elri
@eyebright-iris.bsky.social
MA Lit & Culture graduate from Uni of Brum | they/any | LARPer/poet/feral idiot | human iteration of the black puffle
16: One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny. Historical romance, light on the historical, was the pitch I got. Raff Barden shows up to his sister’s wedding but the groom has vanished. Meanwhile, William ‘Penn’ de Foucart flees his betrothal. For gay reasons. They unknowingly run into each other and… :3
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
16: One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny. Historical romance, light on the historical, was the pitch I got. Raff Barden shows up to his sister’s wedding but the groom has vanished. Meanwhile, William ‘Penn’ de Foucart flees his betrothal. For gay reasons. They unknowingly run into each other and… :3
this kit was a huge amount of fun to do - lined sleeves, beaded belt pennant, a train with burnt pages about his life and downfall
genuinely one of the best kits i’ve ever made for a larp, and people were SO lovely about it, recognising him instantly
also, draughir makeup was very fun :3
genuinely one of the best kits i’ve ever made for a larp, and people were SO lovely about it, recognising him instantly
also, draughir makeup was very fun :3
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
this kit was a huge amount of fun to do - lined sleeves, beaded belt pennant, a train with burnt pages about his life and downfall
genuinely one of the best kits i’ve ever made for a larp, and people were SO lovely about it, recognising him instantly
also, draughir makeup was very fun :3
genuinely one of the best kits i’ve ever made for a larp, and people were SO lovely about it, recognising him instantly
also, draughir makeup was very fun :3
arbiter nicovar of the great library of ankarien, archmage of day, ninth throne of the catazarri empire, called ‘the mad’
kit from an #empirelrp player event i attended last night, where the dawnish invert their nobility status and non-dawnish are encouraged to adopt their own guises…
kit from an #empirelrp player event i attended last night, where the dawnish invert their nobility status and non-dawnish are encouraged to adopt their own guises…
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
arbiter nicovar of the great library of ankarien, archmage of day, ninth throne of the catazarri empire, called ‘the mad’
kit from an #empirelrp player event i attended last night, where the dawnish invert their nobility status and non-dawnish are encouraged to adopt their own guises…
kit from an #empirelrp player event i attended last night, where the dawnish invert their nobility status and non-dawnish are encouraged to adopt their own guises…
ALSO also thinking about the hand by anabelle dinda and how much it applies to mira, nami and cordelia
just. augh. i would edit them to this song if i could because HOLY SHIT
just. augh. i would edit them to this song if i could because HOLY SHIT
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
ALSO also thinking about the hand by anabelle dinda and how much it applies to mira, nami and cordelia
just. augh. i would edit them to this song if i could because HOLY SHIT
just. augh. i would edit them to this song if i could because HOLY SHIT
15: Tideborn by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social. Another year, another tsunami of emotion and profound transformative writing from Eliza Chan’s Drowned World duology. To help me I’ve put my summary for my friends’ Discord server here too, but GOD. You are capable of learning. You are capable of change.
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
15: Tideborn by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social. Another year, another tsunami of emotion and profound transformative writing from Eliza Chan’s Drowned World duology. To help me I’ve put my summary for my friends’ Discord server here too, but GOD. You are capable of learning. You are capable of change.
AND BOOK TWO HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
AND BOOK TWO HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO
14: Foxfire, Wolfskin by Sharon Blackie. Mixed feelings on this one as I’m a habitual hater of “modern feminist retellings”, but some beautiful evocative writing and strong characterisation in here nonetheless!
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
14: Foxfire, Wolfskin by Sharon Blackie. Mixed feelings on this one as I’m a habitual hater of “modern feminist retellings”, but some beautiful evocative writing and strong characterisation in here nonetheless!
birmingham’s leftist agenda is alive and well
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
birmingham’s leftist agenda is alive and well
13: Ascension by @stgibson.bsky.social. Holy SHIT I loved getting back to these characters again, a year after reading Evocation. Having managed to reverse engineer Catholic guilt for myself as a kid, this was a challenging read, but GOD the conclusion was so worth ittttt. I love my idiot sorcerers
October 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
13: Ascension by @stgibson.bsky.social. Holy SHIT I loved getting back to these characters again, a year after reading Evocation. Having managed to reverse engineer Catholic guilt for myself as a kid, this was a challenging read, but GOD the conclusion was so worth ittttt. I love my idiot sorcerers
hehe >:3
ascension reading time
ascension reading time
September 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
hehe >:3
ascension reading time
ascension reading time
12: Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa. High Mage Cyril hurls himself back in time to try and stop Crown Princess Tigris’ death (and her brother, Cyril’s husband, inheriting the throne and destroying everything in madness). Twists and turns, beautiful and emotional. Adored this one so much 🥺
September 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
12: Shoestring Theory by Mariana Costa. High Mage Cyril hurls himself back in time to try and stop Crown Princess Tigris’ death (and her brother, Cyril’s husband, inheriting the throne and destroying everything in madness). Twists and turns, beautiful and emotional. Adored this one so much 🥺
come work in uni admissions we have. UCAS brownie
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
come work in uni admissions we have. UCAS brownie
11: Hunt for the Shadow Wolf by David Gow. Equal parts delightful & gut wrenching, Gow brings us to the long-vanished final days of a species we have sought to exterminate with religious fervour. Painful as we read over & over how we delighted in their slaughter; hopeful as we look to the future.
August 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
11: Hunt for the Shadow Wolf by David Gow. Equal parts delightful & gut wrenching, Gow brings us to the long-vanished final days of a species we have sought to exterminate with religious fervour. Painful as we read over & over how we delighted in their slaughter; hopeful as we look to the future.
some of my darling friends ran their first #empirelrp player event today! thoroughly enjoyed unsettling everyone who normally knows me as a shrewd urizeni cambion meeting my sweet, welsh-accented marcher lad!
(dagged mantle and all patches except the sheep brooch and bounders patch were made by me)
(dagged mantle and all patches except the sheep brooch and bounders patch were made by me)
August 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
some of my darling friends ran their first #empirelrp player event today! thoroughly enjoyed unsettling everyone who normally knows me as a shrewd urizeni cambion meeting my sweet, welsh-accented marcher lad!
(dagged mantle and all patches except the sheep brooch and bounders patch were made by me)
(dagged mantle and all patches except the sheep brooch and bounders patch were made by me)
10: Our Haunted Shores, ed. by @hauntedshores.bsky.social. Exploring tales of terror from the coasts of the British Isles from the 19th to early 20th century. Creepy, delightful, haunting. Dunsany’s piece was definitely my favourite, but the cryptozoology lover in me has to mention HG Wells’ too.
August 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
10: Our Haunted Shores, ed. by @hauntedshores.bsky.social. Exploring tales of terror from the coasts of the British Isles from the 19th to early 20th century. Creepy, delightful, haunting. Dunsany’s piece was definitely my favourite, but the cryptozoology lover in me has to mention HG Wells’ too.
9: Reading the Rocks by Brenda Maddox. Tracing a line through a core group of British geologists and people they came into contact with across a key series of Victorian developments in geology as a science and our understanding of the age of the Earth, its history - and our own.
July 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
9: Reading the Rocks by Brenda Maddox. Tracing a line through a core group of British geologists and people they came into contact with across a key series of Victorian developments in geology as a science and our understanding of the age of the Earth, its history - and our own.
moth on the golf scores what crimes will she commit
(love moths big enough to hear the wing beats and the thumps as they give themselves concussions on the ceiling)
(love moths big enough to hear the wing beats and the thumps as they give themselves concussions on the ceiling)
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
moth on the golf scores what crimes will she commit
(love moths big enough to hear the wing beats and the thumps as they give themselves concussions on the ceiling)
(love moths big enough to hear the wing beats and the thumps as they give themselves concussions on the ceiling)
8: Thyme Travellers ed. by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social. A collection of 14 speculative fiction stories by Palestinian diaspora authors, exploring a myriad of themes: love, loss, exile, belonging, family, legacy, oppression, colonialism, home, leaving - and returning. I laugh, I ache, I weep.
June 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
8: Thyme Travellers ed. by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social. A collection of 14 speculative fiction stories by Palestinian diaspora authors, exploring a myriad of themes: love, loss, exile, belonging, family, legacy, oppression, colonialism, home, leaving - and returning. I laugh, I ache, I weep.
me after finishing tell me i’m worthless
boy howdy. a process has occurred. hm.
boy howdy. a process has occurred. hm.
June 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
me after finishing tell me i’m worthless
boy howdy. a process has occurred. hm.
boy howdy. a process has occurred. hm.
7: Tell Me I’m Worthless by @hangsawoman.bsky.social. I have not been so fundamentally moved by a book in years. Perhaps ever. Two days after I started reading this, the Supreme Court ruling dropped. I had to put it down for a time. Remembering that in the context of this book? I could weep. 1/2
June 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
7: Tell Me I’m Worthless by @hangsawoman.bsky.social. I have not been so fundamentally moved by a book in years. Perhaps ever. Two days after I started reading this, the Supreme Court ruling dropped. I had to put it down for a time. Remembering that in the context of this book? I could weep. 1/2
STOP WALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
STOP WALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!
6: Cemetery Boys by @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social. Queer spooky fun in LA’s Latino communities, where a trans boy fights to be accepted, tries to find his vanished cousin, and accidentally summons the school rebel’s ghost. Called the twist by a mile but that didn’t take away from the finale. Loved it!
May 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
6: Cemetery Boys by @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social. Queer spooky fun in LA’s Latino communities, where a trans boy fights to be accepted, tries to find his vanished cousin, and accidentally summons the school rebel’s ghost. Called the twist by a mile but that didn’t take away from the finale. Loved it!
opening my latest read and spotting a familiar face, you know it’s gonna be a good one 👀
@lmcknighthardy.bsky.social
@lmcknighthardy.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
opening my latest read and spotting a familiar face, you know it’s gonna be a good one 👀
@lmcknighthardy.bsky.social
@lmcknighthardy.bsky.social
5: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell. Waterstones Book of the Year but unfortunately this fell flat for me. Moments of fun writing or quirky characters was massively undercut by chapters too eager to be self-contained, and an uncomfortable level of how much one’s Birth And Breeding matters
April 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
5: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell. Waterstones Book of the Year but unfortunately this fell flat for me. Moments of fun writing or quirky characters was massively undercut by chapters too eager to be self-contained, and an uncomfortable level of how much one’s Birth And Breeding matters
like the below is the stuff i’ve designed for menhir’s fate. i’m still up in the air on if it’ll be my kind of larp, and i can’t make any event until their last one of the year in september, but i had tremendous fun putting this together and making it flavourful
April 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
like the below is the stuff i’ve designed for menhir’s fate. i’m still up in the air on if it’ll be my kind of larp, and i can’t make any event until their last one of the year in september, but i had tremendous fun putting this together and making it flavourful