Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors

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Hi y’all! I’m a creative writer, professional editor, ttrpg designer, and actual play performer! I like cats, black tea, trinkets, stories about super kids, and being whatever gender is currently funniest. They/them! 🚫AI www.kodigonzaga.com

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· 25d

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· 26d

hi. what

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· 28d

Okay this shade of pink on the far right is for my Rock Paper Scissors RPG one pager. WHATS GOING ON. LIKE IM NOT MAD IM JUST CONFUSED. HUH. WHO GOES THERE also link: jaztice.itch.io/rock-paper-s...

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Jul 7

Hey y’all, guess what’s happening at 7 pm PST tonight at twitch.tv/happyjacksrpg? SESSION 2 OF THE EXTRAORDINARIES! Get hype! #ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgactualplay #actualplay

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· May 31

me doing hw for my library science masters degree and going !!!!! bc there are WORDS for a THING i was TRYING TO DESCRIBE to a friend AGES AGO!!! I was like "believing oral histories are inherently inferior to written ones is bad" AND GUESS WHAT I WAS RIGHT!!! i love #libraryscience #library

Epistemic Justice

Epistemicide is the "killing, silencing, annihilation, or devaluing of a knowledge system" (Patin et al. 2021). Epistemicide can result from large-scale events like colonialism and genocide, and also occurs through the cumulative effects of smaller, routine acts of epistemic injustice, such as when information from a marginalized individual is treated as less credible. Beth Patin et al. (2021) identify numerous ways in which libraries and archives have committed, and continue to commit, epistemic injustices. For example, when an archive focuses on collecting or digitizing materials reflective of the dominant white culture and fails to preserve or make available materials from other communities, it commits an epistemic injustice and prevents current and future scholars from accessing the complete history of a time or place. Similarly, when

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· May 27

wassup it's #WIPWednesday and i've been working on the third book for Horner Paranormal! this is from ch 7 and from Danny's POV. spoiler alert, the monster is here and it wants to eat them... #urbanfantasy #webseries #novella #WriteSky #newadult

In the living room, one of the large windows shattered open, and when Danny looked towards it, he saw something humanoid but utterly inhuman worming its way through the window, trying to claw itself into the house. It had pale, sallow skin stretched over its too-long bones, sunken eyes that glowed red and vicious, and a mouth full of shark-like teeth with a forked tongue flitting out from between them. Its fingers had claws on each end that scraped lines into the wall as it tried to squeeze through the window, too large and spindly to get through in one go. When it opened its mouth, it screeched like an owl and chittered like a scratchy, broken record of a human voice.
When it met Danny’s gaze, Danny could suddenly hear his father’s voice booming inside his own mind.
What did you just say to me? Get over here! I’ll teach you not to disrespect me, you freakish little shit!
He heard the sound of a belt being snapped off someone’s waist, and Danny’s breath caught—
“Move, Danny!”
Margot was at his side, shoving him up the stairs, and then all four of them stumbled up to the second floor of the house, down the hall, and into one of the bedrooms. Zhao slammed the door behind him and grabbed a nearby desk chair to shove under the knob. Margot left Danny’s side and went to look out the window. Arnold was practically hyperventilating.
“Oh my god,” he kept saying, “oh my god, it’s gonna kill me, it’s here for me, shit, shit, shit—”
“Hey,” Danny said, snapping into action somehow despite the memory of his father still ringing in his ears. He gripped Arnold’s shoulders and forced him to look into his eyes. “Look. Breathe. It’s gonna be fine. We’re not gonna let it get you, understand?”
Arnold nodded, almost choking on his own breath, but he got a few gulps of air in. Better than nothing.

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· May 1

it’s just me and my half assed art skills against the world, my dudes

A mock up sketch of a book cover. The title is “The Power Thief” and the subtitle is “Book One of Pen Carter & the Superfreaks” and the author is “Kodi Gonzaga”. It depicts two people, one a teenage girl and one a younger boy, both with their backs to the audience, but the girl looks backwards towards the audience as if scanning for threats. The girl has short cropped hair and holds a knife in one hand, and she has a backpack, a hooded coat, torn jeans, and boots on. The boy has messy hair, a backpack, sneakers, and glasses, as well as a jacket and jeans. They stand in an alleyway with intense looming perspective that leads away from them and us. A crescent moon hangs in the sky above the city.

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Mar 28

if u kno who i am i will give u a gift!!! #wondercon2026

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Mar 27

Ayo dressed as Vi at Wondercon today, come say hi!

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Mar 26

I haven’t posted for #WIPsnips in so long BUT HERE I AM NOW BESTIES! This snippet is for 3/26 “option” and involves Pen meeting another potentikinetic in her dreams: Michael. #YA #creativewriting #writingcommunity

“Just… You’ll let us leave, right? If we don’t want to be a part of the Power League?”
Michael stills, going rigid once again, and something more charged and dangerous crackles between us for a moment. This place somehow makes reading him both easy and hard at the same time. I can parse out what’s him and what’s the Dreaming, but Michael himself, his words, his expressions…
“Yes, Pen,” he says, his voice somber and serious. “We’ll let you leave. But… keep an open mind about whether or not we’re the best option, alright? That’s all I ask.”
“I will,” I promise, and it isn’t a lie. “How will we know where to find you?”
Michael smirks confidently. “Don’t worry about that. Once we’re in the city, we’ll find you.”
“Okay, but how exactly? How will we know who you are?”
“I’ll sound the same in the real world,” Michael says. “Or, I think I will. I don’t know. And I’ll probably feel the same too. Like this, like in here. Like any power we feel, right? You sense them too?”
“Yeah,” I say, and something in me alights, realization finally hitting me: I’m not the only one. “Okay. Alright. I should know who you are, then, when you get closer.”
“The onslaught of approaching supers will probably be a good way to tell we’ve arrived, too,” he says, grinning.
“Okay, fair.”

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Mar 13

I never posted this here but LOOK @stealingpotatoes.bsky.social DREW MY BABIES FOR A COMMISSION A WHILE BACK AAAAAA I love them ur honor. My superfreaks squad. My beloved OC blorbos LtR: Lav, Jack, Tommy, Pen, Alice, Sara, Nico

A drawing of seven kids in a lineup of various poses. From left to right: Lavender, a little black girl with glasses, poofy pigtails, a pink t-shirt, and overall-shorts. She points off to one side, holding hands with and speaking to Jack, a tall teenage white boy with brown curly hair, glasses, a Star of David necklace, a white shirt, a red flannel shirt, and khaki pants. He looks down at Lavender adoringly. Next is Tommy, a young teenage boy with glasses, a green hoodie, and jeans, his arms crossed as he glares off to the side. Next to him is Pen, an older teen girl, her arm wrapped around Tommy’s shoulder and her other hand holding a knife, ready to stab. Pen wears a gray shirt, a red hoodie, and torn jeans, and both she and Tommy have tanned skin and dark brown hair. Next is Alice, a teenage girl of East Asian descent with pale skin and black hair tied in a ponytail. She holds a tablet in her hands and wears fishnet tights, combat boots, a purple skirt, a black tank top, and a fishnet shirt. Next to her is Sara, a young girl with pale skin and curly red hair and freckles who wears an orange shirt and jean shorts. She holds hands with Nico, a young Latino boy wearing a blue t-shirt, a long sleeved shirt beneath it, and jeans. Sara looks excitedly at Alice’s tablet while Nico looks off worriedly.

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Mar 11

Ayo, it’s almost time for episode 2 of The Eternal Ruins! Come watch us probably die to a demon hahaha who said that twitch.tv/happyjacksrpg #ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgcommunity

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 23

No cheating, your last saved pic of a celebrity is your therapist.

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 18

Wassup nerds, come join us for Eternal Ruins session 1 on www.twitch.tv/happyjacksrpg! #indiettrpg #actualplay #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 8

Bestie how could you lie to me like this #indieTTRPG

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 6

There’s a new Kickstarter Tier in town www.kickstarter.com/projects/jaz... #TTRPG #indieTTRPG #TTRPGCommunity

A screenshot of a Kickstarter Tier description for Extra Ordinary. The title is “Minivan Trove - $250” and it says: Backing at this tier gets you a PDF copy and a physical copy of Extra Ordinary, AND you get to play in a 10+ session campaign of the game GMed by the creator: me! Kodi Gonzaga! We’ll coordinate via my Discord server, voice will be required for play with video optional but preferred, safety tools will be used throughout the game, and we’ll likely use Google Docs as a play space. The game(s) will start running once the post-Kickstarter PDF is released. Also, I reserve the right to kick you if you’re being an unrelenting dick, but I highly doubt anyone backing this game (especially at this tier) will be, and I’ll warn you one or two times beforehand if you’re crossing any lines. Only 10 slots are available with 3-5 players at each table, so snag this while you can!

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 4

Kodi-coded characters

A picture of the character Vi from Arcane

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A picture of Camila Hect from The Locked Tomb series

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 3

No new pictures, where are you mentally?

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 2

(for legal reasons this is a joke)

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Feb 2

Nice.

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Jan 31

anyway my kickstarter launches tomorrow hggggg www.kickstarter.com/projects/jaz...

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Jan 22

posting my OCs bc why not, i love having fun and cringe is dead everyone meet Danny Rye, Margot Queensbury, Jake Tassel-Chastain, and Camila Castillo, the four Horner Paranormal Private Investigators! They're also a bit paranormal themselves... read about 'em here: www.hornerparanormal.com

A penciled drawing in a small notebook of four figures standing in a line side by side, facing forward. Left to right, they are Danny Rye, Margot Queensbury, Jake Tassel-Chastain, and Camila Castillo. Danny is a short young man with curly light brown hair wearing a tartan trapper hat, a flannel shirt, a vest, jeans, and sneakers. He holds a spiked baseball bat over his shoulder and looks sternly off to the right. Margot is a short young woman with messy dark hair in a bob cut and wears a leather jacket, a t-shirt, ripped jeans, and Converse. She smirks off towards Jake next to her. A black cat hides behind one of her legs with its tail curling in front of it. Jake is a tall young man with coiled black hair cut in a short afro wearing an army jacket, jeans, work boots, and a backpack. He holds some kind of scanner device and looks up nervously. Camila is a heavyset young woman with long black hair and wears a black, wide brimmed hat, a sweater dress, a belt, jeggings, combat boots, and a side bag. She holds a wand in her right hand pointed down and grins confidently at Margot.

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Jan 20

Hi y'all! Intro time. I'm Kodi Gonzaga, aka jaztice, and I'm a creative writer, professional editor, and TTRPG designer based in southern California. You can find me playing games on @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social, selling games at jaztice.itch.io, and doing plenty more at www.kodigonzaga.com!

A thumbnail image for the game Extra Ordinary. It reads "Extra Ordinary. A tabletop roleplaying game about found family, trauma, and kids with strange powers." The illustration shows four kids running from something off screen to the left. The kid in front is a teen with short dark hair and a maroon hoodie, and they hold a knife in one hand and a younger kid's hand in their other. The second kid is a small girl with coiled black hair, brown skin, and iridescent fairy wings. The third kid is a blond boy and wears ragged clothes, and he has a tail and animalistic hands and feet. The fourth kid is another teen of Latino appearance wearing a red flannel, jeans, work boots, and a magical purple amulet. He is drawing some kind of purple lightning from the amulet and shooting it at whatever is chasing the four kids. They are running on the sidewalk next to a dark forest.

A thumbnail for the game Down the Road Through the End of the World. The subtitle is "A TTRPG About a Journey Through the Apocalypse," and the attribution says "by Kodi Gonzaga." It is black and white with a smeared black background.

A thumbnail for the game Voxinn: A Firebrands Hack by Kodi Gonzaga. The title and attribution are white against the dark purple and red and black background, which depicts a single silhouette of a person in front of glowing city lights and a dark and starless sky.

A thumbnail for Kodi Gonzaga's One Page Mechanics Guide to the Belonging Outside Belonging / No Dice No Masters System. The text is white, and the background is a slightly blurred image of red and blue poker chips falling through the air against a black backdrop.

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Jan 15

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

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Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Dec 20

I mean the racism and orientalism was already bad but come on guys

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Dec 20

Join meeeeeeeee twitch.tv/jaztice4917

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Dec 19

Ayo nerds, it’s #WIPSnips time! This is for the 12/19 prompt “high” and comes right after Alice suggests doing a heist at a gala to take down the people chasing all the kids. #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #YA

“God, I hate this,” he grumbles. “Sure. Fine. Yeah. Huge heist during a very important gala with tons of security and important people and cameras. This won’t go wrong at all.”
“And we’re coming too,” Sara insists, glaring at Jack and Alice and I as if daring us to contradict her. “You said so, Jack. This is the big one, right? Our last mission?”
“We’re not secret agents, Sara.”
“We might as well be,” I say, and Jack glares at me half-heartedly. I turn and smile at the younger kids, nodding determinedly. “Yes, you’re all coming too. We don’t go back on our word.”
Sara fist pumps in victory and high-fives Nico, who winces at the slap as Sara wraps him in a hug. Despite his timid nature, I can tell he’s excited too. And Lav—
“What about the power blocking stuff?” Lavender asks, glancing between us. “What if they block our powers and we can’t do any of it in front of the cameras?”
I stop, chewing my lip and thinking. She’s right, I tell myself. We have to figure out a way to disable the power blockers, somehow. Permanently. But how…?
Alice sucks in a sudden breath, and when I refocus my gaze on her, she’s smirking again.
“Good thing we’ve got one of their power blockers with us, then,” she says. “And a technopath. And a child prodigy who does engineering in her spare time. Thanks for stealing that back at the Tower, by the way, Pen.”

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Dec 13

wassup #WIPsnips besties, it’s me again! For the prompt “control” today. This is the end of a conversation between Pen and her brother Tommy (and also the end of a chapter)… #YA #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPromot

“I don’t want to be useless,” he says.
I look down at him, shaking him a little. “You’re not useless at all,” I tell him.
“I’m not as good with my powers as you guys. You and Jack and Alice, I mean.”
“Well, yeah, but we’ve had them for longer,” I say, and Tommy does look up at me, a stubborn look in his eyes that I know all too well. “And you’re still way better at them than I was when I was your age. You’re not useless, Tommy. You’ve just been pushing yourself too hard. We shouldn’t rely on you so much, honestly, none of us want you getting burnt out or losing control.”
“Yeah, but…” He mulls it over for a moment, mouth going crooked, and then he sighs and slumps back into my chest in defeat. “Okay. Yeah. Fine. Whatever.”
“Love you.”
“Shut up.”
I smile and hug him a little tighter. “That said, we do have a fun task for you if you’re ready for it. Alice is working on it right now. But she said she’d need your help with it.”
Tommy pulls away, apprehensive but also excited. “What is it?” he asks. “And what’s the plan for stealing the STRIKE data?”
I grin like the Cheshire Cat and tilt my head teasingly.
“Oh, brother dearest,” I say, “we’re gonna infiltrate a fancy party.”

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Dec 11

Omg besties it’s #WIPsnips time again?! Yup. This is for the prompt “full” and is right after the kids get grabbed by the DSR… #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #YA

You shouldn’t have trusted him, I tell myself, fury filling my bones as I glare at my hands cuffed in my lap. You shouldn’t have trusted Agent Ramirez. Now look what happened. He probably sold us out the second he got out of sight.
Or maybe he has no idea what happened. Maybe he’s being lied to as well, or they were tracking him without his knowledge. Or maybe this blond agent and his goons are all secretly allied with STRIKE, and we’re all about to get shoved into cages and experimented on and trained to be super soldiers. Turned into monsters.
All the unknowns of this situation make me so nervous I want to puke.
You were supposed to protect them, I think, glancing at Tommy next to me. He meets my gaze, quiet, his eyes full of fear. You failed.
“Where are we going?” Jack asks.
Everyone looks at him, but he just glares at the blond agent stubbornly, obviously scared but not letting that stop him. Pride and approval bloom in my chest. He’s braver than he looks, that Jack Horowitz.
“You’ll find out soon enough,” the agent answers.
“Who are you?” Alice asks too, feeding off Jack’s courage.
“Department of Superhuman Regulation. DSR for short.”
“We know that, jackass. I meant your name.”
I snort without meaning to at Alice’s sass and flash her a small smile. She returns it, eyes flicking over to me for a moment.

Kodi Gonzaga Persists Despite The Horrors@jaztice· Dec 10

Heya folks! It’s #WIPSnips time once again. Another snippet from Pen Carter where the kids talk about siblinghood. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #YA