SapphireHarp
@sapphireharp.bsky.social
IT Professional, SF/F Specialist, RPG/Strategy Gamer. Colorado, 🇺🇸
The word expend comes to mind as a little more permanent than spend. Sacrifice feels like the next stronger expression.
I feel like using the destroy keyword in this case is more contextually confusing than having two terms. Notes that the two are mechanically the same could help.
I feel like using the destroy keyword in this case is more contextually confusing than having two terms. Notes that the two are mechanically the same could help.
January 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The word expend comes to mind as a little more permanent than spend. Sacrifice feels like the next stronger expression.
I feel like using the destroy keyword in this case is more contextually confusing than having two terms. Notes that the two are mechanically the same could help.
I feel like using the destroy keyword in this case is more contextually confusing than having two terms. Notes that the two are mechanically the same could help.
With no rival, I can happily say ‘Long Live Evil’ by Sarah Rees Brennan. 😈 It’s a most delightfully self-aware portal fantasy I know and had me laughing and cackling more than anything else I’ve read for a while.
January 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
With no rival, I can happily say ‘Long Live Evil’ by Sarah Rees Brennan. 😈 It’s a most delightfully self-aware portal fantasy I know and had me laughing and cackling more than anything else I’ve read for a while.
On looking deeper, the word has a longer history, but that was the first time I remember encountering it. That moment where the Avatar movie makes you wonder if it wanted to be regarded as serious or self-aware satire.
December 27, 2025 at 5:49 AM
On looking deeper, the word has a longer history, but that was the first time I remember encountering it. That moment where the Avatar movie makes you wonder if it wanted to be regarded as serious or self-aware satire.
It's very weird to me that it evidently has a cultural footprint that's entirely outside my visibility. Past the original release timeframe, I can't remember having it come up in a single conversation. Never anything more than maybe a joke referencing unobtanium. 🤷♂️
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It's very weird to me that it evidently has a cultural footprint that's entirely outside my visibility. Past the original release timeframe, I can't remember having it come up in a single conversation. Never anything more than maybe a joke referencing unobtanium. 🤷♂️
The way I read it, Easton's PTSD blends into a kind of mysticism about their experience with war which somehow dovetails into the magical encounters with the moroi. The bridge between those things lets Easton confront the moroi in a space where the rules are different. It's intriguing.
December 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The way I read it, Easton's PTSD blends into a kind of mysticism about their experience with war which somehow dovetails into the magical encounters with the moroi. The bridge between those things lets Easton confront the moroi in a space where the rules are different. It's intriguing.
Ohhhh, yes. I am eagerly awaiting the joy this will bring. (Sadistically waiting. 😇 )
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ohhhh, yes. I am eagerly awaiting the joy this will bring. (Sadistically waiting. 😇 )
Sounds like some kind of quantum-bs infestation event. One warlock has replaced all of their roommates simultaneously. I can’t quite picture what the agenda is, but it sounds ominous. 😈
December 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Sounds like some kind of quantum-bs infestation event. One warlock has replaced all of their roommates simultaneously. I can’t quite picture what the agenda is, but it sounds ominous. 😈
"I'm having a great time down here."
...
"Are you going to join me, or what?"
...
"Are you going to join me, or what?"
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"I'm having a great time down here."
...
"Are you going to join me, or what?"
...
"Are you going to join me, or what?"
Maybe the first one, possibly the second. Not the third one.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Maybe the first one, possibly the second. Not the third one.
“Tuesday, when you sound like this, stay home. Don’t show up!”
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Tuesday, when you sound like this, stay home. Don’t show up!”
“Hm. You don’t even have a stake in these companies, Friday.”
“Let’s just call it science,” the day replies as the ascent begins.
“Let’s just call it science,” the day replies as the ascent begins.
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Hm. You don’t even have a stake in these companies, Friday.”
“Let’s just call it science,” the day replies as the ascent begins.
“Let’s just call it science,” the day replies as the ascent begins.
I really love Alistair Reynolds work and yet somehow there’s a big disconnect between that and how often I get to his novels. I’ve tried to steer my bookclubs onto him without much success. From where I’m standing he deserves far more acclaim than I see him getting.
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I really love Alistair Reynolds work and yet somehow there’s a big disconnect between that and how often I get to his novels. I’ve tried to steer my bookclubs onto him without much success. From where I’m standing he deserves far more acclaim than I see him getting.
The future will be six day weeks. 😏
October 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The future will be six day weeks. 😏
She has so many incredible moments in that show. Most of them involve eloquent swearing. 😁
October 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
She has so many incredible moments in that show. Most of them involve eloquent swearing. 😁
Admittedly, I really want to see where you're going to go with this.
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Admittedly, I really want to see where you're going to go with this.
I feel like that thing’s going to activate a portal or initiate a quest for you. 🙃
October 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I feel like that thing’s going to activate a portal or initiate a quest for you. 🙃
Definitely read this as "underbabbled" first. Now I'm wondering when one might experience an insufficient amount of babble. 🤔
October 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Definitely read this as "underbabbled" first. Now I'm wondering when one might experience an insufficient amount of babble. 🤔
Monday is undead? I should have known… 🪦
October 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Monday is undead? I should have known… 🪦
And also on the more positive end I think of Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, which is intensely a feelings driven experience and that's major component of its success. (Specifically referring to the crowd who forgot they don't even like turn-based games for a while. 😏)
September 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
And also on the more positive end I think of Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, which is intensely a feelings driven experience and that's major component of its success. (Specifically referring to the crowd who forgot they don't even like turn-based games for a while. 😏)
It’s okay; you can always get another Thursday. 😉
September 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s okay; you can always get another Thursday. 😉
Ominously, that would explain some things...
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ominously, that would explain some things...
Might've just been ghosts. Don't rule it out.
September 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Might've just been ghosts. Don't rule it out.
They would never be the same again after ‘The Experiment’…
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
They would never be the same again after ‘The Experiment’…
I can never understand how quarantine only has one 'r'.
September 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I can never understand how quarantine only has one 'r'.
The laugh’s going to be on us when Thursday comes back all mutated and monstrous.
August 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The laugh’s going to be on us when Thursday comes back all mutated and monstrous.