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* "I See Your Value Now:" https://medium.com/p/196e61ce3a45
* "Evon Young Finally Gets Justice:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/04/evon-young-finally-gets-justice.html
* Greenwick Found. "Alberta Takes Big Step To Protect Transgender Rights:" http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/04/23/alberta-transgender-rights_n_5201348.html
* Greenwick Found. "Transgender ID change won't require surgery:" http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/04/25/transgender-id-change-wont-require-surgery
* I don't agree with the idea that a relationship breaking up means the relationship "failed." I think whether or not that counts as a failure depends on what you want the relationship is meant to do. No wait, hear me out. Yes, for some people at some stage of life "'Til death do we part" may be the goal, but it isn't for everybody and it isn't at every point in a person's life. For example sometimes, the goal is fun. Maybe there's a time limit built in because of things like geography or life goals, but you want someone to enjoy hanging out with with excellent orgasms attached. Is things coming to an end amicably at the end of the trip or semester or whatever a success or a failure? I'd say success. We enjoyed each other in the time we had and we parted friends. Also, sometimes maybe you learned a bunch of really important things about yourself, what you want, and/or tools you need for better relationships. Is the fact that long term it didn't work out as a romantic/sexual relationship the only proof of success or failure, or might it be that learning a whole bunch of things you can use later a kind of success.
I often think that the definitions get too narrow in our culture around a whole bunch of things to do with sex/romance/relationships. I think this is one of those areas.
* RP: Secrets Revealed:
They group reached the unconquered monestary. The offered to take the male orphans, but could not take the girls. They did give them a letter of introduction to a place in a city over the mountains that would take the girls and keep them safe. Some of the older boys elected to stay with the group to help with the smaller girls. Karkann helped with heavy lifting. Fumiko snooped. It turns out that at least some of the monks were mages, and the water source might be magic. The group generally is finding Ethiopian Christianity sympatico in a way they do not find Catholicism or Orthodoxy. It became clear as they left that the monks knew they were shifters and didn't much care as long as they behaved themselves. They also clearly knew Fumiko was snooping, but as she didn't do harm of do anything too innapropriate they are letting it slide. If she were to reveal the water source, however...
The Swara tracked them all the way to the mountains and up the slopes. The Guide knew his stuff and took them up via tracks that only locals use. They evaded patrols, though several nights sleep were lost chasing strange sounds in the unfamiliar woods, including a hunt for giant scorpions that Karkann clearly dreamed, but insisted were out there.
Well up into the mountains, Gwallog was doing the evening hunt, when he got a creepy feeling. The animal path he was following wended away, and so did birds and the like. Fumiko came to check it out. There were a ring of animal shiifter skulls on poles, painted within the last year with sigils. Within was a widershins spiral path through the underbrush and a very, very old statue of a monster snake thing from likely thousands and thousands of years ago. The statue and skulls were tainted. Fumiko opted to leave it alone just then.
Meanwile, Gwallog realized someone or something was watching him. he was stalked by the stranger and the swara halfway back to camp, until the Swara delibrately cracked a branch and whatever it was ran off.
After dark, More strangers weere heard approaching. It turned out to be a local micro Garou tribe with Ethiopian wolf kin. They came back to camp. There was an exchange of bread and oaths. The oldest girl translated for them. It turned out they had been fighting a long losing war against the "sick ones" whose place that they had investigated earlier. A wolf form Ahroun was offered to them as an aid to protecting the children and a guide to "a safe place to rest." They had to swear not to tell.
The swara and Fumiko played hide and not find in the night. Fumiko went back to the circle and tried to do a cleansing, which woke up the Jagglings, who manifested from the skull tethers to disrupt the ceremony. Fumiko fled. This alerted "The Guardians of the Place," who attacked a little over an hour before dawn. (The Swara made a deal with the messenger spirits of the sick place. he discovered the impending attack, but did nothing.) Karkann scared off half of the monsters. The little Garou turned out to be a fierce fighter, Fumiko stabbed enemies in the back. Gwallog and Karkann exchanged massive blows, with Karkann being horrifically wounded. Karkann swallowed the last unicorn hair and manifested Black Unicorn. They routed what enemy they didn't kill.
After, it occurred to Karkann, that now would be the time to try to cleanse the Pit, what with Unicorn being manifested.
* "Historically Accurate Sexism:" 4715
Quote about transphobic slurs being bad: 4327
The Sexual Politics post has been up most of the time I've been on tumblr, and gets little reblog flurries, but the glory days are done. The slurs post is under a month old and going strong.
* I got attacked on public channel in very sexist/misogynistic terms by someone I'd never interacted with IC or OOC for the first time on Game of Bones. He even went to the effort of going to read my character wiki so as to mock that after insulting me for "fighting like a woman" and just generally being insufficiently masculine for not joining him on pissing on women, etc.. Charming. It sucked a whole lot of fun out of the tourney I had stayed up to be in. I suppose it was inevitable. This is one of the many reasons, I'm not big on Public MUSHes. It also made me realize how long it had been since someone went after me like that in that extremely personal way and in that tone. It reminded me of Shifter sphere on Denver. That is not a compliment. Still it was some newbie, I'm told other people are finding unpleasant, rather than staff bullying me, which would never happen on Gob, but for sure was a repetitive experience on Denver. Again, one incident, single repellant asshole, but it was rather worm in apple, at a time I was exhausted and trying to cope with brand new complex code.
All I can say is, this was not a good way to make a positive impression in a game that relies on social ties.
To be clear, I am angry at the player, not the game, and I do not think any staff was awake when it went down. In retrospect I think part of why I was so angry was I was not expecting it there. The channel chat is pretty friendly as is the game culture. Gentle teasing amoung friends? Sure, but not nasty personal attacks from total strangers out of the blue.
* I've got circular swaps with openings.
Hot drinks: http://www.bpal.org/topic/83154-spring-drink-swap-open/
Scented Products: http://www.bpal.org/topic/83239-spring-scented-products-kitchen-sink-circular-swap/
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* "Evon Young Finally Gets Justice:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2014/04/evon-young-finally-gets-justice.html
* Greenwick Found. "Alberta Takes Big Step To Protect Transgender Rights:" http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/04/23/alberta-transgender-rights_n_5201348.html
* Greenwick Found. "Transgender ID change won't require surgery:" http://www.winnipegsun.com/2014/04/25/transgender-id-change-wont-require-surgery
* I don't agree with the idea that a relationship breaking up means the relationship "failed." I think whether or not that counts as a failure depends on what you want the relationship is meant to do. No wait, hear me out. Yes, for some people at some stage of life "'Til death do we part" may be the goal, but it isn't for everybody and it isn't at every point in a person's life. For example sometimes, the goal is fun. Maybe there's a time limit built in because of things like geography or life goals, but you want someone to enjoy hanging out with with excellent orgasms attached. Is things coming to an end amicably at the end of the trip or semester or whatever a success or a failure? I'd say success. We enjoyed each other in the time we had and we parted friends. Also, sometimes maybe you learned a bunch of really important things about yourself, what you want, and/or tools you need for better relationships. Is the fact that long term it didn't work out as a romantic/sexual relationship the only proof of success or failure, or might it be that learning a whole bunch of things you can use later a kind of success.
I often think that the definitions get too narrow in our culture around a whole bunch of things to do with sex/romance/relationships. I think this is one of those areas.
* RP: Secrets Revealed:
They group reached the unconquered monestary. The offered to take the male orphans, but could not take the girls. They did give them a letter of introduction to a place in a city over the mountains that would take the girls and keep them safe. Some of the older boys elected to stay with the group to help with the smaller girls. Karkann helped with heavy lifting. Fumiko snooped. It turns out that at least some of the monks were mages, and the water source might be magic. The group generally is finding Ethiopian Christianity sympatico in a way they do not find Catholicism or Orthodoxy. It became clear as they left that the monks knew they were shifters and didn't much care as long as they behaved themselves. They also clearly knew Fumiko was snooping, but as she didn't do harm of do anything too innapropriate they are letting it slide. If she were to reveal the water source, however...
The Swara tracked them all the way to the mountains and up the slopes. The Guide knew his stuff and took them up via tracks that only locals use. They evaded patrols, though several nights sleep were lost chasing strange sounds in the unfamiliar woods, including a hunt for giant scorpions that Karkann clearly dreamed, but insisted were out there.
Well up into the mountains, Gwallog was doing the evening hunt, when he got a creepy feeling. The animal path he was following wended away, and so did birds and the like. Fumiko came to check it out. There were a ring of animal shiifter skulls on poles, painted within the last year with sigils. Within was a widershins spiral path through the underbrush and a very, very old statue of a monster snake thing from likely thousands and thousands of years ago. The statue and skulls were tainted. Fumiko opted to leave it alone just then.
Meanwile, Gwallog realized someone or something was watching him. he was stalked by the stranger and the swara halfway back to camp, until the Swara delibrately cracked a branch and whatever it was ran off.
After dark, More strangers weere heard approaching. It turned out to be a local micro Garou tribe with Ethiopian wolf kin. They came back to camp. There was an exchange of bread and oaths. The oldest girl translated for them. It turned out they had been fighting a long losing war against the "sick ones" whose place that they had investigated earlier. A wolf form Ahroun was offered to them as an aid to protecting the children and a guide to "a safe place to rest." They had to swear not to tell.
The swara and Fumiko played hide and not find in the night. Fumiko went back to the circle and tried to do a cleansing, which woke up the Jagglings, who manifested from the skull tethers to disrupt the ceremony. Fumiko fled. This alerted "The Guardians of the Place," who attacked a little over an hour before dawn. (The Swara made a deal with the messenger spirits of the sick place. he discovered the impending attack, but did nothing.) Karkann scared off half of the monsters. The little Garou turned out to be a fierce fighter, Fumiko stabbed enemies in the back. Gwallog and Karkann exchanged massive blows, with Karkann being horrifically wounded. Karkann swallowed the last unicorn hair and manifested Black Unicorn. They routed what enemy they didn't kill.
After, it occurred to Karkann, that now would be the time to try to cleanse the Pit, what with Unicorn being manifested.
* "Historically Accurate Sexism:" 4715
Quote about transphobic slurs being bad: 4327
The Sexual Politics post has been up most of the time I've been on tumblr, and gets little reblog flurries, but the glory days are done. The slurs post is under a month old and going strong.
* I got attacked on public channel in very sexist/misogynistic terms by someone I'd never interacted with IC or OOC for the first time on Game of Bones. He even went to the effort of going to read my character wiki so as to mock that after insulting me for "fighting like a woman" and just generally being insufficiently masculine for not joining him on pissing on women, etc.. Charming. It sucked a whole lot of fun out of the tourney I had stayed up to be in. I suppose it was inevitable. This is one of the many reasons, I'm not big on Public MUSHes. It also made me realize how long it had been since someone went after me like that in that extremely personal way and in that tone. It reminded me of Shifter sphere on Denver. That is not a compliment. Still it was some newbie, I'm told other people are finding unpleasant, rather than staff bullying me, which would never happen on Gob, but for sure was a repetitive experience on Denver. Again, one incident, single repellant asshole, but it was rather worm in apple, at a time I was exhausted and trying to cope with brand new complex code.
All I can say is, this was not a good way to make a positive impression in a game that relies on social ties.
To be clear, I am angry at the player, not the game, and I do not think any staff was awake when it went down. In retrospect I think part of why I was so angry was I was not expecting it there. The channel chat is pretty friendly as is the game culture. Gentle teasing amoung friends? Sure, but not nasty personal attacks from total strangers out of the blue.
* I've got circular swaps with openings.
Hot drinks: http://www.bpal.org/topic/83154-spring-drink-swap-open/
Scented Products: http://www.bpal.org/topic/83239-spring-scented-products-kitchen-sink-circular-swap/
This entry was originally posted at http://gwydion.dreamwidth.org/426478.html. Please comment there using OpenID.