A Minor Variation
@minorvariation.bsky.social
Abby, she/her. Southerner, freelance romance and fantasy writer, video gamer, comics reader.
Reasons to go watch Marry My Husband JP:
The heroine, Misa, is very believable as someone who has low self esteem and anxiety and is trying to make better choices for herself. She catastrophizes and assumes the worst; she’s giddy when she manages to stand up for herself for the first time. Adorable
The heroine, Misa, is very believable as someone who has low self esteem and anxiety and is trying to make better choices for herself. She catastrophizes and assumes the worst; she’s giddy when she manages to stand up for herself for the first time. Adorable
I watched Marry My Husband: Japan recently and y’all, it’s been a while since a show has given me the brain rot this bad.
It’s *so good.* The South Korean live action was fun, too, but it’s more about the spectacle and revenge fantasy. The Japanese version is much more grounded and emotional.
It’s *so good.* The South Korean live action was fun, too, but it’s more about the spectacle and revenge fantasy. The Japanese version is much more grounded and emotional.
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reasons to go watch Marry My Husband JP:
The heroine, Misa, is very believable as someone who has low self esteem and anxiety and is trying to make better choices for herself. She catastrophizes and assumes the worst; she’s giddy when she manages to stand up for herself for the first time. Adorable
The heroine, Misa, is very believable as someone who has low self esteem and anxiety and is trying to make better choices for herself. She catastrophizes and assumes the worst; she’s giddy when she manages to stand up for herself for the first time. Adorable
I watched Marry My Husband: Japan recently and y’all, it’s been a while since a show has given me the brain rot this bad.
It’s *so good.* The South Korean live action was fun, too, but it’s more about the spectacle and revenge fantasy. The Japanese version is much more grounded and emotional.
It’s *so good.* The South Korean live action was fun, too, but it’s more about the spectacle and revenge fantasy. The Japanese version is much more grounded and emotional.
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I watched Marry My Husband: Japan recently and y’all, it’s been a while since a show has given me the brain rot this bad.
It’s *so good.* The South Korean live action was fun, too, but it’s more about the spectacle and revenge fantasy. The Japanese version is much more grounded and emotional.
It’s *so good.* The South Korean live action was fun, too, but it’s more about the spectacle and revenge fantasy. The Japanese version is much more grounded and emotional.
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We're celebrating Heavensward's 10th anniversary with a sweepstakes!
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June 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We're celebrating Heavensward's 10th anniversary with a sweepstakes!
➡️ Visit sqex.to/Bh9Yc
🔔 Follow, repost, or view various #FFXIV pages
🎁 Chance to win a silver pendant!
For full terms and conditions, please see the official rules at sqex.to/VoQDt.
➡️ Visit sqex.to/Bh9Yc
🔔 Follow, repost, or view various #FFXIV pages
🎁 Chance to win a silver pendant!
For full terms and conditions, please see the official rules at sqex.to/VoQDt.
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I’m so normal about this. I’ve never been more normal about something before. When you look up the word normal in the dictionary a picture of me looking at this is there. I should teach classes about being normal because of how normal I am about this.
May 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I’m so normal about this. I’ve never been more normal about something before. When you look up the word normal in the dictionary a picture of me looking at this is there. I should teach classes about being normal because of how normal I am about this.
PSA: “Oh, me too!" is one of the most basic-ass ways to connect with someone you don't know. This includes stuff about fandom OCs.
If you can't deal with it, put it in a pinned post so people know you are the MOST uncomfortable when we are not about you.
If you can't deal with it, put it in a pinned post so people know you are the MOST uncomfortable when we are not about you.
May 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
PSA: “Oh, me too!" is one of the most basic-ass ways to connect with someone you don't know. This includes stuff about fandom OCs.
If you can't deal with it, put it in a pinned post so people know you are the MOST uncomfortable when we are not about you.
If you can't deal with it, put it in a pinned post so people know you are the MOST uncomfortable when we are not about you.
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Rancid take I saw, apparently the Highlander ladies have 'masc' animations. The bouncy cheerleader ladies with the dramatic footstomps and blushes. What's so masc about them? What, not dainty enough for ye, is it? What a misogynistic and gender essentialist take. Femininity isn't so limited. #FF14
April 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Rancid take I saw, apparently the Highlander ladies have 'masc' animations. The bouncy cheerleader ladies with the dramatic footstomps and blushes. What's so masc about them? What, not dainty enough for ye, is it? What a misogynistic and gender essentialist take. Femininity isn't so limited. #FF14
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Over the moon to announce that X-Men 97 Director Emmett Yonemura is providing the foreword to Rogue & Gambit: Burning House!
A huge thank to Emi for their support of our unofficial fan project, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society
❤️♠️♦️♣️
A huge thank to Emi for their support of our unofficial fan project, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society
❤️♠️♦️♣️
April 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Over the moon to announce that X-Men 97 Director Emmett Yonemura is providing the foreword to Rogue & Gambit: Burning House!
A huge thank to Emi for their support of our unofficial fan project, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society
❤️♠️♦️♣️
A huge thank to Emi for their support of our unofficial fan project, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society
❤️♠️♦️♣️
Had to say goodbye to my best friend today.
Please give your pets some extra love from me.
Please give your pets some extra love from me.
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Had to say goodbye to my best friend today.
Please give your pets some extra love from me.
Please give your pets some extra love from me.
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Gonna take this opportunity to say that I can personally deliver no script for as little as 7 million, and I know some other writers who can do it for as little as five million.
April 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Gonna take this opportunity to say that I can personally deliver no script for as little as 7 million, and I know some other writers who can do it for as little as five million.
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"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."
Pq democratizar a arte não é toda pessoa ter um desenho bonitinho feito em segundos, democratizar arte é toda pessoa ter tempo e saúde pra aprender e produzir arte se quiser mas principalmente ter condição pra pensar e se relacionar com arte com introspecção.
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."
Just sent in my draft for the Rogue & Gambit: Burning House anthology! @_@/
March 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Just sent in my draft for the Rogue & Gambit: Burning House anthology! @_@/
Can’t believe it took me this long to catch the shout out to Blair E. Batson Children’s of Mississippi in UXM #1.
That’s practically right in my back yard!
That’s practically right in my back yard!
March 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Can’t believe it took me this long to catch the shout out to Blair E. Batson Children’s of Mississippi in UXM #1.
That’s practically right in my back yard!
That’s practically right in my back yard!
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I will not be conceding the em dash to the current nonsense thank you. Death first.
People who think using em dashes is proof of AI writing have clearly never written anything longer than a paragraph in their life 😭
Keep the beloved em dashes out of your accusations! Real writers who hate AI definitely know how to use em dashes. Leave us alone 🙈
Keep the beloved em dashes out of your accusations! Real writers who hate AI definitely know how to use em dashes. Leave us alone 🙈
March 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I will not be conceding the em dash to the current nonsense thank you. Death first.
That particular neurodivergent conviction that the disagreement can be solved to everyone's satisfaction if I just Explain Things Clearly Enough.
(And the inevitable knot in the stomach when, the vast majority of time, that is completely impossible.)
(And the inevitable knot in the stomach when, the vast majority of time, that is completely impossible.)
March 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
That particular neurodivergent conviction that the disagreement can be solved to everyone's satisfaction if I just Explain Things Clearly Enough.
(And the inevitable knot in the stomach when, the vast majority of time, that is completely impossible.)
(And the inevitable knot in the stomach when, the vast majority of time, that is completely impossible.)
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March 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
March 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.
March 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
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What costume of Gambit’s is your favorite?
I’ve always been partial to his X-Treme X-Men uniform because it looks the most tactical for his line of work and has a very moto-vibe to it.
The versions of his classic look by Marquez and Bachalo I also really dig!
I’ve always been partial to his X-Treme X-Men uniform because it looks the most tactical for his line of work and has a very moto-vibe to it.
The versions of his classic look by Marquez and Bachalo I also really dig!
February 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
What costume of Gambit’s is your favorite?
I’ve always been partial to his X-Treme X-Men uniform because it looks the most tactical for his line of work and has a very moto-vibe to it.
The versions of his classic look by Marquez and Bachalo I also really dig!
I’ve always been partial to his X-Treme X-Men uniform because it looks the most tactical for his line of work and has a very moto-vibe to it.
The versions of his classic look by Marquez and Bachalo I also really dig!
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
January 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
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The contributors for Rogue & Gambit: Burning House are revealed! Some cracking stories and gorgeous artwork are on their way, in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Keep ‘em peeled, folks!
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Announcing Rogue & Gambit: Burning House Contributors
We’ve had some breathtaking submissions from across fandom for our X-Men themed collection Rogue & Gambit: Burning House and are delighted to confirm the roster of contributors. Stories (…
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January 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The contributors for Rogue & Gambit: Burning House are revealed! Some cracking stories and gorgeous artwork are on their way, in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Keep ‘em peeled, folks!
penciltippublishing.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/a...
penciltippublishing.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/a...
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NEW: It's not over: a runoff for Mississippi's supreme court is *Tuesday*.
A very conservative justice lost in an upset on Nov. 5. But now the GOP hopes to cancel out that loss: A moderate justice faces runoff against a GOP lawmaker.
Court would take overall step to center if incumbent survives.
A very conservative justice lost in an upset on Nov. 5. But now the GOP hopes to cancel out that loss: A moderate justice faces runoff against a GOP lawmaker.
Court would take overall step to center if incumbent survives.
Elections for Mississippi Supreme Court Leave the Rights of Criminal Defendants in Flux
A conservative justice was unexpectedly defeated in early November. A runoff next week will decide the fate of a moderate justice, who is challenged by a Republican state senator.
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November 20, 2024 at 3:12 PM
NEW: It's not over: a runoff for Mississippi's supreme court is *Tuesday*.
A very conservative justice lost in an upset on Nov. 5. But now the GOP hopes to cancel out that loss: A moderate justice faces runoff against a GOP lawmaker.
Court would take overall step to center if incumbent survives.
A very conservative justice lost in an upset on Nov. 5. But now the GOP hopes to cancel out that loss: A moderate justice faces runoff against a GOP lawmaker.
Court would take overall step to center if incumbent survives.