Matthew Federico

I am failing every day at being the next big fantasy writer. But everyday I am failing a little bit less. Avatar art by @gehng5555. Header art by @RovinaCaiArt.

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@Th3BigWood @STORMWARA She is only an outsider to Slaver's Bay culture, but she is an Essosi by upbringing. She was raised on Essos, spent her entire life in that culture. And even if she was culturally Westerosi, Westeros is considered backwards compared to Essos. This is not a liberal cautionary tale

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@danylanzhou Do what everyone else does - just add one more special character. Have one ! ? Now you have two!

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@fromsoftserve @Knightly_Hist I mean, there's Tenet.

[ira | slayer of lies @essosgrimreaper]

"Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro."
- “not for all the gold can freedom be sold”
engraved on lovrijenac fortress in dubrovnik, serving as the official slogan of the former dubrovnik republic x daenerys iii, a storm of swords

[木历若一 @gq2VWHOlW232DeH]

【Raging Wolf】

[sam @sam_d_1995]

oppo research on Talarico: he is in a loving relationship with his beautiful girlfriend

oppo research on Paxton: he literally freed a pedophile and his wife divorced him on “biblical grounds”

[James @casszanova]

joffrey baratheon and margaery tyrell! The IT couple
#asoiaf

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@casszanova I went and looked up your original art, and she doesn't even look Indian? She looks Mediterranean! Have they never seen an Italian or Greek person before?

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@AugustoCabalin @PaleHorseRAAM Yeah this is the rebel commander boss.

[木历若一 @gq2VWHOlW232DeH]

-【🩸🩸🩸🩸】-
-【THE HUNTER】- ​​​
#Bloodborne

[Sabina @sabictlali]

Conquers #asoiaf #fireandblood

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@foudanshi @Arianalemontree Griff is not even a main character who is probably cooked by Cersei's wildfire special before Dany even lands in Westeros. And what about Jon's narrative suggests he is going to steal Viserion from Dany?

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

As someone who has been in the hobby since 2008, D&D has ALWAYS been the behemoth you need to guide new players around to play some other games. Many players just seem to think that D&D is the ONLY RPG. Hell, its not even the only F20! There are better ones, like @13thAge!

[Runk @UFObuds]

@thepancakington I meant ttrpgs as a whole, my whole point is that D&D became mainstream and it makes ttrpgs harder to get into becauae of the black hole that is 5e, the fact you assumed I meant D&D proves my point

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

I finally made it to WAFFLE HOUSE.

The staff are always friendly, and when I asked if they would sell me a menu, they sold me one for $5.
Next time, I’ll be back at 3 a.m. for fight time.
#WAFFLEHOUSE

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@Garmon321 Runbacks are horrid game elements because doing something the same way over and over again just to get back to doing what you want to be doing is not fun and is just not interesting. You were already punished with death for losing a boss fight. Runbacks serve no purpose.

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

Who is advocating for no souls and death and no messages? Runback is horrid game design, and PVP is only done by a minority anyway, but the first two are integral to both a Soulsborne game and the genre!

[Jano Gabor @Garmon321]

@Invinium Why are so many souls fans argue souls doesn't need any of it's unique features? I seen people advocate for no pvp, no souls lost on death, no runbacks, no message system.

Can only bosses be allowed to exist?

[Aaron Regunberg @AaronRegunberg]

Comparing Abigail Spanberger and Zohan Mamdani approximately half a year into their first term really demonstrates the stakes of the current battle for the future of the Democratic Party.

After their respective elections, a lot of Third Way types argued that Zohran's win in NYC offered the Dem Party few if any lessons, and the real attention should be on folks like Spanberger. Fast forward, and Zohran is reinvigorating municipal institutions and doing a whole spectrum of things to make people believe that democratic government can, in fact, make a positive impact in their lives. Compare that to Spanberger, who is vetoing laws to support collective bargaining and protect immigrants and lower prescription drug prices.

This really gets to the core divide between Dem factions right now: Between those who think Trump/MAGA appeared out of nowhere and so all we have to do is win one election against them, and those who understand that these forces arose out of a disillusionment with our democratic institutions -- a belief that the system isn't working and so we need a strongman to blow it up -- meaning that the only long-term solution (that can avoid a repeat of this Biden-wins-in-2020-but-Trump-is-back-in-2024 loop) is proving that democratic government can, in fact, work for regular people.

In NYC, Zohran is doing that hard work of proving democratic (and Democratic) government can make a positive impact in people's lives. In Virginia, Spanberger -- after running and winning on an affordability message -- is doing favors for Big Pharma to stop legislation that could control prescription drug prices, i.e. resorting to the samed failed playbook that makes voters think, "Oh, GOP or Democrat, these politicians are all the same."

At the state level, this is the kind of trajectory that will lock in a Republican gubernatorial victory in Virginia in three years. But bigger picture -- and as we think about the next presidential primary -- this demonstrates that the question must be not just who can win in 2028, but also what will they do after winning to ensure we're not right back in this fascism loop a few years later.

We've talked a lot about how economic populism is our best frame for winning upcoming elections. But we should keep in mind that just as importantly, it's a necessary governance strategy to lock those wins in for the long term.

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@decoysleepr @Artur_B91 @SamSeder Who be the crazy lady?

[Matthew Federico @doublehex168]

@Michonnepilled It existed, but it was never a serious ship. One old Jonsa explained it to me as they knew Jonerys was cannon, so why write it? She did write one Jonerys fic - and for years it had the most kudos on AO3!