mar 12 in idea barrages

UNPOPULAR OPINION: In most cases, gravy just covers over the core deliciousness of a food with greasy unctuousness. There are exceptions but most of the time, if something is well-prepared, gravy just distracts from good food.

I’m still disappointed that Herbert called the vehicles of Arrakis “groundcars” instead of “Dune buggies”. A missed opportunity.

The realization that you had to be, like, four classes before you could be a bard in early role-playing games actually makes sense. It is very hard to have good stories to tell or songs to sing without having lived many different lives.

When Superman had an ant’s head, for some damned reason, he could’ve married Locust Lane.

You know that “lo fi hip hop beats to chill or study to” stuff on youtube? I just discovered that if you run it in the background while watching muted video of country line dancing, congratulations, you have made a David Lynch movie.

Your Pokemon versus Cthulhu story will be called IN THE MEOWTH OF MADNESS.

More than anything, I’m just sick of seeing hypercompetent supremely intelligent women getting passed over by blustery old white dudes who’ve little to show for their bluster, even though if I can manage to breathe for 20 more years, I’ll BE one of the latter.

As much as I want to rail against superstition and magical thinking, in the end, I realize that I am privileged to be able to think that way. For so many marginalized people, myth and ritual are the only hope left available to them.