stygius

"friend, not sword". fanfic writer. 30s, hades, baldur's gate 3, others. critical role sideblog: @stygius-cr-sideblog fic @ ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/users/stygius

[stygiusfic]

pinned post!

This blog has evolved from a Hades blog to a general mix of whatever has got my brain in a chokehold at any given time. Some useful links for navigation:

my last pinned, with links to all my Hades fanfic and meta posts

my writing tag: #stygius writes

if you're here for my Critical Role stuff, sideblog @stygius-cr-sideblog

all my fanfic can be found on AO3 (bg3 durge and durgetash, critical role shadowgast and essek, fe3h, hades)

asks are usually open, if you want to say hi

[l0verseyes]

Eris: I can make her worse

[giragirameganedan]

[apocryphics]

[conveniitekuru]

ありま ゆきさんのツイート: “美術高校の陶芸科に通う妹の卒制 〈〈〈カピバラの湯〉〉〉… ”

[galaxyspeaking]

No one has painted me in over 400 years.

[haridraws]

high ambient background football levels reminded me to actually finish this Personal Lore That Caused My Books comic

[stuckinapril]

I think part of getting better is complete ego death. Like you’re not above setting a timer for 5 minutes and focusing on a task. You’re not above doing a very simple 3 minute workout to start. You’re not above reading for 10 minutes a day when you first get out of your reading slump, even if you used to read for hours. You’re not above starting slow and then building up to where you want to be/where you once were. What you are above is total inertia. Doing something really is better than doing nothing. Radically accept where you are, radically accept your limits, and go from there. Don’t let your ego get in the way.

[fancysmudges]

your local anxious president and the overqualified usps guy

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

don’t abandon joy because it is brief. don’t commit to solitude because happiness is fleeting. it’s okay that good things do not last forever. it’s okay to simply enjoy a thing for as long as you have it.

[nylarac]

^ relevant art by @catcrumb that legitimately rewired my brain

[mumblesplash]

it’s so magical and beautiful that there are sprawling interconnected cave systems carved deep into the earth by various geological forces and you don’t have to go in them. there are miles and miles of stone passageways in total darkness that require you to exhale all the air out of your lungs to squeeze through parts of them and you don’t have to be there. some of these squeezes are underwater and require cave divers to take off their oxygen tanks and push them through ahead of them and me i am above ground looking at the sky as we speak. there are untold subterranean wonders no human has ever seen and i will not be the one to discover them #grateful #blessed

[mumblesplash]

so true there could be any number of undiscovered species down there all of which are none of my business and never will be. peace and love on (the surface of) planet earth 💕

[ladysantos]

typhon, father of all monsters

[zoinyoi]

[daftpatience]

this messed up vintage cat sewing pattern has tormented me since i saw it & like some other folks have done in that post - i tried my hand at tweaking the pattern to resemble the illustration (and my personal tastes) a little more. i've ended up with this, which i have only tested at a small scale and not this final version exactly (where i have done such things as further widening the cheeks and finalizing the leg shapes.) i bestow it upon you nice folks now 👐

go forth and make weird little beanbag kittens! pls show me if you do!

[daftpatience]

woah this got big!! and after another try i have another untested tweak for yall. this should help the weird pinchy side seams out. yey

[calltainn]

My first attempt! I made the pattern a bit smaller as I wanted it to be able to fit in a pocket, but then (accidentally but perhaps unavoidably) sewed it with a wider seam allowance than the resized pattern indicated, so the face is proportionally a bit too big and I lost some detail in the ear shape. I'm pleased with it though! It was fun to make something and to do some handsewing.

[daftpatience]

SOO CUTE AND TINIE 😭

[chthonink]

I tried this pattern a while back to try out some minky and I get no points for making the pattern well but looook at my boyyy

His name is Tofu. Thank you for sharing the pattern I will love him forever

[cosmonaut-observer]

If you live in the UK you need to see this

Protect Internet Freedom from now until forever. It's important existentially! Americans stand with UK citizens in our struggle against government censorship

[russettrush]

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation

We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential ag

Got the link via @finalducc

If you live in the UK, please be sure to take part in this!

[fading-bisexual-queen-milkshake]

@daysleftofsecondterm

[starlightshadowsworld]

You guys have my whole heart for sharing this I had no idea will be filling this out and encourage all my fellow brits to do soo too. If you’re not from the UK please keep sharing this around we have till the 26th May to submit these in.

This whole thing was set up without our say we all need to make sure we’re heard.

[stygiusfic]

did the "write in the morning before work" thing for the first time in a while and it was great and now I really don't want to work...

[exemiin]