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Xauri'EL Zwaan
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Xennial Canuck/Kiwi Lunarpunk Satanist Cyberqueer, Feral Goth Trash Goblin, Speculative Fiction Author, Capitalism Disliker. Be warned, I'm a sarcastic bitch with a dark […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.nz/@XauriEL, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 5h
Anyone else understand the weird economics on pick-2 player draft? I assumed it was a BO3 format from the win-loss structure, but nope; BO1 but you fail out after 2 losses? How does that make sense? Pick-2 quick draft has the same incentive structure as normal quick draft, please explain to me […]
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 8h
I don't like living in a world where I have to vet the companies I'm considering buying stuff from to see if they materially support fascism
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 1d
At this point I'm genuinely losing hope that there is ever going to be a point at which the well of fan support for these properties runs dry. When is it enough Spider-man? When do new worlds and new characters get a chance? Or is it to be nothing but being force-fed regurgitated drivel for […]
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 1d
The thing that irritates me the most about this endless exploitation of big-ticket IPs is how insulting it is to the intelligence of the audience. It's like jangling a set of shiny keys in front of a toddler. "Oh, so you like Spider-man? Well that means if we put Spider-man in Magic: The […]
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Saskatoon peeps! Ticket sales are now open for the Saskatchewan Screams book launch and reading! Art Bar on 20th St., Thu. Oct. 30th, Doors at 6, show at 7! Tickets are $20 in advance, $30 at the door! Come chat, get a signed copy, and listen to some chilling tales of prairie horror! […]
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2d
A modest prediction: Reality Fracture will destroy the #mtg "universes within" setting completely. Every set slated for release in 2028 will be a Universes Beyond product.
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Apparently theres a new wave of people joining mastodon, and with them a new wave of self-appointed cops "welcoming" them with long lists of mostly fictitious "rules" they need to follow.

This is a social media platform, with many of different ways to use it. It's fine. Mostly, just try to be […]
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a kilo of saucepans (rakslice) @rakslice.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Just so it doesn't go without saying: note how the phony etiquette people on here steer clear of anybody who seems to know what they're doing
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Looking back over the bug report page and a shit-ton of people were complaining about not getting the fleems, so it looks like something went pear-shaped with the algo for distributing them. The small dev team of beleagured indie studio Wizards of the Coast
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2d
Well, I got my fleems in the end. Probably only because I complained. Squeaky wheel gets the grease and all that
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2d
I'm probably going to need to replace my laptop sooner rather than later, and I'm interested in getting one preloaded with Linux out of the box and never touched by the scourge of Microsoft. Are such things sold, and if so, where does one get them from?
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2d
It's the principle. I *like* wired headphones. I don't want to "uphrade"
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2d
I should have just bought a $100 burner phone. Now I'm stuck with this thing on a 2-year contract
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 2d
My brand-new phone has no fucking headphone jack

This is infuriating. I hate technology
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Claiming that romance as a genre has no worth because a lot of popular romance is formulaic trash is like saying sci-fi as a genre has no worth because the Star Wars and Jurassic Park sequels are hot garbage
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Please note: I am not saying one must argue collegially with fascists. There is a time and a place for reasonable debate. I'm just saying that the time to go on the offensive is not "whenever I hear an opinion I disagree with"
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Between the extremes of censorship and absolute freedom of speech, there is this mythical thing called "collegiality"
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
I don't like the way a lot of people on social media say "is a ripoff of" when they mean "was influenced by". Like being influenced by another work of art does not inherently entail ripping it off. Works of art are supposed to be influenced by other works of art. That is in fact How Art Works
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Can't make yourself write about the near-term future? Write about the far future instead. Concerned that you're relying too much on violence as a means of driving conflict? Write a story composed entirely of an extended political debate, lol
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
I honestly hope I can sell just one *longer* story this year. I've got a good number of credits (for me), but the longest one is under 2k. Even if it isn't published this year, just getting a contract signed for one of my longer pieces would make me super happy
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
I was hoping this one might be short but I started worldbuilding and now it's ballooning out of all proportion
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Help, I'm starting another novelette/novella
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 4d
"Postmodernism has destroyed respect for the concept of objective truth," say academics of famous postmodernists like Immanuel Kant and Pyrrho of Elis
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 5d
Betting there's going to be another influx soon as the butterfly site bends knee to the tyrants
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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 6d
Nostalgia bait, filler, more Marvel slop, desperate attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle, probably-disappointing story arc capstone, and yet another property that has no business being part of a high-fantasy game. Oh, and even more licensed crap that hasn't even been named yet because the […]
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