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Valery North
@valerynorth.bsky.social
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Maker of TTRPGs, videogames, stories, music and songs.
Politically some kind of participatory far-left thing.
Genderfluid, bi, kinky AF (🔞). Hae/Haem.
"Uncle Iroh crossed with an overexcited puppy".
https://valerynorth.itch.io/
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Suzi Quatro

(Or Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, but that seems too obvious)
Cover of Suzi Quatro's self-titled debut album. Suzi has a shoulder-length 70s hair style, curling out at the ends to reach the shoulder tips. She's wearing tight leather trousers and a leather jacket, with her hands on her waist. The other band members are long-haired men in the background, wearing jeans and sleeveless tops. One of them has his head tipped back to swig from a beer bottle.
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Hi Rev!
Just 8 days away from my Halloween stream of Iron Taste Of Blood! @nimueallen.bsky.social @pennyblake.bsky.social and @ampersandd20.bsky.social will be sci-fi researchers in a ruined alien city, stalked by something evil (me)!
valerynorth.itch.io/iron-taste-of-blood
www.twitch.tv/valerynorth
An overhead view or map of a ruined city, with a spaceship shuttlecraft landed near the top. Labels identify the shuttlecraft and a place for the "subspace enhancer" communication booster. Other labels pick out key buildings: the "tech institute", "library","subway entrance", "government offices" and "university". The offices and university are south of a broad river, which is crossed by three bridges. Long shadows indicate it is late evening, and the blueish lighting also suggests dusk. A sci-fi spaceship shuttlecraft in front of broken and ruined city building walls. A crew of three explorers pose in front of the shuttle. Against the dusk sky, the title "Iron taste Of Blood Halloween Stream" is in a horror-themed font. At the bottom, a caption reads "Themes of blood,gore and horror: viewer discretion is advised"
October 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Hi ZZ!
Just 8 days away from my Halloween stream of Iron Taste Of Blood! @nimueallen.bsky.social @pennyblake.bsky.social and @ampersandd20.bsky.social will be sci-fi researchers in a ruined alien city, stalked by something evil (me)!
valerynorth.itch.io/iron-taste-of-blood
www.twitch.tv/valerynorth
A sci-fi spaceship shuttlecraft in front of broken and ruined city building walls. A crew of three explorers pose in front of the shuttle. Against the dusk sky, the title "Iron taste Of Blood Halloween Stream" is in a horror-themed font. At the bottom, a caption reads "Themes of blood,gore and horror: viewer discretion is advised" An overhead view or map of a ruined city, with a spaceship shuttlecraft landed near the top. Labels identify the shuttlecraft and a place for the "subspace enhancer" communication booster. Other labels pick out key buildings: the "tech institute", "library","subway entrance", "government offices" and "university". The offices and university are south of a broad river, which is crossed by three bridges. Long shadows indicate it is late evening, and the blueish lighting also suggests dusk.
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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What was the first video game that scared you?

Honestly, probably Ant Attack way back on the ZX Spectrum.
A screenshot of Ant Attack. Bold colours at the bottom display stats for "Ammo", "Boy", "Girl", "Time" and a red "Scan". At the top, "Score" and "Rescued". The play window shows an isometric black-and-white landscape of walls and blocks. Several ants surround the player character, almost indistinguishable amidst the ant swarm. Highlighted in yellow, a message reads "Paralysed by an ant!"
August 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Another go-to for this would have to be:
A movie poster for Kind Hearts & Coronets, with stylised caricatures of every character played by Alec Guinness, and a more detailed cartoon of the protagonist with a long hunting gun on the left.
August 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I've filled in the survey, strongly opposing AI tools, of course.

The following question offended me because there was no option "I will never use AI, so I will never have any need to disclose it, voluntarily or otherwise".

Felt like a trap to get people to say they would use AI.
Screenshot from Patreon's survey about genAI tools. The question reads, "How likely would you be to voluntarily disclose if your creative work was AI-generated?" The possible responses are "Not at all likely", "Somewhat likely" and "Very likely"
August 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Honourable mention to:
The cover of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. This version has portraits of the two authors.
August 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
The cover of The Last Legionary Quartet by Douglas Hill. Comprises Galactic Warlord, Deathwing Over Veynaa, Day Of The Starwind and Planet Of the Warlord. The cover shows a scarred man with a space rifle,wearing shiny clothes,in front of a spaceship being shot by smaller ships using beam weapons. The background is a vast explosion.
August 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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What are four albums that would serve as an introduction to your musical tastes?

(4 is not enough to cover everything, but putting Queen in there is a solid start! Also, not sure I have specific albums for the electronica/synth stuff I enjoy)
The cover of Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus. A very abstract image possibly depicting people. The track list is given on the front: Better Git It In Your Soul/ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat / Boogie Stop Shuffle / Self-Portrait In Three Colours / Open Letter To Duke / Bird Calls / Fables Of Faubus / Pussy Cat Dues / Jelly Roll The cover of Please To See The King by Steeleye Span. There is a black-and-white image of the band and the cover is made to look lie hessian sacking texture. The cover of Back From The Dead by Halestorm. Lzzy Hale screaming at the camera in close-up is rendered in monochrome, black on a red background. A sticker identifies the album in text and with a barcode. The cover of A Night At The Opera by Queen. The Queen crest featuring a swan, two lions, two fairies and a crab grouped around the letter Q. An ornate handwriting font spells the name of the band and album.
August 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Reskeet with alt-text
A screenshot from an article in Input Magazine. The text reads: "Text-only adventures really exist in the players'mind,and as you play a goodadventure you'll find that you get totally wrapped-up in the story. "Graphics have to be very sophisticated to compete with your imagination. For example, you can imagine a far fiercer ogre than can be drawn on even the best graphics screen,soit is quite possible that graphics will spoil your enjoyment."
August 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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If you're still up for more of these - I'd love to see what you do with this one of me in my amazing fantasy-esque ballgown!
Me (Valery North) in a crimson ballgown with black mesh sleeves. I'm turned 3/4 to the camera, hands behind my back and head turned to face the camera. The beckdrop shows lush greenery, an old-fashioned lamp post in the top left corner, and a black fence or railing.
June 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Reposting with alt-text
Screenshot of a post by Beyond Fest, which itself contains a screenshot image. Beyond Fest say, "This ALIEN synopsis from a Hong Kong bootleg DVD needs to be in a museum and guarded as a cultural treasure." The synopsis reads: "Space ship people get up from sleeping coffin and have eat. Computer woman find strange noisings on planet and astronauts go to seeing. Astronauts find big elephant man who dead then find too many egg. Astronaut is possess by egg demon and new egg demon is come when eat bad noodle. Seven friends and cat all try to find egg demon before space ship go home but is hard working. Who will life to escaping? Who is bad milk blood robot? Scream not working because space make deaf."
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Added alt text
An illustration of British redcoat soldiers firing muskets into a crowd of people on a broad street. The caption reads "A reminder that what really sparked the first American revolution was when the military fired on protestors"
June 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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If you see this, post a pic from your device with no explanation
An upright bicycle wheel pokes through a cardboard box as though it is emerging from a chrysalis. The cardboard is ragged,implying the bicycle wheel has forced its way through.
May 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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What are you wearing to Bsky Prom
Jacqueline Pearce as Servalan in classic British sci-fi series Blake's 7. She's wearing a figure-hugging scarlet evening gown with sequins, and a massive lace ruff that reaches to her lower arm,and extends down the sides of the dress to her hips.
May 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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From the Trending topics, I gather:
Robert Prevost is the New Pope;
Howard Lutnick is a pirate (or has been kidnapped by pirates);
Kier Starmer has done something amazing in the basketball - don't know if he plays for the Celtics or the Knicks, though

(It's an old form of humour, but it checks out)
A screenshot of the BlueSky "Trending" feature. It shows six topics. "Robert Prevost", "New Pope", "Pirates", "Howard Lutnick", "Kier Starmer", "Celtics vs. Knicks"
May 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
Bessie, the yellow 1910s style car from original-series Doctor Who, driving slowly under radio control in an abandoned airfield.
May 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🎵You. Suck My. Blood like a leech
You break the law and you preach,
You cool my brain till it hurts
You've taken
All my money
And you want more🎶
julie andrews in sound of music playing the acoustic guitar an an alpine field to the little kids.
May 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Tough to represent best, but maybe:

D:Red - Red kite. Bird of prey with amazing looks & red colouring. Generalist scavenger.
Gyffy: Red panda. Small, fire-coloured, generally solitary.
Frankie: Vizsla dog. "lively, gentle-mannered, fearless, protective instinct". Intelligent but needs stimulation.
A red kite bird of prey in flight. A red panda crouches on a fallen branch with an intent look on its face. A Vizsla hunting dog leaps over a wide pond or river. His tail is erect and pointing upwards at an angle, ears flopping backwards and an eager expression on his face.
April 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Reskeeting with alt-text
A card written in marker pen says "Just make it EXIST first. You can make it GOOD later."
April 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I am working on a new game "Rebel Modes" which uses different dice modes (all using d6s). I've made a flowchart to show how they relate to each other in thee gameplay loop, after receiving feedback from playtesters' initial read-through of the rulebook:
A flowchart for the different modes in my TTRPG "Rebel Modes". Start at "System Runner describes the squad's new location (e.g. forest, compound, crowded room)" Move to "Players ask for more info about area/threats - SENSES ROLL". From here, left is "Squad faces inanimate obstacles - PHYSICS ROLL". PHYSICS ROLL and SENSES ROLL both leadto "training and skill can help - EVENTS ROLL". To the right of SENSES ROLL is "there are people or animals to interact with." This has options "Talk to them using social skills - EVENTS ROLL" and "They are enemies so attack them -COMBAT ROLLS". Each EVENTS ROLL option and the COMBAT ROLLS option all lead back to "Something has changed." The "Something has changed" box has arrows back to SENSES ROLL, PHYSICS ROLL, and "There are people or animals". It also has an arrow to the conclusion box: "Squad is able to move on to the next area or part of the mission."
March 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I am working on using initial feedback from my playtesters for the "Rebel Modes" rulebook. Among other things, they suggested a flowchart for the different modes (called Senses, Physics and Events in the game rules).
This here is what I've come up with. I hope the alt text is clear enough to follow!
A flowchart for the different modes in my TTRPG "Rebel Modes". Start at "System Runner describes the squad's new location (e.g. forest, compound, crowded room)" Move to "Players ask for more info about area/threats - SENSES ROLL". From here, left is "Squad faces inanimate obstacles - PHYSICS ROLL". PHYSICS ROLL and SENSES ROLL both leadto "training and skill can help - EVENTS ROLL". To the right of SENSES ROLL is "there are people or animals to interact with." This has options "Talk to them using social skills - EVENTS ROLL" and "They are enemies so attack them -COMBAT ROLLS". Each EVENTS ROLL option and the COMBAT ROLLS option all lead back to "Something has changed." The "Something has changed" box has arrows back to SENSES ROLL, PHYSICS ROLL, and "There are people or animals". It also has an arrow to the conclusion box: "Squad is able to move on to the next area or part of the mission."
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
Queen Greatest Hits album cover. Freddie Mercury with his moustache sits next to John Deacon,both wearing leather jackets. Behind and to the left is Roger Taylor, also in a leather jacket. Brian May is behind and between the front two, wearing a pinstripe suit and a tie. All four stare seriously at the camera.
February 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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As promised, the logo/title display for my (nearly finished?) WIP, Rebel Modes TTRPG.
Let me know what sort of vibes/gameplay it suggests to you, I want to see if it hits the note I think it does and that I was intending!
A bright pink "glitchy" font is backed by a bright yellow glow effect at the top. It reads "REBEL". Directly beneath is "MODES" in a deeper red "distressed" font against a blue background that creates a horizon at the joining point of the two fonts. The blue fades away downwards to black.
February 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Yup. That is 100% true.
perchance.org/character-he...
Character Headcanon Generator screenshot with my name entered. THe caption reads "Valery North's least favourite subject in school was Gym."
February 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM