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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 08/08/2026

Haven't done a Caturday post in a hot minute; I think this is the cutest solo pic of Bowser I've gotten in the nine years we've had him

A lean black cat is sleeping on one side of the dog bed he shares with his siblings. His tail is wrapped around his side, and his front paws are crossed in front of him. His head is resting on his legs on one side and the edge of the dog bed on the other, with his nose pointed down towards his legs. His pointed ears are turned outward, and he looks heckin' cozy.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 07/03/2026

Have been minimizing being Online for sanity reasons but I'm hanging in there. Hello from the lads!

Two cats are snuggled up asleep in a dog bed in front of a window.

A fluffy light and dark brown tabby rests his head on the edge of the bed near the window. His face is tucked toward his chest, and white tufts are visible poking out from his ears.

A black cat is curled up next to him with his face towards the front of the bed, resting on his tail and one paw, with a few toe beans visible.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 04/09/2025

This panel healed a fair bit of psychic damage. Rooting for Thomas and his maybe odd couple dads!

Martha/Cerebella, a mutant, can passively read minds, and characters' thoughts are displayed in pink thought bubbles.

Escapade, in a flowy blue dress with yellow belt, runs towards her friends, shouting "Martha! Morgan!" while thinking "They look so cute!"

On the other side of a statue in the middle of the Avengers Academy lawn, Blackheart and Immortus stand facing each other in very different white outfits.

Immortus wears a flowing cloak over priestly gear, while Blackheart wears boots, slacks, and an open-chested top. As they regard each other, we see their thoughts about one another.

Immortus thinks, "He's hurting" while Blackheart thinks, "He's naive." Meanwhile Thomas, an adorable brown terrier, looks at both and thinks, "Dads?"

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 30/08/2025

Happy Caturday from my youngest lad, sunbathing in rainbows

A large, fluffy brown and black tabby cat is relaxing on the bottom step of carpeted stairs, with rainbows reflected across him from the window in the door he's sitting in front of

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 28/08/2025

Society to trans men increasingly just this meme

The "no take, only throw" dog meme, a black and white comic. In the first panel, a dog with a Frisbee or ball in its mouth captioned "Pls throw??"

A hand reaches for the object in the second panel, but the dog now has angry eyebrows and the caption "No take!!"

The third panel is a closeup of the dog and the caption "Only throw"

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 28/08/2025

Everyone is (rightfully!) talking about how great Johnny Storm looks but the highlight for me was the ongoing contrast between Brielle and Blackheart being made silly. Also Blackheart continuing to protect the adorable dog he brought home from the past <3

Walpurgis, a purple cat who is definitely not actually a cat, looms over Brielle Brooks and Blackheart. Brielle has thrown her hands up in the air and shouts, "Walpurgis! Bad kitty! You unshrink us right this second!"

The ever-elegant Blackheart, holding the adorable dog he rescued from his journey to the last, says, "I would make bargain with you, feline demon spawn -- our lives for the fancy salmon treats you like!"

A caption beneath them reads, "@catfails: owners disembiggened -- watch till the end!"

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 09/08/2025

Happy Caturday from our resident tripping hazard

A long, fluffy tabby cat stretches out over almost the entire length of a carpeted step. His fur is black and brown with a tan tummy, and he is holding his front paws curled in front of him like an otter. He is snoozing and utterly unbothered by making the stairs largely impassable

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 31/07/2025

Loved getting to see Marcus and Shela hang out in this week's Avengers Academy!

Marcus Wetherwell, trans masc Daily Bugle reporter extraordinaire, sits across from Shela and Sexton (Escapade) at a picnic table under a teal umbrella. Marc's red hair is messy and he wears a blue polo that matches his eyes. His arms are up as he exclaims, about Justin Jin (Kid Juggernaut), "Don't get me wrong -- I really, really like the guy, and we're gonna keep dating! But we need to have our *own* adventures too! "Happily ever after" just sounds like an ending to me. I wanna go on the next quest, y'know? Maybe *you* should too."

Shela sits across from him in her usual orange and blue color scheme. One foot in a blue tennis shoe with pink laces and white soles and a trans flag heart is up on the bench, and she rests her arms on her knee. Her brown hair with blue ombre edges hangs over her shoulders. She doesn't look as fired up as Marcus, but she eventually agrees, saying "... yeah."

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 14/07/2025

A floofy boy sunbathing in rainbows for this Monday morning

A fluffy brown and black tabby is lounging facedown on a blue rug with white flower patterns.

A few rainbows are reflected on his fur from a window ahead of him

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 11/07/2025

It's been either horrendously hot or thunderstorming most of the last few weeks but at least my semi-wild marigolds are having a good time

Several taller than average marigold plants with red-bordered orange flowers are flourishing in front of some kind of flowering shrub (it gets yellow ones in the spring) that we've never identified

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 02/07/2025

Good comics always carry story in their art but this week did some serious heavy lifting, both in service of the main plot and in the continuation of Aaron and Lunella's adorable goofy big brother/beloved baby sister dynamic. This issue broke my heart and healed it again.

This is a playful outdoor scene after some serious events. Aaron Fischer and Lunella Lafayette have been playing with Aaron's shield as a Frisbee. In this panel, Aaron appears in a cropped white tank top that shows off his muscle and some of his tattoos. Little Lunella sits on his shoulders, and he's holding her steady by her socks. Devil Dinosaur is not in this issue but appears on her shirt, and she's reaching up into a tree to retrieve Aaron's shield after it's gotten stuck.

Brielle Brooks (Bloodline) and her mother, Saffron Caulder, are seated on the front porch of the family home, embracing. Brielle's pink hair and tall black boots stand in stark contrast to her mother's more typical mom outfit.

Brielle has just admitted to having feelings for a girl at school, who readers know to be Escapade, and Saffron has asked if she's happy. Brielle answered that she thinks she could be, and in this panel, Saffron says, "Well. That's a start, isn't it? Find happiness and raise *hell* for it, baby girl."

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 01/07/2025

Pride Read #6: I've made it about a third of the way through "Bad Gays: A Homosexual History" by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller, which I'm enjoying tremendously. I meant to take a look at the table of contents before I went upstairs so I could quickly count how many figures I knew well, knew of, or

The cover of "Bad Gays." The background is a picture of a bust of the Roman emperor Hadrian with a reddish pink filter, and the title and names of the authors are in yellow font. The word "bad" is in highly stylized lowercase letters, while the rest is in ALL CAPS.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 25/06/2025

Pride Read #5: Callum Angus's short story collection "A Natural History of Transition." The 8 stories each include literal or allegorical gender transition alongside transitions including life stages, seasons, or homes. Given the time, I'd have devoured this collection in one sitting, but like any

The cover of "A Natural History of Transition," a short story collection by Callum Angus. The bottom half or so of the cover is green with white patterns, most of them fairly abstract but a few very clearly eyes. The word STORIES also appears in white. The curves and lines of the green portion suggest a landscape. Two yellow moths with eyes on their wings appear over the green area, and a third appears at the top. The remainder of the cover is a light blue with a round yellow sun behind the title.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 24/06/2025

Pride Read #4 for me this year was Sasha Geffen's "Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Gender Binary." I'll admit to having first picked it up because the cover is awesome. It's a well-researched, dense read. I learned new things about artists I expected and learned of quite a few more

The cover of Sasha Geffen's nonfiction (musicology?) book "Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Gender Binary" is black with a burst of rainbow, as if the viewer were looking directly at the light emitting from a prism instead of viewing it from one side.

The text is white and sized so that nearly the entire cover is broken into lines, except a space between the title and subtitle displaying the center of the prism

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 05/06/2025

Pride Read #2 went much faster - The Mighty Nein Origins: Caduceus Clay is a beautiful comic and brought some much-needed peace to my evening

The book's title appears at the top in heavily stylized text - Critical Role The Mighty Nein Origins: Caduceus Clay.

Blue herbs hang from a ceiling at the top of the cover above an arch-shaped window with a view of the grove the Clay family tends. Trees, flowers, and gravestones can be seen.

In the foreground, Caduceus himself sits at a wooden table pouring some tea. The Firbolg is dressed in a tan garment with a hint of gossamer to it, and a hoop earring dangles from one visible ear, reminiscent of a goat's. His red hair is shaved on the side facing the viewer and long on the other, and his expression is peaceful but purposeful. The room around him is full of nature motifs - herbs and flowers in jars and pots, with several insects making themselves at home.

The writers and artists are credited at the bottom of the cover - Taliesin Jaffe, Matthew Mercer, Kendra Wells, Selina Espiritu, Eren Angiolini, and Ariana Maher.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 25/05/2025

This is not how you're supposed to wear a lapel pin, but I felt a mighty need to observe the Glorious 25th of May this year (context in alt text) Wishing everyone truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love, and a hardboiled egg

A purple lilac lapel pin is affixed to a chain also holding a St Jude medallion, dangling in front of a purple shirt with a white outline of a unicorn

The lilac and the quote reference the commemoration of a short-lived people's revolution from Terry Pratchett's novel "Night Watch"

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 21/05/2025

Get 'em, Shela!!!! Also, I love Aaron Fischer a normal amount. I like to think of him as a paladin of compassion.

As they fight Doombots who have come after Blackheart while on top of a train, Bloodline swings her sword and says, "Okay, Cap - gonna point it out just to point it out: Blackheart is a demon. Like, an *actual demon*.

Cap, bracing himself and raising his shield to deflect a laser from a Doombat, says, "He's our friend, Bloodline. Well, sort of. I'm pretty sure he hates me. But I don't care what else he is. I'm getting him *home*"

The next panel makes it clear that Bloodline doesn't disagree, but she felt the need to put it out there.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 17/05/2025

Happy Caturday to all, and happy third birthday to Jack, our favorite menace to society!

A large, extra fluffy brown and black tabby cat curls up on a grey rug in front of a storm door. The croissant shaped curl exposes a large fluffy belly. His eyes are mostly closed, and his pink nose is visible between long whiskers

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 14/05/2025

Couldn't be me trying not to cry at work because Shela rescued Marcus from Cherry Crane aka Transphobia Barbie

Plucky trans masc reporter Marcus Wetherell has been detained by Hydra. Still in his broadcast outfit, he is chained and kneeling on the floor of a train while Cherry Crane, looking like she could be Black Widow's Wario with her long red hair and black catsuit (with gold Hydra trim), menaces him, one hand on his chin.

Cherry asks, "I wonder: what is your real name, "Marcus"? Is it buried somewhere in all the paperwork? Will we find it before we burn you from history?"

Marcus says, "Marcus *is* my real name."

Cherry begins, "Oh, come now. Face it, you'll always be..." before Shela's blue-gloved hand taps her on the shoulder.

"Excuse me..." Shela says

In the next panel, Shela, in her teal and yellow Escapade costume, whirls and punches Cherry, who flies backwards with an "Ugh!"

Shela says, "Hi! We haven't met. My name's Shela. I'm a *huge* whatever the opposite of a fan is."

The word "WHAM" in capital red letters, outlined in yellow, floats over Shela's arm as she throws her punch.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 02/05/2025

Zuck: The average American has three friends

Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli stand in a line with disapproving looks on their faces in a still that is probably from The Two Towers but might be The Return of the King

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 19/04/2025

Happy Caturday from my favorite tripping hazard

A fluffy brown and black tabby cat sleeps on a stairway. He is so large that he stretches almost all the way across a step.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 02/04/2025

My heart! Love that both girls had a moment to help Loki learn to love himself!

Kid Loki, wearing his golden horned helmet and a green tunic with gold embellishments, and Bloodline, in her usual vampire slayer all-black garments, stand in front of a mirror framed in gold with a Norse pattern engraved. He has just discovered that her purple hair is a wig.

She has just explained that the purple hair shows part of who she is, and in this panel she says, "and my natural hair is just as much me. They're just different ways of being myself."

Kid Loki, his face full of wonder, says, "I see!"

Brielle (Bloodline) continues, "I love how they *both* look."

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 30/03/2025

Haven't been reading as much as I should lately so I'm spending this TDOV Eve with @planetx.bsky.social's Galaxy: The Prettiest Star. I've barely started and already adore this kid (and dog!). Time to see what trouble they get in on the way to happiness!

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 05/03/2025

Holy cow this week was amazing! Wild times for my emotional support baby gays! Aaron's makeshift Menorah and half-remembered prayers are a beautiful touch in this issue that also sees Justin reckoning a bit more directly and explicitly with his heritage.

Aaron Fischer and Justin Jin of Avengers Academy have been transported through time to 1943 and are facing Hydra. Justin, a large young man in blue jeans and a white and pink tank top, is nervous. Aaron, a rough and tumble twunk in jeans and a cut-off camo shirt exposing his American flag and blue flame tattoos, tries to reassure him that Immortus said things would work out. They have arrived during Hanukkah, and a makeshift Menorah with lit candles stands in front of them.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 02/03/2025

Getting back to my resolutions to read more and to spend more time with my oldest cat, tonight with Zachary Zane's Boyslut, "A Memoir and Manifesto" about bisexuality and overcoming sexual shame

An orange tabby cat with a blue collar sleeps curled up on her human's legs, which are covered in a blue and black plaid plush blanket

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 01/03/2025

Happy Caturday, BlueSky. Bowser says "drink some water, take your meds, and don't forget to rest"

A black cat named Bowser snuggles up in a blanket nest in his human's gamer chair. He has green eyes and large, pointy ears, and the blanket has blue and white ocean wave patterns.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 23/02/2025

Celebrating my orange girl this Caturday. The older she gets, the more intense her fondness for soft blankets and cozy naps becomes. She reminds me to rest and to appreciate softness where I can find it

A female orange tabby cat with a blue collar and flower-shaped tag is curled up on an olive green blanket, regarding the viewer with a sleepy expression

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 18/02/2025

Me: "good morning, buddy!" Bowser: screams, turns to look out window Me: "yeah, that's about right"

A black cat with pointy ears, wearing a multicolored bowtie collar, sits on a beige chair and stares out a window into a backyard covered in crunchy leaves

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 17/02/2025

Hard to believe this little goof is 8 years old already. Happy Birthday, Bowser, and here's to many more years of being silly little guys!

A black cat with pointy ears and half-closed green eyes is curled up on a cat tree, with his chin resting on his tail

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 13/02/2025

Read this week's #AvengersAcademy 8 hours ago and I'm still thinking about this scene. The art is always phenomenal but I love how in this moment, poor Aaron is in the lower background with Qaari in the upper foreground, really underlining his brash top energy and how low Aaron feels here

In the foreground, Qaari, Mysterio's nephew, has gotten back to work on fixing his uncle's ring after a tryst with Aaron Fischer without bothering to get dressed beyond his glasses.

Aaron, in the background, is sadly pulling his jeans back over his boxers, face red and eyes downcast. He begins to say he'll just leave, and then the Enchantress's curse compels him to explain that he tolerates being ignored because he thinks he deserves it

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 06/02/2025

This moment in this week's #AvengersAcademy was so sweet - of course Lunella's in it for the science but she also looks genuinely concerned for her friend

Normie Osborn, dressed in slacks and a white button down unbuttoned for stethoscope access, and his red symbiote, Rascal, look wide-eyed and concerned at Lunella, dressed in pink and purple with a white lab coat, as she insists they need a checkup

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 03/02/2025

It's ok, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 02/02/2025

The horrors persist. Fortunately, so do I, and so do snuggles.

An orange cat partially sitting on her white-tipped tail rests on a fuzzy blue blanket, watching the camera. A small bell and tag hang from her blue collar

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 29/01/2025

Thankful today as I am most Wednesdays for my emotional support baby gay heroes. Thanks, @meakoopa.bsky.social and co!

Squid Kid, a young black man dressed in yellow and blue with purple mechanical tentacles, restrains Marc Wetherell, a redheaded trans masc reporter for the Daily Bugle. Magnificent Himbo Justin Jin aka Kid Juggernaut bursts into frame to save Marc. The dialogue depicts them playing coy about each other's identities; they are dating but Justin is not officially "out" as Kid Juggernaut

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 27/01/2025

BlueSky, this is my youngest lad, Jack. He is beautiful and absurdly soft and has never had a thought in his 2.5 years of life. His toxic trait is gnawing on bannisters as if they were rawhides

A fluffy black, grey, and brown tabby sits on a chair with a classic "no thoughts, head empty" expression

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 22/01/2025

I have never related to Carol Danvers more strongly in my life

Against a backdrop of space, Carol Danvers asks Immortus to explain himself, with a pointed finger on his chest. She is clearly irritated, and when he begins a lengthy explanation, she cuts him off saying, "No. Simpler." He then provides the tl;dr

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 09/01/2025

This entire issue is gorgeous and this last panel has reminded me why, as a lapsed Catholic, I'm so fond of some interpretations of Matt Murdock - his is a surprisingly gentle and patient faith I sometimes wish I could find in myself

Matt Murdock, in his Daredevil costume, sits on the edge of a broken stained glass window at St Patrick's Cathedral with Gabriel, the demon Blackheart made human by his father Mephisto. Gabriel holds Matt's mask in his hand and is ill at ease, while Matt looks oddly relaxed. Gabriel expresses doubt that grace can save them, but Matt says he will wait.

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 12/12/2024

I've been fighting hard lately to remember that despair is the enemy, and I'll hold onto this moment from this week's Avengers Academy if I start sliding back into feelings of doom. Many thanks to @meakoopa.bsky.social, @bailierosenlund.bsky.social, and the rest of the team!

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What Would Kurt Wagner Do? @lorebardirl.myatproto.social · 20/11/2024

Anyone following me by now likely knows two things: I'm trans, and I love Avengers Academy. I'm so grateful to this creative team for depicting the exact sentiment I've been trying to express - we are humans, we just want to live our lives, and I at least will not be scared off

Two people stand in front of a reception desk staffed by Aaron Fischer, Captain America, in the street clothes version of his uniform. One is alarmed, and Aaron commits to making a stand.

Quaari Beck, Mysteriant, stands in front of an HIV+ Support Group sign and thanks the attendees for coming in the face of potential danger, clarifying that the group may be scared but is not scared off

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