Duet Night Abyss
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I’m playing Back to the Dawn
Tape Notes: "Psychobiology of Trauma," by Bessel A. van der Kolk
Also keep in mind I'm inking comics when I'm listening to these tapes, so my notes tend to be haphazard. When in doubt, assume the problem was me, not the speaker!
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Leslie Feinberg and 'Safe Space'
( There are no safe identities, only safe behavior. )
I’m annoyed at fiction again
I’m reading Bog Standard Isekai
This is the kind of worldbuilding idea I never include in my stories, because to me it feels so dystopian that any story containing it would end up being a story about it. Sometimes I’m reminded that this is something that happened in real life, that still happens in some places, and I just want to scream.
Gay Genders
But as we've been reading our older queer books, we're realizing that this plain isn't true! Gay people were gendering ALL OVER THE PLACE, and homogenizing them into "cis gay" ranges from misleading to outright insulting.
We are still fucking sick, so we're sticking with posting notes from the stuff we've read. Even we can't mess that up too bad!
Inspired by a ghastly New Yorker article
Still playing Duet Night Abyss
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Sickblogging
We have also been sick long enough now that we are getting strategic about our nose blows and are converting our third bandanna into a work of Jackson Pollock art. If I converted the pattern into monochrome and did it over in nice ink, who would know?
2025 November Fan Poll
As always, anyone can vote (please do!), but LiberaPay and Patreon patrons get double weight for their votes. (Due to Patreon's porn purges, I really encourage you to use LiberaPay, if you get a choice.) If you want to see the blurbs for any of these works, those are here! (You can also leave your requests there; requesting a story or essay is always free!) If you don't have a DW and so can't do the poll, that's okay; just leave your vote in the comments below; anon comments are turned on.
Which works gets the money, and thus posted this month? YOU CHOOSE, readers!
Did you toss LiberaPay/Patreon money my way last month?
What writing gets posted this month?
Infinity Smashed: Born Lucky
4 (16.0%)
Reverend Alpert: the Traveling Exorcist
3 (12.0%)
Henchwench for Hire (F/F supervillainy)
2 (8.0%)
Rutless (trans omegaverse porno)
2 (8.0%)
Many-Selved Family Portraiture
13 (52.0%)
Anatomy of a Dance (essay)
14 (56.0%)
The Boy Whose Heart Is Home (teen hardship)
3 (12.0%)
The Battleaxe and the Blood-Eater (pseudo Greco-Roman gladiators)
1 (4.0%)
two apocalyptic micro-stories
1 (4.0%)
What art/comic/zine gets posted this month?
Cult Comix
4 (17.4%)
Death Watch
6 (26.1%)
How it Was, How It Is
9 (39.1%)
Freight Train Flirting
9 (39.1%)
Old Man Yaoi
6 (26.1%)
Cult Comix
2 (8.7%)
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Poll and Patreon Stuff Delayed
*goes back to chugging tea and eating raw onion with honey*
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First, you obtain or craft consumable "secret letters" for each character. Each time you use a secret letter, you have to complete a challenge like "kill 100 enemies," and afterwards you have a chance to get some "thoughts" of the character. (Or you could get crafting items you don't care about instead.) Eventually you get enough thoughts that you can consume them to unlock a character. And you can do this all over again to upgrade characters' special abilities.
The video didn't mention this, but you can also buy characters with real money.
The joke's on the devs. I've been playing everything with the starter character.