Dragon Cobolt
@dragoncobolt.bsky.social
I'm Dragon Cobolt, formerly of Twitter! I write erotica SF and erotica fantasy! He/Him
I'm listening to A Face in the Frost by John Bellairs and it's so stupid good and I cannot over-recommend it if you want to see, "Oh, hey, that's what Gary Gygax totally fucking failed to capture when he made wizards, what a dipshit, how can you fuck this up so badly? Also, he was really racist"
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 AM
I'm listening to A Face in the Frost by John Bellairs and it's so stupid good and I cannot over-recommend it if you want to see, "Oh, hey, that's what Gary Gygax totally fucking failed to capture when he made wizards, what a dipshit, how can you fuck this up so badly? Also, he was really racist"
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Ping ponging between elegant tall majestic dragoness woman and little kitty sized tinygon curled up safe and warm on a lap
February 18, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Ping ponging between elegant tall majestic dragoness woman and little kitty sized tinygon curled up safe and warm on a lap
why isn't there a Skaven character whose just a thinly disguised Rorschach from watchman pastiche?
February 18, 2026 at 7:08 AM
why isn't there a Skaven character whose just a thinly disguised Rorschach from watchman pastiche?
It's sometimes fun, as a mental exercise, to watch Star Wars: A New Hope...and quietly squeeze all knowledge of Star Wars out of your head and try and imagine the universe suggested around the movie
because it's ten quintbillion times cooler than what actually exists
because it's ten quintbillion times cooler than what actually exists
The Death Star board room scene is low key the funniest scene in cinematic history. It’s a work meeting with an evil samurai wizard everyone else finds mildly annoying and when his manager tells him to stop killing a coworker with his magicka, he has to listen.
February 18, 2026 at 7:07 AM
It's sometimes fun, as a mental exercise, to watch Star Wars: A New Hope...and quietly squeeze all knowledge of Star Wars out of your head and try and imagine the universe suggested around the movie
because it's ten quintbillion times cooler than what actually exists
because it's ten quintbillion times cooler than what actually exists
the Vorkosigan Saga is like, super progressive and cool on trans characters, on non-binary characters, on plural characters, on disabled characters and it's all due to one secret trick: You write them like they're people, man. You write human beings, lol.
February 18, 2026 at 7:03 AM
the Vorkosigan Saga is like, super progressive and cool on trans characters, on non-binary characters, on plural characters, on disabled characters and it's all due to one secret trick: You write them like they're people, man. You write human beings, lol.
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The only good sequel to Watchmen is The Saga of Swamp Thing.
February 18, 2026 at 6:54 AM
The only good sequel to Watchmen is The Saga of Swamp Thing.
the bit where doctor manhattan slowly rebuilds his body is still just...so fucking cool!
February 18, 2026 at 6:39 AM
the bit where doctor manhattan slowly rebuilds his body is still just...so fucking cool!
nebula? more like nebuchadnezzar cause i'm fallin' alseep eyooooo
February 18, 2026 at 6:18 AM
nebula? more like nebuchadnezzar cause i'm fallin' alseep eyooooo
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Take the Elder Scrolls lore, the stuff in the books and history, and give it to a studio that isn't terrified of not appealing to the widest possible demographic group imaginable and isn't weirdly ashamed of morrowind and it'd be amazing! I so wanted to see Jungle Elf Ruins Rome. :C
February 18, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Take the Elder Scrolls lore, the stuff in the books and history, and give it to a studio that isn't terrified of not appealing to the widest possible demographic group imaginable and isn't weirdly ashamed of morrowind and it'd be amazing! I so wanted to see Jungle Elf Ruins Rome. :C
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There's a lot to love about Mad Max: Fury Road but this is the bit that delighted husb the most (the boyz going WAAUUUUGH)
February 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM
There's a lot to love about Mad Max: Fury Road but this is the bit that delighted husb the most (the boyz going WAAUUUUGH)
Shockingly, being almost killed by a handless Gotrek? Just what our protagonist planned #amwriting
February 18, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Shockingly, being almost killed by a handless Gotrek? Just what our protagonist planned #amwriting
the vorkosigan saga has one of my favorite examples of disability in mainstream sci-fi. Miles has brittle bones, hyperactivity, a host of hormonal issues. When things get fixed, it takes time and serious pain - his bones are slowly, agonizingly, over years, replaced with synthetics...
Like, imagine if in the Vorkosigan series, Miles Vorkosigan wasn't disabled?
February 18, 2026 at 3:53 AM
the vorkosigan saga has one of my favorite examples of disability in mainstream sci-fi. Miles has brittle bones, hyperactivity, a host of hormonal issues. When things get fixed, it takes time and serious pain - his bones are slowly, agonizingly, over years, replaced with synthetics...
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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is full of amazing imagery.
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is full of amazing imagery.
I was reading a thing ( @cknightwrites.bsky.social's editorial guidelines, actually) and it mentioned how, like, they won't read a book where a disabled person is cured by magic and sometimes, people who don't talk to disabled people get huffy about that, like, "well, don't you WANT it cured?"
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I was reading a thing ( @cknightwrites.bsky.social's editorial guidelines, actually) and it mentioned how, like, they won't read a book where a disabled person is cured by magic and sometimes, people who don't talk to disabled people get huffy about that, like, "well, don't you WANT it cured?"
Time to get back into the writer mine but before I do, my favorite Eora fun fact: People who play Avowed and haven't played Pillars may not know this but, like, the reason why your blade's edge glows with purple energy is because a "power attack" is you actually funneling soul-stuff into your sword
February 18, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Time to get back into the writer mine but before I do, my favorite Eora fun fact: People who play Avowed and haven't played Pillars may not know this but, like, the reason why your blade's edge glows with purple energy is because a "power attack" is you actually funneling soul-stuff into your sword
all right I got all my james
February 18, 2026 at 3:29 AM
all right I got all my james
liberal democracy and capitalism are, increasingly, appearing to be totally at odds.
Which is hilarious cause most people would define "liberal democracy" as having a capitalist economic framework and, like, it does
in the same way a cancer patient has cancer cells.
Which is hilarious cause most people would define "liberal democracy" as having a capitalist economic framework and, like, it does
in the same way a cancer patient has cancer cells.
February 18, 2026 at 3:19 AM
liberal democracy and capitalism are, increasingly, appearing to be totally at odds.
Which is hilarious cause most people would define "liberal democracy" as having a capitalist economic framework and, like, it does
in the same way a cancer patient has cancer cells.
Which is hilarious cause most people would define "liberal democracy" as having a capitalist economic framework and, like, it does
in the same way a cancer patient has cancer cells.
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Everyone thinks aliens will define humanity as warlike, or creative, or social, or adaptable. Turns out most interstellar languages call us some form of "The hole diggers".
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Everyone thinks aliens will define humanity as warlike, or creative, or social, or adaptable. Turns out most interstellar languages call us some form of "The hole diggers".
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AOC really forcefully responding to a question from a guy bashing the SPD in Germany with "we need to be coalitional, we cannot allow the right to win. if we split, then we will lose" is just...
fuck. she should run. she should do it
fuck. she should run. she should do it
February 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
AOC really forcefully responding to a question from a guy bashing the SPD in Germany with "we need to be coalitional, we cannot allow the right to win. if we split, then we will lose" is just...
fuck. she should run. she should do it
fuck. she should run. she should do it
I can't tell if my girlfriend is away from the keyboard, or if the instant messaging service we're using is just not working
February 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I can't tell if my girlfriend is away from the keyboard, or if the instant messaging service we're using is just not working
Incorrect, the Starship Troopers of video games was Starship Troopers: Terran Command
February 18, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Incorrect, the Starship Troopers of video games was Starship Troopers: Terran Command
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This Star Trek Online art for an arc named Corruption is a real specific kinda horny
February 18, 2026 at 1:57 AM
This Star Trek Online art for an arc named Corruption is a real specific kinda horny
As I like to say: Considering the amount of money and effort spent, the amount of ink spilled, the amount of editorials published, the swing is way smaller than I'd have expected.
That's...kind of the upside about the cis apathy towards trans people, I guess?
That's...kind of the upside about the cis apathy towards trans people, I guess?
It is significant that voters have swung against trans rights, yes, and that's the product of a well-funded campaign against us that has been pushed relentlessly for years.
That shows the power of persuasion. But it hasn't made trans rights a decisive issue at the ballot box either.
That shows the power of persuasion. But it hasn't made trans rights a decisive issue at the ballot box either.
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 AM
As I like to say: Considering the amount of money and effort spent, the amount of ink spilled, the amount of editorials published, the swing is way smaller than I'd have expected.
That's...kind of the upside about the cis apathy towards trans people, I guess?
That's...kind of the upside about the cis apathy towards trans people, I guess?
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The reason I wrote this essay was to push back against the argument that trans issues were salient for the average voter. They're not.
The panic among some progressives about this polling is disproportionate to the real electoral impact.
The panic among some progressives about this polling is disproportionate to the real electoral impact.
February 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The reason I wrote this essay was to push back against the argument that trans issues were salient for the average voter. They're not.
The panic among some progressives about this polling is disproportionate to the real electoral impact.
The panic among some progressives about this polling is disproportionate to the real electoral impact.
I think it's a mixture of this (for the cannier ones) and the dimmer C-suit dipshits just not think that far ahead cause it impacts two or three quarters into the future, not the next quarter, which is the only thing they care of that.
after all, what better way to force people to use your bullshit wrong answer machines than making it extremely costly for anyone to do computation locally and thus establish said machines as the sole method of interface ?
February 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I think it's a mixture of this (for the cannier ones) and the dimmer C-suit dipshits just not think that far ahead cause it impacts two or three quarters into the future, not the next quarter, which is the only thing they care of that.