🦑 Zim
@flowersinbloom.bsky.social
forest fairy/fungal infection, pan-ace, 30-ish, ESL.
#squidmossart 🦑🌿💕 https://ao3.org/series/3853726
only here to post art & uplift others.
please block me if you hate the 🦑 instead of being rude.
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#squidmossart 🦑🌿💕 https://ao3.org/series/3853726
only here to post art & uplift others.
please block me if you hate the 🦑 instead of being rude.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity.
To become a monster or not is the central conflict of the game. So, I decided to ask: what is a monster?
I spent a very long time on this project and it’s coming out in a few days as a podcast, then as an essay.
#bg3 #baldursgate
To become a monster or not is the central conflict of the game. So, I decided to ask: what is a monster?
I spent a very long time on this project and it’s coming out in a few days as a podcast, then as an essay.
#bg3 #baldursgate
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November 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Baldur’s Gate 3 and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity.
To become a monster or not is the central conflict of the game. So, I decided to ask: what is a monster?
I spent a very long time on this project and it’s coming out in a few days as a podcast, then as an essay.
#bg3 #baldursgate
To become a monster or not is the central conflict of the game. So, I decided to ask: what is a monster?
I spent a very long time on this project and it’s coming out in a few days as a podcast, then as an essay.
#bg3 #baldursgate
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#tavqotd
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
#tavqotd
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
#tavqotd
Slooowly.
They don't do ... physicality often, & they have to make it last. Every little touch has to *matter*, every caress is infused with emotions & memories, sensations they can feel within their very souls.
(Why do we have tentacles? To better hold our partner with, of course. ;3)
Slooowly.
They don't do ... physicality often, & they have to make it last. Every little touch has to *matter*, every caress is infused with emotions & memories, sensations they can feel within their very souls.
(Why do we have tentacles? To better hold our partner with, of course. ;3)
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
#tavqotd
Slooowly.
They don't do ... physicality often, & they have to make it last. Every little touch has to *matter*, every caress is infused with emotions & memories, sensations they can feel within their very souls.
(Why do we have tentacles? To better hold our partner with, of course. ;3)
Slooowly.
They don't do ... physicality often, & they have to make it last. Every little touch has to *matter*, every caress is infused with emotions & memories, sensations they can feel within their very souls.
(Why do we have tentacles? To better hold our partner with, of course. ;3)
#tavqotd
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
#tavqotd
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
Everything!!! ; n; Moss isn't a self-insert, but I've put a lot of my ideals into them - they're the kind of person I *want* to be, still kind & hopeful despite going through so much pain & alienation, and they're very precious to me because of that.
But also: their freckles. <3 🦑🌿
#tavqotd
The first thing Moss did was go to the Elfsong and paaass ooout. Getting your whole body remade takes a lot out of you, after all. The second thing they did, during their tenday of being stuck indoors recovering, was organize all the tiny treasures they collected during the adventure. <:'3
The first thing Moss did was go to the Elfsong and paaass ooout. Getting your whole body remade takes a lot out of you, after all. The second thing they did, during their tenday of being stuck indoors recovering, was organize all the tiny treasures they collected during the adventure. <:'3
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
#tavqotd
The first thing Moss did was go to the Elfsong and paaass ooout. Getting your whole body remade takes a lot out of you, after all. The second thing they did, during their tenday of being stuck indoors recovering, was organize all the tiny treasures they collected during the adventure. <:'3
The first thing Moss did was go to the Elfsong and paaass ooout. Getting your whole body remade takes a lot out of you, after all. The second thing they did, during their tenday of being stuck indoors recovering, was organize all the tiny treasures they collected during the adventure. <:'3
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When the [...] whole world tells you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell whole world—"No. You move."
- Captain America (ASM #537)
- Captain America (ASM #537)
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
When the [...] whole world tells you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell whole world—"No. You move."
- Captain America (ASM #537)
- Captain America (ASM #537)
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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After reaching 500 followers (HOW ON EARTH, THANK YOU 😭❤️), I decided I wanted to give a little something back!
SO IT'S VP GIVEAWAY TIME 🎉
Prize details below! Just follow, share, and comment with your blorbos! I'm also happy to accept any UTav ❤️
ENDS ON: 27th December!
#bg3 #bg3vp #bg3tav #tav
SO IT'S VP GIVEAWAY TIME 🎉
Prize details below! Just follow, share, and comment with your blorbos! I'm also happy to accept any UTav ❤️
ENDS ON: 27th December!
#bg3 #bg3vp #bg3tav #tav
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
#tavqotd
Moss's quote is the druid line on ceremorphosis, when Jaheira asks about the tadpole changes: "The flowing river changes. It is still a river. I am still *me*."
Caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly, sprout to bud to blossom. The monstrous scope of change does not extinguish the life within.
Moss's quote is the druid line on ceremorphosis, when Jaheira asks about the tadpole changes: "The flowing river changes. It is still a river. I am still *me*."
Caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly, sprout to bud to blossom. The monstrous scope of change does not extinguish the life within.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#tavqotd
Moss's quote is the druid line on ceremorphosis, when Jaheira asks about the tadpole changes: "The flowing river changes. It is still a river. I am still *me*."
Caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly, sprout to bud to blossom. The monstrous scope of change does not extinguish the life within.
Moss's quote is the druid line on ceremorphosis, when Jaheira asks about the tadpole changes: "The flowing river changes. It is still a river. I am still *me*."
Caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly, sprout to bud to blossom. The monstrous scope of change does not extinguish the life within.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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it's rly sad that online culture has become so normie infested and they are chasing off/harrassing the freaks and weirdos who have been online since the 90s/2000s who used the internet as a means to meet other weirdos because only weirdos used the internet then. everything has been scrubbed clean
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
it's rly sad that online culture has become so normie infested and they are chasing off/harrassing the freaks and weirdos who have been online since the 90s/2000s who used the internet as a means to meet other weirdos because only weirdos used the internet then. everything has been scrubbed clean
#tavqotd
"You're the most pathetic ghaik I've ever seen."
Yeah, ok. Moss isn't trying to be a good illithid, they're trying to be a good *being*. There's a big difference between those things. They're oft called weak or weird or 'too nice,' and, well...
It's easier to fool an underestimating foe.
"You're the most pathetic ghaik I've ever seen."
Yeah, ok. Moss isn't trying to be a good illithid, they're trying to be a good *being*. There's a big difference between those things. They're oft called weak or weird or 'too nice,' and, well...
It's easier to fool an underestimating foe.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
#tavqotd
"You're the most pathetic ghaik I've ever seen."
Yeah, ok. Moss isn't trying to be a good illithid, they're trying to be a good *being*. There's a big difference between those things. They're oft called weak or weird or 'too nice,' and, well...
It's easier to fool an underestimating foe.
"You're the most pathetic ghaik I've ever seen."
Yeah, ok. Moss isn't trying to be a good illithid, they're trying to be a good *being*. There's a big difference between those things. They're oft called weak or weird or 'too nice,' and, well...
It's easier to fool an underestimating foe.
filling my Moss tag with the backlog of glorious commissions not yet shared here:
this one was a birthday gift from @teemboo.bsky.social 💜
#TheEmperor is so handsome wehhh
i just love their expressions & blushies so much...~ ; o;
[ #BG3 #BG3fanart #BG3Emperor #illithid #squidmossart ]
this one was a birthday gift from @teemboo.bsky.social 💜
#TheEmperor is so handsome wehhh
i just love their expressions & blushies so much...~ ; o;
[ #BG3 #BG3fanart #BG3Emperor #illithid #squidmossart ]
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
filling my Moss tag with the backlog of glorious commissions not yet shared here:
this one was a birthday gift from @teemboo.bsky.social 💜
#TheEmperor is so handsome wehhh
i just love their expressions & blushies so much...~ ; o;
[ #BG3 #BG3fanart #BG3Emperor #illithid #squidmossart ]
this one was a birthday gift from @teemboo.bsky.social 💜
#TheEmperor is so handsome wehhh
i just love their expressions & blushies so much...~ ; o;
[ #BG3 #BG3fanart #BG3Emperor #illithid #squidmossart ]
#tavember #tavqotd
Everything. Moss finds everything with the spark of life beautiful, everything that dies & decays and feeds new life beautiful. Sprouting seeds, mushroom circles, prismatic lights, rain over the ocean, the psychic auras of individuals in love.
Ugly is a word for the hateful. >:v
Everything. Moss finds everything with the spark of life beautiful, everything that dies & decays and feeds new life beautiful. Sprouting seeds, mushroom circles, prismatic lights, rain over the ocean, the psychic auras of individuals in love.
Ugly is a word for the hateful. >:v
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
#tavqotd
Moss's choice is obvious: a kindori.
A peaceful astral whale who feeds entirely on sunlight, large enough to have their own gravitational field & air envelope, often covered in fields of symbiotic mold & moss, left alone to explore wildspace by all but the most foolish of foes.
Bliss. 🦑🌿
Moss's choice is obvious: a kindori.
A peaceful astral whale who feeds entirely on sunlight, large enough to have their own gravitational field & air envelope, often covered in fields of symbiotic mold & moss, left alone to explore wildspace by all but the most foolish of foes.
Bliss. 🦑🌿
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#tavqotd
Moss's choice is obvious: a kindori.
A peaceful astral whale who feeds entirely on sunlight, large enough to have their own gravitational field & air envelope, often covered in fields of symbiotic mold & moss, left alone to explore wildspace by all but the most foolish of foes.
Bliss. 🦑🌿
Moss's choice is obvious: a kindori.
A peaceful astral whale who feeds entirely on sunlight, large enough to have their own gravitational field & air envelope, often covered in fields of symbiotic mold & moss, left alone to explore wildspace by all but the most foolish of foes.
Bliss. 🦑🌿
#tavqotd
Moss!! is a walking (well, floating) trans allegory - after a lifetime of feeling not-at-home in both their body & mind, ceremorphosis is the transformation that allows them to discard their past self and finally bloom in a form that makes them happy. <:')
They ID as trans + agender. 🖤🤍💚
Moss!! is a walking (well, floating) trans allegory - after a lifetime of feeling not-at-home in both their body & mind, ceremorphosis is the transformation that allows them to discard their past self and finally bloom in a form that makes them happy. <:')
They ID as trans + agender. 🖤🤍💚
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
#tavqotd
Moss!! is a walking (well, floating) trans allegory - after a lifetime of feeling not-at-home in both their body & mind, ceremorphosis is the transformation that allows them to discard their past self and finally bloom in a form that makes them happy. <:')
They ID as trans + agender. 🖤🤍💚
Moss!! is a walking (well, floating) trans allegory - after a lifetime of feeling not-at-home in both their body & mind, ceremorphosis is the transformation that allows them to discard their past self and finally bloom in a form that makes them happy. <:')
They ID as trans + agender. 🖤🤍💚
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I’ve been holding my tongue on this but honestly, *all* fandom creatives deserve support and it’s been disappointing seeing certain people viewing others as rivals. Whether you do art, writing, VP, 3D renders, custom mods, poses, audios etc, you’re all supremely talented and you deserve respect. 🩷
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’ve been holding my tongue on this but honestly, *all* fandom creatives deserve support and it’s been disappointing seeing certain people viewing others as rivals. Whether you do art, writing, VP, 3D renders, custom mods, poses, audios etc, you’re all supremely talented and you deserve respect. 🩷
... i love you more with every breath,
truly madly deeply do~ 🦑💕🦑
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #TheEmperor #illithid]
truly madly deeply do~ 🦑💕🦑
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #TheEmperor #illithid]
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
... i love you more with every breath,
truly madly deeply do~ 🦑💕🦑
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #TheEmperor #illithid]
truly madly deeply do~ 🦑💕🦑
[ #BG3 #BG3VP #TheEmperor #illithid]
(Very late, I've been sick this week... :< )
For day two of
@whirlinginroses.bsky.social's #BG3FirstsWeek: first argument.
The first time Moss was well & truly frustrated with the Emperor was after the whole Ansur... thing. Just too much left unexplained, y'know? ;(
From: ao3.org/works/504037...
For day two of
@whirlinginroses.bsky.social's #BG3FirstsWeek: first argument.
The first time Moss was well & truly frustrated with the Emperor was after the whole Ansur... thing. Just too much left unexplained, y'know? ;(
From: ao3.org/works/504037...
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
(Very late, I've been sick this week... :< )
For day two of
@whirlinginroses.bsky.social's #BG3FirstsWeek: first argument.
The first time Moss was well & truly frustrated with the Emperor was after the whole Ansur... thing. Just too much left unexplained, y'know? ;(
From: ao3.org/works/504037...
For day two of
@whirlinginroses.bsky.social's #BG3FirstsWeek: first argument.
The first time Moss was well & truly frustrated with the Emperor was after the whole Ansur... thing. Just too much left unexplained, y'know? ;(
From: ao3.org/works/504037...
#tavqotd
"Excuse me?"
Moss tries to just leave if hostility is displayed toward them. They'll silently glare at the offender, unblinking, & quietly flee once they're sufficiently unnerved. But if it's particularly mean, they're casting 'pee your pants' psionics immediately. Don't be rude! >:(
"Excuse me?"
Moss tries to just leave if hostility is displayed toward them. They'll silently glare at the offender, unblinking, & quietly flee once they're sufficiently unnerved. But if it's particularly mean, they're casting 'pee your pants' psionics immediately. Don't be rude! >:(
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
#tavqotd
"Excuse me?"
Moss tries to just leave if hostility is displayed toward them. They'll silently glare at the offender, unblinking, & quietly flee once they're sufficiently unnerved. But if it's particularly mean, they're casting 'pee your pants' psionics immediately. Don't be rude! >:(
"Excuse me?"
Moss tries to just leave if hostility is displayed toward them. They'll silently glare at the offender, unblinking, & quietly flee once they're sufficiently unnerved. But if it's particularly mean, they're casting 'pee your pants' psionics immediately. Don't be rude! >:(
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November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
#tavqotd
There's a bit in the epilogue where Karlach says:
"You're so... tentacle-ly! So shiny."
And the player can reply: "My mucous membranes are self-cleaning. Thank you for noticing."
Moss knows most folks are grasping at straws to be nice, but it might make them a little blushy anyway. ; 3;
There's a bit in the epilogue where Karlach says:
"You're so... tentacle-ly! So shiny."
And the player can reply: "My mucous membranes are self-cleaning. Thank you for noticing."
Moss knows most folks are grasping at straws to be nice, but it might make them a little blushy anyway. ; 3;
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
#tavqotd
There's a bit in the epilogue where Karlach says:
"You're so... tentacle-ly! So shiny."
And the player can reply: "My mucous membranes are self-cleaning. Thank you for noticing."
Moss knows most folks are grasping at straws to be nice, but it might make them a little blushy anyway. ; 3;
There's a bit in the epilogue where Karlach says:
"You're so... tentacle-ly! So shiny."
And the player can reply: "My mucous membranes are self-cleaning. Thank you for noticing."
Moss knows most folks are grasping at straws to be nice, but it might make them a little blushy anyway. ; 3;
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"Eye of the Storm"
A PotC-inspired Art trade with @flowersinbloom.bsky.social
#art #procreate #comicart #illithid #illithidoc #illithidart #mindflayer #mindflayeroc #squidmossart #TheEmperor #bg3emperor
A PotC-inspired Art trade with @flowersinbloom.bsky.social
#art #procreate #comicart #illithid #illithidoc #illithidart #mindflayer #mindflayeroc #squidmossart #TheEmperor #bg3emperor
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"Eye of the Storm"
A PotC-inspired Art trade with @flowersinbloom.bsky.social
#art #procreate #comicart #illithid #illithidoc #illithidart #mindflayer #mindflayeroc #squidmossart #TheEmperor #bg3emperor
A PotC-inspired Art trade with @flowersinbloom.bsky.social
#art #procreate #comicart #illithid #illithidoc #illithidart #mindflayer #mindflayeroc #squidmossart #TheEmperor #bg3emperor