#bc of the mc voice

[distraughtlesbian]

sorry for speaking my truth it will happen again. i think my main issue with valax’s redemption arc is literally just that there’s never a moment where the mc gets to actually talk to her about what she did—there’s not really a cathartic conversation, so valax and mc moving past what she did to them feels less like forgiveness and redemption and more like an agreement to ignore the elephant in the room

like sure we got to talk about our trauma (in chapter 17 of 20. lol. lmao, even) to the party, but valax wasn’t present for that?? and like, sure, she says once that she is sorry “for the pain she caused [them]”, but there’s a difference Tew Me between “sorry for hurting you ig ✌️😗” and actually being like “yeah, i abducted you and forced you into a magically induced coma and stole your blood and robbed you of a full year of your life and repeatedly tried to murder you, to say nothing of the grief i caused your loved ones. i did all that shit and i’m sorry for it and deeply regret it, and i acknowledge that you don’t owe me forgiveness, but i will spend the rest of my life working to build a better world for my people instead of being my mother’s pawn”, and a difference between “my mother is unhappy with me for saving you :(” and actually like, giving the mc space to talk about the impact of her actions towards them. like girl you are not getting out of this shit with one sentence’s worth of apology and a sex scene lmfao!!!

during the first half or so of the book the focus for mc is not falling the fuck apart bc they have a friend group to tentatively piece together and they’re averse to showing fear in front of valax, so they’re repressing all their trauma—and by the time valax joins the party, the narrative has gone full Valax Cool And Good mode, and fully allows you to flirt with her and tease her and generally stops taking her seriously as an antagonist. which would be all fine and good if we had actually at any point gotten to be like, “hey, you abducting me and keeping me in a magically induced coma and stealing my blood and trying to kill me has actually caused me a lot of lasting fear and pain,” followed by some set of choices wrt forgiving or not forgiving her for all that in light of the revelation that she did all that shit bc her mom tortured and brainwashed her

like why are my friends more pissed off about the time this bitch abducted me and did evil little experiments on me than i am. free valax she did all that shit bc of her mommy issues but i should’ve gotten to call her a cunt just once. pb stop making all your mcs generals in the idgaf war challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

#maeve speaks #playchoices #choices #pixelberry #blades of light and shadow #bolas #choices bolas #choices valax #bolas valax #blades valax #valax #princess valax #valax x mc #JENNY HOLZER VOICE INCORRECT MERCIFUL IMPULSES POSTPONE THE CLEANSING THAT PRECEDES REFORM. #YOU TASTE BLOOD AND KNOW THAT LIFE IS LOVELY FRAGILE AND YOU REMEMBER THAT THE OPPRESSED ERUPT AND MURDER. #the conflict between the shadow and light realms and the nature of the ash empire’s war is interesting. #valax using the mc’s pain as a means towards the ultimate end of a better life for her people is interesting. #but you can’t focus a whole story on revenge—you can’t give your big bad a partly-justified revenge quest—and then just not talk about #forgiveness and vengeance on an interpersonal level. nia forgives aerin no problem. mc forgives valax no problem. #can we get fucking real? and also a grip? and also a clue? do you think i come on this stupid fucking app to swallow rage the way i do irl. #aerin at least acknowledges the myriad ways that he wronged nia and nia gets to be impacted by his actions even a full year later #but EYE am barred from any meaningful discussion with valax abt her misdeeds bc she’s sad and hot? #who let the blades 2 writing team cook 🗣🗣💯💯 #bro out of recipes again 🔥🔥‼️‼️🗣🗣🗣 #bro turned the stove off he aint cookin 🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣‼️‼️ #etc etc. just so many great plot points and characters and FUMBLED execution every time.

[grapecaseschoices]

things i'd like from bg4 or any similar future games

I think BG3 is very detailed; but I would really like it if the backgrounds had mattered more. Or at least for every one. I heard if you're a drow/half-drow noble you get special dialogue with Minthara. But why didn't my Folk Hero!Tav with Wyll [or just in general?] Or my Outlander!Tav with Karlach? I love that your character gets special interaction with all and sundry, at times, re: class and race. But backgrounds make a charcacter. I don't need details. Just a bit of a nod. At least within the camp.

This brings me to point two. I wish there was a way to get friendship points. It is so strange the characters can be 'meh' about you, dislike you [and strongly], but high to exceptional bonds trigger romance. What about close friendships or growing into a family?

Speaking of, I definitely would have love some down time chatter. It is so strange to me that you get a 'this could be our last time in camp' but don't do anything with it. I appreciate the tiefling [or goblin] party. I love the idle banter on the road. But why not a couple of casual fireside chats. As a group?

I love Halsin but the fact that he is the only one we can have a polyamorous dynamic with, is bull. I'm fine with not every character being into polyam -- but maybe research more before diving into it. I am 90% sure Wyll would've been okay with Polyam - a triad too! - if it was Halsin or Astarion [maybe with Lae'zel but I have to play further to be sure]. I could see Astarion and Shadowheart swinging a 'v' dynamic, and being the best [or worst for Tav's sanity] of metamours! Maybe it would have been a hassle for coding to fit every configuration, but we deserved at least a COUPLE of Tav x Origin x Origin loving.

Also, I think we should have been able to encourage - or maybe it could have happened sans MC involvement - the npcs getting together.

#bg3 #baldur's gate #larian studios #i have more thoughts #but that is all im going to say for now #if i got into my frustration about how the only fat characters that are taller than dwarves are evil i'd be here all week #or why is there only ONE character of color in the main cast?? - no karlach doesn't count bc her voice actress is white #i know no one in larian goes here #but if anyone is ever considering an if or a video game! keep this in mind #i really love how games like wayfarer/infamous/dropout/exile [to name to name a few] have 'main' characters who are either #strictly platonic or can differentiate between what dynamic mc will have with the potential romance options #i also love how they have subromances #i wanted to list that too put this was getting long #i also no one but my moots will read this but that's perfect bc we can bitch in peace #nd that's what i wanted to get off my chest #i keep looking at karlach and dammon and being like roflmao why cant theys mooch? #or if pandira was a side/sub romance or lia - i like their fces okay #and im looking forward to adair/shadowheart/halsin but what ive heard there isnt much to be excited about lmao #also there's no bg4. the header is jokes!

[theygender]

For any horror fans out there that haven't read it yet: The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher is SO GOOD. I don't remember ever being so scared by a book

#the hollow places is also very good but it made me feel more like... fascinated than scared #the twisted ones actually has me like... i cant read it alone at night bc i get too spooked lol. i have to read it in bed next to my gf #and then i STILL get spooked. i spent all of last night in between dreams Scared Of Monsters Getting Me #until i woke up this morning and realized wait a second... that was in the book not real life #i am. so pleased by this. it is SO hard for me to find content that actually scares me anymore #and i love the authors voice too. the characters in each book have their own unique voices and both books have way different vibes #but even with that theres still some sort of just... essence that the author brings thats very present in both books and i really enjoy it #would definitely recommend both of them and i will DEFINITELY be checking out more of her books #rambling #edit: im looking at a list of her other books and two of them have a nonbinary mc?? hell yeah!!! #ive never seen a nonbinary person just casually represented in a non-lgbt focused novel. ESPECIALLY not as the protagonist in a horror #t kingfisher I LOVE YOU

[doodlboy]

They're just different flavors of the same guy

#obey me mc #obey me demon mc #avatar of bloodlust #elliot oc #demon el oc #digital art #elliot doodles #*markiplier voice* the loooooooore #they're quite literally the same person #1 just doesn't have a moral inhibitor #the “hey that's fucked up don't do that” device malfunctioned #that is 2 say: if his human version turned off that device he would also be like the demon version. a little chill-er but yk #anywayyyy :] #i like that you cant rlly tell whos hand is holding who's bc the colors r so similar #i gotta work on making more like- eyestrainy detailed pieces #bc this initially was gonna be really complicated w a detailed bg with various items & stuff that correspond 2 the left or right #but i lost the thread of the sweater of ideas i had for said bg so it ended up being flat #cest la vie or smthn ig skddk

[insinirate]

Feels like a new guy appears with increasing frequency. Either they’re not making them like they used to or there are too many

its not like i look for them!!!!! i just check out a piece of pre existing media and get light beam blasted in the face by a guy built in a lab to torment me

#ofc nobody has managed to do it like mc gaia-sama bc he has the triple threat FULL tiger motif canon fangies and the nastiest voice #that a man is capable of and makes me fear for the seiyuus health #< this is excluding my lord sukuna bc its literally not fair to compare anyone to him

[ssalballoon]

i want to say that i love your bg3 art so so much. i'm in awe of your style and use of colour!! i'm going to rotate the feh x bg3 crossover (ljosalfr!gale and dokkalfr!astarion) in my mind because your art is gorgeous. yours sincerely, a gale fangirl

thank you so much, and i'm glad you enjoyed the feh design crossover! i'm always happy to dress gale up in beautiful clothes 🦋💖

i don't know how familiar you are with feh, but i've actually given other characters this butterfly design treatment which you may be interested in! (non-bg3 though, sorry!) driven mainly by my desire to see more male characters in whimsical outfits ^_^

here's ephraim's from feh which kickstarted this obsession of mine, and here are 3 designs from the aitsf series!

#i drew ephraim's bcs i was disappointed male characters aren't getting fairy outfits! #the idea to give non-feh characters this design was inspired by ephraim and the aitsf mc sharing the same voice actor #call that the butterfly effect... in a way i'm glad ephraim never got his fairy alt so that I'd be compelled to draw my own! #baldur's gate 3 #feh #bg3 #my asks #thestarlitnights #fire emblem heroes

[theprinceandthewitch]

I was sitting here thinking about why Sampo sounds so effeminate in the Japanese dub and why he reminded me of a bisexual male character from Ouran Highschool Host Club. In OHSHC this character is portrayed with a... I dont know how to describe it other than a "feminine way of speaking" because he's not straight AND he crossdresses for work. Sampo talks in a similar way to him - it's that way of speaking you always hear from anime male characters who arent straight.

But I couldnt figure out why I made that connection immediately, because these character's are completely different and have different functions within their stories.

AND THEN I remembered how the word  両刀遣い "ryoutoutsukai," is used as a slang word for a bisexual person but also means someone who is a two-sword fencer.

Sampo duel wields swords during battle... I've also heard that this term isn't really used in a positive way either - basically it's used to imply a someone who has unfaithful qualities about them. Basically someone who is disloyal and a cheater. Which doesn't exactly fit Sampo... because you know, we arent dating him. But he is very wily and he uses an "idiotic" persona to hide his true personality and intentions while he pulls the strings behind the scenes. So it's like...

oh...

Oh okay, that's interesting. Honestly I love stuff like this because it makes you wonder what Hoyoverse sends out to the dubbing teams and how each dubbing team has different ways to portray the character.

Another example of changing his character in subtle ways is the "museum theft "Mr. Cold Feet" quest, when you reject Sampo's offer he calls the MC 자기야 [chagiya] in the Korean dub, which means babe/honey and is a word used between couples. While in the English dub he calls the MC brother/sister, which doesnt sound nearly as smarmy as calling the MC honey/babe when they choose to turn Sampo in to law enforcement. I've also read that the Japanese dub is also flirtatious but I'm not familiar with "flirtatious" Japanese words, so I cant tell if he's being flirtatious or not. And I have absolutely no understanding of the Chinese language, so LMAO.

But yeah... very interesting... thank you Japan I will be taking this bisexual representation idc if he's evil or whatever <3

#sampo #sampo hsr #Sampo used to sound more effeminate in english before they tuned it down and made him sound more like a... uh... ''idiot'' kind of characte #I didnt mention that in the actual post bc i forgot to save the english voice comparison video and i dont have time to look for it atm #but i did see it on youtube's short video section if you want to try finding it #In english they make Stelle call herself ''Mrs. Cold Feet'' and its like damn #they really out here shipping the MC with Sampo that's so crazy /j #dont test me i am the type of mf who will replay this game in ALL the languages AND i will play both MC's just to catch the flrtatious #bisexual Sampo lore I WILL DO IT.

[yeonban]

You can tell I'm pathetically gay from a MILE away

#* ooc. / posts. #I would do anything for Aventurine. no ifs and no buts. I skipped DHIL's lc to make sure I can have Aventurine and HIS lc. maybe eidolons #DH and Aha are my precious muses who I also think about 24/7. constantly. #I have signed Yanqing's adoption papers before the game even released a year+ ago so he's been legally my son for ages #JY is DH's husband and an angel of a man so clearly he gets a high spot. YX/Blade have Something about them that attract me #Elio is sb I was considering musing and I LOVE his ability to read the future + his smarts for knowing which is the best path to take #Screwllum is another beloved muse and tbh if I was a Bit more rational instead of gay he'd have been above YX/Blade. #Maybe in another quest or 2 he'll be there anyway ADHISHADUSAJ Sunday is Sunday. Love that insane man #Caelus is one of the VERY few mcs I could say I like (and it's him here instead of Stelle only bc I don't like her voice at all 😭😭😭) #Then of course Sampo managed to wiggle his way in at the last second too. Penacony reminded me of how much I missed him

[violetsareblue-selfships]

asdkjdjkl why is zayne so perfect?? he's so husband material...

#listening to some of the stuff attached to cards i didn't manage to get #and he's just so ughhh #ordered the mc the food she's been wanting to try for ages #and offered to tie her hair up while she's eating... #it's also a little unfair that the game practically gives us asmr style audios #like i was actually getting shivers bc of his voice #and he sounds so cute when he gets all playful and <3333 #i just love him a lot #under the aurora's glow 💖🩺

[echoesofadream]

i need him oh my god everyone i need him

#LISTEN #I started watched kinnporsche #which ive avoided bc one of the mcs is fucking ugly #OH BUT PORSCHE MAKES UP FOR IT #OH MY GOD EVERYONE. EVERYONE. OH HES SO ATTRACTIVE OH MY GOD #HES SO HOT I CANT BREATHE VERY SCENE IM JUST STARING AT HIM AND HEALING MY CHAKRAS OF SOMETHING IM JUST LIKE HFHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #AND HE REMINDS ME OF MINGYU #PERSONALTY WISE AND APPEARANCE #IM GONNA DIEEEE #GOD I WISH HE COULD END UP WITH VEGAS #KINN IS SO OUT OF HIS LEAGUE AND NOT ONLY IS HE UGLY HIS HAIRLINE IS REDECING AND I DONT LIKE HIS VOICE #STILL ITS HOT WHEN THEY FUCKED #I WAS LIKE R THEY DOING BOTTOM PORCHE OR IS TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR SINCE WE SAW HIM FUCK A WOMAN #BUT THEY CAME THRU #AND HES OHMYGOD OHYMGSJGWHGH #IM SO ATTRACTED TO HIM #HES SO ANNOYING AND I WOULDVE HATED THE DRUNK ACTING IF IT WERE ANYONE ELSE #BUT HES SO HOT HE CAN SAY ANYTHING OR DO ANYTHING I DONT EVEN CARE #IM LIKE OH FUCK HES PERFECT NO MATTER WHAT HEDOES #THE CRINGIEST SHIT IS SUDDENLY SO HOT #SCREAMINGSCRAEMSIGNGNNGNGG #HES SO MY TYPE #NOT AN OLD DRAFT I WROTE THIS LAST NITE

[kulemii]

and so anyway, we're in love now. anyone interested in a wedding invite?

#kulemiiplayslove&deepspace #kicking my feet and giggling rn you have no cluuuuuue ahhhhh #saw someone upset that there weren't any black hair options- girl i was just mad that for the longest time all i could change was the bangs #i dont even gaf about the hair I'll pretend im wearing a fresh lil silk press or got a cute lil wig #you know how fucking rare it is to be able to change to a darker skin tone in a game like this??? #I WILL TAKE THE CRUMBS BABY I WILL TAKE THEM hahaha #she's also on the thinner side and you can't change that and i imagine that bothers some people #but tbh it's been kinda standard to not be able to change your figure for so long im used to it #im so happy to not have white hands I'll take anything atp LMAOOOO #there's also voice customization for english but like i said i kinda hated the English dub- #bc of copyright tho you cant modify the jpn voice tho #i was so worried the Japanese mc would have a super high cutesy voice that i couldn't identify with but it's a nice middle ground tbh #so there's it's pros and cons! #i think it's a matter of whose playing and what they personally struggle with that makes them decide what's good or bad about that stuff

[raredrop]

yea ok ill try it

#julie plays video games #please when do u get hair i dont want this hair #i swapped to the jp voices #shame i cant tweak the mc voice bc copyright #i couldnt get my mc to sound good anyway #I MUST BE AS BOYISH AS I CAN

[goofytrait]

just finished the Our Life wedding dlc ... IM GOING TO SOB !!!!

#cove is literally just a baby #me n him r literally the same #autistic w a special interest in fish LMAO #our reception was in the aquarium btw ^^ #bc i have all the dlcs and i love him #oh i finished baxter's dlc the other day i wanted to cry #:( hes literally just a silly little guy someone help him (mc) #anyway shout out to the voiced names add on for having my character name in there :D #it adds something special #going to play derek's epilogue tomorrow ... wish me luck i might cry #OMG SPOILERS FOR SOME OF THE DLCS BUT #RECONNECTING WITH SHILOH AND EVEN JEREMY AFTERWARDS AWHHHH MY HEART #im an xoxo droplets fan so... i appreciate all the little jokes and references lolololol #anyway im so tired but we live we love and we lag

[mcmadcanvas]

Saw that Bring Me the Horizon released a new song about a week ago. Thinking about how i used to listen to them in middle school all the time, back in my emo/scene days, and I figured id give the song a shot.

Bro, modern BMTH is scary and confusing! 😵‍💫

When ur expecting this:

And you get THIS???:

TECHNO JUMPSCARE!!!

To be fair, oli sykes is only the feature artist but DAMN WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!

#bmth #sorry modern fans #i only listened to the 'off the heezay' and 'suicide season' days #mc og #they still do a fair amount of techno on thier own #and yeah #i understand not staying with screamo for the past 20 years bc their voices would be so fuckin shot #they still do a lot of heavy rocking too #but i wanna hear somebody SCREACHING #Youtube

[smoothsailingthroughstars]

opinions on baked beans

It makes me think of things that have not come to pass yet.

I am also thinking of "block-flavored" cereals

#the voices of the atmosphere #{don't read into it too deep no she cannot see the future} #{just bein silly bc of Blue's post on her and Apollo in MC}

[perenlop]

really hate this idea that changing your name is entitled and how ppl use that in media to show that the characters are “bratty” or something. like even aside from how its obviously a shitty dig at trans people, not liking your birthname is like... not an anomaly. its not disrespectful to your parents or whatever to not like your birth name and wanting one that fits you better. like you were named that when you were a featureless infant w no personality or anything like that. its only normal that sometimes they’re hit or miss

#even before i realized i wasnt cis i always wanted to change my name bc i hated my deadname #i saw celebrities that said they had changed their first names and i was immediately like. ''mom dad i wanna do that'' #im seeing secondhand wc discourse abt this but we watched ladybird in film and some ppl debated on whether the mc #was spoiled or not for changing her name. and yeah ladybird is an out there name but lol didnt feel great to hear shit like #''well her not liking her REAL NAME made her so unlikable i cant believe she'd disrespect her mom like that'' #echoed voice