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Leah Miller

@leahmiller.bsky.social

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Writing and Narrative Design. previously: Wizards of the Coast, Wildstar, Dark Age of Camelot, Star Wars. now: secret quests at System Era @culturalgeek on twitter

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello New Followers!

I'm Leah, a writer and designer of video games and other things.

I've worked MMOs, Magic: The Gathering, Star Wars, and a chaotic jumble of weird projects.

I post about story and character, weird culture, and all the worldly troubles that plague those who have eyes to see.

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Pantsless Tables @pantslesstables.bsky.social · 1d

Are you a BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ TTRPG game designer? Do you have a new game/kickstarter launching soon? Would you like to be featured on "BUT WHY?" our TTRPG talk show where we
1. interview a game designer
2. play a one-shot with their game/setting
3. have chill fun vibes?

If this is you, DM us!

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 17h

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a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 1d

This made me so happy

Screenshot of Claire's last skeet with one from the Frog and Toad bot underneath of Frog saying "don't be silly"

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 21h

A Sustaining Acorn. Looks like a normal Acorn, but silvery black. It floats in water.

He claims it will feed you for days. Maybe he says "this sustaining Acorn will extinguish hunger" or something

What it does: makes you nauseous enough to not want to eat. This lasts days. Does not PREVENT eating

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 21h

A set of dried beetle wings

He claims they: Restore the essence of life and music to a recently deceased creature

What they do: They animate and a ghost beetle forms that follows you making a loud buzzing sound (this lasts for whatever duration you think is funniest)

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 22h

Apple is my go-to, but with crumb topping instead of top crust. I have special apple combo rules.

Key Lime is my special occasion. So much harder to get right than apple.

Blackberry is my favorite not on the list. Black Raspberry even more so, but I haven't been able to make one of those in years.

🎀 Pimpcess Spooky 🎀 @mick-ee.bsky.social · 1d

Since it’s pie season!

How many pies on the list have you tried?
What pie is the Thanksgiving Pie?
What pie is the Christmas Pie?
Whats your favorite pie?

A list of 25 pies with the caption “Pic 3 Pies”

Listed:
A- Apple
B- Key lime
C- Cherry
D- Lemon Meringue
E- Pumpkin
F- Pecan
G- French Silk
H- Custard
I- Peanut butter cup
J- Peach
K- Cookie Dough
L- Blueberry
M- Bavarian
N- Sweet Potato
O- Coconut Cream
P- Strawberry Cream
Q- Snickers
R- Rhubarb
S- S’mores
T- Dutch Apple
U- German Chocolate
V- Buttermilk
W- Pecan Fudge
X- Banana Cream
Y- Strawberry

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 1d

Monster High is releasing a Xenomorph doll. I’m not kidding. It’s $85

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh, I'll add it to the candidate list. I remember people talking about it ages ago but know almost nothing about it, which is a good sign!

Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

It also has the nosy producer as the best answer to the "why is there SO MUCH FOOTAGE?" and "why is there a camera on this specific personal conversation?" eternal questions of the genre.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

I'm midway through Ep3 so far. Haunted Doll Watch was good. Also this show has managed to make me care moderately about characters I hated in the first episode! impressive for what it is.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

This was one of the coolest things about working on the Lord of the Rings Magic set. Need another setpiece? Well there's one sentence where Treebeard says Galadriel solo'd an entire orc army so let's depict that shit.

julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 1d

one of my favorite lord of the ring-isms the movies carry over from the books is that tolkien isn't really an action writer, so we're always hearing about the coolest shit gandalf and saruman did that sorry you just missed it but it slapped it was real anime

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

i love how Keith David is one of the top voice actors in Hollywood now but it's incredibly funny that in his youth he was one of like five men on earth jacked enough to credibly fight Rowdy Roddy Piper to a standstill

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

If a studio released a website that was developer art sketches and torn post it notes they would get great press and incredible street cred.

Then again, maybe their audience is AI investors.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

20 minutes in and we get the first Sam Raimi cam

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly the quality level I was looking for. Thank you.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Started watching this and it's literally too good. Appreciate the recommendation, I will be watching it non-2nd screen, lol.

Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

I've sadly watched all the good seasons and 2.5 of the bad ones already but if I hadn't this would be an ideal suggestion.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Weird request but does anyone have recommendation for any horror/spooky series that would be good for 2nd screening while doing detail-oriented spreadsheet work? I finished Gravity Falls, The Lost Room, and most of Vita Carnis but everything else I've tried requires too much focus/reading.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely understand being annoyed with the glut of Universes Beyond sets next year, but saying that TMNT is the thematic breaking point is insane. People were drawing fake magic cards with Raphael and Usagi Yojimbo on them in fucking 1994.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

I know analogue horror/modern folk horror/creepypasta is incredibly difficult, but it's sad when a video is absolutely prime material for 60% of its runtime and then it introduces a monster so lame or premise so flawed that it tanks the vibe permanently.

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 1d

Time provides the rope, but love will tie the slipknot, and I will be the chair you kick away.

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

I also picked merritt. he has the range.

Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Watched a youtube horror thing from five years ago and go damn the AI voices from five years ago when they were a half-step up from Microsoft Sam were SO MUCH BETTER than now. Whenever I hear the neutral/enthusiastic tiktokd default AI voice, I instantly recoil in horror and disgust.

Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 1d

I met Ferdinand de Saussure
On a night like this
On love, he said, "I'm not so sure
I even know what it is
No understanding, no closure
It is a nemesis
You can't use a bulldozer
To study orchids", he said.

(Whenever this conversation comes up various Stephin Merritt lyrics pop into my head)

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 2d

I didn't realize The Lost Room predates SCP-173.