Phoenix Talion
@phoenixtalion.bsky.social
A real human with skin.
They/Them
They/Them
*Gray, dammit.
Also, would you believe me if I told you "Indrid Cold" actually has nothing to do with Mothman and is actually the focus of a completely different story about a guy who claims to have met aliens?
Also, would you believe me if I told you "Indrid Cold" actually has nothing to do with Mothman and is actually the focus of a completely different story about a guy who claims to have met aliens?
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
*Gray, dammit.
Also, would you believe me if I told you "Indrid Cold" actually has nothing to do with Mothman and is actually the focus of a completely different story about a guy who claims to have met aliens?
Also, would you believe me if I told you "Indrid Cold" actually has nothing to do with Mothman and is actually the focus of a completely different story about a guy who claims to have met aliens?
The Silver Bridge by Grey Barker!
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Silver Bridge by Grey Barker!
I can never stand the obligatory companion who hates sidequests. Alright, bye then, go sit in camp with Morrigan.
November 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I can never stand the obligatory companion who hates sidequests. Alright, bye then, go sit in camp with Morrigan.
Spawned in when the area re-rendered after you returned from book tour.
October 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Spawned in when the area re-rendered after you returned from book tour.
I am pretty sure the last time I read a book directly because of a marketing effort on the part of the publisher as opposed to a post from the author or a recommendation from another reader was at a Scholastic Book Fair in grade school.
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I am pretty sure the last time I read a book directly because of a marketing effort on the part of the publisher as opposed to a post from the author or a recommendation from another reader was at a Scholastic Book Fair in grade school.
Hey, just letting everyone know that this lil guy very probably has a home unless multiple options fall through. Thanks again to everyone who's shared.
October 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hey, just letting everyone know that this lil guy very probably has a home unless multiple options fall through. Thanks again to everyone who's shared.
Hey, sorry for the slow response, I've been juggling various things. I have both an adopter and an understudy lined up for him!
October 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Hey, sorry for the slow response, I've been juggling various things. I have both an adopter and an understudy lined up for him!
IDK, he managed to pick the apartment to camp out in front of that would get him vet care out of a couple hundred units so I think he's crafttier than he lets on.
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
IDK, he managed to pick the apartment to camp out in front of that would get him vet care out of a couple hundred units so I think he's crafttier than he lets on.
(To be clear, when I said "waste of time" I didn't mean "wah no one cares" but "I can't target things geographically on bsky", I realized that sounded kinda salty when I came back to add more pics. Thanks so much to everyone who has shared!)
Here's some more pics!
Here's some more pics!
September 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
(To be clear, when I said "waste of time" I didn't mean "wah no one cares" but "I can't target things geographically on bsky", I realized that sounded kinda salty when I came back to add more pics. Thanks so much to everyone who has shared!)
Here's some more pics!
Here's some more pics!
Er, DMs should be open now. >.>
September 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Er, DMs should be open now. >.>
Unfortunately, I'm not in their range, and the shelters around here are very strict on their county borders. My local animal shelter considers feral cats 'not their problem' and is the *reason* the adjacent counties have to be so strict about that policy, which is how I ended up with Too Many Cats.
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Unfortunately, I'm not in their range, and the shelters around here are very strict on their county borders. My local animal shelter considers feral cats 'not their problem' and is the *reason* the adjacent counties have to be so strict about that policy, which is how I ended up with Too Many Cats.
Sure, DM me with anything you'd like to know!
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sure, DM me with anything you'd like to know!
Couch warmers who will ignore him or little dogs in his weight class? I think they'd be fine properly introduced. My friend's border collie who thinks herding cats is his collie? Stressful.
September 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Couch warmers who will ignore him or little dogs in his weight class? I think they'd be fine properly introduced. My friend's border collie who thinks herding cats is his collie? Stressful.
Unfortunately, no idea, since I have neither. Kids are almost certainly fine if they're old enough to get a cat's boundaries, he's never once scratched me. Dogs, he's only met people walking them outside, so he'll probably hide, but it likely depends on how big/energetic they are.
September 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Unfortunately, no idea, since I have neither. Kids are almost certainly fine if they're old enough to get a cat's boundaries, he's never once scratched me. Dogs, he's only met people walking them outside, so he'll probably hide, but it likely depends on how big/energetic they are.
Having scrolled back to see the color of the horf in question, I totally agree that the russet would look sharp matching his mane.
September 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Having scrolled back to see the color of the horf in question, I totally agree that the russet would look sharp matching his mane.
I was thinking about it from the other direction and wondering if they brought it to the surface because swallowing at super-depth pressures is a bad idea for some reason.
September 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I was thinking about it from the other direction and wondering if they brought it to the surface because swallowing at super-depth pressures is a bad idea for some reason.
I cannot keep him in the apartment indefinitely, I am unemployed and already have far too many fosters here that I've had no luck placing. I'm not asking for an adoption fee or any reimbursement for his neuter, I just don't want him to go back outside.
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I cannot keep him in the apartment indefinitely, I am unemployed and already have far too many fosters here that I've had no luck placing. I'm not asking for an adoption fee or any reimbursement for his neuter, I just don't want him to go back outside.
He's friendly with other cats (he was desperately trying to play with mine through the window before I trapped him) and has rapidly warmed up to humans since he realized being brushed is nice. He's also absurdly comfortable being handled for a cat I thought was feral.
September 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He's friendly with other cats (he was desperately trying to play with mine through the window before I trapped him) and has rapidly warmed up to humans since he realized being brushed is nice. He's also absurdly comfortable being handled for a cat I thought was feral.
Also, "we don’t generally question that." Are you kidding? You've just demonstrated that even a tepid "it's not for me" gets a whole-ass thinkpiece written about how you're a heartless monster for not wanting to deal with other people's screaming toddlers.
August 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Also, "we don’t generally question that." Are you kidding? You've just demonstrated that even a tepid "it's not for me" gets a whole-ass thinkpiece written about how you're a heartless monster for not wanting to deal with other people's screaming toddlers.
Since even the absolutely inoffensive "kids are okay but I don't want to be around them" is too far for you, I can only assume you're the kind of person who heard "it takes a village" and interpreted it as "everyone in my vicinity is supposed to drop everything to coddle my spoiled children."
August 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Since even the absolutely inoffensive "kids are okay but I don't want to be around them" is too far for you, I can only assume you're the kind of person who heard "it takes a village" and interpreted it as "everyone in my vicinity is supposed to drop everything to coddle my spoiled children."
Nah, you're deliberately missing the point. People who assert they don't like kids aren't doing it to be big meanies, they're doing it because they've been pressured have kids from their own childhood, and many parents seem to see any adult without their own children as "free emergency childcare."
August 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nah, you're deliberately missing the point. People who assert they don't like kids aren't doing it to be big meanies, they're doing it because they've been pressured have kids from their own childhood, and many parents seem to see any adult without their own children as "free emergency childcare."
It's been my maxim for a long time that if +1 Swords of Freezing are relatively trivial to acquire then the guy making them should be selling several dozen magic refrigerators for every magic sword.
Many D&D players will also get a kick out of an artificer running a magical Best Buy.
Many D&D players will also get a kick out of an artificer running a magical Best Buy.
August 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's been my maxim for a long time that if +1 Swords of Freezing are relatively trivial to acquire then the guy making them should be selling several dozen magic refrigerators for every magic sword.
Many D&D players will also get a kick out of an artificer running a magical Best Buy.
Many D&D players will also get a kick out of an artificer running a magical Best Buy.