It's this!

medium.com/@balehman/th...

And yeah no it's not really *that* peaceful if you read it.

I don't recall if I've ever done it in a game with you, but a recurring TTRPG character trope of mine is "sacrificing yourself/your individuality to achieve transcendence and/or a greater good"

I was primed.

I mean it's not great, but also it's not obliterating an entire world of people who we have JUST established are as real as "real people".

Honestly I took Maelle's ending and seeing people I know describe it as "the bad ending" or "the evil ending" made me question my sanity for a second.

On-screen magical girl transformation, refuse to explain, continue as planned with new design.

But Meg, can't you hear the Psychic Maelstrom gently lapping beneath this?

youtu.be/AAYxWPJkGoU?...

Wait, is Goran still on Bluesky? I used to follow him and can't see him. Great choice!

To be clear, I haven't seen others comment it on those terms; I've seen women enjoy it? maybe I'm the one being over sensitive. Also the author is on bsky so maybe I won't bring this on you.

It tries for gags, but the gags are... Crass and mysogynistic to me.

(are we naming and shaming?)

A well-regarded recent fantasy that purports to mix "old adventurers on one last quest" with "adventuring parties are rockstars".

I was already lukewarm because it wasn't delivering the rockstars part well at all; then the sudden and completely random rank misogyny hit.

*Benoit* Blanc, amirite

...Sorry, but just *how many* erotica coffee table books are we talking about here?

Many are saying this!

Have you considered Haxan by Prissana? It's wonderful, and has *actual goat* in it.

What if, hear me out, they're not enough.

Aaaaah! Faceless was my playbook for my first and longest game of AW, more than a decade ago by now. Still memorable.

Bang! Pow! Comics aren't just for kids anymore.