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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Another 19 occurrences of a word. Here's a good one, also of Deimos having a bad time. If you think this happens to him a lot...you're not wrong. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

A story excerpt, white text on a black background. The word 'guard' is highlighted in green. The excerpt reads:

I spat blood, but I had no chance to recover as she appeared at my front again, unleashing a rapid flurry of strikes that broke through my guard and opened three separate gashes on my arm, and another on my exposed shoulder. Again the burning cold began to set in, and I felt my arms moving slower, responding a split second after I’d made the choice to move

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No 'observe', but I have 19 instances of 'watch' and its variants. So here's this big unpleasantness. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

An excerpt from a novel, of white text in a black background. The words 'watch' are highlighted in green. The excerpt reads:

The atmosphere in Ops was thick with tension, and I was sure I could smell the fear coming from the team in the room.
“My Lord, thanks for coming,” said a young man with a light German accent, which I recognised as being the person who called me.
“What’s going on?”
The man gestured to the video wall, directing our attention to a paused image of Canterbury, as seen by one of our satellites.
“If you can just watch the screen a moment, My Lord,” he said, getting to his own station. “This happened a moment before I called you. We...don’t know what to think.”
He began playback of the recorded images, and we all stood and watched.
For a few moments, nothing happened. Then the screen brightened to almost painful levels, and a circular wave of flame erupted from the area of the cathedral. It spread across the majority of the city, setting every building, every street ablaze.
It was Celeste. It had to be. She’d turned Canterbury into her very own pocket of Hell, and this was likely what she intended to do across the country.
“Goddess above,” Lorelei whispered, before wheeling around to me.
“Deimos, you’re out of time,” she told me. “You have to go to her now, do anything it takes to stall her, just buy us that time.”
“But-”
“Don’t argue with me Deimos, just go.”
I stood in front of Lorelei, my jaw working silently in numb terror.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hoh boy, this is a small yet potent snippet I feel. Deimos is in the middle of having A Bad Time. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

A story excerpt, white text on a black background. The word 'effort' is highlighted in green. The ehole snippet reads:

Slowly, and with considerable effort, I managed to push myself to my feet, wobbling slightly as I finally stood.
A pair of pale hands caught me before I fell, the stench of sulphur filling the air.
“Hello, mother,” I rasped, my throat still feeling burned and raw from the taste of her blood.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity No exhaust, but I had two 'exhaustion'. And this is by far the most interesting! Deimos has a bad time later in the book:

A story excerpt, white text on a black background. The word 'exhaust' appears highlighted in green, as a part of the word 'exhaustion'. The excerpt reads:

All of this tore through my mind like a barbed blade, leaving my psyche as raw as my body felt.
Finally, blessedly, the agony passed, and I collapsed from physical and mental exhaustion.
Nothing felt right anymore. Her blood felt...wrong. My veins continued to feel hot even after the burning stopped, and my mind was a jumble of horrific images that I couldn’t get out of my head.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Deimos is shown something unsettling on a visit to another base. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts

An excerpt from a story work in progress, with white words on a black background. The word 'teeth' is highlighted in green. The whole excerpt reads:

“We’ve had some of our people go missing while out on scouting missions and such,” she explained. “When we eventually recovered their bodies...we could not explain what caused the damage.”
She led us into the morgue, and ordered one of the bodies to be brought out.
What was brought before me was only identifiable as human by the size and shape of the body. The body was a blackened husk, charred beyond recognition. The person had died in agony, their mouth fixed in an eternal scream of pain and torment, the teeth blackened.
The eyes and eyelids were gone, and the inside of the empty sockets was charred as well.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#WIPSnips This is from my second book currently undergoing re-edits, the sequel to the recently-released A LIFE IN BLOOD. I went with 'mentally', because this small snippet is particularly good I think (sorry for the bad crop, open image to view it)

An excerpt from a book. The text is white on a black background. It reads:
I shuddered involuntarily as I recalled the last time she kissed me.
“I don’t fancy my mouth bleeding for three hours straight again, if you don’t mind.”
She held my shirt out of reach for a moment, seeming to look me up and down, as if she was mentally undressing me. I felt sick at the thought.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am excited to announce that my new book, A LIFE IN BLOOD, is available to buy now! This is my first book, writtennl way back in the heady days of 2016, but re-edited and polished with everything I've learned about writing since then. This is some of my best work, and I'm very proud of it. #writing

The cover for urban fantasy novel A LIFE IN BLOOD, by Marttn C. Miles. The background is pure white, the words 'A Life' appearing near the top in large, crimson letters that appear to seep downwards. The words 'in blood' appear in white text within the red streaks. At the bottom, the author's name appears, also in crimson.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I don't have 'heartbreak', but I've got musings on a situation caused by it. From early in the sequel to THE SANGUINE DUSK. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

A story excerpt, of white writing on a black background. It reads:

Lahmea continued through the town, greeting the public with smiles even though she seethed inwardly. She had expected raising a child to be difficult, but raising someone else's child was harder, and even harder still when that child believed you responsible for their father's death.
Katalin had been told of Samuel's death, of course, and how he had given his life willingly so that the Valacari clan's foremost warrior would survive, but at only five summers old she didn't quite grasp the notion of 'sacrifice' – and so, after a period of mourning, Katalin's grief had turned to anger, and that anger had been directed solely at Lahmea, whom she thought responsible.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#WIPSnips no 'divine' but I do have 'holy' - Evaline muses on the clan's perception of her adopted daughter.

A story excerpt of white text on a black background. It reads:

As the first peer of what was essentially a new clan, she was followed no matter where she went – by guards, by admirers, by an assortment of people who just wanted to see her, as if she was some sort of holy figure.
That last thought made Evaline shudder involuntarily – it had been 'holy' warriors who had invaded her home nine years before, and who had put her family to the sword three centuries before that, and now the perception of anything as 'holy' tended to come with a wave of unwelcome feelings for her.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I can take part in this now! Lahmea and Evaline are searching for their adopted daughter at the start of the sequel to THE SANGUINE DUSK! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WipSnips

An excerpt of a story, still in progress. The word 'keep' is highlighted in green. The full section reads:

“I know Mea,” Evaline told her, a reassuring hand on her arm, “but our joint town, our joined clan, is still young,” she explained. “We need to be seen to be keeping up the appearances our society demands of us. I will look for Katalin, and I will not rest until she is brought home safely, I promise.”

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

My first foray into painting #Battletech, and my first painted model in a couple of years. I think it's come out well, all things considered.. #Nerdlings

A Battletech Mist Lynx model, a humanoid mech with large weapon mounts around its hands. It's painted in blood red, with a black arrow-like design on the front and a rich blue cockpit windscreen.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In addition to yesterday's Transfromers delivery, I also ordered my first foray into #Battletech with this lovely Clan Command Star! Excited to get these lovelies painted up to share with my fellow #nerdlings!

A box with 5 plastic, pre-built models of some futuristic mechs, for the Battletech tabletop game.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

FISTI RON AND VANI CRAC! This is entirely the fault of @toygrind.bsky.social and his excellent video on these idiots. Delightful duo and available at an absolute steal from InDemand Toys #Transformers

Transformers figures Fisitron and Carnivac. Fisitron is a grey and blue stylised humvee sort of vehicle, with a yellow gun mounted on top. Carnivac is a large, purple and teal robotic wolf, sporting a tan-coloured gun. Also, inexplicably, there is a large pine cone in the picture.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I've slept under a rack of live Tomahawk missiles, as a teenage civilian.

Image of a ball with a smiley face on it floating in water, with text that reads "Tell us a true one-sentence story from your life that absolutely opens more questions than it answers and demands further context."

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I have received Knockout, from handsome uuman @spider-father.bsky.social! What a great figure, and a really nice alt mode. Happy to have him among my collection!

Transformers figure Knockout, a red robot with a blue-tipped spear type weapon, standing on a wooden floor against a standard cardboard box.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Got this bad boy from awesome human @natphoenix25.bsky.social, who sent him promptly and packed with far more care than Royal Mail could ever manage. So happy to have this guy, I missed out on getting him at launch. #Transformers

Transformers x X-Men Ultimate X-Panse figure, in a combat pose with pink energon blade effects in his wrists, against a white backdrop

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#FaveLineFriday a little something from last night's writing session that I'm very happy with! #WritingCommunity

A story excerpt, white text on a black background. It reads:

The shrieking grew louder, and finally a swarm of the howling creatures barrelled down the hallway-
-and right past the medical room. A straggler paused, sniffing the air for a moment, before loping after its fellows, leaving the room as quiet as it had been before.
Sammi looked at Quin, who looked at Mags, who looked back at both of them, and they all voiced the same thought.
“What the fuck?!”

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

*slaps the roof of Sandstorm* "This bad boy can fit so many transformations in it."

Marvel Legends Hallows' Eve, and Transformers Generations G1-inspired Sandstorm in dune buggy mode.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Jax forgot it's Friday, I forgot to post until it wasn't...what a dtate if affairs, eh? 😆 anyway, for #FaveLineFriday, I give you my most absurd dialogue to date - the context being, the first speaker just heard mention of 'Arse-Flowers' (not a euphemism.) Is Mags joking? Time will tell!

A snippet of dialogue from a writing puece. It reads:

“Yeah, that's not a real thing.”

“Sure it is,” Mags argued. “I mean they aren't called 'Arse-Flowers', it's something like rectali morrigans or something, but it loosely translates to 'Arse-Flower'. Grows on Petunia. Beautiful planet, lovely plant life, all of it venomous and carnivorous. A single tour there was quite enough, thank you.”

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I wanted to share the bit after this too, but it ran a bit too long. But here's Sergeant Adams from my sci-fi sort-of spooky sort-of timey-wimey project, codenamed CHARON for now. The Lieutenant is feeling a bit strained right now, so Adams gives him a pep talk 😁

A story excerpt. It reads:

“Well, of course it's goin' to seem like shit, if you keep lookin' at the shit,” she told him matter-of-factly. “But don't forget you also got me. You got Mags, bless her over-achievin' little arse. And you got Sparky over there, the resident intellectual.” She pointed over her shoulder with her thumb, to where Kosi was engrossed in pulling out parts of the computer to find a way to restart it. “Sure, some of the squad are acting like recruits fresh out of training, but you got a few level professionals too.” Adams finished by giving a broad, smug grin, and while he didn't smile Eirian's eyes glittered with humour.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity Oh, I have this one! A dose of normal sisterly banter before shit goes downhill.

A snippet from a work in progress novel. It reads:

“You know, I've been meaning to ask you,” Eirini said, and Persefoni made a groan of disgust.
“That's a phrase that never ends well.” She sat her cereal down on their small kitchen table, dropped into a chair that creaked as she did, and sighed with resignation. “What is it?”
Eirini clapped her hands together excitedly, grinning like a child who just got a new toy.
“Yay! Okay, I was thinking – I've been getting some profiles set up for you on some dating apps-”
“You did what?”
“-and it occurred to me-”
“Don't say it.”
“-I don't actually know-”
“You're gonna say it.”
“-if you're straight or not.”
“Maláka, you had to say it!” Persefoni dropped her spoon into her bowl, turning to glare at her sister. “Really? That's the conversation you want to have this morning?”

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I apparently have many instances of this word, and so few of them of any interest...except this one. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

She hadn't wanted them dead. She was certain they at least were no threat to her, but she also recognised a need for self-defence – although a light maiming would have sufficed.

She looked at the office window, just noticing that it had been shattered during...whatever happened, and a cold wind was blowing into the office, scattering papers and chilling her to the bone.

And then she felt it – the presence in her mind, growing and expanding through her as if stretching after an ancient slumber.
'Aaah,' a sinister voice sighed from within. 'It is so good to be back home.'

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The first ever snippet from #ProjectPGS! This is near the start of the book, where Persefoni is at her calmest. Had to go with *vibes*, because I don't have 'calm' or any synonyms of it right now 😅

A story snippet, of white words on a black background. It reads:

Persefoni sighed, glaring at the grey skies and grey sea one last time before turning away to get dressed.
She pulled on a worn pair of black jeans, accessorised with a couple of chains for good measure, and a black long-sleeved T-shirt she had found in a charity shop – she had no idea who 'Iron Maiden' were, but she liked the skeletal being on the shirt's design, and being two sizes too big it was loose and cosy, an ideal combination given the weather.
By now she was used to ignoring the many scars that criss-crossed her body, some coiling around her arms like pale, barbed vipers, every one a sign she survived, even when she may have preferred not to.
But no matter how hard she tried, she remembered how each one had felt.
Every. Single. One.
No matter. The cause of those scars was far away now, no longer exerting its will over her or her family, and she could breathe freely.
She stared at herself in the mirror, meeting her own hazel eyes, and told herself – not for the first time – that she could breathe now, and she finally released the breath she couldn't remember holding.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I got the Shattered Glass duo of Optimus and Ratchet, and I genuinely love them. Gorgeous colours, great posability, and I love them both.

Optimus Prime figure from the Shattered Glass duo pack. He is purple and dark blue with menacing red eyes. He is posed on a duvet with a bowl of mini sausage rolls behind him.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I'm not really big on a lot of TFA's designs, but I had to nab Soundwave here when @arc83.bsky.social put him up for sale. Something about the modernised alt mode and appearance kind of just...spoke to me, and I love that Laserbeak becomes an electric guitar that can be held in a proper laying pose.

Transformers Animated Soundwave, a boxy blue robot with Laserbeak in his black-and-red guitar mode, stood against an Assassin's Creed Odyssey-themed box

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Alright, #Transformers community, commiserations to those of us who didn't make it to Reading over the weekend. However, why not console yourself with this excellent condition, Legacy United G1 Sandstorm? Never been transformed, all accessories, £20 plus postage, UK only. Go on, treat yourself.

Transformers Legacy United G1 Sandstorm figure, an orange and black bulky robot with a large rifle weapon, laying on a cardboard box.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Selling these two idiots to clear some space. Legacy G1 Sandstorm - £25 D-16 - £15 UK only, £4 postage. We could also agree on a price for both. DM me if interested.

Transformers Legacy Sandstorm and Fractured Friendship D-16, laying on a box.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

My timeline lined up perfectly to agree with you.

A Bluesky post from @barbosaur.bsky.social talking sardonically about a proposed 'dark and gritty' style Transformers animation reads "What if it was the 1984 series but they're ripping each other's limbs off and squishing humans to death like a REAL giant alien robot fight? We're sophisticated grown men with fresh ideas!"

This is followed, as if by design, by an Effin' Birds artwork, featuring a bird of some kind on a pinkish background, next to the words in elaborate text: "Chock full of horseshit."

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Hi fellow #Transformers fans, I don't really want to sell this guy but needs must, sadly. Legacy United Leader class G1 Sandstorm, excellent condition, all accessories. Has the cool G1 head sculpt. Feels great in hand. Asking £40 or best offer, UK postage only.

Transformers Legacy United G1 Sandstorm in robot mode, looking rather awesome.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The handsome lad has arrived! James Bond he ain't, but he'll look grand in the collection! Huge thanks to charming fellow Brit @natphoenix25.bsky.social for sending him my way 😁

Transformers Windcharger figure, stood in front of a copy of the Transformers TTRPG book.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Man, this figure is so fucking cool. Love her colours, love handling her, and her alt mode just feels so good in-hand. Just such a cool figure. #Transformers

Transformers figure Axelgrease, looking like the girlboss she is.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Okay, here we go: As a Noble and a warrior of some renown, Lady Lahmea Valacari often has to deal with people less competent than herself, and few are further beneath her than the arrogant, misogynistic playboy, Mordecai Drakhovi. Here is the culmination of him getting a richly-deserved beatdown.

An excerpt from high fantasy vampire novel, The Sanguine Dusk, by Martyn C. Miles. It reads:

"I really did not think you were stupid enough to attack me, a General and commander of the army, in my home, surrounded by my troops,” she said, more astounded than angry, “and yet, here we are.”
She pulled hard on Mordecai's sword arm, driving her knee into his crotch before pulling him up and shattering his nose again with a powerful headbutt. Again Mordecai tried to attack, his strike even clumsier, and this time Lahmea caught the blade, wrenched it out of his hands and snapped it over her knee.
“Are you finished?” she asked, her tone bored, and Mordecai glared at her.
“I...will have...my due,” he rasped, readying to tackle her.
“Yes, you will.”
Mordecai ran at her, throwing a punch that would have missed even if Lahmea hadn't avoided it. He threw two more at her, and the General dodged each time, catching his arm on the last swing and twisting it aside, driving two hard punches of her own directly into his face before twisting his arm around to push his face towards the ground.
“Now listen to me, you worthless mongrel,” she told him, “if you are ever given the hospitality of my family ever again, you keep your filthy hands to yourself, you do not speak to me, and you definitely do not abuse our stable hands, or I will personally hunt you down, rip your manhood off and feed it to my horse. Understood?”

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Really need to raise some cash right now, so here's volumes 1-8 of hit American animated show RWBY. I'm asking £40 for the set or nearest offer, UK only unfortunately. These are US blu-rays but work fine on any modern console or Blu-ray player. #RWBY #sales

The blu-ray covers of volumes 1-5, 6, 7, and 8 of hit American anime RWBY.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Oh, now he looks *great*. Opted for the Gigascouter sticker set because I loved the teal and black. Gorgeous sticker set, and I had fun applying them. #Transformers #Toyhax

Transformers Age of the Primes Full-Tilt, with teal and black stickers applied. He looks better now.

Transformers Age of the Primes Full-Tilt in car mode. The canopy now has a teal-and-black camouflage pattern, and more details are added with stickers.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

This dull-looking nerd is Full-Tilt, the very pink buddy to Trypticon. I think all of us in the #Transformers community will agree he looks *really* dull without any additional paint on him...so today we're changing that. My Toyhax labels have arrived, so let's dress this douchebag up!

Transformers Age of the Primes Full-Tilt in bot mode. He is a tall slab of mostly pink and little else.

Transformers Age of the Primes Full-Tilt in car mode. Gorgeous little car, still a little dull. We're going to change that.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Quote with what game you're playing instead of Silksong Helldivers 2 got me in a chokehold, and I love it.

A screen shot from Helldivers 2. It shows the player's character, standing at a window of their starship, looking out at a misty, reddish planet. A human space station is nearby, half shrouded in the mist, and there are several other ships visible. Some others are exploding and falling into the atmosphere.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Introducing...the Dickhead Triplets! Many thanks to @plasticcraic.bsky.social for Axelgrease and Slipstream, and to @brentosaur.bsky.social for Spinister. I love these three very much. #Transformers

Three Transformers figures in a dynamic group pose. Left to right is Generations Axelgrease, Age of the Primes Spinister, and Legacy United Slipstream. They look awesome.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Hey fellow #Transformers folks, got a couple of bots to sell to make more space. £5 postage, UK only I'm afraid: Bumblebee movie Studio Series Thrust (missing a null ray) - £20 Kingdom Waspinator (complete) - £15 Will accept reasonable offers as well.

Studio Series Thrust Transformers figure

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Got to say, I absolutely love my new Trypticon. What a lad. What a chonker. My daughter has dubbed him 'Fat Daddy.' I am insulted on his behalf. #Transformers

Two transformers figures squaring off. On the left is Takara Fireblast Grimlock, shield up and sword raised. On the right is Age of the Primes Trypticon, looking resplendent in his new black, teal, and pink colourscheme. They are posed as if to invoke the feeling of Saint George fighting the dragon.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I may be late to the party, but as it is my borthday I've finally been allowed to open my AotP Trypticon, and honestly...he is worth the wait. Such a giant, chonky, dino boi. My daughter has dubbed him 'Fat Daddy', so that's his new name. Happy days #Transformers

Transformers Age of the Primes Trypticon, with Full-Tilt sitting on his head, akin to Grimlock and Wheelie in the '86 movie.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Also, yeah, I went there. Not sorry. I have no respect for anyone using GenAI.

A screenshot from my work in progress novel, dubbed 'Project PGS'. The passage reads:

"Eirini swore at the file she was looking through on her laptop, and doubly so at the person who had sent it to her. The author had clearly thought they could pass off AI writing as their own and expect her not to notice, but there were numerous parts of the novel that lacked any sort of voice – plus they'd left one of the prompts in the dialogue."

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

THE SPINNY BOI IS HERE! Many thanks to @brentosaur.bsky.social for sending him my way, I love him!

Transformers Age of the Primes Spinister in his evil coloured glory.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

In their announcement video for their 2025 projects, so it was probably early january this year, or late december last year. I've included the piece they used, which they actually confirmed in their Discord to be AI.

A piece of 'art' from Mantic Games' 2025 announcements video, featuring a character with too many fingers and numerous other issues indicative of AI image generation.

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Cap'n Cupcake @maliceunchained.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Don't talk to me or my virtually identical evil son ever again. #Transformers

Transformers Legacy Deluxe-class Skullgrin figure, wielding his bladeguns, with the Power of the Primes miniature Skullgrin in front of him.

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