Alex, Who Embraces the World @storycircle@wubrg.social

update: I have been informed that Kiora calling herself Callaphe was nothing more complicated than identity theft

I like my version better

I got excited about the flavor implications of [[Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea]]

like she's clearly based on Odysseus, so is the epithet ironic, or did Thassa have a mortal girlfriend, or

then I learned Callaphe was a name Kiora used when she was dicking around on Theros, and got disappointed

but I just realized it can work both ways. If enough people believe a thing on Theros, it becomes true. So the stories about Kiora may have created a "real" Callaphe.

Go show LoadingReadyRun some love on Twitch and Twitter if you have the chance. They had a lot of people being real shitty about a product reveal they're doing at the end of the Pre-Prerelease, and I refuse to let that be a representative sample of the player base.

update: I have been informed that the legendary fractal is not Standard legal

and now I'm sad I can't do Brawl fractal tribal

and honestly, the idea of needing changelings to fill out a tribal list does not appeal to me this season

LEGENDARY FRACTAL

https://scryfall.com/search?q=t%3Afractal

Does it bother anyone else that Learn is a rummage effect and not a loot effect?

@ajanionthespot https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-real-book/

The original bookleggers sold unlicensed jazz sheet music

Again, worth reminding y'all that this instance is not going anywhere. If you feel similarly, I am determined to be part of your support group.

Also I'm working on a continuation of the story of @ajanionthespot's D&D game, because I love that plane and those characters and want to give them closure at the very least.

so today I learned just how off the rails Strixhaven story has gone

my relationship with Magic Story is now "why can't I quit you"

Better name: ombirdsman

https://scryfall.com/card/stx/21/mavinda-students-advocate

It's the Ombuds Owl!

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/statement-crux-fate-2021-03-30

Wizards has acknowledged that the Strixhaven art for Crux of Fate includes stolen fanart, and will be suspending its contract with the artist who stole it.

Hoping this leads to compensation, and maybe work, for the actual artist.

For me, the lesson of Strixhaven appears to be that I'm fundamentally ally-colored

I'm or depending on the situation. So I don't really have a place on Strixhaven, and it makes sense that I'm least uncomfortable in here.

But I don't feel at home there either, because the department I'd actually be part of is aligned and I'd hate it.

[[Sword of the Realms]]