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He/Him, Trails fic author, messy romance appreciator ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/SquidlyCat #ReanTowa Mute #SquidSteel if you don’t want Trails Coldsteel Spoilers Profile pic by @aegisasu.bsky.social Banner by @alyossan.bsky.social

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SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · Jan 1

Hello my name is SquidCat!!
I have many gaming and fandom interests but my main fixations are:

⚔️Trails series (mostly Coldsteel)
💀Warhammer 40k (books, themes, anti fash)
🌩️Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere (mostly Stormlight)
📖Fanfiction (mostly Trails, mostly Romantic, proship/anticensor)

#promosky

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KJ/Ghost-kuzard, Spooky Edition @cyntifa.bsky.social · 1h

If the internet collapses because of regulation, I'm partially blaming the "HoRnY = bAd" crowd.
It was never about porn or "protecting children." It was always, ALWAYS about control.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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currently in mishelam (jer) @chanjermishelam.bsky.social · 1h

its been like 2 degrees every morning lately?? drew something warm

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 1h

Squeeeeeesh the boyffff 🥰🥰🥰

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 1h

Tr(Airsh)iplets!

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 1h

Or two Lindes!

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 1h

Of insecurity and grief!! Like after cs2, she comforts Rean — but she also lost someone!!

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 1h

😭😭😭😭😭 She is a light!! But since she’s a secondary character (in the games, not in my HEART) we don’t get to see much of the sadness below the surface until 4— I think she parallels Rean in the way that she throws herself into helping/comforting others as an avoidance tactic from her own feelings-

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AURIE 🌹| 🎮 Trails into Reverie/ 創の軌跡 @auriebara.bsky.social · 21h

Today is World Mental Health Day.

I’m 30, have anxiety, and am still healing from PTSD. Healing takes time and it’s a journey unique to every individual.

🌸 Please be kind to yourself & know it’s ok to go about life at ur own pace.

And.

🌸 Never hesitate to reach out to a loved one

a cartoon of snoopy drinking from a cup with the words take care coming out of his mouth

ALT: a cartoon of snoopy drinking from a cup with the words take care coming out of his mouth

media.tenor.com

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LeGuin's Blade Teachings 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘 @leguinblade.bsky.social · 6h

My debut EP "My Childhood Home Was Your Hospice" is available on Bandcamp! Give it a listen, and download it for free, if you want some heavy, nostalgic, drenched in reverb and effects tracks through which I explore grief and search for identity!
leguinblade.bandcamp.com/album/my-chi...

My Childhood Home Was Your Hospice, by LeGuin's Blade Teachings

leguinblade.bandcamp.com

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 14h

Lmao

“Now’s my chance!! I’m coming home!!”

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 16h

When she point at Rean as her subject to paint T_T

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 16h

It got a big floofy cat who is grumpy with a heart of gold and I love him very much T_T

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 16h

I think the short jokes are pretty tedious EXCEPT from Rean because Rean never gets to tease anyone in that playful way 🥰 and I think the Smiling Anger thing she does is also pretty corny. Like Oh Normally she’s So Small But Now She’s Scary WhOaAaA just doesn’t hit for me

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 16h

Towa cute :] I’m love her!!

Really though I love her happiness and optimism in the face of repeated tragedy — and how threadbare it can feel sometimes :] it’s inspiring but there’s a hidden desperation and despair to it that makes it devastating at the same time in a way that I love ^_^

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 20h

Oooh a lot of Blunt-style damage!! Totally on board with these though great choices — though I guess to be fair trails makes most of the weapons look cool ^_^”

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 20h

Hehe well I’m certainly not going to gatekeep the concept of shipping ^_^ I like them very much too!! :D

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 20h

YES I had the same experience. I’m glad to know you’re such a kindred spirit!! ^_^ and I’m glad to know you in general :D

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 22h

In another reply I mentioned the one where Rean learns to drive the motorcycle with towa in the sidecar :333 I am a simple man!!

I also love Oh No, Nono from Cs1, where you get to see the Cat Leadership in Heimdallr ^_^ it’s cute!!

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 22h

*what’s the point* is definitely a core aspect of it to me as well!! Like I’ve got Quite Enough negative shit in my life and so do others, I don’t see the point in trying to paint myself as Superior because stuff Other People Like is Bad, Actually.

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 23h

Yourself, to feel like you Do have control in a world that feels more and more Out Of Control. And it’s easier to do so on social media because it’s easier to dehumanize people when you dont have to talk to them in person!

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 23h

I also 1000% agree with your assessment of the Mega Toxic ppl — I see it also in a greater context of despair, like as things get more bleak and authoritarian in the US, people who fear such things will take on inconsequential “opponents,” because it feels good to have a Win, something to reassure -

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 23h

Seen as Glazers or Haters and end up sort of self-selecting towards those extremes as well, as Very Positive or Very Negative takes are what are more likely to get the most engagement even if they are reductive of a persons actual feelings.

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 23h

Omg yes yes yes to everything here Avery! There’s a nuanced middle ground to between Uncritical Glazing and Closed-Minded Hatred but social media really lends itself to A: communicating in extreme hyperbole and B: bad-faith readings of what other people say, so I think people get unfairly —

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 1d

wehhhh I appreciate you giving me this opportunity to yap!! And you may not feel like you have the words but it is still great to learn that what I say is resonating so thank you!! T_T

SquidCat @squidcat.bsky.social · 1d

ahhh I’m so glad this resonated with you!! Trails is so special for this T_T