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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate

@splinterhamato.bsky.social
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hey im rat dad I love cosplay & animating/editing but I mostly tweet anime bullshit. Asuka amv guy. Masters degree in Sephiroth (seriously). Leftist. Largely ffxiv & giant robots. Also trigun 💖 @eepysleepy.bsky.social kaenan|31|they/he|transmasc lesbian

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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 12h
PEOPLE OF BLUESKY I NEED YOUR MILLENIAL POWER what do you call a rubber bracelet like this? everyone I know called them a specific name in the mid-2000s and I NEED to know if this was widespread or if I’m just insane
Photograph of a pile of rubber bracelets sitting on a blue blanket.  They’re mostly rainbow and pride themed, but that’s not important to my question, this was just the best example photo I could find illustrating the style of bracelet I’m describing. Shoutout to jade dragon 42 on Reddit for the pic, I hope you figured out a fun way to upcycle these.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
was behind the most incredible car on i476 the other day
A silver Volkswagen sedan driving down interstate 476 with a PA license plate that simply reads “I H8 476”.  Beautiful.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
my stupid gay son who is the burden of my life
My warrior of light in ffxiv, Quin’a Sarkset, doing the “wow!” pose where you lean forward with big excited eyes and bring your hands up in thrilled little fists.  He’s a moon cat with green hair, ear & tail, and an extremely hot pink outfit.  He has light pink glasses.  He’s smiling widely at the camera in awe and excitement.  He’s standing in the il mheg dreamscape world because it’s pretty there.  

Quin’a is a transfemme nonbinary lesbian who uses any pronouns.  Gay little cat. My warrior of light, quin’a the green-haired, hot-pink-wearing mooncat, climbing on top of his much taller white-haired elezen friend Arsene.  Arsene is squatting a little and looking around in alarm as Quin’a uses arsene’s thighs as a stepladder to climb onto his shoulders & head.  Quin’a looks extremely excited about that ever is going on.  Shannon  made this beautiful gpose and it’s one of my faves. 

It almost blends in with the grass but there’s a baby amaro rearing its head in the foreground.Drawing Shannon did of quin’a (pale-skinned catboy with green hair & a hot pink outfit) following Delena (dark-skinned catgirl (gender neutral) with blueberry hair and a big fluffy blueberry tail, who is wearing a cute light pink emsemble).  Delena is covering their big fluffy kitty ears in agony and walking with grim determination as quin’a merrily marches after right after them playing a trumpet in their ear.  They’re outside the mall in gridania.  Gpose of Quin’a in a light pink party dress sitting on a bench and sipping tea with his wife Aoibhe and their dear friend Delena.  Quin’a is sneaking a peak at Aoibhe, who is sneaking a peak at Delena, who is minding their own damn business because they’re a proper lady, thank you very much.  

I think either Fluffy, the brilliant mind behind Delena, or my wife took this screenshot.  I feel like it might be my wife’s since Fluffy’s are usually even more gorgeous & detailed?? Might just have been a simple shot of theirs though. Oh god I just noticed the shoebill lurking in the bushes behind the bench Jesus Christ.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
this bluesky draft I never posted from 2 months ago was ominous foreshadowing
A bluesky draft from 2 months ago.  It reads “the other day angeldust hazbinhotel lent me a pair of house slippers that were so insanely slippery on the bottom that I almost fell down the stairs & died and now my arm is sore from the acrobatic maneuver I had to pull to spare my life”.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
stimming
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
GO BIRDS!!!!!!!!
Scuffed-looking weird giant puppet of FFXIV’s Endsinger (known birds appreciator) wearing a camo-print baseball cap with the phrase “I WILL DIE FOR MY COUNTRY PHILADELPHIA” on it, and carrying a totebag that says “PHILLY, WHERE THE WEAK ARE KILLED AND EATEN” slung over one shoulder.  She looks kind of blasé about the whole thing. 

Please don’t ask me how long I took to set up this stupid joke.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
the very first screenshots i ever took of quin'a are. beautiful
A hot-off-the-presses newly-minted Quin'a (my final fantasy character, a green cat boy) wearing the boy-kitty starter gear and carrying the most dogshit spear in the world.  Quin'a has the little sprout logo, and no title or FC.  He is standing next to a Lalafell named "Perry Theplatypus" from the free company "Noah".  Maybe he works with G'raha Tia.  It's a super shitty screencap from behind them looking mostly down at the floor in front of mother Miounne's desk.A full-screen screencap of Quin'a, born 2 minutes ago, talking to Mother Miounne at her desk in the Shaded Bower.  You can see he's on the quest "Festive Endeavors" at the very beginning of ARR.  He's a level 16 Lancer.  Mommy Miounne is saying "Well, well!  If it isn't the emissary himself! Had I known you were coming, I would have baked a pie!".  She appears to be talking to the person standing next to Quin'a, who is George Washington, first president of the United States of America.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
hmm my ffxiv screencaps folder on my laptop i used to play ARR through EW sure is taking up a weirdly large amount of space. I should move it to an external drive. how many screenshots did i even- Oh No
A screenshot of a file transfer window on a mac latop, showing that some files are being transferred from one location to another.  It reads "Copying 19,390 items to 'FFXIV Screencaps'", with about one twentieth of the loading bar filled in.  The bottom says "3.75GB of 65.55GB - About 3 minutes".  I apparently took over TWENTY THOUSAND screenshots of final fantasy fourteen JUST playing through a realm reborn up to endwalker.  This doesn't even include any screencaps of Dawntrail.  I swapped computers on June 6th, 2024.  So there are over two years worth of ADDITIONAL screencaps on my desktop.  I hear they're sending me out to a nice farm in the countryside....
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
one of the very last posts I ever saw on Twitter before moving to bluesky was this picture of starscream smirking with the caption “world’s most sinister latina” and I think about it every day
A weirdly-fucked-up resolution screencap of Starscream from g1 transformers smirking and pointing his null ray directly into the camera.  He is the world’s most sinister Latina.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MY FRIEND-
Mochi the fluffy brown kitty cat sitting in a beige swivel chair with a cardboard box, a pink bathrobe, and Zenos Yae Galvus’s jacket on it.  She is screaming.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👍
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m sure other people probably knew that there was gonna be a new animated coda at the end, and perhaps that was even the purpose of the event??? but I thought we were just going to watch the good ol’ 1986 movie, so when the screen faded back in to show Optimus on his death bed in 4K I was like
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
if we’re going by “early anime that shaped my personality” not like “this is the anime that defines me currently” then this is the vibe
My “my nine anime: the 9 anime that shaped who I am” chart, going by the metric of shit I was tweaking about in high school.  Top left to bottom right, they are:
-Tokyo mew mew
-Neon Genesis Evangelion
-Elfen Lied
-Puella Magi Madoka Magica
-Akira
-No. 6
-Yu-gi-oh
-Ghost in the shell
-Howl’s moving castle.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
YOU’RE JUST LIKE ME FR
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
today marks the third time in the last two weeks that someone has recommended to me that I should watch Lindsey Ellis’s “The Whole Plate” youtube series if I want to learn about queer readings of transformers. Which is a very sweet and well-meaning recommendation. Unfortunately,
Ron Swanson from Parks & Rec looking incredulously at an employee in the Home Depot or some similar genre of home improvement store and saying “I know more than you”.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
bringing some challenging ideas to the 40th anniversary screening of transformers the movie tonight
A very weird selfie of me in a dark parking lot wearing a very old transformers T shirt that has a bunch of g1 box art on it (including headless ironhide) and my starscream zip up hoodie.  Yes it has wings.  I’m also holding up my favorite starscream toy which I’ve brought with me to 5 of the 7 continents. I’m wearing a hot pink Covid mask cuz I always am.  I’m also wearing a lot of baffling buttons.  They include:
-starscream half transformed with the caption “SEEKERS!!!”
-a pink button that says “I like pink and mpreg”.
-a white button that says “I love vaccines, autism, abortions, homosexuals, sex changes & crime”.
-a photo card holder formatted like a yahoo answers search page but captioned “YAOI! Answers” with “How to know if I am PREGANANANT??” in the search bar, the words “AM I PREGANT? Unresolved Question” at the bottom, and a framed picture of starscream with cute kitty ears in the middle.
-a yellow button with a drawing of a fetus inside a gestation tank that says “mechpreg is real”.
-a black holographic button that says “talk to me about transformers”.
-a drawing of a transformers’ crotch- I think pharma’s??? Not sure- with the words “PANTY PLATES” around it.
-a purple button with the decepticon logo and the words “DECEPTICON MAID CAFE”.
-a silver button with the words “ROBOT YAOI ENJOYER” in sparkly holographic letters.

I brought other cursed buttons too but these are the ones I ended up wearing.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
at the 40th anniversary screening of Transformers: The Movie!! I can’t wait to see all my favorite characters on the big screen! Sure hope nothing bad happens to all my beloved robot friends!
A picture of a digital sign over a movie theater door reading “TRANSFORMER- 7pm”.  YAY MOVIE TIME.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
IT HAS LITERALLY NEVER BEEN MORE JOE-VER
A fucking INSANE haul of IDW1 and IDW2 single issue transformers comics I found at a comic book store today.  After looking for idw2 comics for YEARS and never finding A SINGLE ISSUE, today I suddenly found FIFTEEN of the main story, plus FIVE issues of shattered glass, plus one of the hearts of steel volumes, AND the starscream the movie Optimus prime annual from 2018.  WHO SOLD THESE TO THIS STORE!!!!! AND WHAT CAN I DO TO CONVINCE THEM TO SELL ME MORE!!!!!  FUCK!!!!!!!
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ask yourself: are you righteous? (YES!) You wanna play the messiah? You want a view from the spire? You want a seat by the pyre, and never ever suffer again… You want to counsel the griever, you want to guide the believer. You & the greatest deceiver- and never ever suffer again…
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
SO WE BACK IN THE MINE-
Selfie of me (a white 31 year old with a somehow simultaneously soft and square face, nerd glasses and long brown hair) throwing up deuces and smiling (smirking??) slightly.  I’m standing in front of the imposing giant stone gate entrance to eastern state penitentiary, the massive abandoned-prison-turned-museum.  There is a massive white logo projected onto the tower behind me reading “Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary”, illuminated once again for the start of the 2026 haunt season!!!  LET’S GOOOOOO!!!  It’s dark and I’m wearing the Halloween nights staff shirt from last year, a black t-shirt with a white design showing the historical floor plan of the penitentiary morphing into a many-tentacled beast, suggesting that the center of the panopticon is a cephalopod’s beak or perhaps a monster’s single unblinking eye.  It’s sick.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m gonna help my wife move into her apartment this week!! I’m so excited for her to have her own space not constantly stifled by her parents and I can’t wait to do simple domestic things like organizing bookshelves with her. Also: cat
Close up at-eye-level shot of Mochi the fluffy brown long-haired cat all curled up on a barcalounger.  The chair is brown & green & other muted hues. The cat is cute & sleepy & other precious adjectives.  Her little white front paws are almost totally invisible tucked beneath her chin, and her big dark fluffy tail is curled around her so that the tip is right next to her little pink nose.  Her eyes are almost closed, looking like she’s either totally blissed out or totally passing out. This is the sort of image that makes me start saying nonsense baby words like “ohhh my scumply wumpy”, “ohhhhhhh my little wumpty flumpus”.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
SURE!!!! I’m gonna go watch the burlesque in a bit and then I’ll be swimmin & swammin @ night swim!! I’m asuka evangelion
me as asuka evangelion laying on my hotel room bed and throwing up a peace sign.  I’m waiting for my Macking Cheese to cool down.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
u know wassup
me in full emet selch cosplay standing in front of the slash down safari water play place at colossalcon east.  I’m making a dramatic yet fruity gesture upwards and holding a hot pink marina & the diamonds “cuntissimo” fan cuz it’s hot as fuck in here.  Missing that garlemald weather.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
crystal exarch is that you?
A peek under emet selch’s skirts, revealing the metal base of a dress form mannequin and, more notably, mochi fluffy little the kitty cat, staring at me with her big yellow eyes.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
working on a tear away cover for my emet selch costume and I can’t help but notice that he suddenly has a miqote tail
A dress form with an emet selch solus zos Galvus cosplay on it, partially covered with black fabric as I work on draping a tear-away cover.  On the ground, peeking out from below the fur ruff of his coat, is a black fluffy kitty cat tail.

It’s all in the middle of an extremely messing sewing room so just.  Ignore that.  A close up of a fluffy black kitty cat tail emerging from beneath the fur ruff of emet selch’s coat.  Highly suspicious.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A quick FAQ for those curious about participating! No, you don't have to be at GATEway FATE to participate, you just have to have a cool ffxiv video you've made to share! LET’S MAKE AMVS TOGETHER YAYYYYY
FAQ:
1. What kind of videos are you looking for?
Fan-made videos you've made about critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. Some examples of types of videos you can submit might include:
- an AMV taking a bunch of clips from in-game cutscenes and trailers and syncing them to a cool song
- a fancam of your favorite character or even your own WOL
- a machinima-esque animated short, made in-game or otherwise (MMD, Blender, repurposed cutscene clips, etc) telling a story, dancing to a song, or lipsyncing to a funny piece of audio
- an illustrated animatic or drawn animation of FFXIV characters or WOLs
- a cosplay music video or nicely filmed cosplay skit
2. How long can a video be?
We have a limited amount of time for the showcase and I have no idea how many submissions we'll get, so please try to keep your videos five minutes or less. If you have questions or concerns about this please let me know. It's negotiable.
3. Can we use mods to make our videos?
Yeah, go crazy. Mods are allowed. Show me what kind of crazy camerawork, aesthetic mods, and animations you've got.
4. How explicit can we be?
Entries shouldn't be more explicit than the game itself. I don't want to have to make this an 18+ panel. If you have questions, let me know. Cursing, violence, blood, drinking, and mild sexuality are fine. You've played the game.
5. Is this a contest? Will there be prizes?
No, this is not a competition, just a showcase: a screening and celebration of our community's incredible cinematic talent!6. How will you select which videos are shown?
I will show as many videos as time allows! If we receive more submissions than can be screened within our panel's time slot, my team and I will use our discretion to select the videos we find most impressive, highlighting a range of different styles and techniques. All videos (with creator permission) will be added to a Youtube playlist for posterity and for the enjoyment of any WOLs who can't make it to the con.
7. How do I submit a video?
There is a textbox field below in which you can provide a link to either a youtube video or a google drive file. My team and I will compile all of them into a presentation for viewing at the con. With each creator's permission, we will also add them to a Youtube playlist for future enjoyment and to share with any friends or editors who can't make it to St. Louis. Be aware that if you are submitting a video to us in the form of a google drive link and you want your video to be included in the Youtube playlist, you will need to either upload it as an unlisted Youtube video so that we can add it to the list, or give us permission to upload it as an unlisted video ourselves. Up to you!
8. Do I need to be going to the con to submit a video?
No, you do not need to attend the con to submit. We have so many incredible editors and filmmakers in this community, and not everyone can make it to the con. We would still love to showcase your video and extol its virtues to our adoring audience! Please feel free to submit your work even if you're going to be on the other side of the planet or even on another shard at the time of the con. You'll be with us in spirit!
9. What format should the video submissions be?
We would like them sent to us as either a Youtube link (it can be unlisted if that is your preference!) or a link to a Google Drive file. If you are submitting a file to us, please make sure it is an MP4 (H.624 codec) for ease of viewing and sharing.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
ANNOUNCING: THE GATEWAY FATE AMV SHOWCASE!! Submit your ffxiv amvs, animations, dance vids, cosplay skits, and animatics to be screened & celebrated at the GATEway FATE unofficial FFXIV fan convention in St. Louis, MO! @gatewayfate.bsky.social Open until Oct 11th!! forms.gle/1qei6rLxhbvd...
An advertisement for a panel at gateway fate ffxiv convention!  

It reads: 
“GATEWAY FATE AMV SHOWCASE,
at GATEway FATE, An Unofficial FFXIV Fan Convention!
SUBMISSIONS OPEN!  
WHEN: October 17th-18th, 2026 (exact time TBA).
WHERE: St. Charles Convention Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
WHAT: Screening FFXIV fan-made videos created by Warriors of Light across the realm!
WHO: You! Submitting cool videos you've made!
DEADLINE: Monday, October 11th.
SUBMIT TO: https://forms.gle/EcvcAaPzf6VFFbMB9
or contact @splinterhamato.bsky.social

I put together a little set to look like a movie theater in the basement of my WOL’s house and I’m using that as a backdrop.  Please play with me!!!!!!!!  Share your movies with me!!!!
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just noticed that my discord account says I’m currently playing FFXIV when I haven’t touched my computer today. huh. wonder what quin’a’s up to
A screenshot of my discord status, which says “Playing a game: Final Fantasy XIV Online.  For 21 hours.”  um…. What the kitty doin??
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
great minds think alike
Selfie of me sitting front and center at death note the musical last week, wearing my Lphinaud cosplay- an Alphinaud wig, a white shirt & jeans, and a big black and white name tag that says “L-phinaud” in the death note font. I’m doing the thumb-sucking thinking pose that both alphinaud and L do, but I’m wearing a grey kn95 so it looks kinda goofy.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I got a good pic of my mom making a hard left toward lesbo world
A photograph of a street in Edinburgh, specifically the sidewalk to the right of the parliament building going up the south side of the royal mile away from holyrood and towards the castle.  There’s a big blue sign on a lamp post reading “low emission zone ahead” followed by the word “LEZ” in huge all-capital letters in a green circle, with an arrow pointing to the left.  At the base of the lamppost power-walks my mother (an older white lady with thick dark curly hair tied up, wearing a purple windbreaker, blue headband, and jeans) making a surprising hard left into lesbo-town.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
common UK road sign with an old-timey camera icon displaying the british government catching my dyke-iness in 4K
Photograph of a metal sign affixed to a pole in London.  It’s majority blue with a white border.  In a big white circle at the top, it says “LEZ.  U LEZ.” in all caps in green.  The bottom has a white box with a black icon of a what I can only describe as an old-ass daguerreotype camera with fuckin bellows, presumably the technology used to capture images of passing girlfags.  There are signs like this all over the UK.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
WHY DID QUIN'A SAY TJIS AKSJDHFSD
A screenshot of the chat box in final fantasy the fourteenth one.  Green indicates NPCS are talking, Blue is a party member, and grey is a system message.

Metem the npc says "Oh dear! The challenger has fallen out of the ring!" in green (he is referring to Quin'a).
Then the npc Howling Blade, also in green, says "With Fenrir's might, I rouse a storm!"
At this point, I (Quin'a Sarkset) am raised and attempt to continue my rotation, but apparently I was accidentally clicked into the chat window, because Quin'a, completely of his own volition, says "I'm tired. wwwwwwwww" with the autotranslate arrows.  The system immediately affirms Quin'a's exhaustion by reminding us that there are "30 minutes remaining to complete AAC Cruiserweight M4 (Savage)."
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
does….. does anyone have any clue whose signature this is????
A printed out photo of the three evangelion units from the original series with shinji, asuka, Rei, and kaworu standing in front of them.  Fascinatingly, kaworu is wearing his plugsuit which he never actually wears in the original anime, thereby serving Karl Realness.  There is a signature in Japanese in the lower right hand corner addressed to me, but it’s kanji in a fancy handwritten signature so I have no idea who signed it and simply do not recall anymore because it was signed on August 8th 2014, according to the date at the bottom.  GIRL WHO ARE YOU??
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I can’t imagine why they thought he was a woman
A photo of me in my emet selch cosplay, which is just his normal regular-ass emperor attire, not genderbent.  I’m standing in front of a big pink heart set piece surrounded by smaller hearts and covering my face with a pink fan that says “CUNTISSIMO” in a nigh-illegible font. This is normal for emet selch.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
struggling to convince my deeply OCD brain that it is okay to let these go and I will not regret it for the rest of my life
A big collection of attack on titan merchandise laid out on the turquoise carpet of my childhood bedroom.  It includes volumes 1 through 17 of the manga, as well as the both volumes of the Levi Ackerman prequel manga “no regrets”.  There’s also a huge eruri (Erwin/levi) yaoi doujinshi compilation from 2013-2015 and the light novel “the lost girls” about Annie and mikasa”.  Then there’s the Blu-ray of the first 13 episodes of the anime, which I had signed by Matt Mercer (ah yes… Matt….) who plays Levi.  And there’s an attack on titan backpack that I bought at middle Tennessee anime convention 2015 cuz I bought too many evangelion figures and needed another bag to bring them on the plane home.  I hiked the Inca trail to machu picchu with this backpack winter 2016.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
as soon as you called the smiler “her” I had the sobering realization that I once again automatically assumed that the smiler would be a man. Literally feeling like this rn
Screenshot of a tweet posted by @graetgalaxy on October 14 of 2024.  It reads “i never even considered dr. pepper could be a woman. maybe i'm a bad person”.

Their icon is a little doodle of toad from Mario but like, if his head was one of the green 1-up mushrooms instead of a red one.  Wait now I’m questioning my world.  Is toad a woman?
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ALPHINAUD’S VA COLIN RYAN IS POSTING DEATH NOTE YAOI TIKTOKS NOW????
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
LRT yeah man, I love that ascian
The automatic google translation for the caption on the previous drawing I retweeted, featuring an illustration of Zenos possessed by elidibus.  The art is captioned “Zelidibus” in Hangul, Zenos and Elidibus’s celebrity couple name.  Google has chosen to translate 제리디부스 from Korean (pronounced jelidibuseu) as “Jerry D. Buss”, which sounds like an unremarkable U.S. president from the turn of the century who is primarily remembered for an ahistorical account of their humorous death.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
YES the smiler is the one that severed the legs of two people and seriously injured many others in 2015 in a tragic & devastating accident. It happened on the track right here, when one train car collided with another stationary one that was stuck hidden in this dip at the bottom of the hill
A selfie of me standing in front of the section of track on The Smiler roller coaster where five parkgoers were seriously injured and two lost their legs. You can see behind me that there’s a dip in the track where a coaster had stalled out on that fateful day in 2015, not visible to the ride operators at the station.  The ride system alerted them to a ride vehicle on the track, but they couldn’t see it from where they were and thought it was a malfunction, so they overrode the emergency stop.  It resulted in a horrific collision of the occupied train with the stationary empty one at 50mph, puncturing lungs, shattering bones, and severing legs.  Jesus Christ.  

This is maybe an inappropriate or insensitive photo to take???  Idk.  It’s just hard to even picture it happening while standing there.  I cannot imagine such an incredibly fucked up, life altering thing happening while just trying to have a fun day out with loved ones.  Fuck, man.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
update: after much debate I wore the ratty old blue high-top converse that I’ve used 999 times (starscream, bakura, diego…) AND LO AND BEHOLD, IN THE FINAL SCENE OF THE MUSICAL WHEN L FINALLY HAS TO WEAR SHOES, WHAT DID COLIN WEAR?? MOTHERFUCKIN RATTY BLUE HIGH-TOP CONVERSE, BITCH. SUCK MY DICK
A zoomed in photo of my feet standing in front of a poster at the death note musical, showing the tips of my ratty old blue high-top converse peaking out from under my oversized light wash jeans.  I’m also holding two of my four alphinaud & alisaie ita bags, since I just wanted to bring the smallest possible ones to fit in my luggage. The important part is the shoes though.A zoomed in part of the illegal photo I snuck during the curtain call of death note the musical, showing Colin Ryan’s feet: the tips of his ratty old blue high-top converse peaking out from under his oversized light wash jeans.  BOOM, BITCH!!  WHAT DID I FUCKING SAY!!!!!!!!  I AM YOUR GOD.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
ritual sacrifice of the homunculus
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I LIKE THEIR LITTLE PEETS!!!!!!!!!
Me holding one of Kili’s precious kitties (either barley or fennel, I’m not sure which) up like a meerkat with my hands supporting her elbows.  She is a darling little brown tabby cat.  She’s glaring off to her left in an exasperated but resigned display of “this might as well happen”.  I’m sitting on a (very comfy) black leather couch wearing my beige “rats from around the world” t-shirt with illustrations of a bunch of different breeds of rat on it and my white and black checkered jammy pants.  I’m a white person with thick-rimmed nerd glasses and long brown hair that’s swept up in an exceedingly messy bun.  I am making a face that signals I am experiencing extreme cuteness aggression, where I purse my lips and bite them between my teeth, drawing my face tight to try to contain my manic smile and bone-deep need to motorboat this cat’s belly.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And then, as if it wasn’t enough to see my GOAT Colin Ryan live on stage performing the first manga I ever read, we followed it up with the most incredible theme park day ever. Just a magical weekend
A selfie of Kili and me in front of the entrance to Alton towers theme park.  I’m beaming in a green rain jacket and Kili is slightly behind me holding up a peace sign.  The blue tower entrance to Alton towers with the logo on the top stands behind us, in front of a rainy grey sky. A selfie of me looking stoked out of my MIND at the entrance to the roller coaster nemesis reborn.  The entrance is a black metal military blockade tower with red fleshy alien appendages curled around it.  The sign lists a current wait time of 10 minutes.  I’m wearing my green rain jacket, my orbonne monastery hat (which I would actually lose and then find again on this ride), a cute pink choker, and my miku expo 2026 shirt.  Also my glasses, which I would soon be forced to jerryrig onto my face lmao.Me and my new friend Sarah from Kili’s roller derby team at the entrance to the infamous smiler roller coaster.  I’m smiling, as requested, and Sarah is pulling a comically distressed face.  You can see my glasses now have a weird jerryrigged combination of strings hanging from them which I used to secure them on my head on coasters lol.  I’m holding a green leafy umbrella over us as it pours rain.  Behind us, the ominous yellow entrance doors to the smiler queue await, with a big black sign over it that says “THE SMILER” in yellow and features the spooky smiling logo for the coaster with too many black and white teeth in a too-wide mouth, and two enormous hypno spiral eyes.  In the very back, one of the loops of the coaster looms over us, with a train zooming by upside down. A slightly fish-eye-lens photo of myself in the queue for the wicker man roller coaster, with the back side of the giant wicker man statue (apparently named “big bob”) behind me, showing the human face angle, as opposed to the flaming goat on the front side.  I’m dwarfed by the enormous wooden coaster around me, decorated with flags and greenery and strange cultish effigies of pagan symbols constructed from woven sticks.  I’m thrilled out of my mind.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
we used to dream of days like these
Myself and kili standing in front of an enormous poster for Death Note the musical in London at the barbican.  The poster has a blue background and a huge picture of light yagami standing dramatically in profile looking at his death note within the core of a giant apple wreathed in black shinigami feathers.  I’m on the left dressed as L-phinaud (Alphinaud wig and ears but L’s outfit from death note with a white top and jeans) wearing a big name tag that says “Alphinaud” and carrying some of my many Alphinaud ita bags.  Kili is on the right dressed as eorzea academy emet selch in a black button down and black slacks with an emet selch wig and a folder full of detention slips.  If anyone asked, they were a shinigami, heehee.Me holding up a peace sign in front of the doors to the barbican theater, over which there is a banner reading “DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL.  UNTIL 12 SEPT.  THE LEGENDARY MANGA PHENOMENON REIMAGINED FOR THE LONDON STAGE.”A secret illegal photo I took of the stage & full cast during the curtain call at death note the musical.  The approximately 20 cast members are holding hands to take a bow, brightly lit on a dark stage covered in spooky smoke.  You can see the gorgeous shinigami outfits for Gerasu, Ryuk, and Rem, the last of whom is literally just dressed as venat ffxiv which made me SCREAM because shannon has been saying this for YEARS!!!! My darling, my angel, my pookie, Colin Ryan is dressed as L fourth from the right, in his baggy white shirt and gigantic hikkikomori jeans.  He is WEARING THE SAME SHOES I WORE!!!!!!! I AM A GOD!!!!! The photo is very clear and close because I was front and center in the audience in the second row.  After they took these bows, they walked off stage to house right, and Colin turned back around and WAVED AT ME!!!! AND I SCREAMED!!!!!!!! AAAAAAA!!!!Me and the random stranger coincidentally sitting next to me front and center for the death note musical, who just happened to be another L cosplayer!! Their name is Alistor and they’re a super cool furry and we were fujoshi-ing OUTTTTT!!!! They are dressed as L but megane, and I’m in my silly alphinaud/L crossover outfit.  We’re both doing the thumb sucking thinking pose that both L and Alphinaud do regularly, but I have a grey Covid mask on, humorously.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
obsessed with the 121 photos and videos I accidentally took yesterday of the inside of my pocket
A screenshot of my phone’s photo library, showing several awesome amusement park photos and videos at the top (and a few pokego screencaps cuz I like to always catch a few little guys whenever I go to a distant place), followed by a giant wall of pics of nothing but red and black blurry blobs, broken up by numerous one or zero second long videos, also of nothing.  Art.An entire phone-screen’s worth of accidental red and black blob photos and videos, showcasing the inside of my very wet pants pocket.YET MORE terrible red and black nothing-photos and videos, finally transitioning back to actual theme park photos at the very very bottom of the screen.  Incredible shit.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
L GANG RISE UP!!!!! IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU THANK YOU FOR BEING MY SEAT BUDDY!!!!
Me and my new homie Alistor front and center in the audience for death note the musical at the barbican in London!! Alistor is wearing a traditional L cosplay and I’m wearing an L cosplay but with an alphinaud wig & ears and a name tag that says “L-phinaud”.  We’re both doing the L-sucking-on-his-thumb pose, which is coincidentally the same pose Alphinaud makes when he’s thinking!!
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
-Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella -BIGFOOT RIPPED MY DOG IN HALF I SAW IT -You Come From A Long Line Of Shallow People -Pirates: YOU WOULDN’T STEAL A BOAT -We Are All Floridaman -Cadet Kelly is the Best Movie I’ve Ever Seen in My Friggin’ Life
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
-THE MOTHMAN COMETH -Justin Elizabeth Sayre is a 40-year-old woman -The longer my mother is dead the more I like her -TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE -Rip her to shreds! -Cinderella and Frankenstein's monster are dead -YOU STRAIGHTS ARE F**KED UP!
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
a non-exhaustive list of edinburgh fringe fest 2026 shows with names that are complete sentences, based solely on posters I’ve seen about town: -Most of my moms are gay -LET'S LISTEN TO SOME OF LOU BEGA'S OTHER SONGS TOGETHER FOR AN HOUR. -a KATE in the hand is worth two in the BUTCH -This Is My Dad
The poster for Abby Goldfarb’s “MOST OF MY MOMS ARE GAY: a musical”.  It’s mostly very hot pink, and featured a picture of her, a light skinned woman with chest length brown curly hair kneeling in the ground with her hands folded in her lap.  She’s wearing a blue windbreaker jacket, a pink flowy ballet skirt, and a plaintive expression. There are several five star reviews stuck to the poster. The poster for a fringe fest show called “LET’S LISTEN TO SOME OF LOU BEGA’S ITHER SONGS TOGETHER FOR AN HOUR. With Ollie Horn”.  The post is mostly red, with nice angular graphic design elements in gold and black.  It has a picture of a color block silhouette person in what I can only describe as a scatman outfit stepping forward and making a thumbs up.  The person has a black and white photograph of a real person’s face photoshopped onto it making a goofy kissy wry expression.  Presumably this is Ollie. The poster for “A KATE IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUTCH”.  It shows the late in question, a woman with a square jaw in extremely cunty drag makeup, holding - tiny version of herself in her own hands.  She’s white and has huge red wavy hair.  The poster is predominantly pink and red. I think the image is recursive?? Idk my photo is small.The poster for “THIS IS MY DAD” FROM THE CREATOR OF IRONINING BOARD MAN JODY KAMALI.  The byline is “MEET AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN WHO NEVER PLAYED BY THE RULES AND RARELY MADE SENSE.”  There’s a picture of a white guy with a bushy brown mustache wearing a blue button up tee with a pillow under it, a tan cowboy hat, yellow rubber gloves, and socks with sandals.  He’s standing at a grill making kebabs but also holding a hairdryer, which raises concerns. There are some reviews saying it’s “too funny”, “demands applause” and is “joyous”.
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rat dad ==> GATEway Fate @splinterhamato.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
visited cloud strife at work yesterday
Selfie of me (a white person long brown hair in a low ponytail, nerd glasses, and dark brown eyes) throwing up a peace sign while standing in front of a bar called “the beehive”.  I know the bar in ffvii is called The Honeybee Inn, not the beehive, but just let me have my sex worker cloud strife fantasies, okay? Just let me have this.
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