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My little side account until these things can go private. This will probably be mostly me posting tangents and other things about video games or whatever that I don't want to have to explain to people who know me in real life.

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A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · Jun 19

Pinned post of some of the things I've written. Hopefully I will remember to update it as I put more things online!

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ദ്ദി🎃✧ @jinop0ms.bsky.social · 17h

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A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 17h

I feel like all my fics are getting neglected these days as life demands a little more attention, but here is a little (a chunk) more of my Felix/Petra post-Azure Moon piece that I swear I will finish one day. Also featured: two antagonistic characters whose names will likely change.

“We wasn’t going to do anything untoward.” Dirk moved towards Felix slowly, as if he knew he could convince him before it became a fight. “We were just going to break some bones, maybe take a finger or two. Kill her quick after that.”

Felix held his sword steady. “She’s obviously too young to have done anything. Let her go, now.”

Dirk looked back to Rennal, waiting for his lead. Rennal nodded. Dirk turned his attention back to Felix with a glower, trying his best to be intimidating.

“I don’t want to hurt you.”

Felix chuckled, “You won’t.”

There was only a moment of hesitation before Dirk lunged forward with a wide swing downwards. Felix dodged it easily, slashing the other man's arm as he did. Dirk shouted in anguish as Felix smiled.

“You left yourself open. I could have done worse than that if I wanted. Put down your-”

Dirk slashed at Felix again with his one good arm. Felix intercepted the blade, sending it to the ground. He levelled his sword with Dirk’s eyes.

“Give up.”

Dirk looked back to Rennal worriedly. Rennal sighed.

“Bit much for a single prisoner, I’d have thought, but if she means that much to you then who am I to say? Not like anyone cared about us before.” He dropped the rope. “My fault for thinking that anyone in the Kingdom was concerned about anyone from Nuvelle territory. May as well be more Hresvelgs.” Felix motioned Dirk to stand beside him before cutting the rope off of Petra’s waist and tying the two men up with it, removing Rennal’s sword and collecting Dirk’s from the ground.

“Sit.” He commanded the two men. They both followed his order, sitting down in the mud.

“If I so much as imagine I hear either of you following us, I’ll circle back around and gut you both like fish. Understood?” The two men nodded. Dirk was clearly angry, but Rennal still had that smile on his face. He was calculating something, Felix could tell, but there was no dissuading him from that now. Better to get out of town and put the space between them. Once they did that he would have to give up. He turned to Petra.

“Sorry about this. I didn’t think…” He cut the rope around her wrists and went to untie the gag. She stepped back, untying herself. Felix could see bruises on her face now.

“That is clear.” She spat. Rennal laughed at them.

“The girlfriend angry at you?”

Felix glared at Rennal before turning back to Petra. “Let’s go.” They both turned back to the main road.

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Thaumana 🎨 Commissions OPEN 🌟 VGEN @thaumana.bsky.social · 1d

🔷Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones🔷

Anniversary + appreciation post✨

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Tobey @ commissions open! @t0bey-art.bsky.social · Jun 13

ryoma X kagero for mourningstorms on tumblr! #fireemblem #fefates

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The Fire Emblem Character Of The Day @fecharaterday.bsky.social · 1d

The Fire Emblem Character Of The Day is Annette! #Annette #FE #FireEmblem #Nintendo

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · May 16

No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.

Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.

"She probably doesn't mean me"

I do.

sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · May 15

I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;

most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!

well, we do. so fuck off.

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A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 1d

Had to shake a bucket full of apples and it reminded me of the pear wiggler, which of course made me wish I had a tiny goth wizard to put in the apple bucket

A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think "Lorenz? A perfectly fine character" but then I Remember.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Brandon @goldensama.bsky.social · 2d

Generative AI has gone from plagiarism machine to legitimate threat to the future of humanity. This shit gotta go.

Kittie @kittiepeters.com · 2d

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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🔞 Doodler @phantomdoodler.bsky.social · 1d

Kinktober 6

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Eva 🐙 Comms open! @octobrushido.bsky.social · 2d

Byleth!!!!!!
#FireEmblemThreeHouses

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Lynarc @lynarc.bsky.social · 3d

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A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 2d

Appreciating having a little side account to put the truly offhand thoughts.

A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 2d

Towards the last battle of VW Hapi mentions meditating to relieve stress and it's wild how I never think of it but it feels so on the nose for her too.

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ying2 @yingui.bsky.social · 2d

first and last kiss / eternal winter #SylvixWeek2025

green palette felix lays dying on the upper panel while pressing the pommel of his sword to his lips. in the bottom panel warm/pale orange palette sylvain presses the pommel to his own mouth. behind the panels is a faded drawing of the two as children

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mery @merylemons.bsky.social · Aug 1

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A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 2d

Man, Lorenz Hellman Gloucester rules

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A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 2d

Lorenz walking into Shambala and being all "Sure it's impressive, but I'd never live here."

A Practical Bar of Expensive Soap @expensivesoap2.bsky.social · 2d

When you select a very injured Hubert or Lorenz they both give you a similar quote delivered through gritted teeth and I think they'd each hate to know that about the other