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mayaaaaa

@doublejanuary.bsky.social

i am reminded once again that i enjoy going outside and my husband would instead plunge the world into a cold, endless abyss if it meant he never had to be outside or deal with people again.

July 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM

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I'm Uni :3

@unicouniuni3.bsky.social

Even from below, Uni is too cute! :3

June 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM

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Hourly Cosmos

@hourlycosmos.bsky.social

Venus and Moon - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2iHbGYy

April 28, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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Cyberpunk Trading Card Game

@cyberpunktcg.bsky.social

Every connection is a risk.

Pacifica Netrunner, illustrated by ADIA.

Late Pledge today 👇🔗

April 28, 2026 at 4:06 PM

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リノくん

@rinokun.bsky.social

フェイトくん練習

August 5, 2024 at 7:10 PM

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Hourly Cosmos

@hourlycosmos.bsky.social

Egg Moon - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/9z4ndj

April 27, 2026 at 8:00 AM

mayaaaaa

@doublejanuary.bsky.social

yay yippee wahoo so much to watch!!!

March 21, 2026 at 7:28 AM

mayaaaaa

@doublejanuary.bsky.social

watched beginning of a new era again at theaters.

still goated.

tm opera o my beloved

February 28, 2026 at 3:42 AM

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lu

@coffinvows.bsky.social

oh darn the vampire got into the confessional again

February 24, 2026 at 1:56 AM

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Bara Yaoi 🔞

@barayaoicum.bsky.social

February 26, 2026 at 12:48 AM

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Nana Himuro / 氷室ナナ

@himuronanart.bsky.social

Happy 20th anniversary!!💕 Tap to take in the details!

タップ推奨！２０周年おめでとう、兄さん！！

#kaito #fanart #vocaloid

Fan art of KAITO V3 the vocaloid in a digital space, opening a folder. Wind is sweeping up his clothes and sheet music dramatically.

February 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM

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the haver of it🔞

@taylortitmouse.bsky.social

a short essay on abstraction in erotic fiction

(you can also read it on tumblr
www.tumblr.com/taylor-titmo...)

"I would be interested in hearing more of your thoughts on abstraction! "

oh boy where do i even start. it's like this

this is all my own theory, nothing i've read up or studied from anyone else. so for all i know there's already a coherent theory on this stuff and i'm reinventing it. but the way i see it, as it pertains to erotic fiction, the levels of abstraction are as follows:

you. literally, You. the girl reading this. you walked into the bdsm room in real life and asked to be strapped to the wall and spanked like a bad girl. you are engaging in kink. you are not literally a bad girl.
the kayfabe version of yourself that inhabits the scene. she walked into the bdsm room and did not ask to be strapped to the wall and spanked like a bad girl. she is not engaging in kink. she was a bad girl.
the character in the scene you're imagining. she was dragged into the dungeon and did not ask to be strapped to the wall and spanked. she is not engaging in kink. she is being punished, and may or may not have been a bad girl depending on how you play the scene.
a fictional character you're reading about who walked into a bdsm room and asked to be strapped to the wall and spanked like a bad girl. she is* engaging in kink. unless the author tells us so, she is not literally a bad girl.
the kayfabe version of the character in the fiction who inhabits the scene. she is not engaging in kink. the non-kink character is engaging in kink. again whether she is a bad girl depends upon the author's decision.
the character the character in the fiction is imagining, who was dragged into the dungeon and did not ask to be strapped to the wall. she is not engaging in kink. you get the point.

*for whatever amount of 'is' you can apply to something fictional.

you can rearrange the levels, but as you can see it gets recursive once you get past the first three. to lay it out with a clear example, the final level of abstraction is a fictional work about a fictional couple who are themselves imagining they're in a fictional dungeon. or worse, a fictional couple reading about another fictional couple. and this is just talking about abstraction between You and an Idea. it gets even more complicated when you get into ideas of consent and images, which is its own post really.

when it comes to abstraction, my work is in that third level of abstraction. fiction about people Literally in the situation around which a kink is centered, who are not actively engaging in kink. vester is not engaging in a spanking fetish. chique is not engaging in an exhibitionism fetish. they're just doing things that, to us, represent kink, but are not literal depictions.

so that's why vester isn't allowed to enjoy being spanked. it puts him that little bit further away from You.

February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM

mayaaaaa

@doublejanuary.bsky.social

next time i hit up the latin@ supermarket........i'm buying ingredients for ropa vieja

February 16, 2026 at 5:25 AM

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Joezilla

@joezillaz.bsky.social

God, I love Bill Watterson.

Calvin from "Calvin and Hobbes" as Detective Tracer Bullet.

February 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM

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Nana Himuro / 氷室ナナ

@himuronanart.bsky.social

Hi! I started Blue Sky in hopes of receiving more feedback on my art. I mainly draw Zenless zone Zero stuff now. This one's a personal fav♡

Anton Ivanov from Zenless Zone Zero looking over his shoulder and grinning

May 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM

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Nana Himuro / 氷室ナナ

@himuronanart.bsky.social

肉食ウサギ

(Posting early for my JP peeps) vicious bun

Fan art of Anton Ivanov from Zenless Zone Zero wearing a bunny girl outift and crossing his arms sternly. The outfit is inspired by Safety the bangboo and includes a glove and utility belt. In the background, the date “8/2” is written in green, and the 8 has a bunny face.

August 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ

@charlespiroth.bsky.social

Close-up of the head of a bison from the Altamira Cave, Cantabria, Northern Spain.

February 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM

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Punchyninja

@punchyninja.bsky.social

Going to post more of my traditional media work. Priss from bubblegum crisis. 11x17 comic board drawn with pencil on my trusty acme drawing board with animation paper pegs.