#renegade liveblogging

[transtalizorah]

finally blogging on the blogging website. i am playing my renegade playthrough and i picked the ruthless background for the sake of the renegade bonus but now that im playing i actually kinda wish i had picked war hero? I wanna write out a custom psych profile for grace however i think that that concept is smth i wanna run with: Grace being someone who got so far in the alliance by nepotism, family legacy, and a little bit of being in the right place at the right time. I think it’d be interesting if her Big Thing wasn’t something intentional, in the sense of Shepard not intentionally being on elysium when shit went down, but stepping in anyway. I also like the idea that she’s publicly known as a hero but is quickly revealed to be. Well. An asshole. Yknow? I dunno im just like. Thinking

[gossyreblogs]

I’ve finally started rewatching Star Trek DS9 with the vague intentions of maybe actually watching and finishing the last season this time.

I’m about halfway through the first season, and I had honestly forgotten just how prominent of a character Quark is from the get-go. He gets a heck of a lot of screen time!

Quite the journey for the Ferengi from their intro in TNG, hah.

Speaking of, I’m making a parallel attempt to properly watch TNG for the first time. The contrast is stark!

The first time I watched DS9, I had very little else from the franchise with which to compare. And I think I might have been coming fresh from Farscape, of all things, which — well. Was Farscape.

So to me, the DS9 characters were just the characters.

But now that I’ve watched TOS and more of TNG, it certainly stands out more that half the cast of DS9 turns to blackmail, bribery, and yelling as very early steps in their problem solving, to say nothing of their other personal flaws.

What I’m saying is that I can see why it may have been jarring for long-term Star Trek fans. 😂

[princesable]

streaming playing renegade platinum and went to route 202 and was like "oh i hope i get a shinx because they only spawn here" and i ran into a rattata and everyone was like erm. i didnt see anything. teehee. so i went to look AGAIN and got burmy. and everyone was like. erm. i didnt see that. so i went AGAIN and got burmy AGAIN. so everyone was like erm. i didnt sAND THEN I GOT BURMY AGAIN. so now i have a burmy named "THEBURMYS3" due to there being. 3 of it

[silverxxs-world]

Deonna Perazzo

vs

Robyn Renegade 

I love seeing a girl from Ohio

[salon-maiden-anabel]

GETTING. THERE.

the bel has the Ability Ribbon now tho at least. i'll never understand why they didnt make the ability ribbon go to. Anabel. The person that gives you the Ability Symbol . whatever

[chompe-diem]

i would give my life for sklonda gukgak??????

[ustalav]

i started a mass effect pt 🙂 ive never played but i have legendary edition so here we go

[docholligay]

Doc, I'm sure you'll be heartbroken to hear that Renegade Nell will not be renewed for a second season.

You make it sound like I wanted it to die! I promise you that I did not, It just wasn't designed for me. It was designed for a much younger crowd, and people who like this with a lot of the framings of things for a young crowd, or those who'll watch literally anything with highwayman elements. But it wasn't FOR me.

I mean, "Dick Turpin, but a girl though" is actually my exact brand of substitution, and I can squint my way past some historical realities to find my way there. If the setting's right, i can go full wallpaper, fuck it. (Pirate stuff! I just...do not care if it is accurate) So that's not the issue here!

But it was not a show interested in the kind of subtlety and larger complex narratives that REALLY draw me in. Which is fine! There are shows for everyone, and they can't all be me. (I mean, i suppose it could have developed into that, but it would have been a very large tonal shift, i think)

I DID get unseasonably annoyed about it being Yet Another Superhero Show, so I suppose fair argument there, but I was not clamoring for its murder unless I blacked out entire sections of that liveblog.

[zeebreezin]

Introduction • Updated 22/02/24

Hi hey hello, this is Astra! Welcome to my Fallen London side blog, I’m new to the game with only one account so far, but I’ve played a good bit of Sunless Seas and am always interested in the lore. This blog is heavily focused towards OCs, both mine and others, as well as my personal liveblog of my playthrough! I’m working through a Nemesis route character as we speak, and will most likely work through all the routes eventually. My current playthroughs liveblog is under #low level liveblog if you’re curious. If you ever have questions about my characters or want to interact, shoot me an ask! I love talking and I love hearing about other people’s creations, my door is always open for such things :)

I’m a writer and digital painter, and am much more comfortable with more atmospheric / background work compared to portraiture! I also tend to make jokes that can lean in dirty directions, but I’ll be avoiding straight up NSFW images on this blog. There might be discussions of kink & sexual topics, but I’ll keep those tagged under #suggestive and they shouldn’t be too frequent. I’m also chronically bad at tagging spoilers or triggers, so please let me know if you need anything I will do my best.

Characters & Character specific tags below!

Ambition Characters:

The Marked Examinant - August Shaw - #August Shaw

He/They - Mid 40s - Nemesis! - Investigator - Watchful | Dangerous

An investigator by trade, Shaw is a prickly character who has a mildly extreme obsession with the various languages of the Neath, a fascination that’s gotten them into a good deal of trouble… and left them with a few strange quirks. He's driven by the need to get revenge after his daughter’s death, and puts on a face of absolute pragmatism to do it. Unscrupulous at the best of times, he is damn good at his job, when he’s not chasing a bit of escapism by any means necessary. While they’re seemingly a complete hardass, Shaw does have a soft side for a few things: Namely, his assistant, and the urchins of the city.

The Reckless Playwright / The Penumbral Renegade - ‘B’ - #b

Any/They - Mid 20s - Hearts Desire - Actor/Playwright - Persuasive | Shadowy

B is an aspiring playwright and actor with their head in the non-existent clouds and a spring in their step. She always seems to be getting into a little bit of trouble, before charming his way out of it with a smile and a wide eyed look. Everything about their past is a bit of a mystery, though it can’t be denied that they have a good heart. While searching for cheap lodgings in London, B ended up with the (mis)fortune of becoming Shaw’s housemate and eventual investigative assistant. Their endless optimism hides a great deal of past horrors, as does their suitcase. They’re absolutely not wanted by the Navy, too. Don't know why I had to specify that.

The Pragmatic Headhunter - Vivian Fitzpatrick - #Vivian Fitzpatrick

She/He/They - Early 40s - Bag a Legend - Bounty Hunter - Dangerous | Watchful

Shaw’s Ex-wife who came down to the Neath after he abandoned her and their still living son. After murdering her (now probably ex-) husband, Vivian developed a taste for the Neath. Both for the power they could achieve, and for the thrill of the hunt and battle. More than anything, he wants to prove herself to be more than the grieving mother the surface wanted her to be - by becoming something more feared than death itself. Harsh and openly hypocritical, Vivian’s on the fast track to becoming something terrible - but the question is, will she be able to bury the last of herself to do it?

(WIP!) The Rake-In-Violant / The Malcontent Seamstress - Emile Rainier - #the rake in violant

He/She - Mid 20s - Light Fingers - ‘Socialite’ / Thief - Shadowy | Persuasive

By day, she’s a seamstress’s apprentice, shy and longing for more than her meager position will allow. By night, Emile becomes the Rake-In-Violant, a thief of hearts and less abstract possessions, a terror of high society that the foolish can’t help but come crawling back to. If you ask him, there’s nothing wrong with what he does, despite the broken marriages and scandal left in her wake. Hopefully no ‘once in a lifetime job to steal a massive diamond’ fundamentally scars him for life any time soon and changes that.

Non-Ambition Characters:

The Ravenous Acumen - #The Ravenous Acumen

It/She - ??? - Killer for Hire / Killer for Hobby - Shadowy | Dangerous

A mysterious figure with a deeply warped body and equally warped sense of morality. After Acumen’s own hubris cost her everything, it devoted itself to killing arrogant or naive researchers that play with things they don’t understand. There’s far worse fates out there then death, after all. It speaks in riddles, lives for games, and has a bizarrely tender affection for anyone who gains her favor.

The Phosphorescent Engineer - Officer Benedict Beverley - #Officer Beverley

He/Him - Mid-Late 20s - Chief Engineer @ The Grand Geode - Watchful | Persuasive

The hot shot engineer and golden boy of the Grand Geode, Beverley is a sequencer who’s best known for his wonderful designs of prototype dawnlight explosives. Utter bastard. He’s desperate to test them out and bring the dawn to the population of London, but he’s even more desperate to recover his lost prototype… and find his missing partner.

[Has a Sunless Skies verison - The Scintillating Harbinger!]

Side Game PCs:

(WIP!) The Everdrowned Reaver - Captain Verily - Sunless Seas PC - #Captain Verily

She/They/It - ??? - Captain of the Double or Nothing - Irons | Hearts

An undying captain who’s past shifts with the tides. Who is she? Why is she here? Why does the water never leave her lungs? Why does the sea keep spitting her back out?

(WIP!) The Wide-Eyed Venturer - Doctor-Captain Everett Shaw-Fitzpatrick - Sunless Skies PC - #Doctor Captain Everett

He/They - Early 30s - Captain of the Uncommon Denominator - Hearts | Mirrors

Shaw and Vivian’s son, who spent his teen years raised on stories of their adventures in the Neath. Now, he’s taken to the skies to make a story of his own, after a brief stint learning medicine in Vienna. He’s got all the smarts, but none of the cutthroat energy of his parents. What could go wrong?

Other Character Tags

Because I am desperately in love with themes and motifs, significant character relationships are tagged with these funny little monikers:

August Shaw & B - #Detective duo

A depressed detective set on revenge and a lost playwright drunk on freedom take up lodgings together. A strangely charged and mildly codependent friendship.

August Shaw & Vivian Fitzpatrick - #(un)loveable hand

The bloodthirsty wife he abandoned and the self flagellating husband she swore to surpass. Extremely complicated divorced couple who’ve changed in more ways than one.

The Shaw-Fitzpatricks (August, Vivian, Lenore, Everett) - #in the blood

A family charged with sorrow, who all seem to have a tendency to wield their pain like knives. General tag for the family’s background, themes, and vibes.

August Shaw & The Ravenous Acumen - #worst laid plans

An endless game of cat and mouse - or at least, it should be, provided the killer can get her chosen opponent to survive what’s coming. Psychosexual mind games, and weirdly supportive ones at that.

B & Officer Benedict Beverley - #best and brightest

Two best friends, perfect partners, who build a maddening machine. One chose their own ambition over the other’s safety - but who betrayed who is up for debate. Nostalgic longing, evil gay people, and worse (colonialism themes)

B & Emile Rainier - #red letter days

A pessimistic Rake and an optimistic Revolutionary. What could go wrong? …a lot of things, very quickly. A lighthearted odd-couple FWB relationship.

Vivian Fitzpatrick & Emile Rainier - #arsenic and old lace

Vivian is, without a doubt, the Malcontent Seamstress’s least favourite client. She knows it. A bizarrely antagonistic situationship, focusing in on envy and how rapidly gaining status can change people. Also evil women.

Doctor-Captain Shaw-Fitzpatrick & Skies!Beverely - #horseshoes and hand grenades

The most dangerous Captain of Her Majesty’s fleet… and the daredevil traveler that just can’t help but ruin his day. Frequently. Kind of a joke - some Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner type shit until one of them gets feelings about it.

[tezzbot]

Part way through ep 2 of prime but I have to liveblog I'm goinvg CRAZY

When it cut back to Nine I was like ?? Is Shadow still fighting down there??? I forgot they put him in the pit HDJDGF

NEW YOKE KNUCKLES I LOVE HIM

"You know what? You keep talking, Doc, and my Fist will be Affront to ya Face." [Very gently taps his own cheek]

PIRATE AMY HIDING BEHIND CYBORG AMY.... SISTORS...

Mangey??? MANGEY???? YO. YO GET YOUR DOG???? WHERE IS HE G

OH!!!! HEEHEHEEE PUPPYYYYYY SMART PUPPY.... HES SO PROUD OF HIMSELF

I will not lie the floating hologram is so fucking funny to me GDKDGDF NINE BABY I'M SO SORRY I CANNOT TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY UP THERE

MANGEY..... I LOVE HIMFBHDSF HES SO PUPPY oh hi reused animation lmfao Unless it's bc I saw it in the trailers 10 times... maybe...

Ouhghh

HES SO FUCKING BIG IT’S SO FUNNYYYY

I AM SOOOO OBSESSED WITH NEW YOKE KNUCKLE'S VOICE

AAAOUHGHH MANGEY..... HELPING HIM HELPING HIM

Of course it's a Tails and a Knuckles that rusb to Sonic's side of course of course Team Sonic for literally ever

THE PIRATES???? WHY ARE THEY STILL OUT THERE?????????

Okay ep 3

What the....

THIS IS SO CUTE THOUGH WAAAA

GDJDGEJSF me when my memories are 16bit

Wait where Did Dread go...?

It's been a minute since I watched s2 GDJDF

YALL STOP PRAYING FOR MY GRANDPA HE'S GETTING TOO POWERFUL

Renegade Knux I fucking love you forever and ever

OH WAIT DREAD IS THERE. MISS THING IS JUST SAT IN THE CORNER LMFAO

God I love animation.

I will not lie the teen doctor eggman is so fun to me I like him GDJDF

RENEGADE CALLING SONIC 'BLUE'......

LETS GOOOOOOO GIRLS NIIIGHHHT

HE CANT SWIM. GET YOUR FEET DOWN. GET YESSS ATTABOY GOOD BOY GOOD BOY

Sails... u r so cuteful....

AAOUUHH THE WAVE.... AND THE LITTLE SMILE RUSTY ROSE YOU ARE EVERYTHING

AAWUWHHH FROGGYYYYYY

These fucking birds scream and shake their heads like a fnaf jumpscare

OUHHHH SONIC ON YHE BACK OF BIRDIE WITH THAT AMY WHOS NAME I FORGOR THATS SO CUTE

GO GRANDPAAAA

PIGEONS.....

I just noticed the stupid little gears in Nine's shoes.... girl what.... HDJDGD

Nine...... :((((

EHHEEHEHEEEE THE SHAKE

RENEGADE SHOULD GET TO BEAT UP EVERY LAST EGGMAN AFTER THIS

New Yoke Knuckles and Rouge besties literally forever and ever

Everyone in that room like who the fuck is Shadow GDJFD

MY CUP OF CHILI....

THE BABY TALKING GIBBERISH LITERALLY MAKES THAT SEQUENCE "Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, ??????, Profit."

SONIC.........

NOOOO THEY ALL LOVE HIM SM......

Shadow still in that hole lmfao

I still love Nine's outift

GODDD THIS HURTS......

AAOUUHGGHGHH

"Lov a good chili Dawwwggg"

GIRRRLLLLL. TEAR HIM TO SHREEEDDDSS DAMN.

Suicide pact

My silly little space

NINE.....

SSONIICCCCC RRAAAAGGGHH

W

WHAT.

THEY EVEN GOT DREAD UP FOR IT WHAT THE HELL

NOOOO NONONO

NINE NOOOOO

OH GOD.

Ep4....

Oh god.

AW WAIT. WAAAIIITTT

NINE........

Okay Elsa we get it.

HIS PHOTOCOPIER

OUHHH HE'S LEARNING....

AAAAAAAAWWGHHH SIIICCKKKK SICK SICK SICK

MANGEY YOU'RE EVERYTHING

THE GROUND POUND....

Peepaw at it again

OHHHH THE TAILSES.... THEY HAVE A PLAN LITTLE SHITS....

HELLO???? NINE WHAT THE HELL????

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAA THEY BUILT A FUCJINF BOMB?????

Wait. WAIT??? WHAT HAPPENED? DID THEY DIE???????? WHAT THE FUCK

ARE THEY ACTUALLY FUCKING DEAD??????? IM . IM GOBSMACKED. They wont be. They aren't.

REBEL'S EARS.... ANIMATION I LOVE Y

THIS SHOW IS STILL SO FUNNY

Hes WAAIITTIIINNNGG (<-stupid)

No really who is this.

Shadow is still. In a hole. DVJDFSG

FUCK EM UP BIG

If Nine has his eyes on Sonic why is Sonic hanging out with the groups who are trying to sneak up on Nine... VDJDFSJF

CATFISH?????

Sittadul

NINE... AAUHGH

AAAUUHGGGGHG BIGBOT BIG BOT BIGBOT

FROGGY MISSILES

"FROGGY?" AND CUT TO BLACK THAT GOT ME SO BAD. I LITERALLY GUFFAWED THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST SHOT IN THE WHOLE SHOW

EP5

THERES SO MANYYYFYGDHX

THE BIGBOTS BIG OLD TAIL.....

AUGH THE ANIMATIONS GOING CRAZY

You Are Just A Little Boy In A Chair....

GOOD GOD. This is so much.

THE HOLE

Grandpa you've made that joke 5 times now

HERE HE COMES. I KNOW IT.

YEEAAAAAGHHHHHH

We Are Not. Related.

GIRL YOU HAVE JET BOOTS

OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. WORD CHOICE. BUT OKAY. HDJRHDJDGDJG

HE LITERALLY JUST JET BOOTED OUT OF THEM

PHHH THE MUSIC

VOLLEYBALLL

Left him hanging...HE HIGH FIVED HIMSELF

SONIC IS SOOOO CUTE..... HIS LITTLE FAAACEE.... I LOVE YOU SONIC HEDGEHOG

THE AMYS..... FOREVVEERRR

SISTERRRRSSSS

Amy Underground. Start a band NOW

AHAHAHAAAAAA FUCK YEESSSSS

GDJDGSJSF Shadow is like Do Not Fucking Touch Me

OUGH THAT POSE ON NINE...HES SO CREEEPYYYY I LOVE IT IM OBSESSED

OUGH. HOIUHGHH

THE ANIMATIOOONNN

HES SO TIRED....

Dr deeps legs: shattered lmfao

POV BEATING SHADOW UP

NO SONIC NOOO

FUCK!!!!!!!!

EP6

God. Just everyone...

Girl you're gonna hurt yourself......

HES GONNA DIEGDJDHHD

OH MY GOD. ITS FREE ROADS

A SHIELD TOO

AHHAHAHAHAHAA Splat :D HES SO CUTE

He needs an ibuprofen

Nine... he's hurting himself.......

WERE TEHY PLAYING DEAD. LMFAOOO

Oh god he's shaking

YOU ARENT GOING ANYWHERE.

Oh god. Hi Bigbot..

OH MY GOD. NINES ANIMATIONS I LOVE HOW IN SANE HE LOOKS

LETS!!!! FUCKING!!!! GOOOOOOOO!!!! RENEGADE I LOVE YOOUUUU

LETS GO KNUCKLES SONIC TEAM UP LETS GO

THIS HAS GOT TO BE SAILS AND MANGEY IT HAS TO BE THAT CATBOTS GOT THAT DOG IN HIM

FUCK YEEAEAAAAAGGGHHHHH

MANGEYS LITTLE TONGUE.... GOODBOYS

Dread...... Dread no....

KILL THIS CLOWN. WHO EVEN ARE YOU RACCOON FREAK

CAPTAIN ROSE AAAAAA

That birdie just out in the battlefield. Chilling

LETS GO SHADOOOWWW

Uh oh lol

OH MY GODDDVJDGHDHD HE JUST FUCKGINB BLEW IT UP

TYYAAEEEAAAHAHHH I AM THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM!!!!

THE CHORAL MUSIC????? SEPHIROTH...

Ohhh Nine is trying to destroy the stabilisers...

HERE WE GO.... LAST ONE...

Ep7

HE SET IT UP SO SONIC COULD LIVE WITH HIM IM GONNA BE SICK

GOD. THEY JUST WONT LET SONIC TALK WITH THIS KID HUH

AOUGH....

BABBEL..... Why does that baby have a full set of veneers

GOOD LORD.

Edgelord....

THIS IS LIKE CANDY TO ME VDDJGDDJF

OHHHHG NINE.... NOT EVEN A WORD.. JUST A HUG

THEY JUST FUCKING LEFT SHADOW HELP MEEWE

Shadow incredibly cunt

YAAAAYYYY YOU BLUE BUFFOON

HE HAS A PERMIT HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS

God. Trows up.

Very very good show. That ending was. slightly disappointing, there was no like... cooldown it felt slightly abrupt BUT. Good Show I loved it so much<333

[ammonitetheseaserpent]

Masterpost thingie (now partially to clean space out of my bio acakbwfobwfob)

Other blogs:

Art blog - @ammonitetheartist

Incorrect quotes blog - @random-stuff-incorrect-quotes

Horse (Centaurworld) character blog - @horsatia-wighair-beanzs

AU dumping grounds blog - @talons-and-webbed-feet

TOH words suggest blog - @owl-house-words-suggest

Nimona (Nimona) character/RP blog- @red-fox-and-more

MD words suggest blog - @murder-drones-words-suggest

Gimmick blog - @putting-wheat-in-places

All my tags.

Amphibia:

Calamtrio - #people standing in line and don’t even know why

Possessed Marcy - #i’ll be waiting in your favorite cheshire grin

Marcy/Andrias - #love and blood and hate and some empty tunes

Calamity Anne - #teach myself complete submission while I grant myself complete permission

Calamity Sasha - #when there’s quantity we can find some clarity in something

Calamity Marcy - #if I must play fair it’ll take long to get there

Marky Wu - #five fingers two black hooves

Luz/Marcy - #when I’m dreaming tonight I can do anything

Other Fandoms:

Owlphibia - #talons and webbed feet

Encanto - #gift with an undertow

Centaurworld - #horsekai

Learning With Pibby - #telegeddon

Spirit Animals - #connections and legends

Bone - #mundane and lucid dreamers

Pendragon - #fallen angelverse

Amanda the Adventurer - #souls behind screenhell

Nimona - #zoology desecration

Murder Drones - #assimilate & eviscerate

The Amazing Digital Circus - #carousel to infinity

Rain World - #flooded inheritance

In Stars and Time - #temporal wellness check

Comfort Characters:

Marcy - #tidesoul sunbeam

Luz - #spellform prodigy

Eda - #feathered renegade

Peridot - #key-lime hardriver

Spinel - #rubberjive

Sayori - #contrary cinnabon

Yuri - #bastion of chill

ENA - #pixel pallygon

Shepherd - #goodest-boy guardian

Fizzarolli - #neon hellraiser

Misc.:

Politics/stigma/signal boosts/self-care reminders- #important things/advice

Art advice - #art tipparoonis

Writing advice - #writing tipparoonis

Cute/calming/aesthetic posts - #serotonin booster shtuff

Funny posts - #humor corner

Art that’s mine - #ammonart

Art that’s not mine - #kewl art by kewl people

Thoughts/theories/liveblogs/slice-of-life posts - #random snippets of my day

My writing - #my jottins

Posts I relate to/that remind me of myself - #bumble vibes

Recipes - #good baking

Asks - #askeroonis

Asks from mutuals - #moot fren people

[transtalizorah]

update on the renegade playthrough: kaidan talks to grace wayyy different than he talked to caine. I dont know if its the individual dialogue options, the fact she told him to shut up, or the fact theyre just being an asshole in general but its like. Really interesting actually. Hurts my heart. But really interesting

[macgyvertape]

BG3 Act 3 thoughts and liveblog part 1

I couldn't stop comparing DOS2 act 3 and BG3 act 3, since act 3 is a bit underbaked in both games compared to the other acts, but wow BG3 just has so much more polish and content.

The prologue reveals my character is a Bhaalspawn, I feel like it's just so widely known at this point

Defining character moment for Astarion “the problem with what Cazador has done is he did it to me”. Since Asatarion really wants this she’d help him sacrifice his “siblings” what matters to her is that Astarion is safe, but she’s worried about the unknown details but is still planning as if its possible. The dialogue options of “a killer isn’t worthy of respect” is fucking laughable my character would never say that lmao. 

When the narrator was saying you have a bunch of options what will you do, for my character it felt best to say “when the moment comes I’ll do what feels right”, since she's more of an opportunist

Ooof that fight with the gith was rough even on easy mode.

My character wanted The Emperor to prove he was the protector, but then tried to read his thoughts anyway. She’s also very grateful Lae’zeal wasn’t around when this happened considering Orpheus is real and a renegade mindflayer has him prisoner

Learning that the protection against the Absolute comes from Orpheus being trapped really puts a damper on my character’s plans to not get rid of the tadpole and associated powers. It's too dangerous to count on Orphues being imprisoned. Also the Emperor was a successful power player in Baldur’s Gate, so she’s more wary of his plans and agenda than the fact he is a mindflayer. 

My character did turn down the Emperor’s offer to evolve her, sorry she just is too attached to how her body looks. She also thinks this is a line in the sand she’s not going to persuade her companions on, unlike the tadpole powers. (personally it's the fact that it messes up your teeth, huge personal squick). I guess had my character take on so many parasite powers it gave me a fucking 21 score roll to not evolve. 

EDIT: the next day I got spoiled on the Emperor’s seduction scene and it’s friendly manners being all a front; real fucking surprise pikachu face moment for me. That my character who manipulates, lies, and seduces people might encounter someone who emotionally manipulates, lies and will seduce people. I didn’t fully trust it and thought it might have its own agenda, but still I was a little too trusting that there might have been some genuine emotion. Like DAMMIT I was rewatching Felix rvb scenes before I started the game and he has a line “Funny how an act of sacrifice like that [getting hurt] buys you so much trust”. Which is exactly what the Emperor did, where it knelt down and made a big show of how it trusts me not to hurt it and when it calls on us for that dramatic rescue that while genuine was an excellent opportunity for it to be revealed. Apparently the 21 roll is because I used so many tadpoles which the game treats as buying into The Emperor’s promises. Its repeated lines of “just like you” and “i’m on your side” to establish common ground and then presenting itself as a criminal with “a heart of gold” in its backstory. I/my character was skeptical on some details considering it also presented itself as a major power player, but bought into it’s use of “allies” when what he meant was “pawns”.  

Gale had the comment “you’ve not taken this power for yourself… why offer it to me” and I wish I could respond like what Astarion said, that don’t want to sacrifice my body. Astarion had a whole lot to say on the subject but Karlach only had 1 line about being surprised I hadn’t taken the power/transformation. Funny to see how other companions had lines about how they hadn’t done any tadpole powers and they weren’t about to start now. 

My character’s made an enemy out of the undead lich Gith queen, whom only Orpheus can oppose, and there’s an entire Gith resistance working to free him as well. So that really kills any plan of using the Absolute for herself because she’d be better off with Orphues fighting the Gith queen

Really Astarion and my character have come so far from act 1 where he was warning me about how easily Cazador could kill me to now where he’s saying if Cazador comes for him he’ll strike back and he’ll have my character along with him 

The one group my character has been consistently nice to with no promise of reward is kids, so at this point she’s just resigned to them showing up at camp as long as there’s someone like Withers, Halsin, or Wyll to keep them from getting hurt. 

My character is helping the strange ox yet again. It won’t reveal what it is but she’s really curious, and it hasn’t seemed to kill people, so she’ll help it because it might be a useful ally in the future

I love Biscotti what a GOOD DOG (love the animal writing in this and DOS2)

I think its funny that for a while I was thinking that Astarion wasn’t that pale, but in the bright light of Baldur’s Gate he really is. I think it's due to my monitor that has super high contrast

Surprised Halsin has the most dialogue in the refugee area mostly about how he’s rapidly becoming disillusioned with the city, and I tried a earlier save without him and the other companions like Astarion or Karlach don’t speak up if he’s not there.

Community meme about Gortash: I can excuse him being the chosen of an evil god and using his power to found a murderous evil cult but I draw the line at him and his PMC making surveliance cop robots. Bane is just the god of cops and Gortash works for Boston Dynamics

I like to think a bunch of the companions have been a positive force on my character so she’s helping the refugees in her own manner (lots of intimidation), and wants to see the Tiefling refugees make it after all the struggles. That there were explosives in toys justifies her being nosy and helping

Karlach really wants to go to the circus, unfortunately my character is a vicious murderer lmao. Thankfully she’s great at [persuading] and charming. Astarion, Halsin, and Karlach seem to be the best “go to the circus” group

Incredibly cool to hear my bard character perform along with the other bard in the circus

The dinosaur and the magic cat in the circus are being mistreated, Halsin is right to be mad about it. I used Astarion to pickpocket the key, then mage hand to open both cage doors

My character doesn’t like clowns and after she felt that murderous urge there’s no way she’s getting on stage. I watched the different versions of sending Halsin or Karlach up on stage but sending Astarion up on stage really is the best version. Role playing it as after he made that comment about clowns being a horror and with how both Karlach and Halsin approve of picking Astarion while he doesn’t approve if you pick someone else; its some light hearted group teasing of a guy who usually has a joke at others expense “You love the spotlight, don’t you… here’s your big chance”. Yeah he says he’s going to kill me but he’s not seriously upset.

Astarion and my character both enjoy killing clowns, see we’re great together

My bard character was pissed about the Djinn scamming with the spin the wheel game so of course she went back to rig things to get the jackpot. 

Ok so my character gets her meteorites back, that she’s a Bhaalspawn, she’s not surrendering to the D!urge or worried about atoning, but that she’s being encouraged to slaughter her line and that its the woman who hurt her before is a opportunity for power and revenge coinciding nicely

For now the only person my character is telling is Astarion, this is a big thing to confess and she wants to play this close to the vest for as long as possible. While she did have earnest suspicions since the oubliette, she’s more afraid about standing up to a god and the loss of control. I personally like how Astarion comforts you after that dialogue a lot more, especially the way he says you must try to beat Bhaal and not become a slave.

[princesable]

wet wipe is dead

[silverxxs-world]

Thunder Rosa

Vs

Robyn Renegade

[salon-maiden-anabel]

getting an emulator means i can both finally play a game with the battle frontier as WELL as play renegade platinum . Drowning my sorrows of not pulling Anabel day 1 in masters by beating up Argenta