Victoria Dresden

Not impressed with what I’ve seen of the new #CallofDuty from the beta. If I wanted futuristic shit, I’d go replay Infinite Warfare. The whole draw of Black Ops is Woods/Mason/Adler’s generation. The Cold War intrigue. If there’s flashback missions in the campaign, I might get it, but otherwise? Ew.

Right? The first time I heard it, I was editing my first draft and was like “YES, THIS IS MY TWO IDIOTS WHO END UP TOGETHER AT THE END.”

#DVparty, day 5: my novel as a playlist

Can she have him arrested for defying a court order if he pisses her off enough?

The Simpsons “worst day of my life” meme. First panel: Bart, labeled “Sophie D’Angelo,” saying “this is the worst day of my PhD program.” Second panel: Homer, labeled “Rihanna Hearherhill,” interjecting “the worst day of your PhD program so far.”

The buff handshake meme. One arm is labeled “A self-loathing former war criminal (and his dog)”; the other reads “a grad school burnout with a stuffed wombat, a widowed Berliner with dad energy and a drug problem, an exvangelical hacker, and a tiny Ukrainian chaos gremlin.”

A meme that reads “I bring a sort of ‘I’m pretty sure we were just tricked into making WMDs, please warn NATO’ vibe to Trinity Island that the Atlantican government don’t really like.”

The Avengers “we have a hulk” meme. First panel: Loki is labeled as ‘Atlantica,’ stating “I have an army.” Second panel: Tony Stark is labeled ‘the Trinity Island scientists’ and replying “we have pissed-off lab rats with nothing left to lose.”

#DVparty, day 4: “Unholy Trinity” summarized in four memes:

#DVparty, Day 3–opening lines:

“Being a grad student is a lot like I imagine Sisyphus must have felt—except in this version of the myth, the gods still expect you to calculate the Newtons of force with which you are being crushed.”

Thanks! They were actually the hardest ones to do without giving away some major character arcs, haha.

Sophie D’Angelo, according to other characters: “Sophie? Don’t tell her I said this, because she will be absolutely mortified, but if Socrates was alive today, she’d either be his best friend or his worst nightmare. Do you know what it’s like to walk into a class, as the professor, and know you are not the smartest person in the room?” -Dr. Christoph Bernauer, former ethics professor and supervisor “Don’t let the pigtails and the stuffed wombat fool you—I’ve seen this girl survive shit I used to do to break special forces in interrogation.” -Maj. Michael Sloane, escorted Sophie’s group out of Paeonia “She is like thyroid of our circle. Tries to absorb radioactive iodine to protect friends, only radiation is vibes.” -Dr. Katya Kalashnykivna, labmate and close friend

“Soph is super chill as long as you’re straight-up with her. And if anyone’s got a problem with her, well…my first question will always be ‘what kind of shit did you start with her?’” -Morgan Lennox, labmate and close friend “Boof.” -Panzer, Michael’s military K-9 partner, refusing to get out of Sophie’s lap. “Undisciplined brat. Had no business being in my lab—greatest mistake of my career.” -Dr. Rihanna Heatherhill, Sophie’s graduate advisor, during her loss-of-tenure hearing. “There is NO PLACE in the Great Lakes Republic for know-it-all traitors! Don’t stop with her, chase them all out before they can start another plague!” -Julian Throckmorton, de facto leader of Paeonia and noted conspiracy theorist.

Introducing Sophie D’Angelo through the eyes of others for #DVparty, Day 2:

As a pagan biochemist who did a miserable stint in pharma, this book sounds like everything I didn’t know I needed!

My fiction is ready. The fiction needs an agent.

Moodboard for my literary spec-fic novel that I swear I had the original idea for back in high school (but because of current events, nobody ever believes me). #DVparty

Rest in peace, Jane Goodall. You will not be forgotten.

I will say, the awkward, stonefaced silence that both Dear Leader and SecDef clearly were not expecting from the generals but had to suffer through anyway is incredibly humiliating for them, satisfying for me, and a somewhat positive sign for the future.

So, let me get this straight, Hegseth dragged multi-star generals from their posts overseas on short notice, to make them sit and listen to him complain about beards?

A civil war would be less embarrassing at this point, honestly.

idk, the fact that "NIT" sounds like something he'd say because he's too stupid to know any better kinda tracks and makes this funnier.

It is Stanislav Petrov Day and it's important to remember that his initiative in not following orders largely ended his career.

Authoritarian regimes do not like independent decision making, especially if it makes the upper-ups look bad.

The Devil's Arithmetic is literally about how awful the Holocaust was. What pisses me off is, I can't even tell if they're objecting to anti-Nazism or the word "Devil" in the title. That's where we're at, I can't even tell what flavor of stupid we're dealing with.

You either die a genius or live long enough to see yourself become a quack.

ffs, I wear glasses so I literally paid to read this. I want a refund.

I feel like it would solve a lot of this country's problems if a potential political candidate was required to take (and PASS!) the citizenship exam to register. Can we please try it my way? Because nothing else is working.

Not sure why participating in a pitch event yesterday gained me multiple follows from mindfulness/wellness accounts.

I'm a novelist. Do you understand this? That means I am *not* mentally well and I am attempting to monetize my escapism because antidepressants aren't cheap. 🫠

This is a whole-ass mood. 😂

I mean…it’s been over a decade in the making, so I certainly like to think so! 🙃

Former-East Berlin is literally my favorite place on earth. Even with the language barrier, whenever I'm there, I feel more at home with the ✨vibes✨ than I do in America.

Neurosci *and* cults? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.

UNHOLY TRINITY is what would happen if George Orwell and Margaret Atwood tripped on MK-ULTRA drugs together, watched "Real Genius" and "The Last Castle," got the plots mixed up, and then wrote dystopian AU fanfic about it.

#UnhingedPit #A #SpF #Q

(Now w/ 500% more Tumblresque character moodboards)

You had me at "Berlin as a character." 🥰 Which side, though? The wall's definitely still there in spirit.

A poorly made canva flyer with a light grey background and navy and maroon writing that says: Sphere News Disastrous Storm Approaching: Must remain inside at ALL times. Our SRI team will be working diligently to clear our streets of any trace of indroxin. In the case of a breach in our dome, do NOT go outside. Stay away from windows. Be sure your home is sealed and your air is being circulated. Indroxin Updates: Cure research is still ongoing. We are working diligently in order to keep you safe. Remember the early warning signs if you or a loved one have been exposed: 1. Auditory and visual hallucinations 2. Loss of memory 3. Loss of facial recognition Remember to do YOUR part in helping us find the cure-call the Sphere line if you know of any orphaned children. The could be the answer to all that we seek! MISSING: Subject FOX has been taken from the Sphere. DO NOT APPROACH. Has been recently exposed to indroxin and is experiencing a break in reality. Call the sphere line IMMEDIATELY if spotted. We want to take a moment for all the test subjects who’ve died in the search for the cure. Please see attached for full list of these heroes.

#unhingedpit #YA #SF #Q

A canva flyer? Our hope to finding the cure to a fatal neurotoxin lies within the people who push out updates like this?! Be for real.

Am I correct in the "analog horror but make it a book" vibes? 🤩

UNHOLY TRINITY is what would happen if George Orwell and Margaret Atwood tripped on MK-ULTRA drugs together, watched "Real Genius" and "The Last Castle," got the plots mixed up, and then wrote dystopian AU fanfic about it.

#UnhingedPit #A #SpF #Q