Caitlin Serviss
@xotheforest.bsky.social
She/Her. 1992. AuDHD. “The void leans in, eager to speak. Hell shows its teeth once a week.” Check my linktree for my ongoing story on AO3.
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— Magic Mirror, Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)
"You know, I've been hanging around here for centuries. And what I've seen has given me plenty for reflection. Being a mirror, I see things from the other side. And there's something that's been wrangling me for ages. Frankly, it's the way you —🧵
"You know, I've been hanging around here for centuries. And what I've seen has given me plenty for reflection. Being a mirror, I see things from the other side. And there's something that's been wrangling me for ages. Frankly, it's the way you —🧵
Listening back to Chapter 74+ I can immediately hear ChatGPT voice because some of the words I've recently banned.
And it's not bad, but like... Now that I see those have slipped through, I need to make some edits bc I'm slowly hating the words "deliberate" and "practiced" 😵💫
And it's not bad, but like... Now that I see those have slipped through, I need to make some edits bc I'm slowly hating the words "deliberate" and "practiced" 😵💫
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Listening back to Chapter 74+ I can immediately hear ChatGPT voice because some of the words I've recently banned.
And it's not bad, but like... Now that I see those have slipped through, I need to make some edits bc I'm slowly hating the words "deliberate" and "practiced" 😵💫
And it's not bad, but like... Now that I see those have slipped through, I need to make some edits bc I'm slowly hating the words "deliberate" and "practiced" 😵💫
Someone at his work said "well I was raised roughly, I had to do xyz. I had to be tough. That's why I'm the way I am."
My well spoken husband said something to the effect of "Why make your unresolved traumas my problem by being an asshole? Because you didn't heal, now I suffer?"
My well spoken husband said something to the effect of "Why make your unresolved traumas my problem by being an asshole? Because you didn't heal, now I suffer?"
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Someone at his work said "well I was raised roughly, I had to do xyz. I had to be tough. That's why I'm the way I am."
My well spoken husband said something to the effect of "Why make your unresolved traumas my problem by being an asshole? Because you didn't heal, now I suffer?"
My well spoken husband said something to the effect of "Why make your unresolved traumas my problem by being an asshole? Because you didn't heal, now I suffer?"
If you ever wonder if most things will get by me while using ChatGPT to edit my writing, just know that I adhere to the same rules that I've given it, stored in it's memory. At least between it and me, I follow this rule strictly because writing "Ekho echoed" kills me on impact.
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you ever wonder if most things will get by me while using ChatGPT to edit my writing, just know that I adhere to the same rules that I've given it, stored in it's memory. At least between it and me, I follow this rule strictly because writing "Ekho echoed" kills me on impact.
I've been using ChatGPT to run through what I write in case I like the pacing/wording better. I'm getting to know how it writes pretty well to strictly avoid those sentence structures, words, phrases, etc.
Every few reddit stories on YT sound like ChatGPT wrote/edited it lately.
Every few reddit stories on YT sound like ChatGPT wrote/edited it lately.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I've been using ChatGPT to run through what I write in case I like the pacing/wording better. I'm getting to know how it writes pretty well to strictly avoid those sentence structures, words, phrases, etc.
Every few reddit stories on YT sound like ChatGPT wrote/edited it lately.
Every few reddit stories on YT sound like ChatGPT wrote/edited it lately.
Hey guys, my hyperfixation is going to be something other than politics now. I'm burnt out on it. I want the fight to keep going but I need ignorant bliss. I'ma go back to something that's not going to give me a heart attack, a panic attack, or make me want to kill myself 👍👍👍
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hey guys, my hyperfixation is going to be something other than politics now. I'm burnt out on it. I want the fight to keep going but I need ignorant bliss. I'ma go back to something that's not going to give me a heart attack, a panic attack, or make me want to kill myself 👍👍👍
Introducing a character just to kill her off temporarily, we're on Chapter 106! Johnathan helps Ekho stand up to Orrin a bit. The audacity of bad guests, smh.
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #hazbinhotel #helluvaboss #ocs #oc
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #hazbinhotel #helluvaboss #ocs #oc
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Introducing a character just to kill her off temporarily, we're on Chapter 106! Johnathan helps Ekho stand up to Orrin a bit. The audacity of bad guests, smh.
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #hazbinhotel #helluvaboss #ocs #oc
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #hazbinhotel #helluvaboss #ocs #oc
I keep forgetting to take the supplements that have been helping me sleep (magnesium glycinate, gaba, L-theanine) on top of my antidepressants & mood stabilizer.
They had flipped me into a night schedule somehow.
I've had insomnia during the day for a week which is weird AF.
They had flipped me into a night schedule somehow.
I've had insomnia during the day for a week which is weird AF.
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I keep forgetting to take the supplements that have been helping me sleep (magnesium glycinate, gaba, L-theanine) on top of my antidepressants & mood stabilizer.
They had flipped me into a night schedule somehow.
I've had insomnia during the day for a week which is weird AF.
They had flipped me into a night schedule somehow.
I've had insomnia during the day for a week which is weird AF.
Watching the shows and hearing Brandon Rodgers as Blitz and Katie Killjoy has been enough for me to almost memorize his iconic voice.
I was just listening to System Of A Down songs and Serj Tankian sounds like Brandon Rodgers but serious.
Change my mind. #helluvaboss
I was just listening to System Of A Down songs and Serj Tankian sounds like Brandon Rodgers but serious.
Change my mind. #helluvaboss
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Watching the shows and hearing Brandon Rodgers as Blitz and Katie Killjoy has been enough for me to almost memorize his iconic voice.
I was just listening to System Of A Down songs and Serj Tankian sounds like Brandon Rodgers but serious.
Change my mind. #helluvaboss
I was just listening to System Of A Down songs and Serj Tankian sounds like Brandon Rodgers but serious.
Change my mind. #helluvaboss
I did this much on the livestream I set back up today. Took 4 hours, plus the 1 hours of rendering the snout/horn yesterday. I'm trying not to spend TOO long on parts of this but I'm particular about small details I guess. #art #livestream #twitch #stream #furry #furryart
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Unless I suddenly get a hair up my ass & finish this in one day, I'm gonna give daily updates about progress. I have until the 10th to submit it.
Can't make it super gruesome or anything bc it's a sfw server, so I'm going with just a basket of eyeballs and she's a witch. #art
Can't make it super gruesome or anything bc it's a sfw server, so I'm going with just a basket of eyeballs and she's a witch. #art
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Unless I suddenly get a hair up my ass & finish this in one day, I'm gonna give daily updates about progress. I have until the 10th to submit it.
Can't make it super gruesome or anything bc it's a sfw server, so I'm going with just a basket of eyeballs and she's a witch. #art
Can't make it super gruesome or anything bc it's a sfw server, so I'm going with just a basket of eyeballs and she's a witch. #art
My healthcare dot gov application: stays the same, except per month it's an extra $80. The only changes are that Mental Health care went from $30/visit to $10. And labs went from $20 to $30.
Oh, and my ER visit cost went from a flat $600 to 50% of whatever they're gonna charge.
Oh, and my ER visit cost went from a flat $600 to 50% of whatever they're gonna charge.
November 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My healthcare dot gov application: stays the same, except per month it's an extra $80. The only changes are that Mental Health care went from $30/visit to $10. And labs went from $20 to $30.
Oh, and my ER visit cost went from a flat $600 to 50% of whatever they're gonna charge.
Oh, and my ER visit cost went from a flat $600 to 50% of whatever they're gonna charge.
A WIP for a discord server Halloween art contest. I've decided to draw this furry character I've recently attained if not just to have art of her, but to practice less human features like snouts and stuff. I love her a normal amount 🥹 #art
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A WIP for a discord server Halloween art contest. I've decided to draw this furry character I've recently attained if not just to have art of her, but to practice less human features like snouts and stuff. I love her a normal amount 🥹 #art
I forgot to mention a new chapter is up ✨ Chapter 105!
Orrin is back. Another chapter where I'm just going to refer to him as that and not the Valentino knock-off lol.
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #helluvaboss #hazbinhotel #oc #ocs
Orrin is back. Another chapter where I'm just going to refer to him as that and not the Valentino knock-off lol.
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #helluvaboss #hazbinhotel #oc #ocs
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I forgot to mention a new chapter is up ✨ Chapter 105!
Orrin is back. Another chapter where I'm just going to refer to him as that and not the Valentino knock-off lol.
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #helluvaboss #hazbinhotel #oc #ocs
Orrin is back. Another chapter where I'm just going to refer to him as that and not the Valentino knock-off lol.
archiveofourown.org/...
#writing #hellaverse #helluvaboss #hazbinhotel #oc #ocs
I will have a new chapter done this weekend. Hopefully tomorrow. It's done actually—I'm just letting the bulk of it settle in my brain before I commit to the submit button.
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I will have a new chapter done this weekend. Hopefully tomorrow. It's done actually—I'm just letting the bulk of it settle in my brain before I commit to the submit button.
Programs that have vanished from my computer in the last 6 months without me touching them:
Audacity
Blender
OBS
ImageGlass
Revo Uninstaller
Bluestacks
Git
WFDownloader App
Audacity
Blender
OBS
ImageGlass
Revo Uninstaller
Bluestacks
Git
WFDownloader App
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Programs that have vanished from my computer in the last 6 months without me touching them:
Audacity
Blender
OBS
ImageGlass
Revo Uninstaller
Bluestacks
Git
WFDownloader App
Audacity
Blender
OBS
ImageGlass
Revo Uninstaller
Bluestacks
Git
WFDownloader App
I had to stop drawing this today bc I was getting super lazy with the bun braid lineart to the point it was looking messy.
I do need to figure out how to draw his braids quicker, so that I may draw my boi more often. But this is gonna be his debut part of the comic I'm making.
I do need to figure out how to draw his braids quicker, so that I may draw my boi more often. But this is gonna be his debut part of the comic I'm making.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I had to stop drawing this today bc I was getting super lazy with the bun braid lineart to the point it was looking messy.
I do need to figure out how to draw his braids quicker, so that I may draw my boi more often. But this is gonna be his debut part of the comic I'm making.
I do need to figure out how to draw his braids quicker, so that I may draw my boi more often. But this is gonna be his debut part of the comic I'm making.
As an adult I get why I landed in intensive math for one year in highschool. That teacher could prove I was at the right level. I wasn’t dumb — my regular math teacher just couldn’t explain it in a way an autistic girl could understand, even when I stayed after school for help.
October 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As an adult I get why I landed in intensive math for one year in highschool. That teacher could prove I was at the right level. I wasn’t dumb — my regular math teacher just couldn’t explain it in a way an autistic girl could understand, even when I stayed after school for help.
Being an adult with pattern recognition & a mild understanding of psychology & trying to understand fae myths/lore is seeing that people have always been autistic/ADHD but it scared people who didn't know how to manage grief, loss, and other emotions either. Tough on both sides.
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Being an adult with pattern recognition & a mild understanding of psychology & trying to understand fae myths/lore is seeing that people have always been autistic/ADHD but it scared people who didn't know how to manage grief, loss, and other emotions either. Tough on both sides.
Just learned what homoflexible means, and I feel it fits Ekho very well. Bisexual/pansexual didn't feel right.
He's 90% gay. Biologically male, no matter how they present.
The 10% left over explains the occasional straying into the territory of relations with the other genders.
He's 90% gay. Biologically male, no matter how they present.
The 10% left over explains the occasional straying into the territory of relations with the other genders.
October 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Just learned what homoflexible means, and I feel it fits Ekho very well. Bisexual/pansexual didn't feel right.
He's 90% gay. Biologically male, no matter how they present.
The 10% left over explains the occasional straying into the territory of relations with the other genders.
He's 90% gay. Biologically male, no matter how they present.
The 10% left over explains the occasional straying into the territory of relations with the other genders.
I haven't not written in the last week but I haven't been focused on it or posting a new chapter. Have a WIP of Ekho!! I find drawing millions of hearts to get the braids drawn quickly, and on a smaller scale, is somehow the method to this madness. #art #wip #hellaverse
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I haven't not written in the last week but I haven't been focused on it or posting a new chapter. Have a WIP of Ekho!! I find drawing millions of hearts to get the braids drawn quickly, and on a smaller scale, is somehow the method to this madness. #art #wip #hellaverse
Still reeling from this today. It's taken me 5 months to write chapter 74-104. 53,000+ words. I finally got my husband, who writes for Catoblepas (who wasn't involved in this arc at all), to read it all so he's caught up.
It took him 1 DAY.
Fuck he's fast at reading.
It took him 1 DAY.
Fuck he's fast at reading.
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Still reeling from this today. It's taken me 5 months to write chapter 74-104. 53,000+ words. I finally got my husband, who writes for Catoblepas (who wasn't involved in this arc at all), to read it all so he's caught up.
It took him 1 DAY.
Fuck he's fast at reading.
It took him 1 DAY.
Fuck he's fast at reading.
I know I desperately need to do research into the Bible to contrast the lore I've been coming up with for Hell, but I'm 33 yrs into life & I don't know if I want to be enlightened to how it's supposed to be understood & realize how misconstrued it has been by people I've known 😩
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I know I desperately need to do research into the Bible to contrast the lore I've been coming up with for Hell, but I'm 33 yrs into life & I don't know if I want to be enlightened to how it's supposed to be understood & realize how misconstrued it has been by people I've known 😩
Had to stop watching the 3rd Terrifier movie and look at something else for a while. I'll watch the rest of it but I did not need to see Victoria doing what she did with that mirror shard. I don't think I'm even an hour into the movie lol
October 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Had to stop watching the 3rd Terrifier movie and look at something else for a while. I'll watch the rest of it but I did not need to see Victoria doing what she did with that mirror shard. I don't think I'm even an hour into the movie lol
Losing my blender file of Ekho's horns wrecked my world for a full week. I spent 8+ hours making it again. Back-ups to my email, husband's & mom's email. GDrive, discord to my husband and 2 friends. Might even burn it to fuckin' disc. I am not losing this shit again lol
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Losing my blender file of Ekho's horns wrecked my world for a full week. I spent 8+ hours making it again. Back-ups to my email, husband's & mom's email. GDrive, discord to my husband and 2 friends. Might even burn it to fuckin' disc. I am not losing this shit again lol