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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo

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- Narrative Designer & Book Writer 📝 - She/Her 🏳️‍🌈 - Author of World Without Love (https://linktr.ee/NicoleHidalgoAuthor) & Chronicles of the Realms (https://archiveofourown.org/works/63099754/chapters/161589157) - Studying Indonesian - ⚠️Lesbian/Demonic NSFW

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · May 29

"I know who and what I am now, and under the promise of dawn and the serenity of the night, I weave my destiny with my own hands, for I belong to myself, and no creature, whether born in the pits of thorns or in the golden river, can tell me who I am."

#SayaAshrah #ChroniclesOfTheRealms #DigitalArt

Ashrah bust, commission from Saphnoctis (Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/saphnoctis/). The drawing is a three-quarter view of Ashrah wearing her Balance is a Journey outfit (the golden, Barong-shaped pauldrons, the purple selendang, the white collar of the white kebaya, and the Garuda-shaped pendants tying the kebaya together), her purple eyes looking to the right, and her hair done in her usual, warrior-like topknot.

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 44m

Nice! 🙌🏽

Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 1h

The critically acclaimed narrative adventure 1000xResist is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S next month. gameinformer.com/2025/10/15/a...

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 45m

Congrats! 🙌🏽

I'm unfortunately on that "soured the experience" part. I *want* to play, but gods, am I frustrated! What's so hard about having an easier mode there? I really want to enjoy the game, because it's beautiful and the gameplay is really fun, but anyway—congrats again!

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Solid Pawn @solidpawn.bsky.social · 1h

Gel pen study: High Kick✨💥

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Amanda Turek👻Headless Horsewoman @acturek.bsky.social · 3h

#WIPSnips #fantasy #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #care

Rushak lays out his reasons, his goal in a vulnerable outburst to Drisal.

He doesn’t use contractions in speech, as a rule. Except when…

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.

"I'm not a child. I understand the risks. I'm
not overjoyed by them, but I cannot sit here foundering in paradoxes. Too much has happened."

"But none of it your fault. None of it,
Rethen!"

"You don't understand. I don't seek to flee in
shame. Let others believe as they will, it's the truth I am after. Mordan, Bráthal, Meldryn, do any of them
trust their facts so well they'd dare unearth Gibil's secrets? Does Lara?" His voice thinned, gilt-edged with hysteria. "Of course not! They don't! They can't! I can. Let me be the [ ], let me wander into the wilderness with their ills on my soul, let me perish. I don't CARE anymore. They'll see I'm right!"

"And when the reckoning cometh in fury
upon the wings of thy return," Drisal drawled
ornately, smiling at his brother's histrionics. "What then?"

"That day will take care of itself, I think."

Brother's Keeper
A.C. Turek

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cyber @cherrycadaver.bsky.social · 2h

#WIPSnips - Care = S(care)d

On the way back from Sun Do, Skarlet attempts to make conversation with Erron.

Only Erron is too caught in conversation with someone else to answer.

#MKBloodMoney #Skarlet #ErronBlack #WritingPrompts

Skarlet’s hands readjusted, lacing together to try to comfort the startled babe. Considering again if polite words had any place in the empty tension. She did her best not to outwardly frown, the sharpness in her head still chiseling away. Shadowy shapes so briefly blurring – filtering in a deep red lens – the cowboy’s features softening back into that of a scared teenaged boy.

“Are you alright?”

Her question was met only with a whisper. Something under his breath that she could only make out bits and pieces of… Whatever struggles he weathered now in his own mind were suddenly slipping from his lips.

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 51m

Such a good back-and-forth! Glad to see these two around again!

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𝐕𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐧 ⭐️ 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥/𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 💖 @veloravenn.bsky.social · 3h

#WIPSnips “care”

This excerpt is from Ash’s POV, the frenemy-to-lover in Star*Relic. 💔✨

#WritingCommunity #Writers #WLW #QueerWriters #WIP #Authors #Writesky #Romantasy #SFF #AmWriting #Scifi #Sapphic #FantasyWriters #lesfic #sapphfic #LGBTQIACommunity #ButchFemme #SapphicBooks

Her next words are smaller and brittle enough to break. “Sometimes, I wonder what’s real and what isn’t.”
That lands harder than any fury. Harder than a blade to the gut. And stars, it wrecks me.
“Of course I care,” I blurt roughly, and it feels like I have to get it out before the universe takes the chance away. “Of course I do.” My voice catches, the traitorous thing. “But what was I supposed to do, V? Sit around and enjoy myself in paradise while ignoring the endless hardships on my homeworld? While my people bled and starved? While my planet fell apart?” I swallow hard. “I had to act. Doing nothing would have driven me insane by guilt.”
“Well, aren't you just the hero?” she accuses, bridging the distance between us with a glare that could burn holes through me. “You think you know what’s best. What’s right. Do you even realize how arrogant that is?”
The tension between us tightens like a cord about to snap. “And you don’t!?” I fire back in disbelief. “You said it yourself: you’re the Star*Relic. The galaxy's chosen one. You’ve got your shiny destiny and cosmic birthright. Your sacred mission. You can't pretend you don’t know what it’s like to be the one calling the shots for everyone else. Don’t stand there and lecture me about arrogance when your whole existence is centered around your hero complex.”
Her jaw clenches, and for a moment, I brace for a slap. Instead, her voice drops, low and dangerous, venom dripping from every word. “You think I asked for this? To be a clone of some dead race with a messiah complex baked into my bones? Well, I didn't, but I am doing the best that I can with what I have to work with. You think this,” she gestures to herself, gaze honed to a blade, “is about power? About being better than everyone else? Superiority? You're wrong. It’s about doing what’s right, even when it’s hard, even when it means sacrificing what you want for the greater good.”

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 53m

I can't blame her, considering the... rocky start these two have 🤷🏽‍♀️

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 54m

True. And Xiuying loves music and playing instruments, it's one thing that always brings her joy and makes her forget, at least for a moment, the grief that haunts her 💜

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 56m

Thank you!

... And yes, this is my grumpy x sunshine pair 😂

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 57m

A demon, nice!

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 58m

The kytinn are the insectoid species of Sakathiz, a smaller realm conquered by Outworld. Their hive mind fascinates scholars: kytinn rejoice in each other's joys, suffer each other's pains, and for that, are a truly united people.

And bowing is a huge offence 🤷🏽‍♀️

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms

She was sitting on the upper level of the east pagoda, blessed with a stunning view of the beach below. While Liu Kang and the kytinn representative fought to the rhythm of drums, Johnny and Kai’s encouragements, and the hisses of the other insectoids (particularly aggressive since Liu Kang bowed to them earlier, a serious cultural blunder judging by the fit the kytinn threw, which ended with their leader challenging the monk for combat), Askaly studied Ko’atal, the ajaha—“true ruler”—of the Osh-Tekk.

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L.M. du Plessis 🇳🇦 🇺🇦📚💙 ‪✨Drafting New Project✨ @smoking-gnu.bsky.social · 7h

G'morning #WIPSnips. Today's snip comes from TLC, who's writing has basically stalled at this point.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

“Earth would be your home? And who is ‘we’?” Rondu asks.
“Yes, Earth is my home. We are Humans, and until yesterday, when I was abducted by aliens, most humans thought we were alone in the universe.”
“Kowellians again,” Driona comments from the side.
“Oh, I see. Jokesters. And this is how you ended up here?”
“Sorta. They put me in this pod-“
“Hibernation pod,” Driona added helpfully.
“Yeah, that, just as a bunch of uniformed people burst into the room and arrest them. Then I wake up surrounded by aliens and I just ran. Then Driona here finds me, stabs me with a needle so I can actually understand what’s being said and finds that I’m missing some sort of implant?”
“No Identag and no translation nanites? You truly are a virgin race. There are no set non-interference laws, but meddling with species like yours is frowned upon. But that does not answer the question of why you are here, Jennifer. Driona, would you care to explain? Dropping her off with the authorities would have been so much easier without risking a flight in that deathtrap of yours, and would get her home eventually,” Rondu says and turns back towards Driona. I’d be lying if I say I wasn’t relieved.

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Temmaru | Vgen @temmaru1.bsky.social · 4h

Day 15 REVENANT 🪉💀
#Soulstober #ELDENRING #ELDENRINGNIGHTREIN

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 3h

Though Envasar forms the base of nensii society, her refusal to appear does lead to conspiracy theories, even if those aren't so publicly discussed.

Some believe she has become the two moons, others that she's trapped in Domenumbra, others still, the more profane, that she never existed at all.

Kiki Lee | Author ✒️ 🩷💜💙 @kikilegendlore.bsky.social · 5h

Authors and Gamemasters, today's world building question!

What are some conspiracy theories in your world? Do your characters believe them?

#ttrpg #authors #gamemasters #worldbuilding #storydevelopment #writingcommunity #writersky #writingprompts

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 3h

I don't know why I wrote "16" there, but anyway.

Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 3h

#LGBTQWriteAThon 16. Strawberry ice cream, the best food in the world, for Ashrah!

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Ellie Lieberman @ellielieberman.bsky.social · 7h

For the first time since she could remember, she could feel the start of a seam, mending the tears in her. She let Elsbie be her needle and thread. She let her take care of her.
- my WIP, When Morning Comes

#WIPSnips

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 8h

The #WIPSnips word for October 15th is "care"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 15 - care
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social

The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner

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K.A. Hela ✨ Prepping for edits...again✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 6h

Making plans...among other things.
From "Endlings"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips

Using me again?
You never complain.
He turned her cheek towards him, kissing her again. He had known her so long he almost did not need to use his talents to read her mind. She cared for him, but did not trust him one bit. Vayen could respect that, he always did like people who were smart.

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 5h

#WIPSnips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

Noah has a surprisingly open heart-to-heart with Collector Mortimer about the loss of his mom 😢

From #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.

“Be good to your father, Noah. Remember he’s trying to navigate around the pit just as you are, and it’s not any easier for him than it is for you.”
I didn’t like the Collectors. I didn’t like Mortimer. I tried to remind myself of this.
But my chest swelled up, and I felt the sting of tears in my eyes.
“It’s so hard some days,” I confessed helplessly. My voice cracked with the effort of holding in the tears. “I wish—I mean—if we at least knew what happened to her—”
“You think that would help?”
“I—I don’t know. Maybe.” I sniffled and wiped my eyes on my sleeve.
He offered me a handkerchief, which I took with some embarrassment.
“I know I tease you about the trouble you caused with the wall,” Mortimer said, a little apologetically. “But I really am glad you made it out of there. You’re very lucky, you know. And so is your family. Imagine how devastated they would have been to lose you too.”
Composing myself, I nodded grimly.
“Just don’t let your grief drive you to do anything reckless. Think of all the people who care about you, who rely on you.”

Digital illustration by @sarkastiklover.bsky.social of Noah Walker, a young man with medium-dark skin, very short brown hair, and a loose-fitting beige shirt standing in a long narrow corridor with yellow/brown wallpaper with a rose pattern near the base, wooden floors, & a naked lightbulb hanging from a slightly cracked ceiling. He is standing back-to-back with his mom Cassie, a woman with large curly brown hair, who is looking back over her shoulder fearfully toward him. Diagonal cross-sections separate the two, with Noah in the present & colored, while Cassie is in the past & black and white. In Noah's left hand he holds the Nwissy (a compass).

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, I feel like there's a small difference between seeing dead insects and dead people...

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 3h

October 15th – care

Today we are in Anthropomorphic, my urban fantasy.

Ray is making some discreet inquiries about a dead man found in his hotel room.

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Nicole "Ashrah" Hidalgo @sayaashrah.bsky.social · 3h

#WIPSnips 15. "Care"

Easier said than done, dear daughter...

#ChroniclesOfTheRealms #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Scanning the beach, Askaly spotted another lonely figure, another solitary Lin Kuei, or at least former Lin Kuei: Xiuying, sitting on the sand with her headphones on. She looked almost… happy there, or at least not possessed by her usual scowl, and Askaly wondered what song had the power to transport the sullen cryomancer to another dimension.
And what does it even matter? She doesn’t care about you, you don’t care about her.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 10h

I've made some new Diverse Book feeds.
-Trans & Nonbinary Books 📚💙💕
-Black Booksky 📚🖤
-Black Queer Bookworms 🌈📚🖤
-Disabled & Neurodiverse Books ♿📚

They're linked with emojis & or keywords they pick up/to put your posts on them, in this thread🧵👇

Also in thread: Queer SFFH 🌈📚🪐. Aro & or Ace Books

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · 16h

#AwesomeCharacters

Big shocker if you've been following my posts, but Mireia & Kena would absolutely play games to pass the time.

Also, assuming they're not driving, reading - either to themselves or, more likely, Kena reading to Mireia.

Also just talking. They can talk forever 😊❤️

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 17h

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Ok about to have a long drive. Might post this and dip for a bit (but I will be back!)

So, tell me how your characters keep themselves occupied during a long horse/car/ship trip!

Games? Stories? Podcasts?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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