ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 27/05/2026DQVI is actually also the last DW I played. I was doing them all in order with the intention of playing VII Reimagined when it came out, and then just didn’t play that lol 000
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 23/05/2026living in Britain is so funny because there’s three easy things you can do that will set a decent part of the population to driving you out of public life and openly fantasising about murdering you and they are - be an ethnic minority - be transgender - ride a bicycle 312302368
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 21/05/2026TBH found the character of Lion vaguely embarrassing the entire time. Not a patch on Prishe, Aphmau and Lillisette, sorry! Kept thinking she looks like someone's 'gender-swapped human version' of Knuckles the Echidna (derogatory). Also her name is "Lion". rip bozo, I guess. 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Finished the 'Rise of the Zilart' expansion in Final Fantasy XI. I'm playing through expacs in the 'Rhapsodies of Vana'diel' order, so think it suffered for me since I'm playing it like 2 years after 'Promathia'. The final zones were top tier though! They really don't make them like that anymore! 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The one-two punch of the MAFS UK reporting and Mussolini’s granddaughter winning Italian Celebrity Big Brother has got me in a very ‘scour reality TV from the face of the Earth‘ mood 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I don't know if it's an overton window thing or just a dearth of culture thing, but seeing the blandest and most inoffensive mass-market media (and I'm including Nolan in this; I've been a hater for a while) becoming the frontlines of 'the war on wokeness' is always depressing 021
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Lupita Nyong'o once said in an interview that she had played a lot of Final Fantasy VIII, and Elon Musk can't handle seeing someone with actual Gamer Cred™ succeed 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Spent ages, and was up way too late, ripping CDs to FLACs last night, and now kidding myself I can hear a difference on my crappy headphones. 000
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialsean morley @seanmorl.com · 13/05/2026i must not die. death is the me killer. death is the big death that brings actual obliteration. i avoid my death. i don't want it to come anywhere near me. when it has gone past, i will say "phew". for where death has gone, there will be nothing, only a skeleton will remain. 214143
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialDr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Ah, Britain. Global leader in sliding backwards. 15523
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Watched the ‘Sex and the City’ film for the first time this evening (premise v messy! break-ups too severe to solve neatly! Jennifer Hudson use weird!), and couldn’t help but notice Carrie and Miranda getting their lunch from Pret /Apparently/, this was by SJP’s request and she just *loved* Pret… 100
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialNovember Kelly @postoctobrist.bsky.social · 08/05/2026if you want to be properly trad you should always be voting Green - being gay, trans, high on drugs and a bit Muslim has been the highest aspiration of the English since at the *latest* TE Lawrence. Reform like crypto and post-2008 grievance racism, which makes them dangerously futurist 973496
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I am very grateful that I am boring, so am immune to ‘you could have a pint with them’ politics. I don’t really want to have a pint with anyone and especially not a racist. 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026You can’t be a lover, if you’re not sometimes a hater (exact lover:hater ratios TBD) 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Like a fair chunk of my takes, I think the above had roots in me internalising something @illusclaire.bsky.social wrote over a decade ago: womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2014/05/long... (Hope she doesn’t mind me linking to it)womenwriteaboutcomics.comThe Saviour of Boys' Literacy: Lovecraft, Bond, and the Order of the British Empire - WWAC %Here in England there is a man they call the saviour of boys’ literacy. In February, he was awarded an OBE, and his name is Anthony Horowitz. In 2007, Anthony was singled out by then Education Secreta... 131
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I mean, in the 00s Horowitz was basically already just churning out Bond/Lovecraft pastiche to young audiences with all the biases and prejudices of the source material intact, so… no change there then? 121
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialedeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 20/10/2023You wake up in Britain. Take 1d12 psychic damage. 22911217
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I’ve started watching ‘Hacks’ after seeing clips on social media – did not realise it was campy and funny – I think I had been getting it mixed up with ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ this entire time 010
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialJack Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 04/05/2026This is appeal to the ugliest side of the English character. Nimbyism multiplied by nativism. 2161
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialKarlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Alan Moore in the Observer Q&A today 2146301408
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Don't know how this happened, but I think I ended up with your copy of Final Fantasy XI by mistake...? 021
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Was talking about politicians "Sephiroth posting" and my boyfriend's response was "who's Sephiroth?" 🫠 011
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Apparently, in Italy they do the maypole/May tree for Spring/Summer *with* a red flag on top – seems like best of both worlds 011
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I *DO* know that May Day is International Worker’s Day in much of the world, but we don’t do rights/solidarity in the UK so I default to 1st May as (vaguely pagan?) beginning of Summer So always double take at posts like: “Happy May Day! All your rights were fought for“ or “They can’t kill us all” 111
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026And this without even getting to the faces. Jesus… It’s either basically an emoji in how overblown the expression is, or it’s a face that’s been distorted in a way that’s outwardly racist or misogynist. 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I also feel like people are relatively savvy at spotting clickbait or overtuned SEO in text titles, but turn a blind eye to when thumbnails do the same thing but 100x worse. Like, it would be unacceptable for a headline to invent a quote or just straight-up lie, but thumbnails do that all the time. 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This is purely based on the tiny sample size of ‘stuff I see’, but they’re at best ragebait and at worst explicitly hateful. 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I do think the YouTube should just get rid of thumbnails entirely. Obviously will never happen, but they‘re just so egregiously *BAD* 120
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I guess *I* could make wiki articles for ”Joel Eastman” and “EGO”, but, honestly, the narrative is so thin and vague at this point, what would they even say? 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Honestly, at this point, they should stop pretending that the Assassin’s Creed games have a modern day plot. The main protagonist and antagonist of the modern day (as set up in ‘Shadows’) don’t even have AC Wiki articles. It’s been over a year! Nobody cares. Trust me, I‘m nobody here. 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I also have left my FFXI character stranded somewhere in the middle of ‘Wings of the Goddess’, and have like 2 expacs of that to do too! 020
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I’ve not played FFXIV since 7.2 (so over a year at this point). Will definitely catch up MSQ at least for 8.0, but the announced changes haven’t enticed me back right yet The changes all make sense, but was hoping that it’d *feel* markedly changed. I guess we’ll see RE the field and battle changes 120
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I started ’Nippon Sangoku’ over the weekend, which has: i). a v. distinctive style; ii). the same premise as Kamen Rider Build; iii). a really egregious example of a trope that made me yearn for woke 1 again; iv). the vibe where it feels like it could topple over into out-and-out fascism at any time 000
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I wasn't planning on visiting anytime soon, but had just assumed it was still there. Think I went once in the 00s with my family; they served a shredded carrot, orange and raisin salad, which my mum still occasionally makes to this day. 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Spectacularly late to the party with this, but just found out that the Rainforest Cafe in London closed down like three years ago. Apparently, by the end, it had a hygeine rating of 1/5 and had the 'Rainforest Cafe' branding stripped from them - so rebranded to 'Jungle Cave'. 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Looked into it and seems like they did get it right and were using it to mean “bad”. There are other posters calling running in London “awful”. Still, not really the vibe for a parkrun on sunny Spring morning. Confusing. www.monsteroutdoor.co/case-studies...monsteroutdoor.coNike RunTown London | Digital AdBike Campaign Case Study6 fully electric Digital AdBikes deployed across Central London for Nike RunTown London. Pacers rode alongside runners with motivational messaging on LED screens. 000
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Story in today’s London Centric about Nike putting up a bunch of ads at a parkrun. Seems like they fully didn’t understand the audience. Not least because they put up a poster in front of a bunch of Londoners calling running “peak”. www.londoncentric.media/p/parkun-lon... 130
Reposted by @ashleycstj.bsky.socialA Quaint Duck @serisothikos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Happy 17776 Immortality Day! www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...sbnation.comWhat football will look like in the futureSomething is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. 6516227
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Yeah. Katy Perry annoys people, but she is at least, you know, famous 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Hard to swallow that all the Final Fantasy fans commenting “never even heard of her” about the time she collabbed with Brave Exvius might be right for once: www.reddit.com/r/FinalFanta...reddit.comFrom the FinalFantasy community on Reddit: Since FFBE WOTV JP announced End of Service today, I want to remind you all that Addison Rae is canonically part of the Final Fantasy universe. Thank you for...Explore this post and more from the FinalFantasy community 100
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Spent basically all afternoon stripping my Kindle ebooks of DRM and tidying up the metadata, so I could put them on KOReader. Took ages, but I _think_ I’m now completely free from the Amazon infrastructure! (Still haven’t quite managed to get Calibre to wirelessly connect to my Kindle though…) 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 02/04/2026BUT they don’t half burn through plots! Serial killer boyfriend targeting Wiccans could be a season arc! He’s dead by pilot’s end! Their dad comes back in Ep 3?!? They time travel to see their dead mum within S1!? No wonder they’re opening a school or something by S8… 011
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Boyfriend gave me a crash course on Charmed yesterday Galling to see Surf Dracula in full effect They just have a book that tells them the premise. By the end of the pilot they basically look into the camera and say “we’re ready for our weekly adventures. There’ll be a Warlock to fight every week” 121
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 30/03/2026“New cost of living crisis”? Shit, did the previous end and I completely missed it? 011
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Anyway: here’s a bit I enjoyed where, I think, characters are supposed to be scandalised that Balthier was flirting on the job. BUT it really reads like they just assumed he was queer 010
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Will see if I can jump back in when more story is released, but not getting my hopes up. I played Ever Crisis for a bit, and the gulf between story chapters was insurmountable for me. Almost as if gacha mechanics are antithetical to good game design. Huh. 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Honestly, was sceptical of the whole ‘Modern Day’ aspect, but feel it’s a really good selection of characters that ‘make sense’ with that setting. Not being a war or tournament helps too. Kinda curious where they go with the original character, but very little movement on that so far. 100
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 29/03/2026I’ve played an embarrassing amount of Dissidia Duellum over the past week Really enjoyed being able to play support-y as Rinoa and Krile, but was getting super outlevelled as soon as I hit the gold ranks It’s a gacha; I’ve reached the point where I can’t keep up with the curve, so ready to drop it 100
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Dinner last night was my first go at varenyky – Ukrainian dumplings, here filled with potato and onion, served with sour cream – very tasty! I’m bad at rolling dough and shaping dumplings! (Please ignore my chipped plate! I dropped a lemon squeezer on all my plates a week after buying them!) 110
ashleycstj.bsky.social @ashleycstj.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The sad thing is that the thieves will probably melt these down and sell the raw materials, meaning that the KitKats will be untraceable and unrecoverable. A true loss to history. 030
