E. Juniper Kelsey

@ladywildfl0wer

Pronouns: She/Her Neurodivergent pākehā author with two thirds of a VFX degree trying to write a werewolf romance and a science fiction duology but getting so so sidetracked by Star Trek fanfiction!

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E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· 1d

I'm seeing a lot of people saying Rowling's latest offering is confusing and supportive, but it really isn't. She said it for plausible deniability, and built a weasel word into it to escape all avenues of criticism. INTRACTABLE. She might be a shitty author, but she is one, and she knows what...

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· 3d

Got all my decals done on the Constantijn! Stripes, hazard tape, numbers on the torpedo tubes and the boat bay berths, and, most importantly, her name all over her with her pendant number on the forecastle. Just need her running lights and engine plumes and she'll be ready to rig for animation!

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· 7d

The elevator pitch is Battlestar Galactica meets Master and Commander meets The Expanse. I listened to @thesojourn.bsky.social and went "oh wow sci fi with age of sail vibes is great! I wanna see more of that!" Step one to seeing more of that, write more of that! I also do 3d modelling art for it:

A work in progress render of a large, roughly cylindrical spacecraft with a ring shaped section. There are glowing radiators on the surface, large guns, and windows on a raised bridge section. The ship has red and gold markings. Its name is visible on the bow as "A.S.V. Constantijn van der Linde."

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· 9d

On one hand, unfortunately, the people of Clacton have failed to give us "Hon. Count Binface, MP for Clacton." On the other, Binface got 26.9% of the vote, equivalent to almost half of Farage's share (about 42% of it). Farage only won 22,239 compared to 9,455. Which is fucking hysterical.

Two graphs depicting the results of the 2026 Clacton By-Election - Nigel Farage of the Reform party won, with 63.3% of the vote, while notable joke candidate Count Binface attained a notably large 26.9% of the vote. When a rough estimate of those who didn't vote is added, 57%, Farage only received 27.2% of eligible votes, and Count Binface received 11.6%

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jul 24

Bonus: I've got a few maps knocking around! First is my current map of the world the aforementioned fantasy would probably happen in, Nidditerra. Second is my personal reference map of North America in Morgan's universe. North America isn't really relevant to her story, but it's some worldbuilding.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jul 18

#PretendPanel One is the same as yesterday, I've got a 3d map of my setting's explored space. I also have a personal wiki in Google Drive which I don't use as a website, I just use it as a way of organising stuff. Doesn't work great but I'm too lazy to transfer everything to something better lol

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jul 18

#PretendPanel I don't particularly do moodboards, but I do have stuff like a 3d map of the nearby stars I made in order to give myself an idea of stuff, I do 3d models of the spaceships (ft. Van der Linde class First Rate Ship of the Line), and I use HeroForge to broadly visualise some characters!

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jul 9

"The above is only one of many variations of 'The Company's Days.' It is, in the modern era, a popular political ballad of the Titanian left wing, especially in reference to the still extant Outer Planets Company." I'm somewhat imagining it as the modern rock cover version Francis would encounter.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jul 9

So I was inspired by a discussion online and now I've written (with help from Arden) a protest song sung by basically enslaved methane dredgers on Titan who were artificially born to order by the Outer Planets Company in Morgan's universe's early colonisation era: #Filk #Writing #SciFi

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jul 6

Making good progress on the Van der Linde class first rate Ship of the Line! Some adjustments to these decals are in order, then it's just more decals and exterior lighting to do! #3dArt #3dModeling #SciFi

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 28

My sewing machine, a hand-cranked Singer 28 from 1907. My dining table might also be very old, possibly older than the sewing machine, but I inherited that and don't remember exactly how old my late father said it was.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 27

Thanks! I've started with the Van der Linde class first rate ship of the line, which was perhaps silly because it's barely gonna feature anywhere lol, but I'll get to the Cochineal class sloop, which the hero ship A.S.V. Grasshopper belongs to, eventually! (it'll be an improved remodel of this one)

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 14

Sometimes my brain locks in on the stuff I'm supposed to be writing. Y'know, stuff like the chapter planning for my science fiction novel. Sometimes it spits out a new high fantasy character who's a sheepdog named Figgy Duff who got turned into a human by an errant wizard.

A HeroForge miniature model of a woman wearing muted a blue and green dress, as well as knitted mittens and a tartan shawl. She's carrying a staff, and she has yellow eyes with black sclera as well as patches of white in her hair.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 13

Great turnout against the gender definitions bill today in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland! Great to see Oriini Kaipara of Te Pāti Māori and Chlöe Swarbrick of the @greens.org.nz giving speeches, as well as a couple more Green Party members. Now where the feck was Labour? Show some opposition, Opposition!

A panoramic photo of the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland protest against the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill, demonstrating at Te Komititanga Square.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 12

So this morning I've spent a bit of time gently altering some lyrics to create 'The Union Tars,' a version of the sea shanty 'The British Tars,' as sung instead by sailors of the Acidalian Intersolar Colonial Navy in my WIP 'Ghost of Hades'! #Writing #Worldbuilding #Filk #SeaShanty

A set of lyrics that read:

Come all you bold young thoughtless men, a warning take by me,
And never leave your happy homes to sail the rolling sky,
For I have ploughed the orbits main these forty quarters' score,
But now I'm turned adrift to starve upon my native shore.

When war at first assail'd us, I quickly left my trade,
Our country was in danger and I flew to lend my aid,
And in my country's service, long long fatigues I bore,
But now I'm turned adrift to starve upon my native shore.

By shoals and raging tempest, shipwreck'd three time's I've been,
And many a bloody battle out in the skies I've seen;
I've seen the cannons' glaring flash, I've heard its thund'rous roar,
Though now I'm turned adrift to starve upon my native shore.

Ac'dalians' spacers' valour, to ev'ry world is known,
We conquer still where'er we go, our action is our own,
Tharsisian flag of Ares triumphantly we bore,
But now we're turned adrift to starve upon our native shore.

Should hostile fleets e'er venture upon the orbits main,
True hearts of steel we Union Tars will take to skies again,
And bravely bring their ships to port as we have done before,
So help us now while we're in want upon our native shore.

Come pity, ye gentle strangers, a luckless Union Tar,
In your defence they may yet hurl the thunderbolts of war,
Come lend some kind assistance, and heaven will bless your store,
For now I'm turned adrift to starve upon my native shore.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

In the modern era, the United Nations is a slightly more important entity - not to the degree of #TheExpanse where it's basically the world government, but it does coordinate things like Earth's limited space activity. Hard to do much when you're an orbital enclave in Acidalian space lol. (14/17)

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

The UK also no longer has a proper monarchy - the position is held by an elected Lord Protector, not unlike a president. It's a bit like Gondor, if there was no expectation for the return of the King. Alas, Wales still isn't independent, but at least it's on the bloody flag now! (13/17)

The flag of England with the green field from Wales' flag replacing the white segments at the lower half.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

What about everyone else? Well, I'm no huge geopolitics expert and my carving up the U.S. was motivated more by spite than coherent geography, but I've also done some stuff to the U.K! Ireland has unified, Scotland has gained independence and become an EU member, and the UK is a bit wee. (12/17)

A map of the United Kingdom and Ireland, except Ireland's entire landmass is depicted as one nation named Eire, and Scotland is independent. As a result, the remaining UK is named the United Kingdom of Britain, and its flag is the English flag with the green field from Wales' flag replacing the white in the lower half.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

...new players among the now kinda just loose unattached 'Plains States' - in Oklahoma there we've got the Free Nation of Sequoyah, and in South Dakota we've got an independent Lakota nation. Utah has also finally gotten the chance to go full theocracy with the Republic of Deseret. 🤢 (11/17)

An "everyone disliked that" meme where "everyone" has been replaced with "The Navajo."

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

The last of the major alliances to form was the Atlantic Federation. The Atlantic Federation was formed after the collapse, rather than during it, and its capital began as Atlanta. However, this was moved to Washington D.C. and the Atlantic Federation adopted the symbolism of the... (7/17)

An alteration to the United States' flag with fourteen stars in a ring.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

...the Democratic Union of the Great Lakes. They formed around discussions by the New England and Great Lakes states regarding secession held in New York City which went on to become their capital. Captain Flannigan of the A.S.V. Sojourner is from there, so she's nicknamed the Little Laker. (6/17)

A tapered flag made up of a large orange triangle on the left with a ring of fifteen stars in it, and five horizontal stripes in blue and white.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

This comes about following WWIII where the United States of America, as well as Russia because I don't want to deal with that, collapse. In the US' case, this began with the secession of California, joined by other States which formed the Commonwealth of California. Next to reform was... (5/17)

An alteration to the state flag of California, except the name has been changed to the California Commonwealth, and there are seven stars surrounding the central one in the corner.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 11

#Writing #Thread I ramble a bit on here about the Acidalian Colonial Union in my WIP, the largest interstellar nation, with its capital on Mars. But it won its independence from the nations of Earth, even Luna is its own nation in free association with Acidalia. So hey, what about Earth?! (1/17)

An image of Earth, taken by the Artemis mission.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 6

As a result of that, officers of the Navy carry swords and it's not unusual for others to carry them either. I picked it in part for the Age of Sail vibes and in part because I've been taking up fencing myself! I've joined an SCA rapier class, we've been doing Capo Ferro so far. Swords! (4/4)

A photo from the perspective of myself holding a rapier sword. It's got an ornate swept hilt and a mildly rusty blade.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 4

My other inspiration for Ghost of Hades just kinda goes straight in the elevator pitch, because they're more well known. "It's #BattlestarGalactica meets #TheExpanse meets #MasterAndCommander." Battlestar for the space navy, Expanse for the Earth-Mars thing, and Master and Commander for the VIBES.

A screenshot from Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, depicting Captain Aubrey standing on a rock with the Surprise moored in the distance.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 4

The idea I dug out of mothballs, 'Ross 248,' was ITSELF inspired by me taking an EVEN EARLIER idea, 'Arcane,' out of mothballs while watching Battlestar Galactica (2003). My 'Arcane' was crap, I wrote it when I was like 14. 'twas inspired by the I.X.S. Enterprise concept. Can still see that a bit!

The NASA concept ship IXS Enterprise, with two chunky warp rings and a long cylindrical hull with a semicircular saucer at the bow.

A crudely done digital icon of an unshaded grey geometric model of a spaceship with a cylindrical hull, one warp ring at the aft, four pontoons and a command module at the top, and a saucer at the bow.

It is marked HSS Arcane H.S.S-02

A digital rendering of a large gun metal grey spaceship over a planet's atmosphere. It's still got clear model faces, but the design has been refined - it now has two pontoons, much more detail, railguns, windows, and the bridge module was moved aftward. There are orange markings on it.

It is marked A.S.V. Ross 248 on the bow.

A work in progress image of a different spaceship - it's bigger, with wing structure supporting the pontoons which are chunkier and have glowing radiators sunk into them, the ship's guns are much larger and more detailed, there are airlocks and a docking bay, lights in the windows, and individually lit panes in the warp ring, that sort of thing.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 4

#LGBTQWriteAThon My WIP is a reboot of an old WIP, inspired by me listening to @thesojourn.bsky.social and thinking "hey, this age of sail vibe is really refreshing and interesting, I wanna see more sci fi like this." Step one of seeing more is writing more, so I dug the old stuff out of mothballs!

A wallpaper poster for the audio drama The Sojourn, depicting Captain Cassandra Farren and others as well as a few of the ships - C.S.V. Alacrity, the Guinevere, and another.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· Jun 2

#LGBTQWriteAThon I don't have celebrity casts for most of my characters, EXCEPT for the First Lieutenant of the A.S.V. Grasshopper, Lieutenant Aurelius McGann. He's directly based on this screenshot of David Tennant taken from Staged. I was watching a youtube compilation and he jumped out at me.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· May 24

Whelp, it's Essie Does Civil Engagement time again 🙃

A Submission on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill 2026, which is unfortunately too long for Bluesky's alt text system.

E. Juniper Kelsey@ladywildfl0wer· May 12

Me: spends a day and a half making 3d art for my #StarTrek fanfiction Me: cannot share it for a feckin millennia because it's spoilers for something WAYYYYY down the line.