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meli
@melijade.bsky.social
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LSG 4ever crafter | gamer | writer | singer

Moriarty the Patriot 憂国のモリアーティ
Takarazuka Kageki 宝塚歌劇
Sumo 相撲

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meli @melijade.bsky.social · Dec 15
Another sample from the #yuumori reborn as a villain AU I've been working on. Longer #wip sample than usual (2 tweets? skeets?? worth). You would think this would be the lighthearted AU, but lol there is *so much angst* because William reincarnates into the place of...
He wished it were so simple as physically breaking down the door, but with years of abuse separating them, the physical barrier was the least of his problems. He knocked softly. "Louis.. he called out quietly. "Please leave me alone," came the tiny, muffled reply. "You don't have to open the door," William assured him. "In fact...please don't. I don't know that I'm ready for that either." William took a deep breath, willing his voice to steady. "I owe you so many apologies, Louis. More than you even know. And you deserve to hear them from me face to face, but until you are comfortable with that please let me assure you that I will never hurt you again. I swear it. I won't even come near you unless you allow it. If.." William's voice finally broke, "If I break my word, you may do with me what you will-my life will be utterly forfeit to you." In truth, his life was forfeit either way, being unable to raise a hand against either of his brothers. If that day arrived, he truly had no means of defense. Silence stretched for what felt like hours until William hung his head, convinced that Louis had simply ignored him. When finally.. "Okay," Louis answered, voice quiet but so close that it sounded like he was just on the other side of the door. William leaned his head against the wood and closed his eyes. "Are you still there?" Louis asked. "Yes." "Why?" William bit his lip. He had said what he wanted and ought to leave. To try again tomorrow. To not press too hard. But his heart ached to hug his brother, and if he could not have that... "May I recite you a story?" William asked. "...a story?" It was a ridiculous request, a remnant of a time when it had been just them against the world in a past they no longer shared. When Louis had fallen asleep every night to the sound of William voicing the characters. When he had read the plays so many times they were imprinted on his heart. "I didn't know you knew any stories." The original William hadn't. But this was no longer his story. And the Lord of Crime had always been a storyteller. William smiled. "Scene One. The Sea-coast. Enter Viola, Roberto, and two sailors. He woke to a pointy shoe prodding his shoulder and an exasperated sigh he knew all too well. "Is this some new intimidation tactic?" William opened his eyes blearily from where he had slumped against the door. "Albert??" he asked sleepily. "Honestly. This is a new low, even for you," Albert said, reaching over him to knock on the door. "Louis! It's okay now. I saved you some breakfast." William sat up as Louis cracked the door open and eyed him warily. And William stared back, unable to accept that this was his new reality.
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skunkcabbagebooks.bsky.social
On December 14th we're running extended hours for the Chicago Indie Bookstore holiday trolley! While trolley tickets are sold out, we'll have treats and discounts for everyone all day long. Stop in from 10-7.
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
tapping the "please support billionaire free, worker run, reader supported news" holiday edition
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6h
Corporate-owned outlets that answer to billionaires are increasingly showing they’re not built for this moment. Independent media is filling the gaps and building something new.

Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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kristadb1.bsky.social
Read up and down the rant, but this is glorious and I want to send rahaeli a fruit basket now.

😭It was so beautiful 😭

Just get a hobby, folks. Just one. you just need one.
rahaeli.bsky.social rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 17h
I would have blocked you for that comment, too. I have only not blocked you now because I am serving as Krista's anger translator. Please develop at least one (1) other social media interest or hobby other than posting about US politics and at least one (1) additional frame of reference.
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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atrupar.com
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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skyladawn.ca
The Silent Places is on sale all month long for $2.99 (can vary by region).

Direct: payhip.com/b/4nIg
Kobo: www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
GP: play.google.com/store/books/...
The Silent Places (eBook)
“Tightly paced, laser-focused, and scorchingly honest--I want to give this book to every woman I know.” - Lilith Saintcrow, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORIt’s been nearly a year since Imogen Sharp’...
payhip.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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melijade.bsky.social
This book was on sale on Kobo today and since I tend to look authors/books up on here before buying I can say I bought the book entirely because if this
readingtheend.bsky.social Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · Apr 29
AE Osworth coming in hot with Awakened, I love it
Dedication page of AE Osworth's new book Awakened: "For everyone who feels betrayed by J. K. Rowling"
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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opb.org
If you live in Northwest Oregon or Southwest Washington, you may want to clean your gutters and clear out your storm drains this weekend.

The National Weather Service predicts heavy rain will arrive in the region starting Monday, which could lead to flooding.
Atmospheric river could bring flooding to Northwest Oregon, Southwest Washington next week
You may want to clean your gutters and clear out your storm drains this weekend. Heavier rain arrives next week.
www.opb.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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senorare.bsky.social
wipなんだけど色スポイトのためにちいちゃい兄様置いたらなんかおもろい
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
melijade.bsky.social
This book was on sale on Kobo today and since I tend to look authors/books up on here before buying I can say I bought the book entirely because if this
readingtheend.bsky.social Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · Apr 29
AE Osworth coming in hot with Awakened, I love it
Dedication page of AE Osworth's new book Awakened: "For everyone who feels betrayed by J. K. Rowling"
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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dresdencodak.com
It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13.

Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.
pairofclaws.bsky.social Abra / Jessica Conwell, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 2d
The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer creators without supporting 'nsfw' content.
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
i keep thinking about that scene in The American President where President Shepherd absolutely *anguishes* about ordering a strike on the libyan intelligence headquarters because he knows it'll kill a lone civilian janitor
screenshot of dialogue from the movie The American President. after an aide tells the president what he did was "very presidential," he replies, "Leon, somewhere in Libya right now, a janitor’s working the night shift at the Libyan Intelligence Headquarters… in about an hour he’s going to die in a massive explosion… because about an hour ago I gave an order to have him killed. You’ve just seen me do the least presidential thing I do.”
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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ryuusea.bsky.social
The Lord of Crime 🥀 Happy 10th to the manga and 5th to the anime and to one of my most intense brainrots ❤️ #yuumori #fanart
Yuumori William James Moriarty fanart; he sits against a piled throne of skulls, leaning forward with arm crossed over and holding a blood stained lily, his other arm that leans against his crossed leg holds his cane sword dripping with blood. A red moon is behind his head, looking like a halo against a dark sky. Additional spot red color on his eyes, necktie. Zoomed out shot, Yuumori William James Moriarty fanart, showing full body against pile of skulls that fades into black; he sits against a piled throne of skulls, leaning forward with arm crossed over and holding a blood stained lily, his other arm that leans against his crossed leg holds his cane sword dripping with blood. A red moon is behind his head, looking like a halo against a dark sky. Additional spot red color on his eyes, necktie.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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otsumamiboy.bsky.social
Anyone here with political aspirations, please take note. We live in an era, policy-wise where there is such a dearth of humanity that if you simply allow basic fundamental baby-brained levels of human decency to guide your policy it’s like 99% certain you’ll be goddamn Superman to the average voter
thecity.nyc THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 1d
NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps
City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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littlefingies.bsky.social
This is a fun meme format. Blank one 👇
2025 Top Additional Tags 1 Plot what plot/P... 2 Friends to lovers 3 Idiots in love 4 Canon era 5 Bottom Blackbe... 6 Soft Dom Stede B... 7 Hijinks and shena... 8 Surprisingly tende... 9 Author is open to... 10 David Jenkins sch... Minutes 253,743 😏😏😏 Top Genre oh no they're idiots AO3/WRAPPED
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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clementeworks.com
Hell yeah brother
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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whitneyzahnd.bsky.social
👀 Not gonna lie--I might print some Exoplanet Travel Bureau coloring sheets for post-semester destressing later this month.
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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jeremycshipp.bsky.social
Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word?

My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle. I have no idea how long this sale will last.

www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J...
This is a photo of a paperback copy of The Atrocities by me (Jeremy C. Shipp). The cover features a creepy old manor house, storm clouds, and a hedge maze. The book is against a brick wall with vines growing around and over the book.
December 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”

Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.

Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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planetoffinks.bsky.social
A famous guy I was a fan of sent an email during the pandemic just being like "hey I like your show, great job" and it meant a ton to me. So ever since I've tried to reach out whenever I really like something and just tell the people who made it "I really like this, thanks for making it!"
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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clh2oars.bsky.social
Signed up for this, and it's probably the last time my books will get that low on Smashwords, given the new royalty rates.
smashwords.bsky.social Smashwords @smashwords.bsky.social · 2d
Indie Readers, mark your calendars! December 8th, thousands of titles will be on sale at the Smashwords End of Year Sale!

Be ready to fill your ereader with new books to enjoy this holiday season! #eoysale25
The Smashwords End of Year Sale starts December 8th, so mark your calendars!
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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rizunm.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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wwxwashere.bsky.social
jokes aside if you do want to see yours, you can do it here: colab.research.google.com/drive/19CaVg...
wwxwashere.bsky.social wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 3d
everyone going "haha ao3 wrapped" but tbh my ao3 history is between me and god
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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planetoffinks.bsky.social
99% of complaints about things being better in the past boil down to "you miss not having adult responsibilities". The other 1% is that everything is manufactured to break after two years now.
dirtdork.bsky.social Dirt Dork. @dirtdork.bsky.social · 3d
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
A screenshot of a post from r/nostalgia with a blurry picture of a Christmas tree (dated 11/23/2013) and the caption "Why doesn't Christmas feel like magic anymore? Do you remember the joy of baking cookies and decorating a Christmas tree with your family?"
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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ormakal.bsky.social
The End of Year Fantasy Mega Bundle is here! At the perfect time to get that holiday shopping done. What better gift than books this holiday season, & from indie creators, no less, money that won't go to corporates!

Support us!

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End-of-Year Indie Fantasy Mega Bundle by T.C. Smith and 64 others
End-of-Year Indie Fantasy Mega Bundle: 64 items for $45.00
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December 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM