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glitterary.bsky.social
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@glitterary.bsky.social
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Nerd of the books and fandom variety. Occasional ficcer. Bi, 30s, she/her, trans rights are human rights and Black lives matter. NSFW. Picrew icon by @grgikau
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glitterary.bsky.social
Fun fact: in Germany the person responsible for checking your boiler is the chimney sweep and they come to your house dressed like they fell out of a Dickens novel
Three modern German chimney sweeps standing in front of a white van. They are wearing black suits with shiny silver buttons and top hats A chimney sweep in a top hat, black double-breasted coat with shiny buttons and white gloves. He appears to be measuring the pressure on a boiler A chimney sweep in a traditional black coat and top hat. She is showing two people in modern clothes measurements on an electronic meter.
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
why am i cursed to live in a city with great public transportation
A screenshot of a bumper sticker available as a reward on this year’s AO3 donation drive. Description reads: Shipping Bumper Sticker US$50 A 9"x4" shiny sticker with a dark red background. In white it shows an AO3 logo, and the slogan "my other car is a ship."
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
About to rock up to my sci-fi book club in a space-print dress with astronaut earrings literally no-one has ever been cooler than me 🪐
Selfie of glitz smiling at the camera and showing off one of her earrings, which are tiny astronauts sitting on dangling crescent moons. She’s wearing a dark blue v-neck dress with suns and planets on it.
August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Happy ficversary to my series Hands full of flowers, which I started posting three years ago today! If you like the sound of a steddyhands slow burn with non-fatal hanahaki, the power of friendship, meme references and tactical seagulls, take a look: archiveofourown.org/series/3063081
A cover for the OFMD fanfic series Hands full of flowers by glitterary showing a small wooden boat on a map surrounded by roses
August 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
New fic: I Wish I Could Punch You In The Typeface, The Murderbot Diaries #tmbd, 3.3k, gen

archiveofourown.org/works/68017531
Screenshot of an AO3 fic description I Wish I Could Punch You In The Typeface by glitterary Fandoms:The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells General Audiences No Archive Warnings Apply Gen Complete Work 23 Jul 2025 Character and warning tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, ART | Perihelion & Murderbot, Murderbot & Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), ART | Perihelion, Iris (Murderbot Diaries), Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries), Tarik (Murderbot Diaries), Additional tags: Literacy, murderbot never learned to write because why would it, the mortifying ordeal of signing colleagues' birthday cards, POV Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Birthday Presents The Corporation Rim Is Terrible (Murderbot Diaries), Fluff and Angst Summary ‘I’m not illiterate,' I said, defensively. ‘I can read.’ I know you can read, said ART. We read One Hundred Light-Years of Solitude together last week and your analysis was very insightful. It paused. It just did not occur to me that you might be unable to generate written messages in hardspace. It's Iris' birthday, and everyone really wants SecUnit to sign her card. There's just one small problem with that. Language: English Words: 3,344 Chapters: 1/1 Hits: 0
July 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
glitterary.bsky.social
wip wsunday or something
‘I’m not illiterate,’ I said. ‘I can read.’ I know you can, said ART. We read One Hundred Light-Years of Solitude together last week and your analysis was very insightful. I was simply not aware that you are unable to generate written messages in hardspace. ‘I didn’t say that, either.’ I opened a blank .hdoc file and input some text, turned my energy weapon to its lowest setting and pointed it at the bulkhead. The beam flared and printed, in perfect Times New Romulan: ART IS AN ASSHOLE That’s a tautology, said ART. I knew it knew I would need to ask it to define that, so I didn’t. A maintenance drone whirred down from the ceiling to take a closer look at the words now burned into its hull. I had no idea your energy weapons could do such delicate work, said ART. You’re usually far less discriminating when destroying my walls and furnishings. I pointed my arm at the wall again and printed: FUCK YOU
July 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Create this #Picrew of yourself: picrew.me/en/image_mak...

Then take this quiz: uquiz.com/quiz/eTdXoU/...

and post the results to see what you’d be like as a fictional character!!!
A picrew of a woman with greying brown hair in a chin-length Bob, glittery gold eyeshadow and heart-shaped sunglasses next to a heart in bi pride colours Your Result: Great Character Arc You're that one character that's just so well written. Interesting but not overpowering flaws, a great backstory, your character growth is real and measurable without feeling unrealistic. Your friendships are the hallmark of the fandom, your romance feels earned. Critics love you.
July 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
glitterary.bsky.social
Me: *writes a fic based on many years of therapy specifically as a result of reading and benefiting from similar fics*
Commenter: whoa this fic is like therapy
Me:
A gif of Spock from Star Trek TOS bracing himself against a wall and crying. The text reads “I am in control of my emotions. [sobbing]”
July 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
why does god keep giving me, her weakest soldier, her toughest battles
The Archive Of Our Own maintenance status page reading: The archive is down for maintenance. Check our status page, @status.archiveofourown.org on Bluesky or ao3org on Tumblr for updates.
July 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Old Guard 2 update:
The not to be a lesbian tumblr meme
July 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Wow, just heard three VERY loud bangs (about 10 mins ago) followed by sirens. Cleverly looked at my phone to try to figure out what had happened. Looked out the window and
An enormous plume of black smoke emanating from approx. 500m away
June 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
glitterary.bsky.social
It’s very clever without being preachy or heavy-handed, and honestly, it just feels like it’s written for Us, as in, queer weirdos who like thinky things that go pew pew. One of the best descriptions I’ve seen of it is this:
screenshot of a tumblr post by unheavenlycreatures, reading: one of the reasons i love the murderbot diaries is how it doesnt flinch in trying to grapple with some of the Big Questions, such as "why is it that Humanity™ is the goal to strive towards for artificial intelligence if it wants to be acknowledged as a person?" and "What does it look like when someone is both undeniably a person but also unapologetically nonhuman?" and "what if the magic school bus had a gun"
June 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
glitterary.bsky.social
CANNOT stop giggling at the conversation we had changing trains on the way back. A dramatic reenactment:
June 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Ready for the mosh pit with @imeldamajeure.bsky.social (we’re going to see The Corrs)
Jess and Imelda looking cute and very much not like they‘re ready for the mosh pit
June 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Here’s how big it is if I let it drape. I know it needs a drink but it’s TOO POWERFUL. If I took proper care of it I would live in a jungle and it would have taken over my entire sewing desk.
A trailing pothos plant on top of a wardrobe reaching all the way to the floor.
June 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
And when all else fails, find some bisexual lighting or helpful signage.
glitz leaning against a wall wearing a dark blue silky v-neck top and floral trousers in pink and blue. The light from the left is blue, and the light coming from her right is pink. glitz wearing a pleated blue skirt and floral t-shirt and gesturing at a giant piece of graffiti that says GAY in big pink letters
June 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
I’m not sure I have much of a point here, other than: fashion is hard, especially when you’re trying to follow and break rules at the same time! But it’s also lots of fun, and I’m glad I live somewhere and have a job that lets me play around with it. Also double denim is great and so is pink.
A mirror selfie of glitz wearing navy blue dungarees covered in rainbows with a big stretchy blue belt and yellow t-shirt A picture of glitz in front of a pink and purple mural. She’s wearing jeans and a denim jacket with enamel pins on it, as well as a bright scarf in pink, red and orange A mirror selfie of glitz wearing hot pink shorts, a floral polo shirt, and gold slip-ons Another mirror selfie of glitz wearing a tropical-print jumper tucked into wide pink trousers that are a little bit too short cinched at the waist with a pink belt. She’s wearing white trainers.
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
But I also feel like like a fraud in a lot of queer Gen Z fashions. So I’m trying to find a path that picks up some of the pinup and preppy shapes I like, but with the brightest colours I can find.
A mirror selfie of glitz wearing a purple jumper, swirling green and purple circle skirt, a green belt and leather boots A mirror selfie of glitz wearing a jumpsuit made of rainbow plaid fabric and a huge pink belt, and gold slippers A picture of glitz from behind wearing a hot pink circle skirt with flats and a simple top A mirror selfie of glitz wearing a checked rainbow polo shirt, hot orange trousers, a pink belt and yellow trainers
June 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Like this? You could put some poppers on the inside of the dress and the peplum fabric, and attach it like that.
The picture of Alice’s dress from the back with a little peplum fringe drawn on it
June 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Issuing a correction:
A still from the above gif with the text changed to BITE STROOPWAFELS NOT DICKS
June 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
A gif of a man watching two others fight and shouting “BITE EACH OTHER’S DICKS OFF!!”
June 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
Shout out to Stagecoach in Worthing who are currently displaying at least ten pride flags. Was delighted to see they were flying trans and bi ones as well as progress pride ones a couple of days ago—went by today and they’ve added ace and pan ones too. Fucking superb you funky little bus company 🌈
A low cream building with two flag poles outside flying progress Pride flags. Sticks flying full-sized trans, ace, bi and pan pride flags have been strapped to the railing. There are two more progress Pride banners hung behind the windows, and one of two progress pride flags marking the entrance to the depot is visible to the side. The motto under the Stagecoach sign reads “proud to serve”. This bus company now has my unending loyalty.
June 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
A commendation for Stagecoach in Worthing, though, who are flying progress Pride flags from their two flag poles AND strapped a set of bi and trans flags to the railings outside their offices too 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Lovely to see!
The Stagecoach office in Worthing, a cream building with two progress Pride flags as well as a trans and bi flags flying outside. Their motto reads “Proud to Serve”
June 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
glitterary.bsky.social
I probably got it from someone in the audience at Hamilton so please everyone appreciate how extremely clever and funny @bennettmckenna.bsky.social is:
My name is Philip, I have the plague, my theatre's masking rules were vague 🎵 I'm feeling sick as hell but the Equity agreement won't keep me well 🎵 I practise projecting so AV don't have to worry, if I made you sick then heck, I'm really sorry 🎵 I'm just up here trying to make rent, un deux trois quatre cinq
May 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
glitterary.bsky.social
Is there more to life than being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking? Violet says no. #BlueSteel
A ridiculously beautiful cat with a dilute cream and blue tortoiseshell coat looking just past the camera like she’s in an advert. Daylight from one side picking out her majestic whiskers. Cheekbones like you wouldn’t believe. Green eyes. She’s out of your league.
May 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM