#Idk how to rag this

[snail-clops]

Girl help why r all the characters who are/have parasites so cool to me

[myrkulitescourge]

i'm surprised i haven't seen any text posts yet about the Unsubtle Differences between astarion’s tiefling party/high approval forest scene and the one you get after the goblin party.

there’s something so terribly interesting about how the conversation afterward plays out depending on which variation you pursue.

like, most people have seen the tiefling party version by now. astarion basking in the sunlight the morning after, playing off most of what tav says with relative ease, even when they ask about his scars and he tells them about cazador. his cadence is smooth and composed, his smile almost friendly, even though you know, as the viewer, he’s playing a game of manipulation at this point. the only real crack in his demeanor is if tav notices that cazador’s “poem” was written in infernal, which, understandably, startles him.

but recently i watched the goblin party version of this same scene, and everything reads so differently. unlike at the tiefling party, it’s still the middle of the night when astarion tries to leave, thinking tav is asleep—almost immediately after the act, in fact. when tav does speak to him, he’s visibly nervous, halting and stammering in the middle of lines delivered unflinchingly in the other version of the scene. he gestures broadly and fidgets more while talking, his smile comes and goes. there’s even some of his distinctive high pitched, fake laughter sprinkled throughout the exchange, almost identical to later scenes where he's very, very obviously uncomfortable (like if raphael mocks him and magics off astarion's shirt to show the party his scars in act 2, or when confronting the gur children in their cell in act 3, etc etc).

siding with the goblins represents something deeply familiar to astarion, a level of cruelty he's more than familiar with and embraces likely because cruelty and duplicity, to him, go hand-in-hand with the power and freedom he craves so badly—but he won't stay the night with this tav, even if he approves of their actions. no, in this case, he'll keep to what's familiar and attempt to leave them in the forest under the cover of the very same darkness he resents having been cast into by cazador. when he gets caught, it sets him on edge, and everything he says becomes such a blatant lie to save face that tav would have to be completely oblivious not to see through him, or maybe just not care enough to.

but if tav saves the refugees? challenges his worldview and comes out victorious? oh, he'll complain of the poor rewards for his trouble at the party and whine about it being boring, but he decides to stay with tav through the night while they're asleep and on past dawn. he takes a moment to enjoy the morning sunlight, returned to his life after two centuries without. the same is true if you have high enough approval that he asks before the party, in which case, you've almost certainly hit his biggest approval gains: trusting him and supporting his safety. maybe he doesn't trip over his words when he speaks because, well, maybe this is someone he doesn't have to worry about. someone who's already more than proven themselves a foolish, heroic sort with a bleeding heart or otherwise demonstrated that they're already in his corner. in other words, not a threat—at least not to him.

does any of this make sense. i wanna study this guy under a microscope.

[adamsrcnan]

confession time. lowkey i don't see what everyone else see's when they describe neil as being like some scary unhinged wild animal in tsc. like to me he's just neil being neil. insufferably blunt and honest, annoyingly snarky and incredibly perceptive to people around him. if anything i think it's more surprising how much more caring he seems. with regards to jean who he claims he can't stand. yet he promises they'll beat the ravens, doesn't say a word after jean trashes their room, is hesitant to leave the hospital room after he confirms riko is dead, asks after jean when jeremy calls kevin late at night, takes all of a couple minutes to decide to put a stop to jean's abuser, was ready to blow off the fbi and make a run for it from the thai restaurant when it seemed like jean wouldn't be able to contain his grief, told wymack he had him, told jean to find his own reasons to not wanna let go of life instead of holding on because he was told he had to, didn't touch jean until he absolutely had to and even then it was to remind him he was worth saving and he should believe it himself. like sure, him putting out a hit is a little unhinged maybe. but i have no doubts he wouldn't have done the same with drake if he'd been able to contact stuart at the time and things did not occur the way they did. again. it's just neil being neil. he's an instigator. and he even said it himself he was great at starting fights knowing he couldn't win them but doing it anyway.

[lesbian-rook]

my favorite new pair of tumblr sillywomen <3

[usernyoom]

29/07/23, Spa - Daniel Ricciardo on the grid ahead of the grid before the sprint race

📸 by Qian Jun

[cursezoroark]

melia zeight + learning how to draw zetta

[tohot4u]

What happens if I give Luc a hug?? :3 would he be okay with it? Or how would that….go down

While he does like giving hugs he is not keen on receiving them

[stupidrant]

i think the most we will get is PC release (if that) this year but that means we gotta deal with those trolls bc changing angrb0da’s skin color is such a big deal to these mfs and i still dont understand that sweet baby inc shit bcuz all the information im seeing is just bundled bullshit LMFAOOO i feel like her actual character gets overshadowed by the made up problems and no one actually talks abt HER as a character or even analyses her fr (outside of here ofc) lol sms abt to make a banger with her and atreus istg

[katkit-drops-alt]

SO UHHH I may or may not have gotten a bit carried away and made a OC for @blackkatdraws2 / @blackkatdraws ‘s blank script au

yeah have this crappy 1 am sleep deprived doodle of her

a tid bits of lore abt her in tags ^^

[seriallovertrait]

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unfortunately life goes on and leila is under a lot of pressure. she already works as a daycare administrator on the weekends. she really wants to go to university but that would just add extra stress to her life. now she will work in the retail career on the weekdays.

[lunarharp]

wip thing...

of my bg3 avatar hellebore. i also did some casual nude studies of my 3 characters which i'll put under a cut... rather unlike me after all. (so WARNING for abrupt non-sexual full Artistic nudity lol...,,,,) (< won't be making a habit of this)

they mean the world to me

[bonnievoyage]

rly loved this new chapter it actually teaches you SO MUCH abt noe's growth through just these 4 pgs

or ig reaffirms a lot of stuff

bc he's very visibly distressed and getting kinda overwhelmed, not just bc it's difficult to follow but it's no doubt reminding him of how dehumanized he probably felt by vanitas refusing to call him noe in their fight

at the beginning when ppl were going off abt stuff and being kinda stupid and disrespectful (vanitas and orlok w the book) he freaked it a little bit and lashed out

but i feel like bc this is a lot more personal he decided to take a more logical/calm and collected approach in order to hide it

[just-bendy]

Do you polish your butt like you polish your shoes? Just saying, them cheeks is SHINY.

Hahah, I don't, but don't it look more appealin' that way?

[skeletons-in-ur-closet]

i AM a violent dog i DO know why i bite

[yardsards]

Cannot stress enough that there's an entire subculture that has taken women's flat chests into their hearts. We appreciate the enthusiasm but skinny women are fine on the sexualization front. We promise.

not everyone with a flat chest is skinny. pre-op trans women, women who have gotten mastectomies, fat women whose fat just doesn't accumulate much on their chests, etc. all exist and deserve appreciation (which doesn't necessarily have to be sexual)

[softness-and-shattering]

Lets say its a paperback published in the last 5 years.

You can also add in tags how much youre normally willing to pay, and in what currency if you're cool with sharing that info.