Y'all, I am at a deeper emotional deficit than I realized. Sitting here, I just lost all steam for things I NEED to do. Last night's #BlackAFRoundtable is a factor, but I've also not had a chance to deal with the complicated grief of my mother's passing in March.
It's just a whole fucking lot. It's a lot of complex emotions that aren't just wrapped up in a neat bow, to be tidied and put away until it's convenient for me to acknowledge.
My friends pain, and anger and hurt last night was the outward manifestation of what I carry around with me. That I don't get to put out because a good chunk of people don't respect or understand boundaries.
Shit is just exhausting and it's hard because while I want to believe people mean well, but they wind up being helpy vs helpful. It's a lot, tied back to the pedestal convo last night but I'm a regular ass person. Not special, definitely not famous.
There's a lot more to say but I'm exhausted, have a headache that won't go away and hungry. Time to figure out food or order it, and they get my brain into full & upright position for being on later. Hope you all are well as can be, safe, fed, etc.
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So let's unpack this... cause it's just going to repeat as long as racists get in their feelings. 🧵
One, they're wrong. We're not making a MMO. YOU go make an MMO with 7 developers, I'll wait.
Two, some of y'all stay with "GO MAKE YOUR OWN!" in your mouth when we talk about wanting representation. But when we do? We get this shit.
You can't have it both ways.
Also, there are fifty-eleven-hundred RPG shows with an all white cast, all white crew; but yet when one show, ONE is in production with all Black & POC cast, some folks hop up with "but you're excluding us!" HOW DARE YOU?
People make me entirely tired. I've seen a few comments about Mother Lands that are... it's not D&D so I GUESS I'll support it.
I'm just here like... you guess? Also, why QT or reply with that.
If you gotta be half assed about supporting something cause it's not D&D? That's a you problem. Spoiler, there are plenty of other games out there. If you're not sure, watch, not your thing? Dip and go about your day. This hmm, I guess energy? Y'all can keep it.
But there's also that purity test energy that Twstd brought up the other day. Like the Black & POC folks can't ever stumble, slip, fall or make a mistake or it's tacked on your forehead FOREVER. You can't get past it.
I'm really excited to announce Into the Mother Land, a new Sci Fi RPG, funded by @Twitch, created by me & an amazing all Black & POC team of devs, cast & crew. Here's @BDaveWalters our lead developer with info!
Now that the cat is out of the bag, meet the crew that's putting this together with me and get the full info at that little ol' link below
There's a lot of cool folks, so it's gonna be a few tweets!
First up is... me! I'm the Creative Director & part of the streamed cast of our show. #ItMLRPG is a collaborative effort between myself, our development team, crew and cast! It's exciting to be able to build out a story from the ground up, & to work with such brilliant folks!
I know I retweeted all of this yesterday but this is still on my mind. This idea that some folks deserve more than others, or don’t deserve anything else cause they “made it”
Except how are we measuring success? What’s the metric for “making it”? Is it pulling Dr Lupo kind of numbers? Being able to live off just streaming on Twitch? Making Partner or Affiliate? It’s subjective
Some people start to stream & think Affiliate is out of reach. Or they think Partner means it’s all wine & roses, big money, and partnerships, free products, etc. It’s not.
I think about doing a sub-athon on occasion. But I'd need 2600 points to unlock a new Tier 1 emote slot. Side effect of the wave of oh shit Black people exist wave some of us got in June. If I could maintain around 2500 subs? I could do Twitch full time.
But ... do I want to? Even after I wrap projects that I'm on til' the end of 2020? That's a whole lotta energy, time and work. Also, hyper aware that I even had that many points is due to the "discovering" of Black creators after George Floyd's murder.
So it's a thought, but do I wanna try for the moon when I'm not anywhere near the cloud line? It's a lot, it's on my mind as I ponder a lot of things tonight before trying for sleep in a bit.