Eee, they look so good! youtube.com/shorts/fDrlC...

Also! Happy IAAPA! aka “What’s gonna be on next year’s @coastermaynia.bsky.social list?” 😆

Is it just me or does Jonathan Bailey have a lot of G’raha coming through on this? ❤️ But yes. Needed these feels today. 🥰 (…can’t shake the mental image of Elmo as WoL now, lol) youtube.com/shorts/x0eyh...

Had his backstory gone slightly differently, Jayih’a would have ended up with Cid. In an AU where he’s not the WOL, this happens. I did briefly think he’d work well with Y’shtola, but he disagreed. Also, Cab and Zenos could be a strange power couple if he ever had a full redemption arc.

I’ve been sitting on the character name Mystic Timbers in FFXIV for longer than I care to admit. I’m kindasorta entertaining the idea of starting a new playthrough and live-blogging it. I think that’s why I made her in the first place, but stuff happened.

If I had a nickel for every time I was asked if I worked at a park while wearing merch from an entirely different park this year, I’d have three nickels. Etc etc etc. …this happened once at Holiday World and TWICE at Carowinds. Second two times in a hoodie with a huge “KINGS ISLAND” on the sleeve.

Give us back “HOW VERY GLIB.”

Started playing during 2.2. Believe I was caught up 2.4? Definitely by 2.5.

Best part of Haunt at Kings Island? Stumbling across this. Word got out about the fountain shows real quick (deservedly!) but didn’t hear a peep about this. ❤️ 🏴‍☠️ #kingsisland

My planned birthday trip in October slowly fell apart into not happening at all, so Husbando and I made a whirlwind trip to Carowinds to at least do a part of it, albeit a month late. Got my 100th credit on Fury! Then we did our first mountain coasters as a quick stop on the way home.

Oh, it’s gonna be a fun day in the FFXIV fandom. That’s our catboy! ❤️

Long time no art post. Been working on some Phantom Theater art cards. I’ve finished Lionel Burymore and still want to do William Warbler. Maybe Houdini’s rabbit and Arpeggio. #kingsisland

It’s his day.

…with diamonds.

Gentle note to be patient with and be kind to your local librarians. Odds are good they’re going through A Time right now. 🙃 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Oh! And the girlie finally came home! ❤️ She’s so much cuter in person. #kingsisland

Semi-impromptu KI Haunt visit last night. Busy, so no rides, but found at least one new nifty lantern activation spot. And while I knew about the thing at the fountain on the hour, I had not heard about the Festhaus clock. That was a cool thing to stumble upon!

Art folks! Does anyone have any free iPad-compatible drawing programs to recommend? Been playing with a few, but don’t want to spend the money just yet until I get more comfortable with it.

I do love Nyte Walkers at Kings Island, but I always get distracted during the curtain call by the shimmying witch and the gyrating devil with a 12-pack…

Also did Haunt at Kings Island last night and got a good scare I’m still (jokingly!) mad at my Husbando over… 😂

I think this is the most on top of current movies I’ve been in many years. Mostly due to discovering a drive-in that’s both dangerously close and affordable.

…by the by, still waiting on the mystery plush reveal, but… welp. Hello, Drop Tower. I’ll do the other if we get Maestro plush.

Kings Island has revealed its new family ride for 2026 - and it's a callback to the park's past, with help from Sally Dark Rides.

At Holiday World Random person, to me: “Do you work here?” Me, wearing a Kings Island shirt and glasses strap: …???

Bringing this back. For. Yanno. Reasons. #kingsisland #phantomtheater

Stephen: Clueless. Doesn’t get he’s being flirted with and just thinks they’re being super friendly. Jayih’a: Firmly states he’s not interested. Cab: Probably initiated the flirting in the first place.

Some lights on Boo Blasters shots from Coasterstock this year. Can’t say I’ll really miss this ride (it’s needed a refurb for a while now), but this was a fun experience. #kingsisland

…so, how we feeling, KI folks? #kingsisland

Dang, where’s my old “evict Boocifer” doodle…?

Been thinking about a project I’ve been wanting to do for a long while now. I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned it before? Anyhoo, need a look for the lead, so here’s some doodles, feeling things out.

Been a week so far. I miss Gen Con. So here’s a couple more pics.

I. Still haven’t finished the 7.2 story. 😅 But! Will still be following the traditional 2-week spoiler ban, just in case.

Originally hearing rather than seeing, but it’s been fun as a FFXIV fan seeing Jonathan Bailey popping up in so many things these days. Like “that’s our catboy!”

Whew. Long but enjoyable few days at Gen Con. Games were played. Puppets were made and did karaoke. Items were auctioned or sold. Buttons, dice set, and Cup. were acquired. Buttons were traded. And only a few poor financial decisions were made.

Saw Fantastic Four tonight. Really enjoyed it! Between this and Superman, I really hope we do get more embracing of comic book goofiness in superhero movies. I still need to stew on it a bit over if I like F4 more than Thunderbolts, but it’s definitely a good time.

More ideas: -Element of Harmony -Lantern Corps color -FFXIV Grand Company -Soul Jam -Pokemon type -Camp Half-Blood cabin

I swear, every year the tea shops have the best pins in the Gen Con Pin Bazaar…

…two weeks late do I realize I forgot to do a 1st anniversary doodle for Dawntrail. 😭 Here’s the ones I did for Shadowbringers and Endwalker. I’ll do a belated one if I get time!

have you considered:

I want planning on doing Art Fight, but I’m seeing everyone else getting ready and I’m feeling the itch… … …plus I gotta claim Team Fossil.

Forgot to post this here, oops. The Usher and Ygor. I do love me some strange li’l Universal guys. I dunno, I just think they’d get along. (Also, disclaimer: I do not condone violence against rowdy theater patrons! …but you know Julian would HATE that trend.) #hhn #darkuniverse

This man is the lead of the next Marvel movie, appearing in the next Avengers flick, one of the leads of a major HBO series, and is The Mandalorian and when every Hollywood PR hack would go "HEY PEDRO BABY SHHH ABOUT THE TRANS STUFF" he won't shut up and I will love him for it forever

Another Pride doodle: Stephen and Daniel, two of my oldest characters. They’ve been together pretty much from the start. #pridemonth

Happy Pride! Another doodle, this time of my first WoL, Cab. #ffxiv #pridemonth

Time for an outfit swap.

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Happy Pride! Gonna try to do some doodles of some of my OCs with their flags (or just the colors!) First up: The Bat!

Favorite things overheard at Coasterstock: A Mystic Timbers line attendant telling someone wearing a Beast hoodie “Sorry, we don’t allow those on this ride.” A person on the train in front of us on Orion after the ride op asked if they wanted the lights off: “I don’t wanna see shit!”

So, didn’t get into HoliWood Nights, but did do Coasterstock. Honestly? My FOMO went away pretty quick. I had an amazing time with some amazing people.

Apparently you can just upload PDFs and host them as flipbooks! So here is the Garlond Ironworks Zine I ran a few years ago, since Bluesky never got to see it. (This does contain a nsfw section in the back, but it's labeled.) heyzine.com/flip-book/cb... #ffxivzines