#act 1 shenanigans

[stephart09]

POV: you forgot to cast mage armor and now the wizard is down

[stuckonpageone]

Because the BG3 brainrot is real and ongoing, I have started yet another playthrough trying to get the Jack of All Trades achievement, where you have 1 of every class without using Withers. Essentially, it means being carried by your party (some people probably do this solo but I am not that good lol).

Needless to say, I made a Tav called Pretty Privilege and everyone wants to help her cuz she's just so pretty.

I don't know why but I'm getting the best expressions this time around. Case in point:

Sick album cover? Meme template? I can't decide...

Or this one, walking into the barn at the blighted village:

Astarion's face kills me.

But then there's Gale...

I am traumatizing this man. Lae'zel is regretting everything.

Astarion? He's realizing the daylight has a lot of fun.

[akanemnon]

Shouldn't there be a minotaur in the labyrinth? Who put this goat here? This is not accurate to the mythology! /j

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MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[jeeaark]

Sometimes that morning chirping you hear when you wake up isn't birds singing a happy lil' tune. It's two ex-love birds fighting over who gets to keep the tree stump in the divorce.

[jtl07]

a college theater au that's been in the back of my mind and just gonna let free for shenanigans because why not

"Bea can do it!"

silence drops suddenly, swiftly, completely throughout the black box. Beatrice doesn't know if she's ever felt the theater be this still as she herself freezes, half-kneeling in the midst of the cables she was arranging, carefully not looking at neither Shannon -one of her oldest friends and the director and the one who can and will see everything on her face- nor at Ava -her best friend, her (supposedly not so, according to Shannon) secret crush- who plows forward with her trademark fervor and lack of grace.

"she’s been helping me with all my lines -"

"helping is a strong word," Bea mutters to herself.

"- and she already knows all the blocking-"

"because that's my job"

"and the audience is gonna love her even more than they love me. Shannon, think of how good it could be!"

Beatrice can feel Shannon wavering but final project or not, Beatrice has to protest. "Ava, i can’t possibly stage manage and act at the same time.”

"it's not impossible," Shannon says thoughtfully, "and it's just for one of the plays."

"we can all help out," Mary chimes in, not even looking up from her screen as she continues programming the lighting. the others are already nodding and smiling encouragingly and for once in her life, Beatrice wants to curse: this production for bringing together her most favorite and the most supportive of people; JC for being a kind-hearted son who'd dropped everything -including this production- to take care of his suddenly ill mother; and Ava for her logic and that pout and that look in her eyes -

breathe, her mind commands, and she does, sharply, deeply. goes over the facts: opening night is 2 weeks away; it's one play in a half-dozen collection of 1-act plays; the production is worth 40% of Shannon's final grade; no one else can help. in her mind, Beatrice tries to argue the last point - tries to suggest one of the other actors but she knows that both Camila and Lilith have their hands full with their roles for the other short plays; tries to suggest finding someone else but how could they possibly audition and rehearse with someone completely new in the time they have left?

then she makes a mistake, a classic one: she catches Ava's eye. finds in Ava's gaze hope and encouragement wrapped up in that warm regard that makes Beatrice do stupid things - like trying every ice cream store within a 10 mile radius of campus and having to deal with Ava's inevitable stomachache; like staying up until 2am watching Beatrice's favorite documentaries because had Ava insisted, because Ava'd said she was interested; like letting herself start to believe - that maybe, just maybe Ava could feel the same way too.

like saying: "fine." sighs for good measure "fine."

Ava cheers and Beatrice doesn't miss the relief that moves through everyone else -she ignores Shannon's swiftly hidden grin- then stands still when Ava bounds towards her and kisses her on the cheek.

"there's more where that came from," Ava giggles, waggling her eyebrows as she shimmies away and Beatrice freezes for a second time that day.

because she forgot.

the kiss.

fuck, Beatrice thinks - knows the only one she curse for this is herself.

[arcaneoddity]

i mean, yeah, but he also just looks like that

[thefloatingstone]

I will say I was mildly disappointed that I didn't get a chance to speak to The Emperor after the final battle because Karlach was kind of busy dying and that required my SOLID AND INSTANT ATTENTION after which there was no opportunity to speak to him.

I did get the letter from him (which my friend said she was jealous of because she didn't get a letter) but apparently there IS dialogue you can get from him after the final battle or something?

I'll have to see what happens next time or when I play Durge or when I aim for an Emperor focused run.

I just gotta stop Karlach from dying. She's not allowed to die. Ever. She has to live for 10 000 years.

[y-rhywbeth2]

I'll bet money that Patch 6 has destroyed my save file (again) and that I'm going to have to completely restart.

And if I do I swear to god I'm just going to walk right past the druids grove this time as I rush through Act 1. Sucks to be the tieflings and the entire Shadowlands, but such is life when the game destroys itself!

[spittyfishy]

Siblings share everything! ⚡️💚⚡️

[dr-demi-bee]

Miri doesn't trust you yet. But you're a light sleeper.

[nucleqr]

origin astarion screenshot dump incoming... i did unfortunately give him the volo special because that see invis is ever so worth it

[shadowkira]

My fighter Tav getting her newest OP blade in Act 3: oh sweet. I can turn into giant form at will now!

Karlach & Shadowheart who are both being romanced by the oblivious himbo: 😳🥵

[grapejuicefilledpools]

Made the executive decision to roll for Neuvillette and I’ll just save as much as I can for Wriothesley cus I just finished the archon quests and I have no self control👍👍

[hrokkall]

Okay but like which homestuck character do you think would've been Luke's favourite?

Fun reminder that Luke Carder is a valid kid name.

[tranquilspot]

John: Retrieve your items.

The items force the MANHANDLED CAKE into the TOILET. And just like that, your SYLLADEX is full again. God this thing is annoying.

Cleaning a toilet seat is annoying as it is, now imagine having to remove CAKE. *bluh* I guess it [full sylladex] can be compared to having your pockets full of stuff. God it looks so annoying but imagine: free hands, no bag. The dream tbh Sylladex in our universe when?

John: Go to bedroom.

I wish we could have the 3rd and 4th walls view for the other teens, too bad the story had to be rushed starting act 5. I don't think I would have minded more world and character building, especially for the alpha teens! :D <3

John: Admire "Failure to Launch" poster.

You're not usually into chick-flicks, but Matthew McConaughey's cool charisma could salvage any heap of smoldering wreckage. This is your "McConaughey Wall", a casual shrine to an amazing actor. The film above that one is a lot better, you think. CAN YOU SEE HER? I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THAT LITTLE GIRL. [chokes up] NOW IMAGINE SHE'S WHITE. You got us Matthew! Your smooth talking exposed our latent racism! Damn you are good!

Never saw that one, I'm even less of a romance flicks lover than John, I guess I prefer romance through webcomic/manhwa/fanfic forms. Sorry real life actors, movies demand way too much effort emotionally wise for my autistic ass. "Your smooth talking exposed our latent racism!" I like how John is so sincere about it, but at the same time you can definitely feel the cynicism/sarcasm from the author in this paragraph x) It's always easy to slide a bit of political righteousness into a piece of media, but even so easy to fall into white savior behavior, one that don't really care about integrity and strong morals. I'm throwing conclusion here, but can't really give a sound criticism with only one quote from a movie I never watched. Just my pinch of salt I suppose.

Also, it's cute that he has a shrine about one specific actor, it's certain that he admires him (or even has a crush) on a level. Oh boy, would you look at that! A [S] page! :D

Nothing fancy, I remember that it's just a sound effect that last maybe 2 seconds.

—> [S] John: Check Pesterchum (coming soon!)

[p1nkshield]

Prompt idea: Danny has been attending Wayne family dinners for weeks now and he truly doesn’t know how he got this far

Danny has been without a home or a means to get food for a while because of either identity reveal gone bad or Dan timeline shenanigans. Either way he needs to eat. As a last ditch attempt Danny tries to attend/infiltrate a Wayne family dinner. He’s seen the Wayne kids around Gotham and he’s sure that he could look and act the part enough to get in the door and out with some bread rolls at least.

Was it his best idea? No.

But he sure as sugar ain’t firing on all cylinders rn.

And Bruce already has a gaggle of blue eyed, black haired children.

What’s one more?

Batfam of course notices immediately when a whole new kid shows up, grabs some miscellaneous pieces of food and then prattles off some excuse about “not being that hungry.” (Clearly a bald faced lie) And that they were “Going to the library to study for finals, bye Dad!”

1. No one skips out on family dinners. Even Jason was here.

2. Alfred sets the table for everyone ahead of time and the kid had no place to sit.

3. Nobody in this house studies anything beyond case files.

4. Nobody in this house calls Bruce Dad.

Danny thinks he is suffering from success. No matter where he is in Gotham someone picks him up and insists he’ll be late for family dinner which is unacceptable.

Alfred just wants to feed the boy.

The batkids are amused by his efforts to look as though he’s been here all along.

Bruce is drafting adoption papers as we speak.