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I posted 1,095 times in 2022

That's 527 more posts than 2021!

242 posts created (22%)

853 posts reblogged (78%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@victorywithseaandsun

@knitmeapony

@oddsboy

@ninox-ios

@pterawaters

I tagged 371 of my posts in 2022

#spoilers - 19 posts

#ao3 - 14 posts

#youtube - 13 posts

#leverage - 12 posts

#nanowrimo - 10 posts

#music - 10 posts

#original - 9 posts

#rec - 9 posts

#eliot spencer - 9 posts

#me - 9 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#look i can make a decision and agree it is a good decision and still not be thrilled about the effort money and time its going to require

I sent 8 gifts in 2022

My Top Posts in 2022:

What to Play Instead of Hogwarts Legacy

I’ve seen a lot of comments and tags suggesting there are a lot of great games to play instead of Hogwarts Legacy, but very few actual title suggestions. I decided to dig around and put together a list of possible games that people may enjoy playing instead of Hogwarts Legacy. Please add everything I’ve missed!

I’ve sorted this (long) list of titles into three categories: open world games, games set in schools, and games with cool magic systems. I don’t list games multiple times. I’ve tried to hit multiple gaming systems--including mobile--so that everyone has something fun to play.

The games are not listed in any particular order. I’ve not played all of them, for one, and two, everyone’s preferences are so varied that I didn’t even want to try. Every game has a link. If the game did not have a webpage, I’ve linked to the Wikipedia page instead.

Open World Games

For this category I sought out games with large maps and a variety of quests that you can explore in nearly any order.

Terraria (PS, PS Vita, PC, , Mac, Linux, XBox, Switch, Android, IOS) https://terraria.org/ A 2D game a bit like Minecraft. It lets you build, explore, and fight. Some areas are protected by bosses that you must defeat to continue exploring. It also has magic.

Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS, PC) https://www.ea.com/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-inquisition You’re in the wrong place at the right time to become the only person capable of defeating a monster intent on destroying the world. Meanwhile, mages and templars are battling one another to determine the fate of magic. The story and characters in this are fantastic and you have multiple options for romance. You may also choose to play as a mage.

Sea of Thieves (XBox, PC) https://www.seaofthieves.com/ Everyone’s talking pirates these days, so why not a game where you play as one? This game gives you options: you can explore, build up your renown in a Season, or pick a storyline to play out. This is a game that really sings, though, when you play it in multiplayer mode.

Marvel’s Spider-Man & Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS) https://insomniac.games/game/spider-man-ps4/ https://insomniac.games/game/marvels-spider-man-miles-morales/ An incredibly detailed New York City, deep storylines, and cool combat make these games ones to pick up. The map is always updating, too, as you gain experience new side quests appear in places you’ve already been.

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS, PC, XBox, Switch) https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/skyrim Massive, massive game with a lot of quests and storylines to explore--including one in a magic school. The world is torn by a civil war and dragons are terrorizing the countryside. The level of detail in the game is amazing.

Elden Ring (PS, PC, XBox) https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/elden-ring/elden-ring Your goal in this game is to become one of the Elden Lords. How you get there, though, is largely up to you. This game will not hold your hand and it is up to you to keep track of completed storylines and lore. Exploration is essential, though be careful, you may encounter a boss roaming around.

Horizon Zero Dawn (PS, PC) and Horizon Forbidden West (PS) https://www.guerrilla-games.com/games You play as Aloy, a young woman ostracized from her own people, and living in a world crawling with mechanistic monsters. The setting for this game is just cool. It is post-post-apocalyptic with interesting societies that have rebuilt in the ashes of our demise. Absolutely beautiful scenery, fantastic story, and very interesting and varied side quests.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch, Wii U) https://www.zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/ Beautiful game that builds on the story of Link, Zelda, and Ganon, taking it in a new and interesting direction. Another cool part about this world is that the game follows real world rules/truisms. Animals act like animals. Lightning is attracted to metal. The map only fills up once you explore.

Wilderless (Android, iOS) http://nimianlegends.com/wilderless.htm https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Protopop.Wilderless&hl=en_US&gl=US Just a massive map of lovely locations to explore without any quests or battles. The world is supposedly infinite and procedurally generated.

Sky: Children of the Light (Switch, Android, iOS) https://www.thatskygame.com/ By the same people who brought you Journey, this game features fun puzzles and a fantastic soundtrack. Your goal is to free spirits and return them to the light, a process made easier by cooperating with other players. However, your only means of communication in the moment are wordless expressions and gestures.

Genshin Impact (PS, PC, Switch, Android, iOS) https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/ This game has over 20 playable characters, each with their own unique abilities. You’ll learn to swap quickly between characters during combat to trigger cool combo moves. This is a ‘gacha’ game, but if you’re willing to grind you can still unlock all the areas. All the reviews say the paid elements don’t really matter that much and are “unobtrusive.”

Games Set in Schools

For this section I focused on games set in schools. I avoided horror titles, though there are plenty if that is your jam. I tried to avoid games where the school is only present for one storyline.

Monster Prom (PS, XBox, Switch, PC, Mac, Linux) http://monsterprom.pizza/ This is a narrative, 2D, competitive dating sim filled with meaningful choices and fun characters. You can play with up to three friends and all try to land a date with your monstrous crush--a matter made more difficult if two of you are gunning for the same person. The game has 22 secret endings and comedic writing so replayability is high.

Kindergarten (PC, Mac) https://store.steampowered.com/app/589590/Kindergarten/ In this story-driven, puzzle adventure game you are a kindergartener just trying to survive Monday. The sequel takes place on Tuesday. This does include some pixelated blood and such.

Life is Strange (PS, XBox, PC, Stadia, Android, iOS) https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-games.com/en-us/ This is a series of games with the first centered around a school in Arcadia Bay. Honestly, this title is a bit of a stretch, but I adore it too much to leave it off. In the first game you play as Max who discovers that she can manipulate time. This is a choice-and-consequences game where your decisions shape the story and even decide who lives and dies.

Persona 5 (PS) https://atlus.com/p5r/lang/en/ A massive JRPG where you play as a student who, during the day, must attend school or work at a part-time job, but who, at night, saves the world. You lead a team of other students who, as the Phantom Thieves, dive into the metaverse where you’re able to help people reform. Build relationships with NPCs to unlock new skills and abilities.

Bully (PS, XBox 360, Wii, PC, Android, iOS) https://www.rockstargames.com/games/bully The goal of this game is to go from universally hated new guy to king of the school while also attending classes, which are minigames. This is a game of getting beat up, beating up other people, running from authority figures, and making out with the guy or girl you like. There is a quest where a teacher asks you to sneak into the girls’ dorm and steal their panties, though.

Academagia (PC) https://www.academagia.com/ This game combines a school setting with magic. The game bills itself as a life simulation and rpg where you roleplay as a student in a magic school and create your own unique story through interaction with the over 80 npcs and 800 random events. The game does involve a lot of reading. Replayability is high.

Magical Diary: Horse Hall and Wolf Hall (PC, Mac, Linux) https://www.hanakogames.com/magical_diary.shtml These games are visual novels with some game elements, such as puzzles. Horse Hall has a female protagonist while Wolf Hall has a male one, both have male and female romance options. As the title suggests, the games are set in a magic school where you learn spells that you can then use while exploring.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (PS, XBox, Switch, PC, Mac) https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Star_Wars_Jedi_Knight:_Jedi_Academy Attend the Jedi Academy while also completing missions around the universe. Which order you complete these missions is up to you. You also must decide what type of Jedi you want to be: Light or Dark. This is primarily a fighting game.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Switch) https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/fire-emblem-three-houses-switch/ This is a tactical strategy game where your relationships are as important as your combat skills. Unlike other games on this list, in Fire Emblem, you are the teacher and it is your job to train your students for survival. There are romances (with your students though you’re about the same age) and some questionable elements (leering in one minigame), though.

Games with Cool Magic Systems

This is the most subjective category and I’ve really relied on lists and reviews for the games that other people found engaging. Whether they involve crafting, creating combos, interacting with the environment, or new interaction mechanics, these games all do something cool with magic.

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77 notes - Posted April 2, 2022

Imagine a woman who can turn invisible and when she does, her voice becomes inaudible, except you still internalize what she says. And she uses this ability and bit of mind manipulation power to slowly twist and prune your psyche like a bonsai tree, contorting you into someone you never dreamed of being or feared becoming. She rewires sensations, alters the tones of memories, and embeds curiosities. Never does she use her power to make you do something. Instead she slowly shapes you until you do what she wants of your own free will, even if part of you is still wondering how you got here and why you want this. Because she lets you retain that much. She wants you to always remember how drastically you've changed without ever, ever knowing why.

98 notes - Posted September 7, 2022

"So be mine!" Tim said, feeling desperate. His efforts to reunite the Waynes were failing one by one. "Be a Drake." Inwardly he cringed. No way would Jason ever be interested in being Tim's family. Besides, making Jason a Drake wasn't going to help reconcile Jason and Bruce so that Tim could (would have to) make his graceful (reluctant) exit.

Jason scoffed. "And how exactly would that work?"

He'd stopped leaving. Jason was listening. Tim's mind threw into overdrive. "We'll say you were stolen as a baby."

"What?" Jason asked. "I think people would remember that."

Tim started pacing, the plan, such as it was, flying together. "No, they wouldn't. People forget things all the time. They trust evidence more than their own minds, so we'll just give them evidence."

"Look, I don't see why you're so--"

"It would work," Tim interrupted, the excitement of a new impossible task settling over him. "We can spoof hospital records, assign doctors and nurses who are retired or dead now, fake some police reports, embed some news articles in the paper archives. If I get my team to help, we can probably spoof a broadcast or two with a good deepfake. Everyone knows my parents were often absent--it was because of you. I'll backdate a payoff to suggest that's why they stopped talking about it."

He pointed at Jason. "I'll have to doctor your DNA record in the Batcomputer, but as long as you don't give Bruce any new samples, it should be fine. I'll find your birth certificate and go to the media. Ooh, I bet I could get Vicki to run with the idea without even talking to her. Stephanie loves planting rumors. She'll help."

"Tim," Jason said, his hands falling onto Tim's shoulders, stilling him. Tim blinked. "Are you listening now?" Jason asked.

"Yes?"

"You are talking multiple levels of fraud here, including conning Batman, and--" Jason paused. "You're not going to tell B the truth?"

Tim shrugged. "It's more airtight if he believes it."

Jason stared at him for a long moment and then laughed, stepping back and releasing Tim. "You know what? Fine. You manage to pull this off, I'll come home. To you. Not him."

Tim grinned. "Accepted. Any opinions on your birth name?"

"Nah, surprise me." And with that, Jason tossed Tim a casual salute and left.

Two months later, Jason turned on the news for background noise while he cleaned his guns. He wasn't paying attention until he heard Tim's voice from the TV.

"I've always wanted a brother," Tim said, talking to Vicki Vale. "I know it is unlikely, but I really want to hope William is still out there and that we can be reunited." Then Tim turned toward the camera. "William, if you're listening, it's time to come home."

Jason laughed. The little shit had done it. He pulled out his phone and sent a text. "William?"

Tim replied a few minutes later. "Shakespeare and Darcy. Your middle name is Austen. Want to help plan the reunion?"

"Count me in."

109 notes - Posted September 24, 2022

Look, if you like House and would like to know where the writers got some of the ideas for the mysteries House faces, particularly in season 1, check out Berton Roueche's The Medical Detectives.

This is a fantastic collection of news articles chronicling medical mysteries from the 80s and maybe earlier? They're fun to read. I found this book in the library in college and immediately added it to my Christmas list (I now have a copy on my shelves).

If you want some good, but popular medical writing that focuses on doctors figuring out weird phenomena, this is your book. The chapters aren't super long. It is a great book to read in multiple short sittings.

Seriously. Check it out.

ETA: Look at this! Archive.org has got you covered! Go. Read.

ETA 2: Added back in the link to archive.org that disappeared.

116 notes - Posted June 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I want a Leverage/Stargate crossover in which Parker, Hardison, Eliot, and Sophie all know about Stargate and all think they are the only ones who know.

Eliot is easy. He worked for them. He's been off world and has seen aliens up close. He doesn't want that danger anywhere near his team and, if they knew aliens were real, they would seek them out.

Parker, pre-Leverage, was once going to steal from a goa'uld. She's hidden away and safe, but sees the goa'uld change hosts or similar. It is one of the few times she walked away without her score. She still stole something, just not what she had gone for. She also neatly accepted that mind controlling snake monsters are real and that made her much more accepting of the impossible and, weirdly, less afraid in general. Nothing beats a mind controlling snake monster.

Hardison hacked his way into the mountain base while setting up in Portland. He didn't go in deep; he was just looking for something cute and Santa related for Parker. Instead, he found a mission report some idiot had sent in via email. The report had video. Brutal video. He watched. Three times. And then bought himself a new computer solely to hack deeper and figure out if what he saw was real or fake. It was real. He was thrilled--space ships and aliens were real! He was terrified--space ships and aliens were real and not very friendly. He wanted no part of that.

Sophie conned her way into a dinner with military officials. It wasn't even for a job. She was just bored and wanted to test out her skills. (Part of her also wanted to get caught. Part of her post-Nate was a bit self-destructive). She found a man fuming and lent a listening ear. With a bit of alcohol and a lot of pretending to know more than he did, she learned about the Stargate program. She locked that knowledge up deep, ready to wield it if ever needed.

And then, one day in New Orleans, SGC comes knocking for Eliot. It is one of the times that Hardison is home with them. Eliot is cooking and Hardison and Parker are teasing him in the kitchen. Harry is out. Breanna is working to undo a virus Hardison created for her as a challenge.

Then, say, Cameron Mitchell walks in. Eliot glances over from where he's cooking at the stove and says, "No. Turn around. Walk away."

Hardison has gone still. He remembers Cameron's face from the reports he read and watched. "How do you know Eliot?" he asks.

"We used to work together."

Hardison turns to Eliot, eyes wide. "Eliot?"

"Better question," Eliot says, turning off the heat. "How do you know Mitchell here?"

"Someone has to keep an eye on what the government is doing," Hardison vamps, part of him still hoping to end this conversation without Parker learning about the spaceships and aliens.

"Dammit Hardison."

By this time, Parker has hopped off the counter and walked up to Cameron to get a better read on him. She also nicks his wallet and firearm. "Catch," she calls to Eliot as she tosses the firearm to him.

"Parker!" Eliot chastises as he snatches the gun. "Don't throw firearms."

She shrugs. "I knew you'd catch it."

This is the first time Cameron has looked wrongfooted this entire time. "What?"

"Cameron Mitchell," Parker reads from his ID. "Airforce."

Cameron swipes it back from her. Parker lets him. As she turns, she catches Breanna's eye and gestures to her ear.

Breanna pulls out of the code she was working on and starts looking for any foreign frequencies to find out who is talking to Mitchell.

Sophie, who has been watching quietly this entire time and noting Cameron's military standing, takes into account his actual division and the ways Eliot and Hardison are acting and clearly talking around something. She decides to make a gamble.

"Does this have anything to do with the Stargate program?"

Eliot, Hardison, and Cameron all freeze and look at her.

"I'm sorry, ma'am," Cameron says, "But how do you know about the Stargate program."

Sophie offers him a beatific smile. "People do talk--" she pauses and gives him a searching look "--commander is it? Interesting that the commander himself came to talk." She turns to Eliot. "This might be important."

Cameron spins to Eliot. "Did you tell her?"

Eliot crosses his arms. "I've not said anything."

Parker raises her hand. "What's the Stargate Program?

Hardison is the first to speak up. "It is a secret program that deals with threats from space."

"Like aliens?" Breanna asks, continuing to hack into Cameron's comms. She's surprised by the layers of protection.

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1,123 notes - Posted August 15, 2022

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