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eruditeprincess.bsky.social
Isobel
@eruditeprincess.bsky.social
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aspiring academic, current nerd with an MA in media studies | 25 | autistic | queer 🏳️‍🌈 | they/them | currently hyperfixating on horizon
other places you can find me (personal & fandom): https://linktr.ee/eruditeprincess
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there is a comedy to how differently each of my grandmothers responded to the news of my new job (blanked out my deadname on the text from grannie)
A text from WhatsApp from my Grannie, reading 'Congratulations [deadname] good luck in your new job next month. Have a good Christmas and keep well. Lots of love Grannie xx'. A text in WhatsApp from my Nana, reading 'Congratulations. I'm in Sainsbury's at the moment. xxx'
December 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Alright, cat palate cleanser after all that Anxiety released
Polly, a tortoiseshell-tabby cat with a very pink nose and brown, white and orange colouring. She is being cuddled by my mum, in a grey jumper, with only her head and a paw poking out from under my mum's head. The cat looks mildly shell-shocked and resigned to her fate.
December 13, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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Please welcome into the fray a recent favourite for mog, and one that keeps cracking me up simply for the look of pure defeat on her face.
Polly, a tortoiseshell-tabby cat, wrapped in a red knitted blanket on a black sofa. Her head is the only visible part of her, and has stripey black and brown markings. The blanket has been tucked around her so that she looks like a stereotypical babushka. Her face is showing resigned defeat.
November 28, 2024 at 1:45 PM
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I have an entire album on my phone that at this point is my cat's daily diary of the past 2 years. Here is today's photo (after she howled that she needed a cuddle right now this second) 🐈
Polly, a tortoiseshell-tabby cat; brown and orange with striped markings on her chest and cheeks. Her face and chest are visible, and she is staring off into the abyss. She is back-lit by light from the window. She has a pink collar and very large whiskers and eyebrows. She is laying on bedsheets showing the milky way system.
November 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Thinking back on #photography experiments last time it was this cold - used a filter over my camera lens to create these rainbow beams, and then adjusted the brightness and colours in post. Taken at my local archaeological park in January 2024.
An Iron Age roundhouse replica; the walls are yellow and red, with a thatched roof. In the background are trees against an orange sky. There are also two rainbow beams, one strong and one faint, forming an angle with the roundhouse's roof.
November 19, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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I haven't been on here in yonks! In exchange, have a photo I took earlier in the year, which is from the roof of a roundhouse at my local archaeological park! I didn't actually know how the scale would turn out with this, but I was happy with it (and did edit it for the colour)
Moss and tiny white flowers on a wooden roof. The moss is green with orange patches, and the white flowers are growing from the moss. The flowers are tiny petals on green and brown stems.
November 17, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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As is her right
Just not right after fighting another cat too! And yet she had the face of pure innocence after, all snuggled in the warm!
Isobel's cat, Polly; a tortoiseshell-tabby cat, laying on a multicoloured blanket and blue bedsheets. She is turned to the camera to stare at it, with almost a look of "who, me?"
January 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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clearly didn't think before putting Aloy in this armour set (replaying Horizon Forbidden West right now, just did the Ninmah Research Lab quest and now I know the story, am seeing the foundations being built for the big reveal and I love it so much)
Aloy; a woman with red hair, wearing a leather skirt and a cropped top, which feels unsuitable for the snowy landscape. In the background, a forest and mountains are visible; Aloy seems to be looking over them, as the trees slope down the mountainside
October 13, 2023 at 3:00 PM
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throwback to my first attempt at VP last year as I got into Horizon - it has officially been a year since I got into it (and nearly a year since I started writing within that world for fun) - I am still in love with Aloy, and Tallnecks (comms giraffes!!), and this armour set!
Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West; she is facing the camera with her right arm behind her head, posing for the camera. In the background is a tallneck (a communications giraffe), within a misty haze. There are mountains, and the sky is cloudy, with green nebulae and stars peeking through the gaps.
October 7, 2023 at 2:03 PM
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Flying was the best feature added to Forbidden West, it is so peaceful to soar over the mountains!
(Also, flying in this game hits different when you see the machines and think about their in-universe purposes to sustain the ecosystem, I can't wait for Horizon 3)
A large mechanical bird flies over a foggy landscape, dotted with trees. In the distance, there are mountains, which the sun is rising over. The mechanical bird has blue wires on its face, and a woman on its back. Its wings are tipped with five spikes reaching out, and the wing membrane resembles solar panels.
October 1, 2023 at 4:35 PM
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"Perhaps stars were supposed to be viewed from the ground." - The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
(I prefer playing Zero Dawn and Forbidden West at night purely due to the stars - these games are so beautiful!)
A skyline; in the bottom right corner is a cliff with candles, plants, and a woman sat down on it, cast in shadow. In the distance, there are silhouettes of skyscrapers. The majority of the image is stars; there is a green light at points above the skyscrapers, but there are countless stars coloured silver and gold that are scattered through the sky. The bottom left has the silhouette of trees, overlooking an ink-black sea with white cloud-like mist. A full moon is visible along the right-hand side, above the woman and the candles.
September 25, 2023 at 11:24 AM
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taking a breather, lost in memories
(I love Horizon Forbidden West so much, and the music in this space is so beautiful ❤️)
Aloy from Horizon; she is sat on a cliff overlooking the sea, surrounded by plants and candles. In the distance are destroyed skyscraper structures, surrounded by purple-tinted clouds. The sun is along the left side of the screen, halfway down the sky.
September 21, 2023 at 1:47 PM
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tiny cat is unamused by the wind and rain today
My cat, Polly; a tortoiseshell-tabby cat, with brown and black fur on her head, and a green collar. She is laying in a purple shelter, with her head front left paw poking out. The table mat is brown, and the shelter has a red tablecloth and a white blanket folded and resting on top of it.
September 20, 2023 at 11:37 AM
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Horizon Forbidden West is a stunning game, you can't change my mind
Aloy from Horizon; her back is to the camera, and she is looking over a port. There are a number of boats and people below her, with an amber horizon.
September 15, 2023 at 10:02 PM
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that gliding glow
Aloy from Horizon; a woman with red hair and green armour on, clinging to a shimmering blue glider composed of hexagonal tiles. She is a few inches above the water, with the ruins of two skyscrapers behind her. The light is painting the scene orange.
September 9, 2023 at 1:16 PM
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the journey to the Gate of the Vanquished (ft. my favourite machine of all time)
A desert; some greenery is visible, lining a well-trodden path through the sand. In the distance, the silhouette of a Tallneck (a machine that looks like a giraffe with a giant satellite disk atop its head) is visible.
September 7, 2023 at 10:39 PM
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caught in her thoughts
Aloy from Horizon; a woman with long red hair, a triangle with a line through sitting above her ear, a green top, and a spear and bow visible on her back. She is in front of a decayed structure, sat on a beach, with palm trees in front of the building. She has a pensive look on her face.
September 4, 2023 at 11:26 PM
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✨️ golden hour ✨️
Aloy from the video game Horizon; a woman with long red hair, wearing a green cropped top, green armour on her arms, and a pair of green bottoms. She is surrounded by large leaves and grass, mostly coloured green and gold, and golden light is beaming from the left side.
September 3, 2023 at 8:46 PM
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took me nearly a year, but finally got the achievement to ride all the mounts in Forbidden West, had to commemorate with a photo
Aloy from Horizon riding a Fire Clawstrider; a machine that looks like a small quadripedal dinosaur, with blue wiring down its neck, a blue singular light where the face is, and fire shooting out from the side. Aloy, a woman with long red hair and a green and white top on, is sat on it like it is a horse. The background has red grass, and green hills and cliffs, with some trees.
September 3, 2023 at 10:43 AM
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playing around in horizon photomode again, really putting my degrees to good use
Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West; a woman with long red hair and pale skin. She is lit in purple in the foreground; the background has two tree trunks and purple, blue, green, red, yellow, and amber lights.
September 1, 2023 at 7:33 PM
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Horizon is a very good game series (not just because Aloy is very beautiful and I can get shots like this)
Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West - a woman with long red hair, green eyes, pale skin, and freckles. She has a bow decorated with a purple feather visible behind her, and small green and red dots painted across her brow and down her jaw and neck. A sunbeam is across her face, lighting her mouth and sections of her neck in golden light, and she is looking beyond the camera with her mouth slightly open. The background is blurred, but three large trees are visible.
August 26, 2023 at 9:51 PM