TTRPG friends, Matt, our friend and community member @nurdrocks.bsky.social has been taken by ICE while his back was turned, peacefully protesting. Matt is the founder of Justice Frontline Aid that provides aid & education in the MN community. I've linked the video footage below. Do not stay silent.

Wanna receive #Elvish Letters every month? I've discounted my Sequoias tier on "Gay-Tree-On" until the end of the year! 🏳️‍🌈🌲 Use the code "NEWYEAR25" for 25% off your first month. The Letter you'll receive in January is from Elladan & Elrohir to their sister Arwen in the 4th Age! #LordoftheRings

TFW you realize that because the 3rd-person singular pronouns in Elvish apply universally (he/she/they/it = "te")... EVERY SINGLE LOVE SONG could be sung BY anyone ABOUT anyone. And the rhyming structure and cadence wouldn't alter one bit. #LordoftheRings #Bliss

This merlot-colored Ink from Ferris Wheel Press has a gold shimmer to it. Darker than I expected, but I should have known better with the Ink named "Shadows of Mordor". I've had so much fun testing these out! #InkSwatch #FerrisWheelPress #LotR #LordoftheRings

🔥👁🔥Sauron Pen + "Shadows of Mordor" Ink set from #FerrisWheelPress #LotR collab. I'm really enjoying showing these pens off a bit! Details include the Barad-dûr Eye, Morannon gate, & Sauron's iconic helmet! #sponsored #thelordoftherings #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress #CalligraphyPen

#ElvishCalligraphy & #InkSwatch for "Verdant Voyage" from FWP x #LotR collab. Definitely giving Shire & Mirkwood vibes for me. The shimmer settles quickly, so there's an ombre effect as you go with each dip of the pen. #sponsored #thelordoftherings #ferriswheelpress #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress

Hear me out: Katseye's Halloween choreo spoof should be "Gnarly" while cosplaying as AtLA's Aang, Katara, Sokka, Suki, Zuko, and freaking Toph! YOU'RE WELCOME. Oh we're in a session tonight Aang Aang Oh we're goin' out tonight Aang Aang ... Now you be like, "Aang. Aang aang aang aang aang. Gnarly!"

🍃Leaf Swatch🍃 w/the Ringbearer Pen & "Verdant Voyage" Shimmer Ink from @ferriswheelpress #LotR collab. Such a beautiful olive green ink with gold shimmer! Look at the gold-plated details on the pen! Tengwar next. #sponsored #thelordoftherings #ferriswheelpress #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress

Unbox the limited edition Ringbearer Bijou Fountain Pen + Verdant Voyage Ink with me! These pens from Ferris Wheel Press are so pretty, and the Elvish from Sting is accurate! The nibs have different designs, too! #sponsored #thelordoftherings #lotr #ferriswheelpress #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress

I playtested this #Ultrafantasy #TTRPG. It was AMAZING! "This Apocalypse is an OPPORTUNITY." Gameplay is semi-cooperative as arch mage players try to ensure the survival of the realm... but come out on top as the sole authority. COMMUNITY COPIES are available! 🥰 riftkidgames.itch.io/ivory-tower

When we finally start to build community and solidarity.

"Morgoth & The Silmarils" - #Tengwar Art by me! 2nd of 3 in a planned triptych. Mixed media. Details: 🔸️ Eyes: "Morgoth" (Full Mode to avoid diacritics) 🔸️ Silmarils: "The Prode of Fëanor", "The Light of Valinor", & "The Doom of the Noldor" 🔸️Cloak: A long excerpt from The Silmarillion abt Morgoth.

Teasers for the next SIX MONTHS of my #Elvish #Tengwar Letter subscription service are up now on my Gay-Tree-On! If you're curious what I'll have cooking with my calligraphy the rest of 2025, take a look at the post for some general vibes and Scribe/Recipient pairs! www.patreon.com/posts/coming...

Act like Saruman, GET bEnt. #NoKingsDay (My migraines & sun allergy keep me from protesting in summer desert heat, but I'm still angry as hell. If Trump wants to act like Saruman, we'll be the Ents. Us queer folk can be bEnts for good measure. Proud of my city protesting even if I can't be there.)

Anyone who's queer and spiritual without being religious can use all the community they can get these days. Spiritual wellness can be rough in our current sociopolitical climate, so if you need a little extra help and can invest in your spiritual wellness, definitely check out Seek Together! 🌈

Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

Just realized I never actually posted up my Rings of Power Season 2 master threads for Episodes 7 & 8. Whoops! Guess that's what I'll compile and get up tomorrow, connected to the rest of the Master Thread that I posted throughout today. ^_^ Hope everyone's enjoying all the details at last!

"But what does it SAY, THO???" As #ResidentElfBoi, I made it my job to decode all Elvish/Dwarvish/Númenorean ✨details✨ in #TheLordoftheRings #TheRingsofPower. SEASON 2: A MASTER THREAD Love or hate the series, but let's admire the time and artistry that so many devoted to the project! 👁️_👁️ ENJOY!

My #LordoftheRings #HotTake of the day: The #mallorn trees are an invasive species, and #Thranduil has every right to hate #Galadriel for so recklessly altering the ecosystem of the forests for her own nostalgia and amusement. I SAID WHAT I SAID.

Another day, another new word discovered while role-playing: ✨EPIPHYTIC✨ "Aredhel was a climber, too, if I recall. I confess, I only met her twice, but she was in the trees of Nan Elmoth both times, a beacon of light but for her pitch hair that hung loose like epiphytic moss about her pale face."

Non-binary includes people who are masc-presenting, folks. So don't be so fucking shocked when someone who could pass as a cis man turns up to your "women and non-binary" events. Non-binary doesn't equal woman-lite.

Their kisses burn. Not my kink. 🫤

BALIN for Lord of Khazad-dûm: TA 2989 ✨️⛏️Make Moria Great Again⛏️✨️ www.instagram.com/reel/DI1Y5d0...

My Polyphemus Moth Tengwar Art has arrived at its new home with @soundoftheforest.bsky.social, so I can finally share this video showing it off! 4 hrs planning/sketching + 11 hrs painting = 15 hrs total. I'm so thrilled with the results, and Nicole's reaction was ✨️EvErYtHinG✨️. Thx for the trade!

This trade was so incredibly fulfilling. This was the first piece of metallic calligraphy I started planning. I'm so proud of the final result! I rarely actually DRAW like I did w/these moths! And the moss blanket @soundoftheforest.bsky.social sent is so blissfully heavy and a symphony of textures!

I LOVE when I fall into writing #Tolkien fanfiction and stumble upon a new word! Today's word is: ✨PULCHRITUDINOUS✨ "The nauseatingly pulchritudinous coasts of Alqualondë were a source of endless annoyance to #Fëanor. Something coiled deep in his core made him ache to mar what Finarfin treasured."

TFW a fanfic does such an incredible job of painting a D&D conflict..... and then you realize the author wrote an accompanying BREAKDOWN to show off the mechanics that blew your mind in the narrative. Road_Rhythm... your Volstrucker battle dynamics in "Hard Mouth"..... Thank you. 😩💦💨

NOT sharing my latest calligraphy here is killing me, but @soundoftheforest.bsky.social requested it be a surprise, so you all get to suffer until I mail this masterpiece out to her in a week! 😈 If you want a sneak peek, it's up on my Patreon. (Nicole, I don't think you're THERE, but steer clear!)

Tolkien's notion of evil can be summed up pretty simply: the domination of others. Stripping away their freedom and their will, forcing them to do yours instead. So whatever his authoritarian fans might think, their actions are, in fact, textbook Tolkienian evil. #TolkienTuesday #TolkienTrewsday

Skill. 😤 This Custom #Tengwar Family Tree commission took 20+ hours to complete! When I disappear for entire weeks, this is likely the kind of shit I'm up to. The hyperfocus is STRONG with this one. 😆 #LordoftheRings #LotR #Elvish #Calligraphy #metallicpaint

LAST CHANCE to grab the LotR pens or inks from Ferris Wheel Press on their Kickstarter! "LAZY BIRD SPECIAL": Pen+Ink set of your choice BUNDLED with ALL THREE 28ml inks! The Kickstarter ends April 30th, so act now! ✍️🏼🤩✨️ #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress #ferriswheelpress #lotr #sponsored

If you aren't backing Ferris Wheel Press' LotR Fountain Pens Kickstarter, tomorrow's a GREAT DAY to jump on the bandwagon! Pledge TOMORROW (April 22nd) for the bonus sleeve! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fer... #sponsored #ferriswheelpress #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress #lotr #thelordoftherings

New #Tengwar #Calligraphy piece for @themiddlepage.bsky.social. Congrats on surpassing 30k on Insta! "Even darkness must pass. A new day will come." ~Samwise Gamgee #Elvish #TheLordoftheRings #LotR

Celebrían 👑 "Silver Queen" of Rivendell — Another #Tengwar Signature design from my Elf of the Month feature on Patreon. #Celebrían was featured last December. This month's post about Beleg just went live for members! (It'll go public on Monday!)

The way my #Tengwar #Calligraphy letter for the ELF-Club subscription service in May just DEVOLVES into chaos by the end is giving me LIFE!!! Like, #Bilbo starts off primly excited in this letter to #Frodo, and ends up doing the equivalent of YELLING IN ALL-CAPS in Tengwar. 🤣 I love my Patreon!

Hey, @burgschneider.bsky.social! What's an ELVISH SPECIALIST gotta do to get involved with the #BrandywineFestival event?! My calligraphy would make for one-of-a-kind questline props and keepsakes! I'd love to either vend or be involved behind the scenes, but no one is replying to my emails. 😅

I think only @jamesjhaeck.bsky.social @soundoftheforest.bsky.social would like to hear about how I homebrewed a species of fire-resistant moths for my D&D campaign. They mate in Ember Thickets, then deposit their eggs beneath the bioluminescent Ichor Shrooms. I called them Magmoths & Lava Larvae.

With Critical Role's permission, I'd like to invite our wannabe-autocrat to the next TravelerCon. I mean, if we're gonna be throwing dicks into the volcano...

Just finished my informal art collab with Adam Michaels, who gave me leave to add metallic details to his drawing of #Legolas' Lothlórien bow/arrows. I added Tengwar to the plain background. It's Legolas' song from the end of #LordoftheRings: "To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying."

Hugo Weaving was 38 when he played Agent Smith in "The Matrix" and while he was filming his first stint as Lord Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy (i.e. 1999). I just turned 39.

I've officially gotten my first bug-bite of the spring/summer. No more sunset admiration for me, I guess. I'll go outdoors again in October or November. LOL (For those who don't know me well, I'm allergic to some bug bites. Impossible to predict, but I welt up something FIERCE.)

Random fact about me: Thanks to an old roomie of mine, I pronounce "ice cream(s)" as "ASS CRAMS". And I tend to say it in a creepy voice. It's practically a vocal stim at this point. Sweet. Creamy. Ass craaaammmsssss. 🍨🍑🍦

Okay, but why isn't the Void answering my screams? 🤨

Hey, Ferris Wheel Press, how am I supposed to choose between these?!?! 😭 Kickstarter begins tomorrow (April 8th), with an early bird 30% discount until April 10th! Guess that's my chance to snatch all three! #sponsored #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress #ferriswheelpress #thelordoftherings #lotr

Had a dream I went to a convention to vend my Elvish calligraphy, and the con-organizer decided to give vendors a pop quiz, making us write down both questions and answers. I was so thrown/overstimulated/put on the spot that I freaked. Got shamed, kicked out, and banned. 'Tism dreams can be rough.

it’s hard to get americans to care about people in prison, but it’s *bad* for trans women inside & a lot of us rn are one wrong interaction away from being entangled with the law, through no fault of our own. if you’re cis & there’s a trans person in your life you care about, you should read this.

Personal Goal: to one day give a TTRPG or audio-drama performance as to be worthy of a CRiT Award nomination. I've not had the opportunity to be part of a lot of public games, but man would I love to give a memorable performance someday! Maybe my villain in #TheLongRest will open some doors. 🤞😌

I'm lookin' at you, Randy Thrandy & @nothalbrand.bsky.social. You have my (hair-)bow!

Look, gaiz! I got sponsored! These Lord of the Rings fountain pens from Ferris Wheel Press are gonna be 🔥! Look at all the Tengwar details + interchangeable Tengwar nib! Kickstarter launches April 8, 2025. ( #sponsored #warnerbrothersxferriswheelpress #ferriswheelpress #thelordoftherings #lotr)

And while we’re on the topic!! I’m tired of these white people releasing things that are Studio Ghibli-inspired!! “Oh but it’s not that deep!” If all you take away from Studio Ghibli movies are the “peaceful and whimsical” aesthetics, I IMPLORE you to watch again