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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him)

@deuceofgears.bsky.social

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Sf/f writer (NINEFOX GAMBIT, DRAGON PEARL). MFA student in media composition. Hobbies: 2D animation, game design, destroying readers. Rep'd by @sethasfishman.bsky.social. https://www.yoonhalee.com/ https://ninefoxgambit.com/ https://candlearc.com/

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 15d

After foxing up WordPress last year, I've finally gotten the Ninefox Gambit webcomic back online. Echoes the Candle Arc *comic* although the *2D animation* (preproduction) is over at the sister site candlearc.com. Signed, still buried under orchestration homework, back to work!

ninefoxgambit.com

Ink and wash portrait of General Shuos Jedao from Ninefox Gambit

Ink and wash portrait of Captain Kel Cheris from Ninefox Gambit

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 1h

...I might be in if there are openings, on the grounds that I need a hobby that ISN'T bricking innocent hardware devices...

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 3h

If I never have to deal with an app in ONLY dark mode again, it cannot be too soon.

I know some folks cannot deal with light mode visually; I have the opposite problem. I just want an OPTION for light mode even if it's not the default! Signed, me and my migraines.

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 10h

Follow-up: objectively the stupidest way to run Gforth. Back to coding?!

Gforth running on a Supernote Manta (sideloaded APK)

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 10h

I cannot *recommend* this as a "wrtierdeck"/drafting solution because getting sideloading (Android APKs) to work from macOS, enabling developer mode, etc. was an unholy PITA, but now I can...sketch, "longhand," and type on the Supernote Manta? I'm about to see if Pydroid and Gforth will run.

Supernote Manta + Bluetooth folding keyboard running sideloaded text editor Markor (apk)

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 12h

...got it working by a bonkers workaround to enable developer tools by disabling wi-fi and getting Kindle to try to phone home then bounce me to settings etc. :]

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 12h

We who are in the Bad Heck of trying to get an Android device to talk to macOS EVER.

...I have a Windows desktop but it's foxed such that none of the front-facing ACCESSIBLE USB-A or USB-C ports are working.

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 14h

I'm not sure I'd even heard of Nirvana when I was in high school. We were on a 2+ year time delay for US music AND I went to a CHRISTIAN private high school. Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS and LES MISERABLES were considered vaguely Scandalous!

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 14h

Most of my actual listening as a teen was to classical music with a side of Andrew Lloyd Webber and other musicals and some country. You may disown me now.

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 14h

What musical artists do you associate with your coming of age or teen years?

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Ace of Base
배슬기 if we stretch a few years
Backstreet Boys
I Musici
Robert Bonfiglio
Enya
Kenny G
Céline Dion
John Denver

...look, I got to buy a CD or cassette every 3 mos on S Korea time delay.

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Kaye Elling @k000.bsky.social · 1d

What musical artists do you associate with your coming of age or teen years?

Mine, in broadly descending order of poppyness
B52s
Green Day
Descendents
All
Metallica
Anthrax
Warlock Pinchers
White Zombie
Faith No More
NoMeansNo
Front 242
Sepultura
Ministry
Godflesh

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David Thomas Moore @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social · 15h

SKELLINGTONS WE HAVE A FIRM "NO NECROMANCY" POLICY IN THIS HOUSE

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 17h

There's a third book?! :RUNS TO CHECK THE LIBRARY:

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

Friends

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Ponderosa | Kim Kuzuri @ponderosa121.bsky.social · 1d

How is it already time to sign up for Yuletide? I haven't even looked at the tagset this year.

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s #CriticalRole begins in about an hour!

The secret at the heart of the Candescent Creed revealed, our adventurers must act at once as the danger in Dol-Makjar rises and the search for Occtis Tachonis presses in from all sides.

twitch.tv/criticalrole

CriticalRole - Twitch

Welcome to Critical Role! This is the live home for a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors and all of their debauchery.

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 1d

Haunted by the feeling that somewhere, something has gone terribly wrong.

(Fear not: I died before I could tackle Balatro going into SCIENTIFIC NOTATION in Ante 14, dinner then back to work...)

A Balatro round score in excess of one billion

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says "cyberpunk" like doing what a billionaire tells you to do

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

nothing says “cyberpunk” like owning a $100,000 vehicle

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 1d

Where is Dunkelzahn for President when you need a distraction...

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 1d

Did folks forget the part where cyberpunk was dystopian, not aspirational...?

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 1d

Oh there's a @kierongillen.bsky.social Image Comics Humble Bundle going right now, featuring all our Image work together as well as DIE and The Power Fantasy!

www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-f...

Humble Comic Bundle: Roll for Initiative with Kieron Gillen by Image Comics

Dive into one of comics’ most creative minds with our Kieron Gillen bundle, featuring The Wicked + The Divine, and more! Pay what you want and support BINC!

www.humblebundle.com

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I feel my life is too frivolous and empty of meaning or utility, I like to read a good flamewar about fountain pen filling systems (me: ...pick one you like? it's not a religion?) or about "correct" uses of vibrato in violin performance. :3

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 1d

The first edition of the Monster Manual really knew what to do.

The AD&D Monster manual, 1st edition, featuring a lovely Dragon, a lovely Unicorn, a Lovely Centaur, and some unlovely things underground.

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Dirk Vanover @dirkv.bsky.social · 2d

“Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter he earned high seven figures for the role, plus a seven-figure producing fee.”

I should do a blog post on this, but I’ll do a brief thread here, as it’s something in the comics industry that riles me up.

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“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

As 'Ares' disappoints, insiders question whether the self-styled boundary-pushing A-lister can still be counted on to carry a franchise vehicle to the bank.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 2d

I long to draw clean, elegant, crisp lines but the attempt usually makes me (metaphorically) homicidal. I've given up on photorealism or clean, elegant, crisp, Art Nouveau / Art Deco lines. Scribbly sketching is what I naturally produce; so be it.

Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 2d

NSFW sketch: A Binary Dilemma. Kujen/Jedao, a.k.a. "For love of spork could you have any WORSE taste in boyfriends, BOTH OF YOU?!"

...I was sketching some backstory and this happened.

Machineries of Empire is like a kazillion series where if everyone got GOOD therapy, no plot would happen. :p

excerpt: NSFW digital ink sketch, only partly representational, of General Shuos Jedao doing Hexarch Nirai Kujen's bidding

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Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) @deuceofgears.bsky.social · 2d

JEEP!

Cocoa @momijizukamori.bsky.social · 2d

Day 15 - Favorite Prop

Jeep! Who is actually the reason I decided to make Hakkai, and not the other way around. I made the pattern up as I went along, and people always comment on how cute he is whenever I wear Hakkai.

#cosplay #costober #saiyuki

Outdoor cosplay photo of Cho Hakkai sitting on a ledge on a park, looking down at and petting Jeep (a knitted skinny white dragon) on his lap.

Photo of Jeep, a skinny white knitted dragon, with fabric wings outstretched on a beige sofa.

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