#redmond

Forgotten Treehouse in Redmond, Washington,

I really should be working on my artfight references but I’m posting my stupid TF2 AU instead.

The name is pretty self-explanatory, but it’s an AU where Gray Mann ends up working with Merasmus. Gray’s motives slowly shift from taking over Mann Co to killing Saxton Hale completely, and he’s finally descending into madness because you would too if you were alive for that long.

Gray Mann: Immortality has a price, which is something he learned pretty quickly. The longer he kept himself alive the more Australium he needed to keep him from going completely senile. This eventually lead him to working with Merasmus who already had a vitriolic relationship with the mercenaries.

Merasmus: He was left homeless after being evicted from his own home by Soldier, and he still holds an immense hatred towards him and the mercenaries he works with. Merasmus ended up working for Gray Mann due to his homelessness and crippling debt. He still makes extremely poor financial decisions, much to Gray’s displeasure. He’s also been given Australium to enhance his magical abilities, but uses it sparingly.

Redmond and Blutarch: Gray despises these two for their petty bickering, so instead of killing them, he orders Merasmus to conjoin these two together, with them completely unable to leave each other’s side.

(Note: This wasn’t made to poke fun at conjoined twins and I hope it doesn’t come across this way)

Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0 – 15 July 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.0.

The big update this release is making City of Seattle street labels legible when printed. This was a pretty big project, for several reasons, and involved patching many parts of the map by hand. This project is one of the reasons there are many small corrections in City of Seattle this release.

While yes, I can edit their PDF directly and change sizes that way, they use an $1850 typeface and I do not have that money, at least, not for this project. Also, their PDF is optimised… presumably for something… but whatever way in which it might be optimised, it’s in a way that makes it a nightmare to edit. So the hard way it is.

Additions and changes since 1.8:

ADDED: The abovementioned font embiggening. I only enlarged street names which are directly or indirectly related to bike routes; others, I left small, if they were present at all. I also added a lot of street names left out in the original. If you would find other absent or small street names useful, please let me know and I will add and/or enlarge those, too (Seattle)

ADDED: Bell Street improved bike facilities (Seattle)

ADDED WARNING: Construction underway for new bike lanes and sidewalk improvements on 61st Ave/Place (Kenmore)

RECONSTRUCTED: The north side of University Bridge in the U. District is a mess in real life, and I was asked to rework their map to at least try and make it more comprehensible. I tried. Feedback WILL be considered (Seattle)

WARNING: The East Thomas to Elliott Bay Trail bridge over the railroad tracks is closing for construction THROUGH AUGUST. Estimate for re-opening is September 3rd (Seattle)

WARNING: Cross-Kirkland Connector trail will be CLOSED due to construction at 85th Street until May of 2026. There will be signed detours (both ADA and not), but they’re out of your way (Kirkland)

CORRECTION: A major maps error in Lake City still present in Seattle 2025 has finally been corrected here. This involved one bike route off a cliff and another down a multistorey stairwell. You’re welcome. (Seattle)

Several other small Seattle 2023/2025 errors corrected – mislabelled streets, things like that (Seattle)

All permalinks continue to work.

If you enjoy these maps and feel like throwing some change at the tip jar, here’s my patreon. Patreon supports get things like pre-sliced printables of the Greater Northshore, and also the completely-uncompressed MEGAMAP, not that the .jpg has much compression in it because honestly it doesn’t.

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