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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh noooo this one hits hard, friends. RIP to our Appalachian queen. 🦋

jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Had such a lovely time meeting @ryanlasala.bsky.social today at Flame Con!! I can’t wait to dig into The Dead of Summer; ready for that aquatic era viiiibe! Let’s gooooo~~~ 🧜‍♂️🌊

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Had an absolute blast seeing @chucktingle.bsky.social’s show in Decatur tonight! LOVE IS REAL, BUCKAROOS!! 💖🥰 Thanks, Chuck!

A photo of Eljay posing with Chuck Tingle, both wearing pink. A marker board in background proclaims “LOVE IS REAL.”

A close up of Eljay’s black sneakers, blue socks with a martini glass pattern, and pink pant kegs

A closeup selfie of Eljay wearing pink heart shaped glasses

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Absolute masterpiece. Learn as little about it as you possibly can and just start reading. If you like brutally visceral stories with badass protagonists, you will not be disappointed.

Book cover for Chuck Tingle’s Fabulous Bodies. A blue green background with pink heart shaped glasses splattered with blood in the foreground. The lenses of the glasses are filled with the shimmering blue surface of a swimming pool.

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I joined a gym a little over a week ago and I’ve gone to a class almost every day since. Today we ate chicken and rested. 👍

A photo of a Siamese cat lounging on a sofa

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Today is the winter solstice. It also marks five years without my dad. My grief has been an odd and slowly emerging thing, in many ways, taking a while to fully settle in. I think losing someone at the height of COVID, before there were any vaccines even...

Text graphic reads: Today is the winter solstice. It also marks five years without my dad. My grief has been an odd and slowly emerging thing, in many ways, taking a while to fully settle in. I think losing someone at the height of COVID, before there were any vaccines even, is and will always be a uniquely strange experience. We almost didn't get to have a funeral for him, and the bare bones, short service we did have feels a bit like a dream in my memory. I barely know who was there, because we were sat at the front of the room and couldn't do a line to greet guests at the end because of social distancing restrictions. He was cremated, as he'd always said he wanted to be, so I never got to see him after his death. There was no viewing, no "saying goodbye." He was just gone. Today, five years later, he is still just gone, and I think a part of me is still waiting for him to come back.

We had a contentious relationship at times. I know he loved me, or at least he loved the person I was in his mind. I loved parts of him, but by the end of his life, we no longer really understood each other.

What hurts the most about his loss is what we could have had, and never quite did. He didn't really see me, and maybe I couldn't really see him, either. We are, in many ways, almost painfully alike. My grief in his loss is as much for the love that we had but never got enough of, as it is for the love we might have had, but never quite found.

I think I'll be mourning the loss of that potential, unrendered love for the rest of my life.

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I have a new hobby. Been making rosettes for a couple of months and I really need to stock up on findings and trims because I think I might be hooked and I want to make increasingly more elaborate designs.

A baby pink rosette made from velvet ribbon, pink gimp cord trim, and blue felting, with a gold heart cabochon frame at center

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

went outside to put my welcome mat back in place but I actually can’t because there’s a very cute snail enjoying it just now, so small joys

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Love that college me just wrote “propaganda” in the margins 🥲

Handwritten note written in the margins of a book, that says, “propaganda”

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

“The effect of a cultural bomb is to annihilate a people’s belief in their names, in their languages, in their environment, in their heritage of struggle, in their unity, in their capacities and ultimately in themselves.” As relevant now as it was when I first read it 20 years ago.

A page from “Decolonizing the Mind” with highlighted sections

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Oh no, this is really sad to hear. My copy of Decolonizing the Mind will remain in my home library forever. This book changed how I think about language. May his legacy never be forgotten.

A paperback copy of Decolonizing the Mind by Ngogi wa Thiong’o, white cover with a black man’s face from the eyes up, the bottom half of his face, including his mouth, cut off at the bottom of the page

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

So, I've been writing my novel in Obsidian for a little over two weeks and I'm kind of obsessed with this tool. Highly recommend it for writers searching for an affordable solution to take your writing projects to a mobile platform without paying for a bunch of unnecessary bloatware. #writing

Photo of a smart phone screen displaying the Obsidian app in the app store. App icon is a purple stone on a black background with text: "Obsidian - Connected Notes"

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We saw a mama duck and TWELVE baby ducklings today at Mother’s Day lunch 🐥

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The number of celebs at the MET gala tonight who interpreted #BlackDandyism as “wear black” was… well, it should have been more shocking than it actually was, but here we are and I’m not even surprised. There were some real bangers tho! This look on Janelle blew me away. Thom Browne.

Janelle Monae wearing an avante guarde red black and white cape in the style of a 20th century painting depicting a tailored suit

Janelle Monae wearing the actual red black and white tailored suit after the cape reveal

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Some plants from my walks the last few days 🌿

Green foliage and flowers, wet from rain

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Infinite Wealth party is out and about for the final day of Sakuracon! Say hi if you see us! 🌸 Kasuga Ichiban is @iamrenough.bsky.social Kiryu Kazuma is @majortomboy.bsky.social #Sakuracon2025 #Yakuza #Sakuracon

Nanba, Kiryu, and Ichiban cosplays from LaD: Infinite Wealth

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“A real man ought to be a little stupid.” -Ryuji Goda #yakuza #likeadragon #cosplay

Eljay in Ryuji Goda cosplay, a tan striped suit and black shirt

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

First look at my Ryuji Goda cosplay at Sakuracon this weekend 🌸

Ryuji cosplay from Yakuza video game posing in front of a window

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

PS I am attending a cosplay and animu enjoyers' convention this coming weekend so prepare for me to be a shitposting menace, hope that's okay with y'all also I just finished my Ryuji shoes

a pair of white and black men's leather dress shoes

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

My friend said this is giving “Legolas at Coachella” and I can’t stop laughing

Jay selfie wearing blue aviator sunglasses, long elf ears, and a brown pashmina scarf

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"Abracadabra" is about chronic illness and pain. It's about using every resource available to you in order to push through the suffering to keep on living and creating your art, when the world would really just like to watch you give up and die. It's a protection spell. /thread continues below

A screenshot of Lady Gaga from the "Abracadabara" music vido, wearing a red latex dress and wide-brimmed hat covered in spikes

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

My weather app: ❄️❄️❄️ Me: 👀

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I never used TikTok as a creator, but I’ve watched and enjoyed a lot of content there. This ban is extremely concerning and is a violation of every American’s first amendment rights. They didn’t even wait til midnight on the east coast. It’s already gone.

A screenshot of an official statement at TikTok.com explaining the app is no longer available in the US

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Idk I do feel a bit like taking a PS3 as my personal carry-on item in the year of our lord 2025 should earn me some kind of big time gamer cred 🎮 The TSA guys were very interested and amused 😆

A PlayStation 3 box sitting on a counter inside the airport

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Yakuza: Like a Dragon party was absolutely perfect; we had so much fun trying out our cosplays for the first time! 🐉💪🐍 Majima is @iamrenough.bsky.social Kiryu is @majortomboy.bsky.social

Two people wearing suit jackets and looking at camera

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Absolutely obsessed with my new pin and acrylic charm collection featuring all my faves from Yakuza / Like a Dragon! Gorgeous character tattoo pins by @zetallis.bsky.social, charms by brahkest (Ms. Hannya) and chappylips (New Serena keychain) more coming, but I’m going to need a bigger bag… 😅

Enamel pins depicting various tattoo designs from Like a Dragon characters

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Hope everyone had a great turkey day! Had a very yummy dinner with treasured friends and gave thanks to the Corndle 🌽

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Them: "So, Jay, you have Youtube, Apple Music, AND Spotify premium now. So, what do you watch/listen to while you're working on the computer?" Me: "...Kiryu's face in the Y6 menu screen on the other computer."

A screenshot from the menu title screen of Yakuza: 6, featuring a grumpy faced Kiryu Kazuma

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

IT’S HERE!!! 🎄 I have wanted one of these for years, I’m stupid excited for this 😆

Eljay posing with the 2024 Bonne Maman advent calendar

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This image makes the rounds about this time every year. My favorite thing about it is how positively giddy that man in her basket looks about being punished. Look at him. He's clapping. He is beside himself with holiday joy.

Image text: "Most people know of the European Krampus who collected and punished bad children. There are quite a few German cards from early and mid-century that show a female version of Krampus who punishes bad men."

Illustration depicts a woman with horns walking up stairs in pursuit of a man, ready to thrash him with a switch. On the woman's back is a carrying basket with one already collected man, awaiting his punishment.

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Remembering the ones who are no longer with us, today. This world and this country breaks my heart a little more every day, but we fight on. We try to survive, and we hold close in our hearts the ones who are no longer here to fight with us. 🏳️‍⚧️

transgender day of remembrance graphic. pink and blue background. a trans pride flag inside an arched frame with lit candle in foreground.

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Well, here she is in still image form.

An art acrylic charm featuring a hannya mask with a knife in her teeth, sakura blossoms in her long black hair.

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Anyway I've been completely obsessed with the Yakuza / Like a Dragon games for the last couple months and I just got my first piece of Majimerch(tm), I love her so much!! 🐍🌸 | art & charm by brahkest.com

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Something you should know about me is that I'm a big time enamel pin and acrylic charm appreciator. I collected hundreds of art pins starting during the pandemic and I'm in pretty deep at this point. "New interest? Time to make a pin bag about it!" is my standard operating procedure these days.

an enamel pin display of nine pins featuring Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Oh no, lemme put my flannel back on, it’s cold. *turns around* …OOP.

A Siamese cat hiding inside a flannel shirt, sitting in a desk chair

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Our local renaissance faire is always in May so the moment they announced a “fall fling” for this year I was READY for a chance to enjoy faire without suffering the scorched earth of summer in Atlanta. It was tonight, and we had a blast! ✨

A person (Eljay) wearing an orange, green, and black ren faire outfit with black tiefling horns, posing outdoors

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Lots of new friends today, so I guess I'll reintroduce myself. I'm just a weird lil guy from the American South. I write queer fiction & play video games. I dabble in cosplay, and advocate for disability awareness wherever I can. 🦾 My cat Toast is the love of my life. See ya around, butterflies! 🦋🌈

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jay | shifting into soup mode @eljay.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Astarion: "You never take me anywhere NICE." 😡

A Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot of Astarion and Tav lying on a messy bed, nearly naked, surrounded by bones and detritus

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