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Minari H. Gealat

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https://savewot.com/ Dazzling Writer They/Them #LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉 (WIP) #Saint_sup #MingEr #AltText Banner: a lineup of trollocs from #TheWheelOfTime standing in front of village houses at night. Profile pic: pen nib inside a metallic rainbow Ouroboros

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · Oct 18

Things I like to yap about

The Wheel of Time
Saint Suppappong Udomkaewkanjana
SF and fantasy shows (yes, WoT is it's own yapping category)
Mythology
Writing and Coffee

PEST Mori 🐝 @moridin1024.bsky.social · Oct 17

Things I like to yap about

Latest premium fantasy show
Some snark requiring Jumara lawyer
Video Games that I never actually play
Latest sci fi/fantasy books
Whatever you love

Also lots of Rants - but that’s in a safe space and probably at a convention.

Rebecca @readingthepattern.bsky.social · Oct 17

Things I like to yap about always:

The Wheel of Time
The Rings of Power
The Expanse
Fantasy/SF TV and books generally

Currently watching:
Agatha All Along

Currently reading:
The Mercy of Gods

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The Cambrian Mammal @naraoia.bsky.social · 3h

#WoTtober 9: hills. Yes, I went for the low-hanging fruit. With this prompt, in this fandom, what did you expect me to do? 🤪

#WoTSkies #TheWheelOfTime #art

Black ink drawing in the style of Elissa Mitchell's iconic Wheel of Time maps. There's a pair of large, suspiciously rounded hills, loosely shaded with hatching. They're labelled "Hills" in the WoT maps' calligraphic lettering.

Below them is the edge of a body of water, its shore chonkily outlined and finely hatched/stippled like in a map, its waters dotted with little waves.

Alternatively, you may be looking down at a stylised pair of respectable-sized boobs, with the bottom of a veil hanging into the picture.

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Kevin @kangus.bsky.social · 9h

oh are we talking great lyricists?
youtu.be/joTH0_bNUUg

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 10h

The main pair's romance in
#LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉
starts with a lot of yearning and denial. There are several twists for the "enemies to lovers" trope. It goes on for a while. The romance is slooow.
The polycule is Book2 spoilers and I haven't even published book 1 yet OR written book 2
#WritingPrompt

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 12h

Tell me about the Romance you’ve written! What is the pair/polycule like? What made them right for each other? How did they get there? #WritingPrompt

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Biological Riley @biologicalriley.bsky.social · 11h

I did another video on KPop Demon Hunters

Like, subscribe, comment, and share 💜

Why KPop Demon Hunters Resonates With the LGBTQ Experience | Spoilers
youtu.be/itcpCK2ukgA

Why KPop Demon Hunters Resonates With the LGBTQ Experience | Spoilers

YouTube video by Biological Riley

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 11h

Yeah there needs to be a shorter term for generative hallucinatory cryptoklepty masquerading as AI. I'm all for separating that shit from the AI looking for objects in space and cures for cancer

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13h

people are like "we need to call ai by what it really does, like llms" but i don't know what to call the awful image generation ones

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WoT Nerd Girl (aka Tad) CR: tGH @wotnerdgirl.bsky.social · 13h

Dear #WoTSkies,

In this Age, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, we will #SaveWoT and #TheWheelOfTime will come back to screens.

Happy Thursday mornaftevenight! ❤️

#ThankYouRafe

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 12h

So much 😭

Rands Thoughts / CR: The Fires of Heaven @randsthoughts.bsky.social · 22h

I miss the wheel of time 😭

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Cakes de los muertos 💀, ETQ @aielcakes.bsky.social · 1d

Alt text can make a huge difference for millions of us. You can do it from the toilet, it only takes a minute, and it will help someone navigate the internet.

🫶

Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 1d

We can’t self-care our way out of the harmful consequences of oppressive systems, AND I sure do get a major boost by doing acts of kindness for myself and for others.

They can be tiny acts. They matter. Especially at times like these.

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The Cambrian Mammal @naraoia.bsky.social · 1d

#WoTtober 8: library. A happy little drawing in honour of everyone's favourite (literally) giant geek and walking library, Loial 🤎

#WoTSkies #TheWheelOfTime #art

Black ink drawing of a pocket bulging with books. The flap is open - there's no way it would close with all those books in there!

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 1d

👀

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 1d

This is your (*my) reminder that if you’ve been sitting at your desk like a hunched over gremlin for a while, now might be a good time to stop and move around a bit.

Plus, if you move, you can go get a snack! Win win. :)

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 1d

Knowledge, lies and secrets (and their consequences) are part of the main themes of #LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉
I'm drawn to the "that's not how the magic works" trope, always love reading a magicky twist so I'm writing that.
I pulled it apart TBH because I started by knowing the climax
#WritingPrompt

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me about the mysteries you’ve written. What drew you to them? How did you pull it all together in the end? 🔎 #WritingPrompt

Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 1d

Ready? Not at all.
LET'S GO!

#FestiveWotIdol
#TheWheelOfTime

wotidol.bsky.social @wotidol.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #WoTSkies, you ready for the Holidays? The 2025 WoT Idol Holiday Extravaganza is ON!

🎄Song Parodies
🍀Original Music
🐰Cosplay
🎅Memes
💝Skits
🎃and more!

🕯️Entries due: Nov 30, 2025 at 12am (Midnight) ET

See rules and info at wotidol.com

#TheWheelOfTime

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wotidol.bsky.social @wotidol.bsky.social · 1d

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Lord Bashere, Jeskai Windrunner @leekingmemory.bsky.social · 1d

What is bringing you joy today?

What made you laugh or smile today?

Have you brought joy to someone else today?

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d

You're not special because you understand your industry better than people who do not have the time to deep dive it for 40-60 hours a week because they have other jobs.

And believe me, all of us are REAL DUMB about a lot of industries we're not in. Don't get cocky, kid.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d

This is, again, a situation where competent communication would have avoided a real big swerve. The first I saw about this entire thing was someone who I believe is a site engineer just kind of frustrated shit-posting about people not knowing about genAI vs machine learning, and not great!

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

I get that we are all tired and frustrated and distrust this platform but I think we may be overreacting in this one instance

bsky.app/profile/gidj...

Gideon @gidj.dev · 2d

Just chiming in to say I agree with the others in this thread—it’s an issue of trust, and what the contract looks like. If they say they don’t use submitted images for modeling training, it’s whether or not you trust them.

Signed, a software engineer who works with these systems regularly

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 2d

I have some time and energy but I'm purposely keeping things out of context for now in my public posts (for a few reasons)

#LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 2d

How it's going 👆
How it started 👇

Bluesky @bsky.app · Nov 15

A number of artists and creators have made their home on Bluesky, and we hear their concerns with other platforms training on their data. We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 2d

Funny thing about that quote for me is that it's not telling me anything new. It's something I've known for a long time and the belief got me through a bunch of bad times.
However, sometimes, it just HELPS to have someone else say it to me. Like you did now.

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 2d

Hugs 🫂

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you

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Lord Bashere, Jeskai Windrunner @leekingmemory.bsky.social · 2d

Quote of the moment for me:

“This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But the sun will shine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you Kaladin: you will be warm again.”

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Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 2d

7. Clothes/Dance/Music from desert society

Muntolians wear warm wool everything except for underwear, which is of nicer feeling fabrics they acquire by trade, and lots of layers.

Yes, you guessed right, they DO dance around the big bonfires

#LegendsOfAzdiera 🌈🐉
#OctoberWorldbuilders

Minari H. Gealat @dinzmeria.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite instance of the *Be careful what you wish for" #trope is Mat
#WotBookSpoilers
Twists and turns, an incomplete warning that he can't heed for a mix of external and internal reasons AND THEN the fact that there's a new plot twist like 7 BOOKS later.
Chef's kiss
#WritingQ
#TheWheelOfTime

Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #tuesday! Today's #writingq and #trope for discussion is:

Be careful what you wish for.

Do you enjoy this trope? Have you written it? When was it done well vs bad?

#writesky #booksky #writingcommunity #readingcommunity 📚🪐💙

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