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WoT Dan -- CR: Reaper's Gale
@wotdan.bsky.social
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I love Wheel of Time, Cosmere, other fantasy books, the Pathfinder RPG, Writing, and Miniature Painting.
He/Him
#WheelOfTime #WoTSkies #Cosmere #Malazan #Pathfinder2e #MiniPainting #AmWriting
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After my favorite book series got its screen adaptation cancelled, I spent the day in a marathon of my first favorite fantasy series. It’s a real shame they only made three movies and nothing else adapting Tolkien’s work.
(I kid, I kid. Mostly.)
#TheWheelOfTime
#LotR
#WoT: You bow to no one.
A tv showing a scene from the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King where King Théoden talks to Saruman at Orthanc. The TV sits on a black entertainment center, which has a PlayStation 5 and two white controllers.
May 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
wotdan.bsky.social
Painted up a character for my #Pathfinder2e game tomorrow. I like this it. I’m a pretty mediocre painter, but I’m proud of this one. She’s a cleric of Sarenrae, one of Pathfinder’s sun deities.
She brings the healing… and the heat. ☀️
#MiniPainting
A painted miniature of a female cleric holding a wooden staff and wearing a leather tunic over blue robes. She has pale skin, blond hair, and carries a scroll in her left hand. The base is covered in textured green grass tufts with a patch of scorched grass near her feet. Rear view of a painted miniature of a female cleric holding a wooden staff in her right hand. She has long blond hair and wears a golden-brown cloak over bright blue robes. The cloak is textured with shading to suggest folds and movement. The base is covered in green and scorched grass tufts.
May 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
wotdan.bsky.social
Without downloading any new pictures, what is your mental state
Scene from WoT S3E4 where the Dark One breaks free and looms ominously in the sky while Charn looks on in despair.
May 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Loving @thearmypainter.bsky.social Warpaints Fanatic. As a mediocre-to-okay painter, not having to fight the paints is massive.
Painted for my niece's @paizo.com #Pathfinder character for her upcoming 7 Dooms game.
Flagging because it's kind of a pin-up pose, but no actual nudity.
#MiniPainting
A painted miniature of an orc woman with a huge stone axe held across her shoulders. She wears a very small green shirt and green loincloth, and has on fur-lined boots. She has tan skin and black hair. The base is sandy, with a caved-in skull. The back of a painted miniature of an orc woman with a huge stone axe held across her shoulders. She wears a small green leather shirt and very small green... pants(?) and has on fur-lined boots. She has tan skin and black hair. The base is sandy, with a bleached skull.
May 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
wotdan.bsky.social
Minimized my desktop and found that my 100-image Wallpaper Shuffle (a bunch of book covers and video game art) had landed on a #WheelOfTime theme.
#WotSkies
A desk showing three monitors, two side-by-side and one underneath the left-hand one. The top-left has the cover of "A Memory of Light" as its wallpaper. The top-right has the cover of "The Shadow Rising," and the bottom one shows the cover of "The Fires of Heaven." There is also a keyboard, mouse, speakers, wires, and other assorted desktop bric-a-brac.
May 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I literally did not realize you could do this. So thank you. For those who, like me, did not know -- click on #Feeds, click "Discover," then click the three dots in the header and choose "Unpin feed."

Picture reposted for #AltText because I didn't see it on the original.
A child stands at a fork in the road. Both choices lead to equally-dreadful-looking castles (actually the same castle just mirrored). Both roads also have a break in the road before the castle. The left fork is labeled "Twitter algorithm" and leads to a castle labeled "Unwarranted bigotry." The right fork is labeled "Bluesky lack of algorithm" and leads to a castle labeled "Unwarranted fetishes."
May 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
wotdan.bsky.social
Finally doing some more #MiniPainting and painted this one for a @paizo.com #Pathfinder2e game I’m starting this afternoon. Meet Huyo, a Pharasman cleric for the Season of Ghosts AP.
Mini by @reaperminiatures.bsky.social, paints by @thearmypainter.bsky.social, mediocre-to-okay paint job by me.
A hand-painted tabletop miniature on a scenic base. It wears a red hooded cloak over brown robes and carries a wooden staff topped with a purple crystal. He has short blond hair. The base is decorated with tufts of green and yellow grass, with a small skull half-hidden in the grass.
May 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Found this while doomscrolling Facebook and was like “Oh how cute, I haven’t seen one of those in years!”
BTW, his name was “CommonPasswordResetQuestion.” It’s an old family name.
(You really shouldn’t respond to these, even to mock them, because then you’ve interacted with it. Block and move on.)
Screenshot from Facebook Mobile. The poster is “Unknown Facts.” The picture is a pink-to-purple gradient with white text that reads, “What was your grandfather’s name? I’m looking for a classic, vintage name for a boy.” The post had 2.7K reactions, 28.6K comments, and 145 shares.
April 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Working on my son’s @paizo.com #Pathfinder2e character.
Mini by @heroforgeminis.bsky.social.
Paints by @thearmypainter.bsky.social.
Unfinished paint job by me.

Meet Gwek Blik.
A painted miniature of a small, anthropomorphic frog with an orange body, brown leather armor, a vibrant green cape, and orange eyes with slit pupils. It has an expressive, open-mouthed face, and it is mounted on a painting handle with a blurred hobby workspace in the background. The figure appears to be a work in progress, with some areas such as the base awaiting final details or refinements.
April 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
wotdan.bsky.social
The best time to start this was years ago.
The second-best time is right now.
2/22 so still some ground to cover.
But I'm not stopping.
Let's go.
#Boot.Dev
#Learning
A digital certificate from Boot.dev. A dark design with a textured black background. At the top, 'BOOT. DEV' is in a stylized, glowing silver font inside a metal frame. In the middle, CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION is written in uppercase letters. Underneath that, "Dan Goss" is shown in a large font. Underneath that, it says "has successfully completed Boot.dev’s Learn to Code in Python". The date March 4, 2025 is in the bottom right corner. A digital certificate from Boot.dev. A dark design with a textured black background. At the top, 'BOOT. DEV' is in a stylized, glowing silver font inside a metal frame. In the middle, the text CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION is written in uppercase. Underneath that, Dan Goss is shown in a large font. Underneath that, it says "has successfully completed Boot.dev’s Learn to Code Linux". The date March 8, 2025 is in the bottom right corner.
March 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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If @gailsimone.bsky.social is looking for cat pics, here’s Macchiato being sneaky…
A close-up picture of an orange and white cat peeking out from under some blankets. Only her face is visible, partially in shadow.
March 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
wotdan.bsky.social
Sick of these ragebait headlines. We’re supposed to think he spends the whole article trashing both. Instead, he says that they didn’t go the way he wanted. That’s it. One sentence in an article about how he doesn’t like what ANY streaming service is doing with ANY epic fantasy show (except Arcane.)
Headline showing a cutoff version of the Wheel of Time Season 2 poster. Headline reads: “Author Brandon Sanderson says his novels won’t work for streaming, cites Shadow and Bone and Wheel of Time.”
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
wotdan.bsky.social
Going through my feed on The Other Place and came across this one.
Still one of the better parodies I've written. Wish I had a way to record it. Ah, well.🤷
With, naturally, apologies to the Charlie Daniels Band.
"Ba'alzamon came to Andor."
#WheelOfTime
#WoTSkies
#Parody
#WoTBookSpoilers I guess?
Black text on a white background: Ba’alzamon came to Andor he was looking for the one Reborn. He brought his minions to the very last place that used to be a thorn. When they came across these three young boys, whose ages were just right, So he jumped in their dreams and said “It seems that you and I gotta fight!” “I bet you didn’t know it but I read the pattern, kids. I can find ta’veren wherever you go and see all that you did. Now you might think that you can run, can go get yourself hid, But I’ll take your lives and then your souls, if you won’t do as I bid.” The boys’ said “My name’s Matrim.” “I’m Perrin.” And “I’m Rand.” “And by right of blood and birth we’ll be a bramble to your hand!” Perrin loosen up your axe, Matt get your staff of wood, ‘Cause Ishy’s coming after you and you know that ain’t good. And Rand you gotta spill your blood if you want to save the world, But if you die you’ll never get the girl! Ba’alzamon made his first move at the Eye of the World. But all that happened is he got burned, the Dragon banner unfurled. So he led the boys to Toman’s Head to face the Seanchan’s might, And he dueled Rand above the land in the middle of the night. Then they fought again in the Stone of Tear after Rand snuck into town, And his friends said “Rand for the very last time will you take this bastard down?” So he used, Boar on the mountain, rushing on down. Low wind rising, blowing around. Rat’s in the grain bin, Heron takes flight, Ba’alzamon falls to a sword of light! Ishy stumbled to the ground, and crumpled in defeat, And whispered as he fell “You haven’t seen the last of me.” Rand said “Go ahead, come on back,” As his eyes filled up with scorn, “‘Cause you’ll never win, you son of a goat. I’m the flaming Dragon Reborn.” So he used, Boar on the mountain, rushing on down. Low wind rising, blowing around. Rat’s in the grain bin, Heron takes flight, Ba’alzamon falls to a sword of light!
February 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
wotdan.bsky.social
Always seem to miss #WoTSelfieSunday but still hyped for #TheWheelOfTime in less than a month!
#WoTSkies
Selfie of a chubby-faced white guy with short, mostly-grey hair and a goatee. He wears a grey sweatshirt over an orange polo shirt. He is half-smiling at the camera.
February 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Did some miniature painting tonight. Obviously not the greatest, but it’ll work for my wife’s new #Pathfinder2e character Karinthya the fighter.
Figure by @reaperminiatures.bsky.social, painted by me.
A painted miniature figure on a white background. She has red hair, bronze armor, a purple cloak, and a shield. She is standing in knee-length grass on a round base. A miniature figure on a white background. She has red hair and is holding a sword and shield. The shield is divided into four quadrants, two diagonal bronze sections and two diagonal silver sections. Her cloak is shown to be purple on the inside but blue on the back.
February 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
wotdan.bsky.social
TIL that if you get a Verizon cc so you can start earning points by paying your phone bill, it’s managed through an app called…
V Card.
I just. What?
So now to pay my bill I have to give up my V card?
Did absolutely nobody say anything before they launched the app?
A phone app icon. The icon is a rounded square with an orange V in the top-middle, and the word “card” underneath in black text.
February 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
wotdan.bsky.social
The Fan Screening tickets were gone in less than a minute.

They came like the wind,
Like the wind hyped everyone,
And then like the wind were gone.
Moiraine Damodred (Rosamund Pike) holds a circular object that emits bright light in her outstretched hands, standing in a desert landscape. Text reads: "The Wheel of Time Season 3. Sat, Feb 22 @ 3pm GMT London. Exclusive fan screening. Hosted by The Innkeeper. Featuring Rosamund Pike and Rafe Judkins. RSVP Now."
February 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
wotdan.bsky.social
I have the weirdest cat. He’ll just sit there like that, watching the tv intently.
A black and white tuxedo cat sits on a wooden floor, looking up at a television screen. The TV is displaying scene from an animated movie. There are also video game consoles on the entertainment center and a wicker basket holding accessories for the Switch.
January 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Ran some #Pathfinder for my kids yesterday. I've been making more physical terrain, and the game is just so much more immersive with tiles, miniatures, etc.
Playing through Extinction Curse by @paizo.com and they just got to a very important library room in an abandoned underground temple.
A TTRPG setup on a black table. The scene depicts a room built with modular terrain tiles, textured to resemble stone flooring. The room contains miniature furniture, including a round wooden table with benches, bookshelves, and a lectern. There are several miniatures of characters and creatures positioned on the tiles, including a figure in armor with a shield, a small spellcaster, and a wolf. There is a large, ornate door in the background and a smaller one to the left.
January 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I think my cats are trying to tell me something…
Two cats sit on a wooden floor, huddled against a white wall vent. A tuxedo cat is on the left, lying down with its eyes partially closed. A calico cat on the right sits upright with its back turned.
January 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Quoted for #AltText
screenshot of text: A spokesperson for Gamblers Anonymous said that since 2020, men like Holt are increasingly common at their meetings. Before 2020, a person in their 40s attending a meeting would be the youngest in the room. Now, it’s the most common age range, a direct result of sports gambling. Experts say gambling problems develop over years, which is why Gamblers Anonymous is bracing for a surge from the scores of people who have started betting on sports in recent years. “Today, we are opening meetings all over, specifically geared for males between 20 and 40, and the other day I was in a meeting with a 17-year-old,” a spokesperson said. “And the week before, somebody was in a meeting with a 14-year-old. We are tracing this all back to the legalization of all this, and the ability to gamble with your phone in your hand.”
December 10, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Yeah, but there's another extreme there too -- It just makes some people look old. I keep talking about coloring mine just to make it consistent.
A chubby white guy with glasses and a blue-grey patterned shirt. He has greying hair and a goatee that is mostly grey, especialy the part under his chin. He is standing in front of a blue wall, and holding up a phone in a way that indicates he took this picture in front of a mirror.
December 5, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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The cats in question:
Nick Furry is the tuxedo cat.
Carmen is the tortie.
Macchiato is the calico in the blanket.
A tuxedo cat sits in a box giving a disdainful look at the camera. A tortoiseshell cat lays in a cat bed looking up at the camera with one paw out looking adorable. A calico cat peeks out from under a light-green blanket.
November 13, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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Lock Screen thread.

What can I say? I still love it even after all this time. My background is the Tar Valon far-away shot showing the whole city, too.
Phone Lock Screen showing the Tar Valon set lit warmly as if by a sunrise. The Wheel of Time logo is cut off in the bottom-left corner, the top shows a Verizon message as well as a wifi, cellular, and charging battery symbols. It says “Swipe to Unlock” with the time (10:47) underneath. The bottom of the screen has a flashlight and lines in a box, and another Swipe to Unlock message.
November 13, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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It’s nice getting back into miniature painting. The wolf is going to be my youngest son’s #Pathfinder2e character’s animal companion when he casts “Enlarge Companion” on it. The dragon… do you really need a reason to paint a dragon?
@reaperminiatures.bsky.social @thearmypainter.bsky.social
A mini of a black wolf standing on a mossy base with patches of grass and small rocks, and a half-buried skull. The wolf has red eyes and a snarling mouth. A mini of a red dragon with open wings, standing on a grassy base with small yellow flowers and a half-hidden skull.
November 9, 2024 at 10:14 PM