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— Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse; Fragments [translated by Richard Howard]

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…was human.

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Daniel - art by Nick Robles

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Daniel and Matthew - art by Nick Robles

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Morpheus—Leo Colapietro

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— Danez Smith, from "summer, somewhere" (via lunamonchtuna)

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MEMORY IS A MONSTER.

“Marlena,” Julie Buntin “Adonis,” tr. by Khaled Mattawa, Selected Poems “When Did It Happen?” Mary Oliver, Felicity “Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982,” Mahmoud Darwish, tr. Ibrahim Muhawi “Seduction of the Minotaur,” Anaïs Nin “Eurydice,” Sarah Ruhl “The Twelve-Thousand-Day Honeymoon,” Anne Sexton, The Complete Poems

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BALDURS GATE 3 PARTY BANTER PROMPTS LIST.

all of the following prompts are taken from party banter between the companions in larian studios' baldurs gate 3 (2023). there should be no spoilers! also, a disproportionate amount of these are from astarion and karlach. i'm not sorry.

I am enjoying our walks together, aren't you, [ name ]?

You'll be as depraved as the rest of us in no time.

Friend of yours?

Were you always so sneaky?

If there's hope for me there's hope for anyone.

How are we not there yet? My feet are killing me.

This is what I get for trying to strike up conversation.

We're not going to have trouble, are we?

If we continue this way, we may get too close for comfort.

Don't get too comfortable. We shouldn't overstay our welcome in such a place.

Do you have pet names for each other yet?

[ name ]! Was that a joke?

You know what - that is not the easiest of questions for me to answer.

Given your own nature, are you really the one to judge?

You can read?!

I'm surprised - I expected you to turn your back once you got what you wanted.

I wouldn't know a flirtation if you whacked me alongside the head with it.

Why stay somewhere safe and comfortable when we could be in mortal peril?

Can't say I love what they've done with the place.

I'm learning to enjoy the taste of chaos. Count me in.

At least you didn't tell me to 'be myself'.

You have so much to learn. Repeat after me: honey muffin, sweetie pie, sugarplum.

Nice to be in a crowd of normal people for once.

So [ name ], how is your sad, hopeless pining going?

You seemed a million miles away just then.

I fear I've been rather hasty to judge you, [ name ].

Ready to enter the belly of the beast?

Step one of starting a conversation: think before you speak.

I hear your relationship has taken on a new aspect recently…

All right, just keep it down. We're conspicuous enough without your hyena call.

Not one for roughing it, I see.

Why not have a little fun?

You're right, of course. Forgive me.

My money's on you, [ name ].

The echoes - listen! They're coming from three directions!

Want me to carry you?

Feeling at home?

Treat them right, or you'll have me to answer to.

Oh, darling, would you?

No doubt they found me too intimidating.

A girl could get used to this.

Now I don't know what to believe.

Well - yes, it was a joke.

I know that, too. It just wasn't funny.

And here I thought I rubbed you the wrong way.

Man, it's good to be home. First round on who?

Oh, I wouldn't actually leave. After all, where would you be without me?

You've quite the knack for finding the bright side of things, haven't you?

Well what would impress you, then?

Let's just stop this conversation right here, shall we?

Must've been an awful day for the people who lived here

You've clearly thought this through a great deal. I'm impressed and appalled in equal measure.

Sure, but think of the stories you'll be able to tell.

I never was scared of the shadows.

I know you're not really as heartless as all that.

I judged you wrongly. I'm sorry.

Are you charging for this sage advice, or is sticking your nose into my business just a hobby?

Pragmatism, thy name is [ name ].

That's ironic, coming from you.

We're either very clever or very lucky.

You do not need luck to survive, [ name ]. Not when you have me.

That will make getting word to my mother rather tricky.

Stop gawking at the decor. This place is dangerous.

I can't tell if you're joking.

So, what's it like caring for someone other than yourself, [ name ]?

You think I'm beautiful?

I feel it too. Here if you need a pick-me-up.

Yet another thing we have in common. We're two peas in a pod.

Is it so unbelievable that they would simply like me?

Use your words.

You gonna catch me if I eat a brick?

[ name ], I've heard you talking in your sleep.

Let's never speak of this again.

You can take a day off once in a while, [ name ]

Hey! Something bit me.

Cheer up. It might be all downhill from here.

I love a nice secret hideaway, don't you?

Think the bar is open?

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Sketchbook knights

Tip jar

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knight traveling as an escort for their royal, sitting in front of the tent flap to keep unsavory visitors out while the royal sleeps vs royal who has been resolutely attempting to convince the knight that they could be much more efficiently guarded if the knight joined them in bed

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Messing with some panels and silhouettes

Basically what your average hunt looks like feat random dinner, Christian and @byteing s Lestat and Cid >:3c

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𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙨;

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Black Doves Sentences

(Sentences from Black Doves (2024). Adjust phrasing where needed)

"You should know that I've had eyes on you recently, so I know everything."

"You've caused an awful lot of trouble, and a lot of people are very disappointed with you."

"Thank you for coming back. I know you wouldn't have wanted to."

"I'm going to finish my drink and come up to my room. If you take that hat off, you can come with me."

"I thought if I ever saw you again, it'd be to retire me."

"You know that I'd never take that job... Unless the money was really good."

"I think this is much bigger than we thought it was."

"Try not to say half of your old name when introducing yourself. That's probably spycraft 101."

"You're being very fucking droll for 3am!"

"Have you been drinking? Your breath smells like wine."

"I think that I can have three glasses of sauvignon blanc and still do my job!"

"Listen, I have just left a very enjoyable evening with some old friends to come and murder a hired contract killer for you, so let's tone down the judgement a tad, shall we?"

"You've used the threat of violence against my family twice now, for the sake of your own personal well-being, I really wouldn't again."

"I regret everyone I kill."

"You're a fucking poet now?"

"You know what, instead of interrogating me, why don't you do something useful?"

"Do you think that you may be a psychopath? I worry that I may be sometimes."

"So, you are going to teach me how to be a cold-hearted killer?"

"Every job in the world has a code. Whatever you do, there's a right way, and a wrong way."

"You've got a warm heart and blood on your hands, and that's not a good combination."

"Since when have you had a rocket launcher?"

"Are you worried I'm going to shoot him or something?"

"I was sent here to keep you alive, not drag you into a series of escalating gun fights, okay?"

"If you don't have a code in this job, then you have nothing."

"There's nothing sadder than an old hit man, but that doesn't mean I'm going to let you die tonight."

"You don't even know what you're dealing with, do you?"

"I think if you wanted to kill me, you'd have done it already."

"Secrets don't stay secret here. They have a way of getting out."

"You want my job, don't you? Well, I think you'll get it one day, and when you do, you'll realize that the world is not run how you think it is."

"You'll come to find out, quite quickly, actually, that almost nothing that you believed in is what it appears to be."

"I have no idea who I am, and neither does anyone else. Not really."

"Don't take this the wrong way, but you kind of look like you need a drink."

"I've always been preternaturally inclined to violence. I was exposed to it from an early age."

"Do you still have that rocket launcher?"

"Not to make it all about me, but what's in it for me?"

"Some of us get harder as we get older, and some of us get soft."

"You need a doctor - not that I'm complaining if you die!"

"How's your bullet wound?"

"I support and love you and usually would absolutely be here for you wreaking bloody vengeance, but this does feel like something we should walk away from!"

"If I were you, I might consider that not all knowledge is worth having."

"People like you and me, we don't get to ride off into the sunset - but we get to stay around and watch the stars come out, and that's not nothing, I suppose."