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Cartoon panels in shades of grey and purple. The first is a rectangular panel zoomed in on a hand holding a miniature of a D&D character over a hexagonal map. A purple D20 has rolled a nat 20. Over the top, the narration reads, 'A couple of years ago, I started playing Dungeons & Dragons as a half-elf bard. And I committed to the part.' Beneath that panel are three panels showing that half-elf bard. In the first she plays a lute under the caption 'The Performance,' and says, "Let me sing you the song of my people." In the second panel, under the caption 'The Spells,' she says, "I cast - Vicious Mockery!" In the third panel, under the caption 'The Seduction,' the blonde half-elf leans on her long bow and winks at the reader.

January 24, 2020

Bardic Inspiration

Evidence suggests that if I experienced sexual attraction, the world would be in serious trouble.

See Something, Say Something, Do Something
A few years ago, when the world shut down and we all spent time getting more introspective than was strictly healthy, I started saving relatable anecdotes I found online to a Pinterest board. It wasn't long before I noticed the algorithm had picked up a theme. But surely, I argued to myself, it was just a coincidence that I found those tales of ADHD so relatable.
Would You, Could You, Eat a Dragon?
When food is the central love language that binds people together, what place is there for those of us who don’t want to be fed? If “eating is[…]the exclusive privilege of the living,” does that make me simply the walking dead? You can’t be a picky eater in the dungeon. Okay, but – hear me out – what if you are?
Matters of Representation (Because Representation Matters)
It's no small thing to see yourself positively reflected in something someone else has made. It's proof that you're not alone, that you're not broken, or wrong, or any of the other things we tell ourselves when we grow up and don't see a friendly face in society's mirror.