Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part X; as of mid-late November 2025)

Black journal with a black pen across it, on a comforter with white tiger print.

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Preliminary Comments: I had this written two months ago, but realized I forgot to press the publish button. I blame absurd busyness.

Content warning: post-traumatic stress talk

So, keeping impeccable to my word, I am going to make this post far less word-y than my last post. This past week has been interesting to say the least, even if a bit busy and me learning what post-achievement depression is like – or more accurately, I have encountered this multiple times and now have language to describe it. In short: there exists a valid sort of depression where one had been so hyper-focused on a goal and put so much of their time and energy into it, that once they accomplish it, that mental space clears and leaves only a void. Mentally, one would think this should be a good thing, but the mind sometimes does not react to it that way.

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Update: Climbing From A Descent As An Empire Falls (Part IX)

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Content warning: hostile political environment, systemic racism, gaslighting, friendships ended

I understand that I have not posted in a while, and for that, I genuinely apologize. This silence had also been reflected in a number of online community spaces where I had been at one point very active. It has been quite a tumultuous few months, and the pace definitely has done all but slowed down. This began with the move for my new tenure-track position—a job I love in a community where I hope to thrive. I have so many things to catch everyone up on, which means this long update will include a number of subheadings in favor of accessibility. The grand move did not happen without incident. No reprieve from other obstacles in addition to thousands of dollars I owe family for the move itself.

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On Forgotten Realms Elf Lore: A Primer on What is Often Missed or Misconstrued ( Part I)

Complete Book of Elves book cover.

I know this is a hot-button topic, but I want to try and address it with the respect it deserves. A common theme I see in the role-playing communities regarding Forgotten Realms is a tendency for players to use inaccurate lore regarding elves to start unproductive tirades against anything involving elves or elf roleplay, which detrimentally affects the players involved in such things. Or they only look at the endless number of poorly played elves on servers as their main source and it inevitably skews their perception of reading surface level lore. When I say this, I do not mean the people upset at how some elf players or Dungeonmasters (DMs) play their elves – that, I will address in another piece. 

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