Okay I gotta ask what that is below your tail

Please do not apply scalding hot anything directly to the skin.

I can imagine coming back but not in the current environment.

Which is to say, I can imagine coming back after conditions improve considerably and doing so feels like “coming home” and also does not feel like “entering a place of danger”.

Best of fortune in escaping to safety!

Kind of cute sometimes, more than kind of cute more of the time

Anthem

I will never not repost this category of advice. It's the heart of writing.

We just gotta outdo ‘em with sass and class.

Assholes gonna ass.

Do this more.

Not just you.
Everyone.

A shit glass filled with a dark amber liquid sits on a wooden coast on a plastic cutting board, backed by bottles of AMARETTO DISARONNO, KAHLUA, and CRUZAN BLACK STRAP RUM

Black Hole

#chidrinks

Suggested by @kaiyalai.bsky.social, this is exactly as anticipated: like drinking syrupy candy booze 😅

And it would've been even moreso, but I only had a little under a 1/4 oz of the black strap rum, so topped that off with a vanilla-forward dark rum.

But did you sip it?

I think cardigans tend not to button. I’ve been gifted two. One cotton, purple; the other grey, wool knit, with a hood. No buttons on either but full sleeves and mid-thigh-to-knee length

Oh it is definitely Max Sweet.

It’s named a ‘Black Hole’ because if you’re downing shots you won’t realize how much alcohol you’re having until you’ve “crossed the event horizon” (ie are hammered). But I find that a waste of lovely flavors best sipped and savored with a good story.

(Also is the burgundy thing a cardigan? It looks like a cardigan to me but I could easily be mistaken.)

Nope. ‘Okay’ doesn’t do you justice.

‘Damn good’ is closer to accurate.

Consent is foundational to a good BDSM scene.

Oh the music is just THE BEST with this raid set, even moreso than with this whole raid series.

M12 is the only one that has a significant departure in the theming of the soundtracks in that it’s the Unenhanced Warrior’s* theme song, not the boss’s.

* As distinct from the Warrior of Light’s theme

Oh heck, if you’re doing the normal-tier and want a friendly mousegirl from Crystal to come help, let me know!

There are a number of truly awful trans women around, some of them in public life actively working against the interests of trans people generally.

If you refer to them by their deadname or like they're a guy, though, no matter how much I agree with you about how awful they are, I will block you.

Recipe for a drink named “Black Hole” • ⅓ oz. Amaretto • ⅓ oz. Black Rum • ⅓ oz. Kahlua Shake over ice, pour and shoot. Category: Shooters Glassware: Shot Glass

XIV with someone you love is never a bad plan.

As for the drink, may I suggest a triple-portions Black Hole (normal recipe pictured) in a rocks glass, to be sipped at over an hour or two?

Coffee & Carbuncles is a great listen, featuring casual conversations with players across the ffxiv community!

Delivery Girl

the nonbinary rapper who frequently gets misgendered as a man: Mx. Sir-a-Lot

A comic. Emma is wearing a hospital gown in a nondescript white space. A voice says, “you’re so pretty.” She responds with irritation, “me? you must not have noticed my many flaws i'm actually large and awkward and lumpy and sweaty and i-” She is cut off mid-sentence by a corrective electric shock. “no,” says the voice. “i like your comics,” the voice says. Emma, who is still recovering from the shock, says without thinking, “you are so full of—“ before catching herself and amending to, “nnnice words,” but she can’t stop herself from adding, “but i genuinely can’t see my work as anything but trash and it makes me thínk less of you for liking—” She is cut off again by a shock. “no,” says the voice. The voice says, “you’re a good mom.” “Tha—“ says Emma, starting to contradict, before gritting her teeth and saying, “—ank you. That’s kind of you to say.” She holds her forced smile but flinches, anticipating another shock. Instead, the voice says, “you’re good at your job.” Emma, frustrated, yells, “what???” She quickly tries to add “a sweet thing to say,” but is cut off again by another shock.

a quick comic about deflection

Trust that has been earned, well…
…some of it’s gettin’ cashed in with this one. But there’s trust to spare.

Whozat?

*hugs*

I’m glad you’re here

*hugs*