Helen, Pirate Illusionist 🏴☠️🔮
@helenangel.bsky.social
Helen Zbihlyj (she/her)
Lead Narrative Writer & Community Dir. at ReWrite Media, Syclone Studios, & Jigarbov Productions. Write #Minecraft content
Former #Mojang
#FaBTCG judge & Learn To Play certified
Disabled #disability activist
Opinions are mine.
Lead Narrative Writer & Community Dir. at ReWrite Media, Syclone Studios, & Jigarbov Productions. Write #Minecraft content
Former #Mojang
#FaBTCG judge & Learn To Play certified
Disabled #disability activist
Opinions are mine.
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Me in a nutshell:
💜 1st community manager for #Minecraft & Microsoft Solitaire. 10+ yrs working in #gaming
💜 Now a narrative writer & copyeditor for games
💜 #FaBTCG judge & teach Learn to Play
💜 #Autistic, #ADHD, disabled, #disability advocate
💜 Married & bisexual
🏳️⚧️ TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS! 🏳️⚧️
💜 1st community manager for #Minecraft & Microsoft Solitaire. 10+ yrs working in #gaming
💜 Now a narrative writer & copyeditor for games
💜 #FaBTCG judge & teach Learn to Play
💜 #Autistic, #ADHD, disabled, #disability advocate
💜 Married & bisexual
🏳️⚧️ TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS! 🏳️⚧️
Medical visits this week:
* Oncologist
* Dentist (regular cleaning)
* Nephrologist
Sorry I haven’t been around but I’ve been trying to just get by day to day. Also I’m trying to live as much as I can until I get a formal diagnosis.
On the upside, I have a rollator & it helps so much! #disabled
* Oncologist
* Dentist (regular cleaning)
* Nephrologist
Sorry I haven’t been around but I’ve been trying to just get by day to day. Also I’m trying to live as much as I can until I get a formal diagnosis.
On the upside, I have a rollator & it helps so much! #disabled
August 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Medical visits this week:
* Oncologist
* Dentist (regular cleaning)
* Nephrologist
Sorry I haven’t been around but I’ve been trying to just get by day to day. Also I’m trying to live as much as I can until I get a formal diagnosis.
On the upside, I have a rollator & it helps so much! #disabled
* Oncologist
* Dentist (regular cleaning)
* Nephrologist
Sorry I haven’t been around but I’ve been trying to just get by day to day. Also I’m trying to live as much as I can until I get a formal diagnosis.
On the upside, I have a rollator & it helps so much! #disabled
Phoenix Sky Harbor airport is the most hostile, poorly-laid out airport I have EVER been to. Need to get to E gates? TOUGH SHIT. You have to go through security AGAIN just to change gates.
SHAME on #PHX! No signs either. If there’s any way you can avoid this airport, do it.
SHAME on #PHX! No signs either. If there’s any way you can avoid this airport, do it.
August 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Phoenix Sky Harbor airport is the most hostile, poorly-laid out airport I have EVER been to. Need to get to E gates? TOUGH SHIT. You have to go through security AGAIN just to change gates.
SHAME on #PHX! No signs either. If there’s any way you can avoid this airport, do it.
SHAME on #PHX! No signs either. If there’s any way you can avoid this airport, do it.
Sweetie, the cat I raised from a kitten & lives with my son, has to be put to sleep this week. I’m crushed. She’s 19 & has pancreatic cancer. 😢
No diagnosis yet for me. More tests. Health declining. 😞
A gentle reminder to all US #gaming workers that you should join @videogameworkers.bsky.social
No diagnosis yet for me. More tests. Health declining. 😞
A gentle reminder to all US #gaming workers that you should join @videogameworkers.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Sweetie, the cat I raised from a kitten & lives with my son, has to be put to sleep this week. I’m crushed. She’s 19 & has pancreatic cancer. 😢
No diagnosis yet for me. More tests. Health declining. 😞
A gentle reminder to all US #gaming workers that you should join @videogameworkers.bsky.social
No diagnosis yet for me. More tests. Health declining. 😞
A gentle reminder to all US #gaming workers that you should join @videogameworkers.bsky.social
I hate #mobilegame ads with “FAIL” on them so much that I’m actively downloading & supporting #games that don’t use it. Ads with playable demos are the best. I will rejoice when that damn “FAIL” #marketing shit is ultimately rejected.
I turned 47 today. I can’t believe I’m that old. #birthday
I turned 47 today. I can’t believe I’m that old. #birthday
May 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I hate #mobilegame ads with “FAIL” on them so much that I’m actively downloading & supporting #games that don’t use it. Ads with playable demos are the best. I will rejoice when that damn “FAIL” #marketing shit is ultimately rejected.
I turned 47 today. I can’t believe I’m that old. #birthday
I turned 47 today. I can’t believe I’m that old. #birthday
We finished Clair Obscur: #Expedition33 (@expedition33.bsky.social ) & that game is a masterpiece. Mad props to writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen who did an incredible job, especially with the dialogue. The whole studio did an amazing job. The facial animations & expressions especially were incredible.
May 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We finished Clair Obscur: #Expedition33 (@expedition33.bsky.social ) & that game is a masterpiece. Mad props to writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen who did an incredible job, especially with the dialogue. The whole studio did an amazing job. The facial animations & expressions especially were incredible.
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Treasures lie beyond that which we can find in our mortal world.
Welcome to: The Fiddler's Green
Welcome to: The Fiddler's Green
#fabtcg #HighSeas Spoiler - Fiddler's Green
YouTube video by Pitch Perfect Pod
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Treasures lie beyond that which we can find in our mortal world.
Welcome to: The Fiddler's Green
Welcome to: The Fiddler's Green
Even if you’re not into #fabtcg, this video is hilarious. Features the beautiful #Seattle area & LGS Mind Full Games. #highseas
youtu.be/0H2HmaWWEkw?...
youtu.be/0H2HmaWWEkw?...
Captain's Call: A Tale from the High Seas - Flesh and Blood Spoiler Reveal
YouTube video by The Teklo Foundry
youtu.be
May 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Even if you’re not into #fabtcg, this video is hilarious. Features the beautiful #Seattle area & LGS Mind Full Games. #highseas
youtu.be/0H2HmaWWEkw?...
youtu.be/0H2HmaWWEkw?...
As my health continues to decline, I have to spend more time away from social media. I’ve been told in no uncertain terms that I have to decrease my stress levels. With the whole world going to shit, my heart breaks for all the folks suffering. 😞 I mentally can’t handle it right now. I’m sorry. 😞
May 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
As my health continues to decline, I have to spend more time away from social media. I’ve been told in no uncertain terms that I have to decrease my stress levels. With the whole world going to shit, my heart breaks for all the folks suffering. 😞 I mentally can’t handle it right now. I’m sorry. 😞
The sadly cancelled game #Fable Legends had some of the most brilliant game design in terms of PvE (player versus environment) because another player controlled the environment.
I truly think something along those lines would work so well for #fabtcg PvE, especially by leveraging the judge program.
I truly think something along those lines would work so well for #fabtcg PvE, especially by leveraging the judge program.
May 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
#Skype officially shuts down today.
I still remember when Lync turned into Skype for Business but it was essentially the same app. Then Teams showed up. SFB shut down. Then there were 2 Skype apps for Windows, one being the UWP & neither of them working all that well. It was confusing.
RIP Skype.
I still remember when Lync turned into Skype for Business but it was essentially the same app. Then Teams showed up. SFB shut down. Then there were 2 Skype apps for Windows, one being the UWP & neither of them working all that well. It was confusing.
RIP Skype.
May 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#Skype officially shuts down today.
I still remember when Lync turned into Skype for Business but it was essentially the same app. Then Teams showed up. SFB shut down. Then there were 2 Skype apps for Windows, one being the UWP & neither of them working all that well. It was confusing.
RIP Skype.
I still remember when Lync turned into Skype for Business but it was essentially the same app. Then Teams showed up. SFB shut down. Then there were 2 Skype apps for Windows, one being the UWP & neither of them working all that well. It was confusing.
RIP Skype.
I hate Mirei Park from #Yakuza5 with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. She’s right up there with Hojo (FF7) & the bitchy model girl in “Skip And Loafer” anime.
Imagine if my narcissistic, abusive mother was a Japanese idol girl manager. That’s Mirei Park.
Imagine if my narcissistic, abusive mother was a Japanese idol girl manager. That’s Mirei Park.
May 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I hate Mirei Park from #Yakuza5 with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. She’s right up there with Hojo (FF7) & the bitchy model girl in “Skip And Loafer” anime.
Imagine if my narcissistic, abusive mother was a Japanese idol girl manager. That’s Mirei Park.
Imagine if my narcissistic, abusive mother was a Japanese idol girl manager. That’s Mirei Park.
🫢 #Confession 🫢
Odin has always been my least favorite summons/Eidolon/Eikon.
Wes played the Odin event story in #FF7 Ever Crisis but I just couldn’t get through it.
I never liked Titan much either. So seeing them as villains in FF16 was super easy for me.
Bahamut is an epic gay icon. 🏳️🌈
Odin has always been my least favorite summons/Eidolon/Eikon.
Wes played the Odin event story in #FF7 Ever Crisis but I just couldn’t get through it.
I never liked Titan much either. So seeing them as villains in FF16 was super easy for me.
Bahamut is an epic gay icon. 🏳️🌈
May 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🫢 #Confession 🫢
Odin has always been my least favorite summons/Eidolon/Eikon.
Wes played the Odin event story in #FF7 Ever Crisis but I just couldn’t get through it.
I never liked Titan much either. So seeing them as villains in FF16 was super easy for me.
Bahamut is an epic gay icon. 🏳️🌈
Odin has always been my least favorite summons/Eidolon/Eikon.
Wes played the Odin event story in #FF7 Ever Crisis but I just couldn’t get through it.
I never liked Titan much either. So seeing them as villains in FF16 was super easy for me.
Bahamut is an epic gay icon. 🏳️🌈
GET YOUR #COVID BOOSTER if you didn’t already get it with your flu vaccine.
Ask your doctor to check your titers to see if you need any additional #vaccines in general.
😷 #Mask up
💉 #Vax up
Especially if you’re in the US because willfully murderous anti-vaxxers have screwed us all.
Ask your doctor to check your titers to see if you need any additional #vaccines in general.
😷 #Mask up
💉 #Vax up
Especially if you’re in the US because willfully murderous anti-vaxxers have screwed us all.
May 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Struggling with more #health issues. Still no diagnosis. Now they’re looking at my thyroid, parathyroid, & STILL trying to get in to see the nephrologist. More tests incoming.
La Nina ended so am looking forward to more low barometric pressure & wetter #weather.
Mask up & stay hydrated! 😷💧
La Nina ended so am looking forward to more low barometric pressure & wetter #weather.
Mask up & stay hydrated! 😷💧
May 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Helen, Pirate Illusionist 🏴☠️🔮
Can anyone recommend me some books on the history of disability rights and/or similar topics? 🌸
May 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Can anyone recommend me some books on the history of disability rights and/or similar topics? 🌸
Reposted by Helen, Pirate Illusionist 🏴☠️🔮
Has anyone else here had experiences with passing uterine fibroids? Am certain I passed one today and it was in a huge clot. Does this mean hopefully my periods will start getting better now in time? I had pain radiating down the back of my legs with my cramps before it passed
May 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Has anyone else here had experiences with passing uterine fibroids? Am certain I passed one today and it was in a huge clot. Does this mean hopefully my periods will start getting better now in time? I had pain radiating down the back of my legs with my cramps before it passed
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A Haitian woman in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was KILLEd Friday night at a detention center in Pompano Beach, according to ICE officials.
Say her name Marie Ange Blaise! 🇭🇹
Share & Repost!
#haitiansky #ayiti #immigration #deportation #haiti #zoesky #blacksky
#resist
Say her name Marie Ange Blaise! 🇭🇹
Share & Repost!
#haitiansky #ayiti #immigration #deportation #haiti #zoesky #blacksky
#resist
May 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A Haitian woman in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was KILLEd Friday night at a detention center in Pompano Beach, according to ICE officials.
Say her name Marie Ange Blaise! 🇭🇹
Share & Repost!
#haitiansky #ayiti #immigration #deportation #haiti #zoesky #blacksky
#resist
Say her name Marie Ange Blaise! 🇭🇹
Share & Repost!
#haitiansky #ayiti #immigration #deportation #haiti #zoesky #blacksky
#resist
My #Reddit account is 18 years old today. 🎂
There’s nothing quite like feeling the very sharp reminder of the passage of time like realizing one of your social media accounts would be able to vote, drive, & serve in the military if it were a human. 😅
There’s nothing quite like feeling the very sharp reminder of the passage of time like realizing one of your social media accounts would be able to vote, drive, & serve in the military if it were a human. 😅
April 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My #Reddit account is 18 years old today. 🎂
There’s nothing quite like feeling the very sharp reminder of the passage of time like realizing one of your social media accounts would be able to vote, drive, & serve in the military if it were a human. 😅
There’s nothing quite like feeling the very sharp reminder of the passage of time like realizing one of your social media accounts would be able to vote, drive, & serve in the military if it were a human. 😅
If you saw these pickle-flavored jellybeans, my friend @iamagrip.bsky.social took one for the team and tried them so none of us have to try them.
The surprise easter candy I tried so you don’t have to. I ate 5 and that was 3 too many. And I like pickles.
April 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you saw these pickle-flavored jellybeans, my friend @iamagrip.bsky.social took one for the team and tried them so none of us have to try them.
Reposted by Helen, Pirate Illusionist 🏴☠️🔮
Fuck, if you write or stream about Vekari or anything that gets eyes on it, I'll send you free stuff. Send me the link for proof and a mailing address, I'll send you a little pack of Vekari prints, stickers, and an itch redeem code as thanks. It's taking up my bedroom anyways.
April 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Fuck, if you write or stream about Vekari or anything that gets eyes on it, I'll send you free stuff. Send me the link for proof and a mailing address, I'll send you a little pack of Vekari prints, stickers, and an itch redeem code as thanks. It's taking up my bedroom anyways.
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Can anyone help me with food for tonight please
April 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Can anyone help me with food for tonight please
One thing I did when I was desperate for employment was going around malls & applying to every store. It makes juggling schedules of multiple jobs much easier as the travel time is reduced. Strip malls & shopping centers also work.
Remember: a job is a job. No shame in doing whatever to survive.
Remember: a job is a job. No shame in doing whatever to survive.
April 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One thing I did when I was desperate for employment was going around malls & applying to every store. It makes juggling schedules of multiple jobs much easier as the travel time is reduced. Strip malls & shopping centers also work.
Remember: a job is a job. No shame in doing whatever to survive.
Remember: a job is a job. No shame in doing whatever to survive.
Reposted by Helen, Pirate Illusionist 🏴☠️🔮
If you have Autistic patients, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you make autism diagnoses, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you really really care, Neurodivergent clients are not there
If you have Autistic patients, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you make autism diagnoses, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you really really care, Neurodivergent clients are not there
If you have Autistic patients, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
Colleagues:
🎼 If you have a trans patient, no you don’t 👏🏻👏🏻
If you have a migrant patient, no you don’t 👏🏻👏🏻
If you really really care, your minority patients are not there
If you have a vulnerable patient, NO you DON’T 👏🏻👏🏻 🎶
🎼 If you have a trans patient, no you don’t 👏🏻👏🏻
If you have a migrant patient, no you don’t 👏🏻👏🏻
If you really really care, your minority patients are not there
If you have a vulnerable patient, NO you DON’T 👏🏻👏🏻 🎶
April 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you have Autistic patients, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you make autism diagnoses, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you really really care, Neurodivergent clients are not there
If you have Autistic patients, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you make autism diagnoses, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
If you really really care, Neurodivergent clients are not there
If you have Autistic patients, no you don't 👏🏻👏🏻
I have legit learned so much from @neorsd.org & highly recommend following them. It’s a heartwarming & educational account that gives a real look at an essential service we all use but often take for granted: sewage. And if you’re in the Cleveland, OH area, you are so very lucky to have them! 💜
April 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I have legit learned so much from @neorsd.org & highly recommend following them. It’s a heartwarming & educational account that gives a real look at an essential service we all use but often take for granted: sewage. And if you’re in the Cleveland, OH area, you are so very lucky to have them! 💜