iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 02/09/2026

The way Gen 6+ could NEVER

Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 15/08/2026

Just finished reading the whole of TJ Klune's Green Creek series for the first time and im a shell of my former self without it. Adored it from start to finish

Pile of books - The Green Creek series by TJ Klune.

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 26/07/2026

YoshiP telling Hamaguchi at #xivfanfest: "I want this guy to make Final Fantasy XVII - I think that's probably the highest praise you can get" - and I realise this is the first official mention of FFXVII - and I couldn't agree more! So heartwarming to see Naoki², the saviours of FF 😭

Naoki Yoshida and Naoki Hamaguchi on stage at FFXIV Fan Festival

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 21/05/2026

Latest Pokémon cross stitch project completed! This is Gemma Collins, the female GarChomp (aka the big GC)

Gemma Collins the female garchomp, cross stitch

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 16/05/2026

Just finished reading Eliot Schefer's duology The Darkness Outside Us/ The Brightness Between us and thought they were fantastic. Good Sci-Fi makes us ask the really big questions and this series does it in spades. I want more 🫠 (also kudos for the weirdly accurate Glasgow stuff in book 2!)

Cover art for The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schefer

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 09/05/2026

Can't recommend this one enough, it was a fantastic and surprising find in my local queer bookstore. @finnlongman.com thank you for this, it was an excellent read (and listen!)

Photo of hardback The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 09/05/2026

Another mini cross stitch project, its my bfs @arismont.bsky.social favourite Pokémon! The gen 4 sprites really are the best.

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 04/05/2026

Finally managed to obtain some MM books in the wild. Had to look through a list of 25 authors to finally find a couple in stock mind you, but im pleased to have them nonetheless! I've already read Oceans Echo, looking forward to digging into the rest!

Mm romance books. Wolfsong and Ravensong by TJ Klune, Oceans Echo by Everina Maxwell, and The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 23/04/2026

Recently did a full series run (one game from each gen) of Pokémon and my Porygon 2 was the MVP of every game. Meet Porridge, my glorious mon

Cross stitch of a Porygon 2 (Pokémon) named Porridge

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 22/04/2026

First time using this pre-gridded fabric and im terrified leaving this soaking in hot water but we'll see how it goes 😂

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 21/04/2026

I need to wash out the gridlines and pick out my frame guide but... Cloud Strife portrait cross stitch complete! Don't know what to do next! Maybe a smaller project between biggies

Completed cross stitch of Cloud Strife portrait from OG FFVII

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 02/03/2026

He's starting to come to life I think 🤔

Partially completed final fantasy character cross stitch

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 27/02/2026

In all the time I've been playing Pokémon this is the first time (that I can remember) randomly getting a female starter 🥰

Picture of pokemon fire red showing the pokemon naming screen for Bulbasaur (female), who has been nicknamed Brussels

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 22/02/2026

Can we tell what it is yet?

Work in progress cross stitch that is Final Fantasy related

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 18/02/2026

A bunch of colours done... it's very faintly starting to look like something

Final fantasy cross stitch with a few stitches done, shape not quite discernible

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 18/02/2026

Look what got delivered today! 🥰

Hardback copy of Dear Destiny by Kazushige Nojima

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 15/02/2026

A new cross stitch journey begins. I'm trying Zweigart's gridded fabric for the first time so we'll see how how it goes at the end

Pattern keeper pattern with some confetti stitches done

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 09/02/2026

Framed! And joining my collection of other finished cross stitches I want to display in the home office 🥰

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 27/01/2026

Some WIP photos just as I finished, including the back:

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 27/01/2026

Finished today! FFX Logo Cross Stitch I've been working on for a few months. Happy with how this turned out.

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 25/01/2026

449 stitches to go! I should finally finish this piece in the next few days, can't wait to unveil the end result

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 18/01/2026

I said I wouldn't post any more WIP's until its done and I feel like posting the back only is keeping that promise. I have one colour left to stitch...

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 08/01/2026

This will be the last WIP pic I post before I finish this but I'm really happy with how it's coming along!

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 06/01/2026

Dreamcast on a Sony Trinitron PVM, heaven

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 31/12/2025

And here's a video of it in action

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 27/12/2025

Modded my Dreamcast with a new shell, GDEMU and a new USB-C power supply!

Comparison of original dreamcast power supply and new USBC supply

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 23/11/2025

One of my favourite activities is cross stitching with a YouTube binge. Below is my current prog, happy Sunday folks

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 10/11/2025

Super excited to have reached the last box of colours on this project (I stitch one colour at a time), I think the end result will be worth it 🥰

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 31/10/2025

I present to you all my shiny family 😭😭😭 (I got so lucky with the Gible but the Skarmory, Dratini and Doublade took FOREVER)

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 28/10/2025

Obsessed with this cute little thing I got from a retro game store the other day

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 16/10/2025

My Legends ZA collector crap just came and I can't wait to play

Inside the pokemon umbrella that came with Legends ZA

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 29/09/2025

Wondering if anyone can tell what this is going to be yet...

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 11/09/2025

The childish glee I feel trade evolving Pokémon myself is unmatched. Hi gen 4 Magmortar 🥰

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 10/09/2025

Wondering how many colours it'll take before it starts to look like what it is

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 05/09/2025

4 colours done so far of the latest cross stitch project 🥰

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 02/09/2025

Gridding done for my next project 🥰

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 31/08/2025

My bf has an overwhelming love of tangela so I cross stitched his overwhelming love of tangela #Pokémon #crossstitch #tangela

Cross stitch of gen 1 pokemon battle featuring tangela

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 17/08/2025

Was trying to hatch a Shroomish with false swipe after chain breeding in Pokémon Emerald, first Shroomish egg and I get a full odds shiny!

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Lex @lex.thelifestream.net · 08/08/2025

I was due a bit of luck. Finally getting round to finishing the Pokémon Violet DLC and catching legendaries. Kyogre and Groudon took me an hour to catch in a great ball and poké ball, then I manage to get Rayquaza in a friend ball on the first throw!