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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

that's one way to get my attention...

twitch screenshot where the game title is so long it makes the stream link hover take up more than the entire stream I already have open

Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I know it's a derogatory meme at this point, but I'm so here for the ffxiv writers doing a blatant "mechanics of magic" exposition session. Yessssss, catch me up on what aether is and how it normally behaves so I can confirm what the recent odd behaviour of it means

ffxiv dialogue screenshot of Minfilia in a black void, doing a powerpoint presentation on the nature of aether aided by a magical image orb

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

WELL, ok then... I guess I'm teleporting everywhere for a bit because why not

ffxiv log screenshot:
You cannot earn any more gil while on the free trial.
Excess gil will be discarded.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Considered going Viera or even Miqo'te this time, but first, I told myself, I'd try remaking my old Elezen from memory. I quickly realised that there was no point really trying anything else. She's perfect. She's so close to my ideal self.

ffxiv screenshot of an Elezen girl in default gear

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

lmao ok I behave the part sometimes but I certainly don't dress as such

nonbinary Creature

you're not a woman or man, you're more of a force of nature if anything (...etcetera in short it's just saying I read as an androgynous mess)

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

SIR I have still done basically nothing I'm a fledgeling adventurer. People are still sending me on "yeah so this guy went missing the other day" type quests. I haven't mastered anything. I still have almost half my levels ahead of me. Why are you talking like I'm about to die of old age?

Oblivion level up (20) text:
"By superhuman effort, you can avoid slipping backwards for a while. But one day, you'll lose a step, or drop a beat, or miss a detail... and you'll be gone forever."

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Sir my fame score is literally 5 I haven't done shit and am relying on the guy I'm supposed to be protecting to survive the horrors Cyrodiil keeps throwing at me

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

wew, that is one hell of a bundle ( @wormcreature.bsky.social pointed it out to me and I just had to share)

steam bundle containing Animal Well, FEZ, Tunic, Outer Wilds, and Blue Prince

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

...clearly I went at the exact right time

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

När din flickvän tar en dusch och all girlstink försvinner

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Phone version. It's a little rude, though, how it demands more precision than my finger can give reliably.

Just Noticeable Difference test result: 0.0026

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

idk if it's my screen or my eyes but what I'm learning here is telling shades of blue and purple apart is MUCH harder than the red side of the spectrum

Just Noticeable Difference colour test result: 0.0049

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Influenced a little by what was available, but mostly solid picks still. HotS was the only version of SC2 available, but that was also when I enjoyed ladder the most. The Blazing Blade is probably the weakest pick? But still a game I really loved.

My nine games
Kneejerk row: Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Axiom Verge, Frostpunk
Nostalgia row: Metroid Fusion, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
"What have I actually loved?"-row: Furi, FEZ, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

After years without a proper winter, holy fuck I am alive again this is amazing

Snowed-over forest path with a street light

Snowed-over forest path with street lights

Frozen-over lake with lightly snowy treeline in the distance

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

It never fucking ends. Luddite impulses growing.

cycle meme

I have nothing engaging to play -> I try a fun new online game -> It comes with spyware -> I uninstall it -> I have nothing engaging to play

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Men ursäkta? Det är INTE ENS OKTOBER?! Borde vara olagligt att sälja innan november MINST, lite som det där med semlor vi hade en gång i tiden.

Eight-packs of julmust (swedish christmas soda) in a store

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

1. I mean Look At Her 2. I think I could pull off this look. I certainly want to try. If nothing else I NEED a dress like that.

Sheever at the host desk.

She's wearing this glittery dress (I think), solid black at the torso with this sheer cloak thing going on over the sleeves. To complement it she has (also glittery) black leaf jewelry in her hair, which otherwise has incredible rich curls.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Call me somber katana scum but I'm kinda proud of this first Apostle attempt this run (Caelid apostle first, just like my first run - not really a deliberate choice either)

Elden Ring screenshot showing the Godskin Apostle from the Divine Tower of Caelid at ~5% hp as I died

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

"Even the lesbians swoon for Sayid", brukade vi skämta i gruppen jag såg Lost med första gången. Osäker på var han landar på skalan, as one of said lesbians.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Quizet tittade mig verkligen rakt i ögonen och sade Chuuni Nerd

Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) from Stargate SG-1

Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Samwell Tarly (idk the actor's name and I can't be arsed to look it up rn) from A Song of Ice and Fire

Neo (Keanu Reeves) from The Matrix, in a coat and sunglasses

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Vi lär väl få höra om några större bränder i morgon

Screenshot from SMHI's site warning about risk of forest fires today, on the holiday that prominently features big bonfires.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

...when, really, they should just be laughing at stupid bugs like this with me imo

Ubuntu terminal screenshot showing my python script named "twopower_alldigits" returning 2⁸ = 1

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Inverse bell curve of Terminid sentiment

Galaxy brain meme.

Small brain: "I prefer Terminid because they're easy - stupid bugs"
Big brain: "I prefer Automata because they're hard - they shoot back unlike Terminid"
Galaxy brain: "I prefer Terminid because they're hard - they actually fight back unlike Automata"

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

So worth it getting kicked over organically getting both of these in the same mission

Screenshot from the steam post-game summary showing a rare achievement and a reasonably uncommon one from Helldivers

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

every time I glance at the weather forecast it's all

Precipitation column of a weather forecast showing zero rain over the next nine days

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Thinking about that time the Cyberpunk lighting engine bugged out for me and it created a scene (at medium settings no ray tracing) more spectacular than most games would struggle to match deliberately. As you can imagine, this was stunning in motion.

Cyberpunk 2077 screenshot showing a street looking dark in comparison to an incredibly bright seemingly sourceless sepia light in the middle, generating a natural-ish scattering gradient

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Not my home but I know my way around

World of Warcraft screenshot showing a small part of Nighthaven, the faction-neutral druid sanctuary

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The EU ladder is so cooked...

Starcraft 2 screenshot showing the post-game summary, ladder tab. I apparently just placed in Master league with ladder points indicating I should be in Bronze league (the bottom of the ladder)

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I feel like this new era of pandering is hitting a little late? This is the kind of thing we were BEGGING for a little under a decade ago but now we've gotten a little wary of nostalgia bait.

Screenshot from the battlenet client showing the "Moth Meta" event, where players can presumably go back to an earlier patch

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The internet does funny things to your brain like making you go "omg hollomite gf, umanite gf" when you see some random crystal formations

Deep Rock Galactic screenshot showing hollomite (a dark purple gothy crystal) and umanite (a bright green crystal) stalagmites in a formation that kinda makes it look like they're fucking

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Ok yeah I DEFINITELY made the right call going outside today.

A path through the woods, with a fork in it straight ahead. Everything is covered in snow and there are both footprints and what might be sled tracks. The whole picture has a very cold blue tint to it but I swear I didn't touch the white balance or otherwise edit it

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Share your favourite photo of yourself from 2024 Good vibes on a random sunday in april? Unheard of, and yet...

Selfie of a pale girl with long black hair wearing an off-the-shoulder dress. She has a full-face smile, but little and poorly done makeup. In the background is a conifer forest, and you can tell by the colour palette we're in the stage of spring where everything except conifers themselves is desiccated and miserable but somehow at the same time constantly wet.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

Stargate SG-1 screenshot showing Lord Baal, apex system lord in terms of smug bastard power level, standing arms crossed in front of the SGC stargate.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

sure, letter tier list, fuck it

Letter tier list:
S: v, y, i
A: l, o, r, n, q, s
B: x, j, e, f, d, z
C: k, g, t, c, m, u
D: w, a, b
E: h, p

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Why did they make this protoss scientist so excessively human-like? Protoss do not actually look this human. (it's sexism - the second feminine protoss on screen in the game obviously has to be sexy and not look like an actual protoss)

Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm screenshot. We're on the bridge of Kerrigan's prime leviathan, talking to a captured protoss. The protoss is aggressively feminine and looks unreasonably human-like. Caption reads: Kerrigan: What are your people doing here?

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Tror jag landar där någonstans? idk, kanske mer fisk

girlhood alignment chart, with axes "wounded baby animal" - "grotesque bug", and "funky bird - plain fish". A dark red dot tags me at 75%, 55%

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Disgusting. If there was any non-chrome option other than Firefox on the market I would look into it now.

Firefox shortcuts, the first three of which are "sponsored" and also sites I have never visited

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Detta känns ju som en text som skulle kunna hamna i historieböckerna sisådär 50 år framåt

News item in swedish, my translation follows:

ABC sources: Charges against trump in the process of being dropped

The attorney Jack Smith is preparing to drop his charges against Donald Trump, according to multiple ABC News sources.

Smith is supposedly in active discussion with the Department of Justice about how he can reasonably go about this.

The reason for this is supposedly the Department of Justice's policy that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted.

The charges pertain to accusations that Trump supposedly tried to affect the result of the 2020 election and having stored classified documents in his Florida home unauthorised. Trump has denied both accusations.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Let's worry more about the twinks I'm declaring myself willing to fuck and less about my relationship with the second tier, shall we?

Netflix Castevania romance tier list:
Marry enthusiastically: Lenore, Lisa
Marry reluctantly: Carmilla, Dracula
Fuck enthusiastically: Sypha, The Alchemist, Sumi
Fuck reluctantly: Greta, Striga, Alucard, Hector
Sadly, I'm too gay: Isaac, Trevor
(past this point, internal order has no significance)
Arm's length: Saint Germain, Morana, Sala, Zamfir, Taka
Fortunately, I'm too gay: The Judge, Godbrand, The Bishop, Varney

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Post a perfect album from when you were 21 I only realise now what an inopportune time I turned 21 at. I go back and forth on this album a lot. Is it incredibly mid-ass shit or the best thing I've ever heard? Perfect comfort music either way.

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Mid-ass vampire @icylez.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? If they're actually trying, I'm fine. No need to worry.

The main cast of Star Trek Discovery (season 3), assembled side by side on a rocky planet looking up out of frame. Michael, the main character, is holding a tattered federation flag.

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