I have gotten some commissions! and I thank those of you for sharing so much! 🙏 I still need about $1200 for me to feel comfortable with paying off my tax bill next month so please my commissions are always open!

"You mean to tell me that's a real fish... Again!?" Panel for Gateway Fate is just about done. Just have to make some adjustments to the Fish Lore panel and then I'll be good to go. But here's some teasers.

October 2, 1987: The First Dragon Con takes place at the Pierremont Plaza Hotel. Today, we kick off planning for our 40th event with the unveiling of our #DragonCon2026 logo. We can't wait to start sharing our plans for an out of this world event!!

Y'all I have been asking since before I joined Bluesky on either account--please go read this comic. It's a beautiful comic with some exquisitely crafted divergences from Shadowbringers canon. Rich and intentional color, an art style that just makes my brain feel good, and Vivi is a treasure.

before you, random stranger, click away and never find me again, let me point at my username and say that i indeed make an ongoing xiv comic that you can read at fragments.gay

*baps inner-writer with a rolled up newspaper* Word count doesn't matter. You are writing for yourself. You are not Dickens. You are not paid by the word. It takes as many or as few words as it takes. Any words you *do* write are progress over when you didn't write at all.

new merch ill be debuting at gateway fate next month!!!

“I am the adjudicator of the sacred history with which you dared trifle.” #grahatia

We got something fun going this year.

[update] Completed: #AO3 is back sooner than expected, and we have new and improved options for browsing collections! Get the details on collection tags at AO3 News: https://ao3-news.org/collection-tags

Mark your calendars!! All Tanks Wake is one of the most fun player-run things I've ever participated in. When I used to run modules/encounters for a LARP, I did a lot of investigative/mystery missions and this brings it all back in the best of ways. And you get to enjoy the lovely Aquarium Sophia!

🎭 All Tanks Wake Returns! Inspector Red Herring returns (again) to solve the case of missing fish. Chat with suspects from rival schools, the Moragues and Carpulets to determine the fate of the missing couple! October 25, 7-9pm EDT Aquarium Sophia Ward 1, P59, Sophia More info soon! #FFXIV

You have less than 24hrs left to register for the #FFXIV Aquarium Meetup at @gatewayfate.bsky.social , October 18th! 8-11am CST. forms.gle/FhtVh6rxWjGb...

Unidentified Aquatic Specimens II guide! Been getting asked about this one a bit, so here is a guide for this Sinus Ardorum mission! #FFXIV youtu.be/IgZ3-KGPxqs

just learned about the content warning that open Silent Hill f and this feels like it comes from a parallel world where AAA games took on a whole different meaning for "mature" damn. more of this approach please

eyes in Fragments

I don't think motivating people to move to other platforms to avoid the stupid censorship rules is a good solution. Quite the opposite. There is NO SAFE space for artists nowadays, if we don't fight back this will only get worse and worse

I have heard writers talk about their characters changing the intended direction of a story or demanding that a scene would *actually* play out *this* way, and essentially being authoritative little gremlins that use the writer as a stenographer. This is my first time experiencing it.

Early this morning, Excalibur completed Log 7 in the Infrastructure Index on Phaenna, and we're almost halfway to completing Log 8. *However* the most exciting thing is that at 1:50pm EDT, the first Thunderstorms B-variant hit Excal! I literally squealed out loud when I saw the dialogue changed.

i had...another sticker idea....

One month from now, I will be driving home from my work trip, then heading to the airport the next day for my first trip to St. Louis and #GATEwayFATE (Gateway Fate, sorry TTS folks)! It wasn't originally in the cards, but I managed to get some ducks in a row after Dragon Con, so here we go!

Thoust will be able to partake in live tomfoolery with the Pon to Ron Mahjong panel on Saturday alongside my co-hosts @fisherfruity.bsky.social @pixelatedvicka.bsky.social and @opheliadusk.bsky.social! And then on Sunday, joineth us as we entertain with tales of Scion Guy episode 2.

I'll be speaking about the World Race and Chocobo racing live at GATEway FATE. Man, I must really like racing.

I will be doing 3 panels! Weird but true Fish Lore Mahjong And "You mean to tell me that's a real fish" PART 2!

Today we put the prog in programming as we unveil the first draft of the convention's schedule! Things are always subject to change, but we'll do our best to update the file in advance if such occurs. Head to drive.google.com/file/d/1O8Yy... to start planning!

Day 14: We now have enough data to truly start some preliminary forecasting for Phaenna! We also confirmed this morning that if an Upgrade FATE is triggered when an RA would normally be spawning, it will skip that RA. If the FATE would *not* conflict with the RA's spawn time, then both happen. 1/

As we prepare to release the first draft of the schedule tomorrow (anxious nerves gag sfx inserted here), a reminder that if you can't join us in person you won't be left out in the Garlean cold. Follow or bookmark www.twitch.tv/gatewayfate so you can be ready to see some panels and shows virtually!

This has been absolutely incredible! I legitimately spent the last two matches for #TeamSnackables like this:

Absolutely INCREDIBLE play!! @fisherfruity.bsky.social #TeamSnackables #FFXIV www.twitch.tv/afruitysnack...

and we are going live, wish me luck twitch.tv/denm0

Charity PvP Tournament starting soon, come cheer on Team Snackables :^) www.twitch.tv/rathgames

24 hours from now! Not to get too sappy on main, but I would be so thrilled if as many of yall could show up as possible. This has been something I've had planned in the works all year (but other friends of mine kept doing their own subathons so I postponed it so as not to be at the same time 😅)

We live through our first match. We're up against Porxies next!

everyone has done an amazing job so far raising funds for Games for Love

FISh

FISH - at the PvP tournament. #FFXIV

Today we pvp gamers come cheer us on 4 hours after this post is up :^) Thank you @spofie.bsky.social for letting me yoink the graphic

Y'all the F wouldn't load for me 😭 Go #TeamSnackables!

🔴 LIVE - with the #FFXIV CC Beach Showdown! Team Snackables takes on the world and raise money for kids (that last part is important). Watch our POV: www.twitch.tv/afruitysnacks

NOW WITH PROMO IMAGE - Watching the FFXIV Creator Beach Showdown today? Come party with us on the island while matches happen! Dynamis - Maudin - Costa Del Sol!! (Put on by @martineei.bsky.social and crew)

Today is the day. Roleplay and watching Fruity Snacks murder people with a fish. All for a good cause.

I love the idea of Fruity as the FishTank for #TeamSnackables, but I can't help but imagine if he were a monk and had character-selection smack-talk (or Surface Slap-talk, if you will) snippets: "I hope you're ready for my new fishing guide on how to catch...These Hands!" *Feisty punching animation*

I will be live tomorrow starting around 2-2:30 EDT for the #FFXIV CC Charity tournament. You should definitely have the main stream up for all the fights, but if you want my PoV and hang out with my team's chats - see you there! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/afruitysnacks

To cover the FFXIV Creator Beach Showdown we are bringing on a fantastic crew to commentate! @johnisdead.bsky.social @brianricardo.bsky.social @rookuri.bsky.social @lythi.bsky.social @frostymog.bsky.social & Aeon! Don't miss it any of the fun while creators battle it out!

So much this. I enjoy writing LADS fanfiction and I enjoy making guides/spreadsheets to help people. But the guides for my day job are such a struggle to write. People at least *read* my fanfiction and XIV spreadsheets. The work-guides get made, then collect dust. 🙃 #ADHDGrumbles

The #FFXIV community showed up strong at the Sprout Social during #DragonCon2025 and turned their $ into DPS to take down the dreaded Yan that threatened to wipe the entire event! In just under 2 hours, we crushed our goal and overall raised over $1700 for #NAMIGeorgia, the 2025 #DragonConCharity!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Cosmic exploration has given us a LOT of new molluscs. With the addition of the current fishable molluscs. there are a total of 138 in FFXIV (7.3) #ffxiv

Thanks for reading all of the corny taglines and event updates. We are almost there and I hope you are ready for the FFXIV Creator Beach Showdown this weekend... #FFXIV #Events #Community #GamesForLove #charity

🏖️Look at this beachy and brilliant commentator lineup! While our Creator teams duke it out, we'll be sipping Pina Coladas in our beach chairs, raising money for charity and yelling about all the action🍹📢 👇Join us this weekend for all the fun~