Derek

@corath

I’m the partner to an amazing person, and am a dad, geek, and gamer in Edmonton. I tend to talk about video games a lot, along with various randomness. He/him. 🌈 🩷💜💙 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

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Derek@corath· 1d

Narrator: It was, in fact, conceivable.

Screenshot from Slay the Spire 2, saying: "Defeated!" with the subtitle of "Inconceivable!"

Derek@corath· Jul 15

Waiting for Muse.

Looking at the stage of the RBC Amphitheatre in Toronto. It’s from a bit of a distance away, but band equipment (for the openers) is on the stage.

Muse is going to be playing later!

Derek@corath· Jul 15

The CN Tower looking pretty stoic against the wildfire smoke that came into Toronto.

Looking up at the CN Tower, located in Toronto, Ontario. The sky is yellow-orange, which is either wildfire smoke or the impending doom of our people.

Derek@corath· Jul 13

Hello Toronto. Saw this on the back of a sign while walking around, and I love it.

It’s the back of a sign, with a hand written paper saying “Do you know why Santa is RED? He is Satan.”

Derek@corath· Jun 1

One of my favourites for the month.

Picture with a bunch of rainbow hearts around the edge with the text: “wishing all the homophobes a super uncomfortable month”.

Derek@corath· Apr 4

#FFXIV is super serious.

My Warrior of Light (left), wearing a Namazu mask, beside Cid. They are confronting Gaius van Baelsar (off screen) in The Praetorium. This is all in Final Fantasy XIV, the critically acclaimed MMO.

Derek@corath· Mar 24

Rare occurrences in #FFXIV: MSQ roulette with DPS as the role in need.

A screen grab of FFXIV showing that the Main Scenario roulette has the damage role as being in need. Quite a rare occasion.

Derek@corath· Jan 17

Well, it looks good!

Finished apple coffee cake, sitting on a cooling rack. It was baked in a Bundt pan.

Derek@corath· Jan 1

Great way to start the year. Thanks, #FFXIV 😅

Screenshot from Final Fantasy 14, showing my character reading his fortune for the year.

Title: Misfortune. "Thou shalt experience misfortune. Heed these words of guidance, and thy luck may change."

"Adventure: The way is clear. Forge on with a calm heart.
Relationships: Thou shalt waver in the face of affection.
Prosperity: The storehouse shall overflow. Make thy peace.
Conflict: Even in victory, thy heart's desire shall elude thee. Perseverance is the key.
Favor: To resolve dilemmas as confounding as the Scholar's scrolls, thou must seek new wisdom."

Derek@corath· Dec 17

Welp, no surprises here for the 2025 #Steam Replay.

2025 Steam Replay, showing: 27 games played, 182 achievements earned, 354 sessions played, and 14 new games played.

Top games played: Factorio with 27%, Hades 2 with 27%, Satisfactory with 12%, Stardew Valley with 10%, and Planet Crafter with 5%.

Derek@corath· Dec 10

My view tonight.

Rogers Place, showing the pregame for the Oilers vs the Sabres.

Derek@corath· Dec 2

My Apple Music recap has no surprises.

Apple Music recap infographic. Top artists: Green Day, Linkin Park, and Muse. Top Songs: Waiting for the End by Linkin Park, Get Out The Way by Mother Mother, and Flow by Masayoshi Soken (from Final Fantasy XIV). Top albums: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 soundtrack by Lorien Testard, Hades II soundtrack by Darren Korb, and K-pop Demon Hunters soundtrack.

Derek@corath· Nov 26

Well, I think this is the first game I've gotten 100% achievements on Steam. Shelldiver was a short game (8.2 hours to complete), but well worth the money and was a LOT of fun. Highly recommend for a very chill game to unwind and relax with.

Snip of the Shelldiver Steam library page showing 8.2 hours played, 13/13 achievements earned.

Derek@corath· Nov 18

Well, once again @effinbirds.com providing the perfect commentary for the shit show happening here in Alberta. It has been zero days since my province has been an international embarrassment.

Screenshot of Bluesky timeline. Bottom is Effin’ Birds, with a caption of “Because fuck you, that’s why”; top is a link to a CBC article giving details about the province of Alberta introducing legislation to oppress transgender people and using the Notwithstanding Clause to shield it.

Derek@corath· Nov 12

Got a few pictures of the Aurora from my house last night and early this morning. Absolutely the best part of living in northern Canada.

Green and pink Aurora in the night sky, with a house in the bottom right foreground.

Green Aurora, with the top of a house at the bottom of the picture.

Derek@corath· Oct 31

Business shark lives again!

My huge head inside the face of a hammerhead shark, which is wearing a necktie.

Derek@corath· Oct 27

Made some muffins today using my mom’s recipe, and they look quite delicious.

Derek@corath· Oct 11

Happy National Coming Out Day to everyone. I'm happy that I can be out and proud, but not everyone has that same privilege. Much love to everyone. 🌈🏳‍🌈 Comic credit to /u/Slow_Drink_7089 on Reddit.

Text: "Today is National Coming Out Day!" There is a doorway in rainbow colours, with a stick figure peeking out of it from the left side.

Text: "Not everyone can come out today and that's okay. Your identity is valid even if it's a secret for now. You're not hiding because you're ashamed, you're protecting your peace."

There is a happy face, a rainbow with pride colours, a rainbow with trans colours, and a rainbow with bisexual colours.

Text: "Happy National Coming Out Day to all of us, out or not."

Derek@corath· Oct 5

So many people at the rally for education today. It was so heartening to see how much support that teachers and public education have. 💜

A photo of the rally for education at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton, Alberta. There are a lot of people, lots of signs, and many people are wearing red.

Derek@corath· Aug 30

Oh, the references are wonderful.

Text dialogue options from FFXIV.
"What will you say?"
1. "We shall go, and go boldly!"
2. "Certainly. After all, I'm not the one in the red shirt."
3. "Add some mammets to the cargo list. Oh, and some rock salt."

Derek@corath· Aug 23

New profile picture comes from a fantastic fun day celebrating who we truly are. Happy Pride everyone! 🥳🏳️‍🌈

A picture of me: wearing a black hat, sunglasses, painted rainbow flag on my cheek, with pride earrings. There is a crowd and buildings in the background.

Derek@corath· Aug 23

Pride parade selfie with the youngest kid! 🥳🏳️‍🌈

Myself and my youngest kid, smiling while we wait for the Pride parade.

Derek@corath· Aug 15

Found this on Reddit, and it is so true.

Meme from Reddit that says: “I don’t think I can say this in a way that makes any more sense but the 90s were the last decade, everything since then has just been a loose collection of years and traumatic events and old soy sauce packets, were truly living in the junk draweriest of times”.

Derek@corath· Aug 8

I’m more of an observer for the most part. Too many people just want to prove their point and will stop at nothing to do so. Usually not worth the time or effort.

xkcd comic, with a person at a computer.
“Are you coming to bed?” “I can’t, this is important.” “What?” “Someone is WRONG on the Internet.”

Derek@corath· Aug 6

Got some new earrings, this time a small hoop style. Wasn’t sure at first, but I like them - will be nice to have more than one style depending on what kind of look I’m going for.

Derek@corath· Aug 2

Going out for dinner with the in-laws tonight, so on top of the earrings I’ve added my pride socks and two pride bracelets. I’m also wearing an X-Men t-shirt, because they’re many people’s gay/bi/etc awakenings. 😅

My leg, shoe, and socks. The sock is white background with the rainbow (pride) colours.

My arm with two bracelets: the first is a silicone braid style, with the pride colours one after the other. The second is one that is mostly black beads with one central bead with the pride colours.

Derek@corath· Aug 1

My homophobic and transphobic in-laws are visiting this weekend, and my plan is to be as passively aggressively gay as possible. My partner and I are going to ham it up however we can. Step one: Pride earrings are in.

My huge ear, with a large stud earring. It is the rainbow colours in a pride flag style.

Derek@corath· Jul 30

Current earrings are a bit low-key, but I like the blue and black pattern.

My huge ear, with a large stud earring. The pattern is blue and black swirls.

Derek@corath· Jul 28

The earrings I’ve worn lately have been a fun speckled design. Really enjoying the different styles lately.

My giant ear with a stud earring, wide style with a green speckled design.

Derek@corath· Jul 17

Today’s earrings are just fun. They’re a rainbow coloured gradient, mainly when viewed from the edge. Hard to describe, but I like it.