Agreed 100%. Like I guess it’s kinda fun to think about as a concept, but to have the three timelines or whatever be “official”? Feels wholly unnecessary Like these games are not developed with that in mind, nor should they be.
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Annual proof of life. Just turned 38.
26.02.2026 03:08 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
A piece for Aether Nexus.
22.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 361 🔁 69 💬 0 📌 0Not including the hookshot in BotW/TotK is a huge missed opportunity.
22.02.2026 22:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hey thank you so much!
09.02.2026 04:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
06.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 5412 🔁 2446 💬 4 📌 29The darkness do be encroaching.
05.02.2026 06:59 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Skyship cutaway for Aether Nexus.
04.02.2026 16:40 — 👍 773 🔁 218 💬 9 📌 2The cel shading turned out great!
05.02.2026 06:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Art for Aether Nexus
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Spooky mech for Aether Nexus.
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Art for Aether Nexus!
27.01.2026 16:48 — 👍 510 🔁 126 💬 4 📌 0One of my favorite pieces Ben did for Aether.
26.01.2026 20:02 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Pets for Aether Nexus.
21.01.2026 19:14 — 👍 143 🔁 35 💬 3 📌 0
Aether Nexus mech. One of the first ones I designed for the game's launch.
20.01.2026 18:35 — 👍 943 🔁 243 💬 5 📌 0
Great video on Aether Nexus!
youtu.be/eAezutn44JE?...
An environment for Aether Nexus.
13.01.2026 17:53 — 👍 186 🔁 51 💬 1 📌 0
A mecha for Aether Nexus
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A battle scene illustrated for Aether Nexus.
10.01.2026 13:19 — 👍 367 🔁 82 💬 2 📌 0That’s … strangely affirming, yeah.
12.01.2026 03:28 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some dudes I designed for Aether Nexus.
08.01.2026 20:25 — 👍 359 🔁 84 💬 0 📌 02026 wasting zero time in totally killing my vibe.
10.01.2026 05:56 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can’t wait to get a game going with my 7yo!
27.12.2025 20:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Got Necromolds for Christmas. Make little monsters outta clay, battle em, and smush em when they lose! Feels like a game that I would’ve pined after as a kid.
27.12.2025 19:21 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
Partner got me a Franken Berry action figure and I’m over the moon. Love this queen.
26.12.2025 00:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The worldbuilding within leaves so much to explore, with tons of tools to ensure no two tables face the same calamities & foes.
Combined with Ben's art, this game captures the kind of magic you only really find in Miyazaki films, 7 season animes, & Saturday morning cartoons
You can find it here 👇
Cover of the TTRPG book "Aether Nexus" by Absolute Tabletop featuring Ben Fleuter art of a Cloven Kin Knight standing atop her red-orange Bastion style Frame, a heavily-armored mecha with a shield & mace. Above them are spaceships & an alien sky
Inside spread from Aether Nexus showing the Kaldron Kin, Aetheric ephemeral beings whose bodies are stored in physical objects of various size, shape, & materials. Sample Kaldron names are listed in a d12 table; Ephrat, Solmira, Glintis, Ryx, Mastell, Vorquen, Zenthis, Lirnod, Quiln, Talvek, Harion, & Wraeclast
Inside spread from Aether Nexus showing the Magus, the Spell Slinger Frame, resembling a purple robed Wizard with a staff & floppy hat. It's stats are listed alongside sample Monikers in a d12 table; Mausoleum, Scepter, Estrella, Grimoire, Thaumaturge, Palantus, Stave, Tome, Lightbringer, Runeweaver, Starscryer, & Doomspeaker
Inside spread from Aether Nexus showing the Dragoon, the Skyborne Strike Frame, resembling a broad-shouldered regal Knight with a pointy helm. It's stats are listed alongside sample Monikers in a d12 table; Shardhawk, Skylance, Cavalier, Gallantus, Templar, Starfall, Dawnrise, Lusterfire, Bloodbaron, Mantis, Fluxrider, & Viceroy
#TTRPG 🎲 Advent Calendar, Day 14:
"Aether Nexus" by Absolute Tabletop ( @absolutetabletop.bsky.social ), art by Ben Fleuter ( @benfleuter.bsky.social )
An Escaflowne inspired game in a shattered world, powered by The Mecha Hack. Fantasy + Mecha, two great tastes that taste great together!
Yes, if you have to carve out a few scant minutes a few times a week, you project may take months or years to finish.
But if you don't start, that time will pass anyway, without having a project at the end.
Do The Thing.
“Oh I’m just using LLMs to [brainstorm/make concept art/inspire me].”
Then the basis of your creation is hollow. It was handed to you by a thing— not an experience, research, or from the vulnerability of another.
The “gifted student” to “chronically online content creator” to “burnt-out hermit incapable of being perceived” pipeline.
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