#rwd

[justablah56]

I CAN START RHE RWD EPISODE NOW YAYYY YIPPEEEE 💥💥💥

[justablart56]

"To us."

[onlygreencars]

1953 Mercury M100

[invaderst]

You're my greatest source of problems

But also happiness

[theexhaustedqueer]

I’m so fascinated by Kireek as a character already, and more broadly the idea of using the trait of Kenku mimicry to emphasize a character’s trauma. Kireek, as a Kenku, can only use words that have been said to him before. He is forced to be a very apparent product of his environment. On top of his very obvious physical mutations, he’s forced to sound and speak like a mind flayer, in a way that makes him seem dangerous to others. Kireek is incapable of asking if Raul is okay, incapable of expressing any form of kindness and compassion, because as Noir says, no mind flayer would have ever said those words to him. And wow does that hit, the idea of someone coming from a deeply abusive environment, just straight up not having the tools to engage with others healthily. Because how can you know how to express kindness and compassion when it’s never been shown to you? We can already tell Kireek is a deeply good person. He escaped the nautiloid and immediately dedicated himself to hunting aberrations and protecting his home, and he spends large portions of the combats in his episode healing and helping Raul. But he is physically incapable of expressing that verbally. Again, that moment of him not being able to ask Raul if he’s okay breaks my fucking heart. Kireek is in all ways a product of his environment, of this deeply traumatic thing that happened to him, and it’s devastating. 

And yet, we also see how, even after just one set of interactions with Raul, Kireek already has a better vocabulary with which to express himself. He’s able to use words like “friend” and “lonely”. How healing it is, to be around people who are kind. And I cannot wait to see how his vocabulary, and subsequently his capacity for self expression, expands when he meets the other members of the hunting party. I can’t wait to see how his character develops when he’s in a supportive group and when he’s not so limited in what he can say. 

In other words, Noir came out swinging with this one. VR-LA and Oobtaglor were sneaky, they bided their time before really going for the gut punches. But Kireek is not wasting any time, and honestly, I love that for him. 

[greenbasiltea]

Robot wizard

[e-johnsen]

Stumbled across gem. The ultimate Dani sandwich is real!!!! Wash it down with a Dani soda???

[randomfanart27]

Fanart, Desk, Mon(Tues)day

I loved the Per Aspera Oneshot so much! I'm glad I finally figured out how to draw him/Githyanki without them looking super creepy in an un-fun way (rip to the wips of him and Lae'zel that were sacrificed to get here)

[caliburn-not-calculator]

Pretty dress VR-LA is here

Over the top background and flat colour version cause idk how I feel about the astral sea background, it’s pretty but takes away from the dress I think

Anyway he’s so regal looking wtf

[stars-in-a-jam-jar]

The way VR-LA becomes a Cleric is so hilarious when zoomed out at the right angle. Mans literally said 'consider it a prayer' and ACTED SURPRISED when Mystra gave him a littol pat on the head and began treating him like her special littol pet cleric boy. Like VR-LA you HAVE to know Mystra's modern worship primarily consists of 'Dear Mystra: I would appreciate if you did not let my spell fuck up, please and thank you.' and 'Dear Mystra: I am in need of some divine inspiration for this spell, if that is okay.' Then you turned around and just HANDED HER THE COMPASS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR GODDAMN LIFE and said 'You. I want You to help me. Consider this a uniquely religious act of outreach. Also I Do Not Trust You.'

Interplanar goddess sees some robot peering through The Weave, a thing no one else to her memory has done because How And Why The Fuck Would You Do That??? Decides to appear before him to get a good look at this guy and says One Word to him, then a week later he cosmically pages her personal phone number saying 'Okay don't freak out but I found your number because I need your help with something Incredibly Personal To Me. If you'd please. Also I've functionally already contractually obligated you to do this.'

Girl raises an eyebrow, thinks 'Oh, this little dude's exactly the right flavor of fucked up', and proceeds to hold his littol hand through the big scary mission he asked her to hold his hand for and trusting him to be a good boy who makes good decisions. He would say he asked for her help and guidance, a completely different thing from holding hands. He has not let go. He has actively gotten More Invested in this relationship to divinity.

And then AS-TR spells out the big important lesson he learned that led him to lean into the Cleric thing and he just goes '... Oh. Yes.'

[yani-tried-at-least]

*walks up to any gay couple I see* "So which one of you always tells the truth and which one of you always lies?"

[justablah56]

erm . the (not) robot polycule using that one pose reference 👍

click for better quality since tumblr hates big canvases <3

[justablart56]

So that oneshot, huh?

[heir-of-the-chair]

One thing I’ve learned in drama school is since in Shakespeare’s time there wasn’t really safe drinking water, everyone drank beer all the time to stay hydrated (including children who drank “small beer” which had less but still an okay amount of alcohol), which would mean that everyone would definitely have a higher tolerance than modern people, but would still be kinda drunk all the time. The City of Brass, being in the plane of Fire, does not have access to much water naturally, but their mortal residents would still need to stay hydrated in some way despite the lack of water native to the plane of Fire. In this essay I will-

[maki-is-my-bae]

cowgirl extraordinaire

[theexhaustedqueer]

She has a ridiculous accent, she’s a conwoman “satisfaction not guaranteed”, she wears a cartoonishly big wizard that doubles as a bag of holding, she spikes her own tea with “fireball, her favourite spell”, she’s stuck in the Beastlands because she’s been run out of every other plane of existence by angry mobs, she has a snarky wizard rivalry with Ophelia who she refers to as “my dear nemesis” who she can now piss off with Sending any time she wants, she’s worried about getting dusty and wet in the Beastlands, she doesn’t fight she turns invisible and runs away, she has a negative charisma score, she’s a mess she’s a girlfailure, she’s saving the day brilliantly with her schemes and plans, she’s prestidigitating in skunk-smelling guy’s face saying “no refunds”. I would die for her, I would kill for her, I’m obsessed, I’m in love with her, I need her carnally and I legitimately kept having to rewind the episode because I kept getting so distracted by her that I would briefly tune everything else out and not hear what was happening in the episode.