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#devil may cry #dmc vergil

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tiffany is a hater

#faith the unholy trinity

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you gotta have faith.

#faith the unholy trinity #john ward

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Google translate English Translation w/ original lyrics: Hey, yeah, yeah Yeah-eh-eh-eh, hey, yeah, yeah 1. Don't think I'm just joking 'Wag isiping ako'y nagbibiro lamang

And don't say I'm just bragging At 'wag sabihing ako'y nagyayabang lamang

But I didn't think so Ngunit 'di ko na inakala

That someone like you would love someone like me Na ang isang tulad mo ay iibig sa isang tulad ko

I thought it was just a dream Akala ko, hanggang panaginip na lang

Chorus: I think I'm the most beautiful man in the world Ako na yata ang pinakamagandang lalaki sa mundo

With you, when I'm with you, that's what I feel Sa piling mo, 'pag kasama kita, ang nadarama

I think I'm the most beautiful man in the world Ako na yata ang pinakamagandang lalaki sa mundo

Hey, yeah, yeah

2. I don't know, what did you see in me? 'Di malaman, ano'ng nakita mo sa 'kin

'Not tall and handsome only in the dark 'Di katangkaran at guwapo lamang sa dilim

But I didn't think so Ngunit 'di ko na inakala

That someone like you would love someone like me Na ang isang tulad mo ay iibig sa isang tulad ko

I thought it was just a dream Akala ko, hanggang panaginip na lang

Chorus: I think I'm the most beautiful man in the world Ako na yata ang pinakamagandang lalaki sa mundo

With you, when I'm with you, I look different Sa piling mo, 'pag kasama kita, iba ang asta

I think I'm the most beautiful man in the world Ako na yata ang pinakamagandang lalaki sa mundo

Interlude: Yeah, ooh

Chorus: I think I'm the most beautiful man in the world Ako na yata ang pinakamagandang lalaki sa mundo

With you, when I'm with you, I feel it Sa piling mo, 'pag kasama kita, ang nadarama

I think I'm the most beautiful man in the world Ako na yata ang pinakamagandang lalaki sa mundo Yeah-eh-eh-eh, hey, yeah, yeah Hey, yeah, yeah Yeah-eh-eh-eh, hey, yeah, yeah

#opm #original pinoy music #janno gibbs #that feeling when #you found an astarion x tav coded #just by listening to your childhood music #astarion x tav

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THE WAAAAAAY HE SAYS THIS

#baldur’s gate 3 #wyllach

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Ladies and gentlemen, a post of how down bad Karlach and Wyll can be for each other in a Wyll playthrough.

Firstly, I have to share this screen because you could put some dirty sax under it and call it a day:

Secondly, this borderline proposal from Karlach on first meeting:

Third, and it doesn't really capture her tone, but this speculation on what would have happened if they'd stayed in Hell:

Then they flirt like all hell the moment the engine is installed:

Then have these lovely moments too:

They've known each other a DAY.

#baldur's gate 3 #wyllach

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wyll/karlach is such a good fucking ship. it’s just like. i was going to fight you, i viewed you as my enemy and you did the same to me, and then we realized that we’ve both just been hurt and manipulated by people more powerful than us. wanna be friends? i met you properly a few minutes ago and i’ve decided i’d rather be punished by the demon who owns my soul than hurt you. i want to touch you so bad but i’ll hurt you if i do—can i touch you? i shouldn’t touch you. we’ve known each other for three days and i would literally die for you. we’ve known each other for three months and i never want to be away from you. i cannot save you from having to walk into hell, but i can make sure you don’t walk alone. our lives were set up as tragedies through no fault of our own, and maybe we can’t escape that, maybe we can never live normal lives, but we can bear these burdens together. i love you. you will not face this alone.

#baldur’s gate 3 #wyllach

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here is the thing

when i started playing bg3, i didn't expect wyll to be so devoted to karlach. her devotion to him is a given; the guy risked his life to save her when they had literally just met. of course he matters so much to her

but wyll matched that same devotion right back, as if she had been the one to save him, even though karlach never really got the chance to do anything of that magnitude back for him

but then i think about it

mizora's punishment plays directly into wyll's worst trauma. to be suddenly branded as demonic, so people will always look at him and see that first. like his father did. like the whole city, everyone who ever knew him, did. no amount of good deeds will ever be enough to compensate for his association with evil; his soul will burn in hell and he will not be welcome anywhere because he's a greedy warlock who made his choice. i don't know if that is actually true, but he certainly thinks it to be, if anything, from his assumption that the people of the grove (whose lives he had just saved, and who had known him for at least a few days as nothing but a kind hero who looked out for them) would be unable to look past his appearance and wouldn't want him near them

and mind, mizora clearly wants wyll to stay isolated. why else would she forbid him from explaining the circumstances of his pact? what could she possibly gain from that, other than making sure he can never dispel the notion that he made a deal with the devil simply for power?

so it makes sense that that, more even than the non-consensual body modification, was the punishment. to put his warlock status on display, so that people would immediately be offput by him - and even if they aren't, he will be sure they are

his own father couldn't stand to look at him, and that was back when he had just lost an eye

but the first thing karlach tells him is this:

"Thank you for seeing me for who I really am. And... I think I can see you for who you really are, too. A hero"

obviously, it's common sense for her to see him like this after he just saved her life at great, and at the time unknown, personal cost. but it would also have been common sense for his father to know that the son he himself raised and who's nothing if not a paragon of kindness and duty wouldn't just decide to sell his soul for power out of the blue one fine day. or that, if he keeps trying to say something but can't, then there might be more to the story. for fuck's sake, he lost an eye. and yet, ulder didn't. wyll's association with the demonic was enough to dispel everything about his personhood, his values, and his actions. and now said association was branded, quite literally, on his forehead

and karlach's suffered so much at the hands of devils. just like with the other tieflings, he expects her to be unsettled by him, at the very least

but then she says that she looks at him and sees only a hero. the man who saved her. the man who cared enough to listen and do what was right. the man who sacrificed something for her, who had to make a choice no one should have to make

he had saved an entire city when he first made the pact, and yet not one soul in it was able to see that. see him

but karlach did

karlach does

and not only that. not only is she the first person in perhaps his whole life to put more weight to wyll's personhood and actions than to mizora's; but she knew he needed to hear that. she says it like someone who's trying to offer a comfort in a hopeless situation, which is exactly what she's doing. she knows that he is afraid of being rejected

and of course she does

she is the one who comes closest to fully understanding him.

can you imagine being wyll and seeing karlach's story play out in dizzyingly rapid succession in your mind? had a pretty good, happy life, then in the span of one day everything changed when she was associated with the demonic. she lost everything and everyone she ever had. from then on, she only knew one thing: to fight. no rest and no friends and no breaks, just endless, senseless fighting. her body was changed against her will. she hadn't been touched in a positive way in ten years. even fucking mizora was there

that's his story, too

sure, he might not have been literally unable to touch people, but neither was karlach when she was in hell. he's been completely alone except for mizora for the last seven years, at least in the ways that matter. nothing in his life was constant, except for the fighting and the humiliation at a devil's hand. and the loneliness

of course he thinks it's a trick. it hits too close to home

and of course he can't help but listen anyway. because wyll is nothing if not compassionate, and he's just watched a tldr of his own pain inflicted on someone else

so when karlach says that she still sees him as himself first?

he is reminded that she gets it

for the first time in seven years, he is not alone, and he is understood

of course he would do anything to keep her in his life, just as she would

in a way, she did save him, too.

(slightly late meta submission for @thekindredcollective's wyllstravaganza2024, day 19: bond)

#baldur's gate 3 #wyllach

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#baldur's gate 3 #wyllach

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i’m obsessed with the idea of touch with gale and shadowheart.

gale’s hands are large, but his touch is soft, delicate, from years of practiced spell casting and fingering through the books, his touch is precise yet caressing.

shadowheart’s hands are small, long thin fingers, but calloused, the nails jagged and bit down to the growth, scars that she can’t remember the origin of, and her grip is strong and harsh and she doesn’t know how to let that guard down.

until gale, and he’s the first one to take her hands and run his fingers along each scar and it’s then that touch can be something comforting for shadowheart, touch is no longer the striking hands of her mother superior or the hands of darkness and loss of shar that she was clawed by. touch becomes gale tracing along her scars, running his fingers through her hair, unlacing her bodice, guiding her hands through the weave, holding her, hugging her.

and maybe she’d feel self conscious when he holds her hand in his own, his flesh so soft and unblemished next to hers, but all he’d think of is the weight of a mortal hand in his own, the comfort of real human touch and connection, how uniquely yet snuggly her hand fits into his own. how the feeling of her hand tells him of the years she’s lived and hardships she’s overcome.

…i’m obsessed with them

#baldur's gate 3 #galeheart

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Sue me all you want; I have a good lawyer.

But Gale and Shadowheart are meant for each other. From their stories and character traits to their wishes for the future and even their symbolism, everything about them points to Galeheart being canon. I don't care what the fandom has to say; they were made for each other. Periodt.

Their relationship is the healthiest pairing to exist. They grow through one another, for one another, and with one another. Despite facing indoctrination, grooming, abuse, and other traumas, they still stand strong. When they meet, they learn from each other, grow together, and become one. They defy Mystra, Shar, and Selune with their love and happiness.

Imagine them in a quiet, domestic life: Gale teaching his students while Shadowheart tends to their animals and garden. In the evening, they cook together (keeping Shadowheart away from the kitchen), play with their kids, and enjoy family time. Gale reads her favorite poems on their terrace in Waterdeep during sunset.

Shadowheart, having lost everything—her family, faith, and home—finally finds what she's always wanted with Gale: a family, a home, and love.

She shows her love for him daily, while Gale surprises her with night orchids. Their life together is wholesome and filled with happiness.

They're endgame, they're canon. Thank you for your attention; you can continue.

#baldur's gate 3 #galeheart

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#baldur's gate 3 #galeheart

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I am a tomboy

I started to like collar when I was still a kid who studied in a private Catholic all girls school

I see men wearing it and I think it's cool

I imagine myself wearing a tuxedo and not a dress. Wearing a dress is annoying until tpday

Started wearing a polo shirt and I feel cool

Started to have identity crisis, around the time Filipinos think tomboys are lesbians

Not all tomboys are lesbians

I don't see myself being a lesbian

I started to like having a short hair. Having it long is still annoying even today

At the same time, I am surrounded to people that how I feel is too girly for me.

I don't see myself in them

I don't see myself in models who others think are sexy and beautiful

I don't see myself

I never came out, until people accepting LGBTQ here

I told my mom about it...

Apparently they know it already. I am different. I'm not a typical "tibo" (tomboy lesbian) that other people think.

I started to like wearing makeup because of the trend of Korean makeup or natural. I only use it during special occassions

I am still using she/her and I am comfortable with that

Boyfriend accepted that I am a tomboy

I am comfortable with my own body, this is me. I just don't see myself in the mirror thinking I am pretty, beautiful, etc. until now

This is how I express myself

#personal

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Every ship is a valid ship and Larian did well with how romanceable all the party characters feel with each other, the chemistry they all have.

And.

Larian did something to the core of my being with the way they wove parallels into Gale & Shadowheart's wounds. Now, forgive me, I don't have screencaps, BUT

The way that both believe these wounds are their fault, and that penance is the only thing that will ease this pain for good.

The way that both believe these wounds are because of mistakes they are both making now, and mistakes they made in youth, when really all they are is markers of (chronic) pain due to abuse. And the ways that trauma can manifest as illness, and that the crushing thing about that is that trauma survivors then blame themselves for not being enough for others (sound like a certain wizard we know??)

And how, when he finally opens his mind to her (the tadpole does NOT connect your minds involuntarily), it is with a hand over his heart. (I have to look again but I am 99% certain it is her wounded hand)

But it goes beyond that, because of course it does. And here's where the diabolical geniuses at Larian get me.

Gale's sex scene, on a Shadowheart origin. The first thing she does to him is lean into (and kiss????) his orb scar.

And the first way that he introduces her to Sparkly Weave Pleasure™ is by taking her wounded hand in his and channeling what is ostensibly a very good feeling through it.

There's something here about recognizing and tending the wounds in each other, and turning them into sources of goodness and strength. Something about surviving and healing from trauma and being rid of that pain — eventually, potentially after years of enduring it — together.

Anyway I'm not normal about them!!!!!! Where're my galeheart girlies at!!!!!!

#baldur's gate 3 #galeheart

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So. Clearly you can't get a dialog like this in game since even if you play as origin your character will be silent, so this took digging up two saves, matching the location and clothes and voilà, we've got a cute Galeheart scene. 😼

Like with the previous gifset, recorded it for this vid.

idk I feel like more scenes can be combined with two origins speaking akin to this one, but nothing (at least nothing shippery) comes to mind, soooo if anyone has any ideas tell me, 'cause I'm planning another Gale/Shadowheart vid or maybe them + Merrical 'cause they've got similar vibe.

And while I'm at it, since I've got a bunch of comments about other BG3 ships over the months: I'm not planning on making vids with other origin ships. I don't have time or hard drive space (vids I work with take up like 500 gbs) to do things I'm not interested in, I'm sorry. I like some other ships (Karlach/Shads, Wyll/Karlach), but the way I do game vids lately is too much time and effort unless I'm absolutely crazy about something, and for better or for worse that makes you stuck with only Galeheart from me from now on. :)

[all my bg3 gifs] & [all my galeheart thingies]

#baldur's gate 3 #galeheart

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Hear me out! Tav brought a statue of Astarion to the camp but Astarion does not recognize himself in it and does not understand why their leader spent 5000 gold on a random stone man. Meanwhile the party is betting on how long it will take Astarion to guess whose statue it is.

5000 Gold

"He's not... he's not gonna figure it out anytime soon, is he?"

"Sshhh!"

Shadowheart shushed Karlach with an angry frown and a single finger thrown to her lips.

The two of them - along with your other companions observed the scene unfolding on the other side of the camp. Right where a delivery had just been made - and quite an uncommon one.

A giant stone statue, depicting... Astarion - and almost fully nude at that.

You couldn't resist when the offer had been made to you at the carnival at the outskirts of Baldur’s Gate. 5000 gold had felt like nothing for the punchline you had been about to make with having a statue be made of the one companion that couldn't remember what he himself looked like.

And Astarion, upon discovering Tav's most recent purchase, had started to throw a temper tantrum immediately, almost fainting when he had heard the paid sum out of your mouth.

The vampire had worked himself into an outright frenzy, screaming, hissing, gesticulating towards the statue, then back to you, then to the skies. Meanwhile all you could do anymore was biting your lip to stop yourself from bursting into the biggest laughing fit of your life.

The rest of the group kept observing from a safe distance.

"Istik", Lae'zel mumbled under her breath. But even the sober githyanki could barely hide a smile.

Shadowheart shushed her as well. Wyll had just been silently shaking his head for the last couple of minutes. Shadowheart had started taking bets on how long it would take the oblivious vampire to realise the cruel trick that was being played on him. Karlach, being way too optimistic, had already lost some coin to the cleric with their estimate of a few minutes.

Only Gale who had been busy this far with some of his thousand books had missed the whole spectacle so far. Just now had the wizard realised that something was going down. He eyed the fighting trio of you Astarion and stone Astarion and then the group of bystanders, trying to decipher the situation. When he couldn't make any logical sense of any of it he went over to the small onlooking group. "I appear to have missed something? What is-"

Shadowheart hissed at him to shut up, causing Gale to flinch back with a hurt facial expression. Wyll though wasn't impressed by the cleric and enlightened his friend: "It looks like our clever leader Tav has taken up the offer of getting a stone statue of Astarion for a bargain of 5000 gold without telling anyone. And now we're betting how long it's going to take him to realise it's him."

Shadowheart stared the Blade of Frontiers down. Wyll merely shrugged his shoulders. He'd faced more fearsome creatures than the cleric aplenty.

Gale just blinked several times at him, letting the words settle. Then a grin spread on the wizard's face. "I bet 100 gold it's gonna take him at least until the end of the day."

Shadowheart's furious expression lightened noticeably and she stretched out her hand to Gale. They shook on the bet. Then everyone turned back to the two Astarion's and you to continue watching the scene.

"Why in the nine hells would you get a statue of some random guy - he isn't that... Well, he is quite handsome!" Astarion yelled at you while you had to hide your face in your hands desperately trying to pull yourself together.

The vampire didn't let up: "Well, if only it had been me, then I would have understood, darling, who wouldn't want that as a piece of decor, but-"

That was it, you broke. Hysterical laughter started shaking you, up to the point where you doubled over and could barely breathe between laughing and crying from laughing.

The vampire meanwhile went through the whole spectrum of emotions known under the sun in a matter of seconds. Angered, confused, flustered. And then finally something in the elf’s brain clicked together.

He stared at the statue then at you, back to the statue and suddenly his hands wandered over his own face as if to grasp it's lines and shapes.

"You...," he started and stopped. Through your tears you were sure you could see the vampire's pointy ears turn bright pink. "That IS me!"

You were barely able to nod as another fit of laughter shook you. Astarion’s mouth opened several times but no sound came out. A rare occasion to the see the sassy rogue so void of words.

Meanwhile, a bunch of moans could be heard from the other side of camp where Shadowheart collected her won gold from the others.)

"Why would you-", Astarion began and his expression was barely readable while your laughter slowly died down and you were able to kneel back on your feet.

"Didn't you say it yourself? He's quite handsome, isn't he? Now you get to see for yourself again."

Astarion pointed an angry finger at you about to throw another fit but then his eyes fell on the statue again. Now with knowing what it was and what it meant it shut him up immediately.

He took a few steps closer to get a better look. His anger at you momentarily forgotten as he gazed upon his own image for the first time in over 200 years.

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion x tav

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Gale describes Shadowheart as “unspeakable” “a bud on the cusp of bursting into a rose” and as “deadly nightshade”

Gale really is poetic and I’m screaming, crying, throwing up. As a Galeheart shipper this makes my heart so happy. Gale is straight up saying he thinks Shadowheart is beautiful and it’s just so fitting. Ugh. I love this ship so much. Also the way he says all of this, and the way he wistfully looks up at the sky as he talks about her. The man has a crush and you can’t deny it.

#baldur’s gate 3 #galeheart