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Kaiva Gray
@nvblackrose.bsky.social
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He/him. Proud trans man 🏳️‍⚧️ PS5 gamer. FFXIV fanatic, mostly normal about other stuff. Virtual/traditional photography hobbyist 📸

Official home of <BRose> #BRoseXIV
Blackrose Society (Exodus/Famfrit)
Black Rose Society (Excalibur/Malboro/Brynhildr)
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Kaiva Gray @nvblackrose.bsky.social · Feb 1
Oh hey look who (finally) got around to making an account just for my fun/hobby stuff! 💜 I’ll be posting a lot of FFXIV stuff and other games as well so stay posted. I’m also going to do my best to keep this as de-stressed a space as I can ✌️
nvblackrose.bsky.social
One extra sleepy Ozzie 🥰
The author’s dog, a 17 year old toy poodle mix named Ozzie, is laying down sound asleep in the indirect morning light. He is a light grey dog with dark grey on his ears and tail and a light white patch under his muzzle. He is curled up on his bed on a red, white, and navy blue plaid blanket.
October 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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mariesposeets.bsky.social
Red-breasted merganser watercolor comic, sorry had to after seeing bsky.app/profile/hibb...
Watercolor sketch: a male red-breasted merganser does the courtship dance of sticking his butt out of the water and looking weird (see real-life red-breasted merganser mating dance). Says: Huhhhughhuh s'up ladies, huhuhuh. A group of female mergansers on rocks are watching. First one: Ugh. Second one: Creep. Third one is gawking in delight and her tail feathers are fanning like crazy trying to cool her down.
August 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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mcstronghuge.bsky.social
This week's housing highlights~
August 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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fennelsoup.bsky.social
yeah
text post saying: apologies to anyone who ever thought i was cool and reached out to me only to discover i am just a weird little hermit who can't carry on a conversation to save my life
August 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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delipiripiri.bsky.social
Bluesky has enough moderation tools to curate our feed in case we don't want to see nsfw stuff and the new rules are too vague about adult content. Please speak up! A lot of us depend on social media to make a living and they're making a hell to promote fictional adult works 😩
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 14
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August 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
I keep forgetting to post doggo pics here too so apologies for the reposts from main lately 😅 may I offer a fresh Ozzie pic of him looking extra scraggly in the morning.
The author’s seventeen year old dog Ozzie, a toy poodle bichon frise mix. He has short light grey color fur with darker grey fur on his ears and a dark grey-black tail. His eyes are somewhat clouded with age. He is laying curled up with his head held up looking at the camera. He is on a blue and brown plaid plush blanket with a wooden cabinet and the wall visible behind him.
August 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
MY BOYYYYYYY 🥰
nvkovu.bsky.social Kovu Stormbreaker @nvkovu.bsky.social · Aug 13
I feel the need to share these new pics of Ozzie just because he’s my handsome goofball son 🥰
A photo of the author’s dog, a seventeen year old toy poodle/bichon frise mix named Ozzie. His fur is mostly a pale light grey color with medium grey ears and a dark grey/black tail. He is sitting on a quilted dark grey dog bed with a white baby gate blurred out in the background. His mouth is wide open mid-yawn showing off his pink tongue and toothless jaws. A photo of the author’s dog, a seventeen year old pale grey toy poodle/bichon frise mix named Ozzie. He is standing on a quilted dark grey dog bed with a white baby gate blurred out in the background. His eyes are looking just over the top of the lens with an inquisitive yet slightly annoyed look on his face as he was tired of having his picture taken.
August 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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nvkovu.bsky.social
Love your pets a little extra for me today. Give them an extra treat (bonus points for Hormel brand uncured hard salami) and all the scritches. 😔💔
August 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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nvkovu.bsky.social
The day you were born you were already curious and inquisitive and the sweetest heart in all the realms. For the next 18 years and 3 months you were my soul dog and there will never be another like you. Rest well, my sweet baby Stella. I love you 💜😭
A close view of the author’s late pup Stella. She is asleep on the floor with her face hidden behind one of her back paws, black paw pads clearly visible. The author’s late pup Stella is laying on a bed of blankets. She is a bichon frise toy poodle mix with medium dark grey fur on her body and a lighter grey face. She is looking up at the camera and there is a small stuffed teddy bear laying by her front paw.
August 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
Ngl I feel like we picked a good time to finally start watching AEW
August 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
I don’t know where it has come from but I have been in a writing mood lately and I am not complaining one bit 😁
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
the long mourning

#dragonagetheveilguard #datv #veilguard #dragonage #virtualphotography
A monochrome screenshot from Dragon Age: The Veilguard. It is a heavily overcast sky with the light streaks of raindrops visibly falling. On the left side there is a rock cliff face that angles down to about halfway across the image. Perched atop the cliff is the statue of a griffin lounging with a sad expression on its face. Its right wing appears to be half folded and laid out behind it while its left wing is outstretched to the side toward the viewer. Its head lies on top of the left one of its taloned front feet, both of which dangle over the rocky ledge.
July 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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nvkovu.bsky.social
Guess who ended up dusting off his AO3 account to start a Dragon Age one-shot collection 👀 I’ve never thought of myself as being a particularly good creative writer but I’m actually really proud of what I’ve got so far!

archiveofourown.org/works/674453...
July 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
homecoming

#rook #dragonage #datv #veilguard
A monochrome picture of Dragonia Ingellvar in the Grand Necropolis. Her back is to the camera and she is a fair distance from the viewer. There is a simple staff on her back and her horns are visible protruding from the top of her head. Flanking the rubble-strewn path she walks on are massive skeletal statues dressed in rags and lit from above by light filtering through the dusty air. At the far end of the hall is a tall doorway with a pointed top frame accented by a dozen spikes piercing the doorframe.
July 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
July 1st

Still transgender, not going anywhere 🏳️‍⚧️
nvblackrose.bsky.social Kaiva Gray @nvblackrose.bsky.social · Mar 8
Finally got around to redesigning our oldest FC house in Exodus! It’s been… uhhhhh… several years since I set up the old design(!) so this was long overdue.

Also for the record we don’t do subtle in this house 🏳️‍⚧️
The inside of Black Rose Manor’s front door and windows. There are several curtains and swags arranged around the entry that have been dyed to resemble a trans pride flag. Black Rose Society pulls no punches when it comes to supporting trans rights.
July 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
I gave Dragonia a redesign in this run of BG3 and she looks so good I can’t stop staring at her 😍
A close cropped photo of the face of Dragonia Infierna as she appears in my most recently started playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3. She is a red scaled Dragonborn wizard with firey yellow eyes and backswept horns. She is looking straight at the camera. A blue and yellow simple mage’s robe collar is barely visible around her neck at the very bottom of the picture.
June 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GOOD NEWS! A SINGLE infusion of a stem cell-based treatment, VX-880, may have CURED a small group of patients with the most SEVERE form of Type 1 Diabetes. 10 out of 12 patients have remained insulin-INDEPENDENT for OVER a year and the other two patients now need much LOWER doses of insulin. 🧪🧵⬇️
June 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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feliciadavin.com
raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible
June 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
Reposting this one because as usual I am terrible about timing my stuff lmao

Really proud of this build though, honestly it’s become my favorite personal housing setup so far 😌
nvblackrose.bsky.social Kaiva Gray @nvblackrose.bsky.social · Jun 23
Got around to taking some pics of Kovu’s apartment setup now that it’s finally done! #ffxiv #ffxivhousing #apartment

The Attic
Primal - Famfrit - Shirogane - w4 apt #11
A view of the living room of Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. There are a pair of green sofas in an L-shape with a small tan table in front of them. A bookshelf staircase leads to a small loft for storage above an open window to the kitchen counter. Against the far wall an open window shows a view of Shirogane and light beams from the twin azure skylights above the window. A view from the kitchen counter in Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. The open counter window looks out to the living room on the right side where a portrait of Rhalgr takes up the wall above one of the sofas. Below a slanted skylight toward the left side there is a pipe shelf and a drafting table. A white apothecary’s workbench and cosmic chair sit opposite a moonlit stained glass window in Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. A small corner bedroom sits below a pale slanted wooden skylight in Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. The walls are logs and there is a map of Eorzea hung between the foot of the bed and a small dresser. A classic table lamp and small candle light the room on the right side, while a dwarven floor lamp sits beside the head of the bed.
June 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
Got around to taking some pics of Kovu’s apartment setup now that it’s finally done! #ffxiv #ffxivhousing #apartment

The Attic
Primal - Famfrit - Shirogane - w4 apt #11
A view of the living room of Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. There are a pair of green sofas in an L-shape with a small tan table in front of them. A bookshelf staircase leads to a small loft for storage above an open window to the kitchen counter. Against the far wall an open window shows a view of Shirogane and light beams from the twin azure skylights above the window. A view from the kitchen counter in Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. The open counter window looks out to the living room on the right side where a portrait of Rhalgr takes up the wall above one of the sofas. Below a slanted skylight toward the left side there is a pipe shelf and a drafting table. A white apothecary’s workbench and cosmic chair sit opposite a moonlit stained glass window in Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. A small corner bedroom sits below a pale slanted wooden skylight in Kovu’s apartment in FFXIV. The walls are logs and there is a map of Eorzea hung between the foot of the bed and a small dresser. A classic table lamp and small candle light the room on the right side, while a dwarven floor lamp sits beside the head of the bed.
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
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May 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
Oh my gods… this one time in first grade or so, we had an assembly for Earth Day or something and I as a volunteer managed to stab the back of my hand with my own thumbnail doing a choreographed dance move promoting recycling 😂 it’s faint af after 30+ years but I still have a tiny scar too
dashasierra.com Dasha @dashasierra.com · May 19
What's the stupidest way you've hurt yourself?

Oh I'm so glad you asked! I knocked myself out with a frozen bag of omelettes.
May 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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adwills.bsky.social
lore runs deep and snow just keeps falling
a meme a rooftop covered in a massive amount of snow labelled "the OC lore contained within me at any given time" and someone on the bottom right corner of the rooftop starting to shovel a small clearing that's labelled "the OC lore I've publicly shared"
November 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
THIS IS HUGE! TWO Phase I HIV vaccine clinical trials have demonstrated that a stepwise mRNA-based vaccination strategy can SUCCESSFULLY activate AND advance immune responses toward producing broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), a CRITICAL milestone in HIV prevention. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
May 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
nvblackrose.bsky.social
Dragonia was born and raised in Garlemald! She only left because she found the opportunity to sneak onto a transport to Eorzea before the events at Carteneau.
rikaxiv.bsky.social Rika @rikaxiv.bsky.social · May 12
#wolquestion #wolqotd
Where did your wol(oc) grow up?
May 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM