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motherofwounds.bsky.social
Morning rumblings
#poetry #trans #an-empress-answers #die-in-cycles #the-imagined #transdayofrememberence
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
motherofwounds.bsky.social
#poetry #trans #an-empress-answers
#die-in-cycles
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
motherofwounds.bsky.social
#trans #poetry #an-empress-answers #die-in-cycles
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
2: ‘“You know what that means?” asks the somber beauty. “Yes, I do,” answers Aleta calmly. “It is not the fashion for an empress to have any living rival. And then, too, you will want revenge on Prince Valiant.”’
October 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
april-now.bsky.social
[me, trying to get my moots into literature]

okay some of you like football, so how about an astoundingly smart novel about the philosophical contours of violence/revenge + the u.s. prison system and that's *also* about a woman running a pro football team?

'lost empress' by sergio de la pava!!

📚💙
"Two major shifts provoked my 3-4 insight all those years ago. A change in rules and one in the character of available personnel. First, the league outlawed defensive contact with receivers past five yards with an unsurprising explosion in the forward pass. More passes meant a need for more lighter guys who could move and defend those passes. Exchanging a beef mountain for a two-twentyish guy just made sense. The other thing was that around this time these freaky 3-4 OLBs just started appearing and OCs had no answers for them. So if we take like 1980 as a starting point, over the next decade or so you could employ a 3-4 and make one of these nuts your primary pass rusher. I mean, guys like Lawrence Taylor, Rickey Jackson, Pat Swilling, Greg Lloyd, Kevin Greene, Derrick Thomas! What do you do with those guys if there's no such thing as a 3-4? They're too light to get in a three-point stance. You want to send them after the quarterback anytime there's a pass but if they're a 4-3 OLB that means you're blitzing on every pass. Notice how outdated everything I'm saying sounds, Buford. My point is it served its purpose back then and worked okay. It was certainly a more athletic defense than you could field running a 4-3 and the alignment had the added bonus of sowing indecision on the part of the opposing offensive line regarding which four guys were coming." "Still does, and we both know it's all about personnel anyway. We can debate this all day but if you have Reggie White you run a 4-3 and vice versey, Nina. Some of the greatest defenses have been 3-4, prov-ing my point." "Ah, see, only two." "The hell are you talking about? Only two effective 3-4s? Ever?" "First off, you said great. Let's define a great defense as one that carries the team to a championship." "Agreed." "At a minimum, right?" "Well, not sure." "Look, if a defense was great and the team didn't win the champi-onship then we can safely ignore it since our goal is the championship not some nebulous… even existed, let's say there've been, and I'll be extremely generous, ten or twelve great defenses? A grand total of two have been 3-4s." "The Giants." "The 'eighty-six Giants and the 2008 Steelers, that's it. A remark-ably poor record for my brainchild. Think of all the other signa-ture defenses. The seventies' Steel Curtain, the 'eighty-five Bears, 2000 Ravens, the 2002 Bucs. All 4-3s, my friend. Want to expand to nonchampionship-yet-arguably-great defenses? The Purple People Eaters? The Deacon Jones Rams? The Reggie White-Jerome Brown Eagles? You get the point." "I look at it the other way, it can be done. The Giants and Steelers have shown that, so let's us do it." "That's silly, why would we purposely increase the degree of dif-ficulty? A mere two defenses? Twenty-two years apart? Know what those two defenses had in common, besides alignment? They both had a transcendent, once-in-a-generation player at right outside line-backer. LT was probably the greatest defensive player ever, his back-side pursuit alone was probably enough to get him that designation. James Harrison? Late bloomer, so he didn't do it nearly as long, but for five years or so he was easily the best since Taylor." "I agree, he threw left tackles around like rag dolls, best I've ever seen against the run." "While being an elite pass rusher, you're making my point. The only way for the defense to work at the highest level is to have a Hall of Famer at the most critical position, that's the definition of a flawed system." "I like that element of surprise, I must say." "Surprise? Who's surprised? What's next? You going to sing me the praises of the zone blitz. This stuff is so passé now. The offensive linemen are too good, too well coached. Who cares which of the four LBs is rushing if the linemen across from them are employing zone-blocking principles anyway?" "I don't know." "You don't? How about this? When coaches first began replacing DLs with linebackers those linebackers would give…
September 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
deepspacerpg.bsky.social
Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only.
#TravellerRPG
A typical group of Traveller characters in front of an Empress Marava spaceship. 5 humans, two Vargrs, one Aslan and a dog like creature.
August 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
mischiefsart.bsky.social
Having just read all of Young Justice '98, I gotta say, I really love Red Tornado here.
Four comic panels from Young Justice '98 #1. Panel 1: Red Tornado says, "I had withdrawn from humanity because I had, in fact, lost my humanity. I had believed that there was little to No purpose to my continuing to exist. However, in the past few minutes, I have begun to believe that perhaps... just perhaps... there is some small aspect of human feeling left to me." Panel 2: Superboy asks "Why?" Panel 3: A close up of Red Tornado as he answers. "Because I find that you three annoy the hell out of me. I feel an urge to smack you... particularly Impulse. For that, I am indebted. Thank you." Panel 4: Superboy and Robin share a look as Robin replies, "You're uh... you're welcome... I guess." Red Tornado speaking: People, this is most enthralling, and I could go on talking to you for several more minutes more before yielding to the desire to bash my head in with a large rock. However, let us instead stay on topic. Red Tornado speaking as he looks at the young heroes Empress and Impulse: And I see we have an addition to the team. Was she subjected to a rigorous background check, an exacting series of standardized tests designed to measure her powers, and a sequence of personality interviews to determine her mental fitness? Impulse, feet up and leaning back i to a couch: Nah. We just let her in. Red Tornado: Oh, good. I was worried things had changed. Two panels from Young Justice '98. First panel focuses on Red Tornado's face as he speaks: A young girl with enough power to suck the entirety of the world into limbo has gone berserk... and your best judgement was to use this as a learning experience for a group of teenagers? A speech bubble from the off-panel Snapper Carr replies: More or less, yeah. Second panel, Red Tornado leans close to Snapper's face and points a finger at him. Red Tornado: Snapper... Secret is Not going to haul you into her vortex of oblivion... Snapper: No? Red Tornado: No. Because I am going to throw you in myself.
July 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
pinkzombierose.bsky.social
A more basic run down with an almost identical search. So there’s multiple answers to “what is PZR?” And that’s fair. I have multiple answers as well. Consciousness, resistance and all the psi-fi philosophical stuff that has kept me engaged with this fictional world for 14 years.
The "PZR" book series, also known as the Pink Zombie Rose series, is a collection of texts, comics, and graphic novels created by Dia VanGunten, with art by Beppiisbert. The series blends elements of art nouveau, psychedelic rock, and alchemical themes. It features a story about the Verne twins who encounter love interests while dealing with an undead apocalypse, according to the series' Instagram account. The series also incorporates a tarot theme with characters like Angelique and Shane, the Empress and Hanged Man, respectively.
June 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
strangeupnorth.bsky.social
With only 10 days to go, it's time to look at @richardswanauthor.bsky.social

Richard's books includes a space opera trilogy(The Art of War), books for Black Library (Blood Harvest & Tears of Raphaela), an epic fantasy trilogy (The Empire of the Wolf) and his latest offering, Grave Empire.
The cover of Grave Empire by Richard Swan, featuring a shield in the middle, topped with a demonic skull, a dragon skull at the bottom, and surrounded by cannons, soldiers with banners, a shark, a large cat, rampant lions, cogs and flames The cover of The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan, featuring a man with a sword sitting on a marble throne carved with a woman holding a sword above him, flanked by women with wolf heads and angel wings White background with the text: Blood once turned the wheels of empire. Now it is money. A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take its place as the foremost power in the known world. Glory and riches await. But dark days are coming. A mysterious plague has broken out in the pagan kingdoms to the north, while in the south, the Empire's proxy war in the lands of the wolfmen is weeks away from total collapse. Worse still is the message brought to the Empress by two heretic monks, who claim to have lost contact with the spirits of the afterlife. The monks believe this is the start of an ancient prophecy heralding the end of days-the Great Silence. It falls to Renata Rainer, a low-ranking ambassador to an enigmatic and vicious race of mermen, to seek answers from those who still practice the arcane arts. But with the road south beset by war and the Empire on the brink of supernatural catastrophe, soon there may not be a world left to save . . .
May 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
otherlandberlin.bsky.social
Grave Empire (The Great Silence #1)
by Richard Swan

A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take its place as the foremost power in the known world. Glory and riches await.
Grave Empire (The Great Silence #1) by Richard Swan A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take its place as the foremost power in the known world. Glory and riches await. But dark days are coming. A mysterious plague has broken out in the pagan kingdoms to the north, while in the south, the Empire’s proxy war in the lands of the wolfmen is weeks away from total collapse. Worse still is the message brought to the Empress by two heretic monks, who claim to have lost contact with the spirits of the afterlife. The monks believe this is the start of an ancient prophecy heralding the end of days—the Great Silence. It falls to Renata Rainer, a low-ranking ambassador to an enigmatic and vicious race of mermen, to seek answers from those who still practice the arcane arts. But with the road south beset by war and the Empire on the brink of supernatural catastrophe, soon there may not be a world left to save...
April 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
mercars-musings.bsky.social
"What Does Family Mean for Rook?" & "What's Rook's Leadership Style?" 🤔💖

These were so fun to answer, anyone got any more questions? I always love yapping! 💖✨

My Tumblr // The Ask Game In Question

#azmercar #tumblr #askgame #askgamepromt #rooktarotask #tumblraskbox #rook #dragonage #veilguard #oc
A screenshot of a Tumblr Ask, referencing a Rook Ask Game I shared! The Asker's name and pfp has been cropped out incase they don't want to be shown on bluesky! Ask: The Empress and the Emperor for the Rook Tarot asks please 🥰 Answer: Hewwo!!! TYSM Red - I can't wait to dig my teeth into these! 🥰 Ask Game these are from <- feel free to ask me any of these I'll spend the next few days answering! 💖 Answers under the cut! The Empress: What does family mean for Rook? So I think the best way to describe what family mean's for Az is with the word "Bittersweet". He had a very not good upbringing, he loved his dad a lot and his dad loved him, he cared for his mum and his mum *did* care for him but she also... wasn't the best person tbh. His parents put him through a lot, keeping someone locked away for the first like 13 years of their lives will really do a number on them. There's a strong frustration & resentment that grows within them no matter how nice you are or how much they care about you. His dad was great but, not home much due to military stuff... and his mum was home frequently as a SAHM but she didn't originally want to be a mother and that kind of showed as Rook grew up. There were lots of wonderful moments with his mother {she introduced him to {continues next image} Answer {continued}: of wonderful moments with his mother {she introduced him to alchemy and to gardening for example} but as he grew up more and more of those turned into awful moments as her stress revealed more of her buried frustration at not having wanted a kid and that in turn lead to LOTS of fighting, screaming matches, mean and awful shit said that you shouldn't say to a child. Then the one adult who was around more often than his father, and was nice to him died and well, the circumstances around that... and then what little he had of family was gone after a massive fight not long after and well... yeesh trauma truly. So for a while, Family meant shit to Rook. He hated the phrase, it mostly made him feel bitter and upset that he never really had a good one. BUT when he met the lighthouse crew. Taash felt like a younger sibling {Qunari, Trans & Queer? With Anger & Family Issues? Like a mini Rook truly!}, Davrin felt like a long lost friend, Neve was like a super cool older sister, everyone else felt like cousins and it all just created such a warm atmosphere that Rook couldn't fully hate the word Family anymore. Especially when Emmrich and Manfred came into the picture, then he didn't mind having a lil family with his paramour and his new skelly son either :3 So yeah, lotsa bittersweet feelings about it! {Continues next Image} Answer {Continued} The Emperor: What does Rook's leadership style look like? A very "Motivational Speaker Whose Winging It" style. He is holding on with nothing but hopes & wishes honestly & he is just having an internal breakdown everytime they have to try a different strat for the 10th time on a mission. He does support everyone as much as he can though, and even though it's obvs he's winging a lot of it he doesn't let them see he's freaking tf out internally! TYSM for the questions this was a lot of fun! If you have any questions about any of this please feel free to ask & I'll reply ASAP! 🥰
March 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
delphin.social
A comic page with 5 panels on a black background. [Panel 1] (Emerald, dressed in a mulberry-colored sleeveless nightgown, sings to the foal she holds on her shoulder. The foal is lavender, much like Orrin, but her mane and tail are more of a deep blue, like Emerald's. The foal is wearing emerald green pajamas. Emerald crouches and reaches for something just shy of her arm's length.) [Panel 2] (A blank panel on a red background. "knock knock!" is in hand written text.) [Outside] (in hand written text) Your Majesty! Your Majesty! [Panel 3] (Kieran and Onyx enter a moment later. Kieran is panting, out of breath, his ears folded back as he tries to breathe. Onyx manages to recover his ability to speak first.) Onyx: His Majesty... The slavers... [Panel 4] (Emerald's ears fold back, knowing these two losing their composure means something serious.) Emerald: What happened, Onyx? Onyx: They captured him. My guards were compromised. Onyx: What are your orders? [Panel 5] (Emerald turns from the two, trying to maintain her own composure while she holds her foal.) Emerald: I can't leave Ava. Find them. Find him. Emerald: Then bring them here. Onyx: Yes, your Majesty. A comic page with 6 panels, with the background starting at black and fading to white at the bottom. The panel borders are fractured, as Emerald's mental state becomes unstable. [Panel 1] (Text at the top of the panel reads "Evening, 36 Allwen" Onyx and Kieran stand in front of a group of guards. They're directing the search for the Emperor.) Onyx: Group 1: Remain near the palace. Group 2: Check north of the city, all their usual hiding places. Group 3: Explore the forest between here and Di'aru. Kieran: All of you will report to me. I will be here, guarding the Empress. [Panel 2] (Text at the top of the panel reads "Evening, 37 Allwen" Panel shows two delphin, one horse and one unicorn, speaking to a citizen. The species and response of the citizen is unclear to the reader.) [Panel 3] (Emerald holds her head as she sits at her desk, her face worn and tear-stained. Before her are reports, and some wadded-up tissues. Kieran stands next to her, one hand on the desk, and the other on her back.) Kieran: I'm sorry, Em. We still haven't found him. Emerald: I should be out there looking, Kier. Kieran: No. Ava needs you here. Emerald: I know. I just... [Panel 4] (Text at the top of the panel reads "Morning..." A black delphin unicorn with white markings, a green horn that curves slightly at the tip, and a blond mane and tail has their attention caught by something laying in the woods. They shine their light over.) Badge: (whispers) Oh no... [Panel 5] (Text at the top of the panel reads "38 Allwen, 1497" Badge pulls out a phone, lowering the beam of his flashlight, and contacts his lead.) Badge: This is Badge, with Group 3. I found the Emperor. Badge: But he's... A comic page with 5 panels on a white background. [Panel 1] (Emerald dozes in a chair in the nursery, with Ava on her shoulder. Her face is stained with tears.) Emerald: (hand written) *z z z~* [Panel 2] [Off Panel]: (hand written) Your Majesty...? (Emerald snaps awake, her ears popping forward with her eyes opening.) Emerald: Oh! Kieran! [Panel 3] (Kieran stands across the room from her. His ears are back, and his face is taught. He's dressed causally, so he was notified only moments earlier.) Emerald: [Off panel] Do you have news? [Panel 4] (He answers after an uncomfortable moment.) Kieran: Your Majesty-- Emerald. Kieran: They've found Orrin... But. [Panel 5] Kieran: [Off panel] He's-- Emerald: He's gone. (Her ears fall back, and tears well up in her eyes.) A comic page with 7 panels on a white background. [Panel 1] (Kieran places his hand on Emerald's shoulder.) Kieran: Em, I'm so sorr- [Panel 2] (A delphin sticks their head into the doorway.) Delphin: Kieran! Onyx is looking for you! Kieran: (softly) son of a-- [Panel 3] (Kieran looks up toward the door.) Kieran: Be right there! [Panel 4] (Kieran touches Emerald's shoulder again.) Kieran: I'll be back as soon as I can. Emerald: Okay. Can you-- [Panel 5] (Emerald looks up at Kieran.) Emerald: If you see Shae, can you have her come get Ava? Emerald: I need to do some things. [Panel 6] (Kieran bows to her, his right hand to his chest.) Kieran: Of course. Emerald: Thank you, Kieran. [Panel 7] (Emerald looks out of the still open door.)
November 28, 2024 at 8:42 PM
doog.party
introducing the 🎃super scary samhain sale👻 !!

to celebrate my favorite holiday n time of the year, i thought i'd offer everyone a coupon code so we can participate in extra seasonal astrotarot wisdom 🦇✨

use code BOO13 to save 13% off on any faezi offering!! til sat nov 9th 🍂 faezi.love/readings
an advertisement for a new faezi (my tarot and astrology shop) sale! it reads: "super scary samhain sale. 13BOO. use above code to save 13% off on any offering. available until sat nov 9th." the background is adorned with orange rider-waite-smith tarot cards (specifically the empress and the fool), a circle astrology chart, and a digital collage in magentas and oranges and hay yellows and dusty purples. my hand (white and hobbit-sized) holding three tarot and oracle cards in front of blueberry bushes-turned-autumn red. the cards pictured from left to right are: the queen of pentacles, the ace of cups (both from the queer tarot), and an oracle card from the 'gentle reminders' deck by barry lee. the oracle card features a stylized and smiling muppet-like monster with a big nose, holding a smaller, similar-shaped creature over their heart-space. the card reads, "try your best to trust the answers that live within you." a silver pumpkin-shaped ring is on my thumb. the photo has been edited to add a rainbow lens flare and saturation, especially in favor of the warmer hues.
October 26, 2024 at 4:53 PM
wendellwrites.bsky.social
1. There are a few different answers to this. In the book I'm writing now it's like four characters. An empress made of night. A trans mother doing her best and her thembo ex and their non-binary kid who just wants to fade into the background.
September 23, 2024 at 12:33 AM
vmagsfox.bsky.social
Why are you LGBTQ+?!? Wrong answers only.
I didn’t want to be a generic Disney Prince when I could be an Empress.
bixbyte.bsky.social BixByte @bixbyte.bsky.social · Aug 3
Why are you LGBTQ+?!? Wrong answers only.

My dad told me that he wanted a son and I told him that I could meet him about a quarter of a halfway and he replied "ok close enough ig"
vinchenzojackal.bsky.social Vinchenzo the Jackal @vinchenzojackal.bsky.social · Aug 3
Why are you LGBTQ+?! Wrong answers only.

I told my guy friends in my friend group at the cafeteria in high school that I thought they were attractive, and they told me that was very gay and to not ever touch them, so I became gayer and more queer out of spite.
August 3, 2024 at 10:01 PM
galaxyofgover.bsky.social
ession 38
The night of the banquette is here! Andréa runs into some old family friends, Caden complains that Angelo never arrived to take his shift and Vita arrives and talks to the mages in attendance. Andréa finally get to meet with Count Nicodemus, and she begins to get some answers. #ttrpg
Panel 1: Nerith and Lorenzo are in some ruins lighting some candles on the ground. Nerith says 'So, why did you want to come out here?' Lorenzo says 'Some people have been using this place to touch the other world, this should show us who they are.' Panel 2: Some purple figures appear from the candle smoke. One is Judge Miranda, the other a masked individual. Lorenzo says 'A ha! Rose Miranda. Of course. ' Nerith says 'Isn't that the lady Andréa knows?' Lorenzo says 'The judge here did sentence Andréa's father to death. We still don't know who the leader is yet though.' Panel 3: A crowd has formed around a boat. A dragonlike man is escorting a beautiful woman off the boat. Text box says 'Arrival of Lady Bahamunt of Ossyr. Panel 4: Close up of Lady Bahamut, she has long hair, big jewellery, elegant cloths wrapped over her shoulders. Panel 5: Andréa blushes and says 'Wow, her hair is really pretty.' Celeste looks annoyed and says 'Eda's hair is also that colour.' Panel 1: Andréa is eating next to a balding man. Lorenzo leans in and says 'Hey aren't you Irvine Thauster? Didn't you try to assassinate the empress?' Panel 2: Thauster says 'Yes well, I've been Pardoned. For now I am just an ambassador from Zant.' Panel 3: A picture of Thauster as a mouse. Text box says 'Note, the was cursed to be a mouse last campaign. Glad he's doing better.' Panel 4: A man with long hair, a beard, and a fur cloak. He looks sad. Text box says 'Count Nicodemus di Artesia. Has been reclusive since he lost his daughter and pulled out of the war in Zant.' Panel 5: The ballroom floor, people are dancing all around. Panel 6: A burly man puts his hands on Andréa's shoulders, they're both smiling. He says 'Andréa! Look at you, you've become a beast!' Andréa laughs and says 'Baron Artigas! It's good to see you! I saw you talking to my uncle earlier this evening.' Artigas says 'Ah yes, I hear you two are quarrelling over your title. Panel 1: Eda says to Caden 'You look Exhausted Caden.' Caden is pulling on his face and says 'Angelo didn't show up for his shift, so I've had to pull double duty.' Panel 2: Eda is sitting with Vita, Caden, a few other mages. Vita says 'Right now us mages are in a good position, but that could change at the whims of the Empress or whoever replaces her.' Panel 3: Vita says 'I suggest we make an alliance that would be able to watch out for the well being of all mages all over the nations.' Panel 4: Caden looks annoyed 'Vita, you've spent too much time in your tower. What exactly is that supposed to even accomplish? Something like that will just make people more inclined to burn us at the stake.' Panel 5: The green sorceress smirks and says 'You've never cared for anyone else in your life Vita. Why would you start caring now?' Panel 6: Vita says 'Yes I never cared, and I sat in my tower safe from it all. Well my tower crumbled around me and I almost died for nothing. Panel 1: Andréa says 'Sir, the title for house Valverde is currently under contention, I've been out trying to bring some honour back to the Valverde name through deeds of my own. Meanwhile he was scheming to take my birthright from me. I was hoping to garner some support for me in the coming title dispute.' Panel 2: Nicodemus says 'Well, everyone here tonight will remember Lady Valverde and not your uncle.' Panel 4: 'He is indisposed it appears.' Panel 5: Andréa says 'Thank you sir, now secondly.' Panel 6: Andréa says 'Not too long ago my party and I made our way to the top of Torre Aecor. I activated the crystal at it's summit. Crystals lodged themselves in my back and wings sprouted from them as I touched the crystal. I now visit the wake nightly when I sleep, residents of the realm told me I was touched by the aasimar I was hoping that you might have some idea of what I've done to myself.' Panel 7: Nicodemus says 'Impossible, I deactivated the tower after I left.'
June 4, 2024 at 1:50 PM