D.M. Shields

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Writer | TTRPG Designer | Space Enthusiast | He/Him

Pallas Athena by Klimpt. A woman in golden scaled armor, helm, and holding a golden spear. Abstract figures in blue form the background
A pitch image for Arcane Heart. The background is blue and the text is white and gold. The comps are, “The queer forged family dynamics of The Witch King by Martha Wells,” and, “The cross cultural politics of Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.” Accompanying images and their labels are: An anatomical drawing of a skeleton and a heart with the text, “Sorcerers are literally heartless.” A burning roman city with the text, “Vengeance at the cost of peace.” Gustav Klimt's Pallas Athena (A painting of Athena clad in gold on a dark purple background) and Where Nature's God Hath Wrought by William Wendt (A painting of a rocky hilltop surrounded by green fields and copses of trees). Between them it says, “A protagonist from a forest shrouded in iron and gold, to whom green grass and timber trees seem alien.”
A meme edit of the quoted comic. A man labeled Elden Ring says "Why are you fussing over your character's outfit?" "Go fight monsters, and just equip the gear that works for your build". A shadowy figure appears saying, "They'll never understand you, you know...". Their face is revealed to say Expedition 33 and they say, "...But I do"
A map showing the locations I've lived (Oregon, Colorado, Connecticut, and Massachusetts) and visited. The east and west coasts are orange for "stayed here", and the rest of the country is half and half yellow and green for "visited here" and "stopped here" respectively. Only North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Florida are left blank.
Dola, a pirate captain from Castle in the Sky, is loading a gun menacingly
A meme from the Pirates of the Caribbean. Norrington says, "you are without a doubt the worst sorcerer I've ever lost a fight to". Jack Sparrow responds, "Ah, but you did lose a fight to me". Flames spout from his fingertips.
A pitch image for Arcane Heart. The background is blue and the text is white and gold. The comps are, “The queer forged family dynamics of The Witch King by Martha Wells,” and, “The cross cultural politics of Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.” Accompanying images and their labels are: An anatomical drawing of a skeleton and a heart with the text, “Sorcerers are literally heartless.” A burning roman city with the text, “Vengeance at the cost of peace.” Gustav Klimt's Pallas Athena (A painting of Athena clad in gold on a dark purple background) and Where Nature's God Hath Wrought by William Wendt (A painting of a rocky hilltop surrounded by green fields and copses of trees). Between them it says, “A protagonist from a forest shrouded in iron and gold, to whom green grass and timber trees seem alien.” The words, “Defamiliarization,” “Unlikely allies,” and “Visceral magic,” are scattered in the remaining space.
A pen doodle on a lined notepad. A sword with a small robot for a hilt. It has a smiling face, apeture eyes, and legs. He gleams. The blade emerges from the top of his head. His speech bubbles read, "Don't worry! I love being used for violence! And I'm self sharpening!" An old scientist wearing goggles comments, "Unfortunately my creation says schwing when he's swung"
A pen doodle on a blue lined notebook. A sword with a stick handle. The shaft is made of clumpy moss, with a protruding blade edge made of fanned out flowers
A pen doodle in a blue lined notepad. A broad sword, bladed on one side, with a tortoise shell as a hilt guard. The metal of the blade has a hexagonal tortoise shell pattern fading away towards the tip.
A pitch image for Arcane Heart. The background is blue and the text is white and gold. The comps are, “The queer forged family dynamics of The Witch King by Martha Wells,” and, “The cross cultural politics of Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon.” Accompanying images and their labels are: An anatomical drawing of a skeleton and a heart with the text, “Sorcerers are literally heartless.” A burning roman city with the text, “Vengeance at the cost of peace.” Gustav Klimt's Pallas Athena (A painting of Athena clad in gold on a dark purple background) and Where Nature's God Hath Wrought by William Wendt (A painting of a rocky hilltop surrounded by green fields and copses of trees). Between them it says, “A protagonist from a forest shrouded in iron and gold, to whom green grass and timber trees seem alien.” The words, “Defamiliarization,” “Unlikely allies,” and “Visceral magic,” are scattered in the remaining space.
A two panel image from Bob's Burgers. Bob Belcher sits in a car saying, "I mean, I don't want to oversell it, but it changes you forever"
Mr. Milcheck from severance in a white turtleneck dancing under an ominous pinkish purple light.
A four panel Calvin and Hobbes comic, of his father talking to him about a record. The dialog has been sloppily edited. He says, "watching an anime? Let me show you something interesting." Next panel, "The two types of anime are revolutionary girl utena and gundam. Jujutsu Kaisen? Gundam. Chainsawman? Utena." Calvin responds, "Yeah." Next panel, "Nichijou? Gundam. Love is War? Utena. Despite being gundam, witch from mercury is utena." The last panel is Calvin wide eyes unable to sleep that night.
Everything Everywhere All At Once. Evelyn is in a row of cubicles, doing martial arts, with a googly eye in the center of her forehead.
Waymond is holding a red paper lantern he's decorated with googly eyes. He is looking at the camera as if he was just caught doing something mischievous.
Bart and Lisa playing rock paper scissors. Bart is thinking, "Good ol' rock. Nothing beats that!"
A tier list judging FMA: Brotherhood characters on their resistance to the one ring. Bombadil Tier: Truth Frodo Tier: Al, Maes, Winry, Pinako Sam Tier: Major Armstrong, Lan Fan, Sig Gandalf Tier: Hoenheim, Izumi, Marco Boromir Tier: Ed, Hawkeye, Fu, General Armstrong, Buccaneer, Miles Bilbo Tier: Gluttony, Sloth, Barry Golum Tier: Shou Tucker, Kimball, Scar, Mustang, Ling, Mei, Envy, Lust, Scar's Brother Sauron Tier: Dwarf in the Flask, Wrath, Greed, Pride
"Jutsu" in red text, with a slash splitting the word in two. The background is an oil painting of a tree and sky. Jutsu is the japanese word for technique.
A screenshot of the discover new feeds section of bsky
An anime man crying holding a comic book. It is the "Chainsaw man is crazy good this week" meme but with "Kill Six Billion Demons" edited in.
Comic style text on a tan background reading: "Inborn. Some people are born with power, some are born without. Your technique was predetermined from birth. Who were your parents?"
A squirrel poking it's head out from a hole it's chewed in the top of a pumpkin. A tail extends from behind the pumpkin. One very long squirrel, or two?
The word Jutsu in thick bright red lines, reminiscent of marker strokes. There is a horizontal slash through the center of the word, splitting it in two. The background is an oil painting of a tree and sky. Jutsu is the japanese word for "Technique".
a picture of Robin Williams from the Birdcage playing a gay man in camp clothes: an open wool button up, many gold necklaces, and a backwards baseball cap. His head has been replaced with an image of the planet mercury.
A comic drawn on a small notepad labeled "Reverse Genie's Retail Job 2". A man stands at a butcher counter. He throws his hands up and says, "Then what does this store sell" The worker is wearing a baseball cap reading MEAT. He says, "Sir..." He looks both ways and continues, "This grocery store burned down in 1997" A wide shot shows the butchers counter among a pile of rubble, with trees and sunlight behind. A squirrel stands on the far side of the counter.
A comic done crudely in pen on a small notepad titled Reverse Genie's Retail Job. In the first panel, a man points at a steak and asks "Can I have that steak?". The man behind the counter is wearing a hat that says MEAT. He responds, "We don't have any steaks". In the last panel, the steak has mysteriously disappeared.
A digital collage of oil paintings. A pugilist is striking a sword aimed at his face, shattering it. The force of the blow is rendered as a spiky, solid red explosion.
Someone is eating fish and chips with tea, but its can tuna, pringles, and an arizona green tea can with ginseng and honey.
A digital collage of classical oil paintings. Four people are fighting, summoning magical powers depicted as blocky monochrome red effects. One blasts a beam from an orb held in hand, one flies with red wings scattering that beam, one crawls on the ground and summons a sword, and the last speaks the word "punishment", rendered in english and Kanji.
A graph of pieces of media. The X axis is Cringe and the Y axis is Cool. It shows a mostly inverse linear relationship, from Lord of the Rings (0,5) to Shadow the Hedgehog (4,1). Several outliers are above that line, such as Trinity from the Matrix (2.5,4), Chainsaw Man (4,4), and Naruto (4,2.5).