Valkhyrie
@valkhyrie.bsky.social
they/them. bad at social media.
💚 spec fic, writing, RPGs, WoW, baseball, cats.
hugo-nominated goose wrangler at r/fantasy.
💚 spec fic, writing, RPGs, WoW, baseball, cats.
hugo-nominated goose wrangler at r/fantasy.
Nice, I've been looking for a good reason to stop caring that ES VI is nowhere close to done. Thanks Todd!
Fallout and Elder Scrolls boss Todd Howard defends AI in game development, but aims to "protect artistry" and "human intention" in his games www.eurogamer.net/fallout-and-...
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Nice, I've been looking for a good reason to stop caring that ES VI is nowhere close to done. Thanks Todd!
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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it's important for everyone to know that if I ever fall off talking to you or interacting with you I almost certainly still like you exactly the same amount that I always have, my brain is just made of potato
hard to maintain friendships with game developers because all these motherfuckers have ADHD and forget you exist when you're out of sight (it's me i'm these guys)
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
it's important for everyone to know that if I ever fall off talking to you or interacting with you I almost certainly still like you exactly the same amount that I always have, my brain is just made of potato
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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The announcers keep saying that both teams are almost out of pitchers, but they’re forgetting that pitchers and catchers report soon.
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The announcers keep saying that both teams are almost out of pitchers, but they’re forgetting that pitchers and catchers report soon.
The AI book promotion scammers would like to help the r/Fantasy mod team sell our book that totally exists! Isn't that nice of them?
October 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The AI book promotion scammers would like to help the r/Fantasy mod team sell our book that totally exists! Isn't that nice of them?
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at the end of the day can the government just hop off my nuts
October 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
at the end of the day can the government just hop off my nuts
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Stop buying Brandon Sanderson's books.
Hey so... did you know that the Mormon Church filed an amicus curiae brief on the 19th of September? Me either...
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
In short, "Giving trans people rights hurts us because it ruins our religious freedom to be bigots!"
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
In short, "Giving trans people rights hurts us because it ruins our religious freedom to be bigots!"
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Stop buying Brandon Sanderson's books.
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I don't care how good your How To podcast is, I can read faster than they can talk, stop speaking and link me to the transcript tyvm
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I don't care how good your How To podcast is, I can read faster than they can talk, stop speaking and link me to the transcript tyvm
My expectations were low, but I didn't think I needed "left out of the apology entirely" on my bingo card.
Message From the Chair: The Seattle Worldcon 2025 extends our deepest apologies for multiple failure points which occurred during this year’s Hugo Awards ceremony. We provided insufficient organizational plans at the podium,… seattlein2025.org?p=5956
Message From the Chair
The Seattle Worldcon 2025 extends our deepest apologies for multiple failure points which occurred during this year’s Hugo Awards ceremony. We provided insufficient organizational plans at the podium,...
seattlein2025.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My expectations were low, but I didn't think I needed "left out of the apology entirely" on my bingo card.
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I'm sure we could get more than 80 signatures based on just the people whose names y'all didn't read or mispronounced, including the r/Fantasy team whom you snickered at the size of before ignoring entirely at the ceremony, and did not even include in this apology 🙄
September 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm sure we could get more than 80 signatures based on just the people whose names y'all didn't read or mispronounced, including the r/Fantasy team whom you snickered at the size of before ignoring entirely at the ceremony, and did not even include in this apology 🙄
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Years ago my first novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, and when it came time for the nominees to be read out I got to hear the MC, a brilliant fantasist whose work I love, absolutely butcher the title. Just trip over it repeatedly. "The Lies of Lack... Lockey... uh, Lackey Lammer-ah?" 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Years ago my first novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, and when it came time for the nominees to be read out I got to hear the MC, a brilliant fantasist whose work I love, absolutely butcher the title. Just trip over it repeatedly. "The Lies of Lack... Lockey... uh, Lackey Lammer-ah?" 🧵
A delightful poem by my incredibly talented friend @digicara.bsky.social! Check it out!
Come meet the "three queens" today, in this wonderful narrative poem by Cara Mast in our 20th issue:
smallwondersmag.com/...
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three queens - Small Wonders
The crown sits heavy on my head / but my neck is strong; I’ve been wearing it as long as I can remember.
smallwondersmag.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A delightful poem by my incredibly talented friend @digicara.bsky.social! Check it out!
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i don't think most cis people know what it's like for every fun or happy or meaningful moment you experience to be overshadowed by some tragedy affecting your fundamental personhood in some way within 48 hours on either side of it
June 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
i don't think most cis people know what it's like for every fun or happy or meaningful moment you experience to be overshadowed by some tragedy affecting your fundamental personhood in some way within 48 hours on either side of it
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The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity
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June 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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"what's your creative process like?"
bold of you to assume I have a process instead of the sudden obsessions that come to me in the form of a hazy delusion that I have little control over
bold of you to assume I have a process instead of the sudden obsessions that come to me in the form of a hazy delusion that I have little control over
May 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"what's your creative process like?"
bold of you to assume I have a process instead of the sudden obsessions that come to me in the form of a hazy delusion that I have little control over
bold of you to assume I have a process instead of the sudden obsessions that come to me in the form of a hazy delusion that I have little control over
Unbelievably stoked to share that the r/Fantasy team has been nominated for Best Related Work! We're up against an impressive field but it's an incredible honor just to have our fun not-so-little game included! See y'all in Seattle! ✨🚀
✨ 2025 Hugo, Lodestar, & Astounding Awards Finalists (🧵 7/10) ✨
🚀 2025 Hugo Awards Finalists for:
- Best Related Work
- Best Graphic Story or Comic
Congratulations to all of the finalists!
#HugoAwards #HugoAwards2025 #Worldcon #Worldcon2025 #SeattleWorldcon2025
🚀 2025 Hugo Awards Finalists for:
- Best Related Work
- Best Graphic Story or Comic
Congratulations to all of the finalists!
#HugoAwards #HugoAwards2025 #Worldcon #Worldcon2025 #SeattleWorldcon2025
April 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably stoked to share that the r/Fantasy team has been nominated for Best Related Work! We're up against an impressive field but it's an incredible honor just to have our fun not-so-little game included! See y'all in Seattle! ✨🚀
New "Mesocyclone" dice by @runesael.bsky.social have arrived and I am in LOVE, I cannot stop looking at them! Absolutely gorgeous work, couldn't be happier 🤩💙🌀
(...and the resident Orange Dingus has already tried to steal one!)
(...and the resident Orange Dingus has already tried to steal one!)
March 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New "Mesocyclone" dice by @runesael.bsky.social have arrived and I am in LOVE, I cannot stop looking at them! Absolutely gorgeous work, couldn't be happier 🤩💙🌀
(...and the resident Orange Dingus has already tried to steal one!)
(...and the resident Orange Dingus has already tried to steal one!)
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The Cubs won the World Series
What do yall think was the nexus event that created this branch in the timeline?
I’m torn between the Cats movie and when people were licking gallons of ice cream in the grocery store and putting it back.
I’m torn between the Cats movie and when people were licking gallons of ice cream in the grocery store and putting it back.
March 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Cubs won the World Series
A friend linked this to me, and I think it's important and validating reading in these times. Small actions count. The fight is always worth fighting.
Fascism always fails.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
Fascism always fails.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
What Felt Impossible Became Possible | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A friend linked this to me, and I think it's important and validating reading in these times. Small actions count. The fight is always worth fighting.
Fascism always fails.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
Fascism always fails.
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...