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StrideDandy
@stridedandy.bsky.social
31. he/they. art mercenary, writer, hairstylist, nerd enthusiast. dnd & fantasy, pokemon, mtg. currently obsessed with dragon age, baldur’s gate 3, and legend of zelda.
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You can call me Stride or Dandy — either work for me. I’m in my 30’s, based in the western US, and I use he/they pronouns.

I write fanfiction and I’m working on a novel. Sometimes I sketch or do tattoo work, too.

There are a few fandoms I’m on the fringes of for fun.
Name: Damián Cantori
Title(s): Crow Contact
Race: Elf
Class: Rogue
Specialization: Veil Ranger
Gender and Pronouns: Male, He/Him
Sexuality: Gay
Date of Birth: 1st of Firstfall, 9:24 Dragon
Romance: Illario Dellamorte
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January 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Happy New Year!! Hope all my mooties have a wonderful year ahead.
a fireworks display with the words happy new year written below it
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January 1, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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New Year’s Vibe
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 AM
I invited friends over to play Magic the Gathering til Midnight for New Years… we’re about an hour away from 12 and I’m so tired I can’t even play Magic… 🫠
January 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Damián is an experienced drinker with a decent tolerance for liquor. He has perfected a method to wake up mostly hangover-free. He is a bartender, though, so he has insider knowledge.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:51 AM
It’s awfully homophobic that I have to work today when I could be writing about my boys kissing.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Can’t wait to start writing about Illario’s recently developed obsession with wiggly elf ears… 😈
December 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
For Damián, it’s mostly his own mind that brings him down. Though someone could also argue his ex is on the shortlist.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Well, I ended up adding another chapter but it’s only because the little weasels that run my brain were all chanting ‘smut! smut! smut!’ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i dont make the rules
December 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I think I’m approaching about 5000 words written today, and that’s an accomplishment all on its own. 🥳 I’m very excited to get the last arc of this fic going, obviously. 😅
December 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I’ve gotten some really good progress today! I think I have all of the interludes finally written, and I already had a couple extra chapters started. I’m excited to start giving this story some background plot info in a new way.
December 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Drop someone blonde!

An excuse to post Atrius Halward Pavus the youngest of my Pavellan kids. 🤭
December 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I need to finish this fic because every time i write ‘Damián de Riva’ my skin crawls. It feels so wrong now that I’ve given him an entirely different canon. 😂😂
December 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Flying Whales by Gojira. I love this song so much.

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December 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Damián’s appearance is very important to him, both as a relatively vain man and an Antivan Crow. He always wants to look his best, and will accept nothing less. If he can’t serve a look, he simply won’t go out.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Damián thinks blood magic is detestable, though he’s really only seen the effects of it from a secondhand perspective.

Killian knows that blood magic has other applications and practices than malice, but was never taught that magic himself.
(Cont)
December 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Finally got the ability to write today… hoping to get some of the ideas that have been rattling around in my brain the last two weeks out onto metaphorical paper.
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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🙏 The very intelligent people of Twitter made me realize that Arlen has Dorian Pavus Syndrome. There is no cure. 😔
#DragonAge #DragonAgeArt
December 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Dorian Pavus ♥
December 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Damián is an excellent swimmer! He grew up on the bay shores of Antiva and loves the water, so he learned young.

Killian can’t swim, he just never learned.

Bruno can absolutely swim. He’s spent some time on ships, even.

Moth can swim but he’s not great at it, just okay.

#DAOCBlabbing
**Saturday Question 5**:

Does your character know how to swim? #oc-saturday #ocQuestion #ocQuestions #ocFedi #ocSky
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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December 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I love this question so much!
Thread of DA Blorbo dice:

Starting with Damián, who loves purple, gold, and would pay enormous amounts of money for the joke.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Beat Whitney the Normal Type gym leader.
-3 badges
-27 Pokemon caught
-65 Pokemon seen
#StridePlaysPokemon
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Playing an older gen game is crazy. I have to grind so much because there’s no EXP share, Rollout is an overpowered move still…

Current team comp:
Pidgey - Flinn - L15
Gastly - Casper - L16
Bellsprout - Bitey - L17
Wooper - Lil Dude - L17
Cyndaquil - Cinny - L23
#StridePlaysPokemon
December 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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December 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM