disagreements and finding middle grounds. That’s not someone that I can be exactly mournful over, especially considering the reaction his death has caused.

This is a classic example of reaping what you sow. On a granular level I can appreciate Turning Point USA’s mission because college is about learning from different viewpoints, but at the same time I vehemently disagree with Charlie’s rhetoric and political views.

…every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights” and "I can't stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that — it does a lot of damage” I don’t feel bad for him. I feel bad for his family and the CO school kids.

I’m also going to make some mods to my Tav Blood juicebox; it’s mostly the harness that needs adjusting aside from some other tweaks to the box itself. I’m also hoping I can bring back my Marriott carpet/Sally Slater mashup, but that’s only if it won’t spread me too thin.

The time for cosplanning for DragonCon 2026 starts now! I’m being ambitious next year and finally bringing an idea I had years ago to life. It’ll be quite a lot of work, I’m sure, but I’m excited to start and hopefully I’ll do Chernabog some justice.

But most importantly I spent the weekend with my incredible con family and my closest 75k friends. There really is no con like DragonCon and I’m counting down the days until next year.

I met the lovely Samantha Béart, Tim Downie, Emma Gregory and Amelia Taylor, aka Karlach, Gale, Minthara and the Narrator from BG3 at the Walk of Fame. I got to play a couple of TTRPG’s with my boyfriend (whose first time at DC this was). I spent far too much money at the Vendors Hall.

My Durge is a Circle of the Stars druid/life domain cleric. Astarion is going to be a bladesinging arcane trickster and Wyll is going to be a College of Swords bard/Pact of the Blade warlock.

Bought off ko-fi, it was a good experience.

So, yes. Kindness is about as punk rock as The Ramones. And in a world as bitter and angry and cynical as it is right now I think we all could be a little bit more punk rock. 🤘

Through the years this led to a lot of advocacy for women's rights, LGBTQIA+ rights and just human rights in general. You know, being *kind* to people who may be different than you are and standing up for people who are “othered.”

Watching Superman wasn’t the first time I’d heard someone say that being punk means to be kind. Goths, punks and similar subcultures have been counterculture from the start, which means generally speaking people in those subcultures reject traditional (conservative) values and authority.