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Martin Mottet @martinuche.bsky.social · 8h

"detail" of the front cover part

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emma @vasira96.bsky.social · 23h

was looking at that little Thimble i drew and i had a vision that i now offer it to you

four drawings of Thimble, from critical role. She's a tiny little pixie in green and brown clothes. In each pose she's spells a letter of the word "love"

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 7h

This is a lot of fun, great work!

Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 2d

Love this dynamic XD

krintou 👓📗🦋 (7.35 spoilers) @babapapaffxiv.bsky.social · 2d

#wabffxiv #ffxiv #ff14 #lighttenet

🦇🎃 We are Baldesion - Fang & Claw edition 🎃🦇

# Week 2 🧛

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Panel 1: Baba and Naldtala meet a lalafellin vampire. Baba hands him a basket with a bottle inside.

Baba: Here's the portion sent from the bank. Remember to talk to the provider to sign you as a new recipient.

Lalafell man: My thanks! I'll let him know. And, if I may ask..

Baba: Yes?

Panel 2: After taking and lowering the basket to his side the lalafell man talks with an enthusiastic expression.

Lalafell man: I want to know if werewolf blood would taste any different. It doesn't have to be from the neck, of course! Just a drop from your finger for example.

Baba: Oh! Well if it's a drop I wouldn't mind much, I guess? Though...

Panel 3: Baba talks, scratching her cheek as a slight sheepish gesture. Meanwhile, Naldtala intensely stares at the lalafell man with a dark gaze.

Baba: You see, as a woodsfarer I tend to expose myself in all kinds of situations which sometimes lead me to bear curses or poison. Though I have immunity to most of them now for safety measures my blood would do no good for a newly converted. So-

Panel 4: The lalafell man sprints toward opposite side of the couple. Baba and Naldtala watch him as he leaves and runs away.

Lalafell man: N- No problem! Thank you for the delivery! I- I have to go! Thank you, farewell!

Baba: Huh? oh, okay! Take care.

Right side illustration:

Baba: Naldtala why did you scare him? For a moment I was afraid things would go ugly.

Naldtala: Just because this is new for him doesn't mean he all but forgets manners. How uncouth.

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Vampire fact: Converted vampires are immune to silver and even get just mild fatigue to great exposition of sun like any mortal. However, their lifespans are barely longer than an average viera's.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 2d

I heard someone on a podcast say that music is boring now and, look, I am saying this as kindly as I can…skill issue.

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 4d

Updated this to be a sort of general landing page for all of my Shipfall stories and articles. #shipfall #scifi #ttrpg open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

Shipfall

A setting description/landing page for my "medieval meets sci-fi" setting

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 4d

Updated this to be a sort of general landing page for all of my Shipfall stories and articles. #shipfall #scifi #ttrpg open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

Shipfall

A setting description/landing page for my "medieval meets sci-fi" setting

open.substack.com

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 5d

Wrote another Shipfall short story, vaguely in response to @imagine2create.bsky.social's Narrative Feast prompt. The setting is a blend of medieval and science fiction, with survivors attempting to MacGyver their way through the post-apocalypse.

#fiction #shipfall

open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

In Haven's Shadow

AKA: What happens when you throw a massive spaceship at a medieval city?

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Squeaky @squeaky.bsky.social · 5d

Redesigning my axolotl

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 5d

Wrote another Shipfall short story, vaguely in response to @imagine2create.bsky.social's Narrative Feast prompt. The setting is a blend of medieval and science fiction, with survivors attempting to MacGyver their way through the post-apocalypse.

#fiction #shipfall

open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

In Haven's Shadow

AKA: What happens when you throw a massive spaceship at a medieval city?

open.substack.com

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 6d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 9d

When life gets to be too much, I write poetry about it. It hardly helps, but that's better than nothing.

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Spiraling

Sometimes, I don't want to human.

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to @imagine2create.bsky.social I'm continuing to experiment with horror. open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

Coda

The world ends with a beautiful song

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to @imagine2create.bsky.social I'm continuing to experiment with horror. open.substack.com/pub/theemera...

Coda

The world ends with a beautiful song

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krintou 👓📗🦋 (7.35 spoilers) @babapapaffxiv.bsky.social · Dec 2

❗ // FRU - futures rewritten ultimate spoilers ❗

sora's voice: kairi... kairi is inside me?

#lighttenet

A fusion design of Baba Papa (my WoL) and Nald'thal. They silently examine themselve. On the panel below Thal's voice speaks: "Baba... What is this-" but he's interrupted by Nald and Baba in a panicked-hysterical voice: "ARE YOU INSIDE ME?!??!?!"

The fusion on the side has a forced expression, still watching their hands in disbelief.

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Jason M Burrows @punkjr.bsky.social · 11d

Another, "oh awesome!" moment today...

Turning the page on my @ginnydi.com calendar & seeing one of my favorite of her characters!

Temper!

Temper wears a leather blacksmithing apron & holds a sword on the right side of the image, with the October 2025 calendar on the right.

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Bradley Ramsey @imagine2create.bsky.social · 11d

Today marks the first day of my month-long horror writing challenge over on Substack!

Several writers have already submitted stories for today's prompt, so now I'm sharing my own take on the concept!

bradleyramsey.substack.com/p/the-thing-...

#writingcommunity #writesky #horror #shortstory

The Thing That Lives in My Walls

The First Indulgence: Day 1

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 11d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 15d

Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 17d

Furry cute things, as requested

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 18d

#silksong is a triumph. I'm very glad this game exists and I got to play it.

And that ending broke me.

The Silksong end card. It reads "Game Completion. Percentage: 100%. Time: 78h 51m 09s."

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 19d

Stolen from an Animorphs Facebook group.

A teenager turning into a bird, Animorphs cover style

"Getting raptured?

No thanks

I'm getting raptored"

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Richard Pack @thewyrm.bsky.social · 19d

#silksong vaguepost

This build would be so good if I was significantly better at the game.

But every time I get to phase 4 my hands start shaking and precision goes out the window, so ol' reliable it is.

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · 25d

Hornet

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🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social · 21d

So I have a thing on my Patreon that I do called "Soft 'n Sweet" and I post little sketches and drawings through the month, and one month I thought it'd be cute to draw Baby Jester and Baby Beau getting up to shenanigans, so here it is finally inked and colored.

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleart

My take on a young Jester and a young Beau. Jester looks mischevious and has a curled parchment tucked behind her, and is in cute fancy clothes. Beau is in simple, practical clothes, and looks like she's been in a few fights.

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