Ryan Flint
@ryanflint.bsky.social
Vocalist, Lyricist for WitchHands
Co-Owner of The Arbitrarium
Goth w/ mohawk (Deathrocker)
Misanthropic Humanist, Doggerelist
(He / Him / They)
Co-Owner of The Arbitrarium
Goth w/ mohawk (Deathrocker)
Misanthropic Humanist, Doggerelist
(He / Him / They)
I say this with affection:
A couple of decades ago, there were a lot more of the fanciful goth nicknames. But that somehow always equated to a dozen girls named Raven in every scene.
And now it's a dozen they/them femmes with Nyx in their name.
There's ALWAYS some dude going by Matte Black, tho.
A couple of decades ago, there were a lot more of the fanciful goth nicknames. But that somehow always equated to a dozen girls named Raven in every scene.
And now it's a dozen they/them femmes with Nyx in their name.
There's ALWAYS some dude going by Matte Black, tho.
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I say this with affection:
A couple of decades ago, there were a lot more of the fanciful goth nicknames. But that somehow always equated to a dozen girls named Raven in every scene.
And now it's a dozen they/them femmes with Nyx in their name.
There's ALWAYS some dude going by Matte Black, tho.
A couple of decades ago, there were a lot more of the fanciful goth nicknames. But that somehow always equated to a dozen girls named Raven in every scene.
And now it's a dozen they/them femmes with Nyx in their name.
There's ALWAYS some dude going by Matte Black, tho.
Just me looking at ease in my store.
Every other customer:
"Um... ca-can I try these on...?"
🥺
👉👈
"Of course! Right through there!" 😊
(Pretty sure public school gave me resting murder face)
Every other customer:
"Um... ca-can I try these on...?"
🥺
👉👈
"Of course! Right through there!" 😊
(Pretty sure public school gave me resting murder face)
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Just me looking at ease in my store.
Every other customer:
"Um... ca-can I try these on...?"
🥺
👉👈
"Of course! Right through there!" 😊
(Pretty sure public school gave me resting murder face)
Every other customer:
"Um... ca-can I try these on...?"
🥺
👉👈
"Of course! Right through there!" 😊
(Pretty sure public school gave me resting murder face)
Reposted by Ryan Flint
WitchHands is hitting the road
with Academy Order!
& tunes spun by DJ Ordo Amoris
2/25 @ Kirby's
Wichita, KS
2/26 @ Rubber Gloves
Denton, TX
2/27 @ Kickback Bar
Houston, TX
2/28 @ O'Death
San Antonio, TX
🦇🖤🦇🖤🦇
#goth #deathrock #postpunk #gothrock #gothmusic #gothsky
with Academy Order!
& tunes spun by DJ Ordo Amoris
2/25 @ Kirby's
Wichita, KS
2/26 @ Rubber Gloves
Denton, TX
2/27 @ Kickback Bar
Houston, TX
2/28 @ O'Death
San Antonio, TX
🦇🖤🦇🖤🦇
#goth #deathrock #postpunk #gothrock #gothmusic #gothsky
January 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
WitchHands is hitting the road
with Academy Order!
& tunes spun by DJ Ordo Amoris
2/25 @ Kirby's
Wichita, KS
2/26 @ Rubber Gloves
Denton, TX
2/27 @ Kickback Bar
Houston, TX
2/28 @ O'Death
San Antonio, TX
🦇🖤🦇🖤🦇
#goth #deathrock #postpunk #gothrock #gothmusic #gothsky
with Academy Order!
& tunes spun by DJ Ordo Amoris
2/25 @ Kirby's
Wichita, KS
2/26 @ Rubber Gloves
Denton, TX
2/27 @ Kickback Bar
Houston, TX
2/28 @ O'Death
San Antonio, TX
🦇🖤🦇🖤🦇
#goth #deathrock #postpunk #gothrock #gothmusic #gothsky
What do you mean I can't kill with kindness?
Every person I've ever been nice to will die afterwards.
Every person I've ever been nice to will die afterwards.
January 8, 2026 at 8:53 AM
What do you mean I can't kill with kindness?
Every person I've ever been nice to will die afterwards.
Every person I've ever been nice to will die afterwards.
Hazard of being your own boss:
Getting all the way there and being like "Naw. Not feeling it."
Getting all the way there and being like "Naw. Not feeling it."
January 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Hazard of being your own boss:
Getting all the way there and being like "Naw. Not feeling it."
Getting all the way there and being like "Naw. Not feeling it."
I have tried to watch The Sopranos about 4 times and they just seem like stupid assholes.
Maybe I'm spoiled.
Breaking Bad:
Killing a girlfriend is how we demonstrate how irredeemable a character is and the consequences will never stop crushing everyone in its wake.
Sopranos: fuck that bitch
Maybe I'm spoiled.
Breaking Bad:
Killing a girlfriend is how we demonstrate how irredeemable a character is and the consequences will never stop crushing everyone in its wake.
Sopranos: fuck that bitch
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I have tried to watch The Sopranos about 4 times and they just seem like stupid assholes.
Maybe I'm spoiled.
Breaking Bad:
Killing a girlfriend is how we demonstrate how irredeemable a character is and the consequences will never stop crushing everyone in its wake.
Sopranos: fuck that bitch
Maybe I'm spoiled.
Breaking Bad:
Killing a girlfriend is how we demonstrate how irredeemable a character is and the consequences will never stop crushing everyone in its wake.
Sopranos: fuck that bitch
"Oh, no, I don't attend 12-step meetings because I need support.
I just enjoy human misery.
WHICH IS WHY I'M A PERFECT FIT FOR THE POSITION AT THIS COMPANY!"
I just enjoy human misery.
WHICH IS WHY I'M A PERFECT FIT FOR THE POSITION AT THIS COMPANY!"
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
"Oh, no, I don't attend 12-step meetings because I need support.
I just enjoy human misery.
WHICH IS WHY I'M A PERFECT FIT FOR THE POSITION AT THIS COMPANY!"
I just enjoy human misery.
WHICH IS WHY I'M A PERFECT FIT FOR THE POSITION AT THIS COMPANY!"
"Exile? Ancient history is silly."
George Zimmerman is homeless and jobless.
Kyle Rittenhouse hounded and family broke.
ICE agents unable to find a place to stay or sleep in peace.
Supreme Court justices hounded and credit cards stolen.
Aight, bet.
George Zimmerman is homeless and jobless.
Kyle Rittenhouse hounded and family broke.
ICE agents unable to find a place to stay or sleep in peace.
Supreme Court justices hounded and credit cards stolen.
Aight, bet.
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 AM
"Exile? Ancient history is silly."
George Zimmerman is homeless and jobless.
Kyle Rittenhouse hounded and family broke.
ICE agents unable to find a place to stay or sleep in peace.
Supreme Court justices hounded and credit cards stolen.
Aight, bet.
George Zimmerman is homeless and jobless.
Kyle Rittenhouse hounded and family broke.
ICE agents unable to find a place to stay or sleep in peace.
Supreme Court justices hounded and credit cards stolen.
Aight, bet.
I MOCK YOUR CORPSE WITH CHRISTMAS CHEEEEER
[METAL RIFFING]
[METAL RIFFING]
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
I MOCK YOUR CORPSE WITH CHRISTMAS CHEEEEER
[METAL RIFFING]
[METAL RIFFING]
Reposted by Ryan Flint
Our humble 3 track demo was released 9 years ago.
Our last release, we reworked the album they later appeared on.
Our next album takes us in a lot of directions.
But these were the first steps we traveled together.
witchhandsdxr.bandcamp.com/album/witchh...
Our last release, we reworked the album they later appeared on.
Our next album takes us in a lot of directions.
But these were the first steps we traveled together.
witchhandsdxr.bandcamp.com/album/witchh...
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Our humble 3 track demo was released 9 years ago.
Our last release, we reworked the album they later appeared on.
Our next album takes us in a lot of directions.
But these were the first steps we traveled together.
witchhandsdxr.bandcamp.com/album/witchh...
Our last release, we reworked the album they later appeared on.
Our next album takes us in a lot of directions.
But these were the first steps we traveled together.
witchhandsdxr.bandcamp.com/album/witchh...
"Don't get fresh with me, young man!"
Me:
Me:
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 AM
"Don't get fresh with me, young man!"
Me:
Me:
Highlight of 2025:
Getting to break the news to a couple of queer kids that Charlie Kirk was dead.
Also, Moo Deng
Getting to break the news to a couple of queer kids that Charlie Kirk was dead.
Also, Moo Deng
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Highlight of 2025:
Getting to break the news to a couple of queer kids that Charlie Kirk was dead.
Also, Moo Deng
Getting to break the news to a couple of queer kids that Charlie Kirk was dead.
Also, Moo Deng
Wait, has 'Walking on the Sun' by Smashmouth been an anti-capitalist Bossa Nova song this whole time?
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
January 3, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Wait, has 'Walking on the Sun' by Smashmouth been an anti-capitalist Bossa Nova song this whole time?
What the fuck.
What the fuck.
I think we are right to try to hold the USA to a higher standard. But this is the anthem we adopted around the time Nazis were taking notes:
"...No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave..."
"...No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave..."
January 1, 2026 at 9:34 AM
I think we are right to try to hold the USA to a higher standard. But this is the anthem we adopted around the time Nazis were taking notes:
"...No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave..."
"...No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave..."
"Do you think the great war has psychologically scarred us?"
*Deschamp putting a signed toilet in an art gallery*
"Hmmm? Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the comical meaniglessness of existence"
*Deschamp putting a signed toilet in an art gallery*
"Hmmm? Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the comical meaniglessness of existence"
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"Do you think the great war has psychologically scarred us?"
*Deschamp putting a signed toilet in an art gallery*
"Hmmm? Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the comical meaniglessness of existence"
*Deschamp putting a signed toilet in an art gallery*
"Hmmm? Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the comical meaniglessness of existence"
Lyrics stamped on my soul:
"The seasons are changing and my love for this world is fading"
-Detoxi, Masks
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near"
- The Doors, Roadhouse Blues
"All men are equal when their memory fades"
- Motörhead, Deaf Forever
"The seasons are changing and my love for this world is fading"
-Detoxi, Masks
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near"
- The Doors, Roadhouse Blues
"All men are equal when their memory fades"
- Motörhead, Deaf Forever
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Lyrics stamped on my soul:
"The seasons are changing and my love for this world is fading"
-Detoxi, Masks
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near"
- The Doors, Roadhouse Blues
"All men are equal when their memory fades"
- Motörhead, Deaf Forever
"The seasons are changing and my love for this world is fading"
-Detoxi, Masks
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near"
- The Doors, Roadhouse Blues
"All men are equal when their memory fades"
- Motörhead, Deaf Forever
The resting cure:
That sweet spot between becoming a fiendish laudanum addict for the rest of your life and being sprayed with cold water at the sanitorium until they invent lobotomies
That sweet spot between becoming a fiendish laudanum addict for the rest of your life and being sprayed with cold water at the sanitorium until they invent lobotomies
December 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The resting cure:
That sweet spot between becoming a fiendish laudanum addict for the rest of your life and being sprayed with cold water at the sanitorium until they invent lobotomies
That sweet spot between becoming a fiendish laudanum addict for the rest of your life and being sprayed with cold water at the sanitorium until they invent lobotomies
I'm young at heart!
(Stares at the floor and gets all awkward)
(Stares at the floor and gets all awkward)
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I'm young at heart!
(Stares at the floor and gets all awkward)
(Stares at the floor and gets all awkward)
How's my Yuletide?
🏳️🌈!
🏳️🌈!
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
How's my Yuletide?
🏳️🌈!
🏳️🌈!
Saw an utterly boring Aston-Martin on the road today.
Imagine having hand built James Bond car money and going for bland SUV.
Like getting an Omega watch that looks like a digital one from K-Mart.
"The screen lights up for 3 seconds. The band? Yeah, that's Velcro. FULLY adjustable 😏"
Weird flex.
Imagine having hand built James Bond car money and going for bland SUV.
Like getting an Omega watch that looks like a digital one from K-Mart.
"The screen lights up for 3 seconds. The band? Yeah, that's Velcro. FULLY adjustable 😏"
Weird flex.
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Saw an utterly boring Aston-Martin on the road today.
Imagine having hand built James Bond car money and going for bland SUV.
Like getting an Omega watch that looks like a digital one from K-Mart.
"The screen lights up for 3 seconds. The band? Yeah, that's Velcro. FULLY adjustable 😏"
Weird flex.
Imagine having hand built James Bond car money and going for bland SUV.
Like getting an Omega watch that looks like a digital one from K-Mart.
"The screen lights up for 3 seconds. The band? Yeah, that's Velcro. FULLY adjustable 😏"
Weird flex.
After digging through centuries of art, I've come to the conclusion that the "Death & The Maiden" motif is because people like drawing naked ladies and skeletons.
As true now as it ever was.
As true now as it ever was.
December 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
After digging through centuries of art, I've come to the conclusion that the "Death & The Maiden" motif is because people like drawing naked ladies and skeletons.
As true now as it ever was.
As true now as it ever was.
Me wearing a light sweater in mid-December A.D. 2025:
"Damn, it's hot out here"
"Damn, it's hot out here"
December 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Me wearing a light sweater in mid-December A.D. 2025:
"Damn, it's hot out here"
"Damn, it's hot out here"
"If you want to break things, please ask us to do it for you!"
- literally me running a store
- literally me running a store
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"If you want to break things, please ask us to do it for you!"
- literally me running a store
- literally me running a store
America, I believe, is the only country letting politicians pick their voters. And that's after we let oligarchs pick our politicians.
It's fascinating to see the party in power panic and dilute their power for a couple of votes.
Safe seats are in jeopardy and they're making them MORE competitive.
It's fascinating to see the party in power panic and dilute their power for a couple of votes.
Safe seats are in jeopardy and they're making them MORE competitive.
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
America, I believe, is the only country letting politicians pick their voters. And that's after we let oligarchs pick our politicians.
It's fascinating to see the party in power panic and dilute their power for a couple of votes.
Safe seats are in jeopardy and they're making them MORE competitive.
It's fascinating to see the party in power panic and dilute their power for a couple of votes.
Safe seats are in jeopardy and they're making them MORE competitive.
My wife is a short black goth.
I refer to her as my
"Little BoOoOoOo Thang"
👻
I refer to her as my
"Little BoOoOoOo Thang"
👻
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My wife is a short black goth.
I refer to her as my
"Little BoOoOoOo Thang"
👻
I refer to her as my
"Little BoOoOoOo Thang"
👻