Syd Nyman - Writer/Illustrator
@sydnyman.bsky.social
Crafting fiction from science, explaining science through fiction.
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thetwelvecolors.com
(she/they ♠)
thetwelvecolors.com
And that's all she wrote! I'm only just starting to catch up on everyone else's pitches... I think this year's DVPit has been quite a success! Looking forward to getting to know you all better, even though the event is over. 🥰
October 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And that's all she wrote! I'm only just starting to catch up on everyone else's pitches... I think this year's DVPit has been quite a success! Looking forward to getting to know you all better, even though the event is over. 🥰
ATLA x NAUSICAA - STEM-Themed Mythology
(the weird fantasy you wish you had growing up)
🎨 Color Theory Cosmology
☢ Radioactive Magic
🔮 Mineral Matriarchies w/ Mohs Scale Caste System
🌋 Periodic Archipelago of Elemental Islands
🌈 Reunite Estranged Gods = Restore Balance
#DVPit #MG #SFF #F #LGBT #ND
(the weird fantasy you wish you had growing up)
🎨 Color Theory Cosmology
☢ Radioactive Magic
🔮 Mineral Matriarchies w/ Mohs Scale Caste System
🌋 Periodic Archipelago of Elemental Islands
🌈 Reunite Estranged Gods = Restore Balance
#DVPit #MG #SFF #F #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Ochre God is dead. The radiance of his divine corpse mutates organic life... and that Decay is spreading. Silver, a demigod, can nullify the Decay around him, but he must find & reunite Ochre’s estranged loved ones - including the god's murderer - to end the suffering. #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Ochre God was killed at a peace talk, the old gods of earth are in exile, & the new gods of light aren't doing anything to help with Ochre's corpse. Can demigods Silver & Gold convince the old gods to come back for his body, or will the decaying god never rest in peace? #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Ochre God was killed at a peace talk, the old gods of earth are in exile, & the new gods of light aren't doing anything to help with Ochre's corpse. Can demigods Silver & Gold convince the old gods to come back for his body, or will the decaying god never rest in peace? #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
Silver's mom was turned into a tree before he was born, but he grew up in her trunk. When he meets a girl named Gold in his dreams, he leaves home to find her in the Outside World, solving the mystery of a dead god's murder & bringing justice to his family along the way. #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Indigo 💙 A god-killer, punished & left unhealed
Rose 💔 A god-healer, exiled for her vengeance
Ochre 💛 A dead god, radiating mutagenic Decay
🌈 A divine family reunion can end their suffering
🎨 Younger demigods must find remaining pantheon or the Decay will destroy the world
#DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
Rose 💔 A god-healer, exiled for her vengeance
Ochre 💛 A dead god, radiating mutagenic Decay
🌈 A divine family reunion can end their suffering
🎨 Younger demigods must find remaining pantheon or the Decay will destroy the world
#DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Gold can't leave the Ochre Fortress, or else she'll spread the mutagenic Decay that radiates from her body. When she's with Silver, another demigod, her "shine" goes away, but her new friend is a temporary cure. They need the help of the old gods to heal the Decay for good. #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gold can't leave the Ochre Fortress, or else she'll spread the mutagenic Decay that radiates from her body. When she's with Silver, another demigod, her "shine" goes away, but her new friend is a temporary cure. They need the help of the old gods to heal the Decay for good. #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
The Ochre God is dead. The radiance of his divine corpse mutates organic life... and that "Decay" is spreading. Silver, a demigod, can nullify the Decay around him, but he must reunite Ochre’s estranged loved ones to end the suffering for good.
THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS #DVPit #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#DVParty Day 6 - Hype other projects!
thepalaceofmemory.com - THE SANDMAN x OMORI
This is a fan project, but I put in a lot of work to make it accessible for fandom-outsiders. 😉 It's a new POV for the game's events with interactive point-and-click sections + lots of hurt/comfort! (Art by me!)
thepalaceofmemory.com - THE SANDMAN x OMORI
This is a fan project, but I put in a lot of work to make it accessible for fandom-outsiders. 😉 It's a new POV for the game's events with interactive point-and-click sections + lots of hurt/comfort! (Art by me!)
October 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#DVParty Day 6 - Hype other projects!
thepalaceofmemory.com - THE SANDMAN x OMORI
This is a fan project, but I put in a lot of work to make it accessible for fandom-outsiders. 😉 It's a new POV for the game's events with interactive point-and-click sections + lots of hurt/comfort! (Art by me!)
thepalaceofmemory.com - THE SANDMAN x OMORI
This is a fan project, but I put in a lot of work to make it accessible for fandom-outsiders. 😉 It's a new POV for the game's events with interactive point-and-click sections + lots of hurt/comfort! (Art by me!)
#DVParty Day 5 - Theme Songs & Playlists! 🎶
The Half-Lives Playlist: One song for every chapter, a tonal journey through the story. No vocals, just vibes. 😁
If I had to choose a "theme song" it would be track 24: "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone ✨
open.spotify.com/playlist/49Z...
The Half-Lives Playlist: One song for every chapter, a tonal journey through the story. No vocals, just vibes. 😁
If I had to choose a "theme song" it would be track 24: "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone ✨
open.spotify.com/playlist/49Z...
The Half-Lives Playlist
open.spotify.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#DVParty Day 5 - Theme Songs & Playlists! 🎶
The Half-Lives Playlist: One song for every chapter, a tonal journey through the story. No vocals, just vibes. 😁
If I had to choose a "theme song" it would be track 24: "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone ✨
open.spotify.com/playlist/49Z...
The Half-Lives Playlist: One song for every chapter, a tonal journey through the story. No vocals, just vibes. 😁
If I had to choose a "theme song" it would be track 24: "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone ✨
open.spotify.com/playlist/49Z...
![(Overlaid Caption, with edits in comic sans replacing some words, rendered here in CAPS)
still deeply impressed that some GODDESS
made a GOD OF EARTH that's safe-ish
if you don't touch it but if you STAB it
with a METEOR-STEEL SWORD all your organs
would start turning into [REDACTED]
(Below: A black and white image of someone manipulating the Demon Core - a sphere of plutonium - with a screwdriver.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kqyzcrrn3gxwmxqsfm7rt7ad/bafkreihjewh2iw6w74vbkqu5lfsy62x4cynw4jseib2gm4vbkeasxorhcu@jpeg)
#DVParty Day 4: Your Story as a Meme/GIF - #sff #lgbt #nd
tfw you're a demigod but grew up with plant spirits, so you have no point of reference when you start having dreams about a human-looking girl, and you're trying to talk to your tree-mom about it:
tfw you're a demigod but grew up with plant spirits, so you have no point of reference when you start having dreams about a human-looking girl, and you're trying to talk to your tree-mom about it:
a young boy is crying and saying `` have you ever had a dream '' .
Alt: "Have you ever had a dream that, that, um, that you had, uh, that you had to, you could, you do, you wit, you wa, you could do so, you do you could, you want, you wanted him to do you so much you could do anything?" (boy from a meme)
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October 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Silver doesn't have a birthday because his mom was turned into a tree before he was born. He grows up inside of her trunk, his consciousness on the Green Plane, until he begins sharing dreams with a girl named Gold in the Outside World, and leaves home to find her. 🤍 1st of 3 POV Characters #dvparty
October 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Silver doesn't have a birthday because his mom was turned into a tree before he was born. He grows up inside of her trunk, his consciousness on the Green Plane, until he begins sharing dreams with a girl named Gold in the Outside World, and leaves home to find her. 🤍 1st of 3 POV Characters #dvparty
Orange & Violet, the twin sons of the Old Gods of Earth, and Ash, God of Textiles 🧡 From my book THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS 💜 Featuring @uotuok.bsky.social and @gawki.bsky.social + More attributions in the alt text! 🖤 #dvparty #sff #lgbt #nd
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Orange & Violet, the twin sons of the Old Gods of Earth, and Ash, God of Textiles 🧡 From my book THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS 💜 Featuring @uotuok.bsky.social and @gawki.bsky.social + More attributions in the alt text! 🖤 #dvparty #sff #lgbt #nd
Behold, the Old Gods of Light, who created the Material Plane - Red, Green, and Blue, each ruling one-third of all the color in existence. ❤ From my book THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS 💚 Featuring @necroma.bsky.social @starlingheart.bsky.social and @danielavicoso.bsky.social ! 💙 #dvparty #sff #lgbt #nd
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Behold, the Old Gods of Light, who created the Material Plane - Red, Green, and Blue, each ruling one-third of all the color in existence. ❤ From my book THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS 💚 Featuring @necroma.bsky.social @starlingheart.bsky.social and @danielavicoso.bsky.social ! 💙 #dvparty #sff #lgbt #nd
I think that's it for me, I can't come up with any more pitches... What a thrilling and informative event! Now I just have to wait for #DVParty. 😉 Thanks to everyone that provided feedback!
September 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I think that's it for me, I can't come up with any more pitches... What a thrilling and informative event! Now I just have to wait for #DVParty. 😉 Thanks to everyone that provided feedback!
The Ochre God is dead. The radiance of his divine corpse mutates organic life... and that "Decay" is spreading. Silver, a demigod, can nullify the Decay around him, but he must reunite Ochre’s estranged loved ones to end the suffering for good.
"THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS" #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND #PreDV
"THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS" #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND #PreDV
September 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Ochre God is dead. The radiance of his divine corpse mutates organic life... and that "Decay" is spreading. Silver, a demigod, can nullify the Decay around him, but he’ll need the help of the whole Sacred Spectrum to heal the Material Plane.
"THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS" #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND #PreDV
"THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS" #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND #PreDV
September 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
💙 - Indigo - A god-killer, punished and left unhealed.
💔 - Rose - A god-healer, exiled for her vengeance.
💛 - Ochre - A god of earth, now a radiant corpse with a growing Exclusion Zone.
💖 - Gold & Silver - Demigods on a mission to heal them all.
"THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS" #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND #PreDV
💔 - Rose - A god-healer, exiled for her vengeance.
💛 - Ochre - A god of earth, now a radiant corpse with a growing Exclusion Zone.
💖 - Gold & Silver - Demigods on a mission to heal them all.
"THE HALF-LIVES OF GODS" #MG #SFF #LGBT #ND #PreDV
September 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM