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Rhys Ackhurst

@rhysackhurst.bsky.social
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Writer of dark fantasy and open-door erotica He/They 🏳️‍⚧️ Current WIP #VeilOfStarlight a dark erotic novel in a middle-fantasy Renaissance setting where monsters and humans co-exist with LBGT+ leads and a gender-fluid MC 🔞Will occasionally be NSFW🔞

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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 2h
Summarize your WIPs/works! Trans man gets a monsterfucker awakening ✔️ T4T Old Man Yaoi couple adopts a sad, closeted gay man and his family ✔️ 🏳️‍⚧️This monster hunter’s dhampir lover is a FREAK (affectionate) 🚧 KingXGuard with sexual tension that you can cut with a knife 🚧 Old Man Yaoi BatB 🚧
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KD Edwards @kdedwardsnc.bsky.social · 3h
The nearly 10,000-word launch of a new storyline has arrived, exclusive to Principality, Arcana, and Regency patrons! Published monthly through March 2027 -- The Early Adventures of Rune & Brand. www.patreon.com/c/KDEdwards
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Phantomarine @phantomarine.bsky.social · 4h
evergreen
Tumblr user quasi-normalcy:
I don't trust anyone who hasn't acknowledged their capacity for evil.
Tumblr user quasi-normalcy:
"I'm just a smol bean uwu" No sir, what you are is someone who is so habituated to thinking of yourself as innocent that you will continue to do so even when you're guilty.
Tumblr user thepictureofmadamec:
To quote Chris Fleming 
"You know that thing where the most toxic person you've ever met over-relates to woodland creatures on social media? I call it Vibe Dysphoria. She'll put up a picture of a mouse in a jean jacket with 'It's me.' That is not you. I don't know how you got under the impression that you are a mouse in a jean jacket. You are an eel with a gun.She posts a toad with a basket of mushrooms like 'Me doing my little things.' Oh madam, there is nothing little about your things. You gave me psychosexual issues I'll carry to my watery grave. You are not a toad in the forest...You are a cruel woman who just happens to be small."--Chris Fleming
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it looks like you're writing a novel @gr8writingtips.bsky.social · 4h
make it weirder
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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 8h
Works in progress.
A table full of mugs and one cactus. Only the black has been painted on them.
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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 02/10/2026
👥 Dual POV 👨‍❤️‍👨 Cis M/M Romance ❤️‍🩹 Hurt / Comfort 🏳️‍🌈 Demi, bi, & pan rep 👧 Precocious, protective kiddo 😰 Introverted mage dealing w/anxiety and CPTSD 😵‍💫 Confused time traveler (also a mage) 💕 Found family with magic on top ✨️ Wide: bit.ly/b2r-WWC Itchio: bit.ly/itchWWC
Image of the Chicago cityscape in the distance, icy Lake Michigan in the forefront. Text over top reads: "Every so often, life gives us a shot at redemption. When Darius Adair is sent to help a stranger in the dead of night, he never expects that man to be a time traveler who threw himself back in order to stop a threat so severe, it endangered the world as they knew it. He also didn't expect to catch feelings for him."

Features the cover from Where We Converge by A.E. Bross
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yup. Was told to take tomorrow off work and called out today to see urgent care. Told to do basically nothing with my arm/shoulder until Monday. So I'm going to fall behind on all the fun writers activities going on right now :( But the toradol shot is helping already.
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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Grieving Witch, His Vengeful Hunter, and a Feud Between Piety and Magic. A trans and queer fantasy romance about overcoming religious bigotry and finding queer joy in defiance. The Witch of Eden Hollow - Out Oct. 9th 🌈📚 Uni Link: books2read.com/u/mZR9kD Itch: gt-anthony.itch.io/witch-x-hunter
Image Background: a sparse autumn forest
Top Caption: A Grieving Witch, His Vengeful Hunter, and a Feud between Piety and Magic

Book Cover in the middle:
Forest green cover with pale goldenrod font. There is an emblem centerpiece in the middle of the cover depicting a ring made of woven branches with wilting vines wrapped around it. In the middle of it is a brown hare. Behind it is a background of a patch of daisies.

Tropes List:
- 2 romances
- T4T Old Man Yaoi
- Secret Lovers
- Enemies to Lovers
- Closeted Gay MC
- Old, Buried Grief
- Sexual Repression to Queer Liberation
- Plant Magic
- Religion is an Antagonist
- Love After Loss/Heartbreak

Bottom Caption: Coming October 9th, 2026
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🔞Daily NSFW OC Questions🔞 @nsfwocdaily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Does your OC get aroused by situations that stress them out and get their blood pumping (i.e. watching a horror movie)? #nsfwocdaily #ocnsfw #oc #ocsky
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pretty positive I pinched a nerve because I can't get comfortable, I got like four hours of sleep, and now my hand is tingling 🫠
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fall break is next week and since i work at a school, I'll have two weeks off. I was planning to catch up on cleaning AND my TBR list and update my fanfics. But you know, if I still need to rest and recover I might be able to knock out that TBR at least 👀
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here is my personal/official prompt list for Drawtober. Everyone is welcome to use it however they like!
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Jessica writes "some messed-up stuff" @authorlevai.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's that time of year again. If you're a human artist who makes such images and you haven't put together a calendar that's fine, but you're leaving my money on the table.
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🎃🕸J.M. Weaver 🕷👻 @jmweaverauthor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#SongsOfSeptember Thank you for hosting one of the funnest prompt games I've done so far, Niki! My debut novel, Savage as You is out and available in Ebook and Softcover. All purchase links can be found here on my linktree: linktr.ee/jmweaverauthor (1/2)
Savage as You by J.M. Weaver. Redheaded girl walking through fantastic landscape with cane.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Make some good (or bad!!) art with your own brain today just bc you can ❤️
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Rohan O'Duill sci-fi author @rohanoduill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've wanted to be an author since I was a kid. Imagine telling that kid that after becoming an author in the future the biggest problem would be how to convince readers you weren't a robot?
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Never been in a situation where I can't write because of something physical. Pulled something BAD on top of some very unpleasantly high inflammation and now it hurts to move my wrist, turn my head, bend my arm, or lay on my back. I can pretty much only keep my arm in one spot and hope for the best 🫠
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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#QueerCharChat Thank you for hosting! These were very fun prompts and Zeke and I enjoyed them a ton! It's fun to let the characters out to run rampant. Man, our guys are so emo. 😅 I encourage everyone to follow @silassummersauthor.bsky.social who runs Black Cat too! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
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Black Cat Book Nook @blackcatbooknook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#QueerCharChat | September 30, 2026 You all have been absolutely phenomenal! Your answers made me laugh, cry, some even got me angry (hashtag FU Stella) Have a rest day, you deserve it. Eat a snack, drink water, have a nap! Taking a break for October, but will return in November!
#QueerCharChat
Interview your queer characters to get to know them on a deeper level. Make it more fun by answering as your characters! Remember to use #QueerCharChat when posting your responses. If you're using gifs or images, ALT text is a requirement.

30 September 2026
Rest Time. Thank you for playing this month. (Also, please feel free to post a promo here as well!)
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Lo 🎨🔞 @lodrawsfilth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I draw whatever the fuck I want. #lostudies
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Lo 🎨🔞 @lodrawsfilth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Timelapse for those interested~.
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The Meggles Art @megglesart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bob Ross would be disappointed in your AI Generated Slop.
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Not mad... Just very, deeply disappointed... He knew we're all better than that and capable of so much more.
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"What do you want, Lu…?" #WritingPrompt
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Spicymochi @spicymochi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I had to give her a friend
Illustration of two very round bears covered in snow
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Little delayed! Sid wants to ask where his little brother's been the past two days and specifically *who* he's been with (he's worried Lu's doing something stupid) but gets side-tracked for a bit by a book Lu found. #Snippetshare #VeilOfStarlight
Lu set the book aside with a grin, rushing to open his door before Sid even knocked. A little startled, Sid looked down at him.

His older brother's expression fell to disappointed resignation as he took in Lu's unhidden excitement.

"What's that face for?" Lu asked, stepping back to let Sid in.

"I could ask you the same," Sid countered with a sigh after Lu shut his door. 

Lu frowned at him, hand still on the door knob as he listened for Stella. Satisfied she wasn't returning, he gestured for Sid to sit on the bed. He excitedly pulled the massive book onto his lap, he turned to tell Sid about what Sorrel had found and stopped-short when he saw his brother's expectant look.

"What?"

"Where have you been?" Sid seriously, quietly asked. "And don't fucking lie to me."

"I won't," he replied simply, looking down at the book and opening to the title page. "Have you seen this before?" He asked.

"Lu," Sid shut his eyes, massaging the space between them with his fingers. "I could not care less about some stu–" he looked down, instantly shutting-up the moment he realized what he was looking at.
"Wh–? What the fuck is that?!" Sid asked in an astonished whisper, sliding closer to Lu.

Pleased he'd successfully avoided that conversation with his brother, Lu slowly turned through the uncomfortably soft pages, biting back a smug smirk. "It's 'Generals and Specifics of Calor: Its People, Environment, and History'." Lu proudly told him. "It's about two hundred years old, but–!"

Lu excitedly turned to the section he'd read with Sorrel. "Look," he pointed to the details about biology and magic. Specifically, how they could avoid burning others.

"Wh-? We can what?" Sid reached for the book and then grunted in surprise at its weight. They both chuckled as he sat it on his lap and he began to curiously read it over. "No way…" he quietly said under his breath.
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why are you trans? Wrong answers only! It was because I moved to California. In my 30's 😔
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Using what happened at Cornell to promote your book? Really? Is that really what you’re doing? I have no words.
JA Williams posting: ‘Seven men accused. One university sued. An entire culture under scrutiny. Let’s talk about the Cornell allegations. And the exact reason I wrote my first dark fantasy romance through the lens of feminine rage.’
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🍃sage nightmare owen 👻 @sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Because I am ungovernable and have my own money, I just commissioned art of these two idiots. Have I finished writing the book yet? No Have I finished writing the book that leads to that book? Listen, I don’t need this kind of negativity, I NEED to throw money at someone for horny art
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lu: Um...I don't know, what made you decide to focus on us specifically? Sid: Hey, follow-up question. Is this "Distant Observer" or "I'm a Sadist" situation here with this whole thing? Because just writing what you see is *very* different than making it up for--⬇️ #QueerCharChat #VeilOfStarlight
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Everytime I draw someone being evil it’s because I agree. I’m nodding my head the whole time.
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I mean... cannonical mpreg is a thing and Lu *has* always wanted to be a dad. There's quite a few pregnant people in my series actually 🤔 #nsfwocdaily #VeilOfStarlight
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📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's just me and my glowing orb through which I peer into realms unseen against the world
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On purpose? Probably Stella, or Sol. On accident? Definitely Lu. And Sid would try to take the blame for it. #QueerPrompts
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Goddess Draevra 💙🐉🏳️‍⚧️ @drgn.beauty · 08/04/2026
tumblr is great sometimes
Screenshot of a tumblr post:

aflo: "if you're washed chopped and cooked then you might be vegetables"

broken-horn-of-equius: A picture of Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z pensively standing in the rain with his eyes closed.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My favorite hyperspecific film genre is "two women are best friends and bond over taking out an absolutely wretched male abuser in the most gruesome way possible but the film is somehow still considered a chick flick. Also it was released in the 90's"
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) its absolute savage how cannibalism is a major plot point of this but it still gives you the warm fuzzies and the im not crying your cryingsPractical Magic (1998) a classic with absolutely no sequelThelma & Louise (1991) did you know Ridley Scott directed this? I sure didnt.Dolores Claiborne (1995) this is a super underrated film.
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lu (25): "Home" is bittersweet. I was happy with my family and Sorrel in our apartment back in the castle. And Sorrel's apartment was even nicer. It was smaller than my room, but it was private and easy to sneak into. But beyond that wasn't good. Or safe most of ⬇️ #QueerCharChat #VeilOfStarlight
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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
tell me a silly, very achievable dream you have
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Gabe 🏳️‍⚧️🦇 “Fealty” WIP 17.5k/100k @theeldervampire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inquisitor T. Sterling starts out as the world's most prolific, vengeful witch hunter. But meeting Elias has him opening his eyes and changing his heart. The Witch of Eden Hollow (t4t MM fantasy romance) is out Oct. 9th! 🌈📚 Uni Link: books2read.com/u/mZR9kD Itch: gt-anthony.itch.io/witch-x-hunter
Background image: dark photo of a forest in autumn
The book cover for "The Witch of Eden Hollow" by G.T. Anthony:
A forest green cover with golden font. In the center is a ring made of woven branches with wilted vines wrapped around it. In the middle is a brown hair. Behind the hare is a patch of daisies.

Excerpt at the center right:
Once again, Sterling was enraptured. Elias’ eyes, his smile, the way his hair flowed down to his waist. His gentle hands and how much reverence he showed to any and all living things. His kind, old soul. The more time that Sterling spent with Elias, the less things he could find to justify hating him.

God, help him.

Bottom text: Releasing 9th October, 2026
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not gonna lie, not a good few days. So I'm going to go home, zone out, and put Lu in some ✨️situations✨️
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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lia, a young vampire, drags her sire, Roman, out hunting at an underground warehouse rave. He has his initial misgivings, but what 100+ year old vampire doesn't in this modern time? #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity
[Roman’s] cerulean eyes, bright with preternatural light, survey the street, deserted save for the lone sentry in front of the warehouse door. “This is the ‘prime hunting ground’ you mentioned?” he asks me in a low voice, though the party’s gatekeeper, a tall, broad-shouldered man built like a battering ram, cannot hear us from the narrow alley where we’ve hidden ourselves. Night veils us, and my sire has drawn down the deep shadows around us for greater stealth.

I grin, pleased with myself. “Yeah! In there is a whole crush of people vibing with the music, tripping out on drugs, having the time of their lives. We’ll slip right in and out without anyone noticing us. It’ll be fun.”

His mouth flattens into a thin line, conveying exactly how much fun that sounds to him. I can’t help but giggle, looping my arm through his and pressing myself against him. He is solid beneath me, all hard muscle, and for a moment, I waver between dragging him by the hand into the party and purring in his ear to take me back home instead.

His gaze flickers over my face. I don’t know which kind of lust he sees in my expression, but he graces me with a knowing smirk either way. “Fine. Might as well, since we came all the way out here,” he says.

—The Heart Is a Weapon, draft #3, work in progress
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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please try to remember, the 1st of #Octember! We'll be hosting a ridiculous, nonsensical prompt game for October for drunken party game bullshit questions, and including various insane interludes of our skeletal host, Satchel Cumberland. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#Octember

A month long series of non-sensical
promps abou your characters and stories!

This is deliberately unplanned nonsense. Expect drunk party game questions about things like how your characters would take on Godzilla, what a monster would employ them for, what fae creatures would find them hot... Etc.

Hosted by
@zprospero.bsky.social & a talking skull
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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Periodic reminder that dropping a note telling a writer you liked a thing they wrote takes like 4.5 seconds and recharges our batteries for 27-28 hours a pop
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Nicole Evans | Editor and Author @thoughtsstained.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've had a streak of selling at least one book a month all year and this month I just realized that might break. So if an epic fantasy exploring eldest daughter trauma, period stigma, and battling survival against the gods with Nordic vibes in a queernorm world sounds like your jam... #BookSky
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dawn of the debb @handle.invalid · 28/09/2026
Monday is scary here, take this teeny tiny owl
a pygmy owl resting on a branch.
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oop. Hold on. I'm gonna add why I picked all of those real quick.
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Alex Larkspur 💛📚🌻 @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A little bit of flirting from Cam in The Witch of the Wood. 😘 Poor Milo doesn't know how to handle it! 😅 Want more? The Witch of the Wood comes out on October 6th! 🖤 Uni: books2read.com/u/bw6gwP Itch: applesncinnamon.itch.io/the-witch-of... Art by @/ekikeki
“Careful now, Milo Ashton,” Cam said, squeezing his hand gently once more. “Don’t want you falling and messing up that pretty face of yours.”
Milo’s cheeks burned as he sputtered out, “I don’t have a pretty face.” 
He quickly looked down, trying to find safety in hiding his face. Who was this man? He didn’t understand how anyone could just say things like that to a stranger so casually, things that weren’t even true. A pretty face. No one had ever called Milo pretty before. Why did he feel so excited by it? 
Cam’s laugh echoed through the trees, then he placed a finger under Milo’s chin, forcing him to look up. Cam’s eyes methodically drew up and down Milo’s face—staring at each inch, lingering on his lips and his eyes—and he nodded firmly as his grin grew.
“That’s what I thought. You have a pretty face.” 
Milo didn’t know what to do, what to say—so he just said, “Um.”
a picture of two young men, Milo and Cam. Milo has tan skin and short cropped brown hair. He’s wearing a green cloak over a tan tunic. He is blushing with a shy smile. Cam has brown skin and messy dark brown hair that reaches his shoulders. He’s wearing a patchwork shirt and a tasseled scarf. He has an arm around Milo’s shoulders and is leaning in, pressing a kiss to Milo’s cheek.
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my ordinary life @calne.ca · 27/09/2026
im very busy
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Jess 💖 @jessicajrossana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Millennial bisexuals everywhere arise! The beacons are lit!
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the set of The Mummy 4
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Rhys Ackhurst @rhysackhurst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pretty queer-normative, with some groups against things like men/males giving birth. But overall very accepting. With same sex-couples being able to have biological children with magic, it's not considered as "unnatural" as it is in our world. #QueerPrompts #VeilOfStarlight
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