How is my best friend Arthur has he helped you baldur any gates
He’s been good! My washing machine broke last week and I hauled it out the other day in preparation for the new one and he’s been loving his new Top Secret Hiding Spot.
We are taking a little bit of a Baldur’s Gate break right now just because I was getting burnt out. We’re slowly making our way through Mass Effect Andromeda for the second time. I’m very excited to get back to BG3 tho.
I left off right at the start of Act 2. I’m playing a Githyanki monk named Ez’rai and spent way too much time coming up with a backstory for them. I’m going to be romancing Wyll this time. I think Ez’rai growing up in such a harsh culture that didn’t have room for soft romance will go together in such a fun and cute way with Wyll. A noble’s son who is just so sweet and romantic and good.
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🙂↕️🙂↕️okay okay okay so so far within the og divisions we have:
❤️: they strive for a world where words solve conflict. they pointedly did not use mics to express this. at the end of the track, they’re dynamic as brothers has shifted to a more equal dynamic, where ichiro doesn’t feel so compelled to raise them
💙: they strive for a world without violence and used their mics to resolve the conflict. at the end of the track, they reject their status quo and aim to find a new one to change the world without the use of violence
💛: wanted to be real with each other and used their mics to get that across. at the end of the track tho, they say that truth doesn’t really matter anyway and stay true to the selves they formed their bond with
🩶: a battle of wills using the mics. jakurai’s love for yotsutsuji manifested in the form of sacrificing himself and dohifu trying to stop him using their love for their bond as mtr. at the end of the track it’s that love that’s saved jakurai, healed hifumi and elevated doppo’s status at work
and things have changed for all they’ve stayed the same so i’m genuinely curious where nagosaka fits in this lol
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I generally like the Dawn of the Clans characters, but man that Bumble scene is such a weird writing choice. Even if that scene was kept, I would have much preferred some sort of follow up scene where the cats realize how wrong they are, and deeply apologize to Bumble in some fashion. It’s late when I’m writing this, so apologies if this is slightly confusing. I think this is once again a sign the Erins need sensitivity readers.
I think this is beyond sensitivity readers, I think the writers who thought this was okay need to go into Lilo's Pickle Jar and get shaken around
Bumble's Exile needed a refutation. My problem with it is that the underlying philosophy is never addressed. Xenophobia and ableism plague the text, and you are meant to accept that everything they said about her in that scene was correct.
That it "never would have worked" if she joined the group, that it means her life had less value as a result, that Gray Wing and Turtle Tail had absolutely no fault and her death was some unavoidable thing. In canon, Bumble exists as a clumsy plot device to display Wind's "assuredness" and Gray Wing's "wisdom," the narrative discouraging you from giving her proper sympathy as a result.
WC is a series that, either through malice or incompetence, is ultimately pro-xenophobia. It DOES think you should be anti-foreigner, and stay wary of their malice (darktail) or their laziness (bumble). There are exceptions who can prove themselves to Clan cats over and over (firestar), but they're not the rule.
For BB, the way I'm planning to address it is to point this out as an example of Clear Sky's mindset acting like a poison on the cats in this group, especially Gray Wing. That Thunder thinks he's coming home, only to find it nearly identical to the group he just left.
Refuting this is rallying HIS supporters to go find her, and to create his own group based on his own principles.
Especially important as a contrast; ThunderClan's early strength is their ability to do diplomacy, thanks to Bumble the Translator. Unlike Shadow and Sky, they have an interest in getting to know and work with River Kingdom and the Wind Coalition.
One day, generations in the future, the Clans will fall into a terrible state. Culture is a living, shifting thing. War and bigoty cause the dominant mindset to swing towards xenophobia again, a clan will be exiled, and many cats will suffer.
But it is not that Era. It is the dawn of the clans, and the struggles of this day echo through history.
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IF YOURE SANSA MANDERLY STARK
And you realize, after your uncle Edric dies, that your husband Jonnel is going to name not Edric’s son Cregard his new heir, but his other brother Barthogan as his heir. He is doing this specifically because “Cregan died after Rickon, so since Rickon wasn’t a Lord, it passes to Cregan’s next born son. Since Edric wasn’t a lord, it passes to Barthogan.” You are very mad because you and your sister Serena have been raising Cregard to rule and now you’re worried about her daughters, and her sons, and what becomes of you if Jonnel also dies, and you’re still mad you were passed over, so you decide “yeah fuck it i’m not just going to set myself up well, i’m going to make sure i have the ability to take the lordship, make myself ruling lady, and make things easier for a woman to inherit because now i’m pissed off”
What do you like. Do. Marrying all of Serena’s kids well is important but what would “marry well” mean. Someone rich and southron who comes with money & a household that is loyal to the two of you? Someone Northern, who will back your claim because they have a vested interest in you ruling? A mix of both?
You have to get the King on your side right. Have an in with him so if someone complains he’s like “well a daughter before an uncle blah blah blah.” You want LYANNA and HER husband on your side, and you want all of ALY BLACKWOOD’S daughters and THEIR HUSBANDS on your side because if your ultimate goal is ABSOLUTE PRIMOGENITURE you want the older sisters on your side right. You want the people of Winters Town to like you more than Barthogan and Jonnel. You want to do good things for them, so you want money (again - good marriages for Serena’s children). You want to be more competent or at least seem more competent. You probably want like….what Barthogan and Brandon like Not In Winterfell with you…….
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