Puck
@theleakypen.bsky.social
sea monster, polyamorist, multifandom, multishipper, writer of fic and filk
pronouns: ve/ver/vis/verself or they (example sentences at https://theleakypen.neocities.org/pronouns)
header art by https://yutaan.tumblr.com
pronouns: ve/ver/vis/verself or they (example sentences at https://theleakypen.neocities.org/pronouns)
header art by https://yutaan.tumblr.com
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This is tender and heartbreaking and hopeful and you should read it.
HELLO! It has been a while and I am back, baybee! Finally finished this fic I've been working on since Arcane S1 was relatively new. I said it once and I'll say it again: I have a type and it's tired, hot, adoptive father figure at the end of his rope. <3
archiveofourown.org/works/63703018
archiveofourown.org/works/63703018
March 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This is tender and heartbreaking and hopeful and you should read it.
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pulling out my dissertation on how betas in omegaverse rather than being the "everyman" often end up incidentally allegorical to asexuals navigating allonormative society
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
pulling out my dissertation on how betas in omegaverse rather than being the "everyman" often end up incidentally allegorical to asexuals navigating allonormative society
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I'm sure no one remembers this shitpost but me, but I need y'all to know I actually did this, every time I didn't have a fic title picked out ahead of time. (There are, incidentally, more versions and editions of this label than you could ever imagine.)
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I'm sure no one remembers this shitpost but me, but I need y'all to know I actually did this, every time I didn't have a fic title picked out ahead of time. (There are, incidentally, more versions and editions of this label than you could ever imagine.)
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"it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed"
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed"
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
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This is your (very occasional, since I keep forgetting to do it) reminder that I have a Patreon where you can get free ebook downloads, access to short stories I've written (with more to come in the future), life updates, and cat photos! Help pay my vet bills!
www.patreon.com/c/scarlettga...
www.patreon.com/c/scarlettga...
Get more from Scarlett Gale on Patreon
Creating Fantasy Romance
www.patreon.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is your (very occasional, since I keep forgetting to do it) reminder that I have a Patreon where you can get free ebook downloads, access to short stories I've written (with more to come in the future), life updates, and cat photos! Help pay my vet bills!
www.patreon.com/c/scarlettga...
www.patreon.com/c/scarlettga...
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Help me, I want to read Stucky fanfiction but one of them was frozen for 50 years and the other one kept getting frozen and unfrozen and also mindwiped and I can't figure out whether the lived experience age gap is problematic or not
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Help me, I want to read Stucky fanfiction but one of them was frozen for 50 years and the other one kept getting frozen and unfrozen and also mindwiped and I can't figure out whether the lived experience age gap is problematic or not
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Read a not-great book, popped into the reviews to see if other people had the same issues I had, and discovered people saying they hated the "toxic age gap" between the love interests.
Y'all. The MC was in a magical coma for decades, and thus technically was born decades before the Love Interest.
Y'all. The MC was in a magical coma for decades, and thus technically was born decades before the Love Interest.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Read a not-great book, popped into the reviews to see if other people had the same issues I had, and discovered people saying they hated the "toxic age gap" between the love interests.
Y'all. The MC was in a magical coma for decades, and thus technically was born decades before the Love Interest.
Y'all. The MC was in a magical coma for decades, and thus technically was born decades before the Love Interest.
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Rest in Power Miss Major. We all owe you so much. Thank you for everything.
Trans leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy dies
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender woman and longtime activist who once lived in the Bay Area, died October 13.
www.ebar.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Rest in Power Miss Major. We all owe you so much. Thank you for everything.
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Every time I cook a big pot of beans I sing to myself, to the tune of Pink Pony Club, “Big pot of beans! I’m gonna keep on cooking up a big pot of beans!”
October 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Every time I cook a big pot of beans I sing to myself, to the tune of Pink Pony Club, “Big pot of beans! I’m gonna keep on cooking up a big pot of beans!”
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starting off my day of sketching for other people's fics with @westie.bsky.social 's little jingyi/jin ling fic :) love these kids #art #ficart #mdzs
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
starting off my day of sketching for other people's fics with @westie.bsky.social 's little jingyi/jin ling fic :) love these kids #art #ficart #mdzs
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Me: *typing carefully* I have decided that 'comps' is short for 'compsognathus,' and therefore you will note that my pitch document describes small dinosaurs rather than 'comparable titles,' so if you
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September 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Me: *typing carefully* I have decided that 'comps' is short for 'compsognathus,' and therefore you will note that my pitch document describes small dinosaurs rather than 'comparable titles,' so if you
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Boba Fett 1980: I do human trafficking for space Hitler.
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
July 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Boba Fett 1980: I do human trafficking for space Hitler.
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
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What the Lan Wangji quote 未知全貌 不予置评 really means
⚖️ Commonly translated as “do not comment before knowing the full story”
⚖️ Because I’ve just seen this quote egregiously misused
⚖️ Angrily emerging from my meta seclusion to write this
⚖️ Commonly translated as “do not comment before knowing the full story”
⚖️ Because I’ve just seen this quote egregiously misused
⚖️ Angrily emerging from my meta seclusion to write this
a close up of a anime character with long hair
ALT: a close up of a anime character with long hair
media.tenor.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
What the Lan Wangji quote 未知全貌 不予置评 really means
⚖️ Commonly translated as “do not comment before knowing the full story”
⚖️ Because I’ve just seen this quote egregiously misused
⚖️ Angrily emerging from my meta seclusion to write this
⚖️ Commonly translated as “do not comment before knowing the full story”
⚖️ Because I’ve just seen this quote egregiously misused
⚖️ Angrily emerging from my meta seclusion to write this
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Less than $800 to our goal!
We are so close ($1.2k) from funding! www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc... A whole book full of cozy queer academia stories, and to get it to print we just need you! (and if you really want to make our day, help us toward that milestone of 2x author pay). Also, add-on stickers. So many stickers!
Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Cozy Academia Anthology
A collection of 22 delightfully queer, charmingly cozy stories that put a fluffy LGBTQIA+ spin on the dark academia genre.
www.kickstarter.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Less than $800 to our goal!
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Hullo folks, I have started a GoFundMe for the couple and their cats who are currently staying with us due to housing insecurity -- we're trying to get enough together to get them some stable housing ASAP. Anything you can give helps! gofund.me/9068701f
Donate to Help Andria, Erin, and their Cats Find a Safe Home, organized by Robin Goodfellow
Help a queer couple acquire stable housing!
Andria, Erin, and … Robin Goodfellow needs your support for Help Andria, Erin, and their Cats Find a Safe Home
gofund.me
August 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Hullo folks, I have started a GoFundMe for the couple and their cats who are currently staying with us due to housing insecurity -- we're trying to get enough together to get them some stable housing ASAP. Anything you can give helps! gofund.me/9068701f
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The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
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Dave Bautista will finally star in his own rom-com ‘THE ROMANTIC’ after wishing to star in one for years.
The film follows a man who is secretly a romance author named Francine, but he must hire a woman to pose as him at a convention to avoid scrutiny.
(Source: Deadline)
The film follows a man who is secretly a romance author named Francine, but he must hire a woman to pose as him at a convention to avoid scrutiny.
(Source: Deadline)
June 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Dave Bautista will finally star in his own rom-com ‘THE ROMANTIC’ after wishing to star in one for years.
The film follows a man who is secretly a romance author named Francine, but he must hire a woman to pose as him at a convention to avoid scrutiny.
(Source: Deadline)
The film follows a man who is secretly a romance author named Francine, but he must hire a woman to pose as him at a convention to avoid scrutiny.
(Source: Deadline)
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Happy birthday (checks notes) Xiao Jingrui! #NirvanaInFire
June 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy birthday (checks notes) Xiao Jingrui! #NirvanaInFire
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May 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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who here wants to take on the met challenge... go to both branches of the met museum, a mets game, and the opera house in one day
May 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
who here wants to take on the met challenge... go to both branches of the met museum, a mets game, and the opera house in one day
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This sticker sheet for our upcoming Fannish Safety Signs stickers Kickstarter measures 8 in x 5.63 in (20.3 cm x 14.3 cm), and features seven long, thin yellow-and-black caution tape stickers! Great for journaling, decorating your laptop, and more. www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
May 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This sticker sheet for our upcoming Fannish Safety Signs stickers Kickstarter measures 8 in x 5.63 in (20.3 cm x 14.3 cm), and features seven long, thin yellow-and-black caution tape stickers! Great for journaling, decorating your laptop, and more. www.kickstarter.com/projects/duc...
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creatives are the kinds of creatures that will go "I have enough projects I'm working on right now," then one new vague thought later we're like:
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
creatives are the kinds of creatures that will go "I have enough projects I'm working on right now," then one new vague thought later we're like:
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From Dear Writer by Maggie Smith (poet, "Good Bones"), a book of writing/life advice.
May 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
From Dear Writer by Maggie Smith (poet, "Good Bones"), a book of writing/life advice.
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Spotted on Google Maps, from a folkloric perspective this seems unwise…
May 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Spotted on Google Maps, from a folkloric perspective this seems unwise…