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Breakaway

@breakaway71.bsky.social

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Perpetual wanderer, incurable dreamer. Reader, writer, adventurer, FT admin, PT student. 40, biromantic ace, she/her. Fandoms are many and varied. Multishipping like a fiend.

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · Nov 23

The quintessential breakaway71 experience:
* found family
* human characters becoming something not-quite-human
* crossovers that should probably not work in a canon setting BUT I'LL FIT THEM TOGETHER IF IT KILLS ME

...I feel like this should be my pinned post.

archiveofourown.org/users/breaka...

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 16m

Binge-watching Static Shock the last couple days is not helping my willpower about not going to Altoona this weekend to meet Jason Marsden.

Especially having met Phil LaMarr a couple months back.

I could have autographs from Static AND Gear. 🥹

...Some days, I really wish I had a car.

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 58m

Ah we're out in Pittsburgh. My roommate lost his feline friend to cancer earlier this year, and he's finally starting to think about adopting again, but I don't know if he'd be up for the trek, unfortunately!

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 1h

...where in pa

just, you know

curious

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2h

i'm not going to chide or scold anyone for only now leaving twitter. your private, unspoken acknowledgment that i'm your intellectual and moral superior is all i need

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June ♥ in FF16 hell / YCON @junie-junette.bsky.social · 4h

To celebrate the fact that I finally received my merch, let me share my little Verstave I've done for it ! : DDDD I hope you'll like them, I'll share the girls tomorrow !

I'd love to draw more of them, I'm sure I could do something fun hehe

#expedition33 #verstave

Verso and Gustave from Clair Obscur expedition 33.

Detail of Verso and Gustave from Clair Obscur expedition 33.

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 10h

omg that verstave one though 🥹

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah I'm always thinking like...I don't want people to just assume I willingly disappeared from fandom. I'm a lifer, which I think I can say with confidence now that I've hit 40 LOL

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 10h

My health anxiety has been rearing its ugly little head again lately and this is a thought I keep having as well 😅

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 23h

Bought myself a treat after making my massive loan payment, and it has arrived! So excited to get back to my rewatch that got interrupted after the assholes at HBO Max yanked it.

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 1d

Some bus graffiti with the right idea

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 1d

Remembered to grab my house keys but not my office keys this morning, so the day is off to a great start. (Thankfully security can let us into our offices but that’s still a lot of extra walking and elevators to go back down to the lobby to ask.)

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite movies in general, let alone favorite Denzel movies

(But honorable mention to Unstoppable, which is another movie I unabashedly love)

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Justin Eger @fugitivecourier.bsky.social · 2d

"We want to make sure [our passengers] get the right experience, not anxiety..."

is a helluva statement when a preceding paragraph says,

"... deploy its AI-powered robot dog to patrol the airport perimeter for potential threats, while also gathering data on where travelers are congregating."

technicallynews.bsky.social @technicallynews.bsky.social · 2d

Here are all the high-tech upgrades coming to the Pittsburgh Airport this year technical.ly/entrepreneur...

Here are all the high-tech upgrades coming to the Pittsburgh Airport this year

The $1.7 billion terminal opening this fall will include startup-built tools, from robot dogs to predictive wait time systems.

technical.ly

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 2d

I've done this several times this year, mostly because the fandoms I'm actively obsessing over kind of...lack much really great fic. (There is some, of course, but the bad FAR outweighs the good, and trying to find the good becomes exhausting after a while.)

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite things is when you rewatch a movie you haven't thought of in ages - like a decade or more - and then you randomly decide to see if it has fanfic, and you find THE MOST AMAZING fics. A whole new feast of yummy writing.

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 2d

So far today, I have managed nothoing but lounging, reading fanfic, and eating snacks. At some point I shlould really do my laundry. And unpack. And possible prepare for the work week and class tomorrow?

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve gotten some absolutely amazing autographs this year, both from cons and from sending fanmail. But man, nothing beats the high of my Final Fantasy XVI collection. Just… just look at it. 🥹🥲😭💖 Adding both Ralph and Ben in the last few days still feels like a fever dream. #FFXVI #FF16

A collection of Final Fantasy XVI character screenshots signed by the voice actors. Includes Ralph Ineson as Cid, Ben Starr as Clive, Jonathan Case as Joshua, Susannah Fielding as Jill, David Menken as Barnabas, Nina Yndis as Benedikta, Christopher York as Gav, and John Hopkins as Elwin

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 2d

After three full days running on VERY little sleep, I passed out at 8 last night. Didn’t even remember to eat dinner. Not a perfect sleep but pretty much stayed passed out for 11 hours.

AND I had the foresight to use a personal day today.

I consider this winning.

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 3d

Even being at the airport and this ungodly hour cannot detract from the magic of yesterday. That’s the most FUN I’ve had at a con in a very, very long time.

All my love in the world to @ladyeternal.bsky.social for the spare bed, the yummy meals, and the rides. I miss you already bb!!! 💖

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Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 3d

Best. Olive Garden. Waitress. EVER.

A pile of Olive Garden Andes mints scattered on a table, joined by a cup full of them when the waitress learned that we were fans

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 3d

And, because after all this I could not resist, the pro photo I got where Ben took notice of my FF XVI shirt 😂💖

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 3d

My shiny new collection of Ben Starr autographs 😁 including the latest for my signed @tylorhepnerart.bsky.social E33 prints, an FFXVI screenshot to go with all the dominants I’ve collected from fanmail requests, and my absolute favorite art that usually lives on my wall over my FFXVI collection.

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 4d

I made new fandom friends! I never make new friends but I made new friends!

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 4d

This is a terrible day for my bank to just decide not to process instant transfers. FROM MY OTHER BANK ACCOUNT, EVEN.

Breakaway @breakaway71.bsky.social · 4d

“I don’t want to be everyone’s cup of tea, I just want to be some people’s OBSESSION” to the question of what kind of cheese he would be 😂😂😂 BEN WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS

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