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just your friendly neighborhood harpy
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otherwise known as s. gates/august (they/them). voice and podcast dad for @ftlcast.bsky.social among other things.
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just your friendly neighborhood harpy @harpydora.bsky.social · Nov 14
📌 Hi folks!

I'm August, sometimes known as S. Gates, and I'm a writer, podcaster, and TTRPG enthusiast.

My main passion is my TTRPG actual play podcast, Follow the Leader (ftlcast.podbean.com), where we play a lot of GMless games anthology-style with a recurring cast of characters!
Follow the Leader | Follow the Leader
Follow the Leader is an actual play podcast with a focus on telling character-driven stories through the use of GMless tabletop games where we can all take the lead. We’re an LGBTQ actual play podcast...
ftlcast.podbean.com
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hellavarawr.bsky.social
compiled every #friendsatthetable fangame into one big list, for a total of 35 games! Many of them created for #secretsamol! thank you @follypersist.bsky.social and @shipyrds.bsky.social for helpful sources <3
Fan Games at the Table
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February 10, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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harpydora.bsky.social
Happy #SecretSamol! For thexchime on Tumblr, I wrote a little Mako character study: archiveofourown.org/works/79165091
BASF Ferro Extra I - harpydora - Friends at the Table (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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harpydora.bsky.social
Just posted the first chapter of my #Wranduin vampire AU! Please enjoy Anduin angsting about being a vampire and Wrathion trying to help him through it. archiveofourown.org/works/788996...
Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Category: M/M Fandom: World of Warcraft Relationship: Wrathion/Anduin Wrynn Characters: Wrathion (Warcraft)Anduin WrynnVarian Wrynn Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - VampireImplied/Referenced Self-HarmVampire BitesImplied/Referenced Mind ControlBlow JobsHand JobsKissingReferences to Depression Language: English Stats: Published: 2026-02-04 Updated: 2026-02-04 Words: 6,774 Chapters: 1/5 Kudos: 1 Hits: 2 Far Removed From Forever harpydora Summary: The Prince of Stormwind is ill, and has been for nearly a month; or that's the official story being fed to the populace anyway. But Wrathion knows better than to believe that lie. His Blacktalon agents are everywhere as his eyes and ears, even within Stormwind Keep itself, and he knows something deeper is wrong. His agents can't get close enough to the Prince to tell for sure, as he seems to be isolated in his rooms with only choice staff allowed near him, but the whispers they do hear tell a much more dire story. One word gets repeated over and over in hushed tones among the people that are allowed near him: Vampire.
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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harpydora.bsky.social
Here's a little #Wranduin fic I wrote in response to a prompt from @greenteadragon.bsky.social Just a little bit of the boys being stupid about each other in MOP! archiveofourown.org/works/79133831
Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: World of Warcraft Relationship: Wrathion/Anduin Wrynn Characters: Wrathion (Warcraft)Anduin Wrynn Additional Tags: Underage DrinkingKissingCrushesWorld of Warcraft: Mists of Pandariano betas we die like varian Language: English Stats: Published: 2026-02-08 Words: 3,008 Chapters: 1/1 Kudos: 1 Hits: 8 There's No Use Crying Over Spilled Cider harpydora Summary: It wasn't the first time Wrathion's snuck some cider from the inn's larder, nor would it be the last. It was, however, the first time he'd chosen to share. He'd snagged two bottles this time, one for himself to enjoy and one to gift to his… Well, to characterize Anduin as just his friend felt a little disingenuous when the human occupied as many of Wrathion's thoughts as he did.
February 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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claretash.bsky.social
🍃 A familiar tryst. 🍃

(Commission by the wonderful @marigallet-art.bsky.social ✨)

#Warcraft #wranduin
The image is of Wrathion and Anduin from World of Warcraft. It's a commission done by @marigallet-art for @ClaretAsh. It shows Anduin in a elegant clergy robe of white, pale blue and gold, a very priestly look! He has chin-length hair and his beard, showing this piece is either in the future or an AU. Wrathion stands opposite to him, back to the viewer. He wears an beautiful quilted shirt, a rust-red vest, dark pants and various patterned fabrics around his waist. One of Wrathion's hands is stretched out to Anduin's cheek, where Anduin presses a kiss against his palm. Their free hands are entwined. They stand in a secluded forest, a private tryst, bathed in golden light. How scandalous! 😏✨ ...or is it? Everyone is very used to them doing this. 😆
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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wario64.bsky.social
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

discord.com/press-releas...
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
harpydora.bsky.social
Happy #SecretSamol! For thexchime on Tumblr, I wrote a little Mako character study: archiveofourown.org/works/79165091
BASF Ferro Extra I - harpydora - Friends at the Table (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
harpydora.bsky.social
Here's a little #Wranduin fic I wrote in response to a prompt from @greenteadragon.bsky.social Just a little bit of the boys being stupid about each other in MOP! archiveofourown.org/works/79133831
Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: World of Warcraft Relationship: Wrathion/Anduin Wrynn Characters: Wrathion (Warcraft)Anduin Wrynn Additional Tags: Underage DrinkingKissingCrushesWorld of Warcraft: Mists of Pandariano betas we die like varian Language: English Stats: Published: 2026-02-08 Words: 3,008 Chapters: 1/1 Kudos: 1 Hits: 8 There's No Use Crying Over Spilled Cider harpydora Summary: It wasn't the first time Wrathion's snuck some cider from the inn's larder, nor would it be the last. It was, however, the first time he'd chosen to share. He'd snagged two bottles this time, one for himself to enjoy and one to gift to his… Well, to characterize Anduin as just his friend felt a little disingenuous when the human occupied as many of Wrathion's thoughts as he did.
February 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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jbf1755.bsky.social
This is an important point.

Empathy—in and of itself—is anti-fascist.

The arts—and the project of higher education as a whole—teach empathy, enabling you to put yourself in other people’s shoes.

So to a fascist, they must be destroyed.
aselrod.bsky.social Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 7d
The war on empathy and the war on the arts are part of the same project.

www.liberalcurrents.com/none-more-wo...
It's unsurprising that the Nazis waged a relentless war on creativity, especially the modern and the avant-garde, in everything from architecture and design to painting. Hitler himself was a failed painter whose work was most notably deficient in his inability to realistically capture human subjects. As Charlie English writes in his account of the Nazi war on art, In this sense, Hitler's painting supports Arendt's theory of National Socialism-that it was defined by its banality and lack of empathy. The Nazis relied on the ability of people not to imagine themselves in someone else's shoes. The lack of a connection was very much the point. There is a right-wing war on empathy that observers like Bradley_ Onishi have been cataloguing for months and that was most recently documented by Hillary_ Clinton for The Atlantic. But I don't believe you can decouple this from the war on art and artists. I share the belief that the arts are central to the cause of human freedom. This isn't only because of the expansive potential of the imagination. It's also because of the well of universal feeling and experience from which art draws in order to evoke something in its audience. And this experience pulls us—as listeners, viewers, observers, whether the medium—into a cycle of mutual edification. Art helps us to know one another better and to know ourselves more honestly. And it helps us to process our awe and terror at the world and our existence. It's why those with authoritarian impulses always want to control it, to limit what it shows us, and to silence its practitioners. What they fear most is the plain truth of being human.
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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bogswallop.bsky.social
They're a requirement
Velma holding a stylus pen, crawling on the ground looking for something and saying "My video essays! I can't draw without my video essays!". On the ground are two youtube thumbnails of video essays "Line goes up -the problem with NFTs" by Dan Olson and "ROBLOX_OOF.MP3" by hbomberguy
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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richterscale.bsky.social
the painting "Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind" depicting a furiously wailing woman climbing out of a well and gazing directly at the viewer screenshot from Twin Peaks with BOB, a long-haired and very creepy man in denim jacket crawling over a couch in a 1980s suburban living room, looking directly at the viewer with malevolent intent the painting "Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind" but the figure of Truth has been replaced by BOB from Twin Peaks, who strikes the exact same pose when he climbs over the couch in the original show the Twin Peaks screenshot, but now Truth from the painting is crawling over the couch
January 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
harpydora.bsky.social
Just posted the first chapter of my #Wranduin vampire AU! Please enjoy Anduin angsting about being a vampire and Wrathion trying to help him through it. archiveofourown.org/works/788996...
Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Category: M/M Fandom: World of Warcraft Relationship: Wrathion/Anduin Wrynn Characters: Wrathion (Warcraft)Anduin WrynnVarian Wrynn Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - VampireImplied/Referenced Self-HarmVampire BitesImplied/Referenced Mind ControlBlow JobsHand JobsKissingReferences to Depression Language: English Stats: Published: 2026-02-04 Updated: 2026-02-04 Words: 6,774 Chapters: 1/5 Kudos: 1 Hits: 2 Far Removed From Forever harpydora Summary: The Prince of Stormwind is ill, and has been for nearly a month; or that's the official story being fed to the populace anyway. But Wrathion knows better than to believe that lie. His Blacktalon agents are everywhere as his eyes and ears, even within Stormwind Keep itself, and he knows something deeper is wrong. His agents can't get close enough to the Prince to tell for sure, as he seems to be isolated in his rooms with only choice staff allowed near him, but the whispers they do hear tell a much more dire story. One word gets repeated over and over in hushed tones among the people that are allowed near him: Vampire.
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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vonhitchofen.bsky.social
this asshole fish decided to walk out of the water one day and now I have to go to work and pay rent (disembodied arms flipping the bird at asshole fish)
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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jeeklaart.bsky.social
Apple of my eye 🍏 𖦹°‧
Illustration showing two green apples, one from the front with cartoon eyes looking t the viewer and one apple upside down. Sounding the two apples are two apple slices, apple blossoms & some cute stars. The apples are against a dark green background. Around on the edges are different green colored quilt patterns with small apple & flower symbols.
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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phyrkrakr.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Hed: "Deaths of six men tied to Ferguson protests alarm activists"
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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markboardman.bsky.social
daily study 19
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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harpydora.bsky.social
And rounding out this thread, we have my Cass/AuDy arranged marriage AU that was low-key encouraged by Art responding to a tweet I made about the concept: archiveofourown.org/works/389670...
i held your name inside my mouth - Chapter 1 - harpydora - Friends at the Table (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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harpydora.bsky.social
In honor of #fattrewind here is a selection of some fanfic I've written that I'm still really proud of, starting with my magnum opus Cass/AuDy fic, light up the way:
archiveofourown.org/works/14752161
light up the way - Chapter 1 - harpydora - Friends at the Table (Podcast) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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dreamu.bsky.social
New year ✨
#wranduin
The image is of Wrathion and Anduin from World of Warcraft in their Mists of Pandaria era. Both Wrathion and Anduin are wearing embroidered and fluffy Lunar New Year outfits with charms dangling from their hips. Wrathion is chasing Anduin through the snow, blowing fire at him. Anduin is smiling while running away holding firecrackers in his hands.
February 2, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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claretash.bsky.social
🏺 AGE OF AQUARIUS 🏺

(Commission by the fantastic @grey0295.bsky.social ✨)

#Warcraft #wranduin
The images are of Wrathion and Anduin from World of Warcraft. It's a commission done by @grey0295 (Grey!) for @ClaretAsh. The art is an ornamental piece, stylised elegantly, with a main colour palette of yellow, grey and white. The center focus of the piece is Anduin and Wrathion in black and gold outfits, standing together. Anduin holds a stylised pure white dish, as Wrathion casts a hand across it, a halo emanating from it. Around the outer edge is Anduin with a sun motif behind him, holding a vase. Water flows from it, linking it to it's opposite - Wrathion. Behind him is a moon motif, and the flow of his outfit links him back to Anduin's side. The image is perfectly balanced. When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
harpydora.bsky.social
A friend of a friend is looking to get a small business off the ground. I know things are tight everywhere at the moment but if you've got a spare buck or two burning a hole in your pocket and want to support a small business, this is a place you can do that! www.crowdfunder.com/p/classickbu...
Business Certifications
I would like to register my business as an LLC and purchase subscriptions and equipment for projects.
www.crowdfunder.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
harpydora.bsky.social
(Guildies don't look) Here, have a vampire!Anduin #wranduin snippet to ring in the new year.
Screenshot of a Google doc. Text reads: "Something terrible happened to you," Wrathion says. "Your father and Greymane are doing their best to keep it out of public knowledge, but it's taking a toll on you. They aren't trying to starve you, are they?" Again, Anduin scoffs. "I'm a monster now, but I'm not about to risk hurting someone just for a chance at subsistence." There it is. Confirmation of Wrathion's fears. Something had happened and now the Prince of Stormwind is an undead blood-sucking creature of the night. The fact that he is stubbornly refusing to consume said blood rather than being starved by his caretakers is cold comfort. "That's madness," Wrathion says incredulously. "Look at yourself! If you don't feed off someone soon, you'll die." Anduin's gaze, which has been fixed on Wrathion up until this point, drops to the stone floor of his chambers. "Would that be so bad?" he whispers. "It would mean one less monster in the world, wouldn't it?" "The world would be worse off without you in it!" Wrathion snapped. "What makes you think that wouldn't be the case? No, you are not going to waste away while I'm here. You can't hurt me. I'm a dragon, and you're barely a mosquito."
January 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM
harpydora.bsky.social
(Guildies don't look) Here's my #Wranduin gift for the #WranduinSecretSanta2025 exchange for Abby! Just something fluffy and slice-of-life set nebulously during TWW. archiveofourown.org/works/76331716
Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: World of Warcraft Relationship: Wrathion/Anduin Wrynn Characters: Wrathion (Warcraft)Anduin WrynnFaerin Lothar Additional Tags: ReunionsCanon CompliantThe Feast of Winter VeilWorld of Warcraft: The War WithinFluffKissing Language: English Collections: Wranduin Secret Santa 2025 Stats: Published: 2025-12-27 Words: 4,182 Chapters: 1/1 A Winter Veil Surprise harpydora Summary: Anduin sends Wrathion a letter. Wrathion decides to respond in person.
December 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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jolio.bsky.social
Warm Memories c:

My secret santa gift for @glhiro.bsky.social !! <3 <3 <3

#Wranduin #WranduinSecretSanta2025
December 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM