My Reaction To The Announcement Of Peter Capaldi As The New Doctor Was Mainly One Of Disappointment.

My reaction to the announcement of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor was mainly one of disappointment. Peter Capaldi is a terrific actor, of course, but he's yet another straight white dude. And, you know, I'm sure he'll do a good job, and I'm sure I will watch and like his tenure as the Doctor. Like I said, he's a great actor.

I just feel like an opportunity has been missed to tell stories about a hero that isn't yet another straight white dude. Because our whole damn culture revolves around telling the stories of straight white dudes. How amazing would it have been to have a character like the Doctor regenerate into a form that isn't straight, white, and male? SO AMAZING.

(And yes I know that Helen Mirren doesn't want to play the Doctor. It doesn't change the fact that she's amazing and would have been amazing. Also, who does sad eyes better than Idris Elba? No one, that's who.)

One of my favorite quotes from Weird Al's cult classic UHF is "guns don't kill people. I DO."

This past weekend I was lucky enough to go to GenCon. Among the many, amazing games that I got to play, I was lucky enough to participate in a long-form game of Apocalypse World, which is only the best tabletop roleplaying game in the history of forever. Yes, better than mine, by a factor of one million.

This game gave me, like, all the feels. So I might be bombarding you with drawings that I haven't been able to get out of my head, over the next little while. I also took a lot of photos, of things both good and bad, and might post links to my blogging exploits elsewhere. Sadly, a playtest of SexyTime Adventures did not happen. But that's okay. You can't have everything.

Performing ridiculous masculinity?

I threw out this question on Google+, but I thought I'd post here too. So in STA, all female adventurers have the following special moves: Sexy Fu Once per combat, you may choose to re-roll any die by choosing to do one of the following: Narrate how your character is attacking the enemy from a boobs-and-butt stance while making your best attempt to demonstrate that pose. (No cheating now. Make an honest effort.) Or: Narrate how your character is attacking the enemy while you, the player, make Inappropriate Pornface. (Again, no cheating.) Too Hot to Fail Once per session, you may choose to re-roll any die rolled as part of a social interaction with NPCs. Make your best case for why they should do what you want, then describe how circumstances are contriving to make your character look particularly sexy. (No “my boobs are big” or “my hair looks great”. Try for descriptions that might be found in a romance novel or slashfic.) ---- In the current version, The Dude (because there is only one male adventurer per campaign) does not have an equivalent special move. I am, however, re-thinking that. So what can I have The Dude's player do that would play up ridiculous performance of masculinity? Junk thrusting? Ridiculous flexing? Help me out! The more over-the-top, the better!

Great Warrior is pretty much the best.

HYPER AQUA SPHERE

"SHOW ME YOUR PUSSY"

This might be the weirdest, most amazing, most brain-breaking tumblr I've seen in a long, long time. It's like Escher Girls as interpreted by a race of cat aliens who don't understand sex. (Super nsfw, obviously.)