Robin Oak
@robinjoak.bsky.social
He/they
Making worlds with words and fighting with my brain.
Expect art and book things I enjoy, incl. some spicy stuff, the odd bit of politics.
🔞, plus swears a lot.
STORIES: https://robinoak.itch.io/
BLOG https://akornboi.wordpress.com
Making worlds with words and fighting with my brain.
Expect art and book things I enjoy, incl. some spicy stuff, the odd bit of politics.
🔞, plus swears a lot.
STORIES: https://robinoak.itch.io/
BLOG https://akornboi.wordpress.com
Pinned
Robin Oak
@robinjoak.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Tying Myself in Knots is out!
It's about shame, autism, self-expression and acceptable art. It's personal and not what I usually write, but I think it's good.
I hope people 'get' it, or at least, enjoy it!
akornboi.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/t...
#Autism #Shame #SelfExpression #Writing #LyricEssay
It's about shame, autism, self-expression and acceptable art. It's personal and not what I usually write, but I think it's good.
I hope people 'get' it, or at least, enjoy it!
akornboi.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/t...
#Autism #Shame #SelfExpression #Writing #LyricEssay
Tying Myself In Knots
Consider each of these fragments connected like knots in a web, like kinbaku. – Masking feels like cutting part of myself off. It feels like taking an elastic band, or a piece of string and w…
akornboi.wordpress.com
Who's this for?
I think probably autistic creatives who struggle with shame, people who struggle defining a single cohesive vision of their creative work, people who're horny and have been told to feel bad about it.
I think probably autistic creatives who struggle with shame, people who struggle defining a single cohesive vision of their creative work, people who're horny and have been told to feel bad about it.
Check out October! 😈
(HOW?)
(HOW?)
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Check out October! 😈
(HOW?)
(HOW?)
Reposted by Robin Oak
Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
Reposted by Robin Oak
Can I get a hell yes?
It's messed up when even the pro-union left wing party is crying foul.
Personally, I kinda think only independence will solve these sorts of problems, but that's not really on the cards right now.
It's messed up when even the pro-union left wing party is crying foul.
Personally, I kinda think only independence will solve these sorts of problems, but that's not really on the cards right now.
BREAKING NEWS
Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution.
They say:
"If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again."
1/2
Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution.
They say:
"If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again."
1/2
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Can I get a hell yes?
It's messed up when even the pro-union left wing party is crying foul.
Personally, I kinda think only independence will solve these sorts of problems, but that's not really on the cards right now.
It's messed up when even the pro-union left wing party is crying foul.
Personally, I kinda think only independence will solve these sorts of problems, but that's not really on the cards right now.
No film is a christmas film any more. Christmas films are banned.
All films are boxing day films now, as in if you ask whether THAT film is a christmas film once more, I'll box your god damn ears!
All films are boxing day films now, as in if you ask whether THAT film is a christmas film once more, I'll box your god damn ears!
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
No film is a christmas film any more. Christmas films are banned.
All films are boxing day films now, as in if you ask whether THAT film is a christmas film once more, I'll box your god damn ears!
All films are boxing day films now, as in if you ask whether THAT film is a christmas film once more, I'll box your god damn ears!
Agree with every word of this!
I'm going out on a limb for this one to talk about something I feel strongly about: reading and writing smut at the same time as part of ERP (Erotic Roleplay).
It's got a bad rap, and for good reason, but when it's done well it can be amazing. This is a great opportunity to talk about it!
🧵1️⃣/5️⃣
It's got a bad rap, and for good reason, but when it's done well it can be amazing. This is a great opportunity to talk about it!
🧵1️⃣/5️⃣
Continuing our #Smutcember setup:
Do you have a preference between reading smut or writing it, or perhaps engaging with it in a different form of media entirely? If so, what about that form of engagement appeals to you the most?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Do you have a preference between reading smut or writing it, or perhaps engaging with it in a different form of media entirely? If so, what about that form of engagement appeals to you the most?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Agree with every word of this!
Reposted by Robin Oak
Happy #SmutCember No 3, folks. :P
Reading and writing are the same thing to me; interpretation in different directions. One goes from words to imagination, and the other in the other direction. So I don't think I can separate the two enough to say I prefer one or the other; I gotta have both.
1/3
Reading and writing are the same thing to me; interpretation in different directions. One goes from words to imagination, and the other in the other direction. So I don't think I can separate the two enough to say I prefer one or the other; I gotta have both.
1/3
Continuing our #Smutcember setup:
Do you have a preference between reading smut or writing it, or perhaps engaging with it in a different form of media entirely? If so, what about that form of engagement appeals to you the most?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Do you have a preference between reading smut or writing it, or perhaps engaging with it in a different form of media entirely? If so, what about that form of engagement appeals to you the most?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Happy #SmutCember No 3, folks. :P
Reading and writing are the same thing to me; interpretation in different directions. One goes from words to imagination, and the other in the other direction. So I don't think I can separate the two enough to say I prefer one or the other; I gotta have both.
1/3
Reading and writing are the same thing to me; interpretation in different directions. One goes from words to imagination, and the other in the other direction. So I don't think I can separate the two enough to say I prefer one or the other; I gotta have both.
1/3
Reposted by Robin Oak
A seemingly quiet evening in Waterdeep
(commission)
(commission)
September 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A seemingly quiet evening in Waterdeep
(commission)
(commission)
Reposted by Robin Oak
Quote with beefy women 🍖
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Quote with beefy women 🍖
Ironically, using a favoured metaphor obscured the message over stating it in a literal, unambiguous way; it might genuinely be an example of where the originator should have killed their darling.
"Kill your darlings" is possibly the most wildly interpreted writing advice. But it doesn't mean "get rid of the things you like", what would be the point of that?
I've always read it as: "Sometimes your favorite line might have to go *for the sake of the story as a whole*."
I've always read it as: "Sometimes your favorite line might have to go *for the sake of the story as a whole*."
Some darlings are great; if we killed them all, Shakespeare would be awfully bland.
But some darlings don't belong in the story you wrote. Better to determine what needs to go during the editing phase. Don't bother during the first draft phase. That's the official Darlings Recess. They get to play.
But some darlings don't belong in the story you wrote. Better to determine what needs to go during the editing phase. Don't bother during the first draft phase. That's the official Darlings Recess. They get to play.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ironically, using a favoured metaphor obscured the message over stating it in a literal, unambiguous way; it might genuinely be an example of where the originator should have killed their darling.
Reposted by Robin Oak
Meet my Nymph girls
Maedra and Sandra, breeding plants
Maedra and Sandra, breeding plants
July 27, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Meet my Nymph girls
Maedra and Sandra, breeding plants
Maedra and Sandra, breeding plants
Reposted by Robin Oak
Obviously
.
📷: my wife, Jordan
.
📷: my wife, Jordan
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Obviously
.
📷: my wife, Jordan
.
📷: my wife, Jordan
Reposted by Robin Oak
Please share: someone ordered a custom beanie from me. The person turned out to be a scammer. If you want a blueberry beanie from me for 30 dollars plus shipping, please let me know!
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Please share: someone ordered a custom beanie from me. The person turned out to be a scammer. If you want a blueberry beanie from me for 30 dollars plus shipping, please let me know!
Yeeeesssssss! Given my little thread earlier, it probably comes as no surprise I agree with all of this!
#Smutcember 2: Very high, no hard-and-fast boundaries, I can enjoy the full no-spice to all-spice spectrum.
But I have other criteria.
Europa Uni is my attempt to create a high-smut story where sex and kink feel organic, even integral, to the characters, world, and narrative. (1/4)
But I have other criteria.
Europa Uni is my attempt to create a high-smut story where sex and kink feel organic, even integral, to the characters, world, and narrative. (1/4)
As we continue into #Smutcember, it's important to know:
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yeeeesssssss! Given my little thread earlier, it probably comes as no surprise I agree with all of this!
#SmutCember Day Number 2!
I like it all, from no spice to five-alarm fire. The level is less important to me than understanding why the smut matters to the character. Written stories excel at interiority; you can get into the character's mind in a way you can't in most other media, and I think
1/5
I like it all, from no spice to five-alarm fire. The level is less important to me than understanding why the smut matters to the character. Written stories excel at interiority; you can get into the character's mind in a way you can't in most other media, and I think
1/5
As we continue into #Smutcember, it's important to know:
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#SmutCember Day Number 2!
I like it all, from no spice to five-alarm fire. The level is less important to me than understanding why the smut matters to the character. Written stories excel at interiority; you can get into the character's mind in a way you can't in most other media, and I think
1/5
I like it all, from no spice to five-alarm fire. The level is less important to me than understanding why the smut matters to the character. Written stories excel at interiority; you can get into the character's mind in a way you can't in most other media, and I think
1/5
Reposted by Robin Oak
GWNN is pretty vanilla tbh, but i don’t spook easy. Some of my favorite stories involve grey morality.
I think fiction is a great way to explore and better understand your own desires(and other people’s) in a low-stakes way. If the book gives you the ick, you can just put it down
I think fiction is a great way to explore and better understand your own desires(and other people’s) in a low-stakes way. If the book gives you the ick, you can just put it down
As we continue into #Smutcember, it's important to know:
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What is your spice comfort level? Does it vary between what you enjoy privately and what you're willing to share? Do you have hard boundaries for what you engage with?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
GWNN is pretty vanilla tbh, but i don’t spook easy. Some of my favorite stories involve grey morality.
I think fiction is a great way to explore and better understand your own desires(and other people’s) in a low-stakes way. If the book gives you the ick, you can just put it down
I think fiction is a great way to explore and better understand your own desires(and other people’s) in a low-stakes way. If the book gives you the ick, you can just put it down
Reposted by Robin Oak
On the subject of getting stuffed and gobbled...
@hookandquillpress.com has graciously entrusted me with hosting #Smutcember, a hashtag prompt game for sharing our thoughts on love, attraction, and sex in fiction!
First prompt launches Dec. 1st (🧵1/5)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
@hookandquillpress.com has graciously entrusted me with hosting #Smutcember, a hashtag prompt game for sharing our thoughts on love, attraction, and sex in fiction!
First prompt launches Dec. 1st (🧵1/5)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
On the subject of getting stuffed and gobbled...
@hookandquillpress.com has graciously entrusted me with hosting #Smutcember, a hashtag prompt game for sharing our thoughts on love, attraction, and sex in fiction!
First prompt launches Dec. 1st (🧵1/5)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
@hookandquillpress.com has graciously entrusted me with hosting #Smutcember, a hashtag prompt game for sharing our thoughts on love, attraction, and sex in fiction!
First prompt launches Dec. 1st (🧵1/5)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Reposted by Robin Oak
A sheet of little doors you open to count down to Christmas but each door blasts you with a sunlamp when you open it
Call that a SADvent calendar
Call that a SADvent calendar
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A sheet of little doors you open to count down to Christmas but each door blasts you with a sunlamp when you open it
Call that a SADvent calendar
Call that a SADvent calendar
Likes to charge, reblogs to cast.
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Likes to charge, reblogs to cast.
Reposted by Robin Oak
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Robin Oak
Contact your reps directly.
I keep seeing stuff about a petition and like, contact your reps directly. Sign that too if you want, but petition signatures are a lesser priority.
I keep seeing stuff about a petition and like, contact your reps directly. Sign that too if you want, but petition signatures are a lesser priority.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Contact your reps directly.
I keep seeing stuff about a petition and like, contact your reps directly. Sign that too if you want, but petition signatures are a lesser priority.
I keep seeing stuff about a petition and like, contact your reps directly. Sign that too if you want, but petition signatures are a lesser priority.
Reposted by Robin Oak
Reposted by Robin Oak
Sigmund Lipinsky (1873-1940), “Nostalgia” (1935), etching, 49.5 x 31.5 cm.
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Sigmund Lipinsky (1873-1940), “Nostalgia” (1935), etching, 49.5 x 31.5 cm.
Reposted by Robin Oak
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Maybe try designing your game instead of filling it with slop.
www.eurogamer.net/where-winds-...
www.eurogamer.net/where-winds-...
Where Winds Meet's side quests can be skipped by tricking the AI NPCs with infamous "Solid Snake Method"
Where Winds Meet players are tricking the game's AI-powered NPCs into giving them rewards, simply by claiming they already have the answers needed.
www.eurogamer.net
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Maybe try designing your game instead of filling it with slop.
www.eurogamer.net/where-winds-...
www.eurogamer.net/where-winds-...