#at least it's a pretty morning

[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.

[screwpinecaprice]

When your boyrfren is a morning person.

(Idk if Connie's not a morning person, but it'd be funny if she isn't.)

Connie doodles (and a Steven!)

[mossy-paws]

Mangograft! (PHIGHTING!)

Would one care for a mango? (It’s a bomb /j)

ANYWAYS I forgot to post this so here it is! Live laugh Mangograft this was a suggestion from a friend since I was bored :3

Also here’s this gem too no im not giving context

[chongoblog]

I find it funny how you're pro protesting but when you're immune system isn't working you get a vaccine to replace your t-cells with scab antibiotics. Typical hypocrite liberal, is fine with "activism" until it inconveniences him.

Wait it took me a few reads to get how funny this was. Not exactly how vaccines work but still very good bit

[extreme-neutral]

managed to make it not spoilery, but so vague I'm not sure how many people who played the path will understand...

May be it will intrigue others enough to try it..? wink-wink

[canisalbus]

IDK if I'm phrasing this correctly, but in my brain, Vasco is, like, the personification (caninification?) of an afternoon chilling on a back porch swing.

.

[thisbuildinghasfeelings]

It’s love ❤️

[handmadecrybaby]

Ouch, how'd you hurt your shoulder?

I slipped and fell at work, landed right on my shoulder and broke that bitch! Exactly one month ago today actually

[spaghett-onaplate]

depression is really weird actually wdym i spent 2.5 years of my life in bed

[jade-of-mourning]

cue komm, süsser tod…

as always whenever i draw a kaminari outside of canon, he's got the worst case of overgrown roots and a shitty bathroom-done bleach job, parallel to my own experience of straw yellow asian hair. it's not a good look, but kami would probably embrace it

bakugou's just kinda there. this drawing is referenced off a picture a friend took of me and some other people and he's standing in my place actually. but i don't yell a lot

i feel like it's never come up but i really like ashido. she's such a cool, passionate character with a sick design. also i accidentally colored her like the pan flag… on accident (but we all know she would kiss girls tbh) (from afar i would probably have a gay gay crush on her if she was real)

[thisisntreaver]

Reaver: constantly kills artists for not capturing his essence people and currently holding her parents hostage

Penelope Chumley:

[hiimcanadia]

I just saw a hoodie at the mall that says "famous people suck" and I think desperately-wants-to-retire rockstar Ed would wear that all the time

[zsagu]

ok so ........ morningstar everybody. we love insane lil guys here

and this uh???????? bitch he (kinda forcefully) pulled by being weird ig. theyre so toxic doomed relationship goals

[izzyspussy]

i feel like i remember people posting happy birthday character posts for mickey in june? is that right? well, even if he doesn't have a canon birthday (or if he does and it's. wrong.) he has a summer birthday To Me. and i've never seen a guy who is more obviously a capricorn than ian, so! if mickey's summer birthday is indeed in june specifically (i'm thinking cancer, but it would also be really cool if mickey and mandy are both gemini - twins who aren't twins), then mickey is technically two years older than ian for about half the time.

[kaidabakugou]

the new girl at one of my favorite bakeries called me pretty this morning and it literally melted all my stress away 🥺

[cookinguptales]

the part that gets me is that this is the first time Guillermo's shown up for his mother's birthday in years, he told Nandor he hasn't been to see his mother on her birthday in years, and he finally did it BY ACCIDENT... and he treated her like that.

guillermo!!! imagine how excited she was to have you finally come to her birthday party for the first time in years! imagine how much it hurt her feelings when you didn't even bring a token gift! and abandoned the party to be on the phone! and then made it all about yourself!

😭