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MY9ALBUMS
The sound that made me

Black Holes & Revelations - Muse
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin
Lungs - Florence + the Machine
Takk... - Sigur Rós
OutRun - Kavinsky
The Race for Space - Public Service Broadcasting
Discovery - Daft Punk
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy

Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 29/09/2026

Can't believe I'm writing a research proposal about animal-assisted trauma interventions, while I periodically take breaks to pet the large orange house-tiger that has decided to sprawl in front of me on the desk. Somatic downregulation indeed.

An orange cat with green eyes lies on her side on a desk, staring up at the camera. Sun is filtering through the windows near her.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 27/09/2026

SO excited and pleased to see the name of a good pal, @peculiarplanets.com as a CRIT Award winner. Riley is a stellar roleplayer, bringing everything and more to a table, it's always such a joy to share a scene with them. Well deserved. (Oh, and check out @tumblethrupod.bsky.social too!)

Best Players of the Year

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Best Player | Paizo
Anna Everts in "Twilight's Edge S2"
by Tumble Through Podcast

Best Player | Paradox Interactive (World of Darkness)
Sara Alhumsi in "Dubai by Night"
by Nerdiyat

Best Player | Dungeons & Dragons
Sophie Horton for "Roll Britannia - A British Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Podcast"

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 24/09/2026

Vaguely chronological, played the absolute living daylights out of all of them.

My 9 Games
The 9 Games That Shaped Who I Am

Pokemon Red
Spyro the Dragon
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Mass Effect
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
No Man's Sky
God of War (2018)
Disco Elysium
Vampire Survivors

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 21/09/2026

Big exciting prize for whoemever can identify which one of these is my Masters thesis, and which one is my wood elf lore doc.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 08/09/2026

"How did you get there?" "Ugh, why won't you WORK!" It's a shorthand we use, as social animals, to navigate the world in a way that makes sense to us. Even if we end up mistakenly attributing consciousness in the wrong direction. From the aforementioned thesis:

Quote from a page.
"There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves... We find human faces in the moon, armies in the clouds."

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 20/08/2026

Favourite niche animal: the fossa! Cat-like, related to the mongoose, endemic to Madagascar. I remember seeing Attenborough cover them years ago and was instantly besotted.

An image of a fossa at San Diego Zoo. The fossa, a reddish-brown, feline-like creature with similarities to a mongoose, looks with focus at something beyond the camera.

A fossa pup! Big black-brown eyes, oversized ears. The pup crouches on a branch and stares up at the camera. Super super cute.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 19/08/2026

What writing the thesis is like atm

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 19/08/2026

Freya approves of the latest delivery. (She will very happily shred the entire box while I read. It's a good arrangement.)

The Discworld TTRPG corebook sits in front of a cardboard box. An orange cat looks at the camera from inside the box.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 14/08/2026

Me until we get rain next week so I can watch the plumes of steam rise from our baking apartment building as it finally cools down

Frodo at the end of Return of the King, all messed up from The Horrors. He says: "I can't recall the taste of food, nor the sound of water, nor the touch of grass."

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 10/08/2026

Your self-employed friend at 12.35pm on a Monday:

A selfie, Ayfa is wearing several pieces of armour. Steel forget, pauldrons, corset. Mail cowl.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 03/08/2026

Who's ready for me to get *incredibly* annoying

A steel Corinthian-style helm with a black hair plume, sitting on a flat green cushion on a dark wooden table.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 29/07/2026

This one hurts a lot. Kavinsky's music helped me through a lot of tough times, got me back on the road. I'm so glad I saw him in 2024. A small DJ set, but big for me. May a shiny Testarossa await you, and may an endless highway rise to meet you. music.youtube.com/watch?v=zW9x...

A blurry photo taken from a crowd in a club. The lights are red. A DJ stands on stage behind decks, pointing to an audience-member as he performs.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 13/07/2026

Two-minute sketch turned into the most perfect depiction of my Doomsong character ever. She's grand! :)

A very amateur drawing in blue biro of a scrungly-looking little figure, wrapped in a large cloak and carrying a sword on their back. They're waving cheerfully and some text beside the drawing says "hiya! yeh I'm grand :)" also in biro.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 07/07/2026

Without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?

White text on a black background. It reads:
"One of you is a mech pilot.
You are stranded in interstellar space.
You will never make it home."

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 16/06/2026

To the surprise of literally no one,

I am most likely Asuka and Misato according to a graph. We got some Ritsuko and Shinji in there too.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 09/06/2026

My darling baby, my cranky cutie, she who has never done a wrong thing in her life: Daireann Briarguard, Ghost Strider of the Wydrioth Glade. My wood elf PC in our Warhammer Fantasy campaign! Art by @noracchii on Instagram, commissions are still open 💚 Big recommend, what a treat!!

A b&w sketch illustration of a Warhammer Fantasy wood elf. Long ears, long hair, leaf cloak, leather armour, standoffish expression.

A coloured version of the previous sketch. Her eyes are green, her hair is blonde.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 04/06/2026

Is Merriam-Webster personally targeting me?

The word "potato" on a green/white gradient background.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 02/06/2026

Ya gurl made the cvntiest little iced latte this morning and now it's everyone's problem.

An unmixed latte. Bottom later is hazelnut and caramel syrup, then vanilla oat milk, then a dark espresso. Very sexy.

A mixed latte in a pleasant shade of taupe. It doesn't look like much but you can be well assured that it was enjoyed.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 30/05/2026

Want easy serotonin for the low-low price of $15? @thegraygatsby.bsky.social will draw your fluffy children and they will be delightful and you will not be able to stop looking at them and you will likely frame them and put them on your wall. Just a suggestion. A good one though. (LOOK AT THEM!!!)

A digital illustration of a grey/brown tabby cat lounging.

A digital illustration of a fluffy orange cat relaxing on her back.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 10/05/2026

Barry’s blasta: an cupán tae is fearr as go léir.

Ayfa is holding a very large cup of milky sugary tea in front of the camera. In the background is lush greenery, walking paths, and an out-of-focus river.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 03/05/2026

Get in, losers. We're going jousting.

A close-up selfie of Ayfa in mail and a gorget and black spiked crown, looking down at the camera with mild disdain.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 02/05/2026

Got to play in the dirt today. It was needed.

Ayfa, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses and sitting cross-legged in the dry mud, gives a cheery thumbs up from under the boughs of a fig tree.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 22/04/2026

Been cool since before it was cool. (To be fair I have been vocally anti-AI since like 2015 and have it in my bio, so,)

A screenshot of Ayfa's presence on the AI Haters blocklist since 15/03/26.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 15/04/2026

Like come ON. The atmosphere. The layers. The depth. The attention to detail. Working on this with Per was an absolute joy and I'll treasure this remembrance of my party's wonderful terrible characters forever.

A character illustration of three Delta Green agents. In the foreground: DELTA GREEN IMPOSSIBLE LANDSCAPES is emblazoned across. In the background: the King in Yellow looms, shadows of Carcosa surrounding him.
It's really good.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 19/03/2026

You ever cosplay your silly little Warhammer Fantasy character and then have a crisis because you think you look cute as a blonde and now you can't stop thinking about it?

Ayfa makes a peace sign at the camera while taking a selfie. She's wearing a green tunic with silver clasps, black arm wraps, elf ears, a blonde wig, and a pair of antlers.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 24/02/2026

CHECK OUT MY FIRST LIL GUY ✨🩸🪽

A Blood Angel miniature from Warhammer 40K.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 23/02/2026

🎶 Goodbye, everybody / I've got to go / Gotta leave you all behind and / Paint some minis 🎶 🎸 MAMAAAAAAAAAAAA 🎶 (sorry, couldn't be helped)

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 20/01/2026

This past 30 days has SUCKED. Like real bad. BUT today I get to play games with dear friends again and things are slowly becoming better. Grateful for the sun.

Ayfa smiles at the camera with her head tilted to the right. She's wearing a white tee and the room is gently illuminated by the sun through horizontal blinds.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 10/12/2025

Here's their offering! Looks promising!

Griolladh's "The Crambo" sandwich, listed with fillings.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 01/12/2025

I am also feeling the post-con sads! Hope you feel better soon Mol 💚 We had our full Warhammer Fantasy table all together for the first time, it was the best! I love our Hams

A group of five people pose together for a photo, thumbs up and peace signs galore.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 01/12/2025

Oh Dragonmeet you were so lovely. An absolute pleasure to see my friends. Of course I took no photos as I was too excited all the time, & I missed some people that I wanted to see, but otherwise it was a true joy of a weekend. 💚 If anyone needs me I'll be in a blanket experiencing severe con drop.

A large group of assorted people throwing up peace signs for the camera.

Another group of people in a common food hall area, sat around a table and smiling at the camera.

Three silly gooses with a fourth even sillier goose in the background.

The silliest goose of all. Ayfa smiles at the camera while wearing antlers.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 14/11/2025

Happiest of days!! Here's a bonus extra

The November 14th scene from the Watchmen comic, but this time Dr Manhattan is Kermit the Frog.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 29/10/2025

Happy early Hallowe'en! In this house, practising self-care means finally getting around to your Joan of Arc cosplay. I really love how it turned out. (I'll also happily accept comparisons to Celestine, the Living Saint.)

A vertical portrait of Ayfa in cosplay. She's wearing a short black bob wig, a gold halo, a steel gorget and pauldrons, and a black corset and turtleneck. She holds up a steel claymore in front of her. (There is also some dramatic, pious gazing involved in the picture.)

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 24/10/2025

Got some pretty nice post today.

On a larger cream-coloured bedsheet lies a sky-blue towel. On the towel is a set of steel pauldrons and a gorget, all with dark leather straps. Please imagine an extremely excited 36-year-old woman making a LOT of noise while taking the photo.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 16/10/2025

"𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯" I finally got myself a LotR tattoo ⚔️ For me, this is about the flaws that broke past versions of you being remade, reforged into something stronger, something that can help drive away darkness. You don't have to destroy the past. You can make it better.

Ayfa, holding her phone out ahead of her at waist-height, is taking a selfie. She's wearing big glasses, a gold necklace, a black t-shirt, and tan pants. On her forearms are two new Lord of the Rings tattoos: on the left arm is the shattered blade Narsil, on the right arm is the reforged sword Andúril. She's smiling with one eye squinted shut.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 02/09/2025

The Children of Lear = the original Animorphs. I shan't be taking any questions or comments at this time.

An illustration by PJ Lynch of Fionnghuala, daughter of Lear, transforming into a swan.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 28/08/2025

Bought a cute new dress that makes me feel really good about myself. Of course, I had to pair it with my other casualwear. As you do. (Do you swear fealty?)

Ayfa is taking a mirror selfie. She's dressed in a calf-length green dress, black leather pauldrons and faulds, a length of faux-fur slung over her right shoulder, a dagger at her belt, white antlers and a crown of forget-me-nots, and a large claymore sword.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 22/08/2025

In lieu of a list, here are some games that sum me up. (Also my Kallax looks so cute!) I can also be found extolling the virtues of Delta Green and Warhammer Fantasy RP.

A black-brown Kallax 2x2 bookshelf. One the bottom shelves are wicker baskets with the contents obscured but for a single golden feather. On the top shelves are notebooks, poetry books, Warhammer 40K mini kits, some vinyl records, and various TTRPG books. They include Morg Borg and the CY and Corp supplements, 40K Wrath & Glory and Imperium Maledictum, Mappa Mundi, Inevitable, Shiver, and The One Ring. Sitting on top of the shelves themselves are binoculars, ornamental plants, a golden crown, and two daggers.

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Ayfa, Sister of Battle ⚔️ @ayfa.me · 04/08/2025

It's me baps! 🎂🎈🎉 Got absolutely mobbed with love upon awakening today and I've a lovely fun evening with a lovely husband planned. Really feeling the love today. It's not just about getting older -- it's about remembering that people like you (😱⁉️) and sitting in that nice feeling for a bit.

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