Cat Solas
@travailing-queen.bsky.social
Cat (she/they) • 31 • Filipino-American • lesbian
Clerical worker by day, clerical enthusiast by night; both in the mace-wielding, D&D sense, and also spreadsheets ⚔️🛡️🕯️
Posting about history, fantasy, research rabbit holes, and my cats.
Clerical worker by day, clerical enthusiast by night; both in the mace-wielding, D&D sense, and also spreadsheets ⚔️🛡️🕯️
Posting about history, fantasy, research rabbit holes, and my cats.
Pinned
ONGOING PROJECT; #ROTWIP
A few years ago, I started writing a gothic horror novel. I wanted to explore the parasitic nature of colonialism through the POV of a Regency-era heiress of color (and see how far I could go with a Filipina-British protag).
A few years ago, I started writing a gothic horror novel. I wanted to explore the parasitic nature of colonialism through the POV of a Regency-era heiress of color (and see how far I could go with a Filipina-British protag).
been watching my strict no-pets-allowed parents turn SOFT since my little sister got a puppy last month, but also I get almost daily pictures like this now <3
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
been watching my strict no-pets-allowed parents turn SOFT since my little sister got a puppy last month, but also I get almost daily pictures like this now <3
had a stress dream where I was late for a super high level job interview. partly because there were swarms of bees dropping from the sky on me.
I recovered from one of these smoothly in-dream universe and it wasn't the bees
I recovered from one of these smoothly in-dream universe and it wasn't the bees
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
had a stress dream where I was late for a super high level job interview. partly because there were swarms of bees dropping from the sky on me.
I recovered from one of these smoothly in-dream universe and it wasn't the bees
I recovered from one of these smoothly in-dream universe and it wasn't the bees
ONGOING PROJECT; #ROTWIP
A few years ago, I started writing a gothic horror novel. I wanted to explore the parasitic nature of colonialism through the POV of a Regency-era heiress of color (and see how far I could go with a Filipina-British protag).
A few years ago, I started writing a gothic horror novel. I wanted to explore the parasitic nature of colonialism through the POV of a Regency-era heiress of color (and see how far I could go with a Filipina-British protag).
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
ONGOING PROJECT; #ROTWIP
A few years ago, I started writing a gothic horror novel. I wanted to explore the parasitic nature of colonialism through the POV of a Regency-era heiress of color (and see how far I could go with a Filipina-British protag).
A few years ago, I started writing a gothic horror novel. I wanted to explore the parasitic nature of colonialism through the POV of a Regency-era heiress of color (and see how far I could go with a Filipina-British protag).
back from the hospital [crohn's flare].
man, it sucks in there!!!
man, it sucks in there!!!
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
back from the hospital [crohn's flare].
man, it sucks in there!!!
man, it sucks in there!!!
Tubi promo emails you're crazy for this
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Tubi promo emails you're crazy for this
reading any Calendar of State Papers from 300+ years ago is such a treat for people who love gossip about people they don't know (me). absolutely scathing commentary delivered in formal, polite tones with "your most humble servant" kinda obsequiousness peppered in there...immaculate 👌
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
reading any Calendar of State Papers from 300+ years ago is such a treat for people who love gossip about people they don't know (me). absolutely scathing commentary delivered in formal, polite tones with "your most humble servant" kinda obsequiousness peppered in there...immaculate 👌
"huge update" ancestry dot com tells me, "to European regions"
I SLEEP!!! 🤨😑😴😴😴
I SLEEP!!! 🤨😑😴😴😴
October 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"huge update" ancestry dot com tells me, "to European regions"
I SLEEP!!! 🤨😑😴😴😴
I SLEEP!!! 🤨😑😴😴😴
"that one girl in high school" i knew IMMEDIATELY what this was gonna be because the memory of a girl in my history class decorating her poster on "💝✨️the r*** of Nanking ✨️💝" still makes me so angry to this day!!!
(and of course she became a teacher.)
(and of course she became a teacher.)
October 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"that one girl in high school" i knew IMMEDIATELY what this was gonna be because the memory of a girl in my history class decorating her poster on "💝✨️the r*** of Nanking ✨️💝" still makes me so angry to this day!!!
(and of course she became a teacher.)
(and of course she became a teacher.)
re-reading Jane Eyre is so crazy because the lowood section is like a speedrun through the DSM-5
September 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
re-reading Jane Eyre is so crazy because the lowood section is like a speedrun through the DSM-5
Reposted by Cat Solas
Art by • Albrecht Dürer
December 22, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Art by • Albrecht Dürer
guy who brought a live mouse into my bedroom and cant find it now 😐😑
August 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
guy who brought a live mouse into my bedroom and cant find it now 😐😑
Smash or pass but with these guys
August 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Smash or pass but with these guys
she's already back to snoring again 😴
July 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
she's already back to snoring again 😴
BG3 makes me so angry when it breaks its own rules...like wdym these guys get to use more than 1 Reaction per turn 🤨 when the ability text even specifies it takes 1 turn to recharge!!! 🤨🤨
July 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
BG3 makes me so angry when it breaks its own rules...like wdym these guys get to use more than 1 Reaction per turn 🤨 when the ability text even specifies it takes 1 turn to recharge!!! 🤨🤨
i said i was gonna start putting together a PC....but i didn't say what kind!! 😎😎😎
#computus #theSinSTEMstandsforStars
#computus #theSinSTEMstandsforStars
July 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
i said i was gonna start putting together a PC....but i didn't say what kind!! 😎😎😎
#computus #theSinSTEMstandsforStars
#computus #theSinSTEMstandsforStars
girl (astrology app) please don't say this to me...
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
girl (astrology app) please don't say this to me...
me when i crescens
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
me when i crescens
The Illusion of Carefree Cosmopolitan Fashion: or, my 15 minute experience wrangling with a silk scarf to hold back my hair
July 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Illusion of Carefree Cosmopolitan Fashion: or, my 15 minute experience wrangling with a silk scarf to hold back my hair
cr: Some Desperate Glory: The Diary of a Young Officer, 1917
▸Edwin Campion Vaughan
I can't put it down 😵💫
#amreading #booksky
▸Edwin Campion Vaughan
I can't put it down 😵💫
#amreading #booksky
July 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
cr: Some Desperate Glory: The Diary of a Young Officer, 1917
▸Edwin Campion Vaughan
I can't put it down 😵💫
#amreading #booksky
▸Edwin Campion Vaughan
I can't put it down 😵💫
#amreading #booksky
oh is that what they are???
July 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
oh is that what they are???
really feels like this some days on god's green internet
July 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
really feels like this some days on god's green internet
Tired of hearing about Achilles. Where the Hector girlies at
June 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tired of hearing about Achilles. Where the Hector girlies at
sorry i've been gone, i was playing Baldur's Gate 1&2 and they altered my brain chemistry a bit
June 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
sorry i've been gone, i was playing Baldur's Gate 1&2 and they altered my brain chemistry a bit