Katherine Stark

It's been such a staggering change from when I was able-bodied that it's hard to confront let alone even begin describing how much worse everyone treats you when you're disabled. I've been passed over for work, lost friends and partners, and get treated like shit by random people in public.

Do you really want to get abuse hurled at you in public when you need a stick to walk down the street? Do you want people to stop even trying to understand you if you can't talk? Do you want ambulance workers to physically hurt you as punishment when you can't respond the way that they want you to?

It's been such a staggering change from when I was able-bodied that it's hard to confront let alone even begin describing how much worse everyone treats you when you're disabled. I've been passed over for work, lost friends and partners, and get treated like shit by random people in public.

The practical stuff is at least understandable. I physically cannot do most work; I have a lot of neurodivergent friends who forget that other people exist if they aren't regularly prompted; I'm no longer able to be a reliable host, or a reliable GM. What I can't understand is the lack of respect.

It's been such a staggering change from when I was able-bodied that it's hard to confront let alone even begin describing how much worse everyone treats you when you're disabled. I've been passed over for work, lost friends and partners, and get treated like shit by random people in public.

You may appreciate the naked contempt dripping from this email reply @loremistress93.bsky.social. Just a reminder to all UK creatives that UKGE does not give a shit about you or your opinions, and the recent AI stuff is more than just a simple mistake.

Oh for fuck's sake @ukge.bsky.social

Been thinking a lot about that "what if you had a $10,000 budget to make a TTRPG" post this morning and I can't figure out whether my main takeaway is that everyone in this industry is horribly underpaid, or if the majority of indie games only exist because designers do most of the work themselves

`I think if every tabletop game had an introductory module to this quality, getting into tabletop would be a lot easier`, is the kind of comment I get semi-regularly about Shadow of the Wolf, and reinforces my genuine and long-held belief that we do some of the best module design in the industry

These mfers are writing spicy fanfiction on AO3 and drawing insanely horny smut of the NPCs. They're queering the hell out of already-queer stories. They conspire with each other to find the most fucked up ways to traumatise their characters and make everyone and everything Worse (/positive)

`I think if every tabletop game had an introductory module to this quality, getting into tabletop would be a lot easier`, is the kind of comment I get semi-regularly about Shadow of the Wolf, and reinforces my genuine and long-held belief that we do some of the best module design in the industry

The best part about my brain coming up with random ideas at 1am is my notes app gets filled with wonderful nonsense. Who is Jeff? Why does he love fungus so much? We may never know

Drew my One Ring character Morwen, Fang of the Mountains. She's a champion of the Dúnedain, and she reckons she could take a troll in one-on-one combat if she got lucky.

My recent pace has been absolutely glacial because I'm still in a lot of pain and can't work much, but I'm extremely happy to report that I've finally finished the first pass of the alien creature writeups. One more step towards the game being content-complete. #LancerRPG #FarField

Going to take another break before I take a run up at the remaining Discipline writeups, but once those are done we'll finally be in revision and editing territory

Dressmaker is exactly as fun and gorgeous as everyone says it is 💜

hang on, I might have spoken too soon WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ALICE

Make that three for three! My girl is on an absolute tear! [Every fan wants her, every opponent wants to be her! Dominate the competition with CORE AXLE Motor Oil!]