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Cats | 90s Kid | Agender (They/It/Mors) | Content Warnings in Carrd | Tags Accordingly; Likes/Reposts May Not | No Minors/Bigots | Consent's Hot | Social Hiatus 🥄 | https://catatante.carrd.co/ 🍬 https://toyhou.se/Capseisen |
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qutens.bsky.social
As someone who depends on SNAP, I wanter to give some tips to those of you who are also not getting your cards refilled next month. A thread 🧵

(And if you don't depend on SNAP, many of these tips can help you reduce your food costs since its expensive out there rn)
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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qutens.bsky.social
ALSO... If you're disabled, and cooking is difficult for you, this channel posts many disability friendly meals that also tend to be relatively cheap.
youtube.com/@epicuriouse...
Epicurious Expeditions
Celebrating the intersection of food and culture, travel tales, social commentary, grieving out loud. 🇳🇬/🇺🇸 👰🏽🧒🏽👧🏽👩🏽‍💼⚖️ Paid Collaborations: epicuriousexpeditions@cuagency.co
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October 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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photojvideoj.bsky.social
Here's a link to a page for #jamaica #melissa relief support. There are already scam sites being set up so, for now, this is one of the legit ones set up by the government of Jamaica. Haven't heard anything from the Canadian government yet.

supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=IwZnR...
Support Jamaica
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October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
A remarkable, and ominous, satellite snapshot this evening of Hurricane #Melissa as it continues to move very slowly westward just south of #Jamaica. The storm will likely further strengthen into a Category 5 storm before turning northward & making landfall in Jamaica on Tue.
Current satellite snapshot of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean. It has a strikingly symmetrical circular appearance, with cold cloud tops evident on all its quadrants infrared imagery, along with nearly perfectly clear central eye. All of these characteristics are indicative of an extremely strong hurricane.
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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sacredsapling.bsky.social
Inclusive #PortfolioDay #ArtShare! Alt text edition!

To join:

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Didn’t alt text this time? Start building a habit—and repost this for awareness!
A graphic of a watercolor turquoise river, with splashing around rocks, and text in the center reading “Inclusive Portfolio Day Share: Alt text.” Four disability clip art graphics are around it, one of a deafblind cane, one poodle guide dog, one round pair of glasses, and a manual wheelchair.
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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theonion.com
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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napaaqtuk.bsky.social
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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torrent-empress.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-...

Also, we're still here. Even though the paper genocide.
October 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
catatante.bsky.social
Oh, it's "Fuck You Columbus" Day? What a coincidence: I guess my ancestors passed through me as I was dropping this snarky-ass comment in my world-building notes before bed— lol, lmao even. As one says: "we lived, bitch." ✌🏽
(It's incidental: I was de-stubbing language pages.)
#worldbuilding #writing
A screenshot of Obsidian, showcasing the article page for Zelish: an auxlang in my conworld. Text reads as follows: Zelish (also known as Soloñol or Čeloñol) is a Tito-Hebean language predominantly spoken in Zelos, Aurum City, and Platina. Banner with the heading "Out-of-Conworld Note": Spanish is a very controversial language in these parts (similar to English, and French, and Portuguese too: the language of the colonizers that plagued the Americas). With explicit intent, there are two varieties of Zelish listed: one is the standard, colonizer version, called Enkan Zelish or Čeloñol, and one is the adaptive, "survivor" version, called Enyan Zelish or Soloñol. As you can probably tell from the snark, Čeloñol is based off of Castellan Spanish-- or Spanish that comes from Spain. You can change this language to Catalan, if you really want to, or any other language that comes from Spain for that matter. (If you want to be funny, you can even change it to Romanian, because it's a European language that overlaps with Spanish in word form but not grammar due to both being Romance languages, but I digress.) Soloñol, however, is based off of Latin American Spanish. This can be literally any version of Latin American Spanish that you can think of, but in canon lore the variety spoken in Platina is based off of Carib Spanish. (You can blame the documenter's ethnic background for that.) If you're feeling extra snarky (I know I am), you can change Soloñol to one of the many, *many* indigenous languages across the entirety of the Americas (or just the parts touched by Spain), with a small caveat: some of the established cultures and/or civilizations *are* actually inspired by certain indigenous communities (both living and dead), with those languages having names. (As an example, Aurum City speaks Soloñol, but also the indigenous language of Miyadungun.)
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
catatante.bsky.social
For #bweirdOCtober I wanted to combine "development week" to catch up, so let's go!
Day 6: I have a *lot* of family and friend groups, in my OCs. This is because people who get married often have families! For my sanity, however, I'm going to focus on the Iwasaki family. #OCsky #art +
Alt text: an illustration of the Iwasaki siblings. Above each of their heads is their birth order, Taitō name, that name's kanji, their height, and a transliteration of their name. At the bottom of the image, it says: "Iwasaki-Yamada [岩崎-山田], Iwasaki-Kwan [岩崎-管], and Iwasaki-Shū [岩崎-周]". Starting from the left of the image: Ichigo, first-born, 173cm, dressed in a white kosode and red hakama. Their long hair is down, with bangs on each side of their head. They look to their left as they grasp their own wrist. Hana, fifth-born, 168cm, dressed in a green kimono and metallic earrings. Her hair is up in a bun, which is wrapped in a ribbon and pinned by two metal chopsticks. She is looking to her left, annoyed, with crossed arms. Tatsu, sixth-born, 160cm, dressed in an orange kimono, and black-striped orange haori. He has a fist up next to his face as he looks to his right with a pressed brow. His hair is short and sweeps left. Kiri, second-born, 171cm. Daeseom-eo transliteration of name: An'gae. Daeseom name: Ga-eul. She is dressed in a blue kimono, a silver medallion holding her obi together. Her hand is behind an ear, and she looks to the left with a smirk. Her hair is short and whorls clockwise. Nami, third-born, 153cm, with half of his name highlighted to signify the Taitō name, as his Dàdăo name is two characters. Dàdăo name: Língbō. Courtesy name: Shòucháo. He is dressed in a dark-blue kimono, white hakama, black haori. He has a hand up to his face, and looks at the viewer as if questioning. His hair is short and sweeps right. Ren, fourth-born, 163cm. Dàdăo name: Lián. She is dressed in purple kimono, and is gripping her fingers in front of herself. Her hair is half-up, half-down, with bangs in the front. She stares neutrally forwards. Hiroshi, seventh-born, 174cm. Dàdăo name: Yáng. Courtesy name: Zĭxiáng. He is dressed in yellow kimono with a black obi. His hair is buzzed, his face is pinched, and he looks to his left as he holds his shoulder in pain.
October 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
catatante.bsky.social
Returning to my world-building nonsense now #LateNightWrite, thanks for the distraction!
I'm still working out whether I'm going to build a website or now, but for now my writing's still located on ToyHouse. If you want to read my con-world's in-universe articles, go here: toyhou.se/~world/92125...
Snippet of an Obsidian note, with the heading "Marriage Customs in Ceres". The rest of the text is as follows: Like a majority of the civilizations in Primaria, marriages in Ceres are both legal and spiritual proceedings. Since Ceresian culture prioritizes community above all else, most-- if not all-- of them focus on the union of families, rather than the union of individuals. It is mostly unheard of for a Ceresian to marry without permission or acknowledgement given by their families, but this does happen-- especially in the case of estranged, traditionalist families, or inter-ethnic pairings. Collapsible box titled "Out-of-Conworld Note": Even though these marriage customs are directly inspired by the traditional wedding ceremonies of the countries used as inspiration for these civilizations, this guide is not 100% based in our reality. This is due to the fact that the Humans in this con-world carried with them their old traditions, and those traditions ended up adapting to the struggles of living on this planet over millennia. (That, and most countries only do Western weddings nowadays, which is boring.) Philosophies may remain, and imperialistic influence might still exist as well. Most of it is accurate to reality, but the "errors" that you see might just be intentional. Be mindful of this!
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
catatante.bsky.social
Aw man that's not fair #LateNightWrite, anyways lmfao.
My narrator actually is a polyglot, so I'm actively working out "voice-claims" for xier (very actively, it's kind of insane). I've taken a break on it for reasons, but I guess this one might work.

"Remaining Years" by Xiao Zhan [肖战], end post.
October 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
catatante.bsky.social
#LateNightWrite since my main WIP has a few of the most ridiculously-yearning, rotate-in-head kind of madness in it, I guess I'll share some of those songs since they're ear-worms from hell. Also this WIP has three acts!
(Spoilers: these songs aren't, necessarily, from the narrator's perspective.) +
blackbirb.bsky.social Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · Oct 12
#LateNightWrite Pick a song you feel represents your story’s setting or plot. Feel free to explain your choice as much or as little as you like. :)

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October 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
catatante.bsky.social
I saw "music" and I jumped on this fast #LateNightWrite. I have a *lot* of character playlists, and am in the process of moving my Spotify ones to YouTube (because *gestures widely*). It's complex and messy and here are a handful of them. (All vaguely-named on purpose; multi-lingual as all heck.)
Modified screenshot from Exportify [a CSV converter of Spotify playlists], showcasing a ton of character-themed playlists (plus a three question mark playlist with songs for later use). First column is the four-boxed playlist art, second is the album name, third is the amount of songs in each playlist. List goes as follows: The Shattered Sailor | 5 songs The Musical Fungivore | 6 songs The Calm Analyst | 42 songs The Transit Nerd | 22 songs The aforementioned question-mark playlist with 8 songs The Old Soul | 54 song The Loving Badboy | 38 songs The Lost Son | 62 songs The Guilty Servant | 10 songs The Exiled One | 35 songs The Culture-Shook | 59 songs The Code Puma | 18 songs
October 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
catatante.bsky.social
Howdy #LateNightWrite, Cats here with another addition of "help I'm stuck extensively researching topics for world-building purposes and ignoring mostly everything else". This week is "weddings: why are they so complex?" (oh also I'm in the middle of some wedding-based short stories because 🤷🏽‍♂️, lol).
blackbirb.bsky.social Blackbird @blackbirb.bsky.social · Oct 12
Happy Saturday and welcome to another #LateNightWrite! Let's start with Introductions, tell us about yourself and your WIP(s) in any way you like.

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October 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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blackbirb.bsky.social
Happy Saturday and welcome to another #LateNightWrite! Let's start with Introductions, tell us about yourself and your WIP(s) in any way you like.

Quote or reply below using the hashtag!
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October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
catatante.bsky.social
For #bweirdOCtober Day 5 I'm undecided on who's more under-appreciated, so I guess I'll show two.
Initially, I thought it was Sobangcha the gardener [he/it]: although he has story integration (though relatively ham-fisted, lmao), my plans with regards to drawing him completely stalled. #OCsky #art +
A miniature reference sheet for Sobangcha [he/it], a coded-Korean masc. He is fat, pale, and with light freckles on parts of his body. His hair is toned black at the roots, gold at the tips, and brown on the rest. This sheet has a full-body of him in casual Western clothing, grinning as he holds his own hands; a waist-up of him bundled up in a striped scarf and windbreaker jacket (which features the colors of South Korean firetrucks: green, orange, yellow); and a waist-up of him hunched over, pruning an unusual-looking plant with black gardening gloves and a straw hat (the hat bearing an emblem similar to Korean firefighter badges). Text on the image is as follows: 소방차 Sobangcha, he/it, gardener. [A list of color palette types with HEX codes.] Despite the name, has never worked as a firefighter. Has taken fire safety courses, though. "When I was a kid I wanted to be a pilot, but my friends said I was too fat to fit in the cabin, so instead I got even bigger and beat them up. Now they call me firetruck [smile emoticon] and I'm a gardener."
October 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
catatante.bsky.social
Cheapest #bweirdOCtober post time for Day 4: mascot.
Technically, all of my characters possess a shard of me, as I don't *perceive* myself— so instead of a per/fursona, I have a mascot trio. For this account, it's Catatante.
(Also it's miserable that the "Start of Covid vs now" train-trend is back.)
catatante.bsky.social 💽 Cats' Jukebox @catatante.bsky.social · Sep 6
start of Covid versus now 👉🏽
(I swapped from Photoshop to Clip Studio Paint [Dec '20] and had a hard drive failure [Apr '21] since the pandemic started, so you get to see how Cats evolved visually. Left is mid-December '19, right is late March '24. Not very "now" on the latter, but it's thematic.)
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
catatante.bsky.social
Great things about alt text: accessibility, searchability, shows writing *is* an art as well.
Horrible things about alt text: you have it split between three different websites, all with varying alt text character limits, and need to spend hours cataloguing them proper.
(I'm on hour 4; send help.)
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
catatante.bsky.social
(Just spent 3 hours gathering alt text... Anyways!)
#bweirdOCtober Day 3: fav OC.
Right now, Nami [he/they] has taken control of my mind-palace as he is directly attached to *all* of my other current-fav OCs. Issue is, I don't have enough art of that traumatized twink— damn! #OCsky #art #writing +
A sheet of Nami [he/they] busts, with nine busts drawn with model assistance, nine busts drawn free-hand with reference, and ten silly tiny chibi drawings of him shoved in the gaps-- 28 drawings total. Nami is a mixed, coded Japanese-Chinese masc with tan skin and black hair and eyes. The sheet's faces are an attempt at drawing him consistently at different head orientations. Black and white Chinese numbers are put to the left of each bust: the white ones are model-assisted, and the black ones are free-hand. [To make it clearer, model-assisted busts have a thick white border, whereas the free-hand ones have white lines surrounding them.] Little asterisks mark the target looks, which only number in 6. (A 7th asterisk is missing on the chibi between the white 2 and 3). The chibis have him shrugging, winking, pleading, making hand gestures, and emoting in a few different ways. The normal busts have an emotion range between neutral, smiling, or frowning. A snippet from the story Lavender Associates, where Nami makes an entrance. For clarification, Umetarō is the name of their oyaji. Text reads as follows: Some of Tatsu's siblings finally make it to the table, and like Tatsu sit at the end where their oyaji is sitting. First to sit down is the third eldest, Nami, who sits down in such an unconventional way that it causes their oyaji to scoff. Nami points at Tanaka. "Oy, you," they say, "you're not from here, are you?" It takes a few seconds to register to Tanaka that they are being spoken to, and take their eyes off of Tatsu to look at Nami. "How do you figure?" "The way that you wear your *kanfuku* is different, and you look kind of stiff." Nami leans his arms on the back of his chair. "So am I right or nah?" "I suppose you're correct." Nami strokes his chin. "Judging by your body language, you're not going to disclose *what* you are then, eh?" "Perhaps not." A hum, before Nami looks over to Tatsu. Tatsu is somewhat-comfortably stimming with his bracelets, before he looks up at Nami with a very visible frown of irritation. "What are you looking at me for?" Tatsu says, almost growling. Nami flips the chair back to how it's supposed to be just so they can lean back. "You seem pretty content sitting next to a stranger." "They're my *advisor,* you idiot." "Oh: we've yet to be formally introduced, then." "Because you hate being home, just like On-chan." A less-than-scolding grunt comes from Umetarō. Part two of Nami's introduction. The text continues: Sitting properly in the chair, and pegging Tanaka to be an overseas foreigner, Nami holds his hand out to them. "Hey nice to meet you," they say, "I'm Zhōu Língbō." "Are you *trying* to make our *oyaji* mad?" grumbles Tatsu, which leads to Nami laughing. "You're right, you're right!" Nami gives his *oyaji* a small bit of eye contact before bowing. "Sorry, *oyaji,"* he says, with only the subtlest hint of being genuine. He then looks back to Tanaka. "My name is Iwasaki-*Shū* Nami; nice to meet you." "Tanaka-Ueda Kōji," replies Tanaka, and they add a bow to their handshake as compromise. "Nice to meet you." Nami hums as they look at their recently-shaken hand. "Firm grip but soft hands," they say, before looking up at Tanaka. "What an interesting combination." "Tanaka is married," interjects Tatsu, "so don't even think about it." "Think about what, *tousan?"* Tatsu looks back up at Nami with a glare. "Do you know what's holding up the kitchen?" Nami stands up and flips the chair around, marking the seat as his. "I guess I'll go and check," he says. "Don't eat without me." "Take too long and you might lose your chopstick privileges."
October 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
catatante.bsky.social
#bweirdOCtober Day 2: old OC. I had to check my ToyHouse to see who's listed as the "oldest", as I have a lot of repurposed, old OCs; funnily enough, Ke'tlan is both listed as oldest and has retained his design the most, of the ancient OCs. He's a shape-shifter with identity issues, lol. #art #OCsky
A master study of Anthony van Dyck's "James Stuart", which depicts the eponymous Duke with a hunting dog by his side. The subjects have been replaced by Ke'tlan [he/they] in Human disguise as the duke, and his aspect form (a Kirin) as the duke's dog. This Kirin has three-pointed antlers, a tufted tail, and limbs of two styles-- the hinds being cloven hooves, and the forearms being reptilian talons. Human Ke'tlan looks at the viewer with a serious look as his aspect form looks up at him curiously, as if "smiling". Both have pale skin, blue eyes, and golden hair (and scales, for the aspect form).
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
catatante.bsky.social
Going to try to do #bweirdOCtober again, starting super late because yes. (Let's see how far I go this time.)
Day 1 is new OC, and Yukimura Ichirō* fits the bill! He's the latest OC that I've written, and has a minor (but important) role in my recently-finished story Loose Ends.
#art #OCsky #writing
A miniature reference sheet of Yukimura Ichirō [he/they], Tatsu's old classmate and alum of Seikai University. He is a brown-skinned coded-Asian man with a short hairstyle and semi-broad nose. The reference sheet features a full-body image of Yukimura, a bust that shows his facial moles, birthmarks, and hairstyle, and three chibi versions of him that summarize his main three philosophies. Sheet text reads as follows: Masc | he/they | Mid-30s? Ōshima University Alum; Looking for Work [Still]! (Can't Keep A Job To Save His Life) "Yukimura" Disguise Configuration (Anxious Extravert Archetype). Used for the Following: Low-Risk Confidants; Anxious Clients; Client Assessment (for Unknowns). Left-Top¹: Externally Expressive; Left Lateral Preference; Low Confidence (Approachable). Failed heir of the Yukimura clan, twice-failed the Bar in Seikai University, and trying their absolute hardest to impress their family while abroad, Yukimura Ichirō's confidence lies only in the fact that he will never give up his dream of getting a job on the Ceresian mainland! Chibi of Yukimura pointing at his grin, with the text "Smile often!" Chibi of Yukimura pointing at his phone, with the text "Help often!" Chibi of Yukimura bowing at the viewer, with the text "Apologize very often!" A text box points at the full-body drawing of Yukimura with an all-caps "Wait!" heading the text box. Its remaining text is, "Despite having a Taitō name and mannerisms, Yukimura only wears the clothing of the Enyan mainland. Usually, he is seen wearing jeans, jackets, sneakers, and T-shirts (textiles don't matter). Always, he is seen in dark, rectangle-rimmed glasses." A snippet of the story Loose Ends, which Yukimura features in. This scene is Yukimura's character reveal. Screenshot text is as follows: Unlike Tatsu-sama and I, this representative of Takara-un is dressed in yōfuku: a jacket, T-shirt, jeans and sneakers, incredibly casual dress compared to us two. They focus on me at first, as per our scripted protocol, but the moment they notice Tatsu-sama sitting across from me, our improv becomes genuine. "No way," they say, walking over to the space between Tatsu-sama and I and looking right at him. "Iwasaki-sama, is that you?" Tatsu-sama groans, looking up from his phone. "It's been a while, Yukimura." "It's been a while indeed! What has you in Cánh Tây Nam, of all places?" "Vacation. If I'm going to take over the Iwasaki clan someday, I'm going to need to get used to traveling." "That's fair; too bad I didn't qualify as a good enough heir." I am then looked at briefly, before Tatsu-sama gets their attention once more. "Am I interrupting something?" "Yes," Tatsu-sama says bluntly, putting his phone face down on the table to look up at our Takara-un representative. "I was trying to go through provincial news before you decided on bothering us." "If you didn't want anyone bothering you, you should've sat further in the building." "We decided to walk here, and it was the first seat available when my legs got tired." "Right, right." I am finally given some attention, a hand held towards me for a handshake. "Sorry to bother you two," they tell me. "I'm Yukimura Ichirō, alum of Seikai University." "Tanaka-Ueda Kōji," I say, completing the handshake. "Tatsu-sama has told me a lot about you." "Has he? I hope they're all good things." "Mostly that you were annoyingly-excitable for a law student," Tatsu-sama interjects. "How many tries did it take you to pass the bar?" "Three," Yukimura-san says with a hand gesture. "After failing it the second time, the family decided that my Nee-chan would make a better heir than me. May I sit?"
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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#bweirdOCtober #bweirdOCtober2025

my #OC-tober prompts for this year!!! ^_^

if you need a more detailed explainer/ideas for what to do for each prompt, you can find them in the text version on my website bweird.art/october ✌
too much text for bsky's alt text character limit. text/typed version on bweird.art/october
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
catatante.bsky.social
Thanks for the host #LateNightWrite! Maybe someday I'll move my stories off ToyHouse and get a dedicated site for my stories. That day isn't today, though!
These four are the newest. All 18+ because subject matter [explicit chapters labeled]; mind the content warnings. toyhou.se/Capseisen/li...
Crunchy jpeg of my cover art for the novel Sin Nombri, which features the story's main three characters: Sin [left, they/them], Alfonz [right, he/they], and Kei [center, he/they]. Sin is looking at Alfonz with a sneer, Alfonz at Sin with a smirk, and Kei at Sin with a stoic look. Crunchy jpeg of my cover art for the story Year's Beginning, sequel to Sin Nombri. It features the Great Phoenix, Ximu [They/Them, capitalized], on it, in half-body with Their eye-spot tail-feathers peeking over the border. Crunchy jpeg of my cover art for my story Lavender Associates, which features Tatsu [he/him] clutching Tanaka [he/they] possessively, Tanaka's bare back facing the viewer as his kimono cascades down his hips. Tanaka is wearing arm braces and, though hard to see, Tatsu is wearing finger-guards. Crunchy jpeg of my cover art for my story Loose Ends, the sequel to Lavender Associates. The cover features Tanaka, back facing viewer and head in profile, and Tatsu's hand carrying a pair of scissors that are readying to cut Tanaka's braid.
September 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
catatante.bsky.social
Because the WIP is so large, #LateNightWrite, my main character has become a role model [in Act 1] and had role models [in Act 2]. In Act 1, though, the only person xie could say was a role model was xier second roommate, Lumi: born profoundly Deaf, and forced to hear, she owned her differences.+
A fully-painted background with two characters drawn to emulate an overlaid animation cel. The setting is a dorm room, with the dorm room beds pressed against each other. Both Ahn [right, xie/xier] and xier roommate, Lumi [left, she/her], are sitting on their beds, and are dressed in cultural clothing. Lumi has a few empty containers on a tray positioned in front of her. Lumi is eating candy-coated biscuit sticks while looking over at Ahn with a slightly-raised unibrow. Ahn is communicating to Lumi in sign, one hand using the Castellan Sign Language word for "cute" and the other suspended in mid-communication.
September 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM