Tavon

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(Tavon Gatling) 💍 @BusyBlu // he/him 🏳️‍🌈 ♊ "The Legend of Admir": Fuck AI. Aspiring SFF/mystery writer.

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Tavon@gatling· Jun 25

SICK. OF. ME!!!! Wait until I get some free time. JUST WAIT.

Tavon@gatling· Jun 25

Oh, yall gonna be SICK of me. I was getting more and more "annoyed" editing Ch. 3 of the Legend of Admir. I have some compound clips I would reuse to make things easier, but sometimes it's tedious to copy+paste it all. So I learned how to make custom fusion things. #DavinciResolve #VideoEditing

Clip of Davinci Resolve editor, showing 2d6, along with the controls to set which die is shown on the right and fusion nodes on the bottom.

Tavon@gatling· Mar 16

Well, this is random. Just found some code that somehow hadn't been purged yet. I wrote this when I FIRST joined the company—my starting date was earlier that week! Not sure why this popped up for me today but...I'll file this away as a sign I don't understand just yet.

Tavon@gatling· Mar 9

Found a gift card I had forgotten about, so I used it to buy two new hardcovers for my bookshelf. These were GREAT reads. Thanks for writing these amazing books, @kosokojackson.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @maxgladstone.bsky.social .

Hardcovers of "The Macabre" by Kosoko Jackson, and "This is how you lose the time war" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Tavon@gatling· Mar 2

I have NEVER seen this before. lol #MarvelRivals

Tavon@gatling· Mar 2

You did your thing, @kosokojackson.bsky.social !!! Highly recommend you all check this out!

My 5 star review for "The Macabre" by Kosoko Jackson.

"This book was dark and full of horror, but also so much more. I kept highlighting so many parts that I hope stick with me. An amazing read."

Tavon@gatling· Feb 6

For context, 10 guys on a birthday trip, just hanging out. It's right after Thanksgiving, and there's a snow storm happening outside. MC's name is Vernon, and this "cold" is present through (almost) the rest of the book. #SFFChat

Around three in the morning, a door shut in the hallway outside my room, waking me up. It was freezing. I hadn’t noticed it before, but now that the villa was eerily silent, I noticed that there had been a hum earlier, present pretty much everywhere.
It was gone now.
My phone sat on the nightstand, barely any additional charge from when I had plugged it in. The power was out. “Fuck.”
There were probably other blankets out there in a linen closet, I just needed to force myself out of bed first. All I needed was a blanket or two.
I eventually decided to get up instead of braving it alone, rushing out into the hallway to find something else to wrap up in. The linen closet was close by. I pulled it open. Plenty of blankets, ready to be seized. Only a few were taken. It was freezing in here, probably even colder downstairs. And only a few blankets were gone?
Oh, right. Four out of the ten people here were partnered up. Six, if you included the exes Noel and Lonnell. If Warren was as confident as he put on, he could have asked the others to sleep with him.
For warmth.
Patrick was a good looking guy. He could have easily done the same. Quellon, too. He probably had so many fans chomping at the bit to get with him. He—and especially Lonnell—could have invited someone over after we all went to bed. Brought their own warmth in from the outside. Carried that warmth with them wherever they went. Had their pick of how they wanted to stay warm all year round. Marcus and Terry kept each other warm. Erin and Robert did, too. There was no telling if they stayed warm all year, but at least most of it. They looked like they at least wanted to stay warm. That would be enough. Wanting to be someone else’s warmth.
I grabbed two thick woven blankets and shut the door quietly, then made my way back to my cold bed.

Tavon@gatling· Jan 16

I got almost all of the Invis proficiency stuff. lol I blame it on my inability to switch away from her even when I should 🤣 So now I get to have even MORE imposter syndrome with an animated lord icon! #MarvelRivals

Page 1 of most of the Marvel Rivals Invisible Woman proficiency rewards

Page 2 of most of the Marvel Rivals Invisible Woman proficiency rewards

Marvel Rivals Invisible Woman proficiency reward, with the final 2 remaining locked.

Tavon@gatling· Dec 26

Got some amazing gifts yesterday 😊

switch 2 pro controller, "roll & play" book, two books in the Game master's Guide series, "the institute" by Stephen king, and KitchenAid attachments.

Tavon@gatling· Dec 8

Gonna read this soooonnnnn. #Wiccan #WitchesRoad

Comic book of Wiccan in red hoodie with sparkly blue hands reaching out. Titled "Wiccan: Witches' Road #1"

Tavon@gatling· Nov 24

Gonna try to sell this premade book cover to test the waters. Title, font, subtitle/tagline, etc. are customizable. No AI was used in making this (#FuckAI); just Affinity, stock photos, and brushes. "Can't Quit" ($45) If you're interested, message me! #WritingCommunity #WritingSky

Black man, shirtless, surrounded by blue lighting and blue smoke. Defined abs are hidden behind the title, "Can't Quit"

Tavon@gatling· Nov 23

I kinda wanna start selling premade book covers, but...unsure if they're any good? Especially because I use (free) stock models. Any feedback? I figured the """easiest""" would be erotic/spice/romance covers. My favorite is probably "Can't Quit" and "Highscore"

Dark skinned Black man with his hands on his head, revealing a muscular and fit physique. He's tinted blue and shrouded in shadows and blue and black smoke. The title "Can't Quit" is in white, obscuring his defined abs a bit, with a bit of smoke cutting off some of the letters.

A fit shirtless man in blue and red dim neon lighting. To his left, a list of high scores, with David and Patrick being highlighted, in a pixelated font, like from an arcade listing of high scores. To his right, the title, "Highscore."

A fit muscular brown-skinned man, his face obscured in shadows. Behind him, a putried green and blue forest. In front of the man is the title, "One with Shadows."

Two fit Black men take up the majority of the cover, clad in black and lit with purple lighting. In front of them, party goers fill up the bottom portion of the cover. Overlaid on the party goers is the title "Package Deal," with an echo effect.

Tavon@gatling· Oct 31

It's definitely giving more Red Riding Witch but whatever. 🤣 I threw together a last minute Wiccan!

Me, in a shoddy Halloween costume of Wiccan. Red card, blue gloves, cosmic sleeves, dressed in all black.

Official Wiccan image from upcoming comic.

Tavon@gatling· Aug 11

Loving this thing already. Gonna try to find nice artwork of books I'm reading to add to the screensaver. Boox Go 7 (BW)

My new Boox Go 7, BW version. On the screen is some noir hero with a dagger and guns, with tons of posters and newspaper in the background, and the shadow of a scary monster with claws imposed over it.

Tavon@gatling· Jul 9

sooooo... this finally arrived. gonna learn in my spare time this year.

"Agatha All Along"-branded tarot deck box. Box is black with purple highlighting the imagery and words.

Tavon@gatling· Jun 5

It arrived once I woke up this morning lol They were serious about this delivery!!! Lol And some snacks with it.

Tavon@gatling· May 25

#DeathBecomesHer was AMAZING. Perfection, even.

"Death Becomes Her" sign, highlighted in a magical purple in front of a deeper blue-purple curtain.

Tavon@gatling· May 7

Felt like editing, so I did a little something with JoJo's cover of "Love Galore" by SZA. I recorded this when we saw her in March at the Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD. #JoJo #LoveGalore #SZA #TooMuchToSay #TooMuchToSay2025

Tavon@gatling· Apr 4

Worst change. WHY!?!?! The only "benefit" I see here for me is that the cooldown won't be as long if it breaks now.

Marvel Rivals patch update about Invisible Woman's Guardian Shield HP dropping from 300 to 250.

Tavon@gatling· Mar 3

Woke up to a random Discord message. I remember this game. I was playing as IW, doing well, and... they picked her after the first match??? I asked in the chat, "Why?", but they never answered, so I just went CD (and eventually Namor, because we all got trapped in the spawn; horrible game) wtf?

Message from someone I played Marvel Rivals with in Competitive, solo queue.
Their messages are: "I'm muted but you need to get off healer right now. Locking Invisible Woman so you can't play her."

Tavon@gatling· Feb 26

Needed to learn a DPS because I only play Invisible Woman and Cloak & Dagger. Gotta spread out my skillset a bit. Picked up Namor. I feel like this is going to be my DPS main (especially since I'm so used to dying from him as a support lol) #MarvelRivals

Tavon@gatling· Feb 25

Boop. Was having a string of horrible games. This one made me feel better. (The other team had a DC after this though lol) Love how the shield at the end makes it look like I'm high-fiving my teammate. lmfao #MarvelRivals

Tavon@gatling· Feb 18

Finally back to Plat3 after dropping all the way to Silver, smh. Was a long, hard road, but managed to get Lord with C&D in the process, making my second (other is IW) I removed the lord icon from IW, tho. Felt like I was underperforming, so I need to practice with her again, ASAP! #MarvelRivals

Cloak (from Cloak and Dagger) looking out of a window overlooking Wakanda. Taken from Marvel Rivals.

Platinum 3 status earned once more in Marvel Rivals.

Tavon@gatling· Feb 3

Stumbled across this photo of Shaboozey and my brain simply couldn't comprehend. Is he not about to yell out HENSHIN and insert this Memory into a belt that yells out JOKER?

Shaboozey, dressed in all black, holding an all-black cologne/perfume bottle by YSL Beauty.

A still from Kamen Rider W, with Phillip on one side and Shotaro on the other. Both are holding their respective Memories in a pose right before they transform.

Tavon@gatling· Jan 31

AHH! AFTER TEN THOUSAND YEARS, I'M FREE IT'S TIME TO CONQUER EARTH

Marvel Rivals screen, with RANK PROMOTION at the top, with a Silver 3 badge beneath it.

Tavon@gatling· Jan 22

😭😭😭 naturally, i went back to below half because i couldn't win again.

Invisible Woman from Marvel Rivals poses while my Bronze 3 score of 99/100 is shown...meaning I'm still in Bronze 3

Tavon@gatling· Jan 16

I did gooood this time.

Marvel Rivals score board, shoring my MVP with most healing, most assists, and most kills.

Tavon@gatling· Jan 15

I am getting soooo much better with her. 😍

Marvel Rivals screen showcasing the Invisible Woman (and my username, GatlingXYZ, having earned MVP for this game).

Tavon@gatling· Jan 12

Madisynn, from SheHulk, saying "At first it was fun. Then scary. The fun again. Then spooky, but in a funway."

Tavon@gatling· Jan 12

The delivery gods have finally looked upon me and smiled. Finally got my very normal, nothing to see here Triangle Agency briefcase! @hauntedtable.bsky.social