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Scott Westerfeld @ScottWesterfeld Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies. 8:27 PM • Mar 20, 2014 Dinosaurs see an incoming meteor. One says “oh shit! The economy!!” Matt Bors famous comic Peasant: we should improve society somewhat Moron: yet you participate in society, curious! I am very intelligent
September 21, 2026 at 11:18 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
How, in the 20 years between Uglies and Youngbloods, their dynamic does a 180° switch between who is the unhinged, impulsive, troubled one and who is her tether is such a beautiful full circle moment
#Uglies #ScottWesterfeld #TallyYoungblood #ShayUglies #YADystopia #SciFiYuri
ID: Tally and Shay, as Uglies, wearing their school uniforms, Shay the trousers, Tally the skirt, but dirty. Shay kneels in front of Tally and looks up to her in a somewhat unhinged but tender expression as Tally cradles her face. Shays hoverboard leans against her thighs, and she also wears a jacket and an equally tattered scarf while Tally wears the same things she was meant to wear in the City. Digital drawing. ID: Same pose, but now they are about thirty-five, have short hair, more angular faces, are covered in tattoos and scars. This time, Tally kneels, with blood smeared over her face, her black tank top and cargo pants and her army knife, and looks up at Shay, who in turn looks down at her, as if to hold her back. Shay wears are futuristic armor that leaves her arms free, a harness with knifes, a belt with pockets and separate lower arms armor and fingerless gloves.
September 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
chickiewu.bsky.social
This was a strange tale of a future society that gives everyone plastic surgery. You will be made perfect, but at what cost? Some try to escape, but they are hunted down. It was well written, engaging YA with an open end that makes you think. #goodbooks #scottwesterfeld #ugliesprettiesspecialsextras
August 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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August 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Perks of having an (ex) girlfriend who's a super soldier
#Uglies #UgliesSeries #TallyYoungblood #ZaneUglies #ScottWesterfeld
ID: (Special) Tally holding a posing Zane up on her hands. Digitally colorized pencil drawing
July 31, 2026 at 8:13 PM
larbalestier.bsky.social
Thanks!

This was me & @scottwesterfeld. Having to go through and minutely examine every scene and every sentence of The Mortons to decide whether they really needed to be there made us better writers.

We'll be doing it to every novel now! #writing
pinkgodzilla2.bsky.social Carol @pinkgodzilla2.bsky.social · Jul 25
Interesting tidbit from panel about needing to shorten book by 10% note from editor and they opted to try shortening every sentence versus cutting a scene or scene. Said it helped make the book crisper and was a good note. Partial alt of panel description as old phone and can’t access save button.
You crack open a book, and the characters are so realistic, so enthralling, they walk off the page. Ashley Poston (Someday Garden), Shirlene Obuobi (Die for Me), Scott Westerfeld & Justine Larbalestier (The Mortons), Elise Kova (Prince of Swords), and Chip Pons (Dearly Departed) discuss their craft …
July 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
robinsarts.bsky.social
Frey from Impostors. At least, my version of her. I struggled so hard deciding on an outfit as her clothes aren't really described besides sweats, or when she is Rafia and wears something fancy. I ended up with this!

#Impostors #uglies #scottwesterfeld
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June 2, 2026 at 8:53 AM
infinite-loopy.bsky.social
@ScottWesterfeld from old twitter: Common Excuses for Fascism Germany: Bread costs wheelbarrows of cash Japan: Obeying emperor god-king USA: A feminist critiqued my video game
May 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
All the Uglies main characters portraits together (adaptation designs + Zane)
#Uglies #UgliesSeries #ScottWesterfeld #YADystopia
Digitally drawn portraits of all the most important Uglies characters: Tally and Shay, David and Zane, Dr. Cable and Maddy
May 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Looking back its funny how after first reading the books I actually hated Shay, and only learned to understand her because of another girl I had a friendship with a very similiar dynamic with. Her rage, her manipulation, her self-destructive behavior…
#ShayUglies #Uglies #ScottWesterfeld #YAdystopia
March 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
midureads.bsky.social
#scottwesterfeld #mirrorsedge #newpurchase #midureads #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookshelf #bookaholic #bookaddict #booklover #instareads #youngadult #bookishcommuníty #bookcommunity #impostors #impostor #dystopia #romance
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Did these for a fic cover, showing Tally and Shays interconnected arcs and so on, but thought they looked too cool to not share

The way bluesky arranges pictures *really* does not work well here; click for better view
#Uglies #ScottWesterfeld #ShayUglies #TallyYoungblood #YAdystopia #FeministSciFi
ID: Closeup on Shays (as an Ugly) face, with a rip with edges like a glitched screen going diagonally through it, showing Tallys face underneath ID: Shays face as a Pretty, with Tally as a Pretties face behind a rip again ID: Special Shay, with Special Tally under the ripped picture
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
midureads.bsky.social
#specials #scottwesterfeld #newpurchase #youngadult #scifi #scifireader #sf #instareads #bookshelf #bookaholic #bookaddict #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookishcommuníty #bookcommunity #midureads
November 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
midureads.bsky.social
#therisenempire #scottwesterfeld #successionseries #scifi #scifireader #youngadult #instareads #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bookishcommuníty #bookcommunity #bookaholic #bookaddict #bookshelf #midureads
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
vvatership.bsky.social
two of my favorite YA series as a kid, Midnighters and the Maximum Ride series

#scottwesterfeld #jamespatterson #yafiction #yareads #booksky
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Schlocktober Day 18: Weakness Kink

Behold! The prompt that got me to participate in this event in the first place.

"Dr. Cable has taken an interest in an unsuspecting young male scientist from another city"

archiveofourown.org/works/72705966
#Schlocktober #DrCable #Uglies #ScottWesterfeld
Feed the Wolf - TallysGreatestFan - Uglies Series - Scott Westerfeld [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Love that the reasons she is an asshole are, besides all the typical things you would expect of an dystopian resistance leader, very personal and not exactly rational. God, I love her
#MaddyUglies #Uglies #ScottWesterfeld #CharminLee
ID: Shoulders up portrait, digital drawing, of a middle aged black woman with a haggard face, dark brown eyes, big nose, wearing her greying locks in a messy bun. Her clothes look self-made, a headband, a pullover, a vest. Behind her is a stony wall with flowers growing in the cracks
October 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Day 14: Predator/Predator

"During the rebels feast, Shay and Tally escape into the privacy of the prairie to give in to their instincts"

They were compared to wolves too often to not use this
#Uglies #TallyYoungblood #ShayUglies #ScottWesterfeld #Schlocktober

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New Session | Archive of Our Own
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October 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Thought about doing one of these pride flag icon queer headcanon things for the Uglies cast, but honestly, it would just boil down to:

"Everybody's bi, Fausto can be gay as a treat"
#Uglies #ScottWesterfeld
October 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
scifiction.bsky.social
#fypシ #leviathan #netflix #anime #steampunk
#masterpiece #new #animation #foryoupageシ #trend #virals

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Leviathan: Why This New Netflix Anime is a Steampunk Masterpiece - SciFiction
If you're looking for your next sci-fi obsession, look no further than Leviathan, the new animeseries that dropped on Netflix in July. Based on the beloved young adult novels by ScottWesterfeld, this ...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Keep thinking about how Laverne Cox noticed Dr. Cable being described as a wolf doesn't just mean she's brutal and ruthless, but also fiercely protective

Then I remembered I still had an AU where Maddy is a Special too..
#Uglies #DrCable #MaddyUglies #ScottWesterfeld #YADystopia #Yuri #BattleCouple
ID: Digitally colorized pencil drawing of Dr. Cable standing in front of a injured Maddy, knife in one hand, blood on her nails on the other, in fighting stance. Cable wears her lab-coat esque robe, but it is ripped and dirty. Maddy wears a sneak suit, but it is damaged on the side of her stomach where she holds her hand over an injury, and glitching out. (Both of them are middle aged black women).
September 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "SciFiction"
By: Emily Davis on Saturday, September 27, 2025
Leviathan: Why This New Netflix Anime is a Steampunk Masterpiece
If you're looking for your next sci-fi obsession, look no further than Leviathan, the new animeseries that dropped on Netflix in July. Based on the beloved young adult novels by ScottWesterfeld, this series is a high-octane blend of alternate history, biological engineering, andclockwork machinery that is proving to be the perfect steampunk binge. Set in
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September 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Found another fridge horror: Shay canonically choose how she looks as a Special - but forces Tally back for surgery, so Tally doesn't.

So either Dr. Cable chose, or Shay. Shay would be both darkly romantic and absolutely disturbing...
#Uglies #TallyYoungblood #ScottWesterfeld #YADystopia #ToxicYuri
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
Saw a woman wearing this outfit and thought about Shay starting to remember her old self, starting to dress just the slightest bit more like herself, but before she starts spiraling
#Uglies #TallyxShay #ShayUglies #TallyYoungblood #ScottWesterfeld #YADystopia
ID: Digitally colorized pencil drawing of Tally and Shay dancing on a party, with flickering lights and other people in the background. Shay is a thin but curvy east Asian woman with tied back black hair, wearing a suit vest with no shirt underneath and a glittering suit pants. She smiles at Tally. Tally is a petite white woman with long blonde hair, wearing a white dress with golden straps at a cutout on her back, outlining her broad hips. The viewer only sees her back.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 PM
tallysgreatestfan.bsky.social
I had accepted I would never see #Uglies on screen..

Didn't really go how teen me had hoped. But by now I'm still glad to see all actors embody my heroes so well, get into contact with other fans & get new ideas about a story following me since 15 years
#ScottWesterfeld #YADystopia #Dystopia #SciFi
ID: Screencap from Netflix “Uglies” adaptation. Tally and Shay walking beside each other, both in futuristic school uniforms, both carrying hoverboards under their arms. The viewer looks at them from the side. Tally is a pointy-faced white girl with messy dark brown hair, Shay is a East Asian girl with short black hair, also rather pointy faced, thin and short. ID: Closeup on Tally up to slightly below the shoulders, looking devastated and terrified. Dr. Cable is standing behind her, her face out of view but her chest and her gloved hands on Tallys shoulders visible. In the background a clean, futuristic room is visible. ID: Closeup on Dr. Cables face, looking particularly cold, angular and intimidating. She is a middle aged black woman with straight, blonde hair, and her unnaturally grey eyes make her look even more intense. In the background forest and one of her henchmen are visible. ID: Showing Tally from behind, running towards the edge of the hoverboard park, with futuristic, twirled, airy towers in the background. Tally is a short, thin white girl with messy dark brown hair, wearing a futuristic school uniform including a skirt.
September 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM