🍂Violet Vanguard🍂
@violetvanguard.bsky.social
Occasional blacksmith. Enthusiastic about sci-fi/fantasy/horror/steampunk stuff especially if 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Will horde books. Hydropneumatic fanatic. A fan of Cricket Chronicles, Discworld, D&D, Mass Effect & DA (amongst others). Writer
I can’t find Discworld figures in 1:76 for the railway under the Xmas tree (gutted) but I have found a Paddington Bear to go along with the TARDIS from last year so it’s not all bad. There’s also the skeleton gay couple and dog from the Funnybones books/tv programme but can’t stretch that this year.
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I can’t find Discworld figures in 1:76 for the railway under the Xmas tree (gutted) but I have found a Paddington Bear to go along with the TARDIS from last year so it’s not all bad. There’s also the skeleton gay couple and dog from the Funnybones books/tv programme but can’t stretch that this year.
It’s a shame that when people (Terry Pratchett in this example) were voicing concerns as far back as 1995, that they were dismissed. Imagine if they’d been taken seriously and we didn’t have the general shit show that is our current political situation.
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It’s a shame that when people (Terry Pratchett in this example) were voicing concerns as far back as 1995, that they were dismissed. Imagine if they’d been taken seriously and we didn’t have the general shit show that is our current political situation.
“How are the Missy figures coming along?”
“We’ve run out of money to design a new head.”
“Just stick Captain Jack’s head on but change the hair so it isn’t obvious, no one will notice.”
It’s not just me right?
“We’ve run out of money to design a new head.”
“Just stick Captain Jack’s head on but change the hair so it isn’t obvious, no one will notice.”
It’s not just me right?
October 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“How are the Missy figures coming along?”
“We’ve run out of money to design a new head.”
“Just stick Captain Jack’s head on but change the hair so it isn’t obvious, no one will notice.”
It’s not just me right?
“We’ve run out of money to design a new head.”
“Just stick Captain Jack’s head on but change the hair so it isn’t obvious, no one will notice.”
It’s not just me right?
What are quotes from older games that you still use?
For me GTA Vice City was very quotable (still my fave of the series) and “…you are now
… to AMERICA!” (from the Rambo parody adverts) gets declared frequent.
There’s also “More work?” Which was one of the human peasant lines from WC3
For me GTA Vice City was very quotable (still my fave of the series) and “…you are now
… to AMERICA!” (from the Rambo parody adverts) gets declared frequent.
There’s also “More work?” Which was one of the human peasant lines from WC3
September 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
What are quotes from older games that you still use?
For me GTA Vice City was very quotable (still my fave of the series) and “…you are now
… to AMERICA!” (from the Rambo parody adverts) gets declared frequent.
There’s also “More work?” Which was one of the human peasant lines from WC3
For me GTA Vice City was very quotable (still my fave of the series) and “…you are now
… to AMERICA!” (from the Rambo parody adverts) gets declared frequent.
There’s also “More work?” Which was one of the human peasant lines from WC3
A successful quest with @snipethesorrow.bsky.social to find the Discworld reference I'd heard of in World of Warcraft. 500 gold a shirt and that's cutting her own throat! Or skinning her own coat as the case may be.
I need to find more DW references.
I need to find more DW references.
August 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A successful quest with @snipethesorrow.bsky.social to find the Discworld reference I'd heard of in World of Warcraft. 500 gold a shirt and that's cutting her own throat! Or skinning her own coat as the case may be.
I need to find more DW references.
I need to find more DW references.
I’m going to have it’s legs off. It might take all day with my devastating 10 DPS but I’ll get there
August 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I’m going to have it’s legs off. It might take all day with my devastating 10 DPS but I’ll get there
Burning through Clocktower Elegy by Ryann Fletcher (the sequel to the award winning novel Rhapsody in Flames). I’ve been looking forward to this since first finishing Rhapsody and in short, I love it.
July 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Burning through Clocktower Elegy by Ryann Fletcher (the sequel to the award winning novel Rhapsody in Flames). I’ve been looking forward to this since first finishing Rhapsody and in short, I love it.
A momentous occasion! Started the day in the tens of thousands, now officially in the 100s! There should be cake.
June 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A momentous occasion! Started the day in the tens of thousands, now officially in the 100s! There should be cake.
Dugga Doo pride pin has arrived! Thank you @jamiebgall.co.uk 🫶
June 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Dugga Doo pride pin has arrived! Thank you @jamiebgall.co.uk 🫶
Love to see it!
June 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Love to see it!
Getting in the bath for a wash? She is nothing if not hygienic.
May 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Getting in the bath for a wash? She is nothing if not hygienic.
Things are a bit grim so here’s Sappho having a wash and showing off some toe beans
May 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Things are a bit grim so here’s Sappho having a wash and showing off some toe beans
“How do they rise up?” Bloomed early this year but will hopefully flower through to the glorious 25th of May
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“How do they rise up?” Bloomed early this year but will hopefully flower through to the glorious 25th of May
I do not find larger than entire continents, VERY hungry (and he hungers for souls) caterpillar to be a comforting idea/sight
March 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I do not find larger than entire continents, VERY hungry (and he hungers for souls) caterpillar to be a comforting idea/sight
Starting the day being hit with a poorly Sappho and a £130 vet bill (Sapph will be fine, just a UTI). It’s time we had a NAHS (National Animal Health Service) joking aside…. Here is Sappho in her cat carrier not making any fuss unlike our last cat who was too free spirited to ever accept a cage.
January 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Starting the day being hit with a poorly Sappho and a £130 vet bill (Sapph will be fine, just a UTI). It’s time we had a NAHS (National Animal Health Service) joking aside…. Here is Sappho in her cat carrier not making any fuss unlike our last cat who was too free spirited to ever accept a cage.
Have some Sappho beans.
January 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Have some Sappho beans.
A story in two parts: enemies to lovers.
Sappho goes nuts attacking the tinsel like it stole her last pack of dreamies.
Sappho loves the tinsel and will not be moved from it
Sappho goes nuts attacking the tinsel like it stole her last pack of dreamies.
Sappho loves the tinsel and will not be moved from it
January 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A story in two parts: enemies to lovers.
Sappho goes nuts attacking the tinsel like it stole her last pack of dreamies.
Sappho loves the tinsel and will not be moved from it
Sappho goes nuts attacking the tinsel like it stole her last pack of dreamies.
Sappho loves the tinsel and will not be moved from it
Copied (with permission) from a discworld group I’m in if anyone can help even if it’s just a share
December 31, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Copied (with permission) from a discworld group I’m in if anyone can help even if it’s just a share
I’ve been after Sim Kern’s The Free People’s Village but have weirdly not been able to get it. Most recently I had it preordered at Waterstones where the release date came and went (by a number of weeks) so I ended up importing it. Can’t read it yet though, it’s time for my annual read: Hogfather
December 16, 2024 at 11:42 AM
I’ve been after Sim Kern’s The Free People’s Village but have weirdly not been able to get it. Most recently I had it preordered at Waterstones where the release date came and went (by a number of weeks) so I ended up importing it. Can’t read it yet though, it’s time for my annual read: Hogfather
I just watched Five Nights at Freddy’s for the first time and what I did not expect was that a fleeting glance of a 1970s fisher price aeroplane would hit me like a freight train. I had one, it was a favourite toy and I forgot about it from the age of about four until I saw this 33 years later.
December 16, 2024 at 12:09 AM
I just watched Five Nights at Freddy’s for the first time and what I did not expect was that a fleeting glance of a 1970s fisher price aeroplane would hit me like a freight train. I had one, it was a favourite toy and I forgot about it from the age of about four until I saw this 33 years later.
Comparison of the two other locos I have, I’m not sure if it’s obvious in the video but it’s (the minty posted above with the new motor) the quietest one even when compared to the new (as of last year) Hornby tank engine which has a modern tin can style motor. 1/2
December 13, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Comparison of the two other locos I have, I’m not sure if it’s obvious in the video but it’s (the minty posted above with the new motor) the quietest one even when compared to the new (as of last year) Hornby tank engine which has a modern tin can style motor. 1/2
And fully dressed
December 13, 2024 at 5:37 PM
And fully dressed
2/2 new brushes didn’t fix the above, neither did any amount of cleaning of various parts so I got a 5 pole motor that a guy makes and sells himself, decided I must know how to solder, singed some of my hair that fell out of the bun at the least opportune moment, and got it working with a new motor
December 13, 2024 at 4:29 PM
2/2 new brushes didn’t fix the above, neither did any amount of cleaning of various parts so I got a 5 pole motor that a guy makes and sells himself, decided I must know how to solder, singed some of my hair that fell out of the bun at the least opportune moment, and got it working with a new motor
Well it’s not writing related, queer, or rampant lefty stuff, which may be a shock to you all, but I fixed a thing (ok maybe fixing rather than buying new could be marked up as vaguely anti capitalist, especially as the replacement part was from some guy who just makes them) 1/2 CW: vile noise
December 13, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Well it’s not writing related, queer, or rampant lefty stuff, which may be a shock to you all, but I fixed a thing (ok maybe fixing rather than buying new could be marked up as vaguely anti capitalist, especially as the replacement part was from some guy who just makes them) 1/2 CW: vile noise