#ask Dame

[damoselcastel]

12, for the writer’s meme?

12. What writing rule do you refuse to break?

Honestly, as a student who struggled with 'rules' when learning how to read (what is phonetics? I just brute-force memorize ever word I know) I'm not sure if I really do adhere much to 'em. I've been told my writing is poetic, but unless I go out of my way to write spartanly (as leanly as possible) it's just how my thoughts operate.

for the meme

ALTHOUGH I've found one recent trend that's driving me up the wall!

Games, books, movies- they're all starting to apply male-oriented position titles to explicitly female characters, for seemingly no reason beyond editorial style. I notice it most with ruler positions: in FE3Houses Edelgard being "Emperor" in FE3Hopes Ingrid mentioning female Counts (rather than Countesses), A Thousand Steps Into Night introducing a trans!woman only to proceed to misgender her with every use of "priest", the live-action remake of Aladdin having Jasmin proclaim herself "Sultan" when the term Sultana exists.

I'm legitimately torn because on one hand gender and its expectations are a social construct, and they could be trying to break down assigned roles. ON THE OTHER- if you're going to get fucky with gendered terms, get FUCKY with it. Would Aladdin be the Sultana to Jasmin's Sultan? No? THEN WHY'RE YOU ASSUMING A FEMALE ORIENTED TITLE IS SUBSERVIENT TO THE POINT YOU REFUSE TO USE IT FOR THE ACTIVE RULER!? Like, fuck, treating Queens like they're lesser than Kings- down to assumptions for the titles -is some true bullshit!

Same baked in BS could be to assuming the one 'not' in control of a relationship is the 'wife' (and y'know, assuming there's not equality to both titles/gendered positions). What kind of half-assed patriarchal logic is this new editorial style operating under? Gender neutral titles exist, but defaulting to non-group application of the male term ain't it.

[a03heralding]

Bg3 blunt rotation headcanons:

Karlach: does not stop fucking laughing. She’s def wheezing at a joke she overheard in a lesbian bar three and a half years ago while in the middle of a sentence. The type who starts a story and ends up laughing so hard she can’t finish it.

Halsin: mellow as hell, is always encouraging the group to go for a nice walk somewhere while stoned to shit. Will he pass out or will he be caressing the flowers in his backyard? No one knows.

Shadowheart: Sis is asleep after a joint or a few hits from the bong. Is likely sleeping on Lae’zel’s shoulder with a blanket around her. We love her for that tho bc she looks so cute.

Jaheira: she is forreal trying to tell you that we’re all living in someone’s sims save or how aliens made the pyramids. Also always pulls up to the session at the most random times.

Lae’zel: when she does smoke she usually ends up tripping the fuck out and is staring at the wall like a dog that’s accidentally eaten an edible. Doesn’t partake anymore but will come and chill and act as Shart’s personal resting post.

Astarion: the one who is chatting the most shit, probably has the joint in a cigarette holder like curella de’vil. The main source of Karlach’s laughter. Is also constantly asking for Nicki Minaj songs to be added to the Spotify queue.

Wyll: straight up vibes, is probably hogging the snacks to himself tho but he’s busting jokes and laughing with Karlach about stupid shit

Gale: the person in charge of the playlist and the only one who can actually roll. He is very particular about the music bc he believes it sets the mood for the high. Is constantly denying Astarion’s request to play Chun li but puts on random shit like khazakstani jazz

Minthara: enabling Astarion’s shit talking and spilling the piping hot tea. The least faded out of all of them (except lae). Has a screenshot folder that she shows astarion so they can be shady.

Aylin: she’s productive when she’s stoned, is likely cooking something or has gone for a jog/ doing a task while wearing her socks/ Birkenstock combo

Isobel: the mom friend who is making sure everyone is drinking water and is getting fresh air while fried.

Withers: the za dealer. You have to go to his house and he only sells a min of 6gs at a time. Usually chilling and trying to hide his weed plants from the cops bc his neighbours are snitches ngl

Minsc and boo (sry I be forgetting): Brings his hamster to the function bc he doesn't want him to be lonely and believes that his best bud deserves a toke as well. Boo is a literal fucking menace and bites those who object to giving him any. There is literally always an argument bc of this but Minsc is ready to fight for his child.

[meanbossart]

Does DU Drow ans Dame Aylin talk about god-parent issues?

I don't know, Selune gave me shitty mother vibes, let her daughter be tortured for 100 years and even an ambitious wizard is after her (so Selune knows she can be rescued), and she doesn't send ONE CLERIG to the rescue?

Anyway, NIGHTSONG PLS WAKE UP, you are in a demigods camp, talk to him.

Agreed, Selune seems like a shitty mom LOL

I think DU drow would be a little hesitant to discuss the Bhaal thing with an immortal LOL if she gets mad he literally can't kill her - and even if he wanted to try, he wouldn't want to risk it because DU drow Fucking Adores Aylin. He thinks she's an absolute riot. They would have gotten on like two peas in a pod talking about how strong and impressive they are and how much they love their respective sweethearts. Everything she fucking says he'd just respond with some slightly more eloquent version of "SAME HAT".

He thinks they're incredible similar people which... Well, not quite, buddy, but juxtaposing so much of himself on someone who's actually good and righteous definitely helped with his own character growth.

Anyways have this pretty old doodle of them arm wrestling

[frenchublog]

this isn't important at all but I just wanted to say I genuinely love your art so much😭 I've been super fixated on the hunchback of notre Dame recently and I'm OBSESSED with your art of it :DD

thanks i love them too

[l3viat8an]

In your opinion out of all the sides (except luke ofc) which guy gives the most “big dick energy” 👀 (you are free to rank them from biggest to smallest if you wish :3)

I mean- Diavolo definitely has big dick energy- but everybody says that so it seems like more of a fact now sjksjsk

I’d say Barbatos!!!- hang on AND HEAR ME OUT!!!- This man has a big dick and he knows it.

It’s just…..something about his quiet self assurance, he’s not trying to overcompensate in other areas of his life.

Barbatos shows that he doesn’t feel the need to prove some kind of extreme masculinity either-

He’s comfortable in his masculinity and doesn’t need others approval.

To me that’s like the biggest big dick energy 👌

[emblazons]

"all along I believed I would find you."

Dame Aylin & Isobel Thorm • MoonMaiden x 1000 Years ⤷ for @laiostoudenn's BG3 Pride challenge "I dreamt every night that you'd come back to me. That it was all somehow a nightmare that dawn would undo."

[justanotherignot]

Aylin once went for a walk and didn't come back for a month:

[queer-ragnelle]

Do you have a guide/a recommended reading list for getting into Arthurian legends? I’ve been really getting into it in the past few months but I feel like I’m missing out on a lot of the foundations of it. (If you don’t and this is too big of an ask totally feel free to ignore this lol)

hello, anon.

i don't currently although i have plans to add another page to my blog listing medieval texts as well as links to download pdfs of them. i have english translations of texts originating in belarussian, dutch, french, german, hebrew, italian, latin, middle english, and last but not least, welsh.

in the mean time, i've collected for you some key texts that are readily available to read for free online!

le morte d'arthur by sir thomas malory [part 1] [part 2]

the history of the britons by nennius [here]

the mabinogion translated by lady charlotte guest [here]

four romances by chrétien de troyes [here]

parzival by wolfram von eschenbach [part 1] [part 2]

the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle translated by thomas hahn [here]

sir gawain and the green knight translated by j. r. r. tolkien [here]

better translations/formatting forthcoming! enjoy. :^)

[secondary-colorentimy]

Can I request best girl Esmeralda 🙏

oh you mean the finest girl in france ?! 🗣 and the girl who was most definitely playing a PROMINENT role in my gay awakening as a kid

[save-the-villainous-cat]

hii! could u maybe write something abt a sick and VERY stuborn villain and a hero who keeps insisting on taking care of them? i really love ur work!! :)

“I could kill you within seconds, I hope you know that,” the hero whispered. They looked down at the enemy they were sitting on. The villain struggled terribly, even though the hero’s grip around their throat wasn’t that strong. Gasping for air, they held onto the hero until the latter softened their grip. “You’re sick.”

Tears were in the villain’s eyes and it wasn’t because they were sad. The hero pulled their fingers back fully, thus letting go of their nemesis. The villain — stubborn as they were — tried some weak attack which the hero only blocked with no interest.

“Headache?”

The villain didn’t answer. It was most certainly a pride thing.

“You need to go to bed.”

“I am fine,” the villain insisted. They tried to get up but the hero pushed them back down. They were surprised the villain had even made it this far. They didn’t think they would be able to get on top of a skyscraper and fight in the same condition the villain was in. They were probably filled up with painkillers.

“This doesn’t make you brave. People literally die from working out when they’re sick.” The hero put a hand on the villain’s chest. It was first and foremost for reassurance but they felt like they had to keep the villain down, too.

“I’m—” The villain started coughing violently and the hero pulled them up quick enough for the villain’s chest to bump against theirs. Once the villain found their breathing again, they stayed like this: leaned against the hero’s upper body, head on the hero’s shoulder.

“Take a second,” the hero said. They put a hand on the villain’s back in a feeble attempt to give them some kindness.

They knew exactly what the villain’s life looked like. They had their file and they had studied them in combat. And apparently, the villain knew them just as well. It was an unspoken thing.

But what really stuck out to the hero was the villain’s loneliness. Orphaned, no family, no friends, no partners. The villain had a cat but that was all. A cat couldn’t possibly take care of their health.

The hero felt guilty, felt somehow responsible. An ugly feeling infected their chest and left no room for a debate. The villain was vulnerable.

“Do you have medicine at home?” they asked. They still held them close.

The villain shook their head.

“I’m not gonna fight you today.”

“But I have to…”

“No,” the hero said. “No fighting.”

They let their fingers comb through the villain’s hair. It was really soft. A little messy, though.

“Close your eyes. Just take a moment,” the hero said. They felt the villain’s breathing on their neck. It was uneven.

The hero closed their eyes as well. They knew once the villain was healthy again, this would continue. Their rivalry wouldn’t come to an end. They would try to kill each other anew. They had little hope that things might change. In all these years of working as a hero, they had experienced nothing but a vicious cycle of killing and survival.

But right now, as they were holding onto each other, they could feel the kind of affection they had for another buried deep down.

Honestly, the hero wasn’t doing much better. Their private life was just as lonely as the villain’s. Maybe all they had was each other.

So, the hero tried to hold onto this for as long as they could — until they brought the villain to their apartment and took care of them.

After that, fighting the villain became increasingly unbearable.

[damoselcastel]

3 for the writer's meme?

3. Something you wish a commenter had called attention to, but got ignored.

Hm, what comes immediately to mind is a trend I've noticed, that a lot of times commenters will comment on the action/scene at the end of a chapter. Aaaaaaand not much else, which if you put in anything meaty/significant earlier than that, can make you wonder if it was missed entirely.

for the meme

[wizardsimper]

"umm excuse me? She asked for no pickles"

[aprillikesthings]

There is something deeply funny to me about the fact that, of people who pray the rosary (at least in the United States); the Catholics tend to be super conservative, and the Episcopalians/Anglicans tend to be gay.

[creativesplat]

I would also like to see some miphlink, if that's okay!

I was really struggling with what to draw, and then I remembered your ask from ages ago (dang ADHD brain...) anyway, sorry its such a late answer, but Miphlink inspired by Dicksee's La Belle Dame

[cheeseburger443]

The first thing I do if I see Frollo in my dream:

[animatedglittergraphics-n-more]

requested by anon