Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian
@riversidewings.bsky.social
Santaku Dynamics tachi-class combat doll and Your Favorite Historydyke (PhD UPitt '17). Public historian. She/彼女. An Anatolian bimbo by Daoist praxis. PGH via BEY, PHL, SDJ. Byline at Unseen Japan. 八幡信者. Opinions mine. Website at http://riverside-wings.com
heh! something like that!
the way I picture her voice, she's sort of like a transfem Katharine Hepburn.
"I don't want to be worshipped...I...want to be loved."
the way I picture her voice, she's sort of like a transfem Katharine Hepburn.
"I don't want to be worshipped...I...want to be loved."
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
heh! something like that!
the way I picture her voice, she's sort of like a transfem Katharine Hepburn.
"I don't want to be worshipped...I...want to be loved."
the way I picture her voice, she's sort of like a transfem Katharine Hepburn.
"I don't want to be worshipped...I...want to be loved."
In other words, she's a lot of fun to write and draw.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
In other words, she's a lot of fun to write and draw.
She's six feet tall (without the heels), comes from a very ancient family, her cybernetics research led to a more reliable pilot interface for the mecha used in Japan, and because she was a classic American movie buff as a kid, she speaks impeccable English with a Midatlantic accent.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
She's six feet tall (without the heels), comes from a very ancient family, her cybernetics research led to a more reliable pilot interface for the mecha used in Japan, and because she was a classic American movie buff as a kid, she speaks impeccable English with a Midatlantic accent.
And in somewhat more casual mode bsky.app/profile/rive...
Retraining out of old artistic habits and trying to elevate my art as I get back to #OneHeartTogether. Here's an example of what I've been doing, featuring Kasu at a bistro table enjoying coffee.
full size image and further commentary: www.patreon.com/posts/117024...
full size image and further commentary: www.patreon.com/posts/117024...
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
And in somewhat more casual mode bsky.app/profile/rive...
This is her as she appeared in Confluence, btw: bsky.app/profile/rive...
The first of a trilogy of tarot style paintings of house Isawa: Kasu as III - The Empress, with the fields of the Kitakami delta behind her and twofold cherries in bloom above.
Longer commentary and process images up at www.patreon.com/posts/one-he... #OneHeartTogether #ArtistOnBluesky
Longer commentary and process images up at www.patreon.com/posts/one-he... #OneHeartTogether #ArtistOnBluesky
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is her as she appeared in Confluence, btw: bsky.app/profile/rive...
Readers met her in middle age in "Confluence" as the effortlessly elegant and commanding Wielder of her combat doll wife, but this is her as a kid, about to start HRT behind her domineering father's back, and the only grownup who's helping her is her nanny.
it's nice getting to see her so fragile.
it's nice getting to see her so fragile.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Readers met her in middle age in "Confluence" as the effortlessly elegant and commanding Wielder of her combat doll wife, but this is her as a kid, about to start HRT behind her domineering father's back, and the only grownup who's helping her is her nanny.
it's nice getting to see her so fragile.
it's nice getting to see her so fragile.
I'm like. picturing a disgruntled peasant eating crackers while quietly fuming.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I'm like. picturing a disgruntled peasant eating crackers while quietly fuming.
ding ding ding ding! Correct! A revolver in a holster with a gun belt!
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
ding ding ding ding! Correct! A revolver in a holster with a gun belt!