Who is Will?
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Will Sobel (he/him) writes the stories that his teenage repressed and closeted self needed to read and play the games that would evoke the thought processes he needed. He’s a bisexual writer, designer, parent, Pokémon Master, reader, monster, binger, gamer, and wizard. Will wants to make and consume stories about reclaiming your identity, overcoming familial expectations, and struggling with your past. Any story that surprises him, or does something deeply weird, is probably a good fit for him. Found family, deals with the devil, and reclamation are among his favorite tropes. Redemption arcs are powerful and useful tools that are incredibly difficult to properly pull off. Will’s best craft, though, are bad jokes. A good pun will make him either laugh or cry – with no room in the middle.
Will’s creative goals are to make designs and worlds that are accessible, with equitable representation and inclusion. He’s a big advocate for queer futurism and wants to see queer stories where queer people are allowed to be happy and safe in their identity to show future queers what a positive future looks like. He’s a firm believer in outright queerness, not that wizard principal who was queer coded. Additionally, he’s a tired of bisexual characters being shown as troublesome or queer coded and advocates for all bisexual characters being as strong and healthy as Rosa Diaz.
Will’s contributed to a number of amazing projects in different realms such as Betrayal at House on the Hill 3rd Edition, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, Astro Knights, The Expanse RPG: Abzu’s Bounty, For Hart and Queen, and many more which range from board games to short stories.
