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12 whole Jays
@softjay.bsky.social
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34 [she/her, he/him] Queer Artist, Director, Designer
Theatre/Arts Admin in Los Angeles
Video Games, Cartoons, Cats,
Jokes about Louis Sachar’s 1998 coming of age tale “Holes” and the 2003 adaptation starring Shia LaBeouf and others

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It's a damn good episode, but a really weird way to get a free game boy. highly recommend 10/10.
The narrator of this episode smirks at the camera while holding the pail of water to extinguish the fire. He went through a lot of work to get that game boy.
July 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
softjay.bsky.social
say it with me: "ART DEPARTMENT WINNNNNN"
A glowing silver gold and red throne, with Ross on the floor in front of it.
July 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Live reenactment of me discovering my femininity:
July 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Pointing out that this mall inside a pinball machine has the coolest pinball bumper benches.
Ross stares in disgust at the disembodied hand of the enemies, still clutched to his arm. Behind him, a circular white bench with red lights in the middle can be seen, mimicking the bumpers of a pinball machine.
July 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Interesting uncanny gender fact about Jay: This guy is almost exactly the person I would imagine I was as the teenage protagonist in those "choose your own Goosebumps" books. I'm a little afraid I thought this episode into existence!
The main character of the episode, teen boy Ross, squints upwards. He has short, wavy dark hair, and is wearing a navy blue t-shirt under a purple-grey long sleeve button up. The main character of the episode, teen boy Ross, is knelt down by some mall vegetation, and looking off to the right. He has short wavy dark hair, and is wearing a purple-grey long sleeve button up, a navy blue shirt, and long blue jeans.
July 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Alan Wake coded?!?!?!
The main character of the episode, teen boy Ross, answers a pay phone. The main character of the episode, teen boy Ross, looks off into the distance timidly, the phone halfway to its hook. The main character of the episode, teen boy Ross moves further into the frame, the pay phone hung up in the foreground.
July 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
softjay.bsky.social
This pinball machine starring Gallagher and Cate Blanchett, anther art department win
A detailed screenshot of the backboard of the pinball machine from the episode mentioned in the thread. The character to the left, a witch, has long curly black hair, a bulging eye and a large nose. The character on the right, a princess, has long blonde hair, red lips, a crown, and a blue gown.
July 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Hell fuckin yeah, art department let's goooo, not enough mannequin arms on things
A screen capture of the mentioned episode, featuring the strange new pinball machine in Olson's shop. It features a painted clownish face and smaller figures painted behind the face. There are mannequin hands sticking up from the sides, and light bulbs line the entire backboard.
July 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Wait, is this Blue Prince?
A screenshot from the mentioned episode: Ross, the main character of the episode, exits behind a curtain, showing a workshop with white figurines lining shelves in the background. There are jars, mugs, large chess pieces and an old timey cash register.
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
softjay.bsky.social
I had not seen this episode. At least I THOUGHT I hadn't...but honest to god this opening shot of the mall felt like it had been lifted straight from my astral dreamspace, for real.
A screenshot of the establishing shot from the mentioned episode: a bustling multi-level mall, with a staircase and escalator featured prevalently in the middle.
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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This morning I woke up from a "MALLWORLD" dream, a recurring dream I have sometimes connected to my fear of new places and people (i think?). this time though I felt like some real progress had been made. I told this to Natalie and she pulled up the following AYAOTD episode: s01xe13 - a thread:
A screen capture of the title card from the mentioned Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode: Blue text with a yellow glowing outline reads "The Tale of the Pinball Wizard", centered in the foreground, with a roaring campfire in the background.
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Roommate is playing FFX, I wanted him to go with “Tiddies” but he compromised.
The character name entry menu for Final Fantasy X, a blond man with spiky blonde hair is in the upper left corner. The name type out is “Tiddus”.
July 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
softjay.bsky.social
They just squeaked past emotional abuse (12-60), pretty cool
June 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
softjay.bsky.social
Fallout Season 2 filming near me. That’s the theatre I saw Cats in.
A long distance photo of a parking lot where a tv is being built. Next to 3 palm trees is a constructed metal scrap sign that says “Welcome to the Strip”. A tv set located in a parking lot, with barricades, large green screens, and ornate constructed lamps with posts in the shape of angelic women holding the bulb on their head. Large windows from the tv filming set, showing posters advertising a custom neon shop. The parking lot of an abandoned movie theater, currently being reused to film a television show. A banner on the building says “Gomorrah”, and there is a large green screen to the right.
March 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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My hood is a room/cave
March 4, 2025 at 6:10 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Cast me as Harold Hill in your next all-queer cast of The Music Man, or Any Role in your new Jimmy Buffet jukebox musical
A selfie of Jay, a non-binary, white-skinned person with dark blonde shoulder length hair. She is wearing bright yellow sunglasses, colorful necklaces, and a bright green tropical themed shirt. She has a gold septum ring. He is resting his chin on his right hand and smiling slightly.
March 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Not my home, but I know my way around
A screenshot of the Writer's Room environment in Alan Wake 2: a dimly light attic with two round windows at the end like eyes and a stuffed owl over a desk with a typewriter. Two chalkboards sit to the left.
March 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Have a picrew
March 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Alan Wake Christmas Special: A Hark! Place
December 31, 2024 at 3:29 AM
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Met two of my favorite artists and storytellers today! Thanks to @samlakewrites.bsky.social and Poe for being absolute legends and spending time with the fans!
Sam Lake, Jay, and Poe smile at the camera during the signing at Amoeba Records. Sam Lake looks at Jay who is speaking to Poe while she signs a record. A signed copy of Poe’s record “This Road”, featuring Poe wearing a large brimmed hat in the foreground, with a road running behind her into the distance. The image is in black and white. Signatures have been added in pen, including “Jay 4 EVER”.
December 11, 2024 at 6:13 AM
softjay.bsky.social
More sketches. Pretty sure these are boobs. Seems like something I’d do.
A sketch of two round objects close to each other, with what appear to be nipples.
December 10, 2024 at 5:31 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Sketchin
A sketch of a cartoon down arrow. The sketch makes the arrow look like it’s grinning wide. The scrawled caption says “evil downvote, wanna know how I got this smile?” A sketch of a vortex of clouds descending upon a person kneeling on a hill next to a body of water. The vortex has an eye in it. The caption says “WINDOWS”
December 10, 2024 at 4:46 AM
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hey check out what i've been up to this week
A chart on a black background with three rows, from top to bottom: games the user played this week (Disney Dreamlight Valley: The Storybook Vale, Astro Bot, Alan Wake: Remastered), television watch by the user this week (Dune: Prophecy, Yellowjackets, Death Note, Comedy Bang! Bang! Bob's Burgers), and movies the user watched this week (Wicked, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
December 3, 2024 at 7:26 AM
softjay.bsky.social
Howdy these are my special interests in no particular order, follow me if ya like

MST3K
Alan Wake/Remedy Games
Half-Life Series
Sailor Moon
Drawing/Painting
Game Grumps
Disney Dreamlight Valley
VHS Collecting
LA Events
Portal/Portal 2
Steven Universe
Contemporary Art
Cats
The Craft
Bioshock Series
November 30, 2024 at 7:18 AM
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Just remembered this book existed, bought it last week: “The Big Book of New American Humor: The Best of the Past 25 Years” (1990). I stole this from my dad’s house when I was 8-9. I used to have a blast acting out “Chuckles Bites the Dust” w beanie babies alone in my room. Weird kid! Still weird!
A large yellow book with caricatures of famous comedians. The title reads “The Big Book of American Humor: the Best of the Past 25 Years. Edited by William Novak & Moshe Waldoks”. A double page spread from the book “The Big Book of American Humor: The Best of the Past 25 Years”. The pages include a transcript of the episode “Chuckle Bites the Dust” from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
November 30, 2024 at 6:44 AM