Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇
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Natalie P (is not a vampire) 🦇
@sashette.bsky.social
Was "witty, beautiful and depressed," now just the latter.

Occasional writer, often a nerd, living alone with CFS/ME.

Semi-professional #ttrpg muse and not a vampire.

LGBTQ+ folks are welcome and safe, phobes can get in the sea.
I will get on a train this afternoon, so help me.

😾
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I mean, for short dopayuri bursts I browse r/wholesomeyuri for 5 minutes a day and let my heart sing.

If you can pick up There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless... / WataNare, it really was a gentle, dumb Yuri delight this summer.
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The person doing part of my role before I took over simply did not understand dpi.

My first conversation with the charity's print shop partner, the old guy was almost in tears because finally someone understood dpi and preferred formats.

Last time a guy kissed my hands, even, 2016!
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
As a .png? As a crappy .jpg?

No, he turned the word doc landscape, dragged the 240x120 pic to fit and sent that along with a snippy message saying "aren't you computer types supposed to be good at this?"

I wanted to throw hands, high paying client or no.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
When my heartfriend was doing graphic design work full time, a client had her doing a promo calendar and Xmas adverts.

He wanted a sleigh, but wasn't happy with her draft, so he sent her a low res picture pasted into a word doc.

She tried to explain it was too small to use, so he sent it again.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
You would not believe the amount of times it happened to me as Social Media & Marketing Coordinator for a charity.

Even after I sent out instructions for iPhone, Android and Windows Phones.

Even after I held demonstrations on how to take and send me photos with issued phones.

😿
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's so much worse, and ultimately more sad as time goes on and information from survivors trickles in.

It's run it's course, now, moving on to The Jen Saga which is considerably worse than The Phoenix Saga before you start to believe it's an analogue of that.
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Phil, being a Vanguard and setting off Biotic Combos is the single most unga bunga thing you can do in Mass Effect.

You're setting off violent explosions WITH YOUR OWN HEAD.

Not your mind, your head!

It reaches it's pinnacle in ME3, with Charge>Nova on a group of primed targets.
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
*pats head gently*

Oh, gods, no it very much is not.
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
When you unleash your first Biotic Combo it is a thing of joyous delight. Tech Combos, eh, not so much. The sound and visual effect as people go flying is just beautiful.

When you figure out you can do it as a Vanguard, well...
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Samara Facts:

A) Eh, she's a bit of a dickhead. Terrible Mum.
B) Speaking of mums, that's Billie Eilish's mum!
C) Reave is fucking fantastic for Biotic Combos.
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It'll get me through to my inevitably awful appointment and home, with luck. 💜
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If you're unaware of The Final Fantasy House, The Jen Saga or The Sarah Saga, please know that they're weirdly fundamental bits of 00s Internet lore, and that if you do rabbit hole yourself, don't take it all at face value because even the best videos rely on outdated or flat incorrect information.
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Surely Jeremy Irons' eyebrows did all the acting in that movie? He was only present as set dressing for them.
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Weirdly, multiple other people have pointed out the same thing, you're the only one blocked thus far.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A Dwarf temperance movement who have ABSOLUTELY NO ULTERIOR MOTIVES in their smashing bottles of Elven wine and barrels of Halfling stout ale in those no-good, disreputable Human-run saloons and HEY NOW DON'T YOU DARE GO RECITING THE ANCIENT WORDS TO ENTER THAT SPEAKEASY, STOP THAT!
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Or if you want a slightly more rambling and comedy focused deep dive then:
Well There's Your Problem | Episode 30: Austrian Wine Tainting Scandal
YouTube video by Well There's Your Problem Podcast
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Oh no, the food is literal trash, but it tastes amazing to the clientele.
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Worse, they were actually brought in to quietly and secretly solve an Austrian Wine Scandal style affair, but the purification spell didn't just eliminate the sugar of lead and diethylene glycol, but the alcohol as well?

So they have both the authorities and villains after them.
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Finding out that the fancy high end Nouveau restaurant that's all the rage is really just casting flavour enhancing spells at the pass.

Vowing to take revenge by sneakily casting a befuddlement on the Magus of Seasoning, Grand rank.

At some point there's a Ratatouille situation also going on.
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM