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iast - The Pinball Fae
@iast.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Genderfluid (They/He), bi, late 30s. TTRPG/Retro gamer & pinball player. Art lover. Book reader. Hobbyist cosplayer.

🔞for reposting artistic nudity.

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#cosplay | #occosplay | #ocsky | #booksky | #pinball | #TTRPG | #noAI
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Beau Billingslea, Steve Blum, Wendee Lee, Melissa Fahn.

Four of the greatest to ever lend their voices, in one of the best series ever made.

When director Shinichiro Watanabe says your English VA lineup is *stacked*, you've done something right.
The five main characters of Cowboy Bebop (Jet, Spike, Faye, Edward, Ein)
November 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Taito has published two games with the name "Dungeon Magic".

One is a NES first-person fantasy RPG, developed by then-regular collaborator Natsume. Taito published it in the U.S. (along with several other Natsume titles).

The other is an arcade fantasy beat-em-up developed by Taito's in-house.
North American box art for Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements for NES A flyer for Light Bringer, the Japanese name for the game known as Dungeon Magic in other regions. Title screen for the arcade game Dungeon Magic
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Any Dragon's Dogma 2 peeps know of a workaround for the default makeup/tattoo layering with the character creator?

Trying to recreate Hluti in-game with her full face paint, but running into a few snags.
Screenshot from the Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator, showing a version of my OC, Hluti, a femme figure with black winged eyeshadow and gray lipstick. Another screenshot with a white tattoo applied over the lower half of the face and chest, acting as face paint. The tattoo is covering up the gray lipstick. Another screenshot with a gray tattoo covering the upper half of the face, acting as face paint. The tattoo is covering up the eyeshadow. Another screenshot with both tattoos applied, showing how they cover up the eyeshadow and lipstick.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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#Skircle Sunday comes around again!

Annnnd it also looks like there's now an "All Stars" layout option? That's kinda neat.
An imagine generated by Skircle, showing my Bluesky profile picture in the center, surrounded by concentric rings of other Bluesky users' profile pictures based on our interactions. Another Skircle, this one an "All Stars" layout based on all-time interactions between myself and other bsky accounts
November 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Spent most of the day at a good friend's pinball tournament, finished 4th out of 53 players.

It got rough down the stretch, but I can't deny this was a profitable day.
$45 spread out on a table
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Oh, I speak from ages beyond the mists, before discs of compact proportions reached our shores.
A black audio compact cassette
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Your art is always amazing. I'd love to have Hluti drawn if I get picked!
A commission of my OC, Hluti, drawn by dawnyshurtz. The picture shows a fullbody image of Hulti's usual adventuring attire, along with two busts, one a close-up based on her fullbody look, and another of her camp/resting self. The fullbody image shows a femme figure with a stocky, full-figured build. Her outfit is in varying shades of grays and blacks, with an outer skirt decorated with leaves and crescent moons. A large wolf fur mantle in a gray-to-white gradient is draped across her shoulders and in front. Her chest and lower half of her face are painted white, with the upper half painted gray, and gray lipstick. Her hair is done in black braids, tied back, and with a headdress consisting of a row of black crystals set behind a crescent moon, with various black and white foliage splayed around the head. A picture of my OC Hluti, drawn by Fannd. The picture shows a portrait of a femme character in black/gray/white wild druid attire. She is in the process of applying makeup. Her lower face, neck and chest are already painted white, with gray lipstick, and is currently working on applying gray paint to the upper half of the face. An unpainted patch of her face shows an old scar running under her right eye. She is looking into a cracked hand mirror with a small smile on her lips.
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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I'm iast and I'm obsessed with bringing my OCs to life through cosplay.

A fun fact about me is that I play competitive pinball. I've even won tournaments before while in cosplay!
Cosplay of my pride faerie OC, Garland. Dressed in purples and whites, along with blue faerie wings with rainbow-colored veins. A folding fan is opened in rainbow pride colors; printed on it is "WRESTLING IS GAY - MAKE IT GAYER" Selfie taken at a slightly low angle while cosplaying my druid OC, Hluti. Depicting a femme figure with braided hair, atop it a crown with black & white floral elements and a silver crescent moon. Her lips and the top half of her face is painted gray, with a druid symbol across the forehead in black, and the bottom half of the face and over the chest are painted white. Two necklaces dangle around the collar; one made of twisting branches with a quartz crystal embedded, the other being a tip of deer antler. A winter wolf pelt is draped around the neck and shoulders. The background shows a bunch of pine tree branches. My Bedelia Shinespark fire faerie cosplay. She is standing and leaning against an ash tree with most of its bark worn away to show an off-white trunk underneath, her head turned to look towards the camera. She has orange-red hair. A crown of red & black flowers atops her head, with red & black curved horns emerging from the top of it. Red wings with gold veins are splayed behind her. She wears a shimmering orange blouse with dangling forearm sleeves. Lower arms are covered in bracers of maroon and gold medallion scroll. Around the waist is a black underbust corset with roses embroidered along the right side. A black belt is tied around the corset with an orange jeweled pouch hanging from the belt. Below those, a full skirt in flowing hues of reds/yellows/oranges and textured to look like flames. Cosplay of my DnD OC, Michaela Saintmire, photo taken as a side profile. She has long hair in a cascade of watery greens & blues, tied back by a circlet with blue jewels. She has eyeglasses chains with blue beads, is wearing shimmery blue & white makeup on the cheeks, and light blue lipstick. She is wearing a shimmery blue blouse with spiky sleeves ending at the upper arms, an underbust corset in green with gold medallions scroll, and green velvet arm warmers. She is holding a spellbook in one hand while pointing a fan outwards in the other hand.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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It's a start. The workflow will come in time.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Tonight, I stand with my fellow trans and queer players, many bruised and battered by the IFPA's reckless actions as of late.

We will find a way to the other side, whatever that may entail.

Our identities and love for this game won't be invalidated.

#Pinball #TransRights #LGBTQIA+ #Pride
Picture of me holding a Grand Campion plaque for winning the Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball launch party, doing the metal horns pose with my other hand. I'm wearing a shirt from The Yetee of a dragon breathing fire in transgender flag colors. Above and below the dragon it spells out "TRANS RIGHTS" The score from our finals game. I won with 202 million vs. my opponent's 61 million. Tonight was a statement win at our Star Wars: Fall of the Empire open launch party. For all the trans and queer players in our community treated as less than human by the IFPA's careless handling. For all the women who genuinely tried and argued for the IFPA to uphold their principles, only to be left out in the cold. Hate can not. Will not. Take our game away.
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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It's #Skircle Sunday once again!

Quite a few new faces too!
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November 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Just sitting here on a Friday morning, casually staring and screaming at what @fannd.bsky.social did with Hluti. 🖤🤍🖤

#OC #OriginalCharacter #OCSky #OCArt #Hluti
A picture of my OC Hluti, drawn by Fannd. The picture shows a portrait of a femme character in black/gray/white wild druid attire. She is in the process of applying makeup. Her lower face, neck and chest are already painted white, with gray lipstick, and is currently working on applying gray paint to the upper half of the face. An unpainted patch of her face shows an old scar running under her right eye. She is looking into a cracked hand mirror with a small smile on her lips.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Fuck it, we ball.

And I'm all out of fucks.

Have some goddamn integrity, IFPA.

#Pinball #IFPA
The ruling from IFPA today (referenced in comments below) re: the transphobia incident at Flippers Arcade/OBX Fall Pinball Tournament on Nov. 7 is, in no uncertain terms, one of the most nothingburger, ineffectual, "let bygones be bygones" conclusions they possibly could have reached. After all that's been accomplished in the last year with IFPA implementing their Gender Inclusion Policy, the bar to clear for doing the honorable and just thing was right there, an inch off the ground. All they have managed to accomplish today was to smack face-first into that bar and leave a black eye across the competitive pinball community. I've seen good friends of mine who were personally affected by the failures of OBX staff to address the concerns of trans players in attendance and/or who were planning to participate, on pins & needles all week while being left in the dark on what stance the IFPA ruling board will take. I've seen the trans pinball community at large wrestling with the possibility of reducing their participation in IFPA-sanctioned events, if participating at all, depending on IFPA's determination. I've seen discussions back and forth on OBX being subject to having their WPPRs devalued, if not decertified altogether. Not a baseless penalty to ledger, given IFPA's statements among their Frequently Asked Questions: "The IFPA only recognizes open divisions of play to be included in the World Pinball Player Rankings. ***If certain players are prohibited from playing based on age, gender, skill or personal reasons, those results will not be counted. This includes B-divisions, Novice divisions, Women’s divisions, etc.***" And after today, I've seen a complete and utter failing on IFPA to uphold those edicts. Put yourself in the shoes of a trans/nonbinary player. You've been given assurance by the governing body of your competitive hobby that they recognize the broad gender spectrum you're a part of, that they will have your back when push comes to solve, that they will throw you a life raft when your rights as a player and a human are being drowned out by hate. Instead, you're given a high-five by the governing body when your head is already underwater, they wipe their hands of the matter and move on to the next thing. You can contend that the one-year ban on Flippers hosting IFPA-sanctioned events is a worthy penalty. While that would be case under other circumstances, the fact that Flippers was already planning to move away from hosting pinball events prior to OBX taking place, takes a lot out of the sails of said "penalty". There is one more thing that I must add. If you are going to instate anything as to the effect of the IFPA Gender Inclusion Policy, then it must be carried out with the understanding that *when*, not *if*, there is a violation of that policy, whether through negligence or willful malice, there must be a clear and swift process to address the issue at hand and meaningfully affect those in the wrong. IFPA's ability to carry out such matters dutifully has fallen flat on its face.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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The local mom & pop rental store as a kid had a bit of an oddball selection of games that I wouldn't see again until many years later.

Two of those were Shadowrun and The 7th Saga for SNES.

Let me tell ya, playing both of these without access to the instructions was a trip and a half!
Box art for Shadowrun on the NES Box art for The 7th Saga on SNES
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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It's Brigands & Breadknives day, y'all!

Can't wait to see what @travisbaldree.bsky.social has cooked up this time.

#BookSky #BrigandsAndBreadknives #LegendsAndLattes
Holding a copy of Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree. In the background is the storefront to Deadtime Stories bookstore in Lansing, MI.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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I'm iast and my cosplay involves exclusively my tabletop and fantasy OCs.

Some of these are a couple years old, but I've been enamored with my monochromatic druid in particular this year!
Professional photo of me cosplaying my Forbidden Lands raven druid OC, Hluti, taken at the Michigan Renaissance Festival. Photo credit: David Reading readingimages.com Cosplay of my Pride Faerie OC, Garland. Their hands are perched on the railing of a bridge while their head is tilted up towards the sun, with eyes softly closed. Photo credit: Twisted Focus Cosplay of my DnD OC, Michaela Saintmire, photo taken as a side profile. She has long hair in a cascade of watery greens & blues, tied back by a circlet with blue jewels. She has eyeglasses chains with blue beads, is wearing shimmery blue & white makeup on the cheeks, and light blue lipstick. She is wearing a shimmery blue blouse with spiky sleeves ending at the upper arms, an underbust corset in green with gold medallions scroll, and green velvet arm warmers. She is holding a spellbook in one hand while pointing a fan outwards in the other hand. Photo Credit: Capital City Comic Con My Bedelia Shinespark fire faerie cosplay. She is standing and leaning against an ash tree with most of its bark worn away to show an off-white trunk underneath, her head turned to look towards the camera. She has orange-red hair. A crown of red & black flowers atops her head, with red & black curved horns emerging from the top of it. Red wings with gold veins are splayed behind her. She wears a shimmering orange blouse with dangling forearm sleeves. Lower arms are covered in bracers of maroon and gold medallion scroll. Around the waist is a black underbust corset with roses embroidered along the right side. A black belt is tied around the corset with an orange jeweled pouch hanging from the belt. Below those, a full skirt in flowing hues of reds/yellows/oranges and textured to look like flames. Photo taken by myself.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Tonight was our fem/enby launch party for Star Wars: Fall of the Empire.

Blew up the Death Star, and the competition.

#Pinball #SternPinball #StarWars #StarWarsFallOfTheEmpire #LGBTQIA+ #Pride
Picture of me standing next to a Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball machine. I'm dressed as a witch in mid-autumn colors; various purples, reds, and greens. In my hands I'm holding a plaque for being the grand champion (1st place) of the Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball launch party. A low-angle shot, with one hand holding out my skirt to one side to show it off better. It's mulberry in tone, with graphics of various herbs and plants hanging off of it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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You could say I've been learning a thing or two about Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball lately.

@klaige.bsky.social decided to put it another way.

#Pinball #SternPinball #StarWars #StarWarsFallOfTheEmpire
Photo of a Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball machine, showing on the display the top 5 scores I put on it, ranging from 1.8 billion to just under 1.1 billion. Below the display is a stylized graphic from Guilty Gear, saying "DESTROYED".
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Would love to have a little fun this weekend with running down the songs my OC folk band, The Ancient & The Atelier, would cover!

Art by @wwwwhaah.bsky.social 🖤💙

#OC #OCSky #Hluti #Michaela #TheAncientAndTheAtelier
One like (heart) equals one song my OCs sing Picture depicting the members of my OC folk band, The Ancient & The Atelier. On the left is Hluti (the "Ancient", a tribal fantasy druid in drab black/white/gray tones, holding a wood-frame drum with a raven painted on it). On the right is Michaela (the "Atelier", more refined in appearance, dressed in golds/blues/greens frilly clothing, playing a rebec)
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Some more time spent learning Fall of the Empire's new code. Also, my first time reaching Not A Jedi Yet mode!

#Pinball #SternPinball #StarWars #StarWarsFallOfTheEmpire
Photo of a Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball machine. The display reads: Player 1 Grand Champion FAE 1,880,142,520 Photo of a Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball machine. The display reads: Player 1 Not A Jedi Yet Champion FAE 292,569,160
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Hello friends, it's that time again!

#SkircleSunday #SkircleSundays
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November 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Happy Halloween and a Blessed Samhain to all!

My "pinball witch" ensemble from our league meeting this week.

#Halloween #Samhain #Costume #Pinball #Witch #HolyClothing
Picture of myself dressed as a "pinball witch", posing next to a change machine and arcade cabinet. I'm wearing a black top with dramatic bell sleeves, a sleeveless dress in dark lavender with various skirt layers, and a skirt in matching tone to the dress. A wide brown braided belt goes around my waist. A wide-brimmed black witch hat as well, along with fingerless gloves in bisexual flag colors. Another picture of the ensemble, holding the bottom of the skirt/dress combo out to the sides to show off all the layers. Selfie in my ensemble, showing off various pieces of jewelry. An eyeglasses chain with purple and clear beads, a short necklace around the color of purple & pink pinball flippers, and a planchette in purple with a green moth overlay, hanging from a long chain.
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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The Playstation 2 turns 25 today. These 4 games are my favorite from that console.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence God Hand Burnout 3: Takedown Spider-Man 2
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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#skirclesunday comes once again.

Always fun to see faces new and old!
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October 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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In addition, kinda hilarious on the one hand having two "ultra rare" story progression achievements.

On the other, this game needs more love. If RPG randomizers are up your alley, I can wholeheartedly recommend Splintered.
Two Steam achievements for Splintered, given for completing Chapters 4 and 5. Both achievements are marked as "0.1% of players have this achievement"
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM