This week @theblackcat.bsky.social and I talk about New Masters, a book I had never read before and very much enjoyed discovering the vast afrofuturist world it establishes.
23.02.2026 02:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@theblackcat.bsky.social
Chaotic idiot | Writes comics, short stories & criticism | Plays DnD a fair bit | Co-Host of the Looking Queerly podcast.
This week @theblackcat.bsky.social and I talk about New Masters, a book I had never read before and very much enjoyed discovering the vast afrofuturist world it establishes.
23.02.2026 02:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs 1993 and the fastest street racers of Usui Pass are a pair of lesbians ๐
22.01.2026 16:22 โ ๐ 3537 ๐ 897 ๐ฌ 29 ๐ 7Layouts for a script with dialog in place.
I have noticed a few friends struggling with getting their scripts out faster, so I wanted to share one of the ways I get a script out FAST without overthinking it, then go back and tweak and tighten later:
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My hot dnd take is that the chaotic/lawful/good/evil classification is an incredibly poor way to handle morality in storytelling.
10.12.2025 07:09 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yeah Star Wars in general needs so much more stories with alien protagonists. There are so many cool alien species in that universe and yetโฆ
09.12.2025 22:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Revisiting Star Wars Outlaws at the moment and god, Key is so gay. She gets so flustered when a pretty woman doesโฆ anything.
I love her ๐
You will be visited by 3 spirits
09.12.2025 20:14 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
08.12.2025 13:08 โ ๐ 2298 ๐ 493 ๐ฌ 13 ๐ 4Shoutout to those 6 people who have us as their #1 podcast of 2025
06.12.2025 23:02 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
05.12.2025 10:39 โ ๐ 1654 ๐ 363 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 13Digital art of a young man holding his own head. He has auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue riding coat with green gloves and a cravat tie. There is a horse behind him with a black skeletal face and long dark galaxy hair. They both stand in a misty bare forest.
Happy Halloween and blessed Samhain!
31.10.2025 18:11 โ ๐ 45 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 1Wait, Tarantino has weird, not good, opinions about movies? Consider me shocked!
Seriously, why are any of us surprised?
Ngl I did not expect our broadcasters to follow through and pull out. Good on them for doing the right thing.
05.12.2025 08:30 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Galaxy and Dreamer, by Vash Taylor and Rye Hickman.
BFFs
08.11.2025 03:24 โ ๐ 349 ๐ 59 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 1Iโm excited to see an attempt to return to soapy teen dramas of yore. TV needs more long-format, interpersonal dramas with the monster/adventure of the week!
(And I canโt stress this enough, there is still plenty of other pie at the function. You donโt have to eat all the pies to be full.)
Itโs probably not normal to struggle with flu symptoms for longer than a week huh.
04.12.2025 19:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Canโt wait to dig into this new book I got about writing while the world is on fire.
04.12.2025 19:49 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Oh... oh no...
03.12.2025 22:42 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Everyone, meet Still.
26.11.2025 17:12 โ ๐ 298 ๐ 52 ๐ฌ 26 ๐ 10When you design a chatbot to be your pal, hype you up, it will do so. It will do so. It will say anything to keep you using it. And neither the bot nor the company that made it give a shit about the harm being done. They're making money, and that's all that matters.
03.12.2025 21:18 โ ๐ 43 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0The headline quote suggesting a link between asexuality and asociality is so wrongheaded and it only continues the same toxic narratives that havenโt helped us in the past.
03.12.2025 19:46 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So when I say I use soundtracks for writing and mood managementโฆ yeahโฆ
03.12.2025 15:53 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I hope this one french composer appreciates how much I love writing to this one specific soundtrack ๐ ๐
03.12.2025 15:36 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0People insisting on a 'true canon' for ancient Greek & Roman myths when those same Greeks and Romans loooooved to change and argue about their stories is definitely a pet peeve of mine
03.12.2025 11:26 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Mad Men meme I redid so Captain Ahab is hissing "I hate you" and Moby dick is saying "I don't think about you at all."
24.11.2025 19:03 โ ๐ 726 ๐ 155 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 8You have ONE day left to grab yourself a commission this year. I don't know when I'll open slots again, so grab one while you can!
24.11.2025 18:31 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Well, this is the first time in years Iโve gotten sick from a Comic Con, so thatโs fun ๐ฉ
24.11.2025 18:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Why do both of you hate me? ๐ค
24.11.2025 18:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1