Queen Cattis: Finding my voice

Listen to me ramble and gush about my experience at this year’s gothcon, an annual convention for people who enjoy roleplaying games, tactical card games, and board games etc. etc. I speak of the games I played, speaking with TTRPG creators and some hints of my own projects, as well as some insights in what it is like to be come out as trans around people you meet annually in a convention se...

Bad things happen and that sucks. But sometimes you find a lot of good things within the bad things. After my transition related story I lift the question of nurturing conflicts between player characters roleplaying parties – why is it awesome and how does it work in the long run? Warning: there are some spoilers for the wonderful Netflix show Arcane which you totally need to watch right now...

A quick little episode about the importance of communicating things that would be pretty darn good to know! Both in life and in roleplaying! Listen to this if you are a roleplayer and/or have wavy hair. Especially if you are a trans woman with wavy hair! #gamechanger

I answer a list of trans realted questions from the meme I refer to in the About Me section of my blog. I hope that helps some cis people get a basic understanding and that it’s entertaining. I explain my plans of having my roleplaying characters interviewed in the future, a wonderful experiment meant to spread the joy of immersive roleplaying techniques and perhaps provide some interesting...

In this episode I give you a list of some of my many coming out stories, as requested by a listener. I also talk about my Forbidden Lands character Tireana, and how her experience helped teach the entire group about dysphoria before I even out to them! Enjoy! Art by  Coffeejelly .

In this episode I try to explain gender dysphoria in a way to maybe help cis people have a better understanding of what it means to be trans. Obviosuly not all trans people are dysphoric, but I hope this helps shed some light on the nature of identity that can be hard for someone who has never had to think hard about it due to not having grown up with their identites constantly challenged. I go on...

You get some more information about my oh so edgy character Sophilde, a character designed to need an intervention for bad behaviour, another accidental coming out story and I speak about the complicated question of when is it ok to push or encourage your closeted friends to come out? Is it ever? If so, how to go about it? I do not have any clear answers but I do have wonderful stories about how i...

In this episode I explain something about pronouns, something that is often missed by well meaning allies. You might need to hear this. Then I put some more character driven detail in the series of events I went through with Karl in last week’s episode. As we decided we should talk through the entire campaign I felt I needed to fill you in on some more character aspects to the story so far i...

I speak to my friend and Game Master Karl Wictorin, the man who assigned the character Alvhild to me, as I explaine din Episode 2 – the Magic of Names. He came on to talk about his game mastering technique but we went off on a tangent reliving the start of that magical campaign. If you want to skip ahead to the technique it begins at timecode 30:08. I do recommend listening to the campaign t...

In defence of an old pet peeve of a lot of roleplayers. A bit of a hot take to some, but here I explain why I think a tavern is a fine place to start, as long as you’ve done the rest of the ground work. Today’s sonnet: One fateful day six souls did start, Some went for honour, some for gold, Where they’d be headed, none could chart, This fateful eve, in Thistle hold. An odd selec...

I speak about my personal development, and faults that I, myself am proud of getting over. I also speak of how this is a kind of growth we should all strive for, not just in life but in roleplay as well. Once again I let my young character Alvhild speak, and she tells of the day she put her bitterness behind her. She also says goodbye to a very dear friend. If you wish to catch up on Alvhild&#8217...

In this one I speak with my friend Emmanuel, who is transmasc and a roleplayer. We speak about how his experience is different from mine, and we go onto to meeting as our characters. Me as Sipphire, and him as his changeling character Nyx. I might be slightly tipsy and we do waffle on in character in this, the longest episode so far but we had great fun doing it and Nyx calling Sapphire adorable w...

Here I cover some really nice things I have noticed after coming home to my side of the field, so to speak. I also speak about how we all are responsible for making this world the best it can be, and when we appreciate someone, speak up. And role players; never forget to thank your game master. Also, I am now team red head! Go me! To the game masters: The countless worlds and wonders I have seen,...

In this episode I answer the question, what does it mean to speak of gender as a social construct. That is a big issue but I try to explain it as quickly as I can before moving on to the controversies that have set our wonderful hobby ablaze, the new supposed update to the Open Game License of Dungeons & Dragons. I do see hope however and listen all the way through to share that hope with me....

Happy New Year 2023 everybody! In this episode I share some pure trans joy. Not a lot of talk about roleplaying but if you like happiness, trust me, you’ll want to hear this. There will be more nerdy stuff next week, I promise! Today’s sonnet: A year of many horrors and despair, With cruelty and malice on the rise, No good can come of those who do not care, And those who do might suffe...

I wasn’t going to record an episode this week but here we are. Something came up and I just had to talk about it. I am sure you will understand why. You will hear me introduce myself myself as my Dungeons & Dragons-character Cassandra Lagrandia, Half-elf wild sorceress. Also, I got my nails done! Happy rest of the season everyone!

This is about the feeling of seeing myself for the first time. It’s hard to explain to a cis person, but give it a listen and I hope it helps. I also explain how I’ve been a dumb-dumb, writing my sonnets all wrong, but with a silver lining! And give you two sonnets this week, and this time they are in actual iambic pentameter. The weight of hubris hit me hard today. So proud I’ve...

How I learned to use my dysphoria to improve my acting and roleplaying and how you could potentially use the same ideas to bring new levels of life to your imaganitaion. I introduce my new character from Vaesen, Ingalill Sifsdotter, whom I plan to start playing in early 2023. This week’s sonnet is by her. Image of Ingalill was generated by an AI using pictures of me as well as my design in H...

I start with describing another encounter with everyday sexism, something that was, of course, expected but I still find my perspective interesting. For those who think sexism is a myth, trans people are a great resource since we tend to experience things more than one part of the gender spectrum. I go on with talking about why playing young roleplaying characters is an interesting experience and...

So here is that mini rant I promised you, about how Sweden has zero respect for the autonomy of our identites and has no interest in changing that, in spite of promises to the contrary. Following the rant, my 13 year old character Alvhild, my namesake that I introduced in Episode 2, the Magic of Names (I really do recommend listening to it if you haven’t, it is one of my favourite stories)....

A fantastic thing happened to me yesterday when I was picking up the new microphone I am reviewing for www.myogaming.se (a Swedish site). Listen to hear my euphoria! Someone asked a question to one of my characters, which she answers followed by a related poem! Left to right: Septimer/Sapphire, glamour bard & Keyrith, artificer. Art by  LunaJMS . The tales that stood the test of timeAre n...

This episode starts with a quick bit about me facing the world and its perception of me and then I go into introducing two of my characters in first person as an experiment to see if I sound different even when not really thinking about my voice from an outside perspective. The characters are Sapphire and Elonine, whom I have spoken of before in this podcast. Sapphire, from one of the Dungeons &am...

In this episode I talk about being validated by negative things, such as lack of pockets in feminine clothing. I then go onto defending tragic backstories and the dreaded edgelord. Are they as bad as everyone says or is there more to it? The meme in question: The symabroum character Vidina: Art by @jamscandraw . And here is the day’s sonnet: Little Brother Sleep, Sleep Thee Well Thy slumber,...

My experience in updating my name with the bank left me a bit annoyed. Still a good day but giver it a listen and I will explain what troubled me and how we can improve the situation. And my roleplaying hot take is one that has sparked many arguments but I will die on this hill! And yes I know the risk of dying is a tad higher with a nerfed healer, ha ha friggin ha. I will not end this episode wit...

I had a bit of a day, well, a couple of days. I need to vent a bit about transphobia so this is the most unscipted I have ever been. There are good things too obviously and of course I am still ending with some poetry! Thank you all for listening! Today’s sonnets: 1 Outside my window staring in  Unhindered by the cold and rain  You’re waiting for it to begin  Unending fe...