#pfh personal

[pfhwrittes]

not to be too mushy but i'm really fucking glad i have this little corner of the internet to exist happily in.

so thank you friends 💜

[sayakxmi]

Absolutely. Jade would draw on them, too, and they'd both have So. Much. Fun. They'd also draw their fursonas, and of course joke about Jade being a part dog, so she's in a way her own fursona in real life. Dave draws her in his signature style. Jade ends up drawing furry!Dave, too, not just Akwete, as a payback. All in good faith, obviously, they're just fooling around and they both know it.

And when their kids are born (or adopted), they are not only allowed but encouraged to add their own creative touches to the ever growing collection of plant pots and probably even more random knickknakcs.

They have one of the tackiest houses out of all the people they know, being outranked by 2-3 at best, but it's colorful and full of joy and good memories.

Something they have both always wanted.

[galedekarios]

ok i’m sorry but that ketheric bit was hot 

[nika-vincent]

Long post warning.

I'm trying to put together some thoughts (also based on recent discussions with many great folks) about the romance path with Halsin in the form that it is presented in the game at the moment with the hope that Larian will notice our comments on this. And part 2 about Halsin's personality in the game. Please, fear not, it will be without aggression. So take some tea, my friends, and let's get started!☕

From the very beginning of EA, we had an image of Halsin that stood out not only by his appearance (it was difficult to not notice the thirsty comments of fans about this), but also by the excellent qualities of his character. He is one of those characters who sincerely wants to help us with our parasite and not try to use us in a bad way or even kill us.

He has the impression, you know, of a big adult man who at first glance looks serious and rather harsh, but when you learn more about him, you realize that this is a man with a kind heart, caring, protecting, not leaving you in trouble. He reminds me of Hagrid from the Harry Potter universe. And this image of him was so loved by many people (including me) that we wanted to see more of it when the game was released. There was no limit to my delight when, after the release of the game, we were able to ask about his hobbies. Gods, how all these cute things fit him that he loves honey and carves wood in his spare time.🥰 I want more of this!❤

We began to fantasize about what a romance with Halsin could be, and expected that these beautiful traits of his character would manifest themselves here. That he will be protective for Tav, gentle, romantic and caring. I was incredibly happy that we were finally given the opportunity to have a romance with him and the words during the PFH that Halsin and Astarion had become the most popular characters of EA gave great expectations.

Of course, after the release of the game, many things have remained behind the scenes for now, due to lack of time to implement the rest of things I believe, and I assume that there is a chance of adding this with patches. But let's move on to the things we have at the moment.

What surprised me not in a good way was that I noticed some strange emphasis on Halsin's sexuality and various jokes towards his body in the game itself. I assume that perhaps the developers wanted to make some kind of reference to the thirsty comments of fans about Halsin, which can often be seen on the Internet. But I think it would be better to leave it between fans, and not literally implement it in the game. I do not deny his sexuality myself and say that his arms are made for hugs! But there should be a limit to everything, I think. I can make an exception about the fact that we can ask about why he is so big for an elf. It looks quite harmless and even his reaction amuses.😁

The reference to 'Daddy Halsin' in his ending was great and really funny! It looks unobtrusive and does not create the feeling of awkwardness and discomfort that we got from some of his stories from the past...

The story of Halsin's sexual past and how the romance with him is presented in the game has been most criticized by players, and there are several reasons for this. We found out that he had many lovers throughout his life (So it is lovers, not special loved ones). And then we also learn that when he was a young druid, he traveled through the underdark and found himself a guest in a noble Drow house, in which the matron and the patron showed interest in him and chained him for three years in their bedchamber, where he played the role of 'guest, prisoner and consort'. Honestly, the last thing I expected was that Halsin would get such a backstory, given that we had kept in mind for so long the image of him which I described at the beginning of this article. It literally took me by surprise. And especially the fact that he talks about it so calmly and even with a note of gaiety, as if this is a common thing that could happen to anyone.

I don't understand the need to add such things to him. Perhaps the developers wanted to show in this way that a man with such an attractive appearance is obliged to have a hot sexual experience and give him an image of something like a Faerun Casanova? If so, it turned out to be quite inappropriate and even creepy, and the players perceived it more as a sexual abuse towards him than as an experience.

It can be noticed that even Halsin himself is not very enthusiastic with the fact that remarks about his physique are the first thing people talk about. Clipping from @lylakoi 's screenshot:

And all this strongly contradicts how we initially fell in love with Halsin and how we wanted to see him and his romance in the release. The romantic relationship between Tav and Halsin at the moment looks more built on physical attraction, rather than on love, care and mutual respect. Most likely, this is due to the noticeable lack of romance content at the moment and more soft things and scenes will be added to the patches that would dilute it well so that it does not catch the eye. I just wanted the romance to be less fixated on lust, and more on feelings and romantic things between Tav and Halsin.

The most terrible thing that literally brought tears to my eyes is the fact that he can talk about his feelings and love only when we ourselves can behave like an abuser with him, when we decide to break up with him and change our minds. We see how much it hurts him that we are playing with his heart. Because at the moment there are no other romantic scenes in the game in which we can discuss with him our feelings and that we love each other, as it happens with other companions.

Polyamory also does not work quite correctly in the game, because it seems that he wants Tav to be poly in the relationship, not him. It looks something like: 'You're all I want, but don't get stuck on me and find someone else' uhh, what? I only want to romance you, why should I find someone else? This dialogue is appropriate if I was already in a relationship with another companion and would like to be with Halsin too. But if I want to have a romance with him alone, then I believe that the dialogue should be different and not insist on 'sharing' if I have not a relationship with anyone.

Given the whole story that he only had lovers and sexual slavery, I assume that Halsin has never experienced true love with anyone, and only knows how to be used by everyone. If this was the original idea of the writers, which has not yet been brought to its logical end, then the role of Tav in the romance with Halsin here should be quite important in order to see the development of their relationship. The main goal in the romance should be that Tav will allow Halsin to feel what it's like to be truly important and loved. Remember when in the act 2 he was touched by the fact that Tav shared a campfire and their company with him. Screenshot by @lylakoi :

It is clearly evident that such things that someone does for him are unusual to him and touch his very heart. Most likely, he is used to giving, not receiving.

The bed scene with him is absolutely beautiful, I can even give a standing ovation.❤ I would only add after that a scene where Tav and Halsin are lying side by side, looking at the stars and having a romantic conversation. That would end the night perfectly.🙏

It is necessary to add more soft interactions for Halsin, so that there is more emphasis on the development of his personal qualities. We are well aware of his attractiveness and there is no need to emphasize this once again with strange jokes and stories with sexual abuse.

The Interaction in the camp with owlbear and Scratch will be great for him! Maybe even add some scenes with companions in act 2, where Halsin would try to calm the guys arguing with each other. That would add +1 to his personality traits. Also, more of his reactions to any events or during the dialogues with someone will not hurt.

For a romance, I would suggest definitely adding a scene with a date. Even a scene where Halsin would give an ornament for Tav that he carved out of wood. Maybe some episode in the city that would shock him (For example, he witnessed the rough treatment of animals or orphans) and make him turn into a bear from rage and we would try to calm him down by choosing the option 'reach out and stroke him' (Yes, yes, I mentally create fanfics during 3 am, don't blame me😅) Also a scene where we could hug him and confess that we love him. And now the romance no longer looks focused on lust.

The opportunity to go with Halsin in the ending also deserves to exist. Halsin mentioned that he would like to have a family, so he and Tav could perfectly help orphans together in Thaniel's world.🙏

That's all for today. My opinion about Larian has not changed for the worse, for me they are still great guys who delight me with their positive attitude to the community. Unpleasant situations can happen, it is inevitable. But there is always a chance to fix something. I really want to hope that they will cope with everything and listen to our feedbacks and everything will gradually get better with the patches.❤

Thank you for reading this review to the end.🙏❤ I also suggest joining the discussion to Larian's discord in the 'bg3-feedback' section.

[bendyy-blog]

Oh god this is one of the strongest shifts I've had in recent times . I don't have a personality shift but my minds eye is so vivid. Ink demon shift is so good but I don't want people to see me it's embarrassing even if they can't see it pfh.

[blade-that-was-broken]

In your time loop fic, JD talks about purposely messing up the PFH. What made you reach that idea?

I personally love this idea and I have had it as a head cannon for while but I haven’t seen anyone other than you bring up the idea.

Oh, that was just kind of another "iteration" of the loop. By the time JD gets to that point, he's been in countless loops and none of them end well. By the time it ends, he comes to the conclusion that he has to leave - angry and being kind of a jerk - alone, pushing his brothers away. (In the loops, when he tries to escape with his brothers, it has never ended well. This goes for the same if he took one, two or all brothers).

He's tired and frustrated and scared and he just wants it to end so he kind of sabotages things so that he knows it will fail and it will make people angry at him - without them asking questions about WHY he does it because they don't know he did so.

It's less of a headcanon FOR canon for me, and kind of something that worked out for what I needed it to in the oneshot. I'm not sure if JD would do this in canon, considering he seems to be kinda a perfectionist?

I guess I think there would have to be a seriously amazing reason why John would sabotage a performance cause I really don't think he would do something like that out of malice.

[suzuki-sibs-bar-and-grill]

PFH IS A BITCH ASS MOTHERFUCKER WHO SHALL ACTUALLY DO THAT! SHE'S SADISTIC, MALICIOUS, GENUINELY A HORRIBLE PERSON, AND I W A S GLAD WRITING HER DEATH SCENE!

And she sucks did I tell you that 😀

You should be nicer.

Maybe people would like you more, and you wouldn't have to write fantasies about their deaths.

Just a thought.

[stellarhistoria]

continued from here . . . ray & orlain . . . @stellafortunae

"Pfh," there's a breath of air, a brief exhale that's almost a laugh. "I mean, I seem t'be the sort of person who, honestly, if I woke up to havin' tits, I'd make the most of it. You know that feelin', mate? Where gender is really just... whatever? It sure is a thing, but not for you? Or like... I don't... those concepts baffle me. Gender is weird." he makes a face; no one could quite describe why gender was so important... and the one who did, said it wasn't.

"Ay, I have! Does a god count?" he laughs genuinely this time.

[literaticat]

Not sure if this is something you know since it's a bit outside your purview, but maybe if not you'll know someone who does. How are audiobook narrators paid? Do they get a flat rate, or do they get royalties? If an audiobook sells really well do they benefit beyond professional recognition?

I, personally, have only dealt with audio contracts for my authors who are narrating their own books, which might be a bit of a different beast -- in those cases, they've always gotten a flat rate (obviously they are earning royalties already).

It is my understanding, though, that most audiobook narrators for major publishers get paid a flat rate per finished hour of audio (PFH is the jargon). The rate is probably in the hundreds PFH, but totally varies based on the level of experience the narrator has; In other words, a brand-new voice actor is probably getting significantly less per hour than a famous one. And the full amount of $$ they get varies based on how long the book is!

There MAY be scenarios -- like for a VERY FAMOUS narrator -- where they get a royalty as well? But I don't know about that.

I'd say that if the book does really well, they benefit with both professional recognition AND they can likely raise their rates. I know avid audiobook fanatics who follow certain narrators to whatever books they might work on, and those narrators for sure have name recognition -- a person who consistently does great audiobooks can make a lot of money!

Now, there are some scenarios where there is a royalty situation. If, for example, you are narrating an indie author's work through ACX, I believe there is a choice between PFH or profit-sharing, where the narrator splits the royalties with the author. That sounds great in theory -- BUT. Obviously it depends on how well the book does. If it sells 0 copies, you get 0 dollars. If it sells 100 copies in a year, and you get 20% of royalties - you get $200 over the course of that year. If your PFH was $200, and the book was 5 hours long, you would have made $1000, as soon as the book was finished and turned in. In that case - clearly PFH is the better bet. Because how could you KNOW if a book was going to take off huge in audio? How many sales do MOST books get on audio? (There are about a million blogs and YouTube videos about this if you want to investigate for yourself!)

(There are also different ways to do it -- some narrators, like ones hired by big companies, may go to a studio and just talk into a mic and somebody else produces it -- some narrators, like ones that are working for indie authors via ACX, may work from home and essentially send finished files in, and there might be other scenarios as well, idk. But either way, it probably takes a couple of recording sessions at least to do a full-length audiobook, even if it isn't a terribly long book. It's a lot of work to read something out loud perfectly for hours!)

[taylorswiftstylequestions]

Sorry if this has been discussed, but how do you interpret the phrase “champagne problems”? I’ve understood it to mean like, rich people problems that are trite compared to most people, but that doesn’t seem to be how it’s used in the song, which is more the narrator’s “champagne problems” are running away from a relationship/not wanting marriage. I love the melody but can’t get past “that’s not what that means!” so I’d love to hear how others interpret it!

Hi! I think the way the phrase is used in the song here is meant to be sarcastic and belittling. To make these emotions the person leaving is feeling seem small and ridiculous - to cast them in a light of someone acting crazy and frivolous. As if to say like, "Wow your worst problem in life is that someone who yeah sure maybe you don't really love them but aren't they good to you and have a great family and you've built a life together proposed to you and wants to spend their life with you and you had the audacity to say no? Pfh. Champagne problems!!!!"

[pfhwrittes]

on the back of that last post super quickly i need to say something else.

this isn’t the place for you if you want to tell me how “adding konig to tf141 headcanons and taking gaz out isn’t racist, actually”.

this isn’t the place for you if you think dark fic writers or enjoyers are morally bankrupt freaks that are promoting eeeeviiiiiiil.

this isn’t the place for you if you think the only correct way to be transgender is to medically transition from one binary gender to another.

this isn’t the place for you if you think writing fat reader inserts is promoting an unhealthy lifestyle.

this isn’t the place for you if you think israel are innocent of their crimes in palestine.

this isn’t the place for you if you think people with substance abuse/dependency/addiction are lazy, dirty losers.

this isn’t the place for you if you’re 16 “but really mature for my age!”.

[sayakxmi]

[seawing-vibes]

3, 5, 7, 8, and 26? <3

3. What ideas come from when you were little?

Oh this is a hard one. I don’t quite know? Sometimes I like to revisit old ideas I had when I was young and rework/rewrite them and sometimes it sparks interaction for certain pieces, but I cant think of any examples right now <//3

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself

About 1 in every 5 pieces are actually posted online? Lots of my art is shared solely with my friends but I post what I think people would be interested in! I do want to post online more just to put myself out there/have an archive of my work. Lots of it is OC stuff though and most of it is unfinished pfh

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate

Oils,, Oil Paints. I have attempted when they are available to me and I just have such a hard time grasping them that I dont touch em anymore, mad respect for artists who paint and use oils though, its a very pretty medium

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

I attempted to draw every Seawing Prince once. I used it as a design practice & general practice of drawing dragons but quickly lost motivation lmao </3 it was fun at first and one day I wish to revisit the idea but for now it will remain just that, an idea

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended

Admittedly I am someone who likes to Talk About My Thoughts so all of my art tends to contain an explanatory caption so I actually dont get misinterpreted a lot online pfh, but (fortunately) recently I got a school piece of mine completely turned on its head meaning wise. I had sculpted a skull that looked partially melted, it had a lid at the top so it could be used as a vessel and flowers were growing out of every hole and crack in the skull. The original intent was to actually convey infection/overtake, as the flowers were a sickly yellow and the melting nature of the skull was supposed to help convey that. Alongside that it was supposed to be part of a trilogy where you can see the stages of the skull-vessel slowly decaying, but since I caught covid in the middle of working on it and had to abandoned it for 3 weeks I ran out of time so its like the end of a story </3. REGARDLESS the Skull got displayed in school and I had someone compliment me on the symbol of “regrowth” it showed. I understand that view of it, despite my goal being to kinda flip the visuals on their head and instead show a forum of decay I liked the way that person presented it so I’m p content with my bad skull sculpture thing being viewed that way. Granted my artists statement talking about the Meaning was displayed beside the skull but I know people dont tend to read those so, again, understandable interpretation. A strange lil thing… it looks very bad <3

[engineering-in-germany]

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[blade-that-was-broken]

What do you think what AU going to be like? What things will happen and different things if BroZone never left? I mean Rosiepuff stopped them from leaving and had this talk or something

Oh boy. This is a loaded question. I'm not entirely sure.

There is the Problem Solved AU, where JD makes everyone go on a camping trip during the fight. I posted pitching that a while ago lol.

I guess it depends on how it happens and also perhaps some of the reasonings behind why people are the way that they are. I personally have a bit of a headcanon that JD was kinda pressured into the whole PFH thing, just cause the dude looks terrified, but I could be way off base. It seems to me the writers are just kinda making things up as they go along and don't have a lot of continuity? Idk

If they actually talked about things, or laid out actions, perhaps better? It's hard to tell, completely honest. Clay is all upset about not being taken seriously. Is it because he is forced to? Or is it because he just does funny stuff and doesn't really act serious so how would people know that's what he wants? (also he's a kid, shocking) There's not a whole ton of context on why people are the way that they are.

I'm not sure if I have a straightforward answer for this one cause honestly, not entirely sure.