Hey. Wassup. My name's Maxie and I'm just a disaster bi dude who has his fingers in way too many vidya game pies.
I art sometimes. But mostly I shitpost. ASKBOX IS ALWAYS OPEN.
I'm hyperfixed on one (1) red man who took over my life XD
Also still really into Fallout, Star Trek, Katamari and many other things, including far too many OCs.
Mostly playing Limbus Company and Sky: Children of the Light. But I do play FFVII Ever Crisis and Honkai Star Rail too!
The spicier content is tagged as #3spicy5main
Things I'm working on right now...
The Deityverse AU -- a Final Fantasy VII x Soul Calibur AU where it's the FFVII cast as divine beings, facing the threat of the malfested from SC lore. Also contins lots of mythology references to real world mythologies.
The Misadventures of Sparkie -- shenanigans in Sky: Children of the Light featuring my silly little sky kid.
when the character hides themselves behind a persona? good. when the character hides themselves behind a persona but the line between the "real" and "fake" them is blurry and its debatable who would count as the "true self" (if there even is one) or if theres even a difference between them? great! when the character hides behind a persona but both the persona and the supposed "true self" are equally real/important and treated with kindness and neither are made out to be bad/wrong or gotten rid of? AMAZING
Hear me out: mini Genesis being a super nerdy, bookworm and slightly shy teen. Very talented in spellcasting and summons, he later evolves into the menace we know and love and cuts his hair. Meanwhile Sephiroth absolutely loves Genesis long hair and lets grow his to imitate him.
I wanted to draw this headcanon for so long, I love his little braid 🥹
Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”
So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”
Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.
Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.
Chuckling to myself remembering the time I completely broke a scammer's brain by telling them I use Linux.
Scammer: do you have an apple or a windows computer please?
Me: neither, I use Linux.
Scammer: no no no, I asked if you use a apple or a windows
Me: neither
Scammer: what is the sticker? Is it a four boxes or is it an apple with a bite?
Me: ... I don't use EITHER of them. There's a third operating system called Linux. It isn't a PC or a mac. Please tell me you understand
Scammer: do -- do you know what I mean about apple or windows sir?
Me: yes. I'm a software developer. I understand completely. I'm telling you that YOU don't understand. Its called Linux, spelled L-I-N-U-X, type it into google
Scammer:
Scammer: but is it an apple or a windows computer sir
Important: 2026 update on my Patreon (please read if you are a member)
Good evening all,
I have paused billing for members of my Patreon for the last few months as I intend to do some major restructuring of my project and how supporters are able to show support.
As of late, I’ve been dealing with flashbacks due to previous traumatic experiences. I’ve never actually talked about this so frankly before in public – I might have mentioned it in passing but I have never been able to express the true depth of it until now. I hope that supporters of my project who also struggle with poor mental health know they’re not alone and that more people than you might think struggle with these kinds of things.
Last year, I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stemming from adverse experiences I had in my youth. Since then, I’ve been on a merry-go-round of medications to try and treat this, but I have to be honest – mental health services in Wales (and the UK generally) are extremely poor. I’ve been quiet on here, on this project and on my social media as a whole for so long due to being passed from practitioner to practitioner, service to service. Recently, I had an appointment which I hope will effect some change in my mental health care so that I can feel well enough to work full-time on Llyfr Enfys again. I feel strongly that mental health needs to be talked about, not shied away from. Which is why I’m taking the step to publicly talk about my PTSD and how it affects my creative output. As my PTSD has caused me to lose a few months in writing time, continued support of my project is still very much cherished. However, I would like to make it clear that I cannot provide content at a rate that would justify repeated billing, which is why for the last two months it has been suspended. I am multiply disabled in other ways and so pushing myself to burnout every few months is not healthy. Doing this in the past has had ramifications for my health and wellbeing – the most sensible thing to do is be frank about my limits and communicate this clearly.
Going forwards, until I am at a physical and mental place where I can provide extra content on top of working behind-the-scenes on this latest draft of the dictionary, any financial support is towards supporting me to live and for access to my queer Welsh Discord server, rather than to create additional content at this time. With this in mind, I’m completely reworking my tiers. There will now be only two tiers – Buwch Goch Duw Tier ($1) and Enfys Tier ($5) – Patreon is based in the USA, hence the $USD. Both of which are general support and Discord access tiers. I have suspended all other tiers – if you are on any of the legacy tiers, please cancel or change tier membership as appropriate by the 15th of June 2026 – after this time the pause on billing stops and will resume. I’m hugely thankful for any support, but if you need to cancel for any reason I suggest doing so asap to avoid being rebilled after this date.
However, it’s not all bad news. I cannot share the full details just yet, but I have been in talks with a publisher for Llyfr Enfys and things are looking promising so far! Getting Llyfr Enfys published is officially in the pipeline and more real than ever before. I just have to put pen to paper when I’m feeling better and before you (and I) know it, it’ll be a real, physical object you can hold and own (or download!).
I want to thank everyone who has been patient with me so far and has believed in my project from day one. I hope I can do you proud when Llyfr Enfys makes the jump from project to published! I also want to thank everyone who has ever supported me – your generosity and the collective belief that a book like this should exist has sustained me through thick and thin. You have my genuine and heartfelt thanks.
I would also like to be honest about the way I’ve structured this project previously. I’m 25 now, and I was a mere 20-year-old when I began this project. A lot has changed and, naturally, so have I. I feel strongly that my older writing (especially my undergraduate dissertation) is stifled under what I felt my writing should be like, rather than what it is truly like. I had some bad advice at undergrad that taught me to write passively rather than actively, which I’m still in the process of unlearning. Suffice to say, I can do so much better than my undergraduate dissertation (it would be weird if I – or any academic worth their salt – couldn’t!). My undergraduate dissertation is decidedly not a good metric for the form and tone of the final draft of Llyfr Enfys. My writing skills have grown since then, thankfully, and I intend to write a lot closer to my natural style and stop self-policing my own language, going forward. Most recently, on the 29th of May 2026 I presented a paper at the Gender in Medieval Insular Literature Symposium at Aberystwyth University on possible intersex-related terminology in medieval Welsh literature.
Those of you who follow my tumblr (@llyfrenfys) know I’m a lot more casual over there and less afraid to speak my mind and be true to myself. In other spheres (i.e. on more mainstream social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook – the domain of established publishers) I have held my tongue more times than I can abide any longer. I cannot live that way. In this house we say fuck, we speak our truth and we don’t self-censor, not any more.
I hope that this long overdue update has helped clarify where my project is currently.
Free the Palestinian, Iranian, Ukrainian and any other peoples suffering from wanton aggression in unjust wars. Love your neighbours, keep your friends close.
Hwyl for now, but I will be back before you know it.
Much love,
Luke Blaidd (Editor in Chief, Llyfr Enfys)
Update: May 2026 by Prosiect Llyfr Enfys on Patreon. Join Prosiect Llyfr Enfys's community for exclusive content and updates.
I don’t think we ought to normalize or justify bullying as a means to keep people from being annoying — a sentiment that in and of itself could make for a whole article’s worth of conversation — but I do think we should make a habit of politely but directly telling people “hey I didn’t like that”, “that wasn’t funny”, “you are mistaken”, and the like if it’s called for, and more importantly, you should be able to take a “that wasn’t funny” for instance without taking it personally, because protecting a polite harmony where no one can criticize each other, not even politely, is also really, really bad.
