Caffeinated Otter
@caffeinatedotter.bsky.social
Author of short and episodic fiction: fantasy, SF, smut — http://brain-implant.tech/writing/ he/him
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I have a whole-ass account of 'em, think of it like a CYOA. Pass Your Own Inevitable Judgement
I have a whole-ass account of 'em, think of it like a CYOA. Pass Your Own Inevitable Judgement
Saw someone post incidentally about Contact and reminded how it was the first DVD I ever watched; and how much I fucking hated its earnest approval of US fundie Christianity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Saw someone post incidentally about Contact and reminded how it was the first DVD I ever watched; and how much I fucking hated its earnest approval of US fundie Christianity.
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There will be a a new chapter of The Dungeon that Loved Me out today or tomorrow. I know y'all miss the sapphic disaster that is Zahna and the dungeon she's down bad for.
Don't know what I mean?
Read Adventurer x Dungeon Yuri here!
Don't know what I mean?
Read Adventurer x Dungeon Yuri here!
archiveofourown.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
There will be a a new chapter of The Dungeon that Loved Me out today or tomorrow. I know y'all miss the sapphic disaster that is Zahna and the dungeon she's down bad for.
Don't know what I mean?
Read Adventurer x Dungeon Yuri here!
Don't know what I mean?
Read Adventurer x Dungeon Yuri here!
Well, if you hadn't barged into my wizard's tower without so much as knocking, shouting nonsense about "kidnapping" and "nubile virgins" and "sinsiter sapphic depredations", I wouldn't have HAD to cast Cone of Shame on you, would I?
Now what do you say
Now what do you say
February 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Well, if you hadn't barged into my wizard's tower without so much as knocking, shouting nonsense about "kidnapping" and "nubile virgins" and "sinsiter sapphic depredations", I wouldn't have HAD to cast Cone of Shame on you, would I?
Now what do you say
Now what do you say
A human sacrifice is for glimpsing out of the corner of tired eyes, voice almost perceptible on whistling wind, gaze chilly on the back of your neck from the depths of the nighttime gloom for years afterward
not just for solstice
not just for solstice
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A human sacrifice is for glimpsing out of the corner of tired eyes, voice almost perceptible on whistling wind, gaze chilly on the back of your neck from the depths of the nighttime gloom for years afterward
not just for solstice
not just for solstice
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Oh you're the new engineer! Tee hee, you're so cute. I promise I won't move much. After all, my ass, the G-800, is the newest in re-programmable combat doll technology!
Didn't they tell you? I have a whole blackbox and reusable complex nervous system. I'll remember you after detonations!
Didn't they tell you? I have a whole blackbox and reusable complex nervous system. I'll remember you after detonations!
February 2, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Oh you're the new engineer! Tee hee, you're so cute. I promise I won't move much. After all, my ass, the G-800, is the newest in re-programmable combat doll technology!
Didn't they tell you? I have a whole blackbox and reusable complex nervous system. I'll remember you after detonations!
Didn't they tell you? I have a whole blackbox and reusable complex nervous system. I'll remember you after detonations!
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This place used to be strictly party business only, with fairy lights under the palms and champagne service during special events. Our family's gardens have always been open to the public, or at least the public who could afford to spend a day here.
Times change, I change with them.
Times change, I change with them.
February 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This place used to be strictly party business only, with fairy lights under the palms and champagne service during special events. Our family's gardens have always been open to the public, or at least the public who could afford to spend a day here.
Times change, I change with them.
Times change, I change with them.
"Joke for probably three people," I said. "At least one of whom will deservedly throw bricks at me for it," I said
February 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
"Joke for probably three people," I said. "At least one of whom will deservedly throw bricks at me for it," I said
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you have been visited by the crowgod
Like this Post to give the crowgod delicious seeds
Repost this Post to give the crowgod what she actually came here for
Like this Post to give the crowgod delicious seeds
Repost this Post to give the crowgod what she actually came here for
January 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
you have been visited by the crowgod
Like this Post to give the crowgod delicious seeds
Repost this Post to give the crowgod what she actually came here for
Like this Post to give the crowgod delicious seeds
Repost this Post to give the crowgod what she actually came here for
I am moderately good at faking an academic register, and I use it solely for petty evil :3
February 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I am moderately good at faking an academic register, and I use it solely for petty evil :3
The liberal rejects mechsploitation as an aberration from mecha's distinct and insulated moral tranquillity, whereas it is more rightly understood as the imperial boomerang redistributing the methods of fascism from the periphery to the Armoured Core
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The liberal rejects mechsploitation as an aberration from mecha's distinct and insulated moral tranquillity, whereas it is more rightly understood as the imperial boomerang redistributing the methods of fascism from the periphery to the Armoured Core
I must be feeling benevolent today, I saw someone ask Kallie for mechsplo writing advice and instead of fulminating, my instant impulse was to give them a hug and tell them something that would inevitably be received as patronising
February 2, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I must be feeling benevolent today, I saw someone ask Kallie for mechsplo writing advice and instead of fulminating, my instant impulse was to give them a hug and tell them something that would inevitably be received as patronising
Reminded of the old Cohost Making-Up-Adventurers account.
Why didn't I ever do a prompt fill for "Wizard who hasn't had to ever take an enemy's life after learning the dread spell Power Word: Shit"?
Why didn't I ever do a prompt fill for "Wizard who hasn't had to ever take an enemy's life after learning the dread spell Power Word: Shit"?
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Reminded of the old Cohost Making-Up-Adventurers account.
Why didn't I ever do a prompt fill for "Wizard who hasn't had to ever take an enemy's life after learning the dread spell Power Word: Shit"?
Why didn't I ever do a prompt fill for "Wizard who hasn't had to ever take an enemy's life after learning the dread spell Power Word: Shit"?
"GNU Hurd Is 'Almost There'"
I know this represents, like, a huge amount of work and a genuine achievement, but I'm only human and lol. lmao
I know this represents, like, a huge amount of work and a genuine achievement, but I'm only human and lol. lmao
February 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
"GNU Hurd Is 'Almost There'"
I know this represents, like, a huge amount of work and a genuine achievement, but I'm only human and lol. lmao
I know this represents, like, a huge amount of work and a genuine achievement, but I'm only human and lol. lmao
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I usually — as longtime followers will recall from my lots of bitching about it — have a nails-on-blackboard kinda reaction to word substitution errors.
However, thanks to trans women, I can never be sure that "deprived sex pet" *was* intended to be "depraved". Thanks, trans women!
However, thanks to trans women, I can never be sure that "deprived sex pet" *was* intended to be "depraved". Thanks, trans women!
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I usually — as longtime followers will recall from my lots of bitching about it — have a nails-on-blackboard kinda reaction to word substitution errors.
However, thanks to trans women, I can never be sure that "deprived sex pet" *was* intended to be "depraved". Thanks, trans women!
However, thanks to trans women, I can never be sure that "deprived sex pet" *was* intended to be "depraved". Thanks, trans women!
It's much harder to gracefully work joke slogan t-shirts into prose than, say, as bonus sight gags in comics
Which is why, when I keep doing it, it's not remotely graceful :)
Which is why, when I keep doing it, it's not remotely graceful :)
February 1, 2026 at 7:19 PM
It's much harder to gracefully work joke slogan t-shirts into prose than, say, as bonus sight gags in comics
Which is why, when I keep doing it, it's not remotely graceful :)
Which is why, when I keep doing it, it's not remotely graceful :)
This is apparently the work of a "one-woman writing, research, marketing, and project management agency" which seems to specialise in getting aspiring writers to sign up for writing prompt months and, especially scummy, writing classes, then pocketing the cash from ebook+POD anthologies of the work
The "while you're signing up, why don't you voluntarily donate to cover our publishing costs for the for-profit anthology of the work we're not paying you for? :)" sure is a nice touch
February 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is apparently the work of a "one-woman writing, research, marketing, and project management agency" which seems to specialise in getting aspiring writers to sign up for writing prompt months and, especially scummy, writing classes, then pocketing the cash from ebook+POD anthologies of the work
It's not that I'm surprised to find an outfit "celebrating" writing by going "haha we've put in the fabulous effort of coming up with single-word microfic prompts for EVERY SINGLE DAY of February so sign up on our website for it & we'll put all your work in an anthology which we'll charge money for—
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
It's not that I'm surprised to find an outfit "celebrating" writing by going "haha we've put in the fabulous effort of coming up with single-word microfic prompts for EVERY SINGLE DAY of February so sign up on our website for it & we'll put all your work in an anthology which we'll charge money for—
Ripley in the Aliens power loader, but a roadie
I want a Macross anime where it's literally just about the crew scrambling to get everything set up in time for the "surprise" concert the idol/band decided to put on. Just looking at the speaker stacks in the alley behind the roof they need to be on and "elevator's not big enough"
"FUCK STAIRS"
"FUCK STAIRS"
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Ripley in the Aliens power loader, but a roadie
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I think people are missing something when they say pedophiles are rich and racist and transphobic.
It's the other way around: the rich are pedophiles/etc.
Money is power and the powerful dehumanize the marginalized.
There is no way out without dismantling power; power never surrenders peacefully.
It's the other way around: the rich are pedophiles/etc.
Money is power and the powerful dehumanize the marginalized.
There is no way out without dismantling power; power never surrenders peacefully.
February 1, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I think people are missing something when they say pedophiles are rich and racist and transphobic.
It's the other way around: the rich are pedophiles/etc.
Money is power and the powerful dehumanize the marginalized.
There is no way out without dismantling power; power never surrenders peacefully.
It's the other way around: the rich are pedophiles/etc.
Money is power and the powerful dehumanize the marginalized.
There is no way out without dismantling power; power never surrenders peacefully.
I always find it extremely telling when people complain about more people liking their posts than sharing them on here.
"Likes don't do anything!"
They specifically and directly communicate something *to you,* the post's originator. Sorry that doesn't Virally Market Your Personal Brand, I guess
"Likes don't do anything!"
They specifically and directly communicate something *to you,* the post's originator. Sorry that doesn't Virally Market Your Personal Brand, I guess
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I always find it extremely telling when people complain about more people liking their posts than sharing them on here.
"Likes don't do anything!"
They specifically and directly communicate something *to you,* the post's originator. Sorry that doesn't Virally Market Your Personal Brand, I guess
"Likes don't do anything!"
They specifically and directly communicate something *to you,* the post's originator. Sorry that doesn't Virally Market Your Personal Brand, I guess
Designing for modern Magic must be simultaneously piss-easy and really fucking hard, because the headlining block mechanic is always, like, Vaguely Shitty-Feeling Alternate Casting Cost: card does same as usual but worse
February 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Designing for modern Magic must be simultaneously piss-easy and really fucking hard, because the headlining block mechanic is always, like, Vaguely Shitty-Feeling Alternate Casting Cost: card does same as usual but worse
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A nonviolent solution isn't and has never been possible
February 1, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A nonviolent solution isn't and has never been possible
The more I thought about that one scene, the more I thought that either someone writing it was *excruciatingly* aware of the pitch-perfect implications, or utterly and revealingly not.
Checking Wikipedia, I discovered the ep was written by sometime showrunner Russell T Davies, so.
Ah.
Checking Wikipedia, I discovered the ep was written by sometime showrunner Russell T Davies, so.
Ah.
Right down to the head-hanging little-boy "oops! I'm a gormless nerd too socially inept to know I shouldn't have bragged about that, the little woman's had to nag me back into line!" performed-for-an-audience manipulative fucking bullshit of the moment
February 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The more I thought about that one scene, the more I thought that either someone writing it was *excruciatingly* aware of the pitch-perfect implications, or utterly and revealingly not.
Checking Wikipedia, I discovered the ep was written by sometime showrunner Russell T Davies, so.
Ah.
Checking Wikipedia, I discovered the ep was written by sometime showrunner Russell T Davies, so.
Ah.
