Nivenus

@nivenus.bsky.social

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Full-time substitute teacher, part-time writer / tabletop designer / artist; he/him/they/them; 100% nerd and autistic

Two red pandas snuggling in black and white sketch
A young, lanky necromancer with an undead fox construct for a familiar, dressed in fine clothing, black and white drawing
Fox standing in grass, black and white sketch
Thimble from Critical Role campaign 4, a fairy
Karlach from BG3 sitting on a box, hefting a large ax
A digital drawing featuring Millie and Moxxie from Helluva Boss dressed up as Karlach and Wyll from Baldur's Gate 3 fighting Stryker dressed up as Raphael
A pencil sketch of Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon
Description of moonbow artifact in The Witcher RPG, used by an elven warden named Aderyn, reminding me of another person by that name.
Archer in a straw cloak, with cloth armor and a shortbow, in front of a forested hill.
Trials of Saruman campaign book for Lord of the Rings Roleplaying, packaged in a cardboard box and bubble wrap. Main image is of Saruman, a tall, white haired wizard holding his palm over a mystical orb known as a palantir
Mr Godzilla, a Totodile puppet, with 3 kid drawings of him (though 1 has a lot of other stuff on it too)
Photo of book fair set up with animal books, graphic novels, and chapter books
Talking to a member of the Responders in a ruined diner in Appalachia, then logging into a terminal
As early as the Heian period in Japan (794–1185), cats were highly valued and considered rare treasures, often exchanged among the upper class as luxury items akin to precious jewels. Ownership of cats was primarily restricted to the emperor and the nobility, with records indicating that some aristocrats even bestowed court ranks upon them. In 889 Emperor Uda documented in his diary Kanpyō Gyoki the gift of a kitten he had received. He described the cat's deep ink-colored fur and meticulously noted its behaviors, such as its tendency to curl into a circle when resting and its hunting practices. The emperor was so captivated by the kitten that he compared its cries to those of a black dragon, reflecting the deep affection and admiration he had for his pet. These writings provide insight into the esteem in which cats were held during this era.[2][3]
Pet culture in Japan has a long history going back centuries, especially in regards to cats. Pets were originally referred to as aigandōbutsu (愛玩動物 lit. "beloved toy-animal") or short-form aiganbutsu, but the terminology has changed in the 20th century into the anglicised petto (ペット).[1] (Ukiyo-e painting of a cat at a window sill with Mt Fuji in the background)
The hawk, the bull, the hound, and the owl
Main altar for Brigid, decorated with books, implements, and imagery
Offerings for Brigid, in front of an altar
The 5 most recent posts by TechnoPathology: Neil Gaiman Is Innocent: Introduction Neil Gaiman Is Innocent: The Contract Neil Gaiman Is Innocent: Paula Gosney’s Article Neil Gaiman: A Guide to the Investigation
Excerpt from a statement by Neil Gaiman republished in Variety, the most relevant part being “I was a journalist once, and I have enormous respect for journalists, so I’ve been hugely heartened by the meticulous fact and evidence based investigative writing of one particular journalist, whom some of you recently brought to my attention, who writes under the name of TechnoPathology.”
Dr Kelson doing a metal ass performance as Satan in front of an ossiary
Okonomiyaki partially cooked in a frying pan, with visible egg, cabbage, and scallions
Laura Bailey’s character Thimble, a pixie rogue, flying and holding out two rapiers
The cast of Critical Role campaign 4 including Laura Bailey, Luis Carazo, Aabria Iyengar, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Whitney Moore, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Alexander Ward, and Travis Willingham
Nivenus (Arthur) sitting in a car talking about Aderyn (Andrea) and her son needing support for moving
Other efforts to denazify the public fell flat. Although notions of showing Germans the results of German atrocities by tours of camps loom large in Allied public memory, such as this scene in Band of Brothers, these efforts were not very successful. Allied reports on the reception of educational events in German PoW camps and other areas showed their audiences universally treated them with disdain. Likewise, the recipients of American public opinion surveys conducted within the AmZone registered a good deal of skepticism about Allied motivations and a wide-spread sense that the Allies were just rubbing Germans' noses in the misdeeds of a criminal few. Even the Allied tribunals of war criminals failed in their pedagogic function of informing and educating the German public. The famous German diarist Victor Klemperer, a German Jew who miraculously survived the war, felt the main Nuremberg tribunal went on too long: Reingruber {a fellow professor} said, it was a mistake on the Allies' part, to spin out the Nuremberg trial for so long on the wireless. It made people numb and indifferent. That was also my opinion exactly. Klemperer was no friend of the Nazis, but his indifference to the tribunals was telling. There were also notable clemency drives for convicted war criminals. A good many German clergymen such as Bishop Theophil Wurm were advocates for men like Joachim Peiper and argued that the trials were a form of victors' justice. Some of these appeals directed among Germans stressed that such retribution was due to the influence of emigre German Jews within the occupation.
Chocolate snowball cookies, vanilla crescents, gingerbread, and spicy “nuts “ cookies
Jaskier (Rogue) says he can’t mansplain, manipulate, or male wife his way out of something so Geralt (Barbarian) says manslaughter it is
Four panel comic on how to be a goth girl (Put on makeup, then armor, learn proto-Germanic, sack Rome)
My left hand holding a card with art of two cats watching snow fall down thru a window
Left to right: Beloved, Long Road, Mound, and Fire Pit from ancestors, nature spirits, gods, and the Cailleach respectively
Ritual offerings
Tex Richman in The Muppets