⚔️ 𝕭𝖗𝖞𝖈𝖊 - 𝖅𝖊𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖍 & 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖉𝖊 ⚔️
@zenith-and-blade.bsky.social
SF&F + horror reader. Long & short blade martial artist. Warhammer 40k lore junkie. Full of rage, oolong & literary hot takes, not necessarily all at once. She/Her. 💙
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My brother got me shine muscat for my birthday! They’re heavenly and worth the price, but I’m genetically predisposed to being on board for expensive artisan gift fruit. ❤️
Will be gone for the rest of the weekend & upcoming week for birthday shenanigans.
Will be gone for the rest of the weekend & upcoming week for birthday shenanigans.
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My brother got me shine muscat for my birthday! They’re heavenly and worth the price, but I’m genetically predisposed to being on board for expensive artisan gift fruit. ❤️
Will be gone for the rest of the weekend & upcoming week for birthday shenanigans.
Will be gone for the rest of the weekend & upcoming week for birthday shenanigans.
GIRD YOUR LOINS, it’s starfruit season.
Everyone here knows someone who has been locked in eternal battle with a tree in their yard: they try to kill it, and the tree throws gallons of fruit at them. Then we all have to eat it. No one wins.
Everyone here knows someone who has been locked in eternal battle with a tree in their yard: they try to kill it, and the tree throws gallons of fruit at them. Then we all have to eat it. No one wins.
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
GIRD YOUR LOINS, it’s starfruit season.
Everyone here knows someone who has been locked in eternal battle with a tree in their yard: they try to kill it, and the tree throws gallons of fruit at them. Then we all have to eat it. No one wins.
Everyone here knows someone who has been locked in eternal battle with a tree in their yard: they try to kill it, and the tree throws gallons of fruit at them. Then we all have to eat it. No one wins.
#Spooktasticreads Day 13: this post was supposed to be a lot more interesting, but I ran out of time this week. Instead it's just a hodgepodge of creepy stories and media to enjoy this Halloween.
Have a great night! 💙📚🩸 #horrorsky
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Have a great night! 💙📚🩸 #horrorsky
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October 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
#Spooktasticreads Day 13: this post was supposed to be a lot more interesting, but I ran out of time this week. Instead it's just a hodgepodge of creepy stories and media to enjoy this Halloween.
Have a great night! 💙📚🩸 #horrorsky
zenandblade.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/s...
Have a great night! 💙📚🩸 #horrorsky
zenandblade.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/s...
Except for my spooktastic reads posts, I'll be offline for a few days. Among other things, I need to finish this chonker of a book in like three days (slept on the non-renewable due date.)
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
October 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Except for my spooktastic reads posts, I'll be offline for a few days. Among other things, I need to finish this chonker of a book in like three days (slept on the non-renewable due date.)
Have a great weekend!
Have a great weekend!
So like...how many Crescent City books are there?
Because my guy keeps barging in on my tea time with my brother so he can provide updates that we didn’t ask for. We have no idea what he's trying to tell us. (But to be fair, every reader sounds like this at some point.) 💙📚 #sjm #crescentcity
Because my guy keeps barging in on my tea time with my brother so he can provide updates that we didn’t ask for. We have no idea what he's trying to tell us. (But to be fair, every reader sounds like this at some point.) 💙📚 #sjm #crescentcity
October 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So like...how many Crescent City books are there?
Because my guy keeps barging in on my tea time with my brother so he can provide updates that we didn’t ask for. We have no idea what he's trying to tell us. (But to be fair, every reader sounds like this at some point.) 💙📚 #sjm #crescentcity
Because my guy keeps barging in on my tea time with my brother so he can provide updates that we didn’t ask for. We have no idea what he's trying to tell us. (But to be fair, every reader sounds like this at some point.) 💙📚 #sjm #crescentcity
Well, I mean, I don’t know how else to explain it. #warhammer40k #wh40k
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Well, I mean, I don’t know how else to explain it. #warhammer40k #wh40k
I’ve learned zero lessons.
(The bandaid covers ink, not more injuries.)
(The bandaid covers ink, not more injuries.)
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’ve learned zero lessons.
(The bandaid covers ink, not more injuries.)
(The bandaid covers ink, not more injuries.)
OMG girl, speaking of uchinanchus, please look at the photos of the first andagi I made while volunteering at the Okinawan festival.
My club president and I just looked at it and didn’t say anything for like 10 seconds. I wasn’t even close to the wok hahahaha.
My club president and I just looked at it and didn’t say anything for like 10 seconds. I wasn’t even close to the wok hahahaha.
October 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
OMG girl, speaking of uchinanchus, please look at the photos of the first andagi I made while volunteering at the Okinawan festival.
My club president and I just looked at it and didn’t say anything for like 10 seconds. I wasn’t even close to the wok hahahaha.
My club president and I just looked at it and didn’t say anything for like 10 seconds. I wasn’t even close to the wok hahahaha.
I love how bright and colorful my e-reader is, but it’s been this way since summer and I’m thinking of switching it up for the colder months. #booksky
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I love how bright and colorful my e-reader is, but it’s been this way since summer and I’m thinking of switching it up for the colder months. #booksky
My guy turned his ankle during one of his trail runs, and now he’s stuck at home, with nothing to do but bond with SJM’s Crescent City books.
It’s making my life difficult.
It’s making my life difficult.
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
My guy turned his ankle during one of his trail runs, and now he’s stuck at home, with nothing to do but bond with SJM’s Crescent City books.
It’s making my life difficult.
It’s making my life difficult.
Got a bunch of new books from the library and can’t decide where to start. These all look so good! 💙📚
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Got a bunch of new books from the library and can’t decide where to start. These all look so good! 💙📚
🧵 11/11 And circling back to Europe:
France, Türkiye, Spain and Poland. (And which romantasy did you come out of, Mr. Poland? Because I will fucking read that book until the words fall off--and I don't read romance.)
France, Türkiye, Spain and Poland. (And which romantasy did you come out of, Mr. Poland? Because I will fucking read that book until the words fall off--and I don't read romance.)
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 11/11 And circling back to Europe:
France, Türkiye, Spain and Poland. (And which romantasy did you come out of, Mr. Poland? Because I will fucking read that book until the words fall off--and I don't read romance.)
France, Türkiye, Spain and Poland. (And which romantasy did you come out of, Mr. Poland? Because I will fucking read that book until the words fall off--and I don't read romance.)
🧵 10/11 ...and Puerto Rico. (Don't knock it. I love how unapologetically "this is us" it is. PR has apparently depicted the modern "every man" in the past, and I love that. A great message for a "mister global" competition.)
Expanding out: South Africa and Nigeria (that smile! One of my favs.)
Expanding out: South Africa and Nigeria (that smile! One of my favs.)
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 10/11 ...and Puerto Rico. (Don't knock it. I love how unapologetically "this is us" it is. PR has apparently depicted the modern "every man" in the past, and I love that. A great message for a "mister global" competition.)
Expanding out: South Africa and Nigeria (that smile! One of my favs.)
Expanding out: South Africa and Nigeria (that smile! One of my favs.)
🧵 9/11 ...Brazil (stride sells the whole damn thing), Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela (someone give him a cape or weapons)...
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 9/11 ...Brazil (stride sells the whole damn thing), Panama, Uruguay, Venezuela (someone give him a cape or weapons)...
🧵 8/11 ...Ecuador (his smile!), Dominican Republic (idk what battle this guy is pledging himself to, but I'm following him), El Salvador, Columbia...
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 8/11 ...Ecuador (his smile!), Dominican Republic (idk what battle this guy is pledging himself to, but I'm following him), El Salvador, Columbia...
🧵 7/11 ANYWAY. Might as well be completionist and look at them all, in case anyone was interested in their own country or culture:
Here's Latin America, rolling up in everything they've got, like bosses: Peru, Cuba, Paraguay, Mexico...
Here's Latin America, rolling up in everything they've got, like bosses: Peru, Cuba, Paraguay, Mexico...
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 7/11 ANYWAY. Might as well be completionist and look at them all, in case anyone was interested in their own country or culture:
Here's Latin America, rolling up in everything they've got, like bosses: Peru, Cuba, Paraguay, Mexico...
Here's Latin America, rolling up in everything they've got, like bosses: Peru, Cuba, Paraguay, Mexico...
🧵 6/11 And because I know some people are wondering:
America, Canada, England, Germany.
Um...
America, Canada, England, Germany.
Um...
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 6/11 And because I know some people are wondering:
America, Canada, England, Germany.
Um...
America, Canada, England, Germany.
Um...
🧵 5/11 And then....Japan.
Dammit, what the hell is this?? Disappointing. I was hoping for some weapons and hoochie samurai armor or something. 😭
Dammit, what the hell is this?? Disappointing. I was hoping for some weapons and hoochie samurai armor or something. 😭
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 5/11 And then....Japan.
Dammit, what the hell is this?? Disappointing. I was hoping for some weapons and hoochie samurai armor or something. 😭
Dammit, what the hell is this?? Disappointing. I was hoping for some weapons and hoochie samurai armor or something. 😭
🧵 4/11 ...India and Sir Lanka from South Asia. These five men are absolutely villains that have toppled empires, and I finally understand what the romantasy girlies are on about.
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 4/11 ...India and Sir Lanka from South Asia. These five men are absolutely villains that have toppled empires, and I finally understand what the romantasy girlies are on about.
🧵 3/11 Next up, here's Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand (holy shit, my ovaries), and...
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 3/11 Next up, here's Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand (holy shit, my ovaries), and...
🧵 2/11 Here comes Southeast Asia, being extra as hell because it's the only way they know how to roll:
Laos (competition winner), Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia
Laos (competition winner), Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 2/11 Here comes Southeast Asia, being extra as hell because it's the only way they know how to roll:
Laos (competition winner), Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia
Laos (competition winner), Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia
🧵 1/11 Behold, the definition of murdering it: the Asian contestants of the Mister Global National Costume Competition absolutely serving looks (and one humiliating fumble.)
Starting off strong with China, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea, all of them absolutely stepping out of your favorite drama:
Starting off strong with China, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea, all of them absolutely stepping out of your favorite drama:
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🧵 1/11 Behold, the definition of murdering it: the Asian contestants of the Mister Global National Costume Competition absolutely serving looks (and one humiliating fumble.)
Starting off strong with China, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea, all of them absolutely stepping out of your favorite drama:
Starting off strong with China, Hong Kong, Macau and Korea, all of them absolutely stepping out of your favorite drama:
Finally put up these portraits on my blog and Bsky banner. I actually had this done quite awhile back, and the artist seems to have since wiped their entire online presence. I hope they’re doing well and still practicing their wonderful art. 💙📚
October 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Finally put up these portraits on my blog and Bsky banner. I actually had this done quite awhile back, and the artist seems to have since wiped their entire online presence. I hope they’re doing well and still practicing their wonderful art. 💙📚