Thaliarchus
@thaliarchus.bsky.social
Hedge poet. I watch anime & am often accused of reading.
'Now praise those names on tombs of steel engraved | And toll this rotting country's countless bells.'
Read my work: https://thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlord-kinbright
'Now praise those names on tombs of steel engraved | And toll this rotting country's countless bells.'
Read my work: https://thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlord-kinbright
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Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright by Thaliarchus
Giant robot yuri space opera. In verse.
thaliarchus.itch.io
Today's Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright's one-year anniversary!
The whole damn thing remains free. You can and should try it.
thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlo...
The whole damn thing remains free. You can and should try it.
thaliarchus.itch.io/cosmic-warlo...
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Tired: novel in verse
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Tired: novel in verse
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
Wired: epic poem
Inspired: “precious scroll”
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Yeah, Flan onwards is when they really hit their stride and start pulling Some Shit with danmaku. It only gets more varied and interesting from here! There are multiple missions that made me say "oh what the fuck" aloud
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Yeah, Flan onwards is when they really hit their stride and start pulling Some Shit with danmaku. It only gets more varied and interesting from here! There are multiple missions that made me say "oh what the fuck" aloud
Big vod! Finally tackled the surprise true ending of the Scarlet arc. Absolute beast of a final boss here.
www.twitch.tv/videos/26278...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26278...
Fantasy Maiden Wars: the even more thrilling True climax of the Scarlet Devil Mansion story! - thaliarchus on Twitch
thaliarchus went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Fantasy Maiden Wars: DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER VOD now.
www.twitch.tv
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Big vod! Finally tackled the surprise true ending of the Scarlet arc. Absolute beast of a final boss here.
www.twitch.tv/videos/26278...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26278...
FMW stream's up! www.twitch.tv/thaliarchus
Starting in ten minutes or so.
Starting in ten minutes or so.
thaliarchus - Twitch
Fantuesday Maiden Wars
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November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
FMW stream's up! www.twitch.tv/thaliarchus
Starting in ten minutes or so.
Starting in ten minutes or so.
One hour!
Fantasy Maiden Wars in two hours' time (at 1900 UTC/GMT): twitch.tv/thaliarchus
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
One hour!
Fantasy Maiden Wars in two hours' time (at 1900 UTC/GMT): twitch.tv/thaliarchus
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Fantasy Maiden Wars in two hours' time (at 1900 UTC/GMT): twitch.tv/thaliarchus
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It's time to revisit 2009 with James Cameron's Avatar. Listen to hear Niko and Brian burst a blood vessel trying to rate just the mechs in this thing~
It's time to revisit 2009 with James Cameron's Avatar. Listen to hear Niko and Brian burst a blood vessel trying to rate just the mechs in this thing~
Ep 0061 - Avatar (2009)
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November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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It's time to revisit 2009 with James Cameron's Avatar. Listen to hear Niko and Brian burst a blood vessel trying to rate just the mechs in this thing~
It's time to revisit 2009 with James Cameron's Avatar. Listen to hear Niko and Brian burst a blood vessel trying to rate just the mechs in this thing~
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Looking forward to your reactions to Mystic, where FMW fully begins the transition from "shockingly good for a fangame" to "actually one of the top-tier SRW"
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Looking forward to your reactions to Mystic, where FMW fully begins the transition from "shockingly good for a fangame" to "actually one of the top-tier SRW"
More FMW tonight, 1900 UTC/GMT.
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
More FMW tonight, 1900 UTC/GMT.
x media is 'good' but the dialogue isn't in formed verse
when people are like "x media is good but the dialogue is overwrought" i'm like dude my favorite show is Hannibal where in the first episode one guy asks another guy "what do you see me as" and he responds "i think you are the mongoose i want under the house when the snakes slither by"
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
x media is 'good' but the dialogue isn't in formed verse
Students sometimes imply that they see me as a kind of Last of the Romans figure.
This is quite wrong: the true Last of the Romans were (by strange coincidence) the people who taught me.
This is quite wrong: the true Last of the Romans were (by strange coincidence) the people who taught me.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Students sometimes imply that they see me as a kind of Last of the Romans figure.
This is quite wrong: the true Last of the Romans were (by strange coincidence) the people who taught me.
This is quite wrong: the true Last of the Romans were (by strange coincidence) the people who taught me.
Good night and good luck, pilots.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Good night and good luck, pilots.
So the thing I'm writing right now is in terza rima: aba bcb cdc efe and so on, with continuous inter-stanzaic rhyme links.
However, a few bits will involve alliterative-verse passages.
However, a few bits will involve alliterative-verse passages.
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the thing I'm writing right now is in terza rima: aba bcb cdc efe and so on, with continuous inter-stanzaic rhyme links.
However, a few bits will involve alliterative-verse passages.
However, a few bits will involve alliterative-verse passages.
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This week on Unpacking the Shelf, my friend Alex and I dug into the stories of author Shirley Jackson! We play the Lottery, haunt Hill House and Always Live in The Castle
Episode 85 - The Stories of Shirley Jackson
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November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This week on Unpacking the Shelf, my friend Alex and I dug into the stories of author Shirley Jackson! We play the Lottery, haunt Hill House and Always Live in The Castle
Today's stream. We go up against a comparatively tough boss from Full Metal Panic, not helped by my own inattention!
www.twitch.tv/videos/26270...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26270...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Today's stream. We go up against a comparatively tough boss from Full Metal Panic, not helped by my own inattention!
www.twitch.tv/videos/26270...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26270...
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citriccenobite.itch.io/entwined-wit... my new yuri zine, ENTWINED WITH VIPERS, is now out on itch! read it or else
entwined with vipers by citriccenobite
a short yuri zine
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November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
citriccenobite.itch.io/entwined-wit... my new yuri zine, ENTWINED WITH VIPERS, is now out on itch! read it or else
As I was saying wrt Aim for the Ace, plenty of older television assumes a small TV set in a household that's busy & distracting for most of the day.
The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As I was saying wrt Aim for the Ace, plenty of older television assumes a small TV set in a household that's busy & distracting for most of the day.
Thirty minutes.
More Super Robot Wars W at 1900 GMT/UTC (two hours from now): twitch.tv/thaliarchus
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thirty minutes.
More Super Robot Wars W at 1900 GMT/UTC (two hours from now): twitch.tv/thaliarchus
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
More Super Robot Wars W at 1900 GMT/UTC (two hours from now): twitch.tv/thaliarchus
Sidenote, but: in many fields, orgs genuinely run by enthusiasts are an utter nightmare to with with and/or for.
Whether this has ever been true of any anime studios, licensees &c is left as an exercise to the reader.
Whether this has ever been true of any anime studios, licensees &c is left as an exercise to the reader.
Not that things are static. At times amateurs have been more involved with making and distributing anime, and at times they have been less involved.
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sidenote, but: in many fields, orgs genuinely run by enthusiasts are an utter nightmare to with with and/or for.
Whether this has ever been true of any anime studios, licensees &c is left as an exercise to the reader.
Whether this has ever been true of any anime studios, licensees &c is left as an exercise to the reader.
I can understand, in a US context, some specific nostalgia for the time when CR projected* fannishness.
In general, well, the 60s Tezuka chapter in Anime: A History calls itself 'Warrior Business' & IIRC that's a quote from a participant at the time.
In general, well, the 60s Tezuka chapter in Anime: A History calls itself 'Warrior Business' & IIRC that's a quote from a participant at the time.
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I can understand, in a US context, some specific nostalgia for the time when CR projected* fannishness.
In general, well, the 60s Tezuka chapter in Anime: A History calls itself 'Warrior Business' & IIRC that's a quote from a participant at the time.
In general, well, the 60s Tezuka chapter in Anime: A History calls itself 'Warrior Business' & IIRC that's a quote from a participant at the time.
One thing that interests me in this story is the pattern, seemingly shared across lots of fields, of LLM use further narrowing opportunities for career starters.
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
One thing that interests me in this story is the pattern, seemingly shared across lots of fields, of LLM use further narrowing opportunities for career starters.
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Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
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Perhaps lighter on the story than I think a Front Mission-inspired game should be, but the countries have names and there's actual motivations now. The campaign is a lot more varied and structured, there's boss fights, RPG-style pilot growth, etc
Great game - It's currently half price until Dec 3rd
Great game - It's currently half price until Dec 3rd
Save 50% on Phantom Brigade on Steam
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Perhaps lighter on the story than I think a Front Mission-inspired game should be, but the countries have names and there's actual motivations now. The campaign is a lot more varied and structured, there's boss fights, RPG-style pilot growth, etc
Great game - It's currently half price until Dec 3rd
Great game - It's currently half price until Dec 3rd