Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
Somebody dropped off a big tray of finger sandwiches at my parents' house. He loved those. We always raided the trays at parties. Ham and turkey only. Fuck that roast beef noise.
Some years back, @Retaba, I believe, won a PA charity auction for an online tabletop campaign (13th Age) run by @Anialos. They needed some peeps to play with, so some of the old CF phalla crew including @jdarksun, myself, Erin, and Kaplar were invited to participate. I roll a tank. The campaign didn't finish, but we got a few dozen sessions in. I don't remember many details about the campaign other than it being a really good time and Retaba once almost blowing us all up by considering casting fireball in a methane-filled sewer.
Fast forward to today and Smof has an XCOM 2 Let's Play rolling. I get a character named after me and keep on brand by requesting a shotgun the heaviest armor available. Kaplar makes a quick comment referencing that's how I roll. The campaign ended years ago, but they remembered.
I'm sorry, Erin. Kaplar was a fantastic person.
So, I did some digging and found a thing. Davor's One Unique Thing was to be the only creature to have his soul rejected by the Lich King and placed back into his body. He also had a magical sword inhabited by the soul of a crusader. My belief is that Kaplar is out there somewhere in this world peeking in from some mundane object, encouraging others to do good.
I have the basic character sheets for the whole party still if any of you want them.
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Blackhawk1313Demon Hunter for HireTime RiftRegistered Userregular
Oh Erin, I’ve been traveling and just saw this. I don’t have words, and I know all too well how meaningless they can sound but I’ll share in the chorus of condolences. Life is truly, deeply unfair in how it takes others out of this world. By all accounts and my own experiences your brother was a wonderful person and an amazing brother. For what it’s worth I have an unfortunate amount of experience in dealing with untimely loss and if you ever want to talk, or ramble, or just scream at me on it all, my door is open.
I have been left in a grim mood, and have been avoiding posting here, but I think silence would be a disservice.
More than amazing food journeys, Kaplar was a collective friend we've experienced the gamut of life, jobs, games, and points of uncertainty with.
I don't have the words, beyond that we will miss them.
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Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
I now own a jar. And I picked up some waffles to try it out with, although I have no clue what to do with it past that.
Sliced apples are good. Or on toast. Or with some dark chocolate
Sliced Granny Smith apples are SO GOOD in a toasted sandwich. Do you have a jaffle maker?
No clue what that is!
it's like a panini press type deal, but it also seals the edges of the sammich so you keep all your ooey gooey goodness inside the little pouch of food.
Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
We used to not be allowed to play on the same team for a lot of competitive board games (pictionary, taboo, etc) because we could basically finish each other's sentences without any difficulty.
He was the kind of person you could go months without seeing and he'd be able to pick up a conversation like you never missed a beat. He could reference stuff from way back and had such an easy way with people.
He was adventurous and loved food and was looking forward to so many things in the future.
The world isn't fair and it's shittier now without him in it.
Oh, Erin, all my love flying halfway around the world to you and yours.
I didn't even know he was your brother until he started updating us in the QUILTBAG thread about your surgery, and it was instantly clear how huge his love and support for you was. This is a tremendous loss, I am so sorry.
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Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
Fuck, it still doesn't seem real that he's gone. I keep expecting a goofy message on Hangouts or a silly or encouraging post here, or something.
I'm so sorry for your loss, and the loss to this community, we will all miss him.
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Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
We laid him to rest today. Got to see a lot of people who loved him very much, and say goodbye properly.
Today is really hard. Thank all of you for the kind words and sympathy. I told his wife that he was liked and appreciated here and that he'd be missed.
ObiFettUse the ForceAs You WishRegistered Userregular
edited October 2019
I know I am very late, but I just heard about this and I feel like I need to tell you that Kaplar made an impact on me with how good of a person he was on these forums. There are a few names that always stand out to me as trying to legitimately make the world a better place by being an example of goodness and kindness and he was one of them. Whenever I saw Kaplar's avatar, I knew the post was worth reading. I can only imagine how good of an impact he made on the people around him in real life.
Erin The RedThe Name's Erin! Woman, Podcaster, Dungeon Master, IT nerd, Parent, Trans. AMABaton Rouge, LARegistered Userregular
Thanks, Obi. And all of y'all.
It means a lot to know that he was appreciated and accepted and cared about in the community that HE cared about so much.
It's kind of funny the random things that will bring him back into my mind and make me chuckle or cry or just say something out loud, hoping he can hear it somehow.
Life is weird. Death is unfair.
Hug the people you care about as often and for as long as you can.
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Toaster waffles with chocolate chips and cookie butter, and some pretzel sticks and peanut butter on the side. Big glass of milk to go with it all.
Love you, little brother.
It's kind of like peanut butter, but made from cookies rather than peanuts. In particular, speculoos/Biscoff cookies. Use it similarly to Nutella.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_butter
So, I did some digging and found a thing. Davor's One Unique Thing was to be the only creature to have his soul rejected by the Lich King and placed back into his body. He also had a magical sword inhabited by the soul of a crusader. My belief is that Kaplar is out there somewhere in this world peeking in from some mundane object, encouraging others to do good.
I now own a jar. And I picked up some waffles to try it out with, although I have no clue what to do with it past that.
I'm glad that I had the opportunity to interact with him as much as I did, and yet I'm sad that I couldn't have made more memories with him.
Both on the forums and recording the podcast, he was always a welcome soul.
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More than amazing food journeys, Kaplar was a collective friend we've experienced the gamut of life, jobs, games, and points of uncertainty with.
I don't have the words, beyond that we will miss them.
Sliced apples are good. Or on toast. Or with some dark chocolate
Sliced Granny Smith apples are SO GOOD in a toasted sandwich. Do you have a jaffle maker?
No clue what that is!
it's like a panini press type deal, but it also seals the edges of the sammich so you keep all your ooey gooey goodness inside the little pouch of food.
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I'll have to keep an eye out for them.
Bluh. I feel wrung out and just... Sore? I don't know. Something. Hurts.
He was the kind of person you could go months without seeing and he'd be able to pick up a conversation like you never missed a beat. He could reference stuff from way back and had such an easy way with people.
He was adventurous and loved food and was looking forward to so many things in the future.
The world isn't fair and it's shittier now without him in it.
I didn't even know he was your brother until he started updating us in the QUILTBAG thread about your surgery, and it was instantly clear how huge his love and support for you was. This is a tremendous loss, I am so sorry.
Fuck, it still doesn't seem real that he's gone. I keep expecting a goofy message on Hangouts or a silly or encouraging post here, or something.
I want this to all be some AWFUL joke
If anyone wants to leave a message or send flowers or anything, feel free.
Thank y'all for giving me a place to grieve and vent. This community and the kind people in it are more appreciated than I can put into words.
Christ
I'm so sorry for your loss, and the loss to this community, we will all miss him.
We laid him to rest today. Got to see a lot of people who loved him very much, and say goodbye properly.
Today is really hard. Thank all of you for the kind words and sympathy. I told his wife that he was liked and appreciated here and that he'd be missed.
I'm gonna miss him so goddamn much.
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Us too.
Thanks for sharing this.
I'm sorry for your family's loss.
It means a lot to know that he was appreciated and accepted and cared about in the community that HE cared about so much.
It's kind of funny the random things that will bring him back into my mind and make me chuckle or cry or just say something out loud, hoping he can hear it somehow.
Life is weird. Death is unfair.
Hug the people you care about as often and for as long as you can.
Love y'all.
I did not know Kaplan well, but I do know our community is worse off then it was a couple months ago.