Jason Mical
@strahdvonz.bsky.social
Writer of fiction and nonfiction. He/him. Bi 🏳️🌈 Here for fun, banter, and spreading joy. Formerly Barovia's sassiest vampire.
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Hi! I'm Jason Mical, a writer who runs this account to have fun, spread joy, and talk shop. Work appears in The Expanse RPG, Eclipse Phase, KSP, & more! Current: a complete history of the Quest for Glory series. WIP: a cozy road trip paranormal romance.
I am Jaeson the Magenta Menace. My hoard is vinyl records, and you can easily gain my trust by sharing excellent songs and music. My weakness is vanilla cake.
You just woke up from a nap. You discover you have become a dragon. Based on your actual current possessions, what is your hoard, what is your weakness, and what can be used to gain your indulgence, trust, or safe passage?
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I am Jaeson the Magenta Menace. My hoard is vinyl records, and you can easily gain my trust by sharing excellent songs and music. My weakness is vanilla cake.
I have completed my yearly watch of A Knight Before Christmas, so Yuletide festivities can now commence
December 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I have completed my yearly watch of A Knight Before Christmas, so Yuletide festivities can now commence
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12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 11: A dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
December 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 11: A dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
When my omelette falls apart as I flip it
December 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
When my omelette falls apart as I flip it
MRW a professor friend tells me to read more Marx to understand the world:
"I live that on the daily, I don't need Marx to tell me what's happening in my life"
"I live that on the daily, I don't need Marx to tell me what's happening in my life"
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
MRW a professor friend tells me to read more Marx to understand the world:
"I live that on the daily, I don't need Marx to tell me what's happening in my life"
"I live that on the daily, I don't need Marx to tell me what's happening in my life"
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12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 10: Another dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 10: Another dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
A hard-boiled detective story but set in Pelican Town
December 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A hard-boiled detective story but set in Pelican Town
"Newsroom morale soared"
Duping AI is good for employee morale, finally, a business use for AI
Let everyone fucking dunk on it 24/7
Duping AI is good for employee morale, finally, a business use for AI
Let everyone fucking dunk on it 24/7
December 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Newsroom morale soared"
Duping AI is good for employee morale, finally, a business use for AI
Let everyone fucking dunk on it 24/7
Duping AI is good for employee morale, finally, a business use for AI
Let everyone fucking dunk on it 24/7
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12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 9: Welcome back for a ninth dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 9: Welcome back for a ninth dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
One thing about Grok training on every tweet ever is that there's a greater than zero chance that some dipshit is going to use it to write a Strahd adventure for D&D and the plagiarism machine's version of Strahd is going to be a shitposting maniac
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One thing about Grok training on every tweet ever is that there's a greater than zero chance that some dipshit is going to use it to write a Strahd adventure for D&D and the plagiarism machine's version of Strahd is going to be a shitposting maniac
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12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 1: Don’t call it a comeback—I’ve been here for seven days, and now here’s an eight dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 1: Don’t call it a comeback—I’ve been here for seven days, and now here’s an eight dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
Is Vivaldi the non-corpo, non-AI browser of choice these days?
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Is Vivaldi the non-corpo, non-AI browser of choice these days?
Show me how your 2025 went
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Show me how your 2025 went
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What I genuinely don't understand is how using AI at the concept art phase makes anyone's life easier. How is prompting the machine until you get something halfway decent any easier than working with a human being to create a quick sketch? Like, where does that argument even come from?
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
What I genuinely don't understand is how using AI at the concept art phase makes anyone's life easier. How is prompting the machine until you get something halfway decent any easier than working with a human being to create a quick sketch? Like, where does that argument even come from?
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12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 7: The fun parade continues with another dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
December 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 7: The fun parade continues with another dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
20/20. I'm listening to a record player as I type this
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
20/20. I'm listening to a record player as I type this
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
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12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 6: A dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
December 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
12 DAYS OF 12 GAMES, DAY 6: A dozen-share of games (and game-adajcent things) that I like, and that you might too. And each comes with a link so you can support great designers, writers, and artists! #12days12games
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If you LeStat it, the PCs will try to kill it.
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you LeStat it, the PCs will try to kill it.
Me, on this call: "The Vampire LeStats"
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Me, on this call: "The Vampire LeStats"
Caught up with an old friend today who is still making radical art and kicking ass. In the face of everything, it's incredibly inspiring to talk to someone so committed to social justice and expression. Truly good for the soul
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Caught up with an old friend today who is still making radical art and kicking ass. In the face of everything, it's incredibly inspiring to talk to someone so committed to social justice and expression. Truly good for the soul