Zara 🏳️‍🌈
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Zara 🏳️‍🌈
@zaravarin.bsky.social
Queer non-binary geek of all trades💗💛💙she/they. Marine. Neurodivergent.♾️
President & Creative Director of Dual Wield Studio ✨⚔️✨
Previously: 343 Industries | Halo | Xbox.
Unions are awesome.
🚫❌NO AI, NO NFTs❌🚫
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Fun day at work today 👀
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dagger & Taki are both taking turns keeping me cuddle-confined for maximum healing buffs to banish COVID-19 💙
June 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
After 6+ years of avoiding it, am sick with COVID-19 :C

I’ve got everything I need & will deffo tap local friends if I need help, but UGH

Spending the next few weeks taking it VERY easy & focusing on R&R
June 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Putting a casual Maelle cosplay together 🥖 helping balance a lot of this year’s whoo with more whee
June 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Lovely late afternoon visit to the dog park
June 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Fortuitous furball excursion escorting Taki on a brief jaunt around the back yard 🍀

(Taki is an indoor cat who gets brief supervised outdoor time in my fully-fenced back yard, NOT free-roaming because sorry not sorry that’s irresponsible & there are too many neglected cats in this neighborhood :c )
April 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The drive back home took twice as long due to traffic but I made it back safe after a long day & a very worthwhile trip.

As I was departing, I saw a full rainbow (and even a DOUBLE RAINBOW) and I’m not superstitious but I’ll take every bit of magic in the day & be grateful for it 🌈💙
March 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Gabe & Mjolnir are officially settling in at their new home with some positively wonderful new friends 💙 I couldn’t imagine kinder folks to care for these two; Rowan would have loved them.

Thanks to everyone who helped ensure these sweet cats found their new home!
March 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Mjolnir:

- Has never done anything wrong in her life
- Loves cuddles more than Gabe
- Occasionally nibbles hair
- REALLY loves cuddles
- Keeps Gabe in check most of the time

Care needs: daily at-home fluid injections (adopter can learn from vet, she’s used to it & does well!)
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Gabe:

- A sweet himbo
- strong of heart, dumb of ass
- LOVES a cuddle
- Extremely food-motivated
- Will go on dumb adventures, wants to explore everything

Care needs: occasional oral medication (pill, no issues because if it's paired with food he's ALL about it)
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
While both cats are receiving daily care (and fine for now!), the apartment where they’ve lived with Rowan must be moved out of by May and they need a new home.

Though located in Portland, Oregon, I will help with their relocation to anywhere within the United States.
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help?

Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together.

Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵

Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I FEEL THIS TOO, thank you 💙 I have loved this series for decades!
My cat, Taki, is named after two of my fav cat-critters: “Ta” from Tama from Fushigi Yuugi & “ki” Ryo-ohki from Tenchi. While she doesn’t transform into a spaceship, she’s still magical in her own way (it’s all in the bobtail :D)
February 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Had a lot of fun illustrating this as part of our delightful dayjob blorbentines exchange ☺️ Tenchi Muyo! will always be a series close to my heart~
February 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
HAPPY MERRY BIRTHMAS TO YOU~
Hope you’ve had a lovely day with tons of love & celebration for you. May the year ahead hold even more wonderful things!

I’m looking forward to diving into playing Monster Hunter: Wilds when it comes out this week & sharing some much-needed game time with friends.
February 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
HAPPY BLORBENTINE’S DAAAAAAAY
February 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Getting some quality soothing Saturday cuddles & bellyrubs in today
February 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
January 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Mostly resonates, aside from the part calling out expectations 😂 I do TRY to be self-aware
January 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
More Rook portraits~ thanks for sharing your babes, buds :D

#DragonAge
January 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
First of several batches of friends' Rook portraits (thank you for all the great ref of your babes, buds!)

#DragonAge
January 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Smol victory solving a little problem zone: After a drill bit tumbled into the void behind a bookshelf, I rescued it then used some of my stash of HDPE plastic (great for so many things) & made an extended liner so NOTHING ELSE will fall back there. My fiddly lil things are now SAFE from the void!
January 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Taking it easy & banishing a migraine to send off 2024 (my lil Cefaly device is truly a lifechanging piece of tech that helps zap away the headpains) while ensuring Dagger gets pre-foreworks soothing. I don’t like unexpected explosions either, pupper.

May 2025 hold more joy & kindness for us all 💙
January 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
YES

When they posted this about Gremio as promo it felt DASTARDLY 😭
December 31, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Unexpectedly neat surprise to find a new Kinsano figurine at the store today ☺️ still so grateful to get to work on designing her with AD Jeremy Cook.

Halo Wars 2 was such a scrappy project & while some of my fav stuff got cut, a lot of good folks did great work on it!!
December 30, 2024 at 11:23 PM