No Nim is an island

Red Line Supernova - Project Hail Mary / Chappell Roan MV

Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! The pride-flag baking tradition enters its fifth year.

I make no claim that these flavors actually go together, but individually they all turned out well!

Black: Qizha (nigella seed) bars from Chef in Disguise

White: Turrón de Alicante (hard nougat) from The Spanish Apron

Vox forgot (reprise) - a Hazbin Hotel musical YTP

In my Valentino white bag??

Made this image to tape to my bathroom mirror

Inspired by Amir Talai's Bluesky post:

Chapters:  3/3 Fandom: Hazbin Hotel Rating: M Relationship: Alastor/Vox Additional Tags: Aromantic Asexual Alastor; Sex-Repulsed Alastor; Trans Vox; Vox Has Interchangeable Parts; Gender Dysphoria; Internalized Transphobia; Gender-Affirming Surgery; Nullification; Non-Sexual Intimacy; Vox's One-Sided Psychosexual Obsession With Alastor; Background StaticMoth; Biting; Mild Blood

Summary:

Despite what Alastor just said about wanting to observe, he immediately looks off to the side and keeps his eyes on the floor until Vox pointedly slams the detached piece onto the nearest empty shelf. It rolls a few inches away from him. “There. It’s off. Happy?” Alastor refocuses, first on Vox’s glowering face and then lower down. And just for a second, the mask slips. His smile remains in place, but a soft breath escapes. He takes a tentative step closer. “That,” Alastor says, in a very different tone than before. “Could your surgeons construct something similar to that on a flesh-and-blood body?” “That being… nothing.” “Precisely.” For the first time tonight, Vox hears a hungry, covetous edge to his voice. “Nothing at all.”

Vox has attained a bodily state Alastor thought unrealizable. The humbling ordeal of asking for and then receiving the same will ultimately sand down both their rough edges—at least in relation to one another. (Post–season 2 fic)

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I brought back my Lanino cosplay this past weekend, while my friend debuted their Elnina! MAGWest is a music- and gaming-focused convention, so there was a high concentration of Deltarune fans.

Greetings from sunny San Jose, California!

An accidental but narratively-appropriate lens flare

Green Room vibes

These sneaky water coolers won’t get the better of us!

"Purple Guy" is looking suspiciously grey, pizza included (ICE-E mascot head excluded)

Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week—a.k.a. my annual self-imposed challenge to make appetizing desserts in shades of black, grey, and green.

This year’s offering is an ice cream sandwich, made with mint and poppy seed no-churn ice cream layered between matcha and black cocoa cookies.

We had a great time meeting the Hazbin Hotel voice actors—and this incredible stilt-walker Alastor!

Happy International Asexuality Day! Here's a funny conversation I had after browsing my medical record a while back.

[Kaiser is a medical provider that mostly operates along the west coast of the US. Image description under the cut]