#couple questions ask meme

[itstheelvenjedi]

~couple questions~ for when you need an excuse to talk about your characters/ship 😽

8, 10, 16, 19, 22 and 25

Pick your fav pairings with your tav.

These are from the [~Couple Questions~: For When You need An Excuse to Talk About your Characters/Ship] list for anyone who either wants the list or wants to send some more!

Sorry this one took a while @csphire, I too got a little carried away and wrote probably way more than I was supposed to bwahahaha But I hope you enjoy! 😉 Obligatory disclaimer that there's some very horny/suggestive things in some of these answers, and also there WILL be spoilers for the plot of the game so like. Do not read if you're someone who hates spoilers and hasn't played through the whole game yet etc etc.

Also, I'm playing loosey-goosey with the lore in some respects because I'm here to have a good time, not a 100% canon compliant time. If you don't like that then just stay off my posts for the sake of both our sanities, I beg of you 🙏Rai is a polyamorous bisexual disaster and has a closed polycule with Karlach, Wyll and Dammon (tho I'm going on ~vibes~ and Wyll and Dammon aren't romantically/sexually involved bc I just didn't get that vibe from them while writing. It's a "ah yes, my girlfriends and their cool boyfriend : )" situation from both sides for the guys. They're purely platonic but they both love their girls a whole lot.) And before someone says it, no I don't care that it's not canon in-game. I don't need it to be canon in-game to do it anyway and I will die on this hill so don't try me /hj

commence the spoilers/horniness/etc under the cut! last chance to click away if you don't want to see that! XD (oh also trigger warning for mentions of child abuse/mistreatment, and...idk how best to word it other than discussions of being trained as a child soldier and references to past abuse and trauma. I've tried to blanket cover with trigger tags but ask if you'd like me to add any others I've missed!)

What do they find physically sexiest about each other? Going with Rai and Wyll for this one bc I think they have the best answers! ☺️

Rai: The ✨horns✨. Listen. I get why he's upset about them at first. I do. I totally get it. But come ooooonnnnn!! You CANNOT tell me those babies are anything except sexy as FUCK to tieflings. They're fucking beautiful horns, and I like to think Rai's a big factor in Wyll learning to "live with" his horns and maybe eventually like them. Just a little bit. She loves his horns and she'll use any excuse in the book to get her hands all over them. At first she was offering to help him with the horn care because he really had no clue & asked her & Karlach for help (tho Karlach wasn't touchable at the time so Rai had to step up for the physical "here like this" demonstration and that's prolly where it started lol) then it became a little intimacy habit between them, he doesn't need her help anymore but he's not going to say "no" if she asks/offers, ya know? :3 (honourable mention to the time drunk Wyll at the Grove party complained very loudly about having "bumps and stuff where they absolutely should not be" because Rai's only reaction to that was "OOH~ 👀💖" hahaha)

Wyll: This might sound like a weird one, but probably her tail? Rai's very tail-expressive, if she doesn't force it to keep still by wrapping it around her own leg (or someone else *wink wink*) then it's ALWAYS moving around or giving away her emotions in some way! It started out innocent enough in that his eyes were automatically drawn to it because it moves around so much. Even despite growing up in Baldur's Gate for some time and thus being around a fair few tieflings (from my limited understanding of the lore and stuff thus far, don't lynch me hardcore fans, I've never played tabletop 5E or the other baldur's gate games lmao) he'd never met a tiefling that moved their tail so much until he met Rai. But now he can't help but stare when he thinks she isn't looking (she totally knows and does things with it on purpose sometimes just to tease him because she knows Wyll is staring. Rai and Karlach have a running (playfully ofc) bet going about how long it's going to take Wyll to figure out that she knows he stares, he hasn't figured it out just yet 😉 lol) Honourable mention for her eyes bc he thinks they're very pretty uwu and not at all for smutty eye-contact reasons cough I mean what

What was their last big fight? What did they learn from it? You get a two-for-one with this one bc the two fights are interconnected (pov: one half of your polycule gets into a pretty major lovers' tiff and the other half gets dragged into it as collateral damage anyway. Sorry boys lol )

Both these fights are also the focal plot beats for a Hurt/Comfort oneshot, but alas, I can't get away with being too vague with this or the reasons why it was a fight kinda don't match up with the "what they learned from it" in the 2nd part of the question, so just act surprised a while from now when I post the fic, ok? XD(I've got all the dialogues and whatnot plotted out now, just gotta convert it to written prose 🫶 ) This one ran away with me and got REALLY long, sorry (or you're welcome, I guess? lol)

Rai and Karlach: disclaimer: I know in-game it all kinda happens in the same convo but for some ~creative liberty~ (because I love me some good ol' Hurt/Comfort angst) I chopped the convo in half with the first bit happening before the fight (bc something Karlach says in the heat of the moment kicks it all off) and the latter half of Karlach realizing she does still want to live and is upset that she's still dying happening a couple days later, after the spat is resolved.

Karlach technically starts it after she hits out when they've killed Gortash but I wanna be clear when I say both of them are at fault for it. This is not only their biggest fight but also a powder-keg type of situation where things built up over time till they both exploded at eachother for different reasons, see below :

Karlach's very stubborn about not wanting to go back to Avernus at first - even into Act 3. Wyll and Rai ofc offer to go with her, but initially that doesn't help Karlach feel better. The worst thing she could possibly think of is putting two of the people she loves more than anything through the nightmare that is the Blood War. So when Rai keeps bringing it up and keeps pushing her about it, she snaps. Listen, I love Karlach a LOT and I think she means well, genuinely, and would never hurt her partner's feelings on purpose/maliciously. But she's a Yeller when she gets mad - and with Rai that is a BAD kind of mad to be. We see this in-game especially if you have her with you when you run into Gortash, and her heartbreaking meltdown after you kill him.

Logically, Rai knows the autonomy of getting to make that decision - to choose her freedom even if it means that it comes with death as an unwanted consequence - is important to Karlach, and if she was thinking logically at the time she would of course want to respect that. In theory. In practise however, it turned out "just sit there and watch me die" was not a line Rai was willing to draw. She gets pushy about Dammon's suggestion that they should take Karlach back to Avernus to stabilize her Engine, even when Karlach insists she's made her mind up and doesn't want to talk about it anymore. Rai keeps bringing it up over and over again, and insisting that she and Wyll would both go with her if it'd make it less scary for her, and just refuses to take "no" for an answer etc etc

By the time they kill Gortash and Karlach has her little meltdown she's just had enough of Rai throwing the suggestion into what feels like damn-near every conversation they've had since Dammon broke the news to them in Last Light. So she loses her temper and starts shouting before Rai can say it again.

And the thing about Rai is…she's emotionally reactionary. Whatever energy you give her, she'll bounce right back to you, she can't help it and hasn't quite figured out how to stop doing it at that point in time (though she does get better at it in the future!). If you keep your voice calm and level, she might growl and snap her teeth or smack her tail on something a little bit but eventually she'll match your energy and chill out to just talk about things. But if you yell and scream and shout and call her names? She's gonna yell, scream, and call you names back.

And that's exactly what happens. It's a huge miscommunication/misunderstanding between both of them. Karlach makes assumptions about Rai's past despite the fact that unlike Wyll and Dammon, she'd never really asked Rai about her childhood in Elturel or anything like that (again, I'll stress that I don't think this was done with deliberate malice, but I feel like being a little bit selfish is a realistic character flaw for Karlach to have. She's been through a lot and she gets tunnel-visioned on solving her own problems and when you pair that with Rai's brand of "too busy trying to fix everybody else to fix myself" trauma response and it's just an unfortunate combination. Rai never brought her own trauma up, and Karlach never thought to ask) So as a result, she thinks Rai "got lucky" not being in Elturel when it fell and that as a result, Rai is naïve and doesn't know "how bad" Avernus really was. Meanwhile, while she's certainly not as well-acquainted with it as Karlach and Dammon, Rai's not as ignorant as Karlach thinks. Her Mother Superior was a necromancy wizard, and one of Zariel's goons. The temple where Rai was "taken in" and raised was really just a front for training up either spellcasters or sword-fighters (depending on an individual's aptitude and uhh, the way they figured out where to funnel them was to use them as magical target practise until they either threw a spell back at their "tutors" or the staff agreed that it had been long enough and "they're too slow/useless at magic so idk just give them a sword I guess", basically - most of Rai's scars come from the early years where she was used as every other "student"'s magical punching bag, the rest are from Avarice's rituals, except for the one on the end of her tail which she got when Elturel came back and Rai didn't know the tieflings had been exiled so went back to try and look for Dammon, Rolan, Cal and Lia and ended up being attacked and driven off instead) to be ultimately sent to Avernus for Zariel to toss into the Blood War. She's been the unwilling participant in far too many necromancy rituals and while I haven't quite hammered out the full details of this yet, they were definitely not nice and she's definitely ended up looking some brand of devil or other in the eye before, during said rituals. I'm very much going for the angle of if Rai hadn't been assumed dead and left where she'd run off into the woods and she HAD been in Elturel when it went down? She'd have been just as fucked as Karlach was with Gortash. Straight to the Blood War with her, she would've been Infernal Engine prototype 2.0 and she and Karlach would've met fighting in the Blood War. Karlach doesn't know any of this, and thus makes a flippant off-hand comment that rubs the salt right into the open wound that is Rai's survivor's guilt without fully realising she's done it. Instead of staying to talk it out, Rai gets even angrier and storms off despite poor Wyll's best attempts to try and get between them and calm them down.

Dammon and Karlach: After Rai storms off, she finds herself going straight to Forge of the Nine. It's not a surprise really. She's known Dammon the longest and because Rai already felt bad that Wyll was in-between her and Karlach during their fight (they were having a screaming match in the middle of camp, it wasn't exactly quiet, or pretty D: ) she didn't want to make it worse for him by forcing him to pick a side, so Rai made the choice for Wyll and went to Dammon. Rai's so upset at first that Dammon's terrified Karlach's engine has exploded and Rai's here to tell him she's dead. When he finally calms her down enough for Rai to tell him what actually happened, he…doesn't feel that much better. He's too worried about Rai to go marching back to camp and confront Karlach himself, especially when she asks him "can I stay here tonight? I don't want to go back just yet". But he does stew (I like to think Dammon isn't one to get angry often. And even when he does he's not loud and shouty about it. It's more a broody, quiet, "give you the silent treatment" type of thing)

Karlach's the one, after she's calmed down, who ends up checking Dammon's place when the rest of the party split up the next morning to go looking for Rai after they realize she's still gone. Rai sleeps through Karlach's knocking (she had a hard night, did a lot of yelling/screaming and crying, ya girl passed tf out once Dammon wrangled her into a bath & then bed to sleep it off ;-; ) but Dammon doesn't. He tries to be patient with Karlach but when she starts posturing and growling and snapping at him, Dammon loses his temper right back. Again, he's not a Scream And Shout kind of angry but he is a "Do not raise your fucking voice at me!" kind of angry. It's a side of him that Karlach hasn't seen before and it stuns her so much that it shuts her right up, but Dammon keeps going. He ends up reading Karlach a bit of a riot act about how much, exactly, she'd hurt Rai's feelings because Rai was probably never going to admit it to Karlach herself and it gives Karlach some serious cause for self-reflection. Dammon and Karlach's fight only gets broken up when their back-and-forth finally gets through Rai's Sleepiness and she wakes up and stumbles down the stairs to find them mid-argument. Karlach feels so guilty when she locks eyes with Rai over Dammon's shoulder that she apologises on the spot, which leads to Rai apologising too and they work it out with a little bit of mutual encouragement from Dammon <3

As for what they learned from it: Rai defo gets the longest list but I'll do all 3 of them again bc why the hell not lol

Rai definitely learns to not let her emotions make her careless/less aware of her partners' feelings. As an orphan who was treated more like a tool/weapon by the main parental figure in her life (part of the reason, like Astarion and Karlach, that Astarion and Rai are besties. Cazador treated Astarion like a possession, Avarice raised Rai as a weapon and they're kindred spirits of sorts as a result despite Astarion complaining about Rai being "too nice" XD) for most of her formative years, Rai's emotional maturity very much comes from her stumbling face-first into the lessons/epiphanies herself lol

So she learns to be a bit less "keep my shit to myself but expect everyone to let me deal with their shit" and take up a bit more space/be a bit more communicative about her own trauma. "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you" and "Avernus fucking sucks and they're all haunted by it in some way or another" are the two overarching themes for Rai and her polycule 💖

She also learns to be a bit less impulsive. She ran off because she didn't want to force Wyll to "pick a side", but ended up doing exactly that to BOTH the boys, because she ran off first without thinking it through logically.

Karlach has a little "oh, shit" moment when Dammon sets her straight and she realizes that she never actually asked Rai anything about her time in Elturel or what it was like for her/why she danced around the subject. She just…made assumptions and didn't fact check or think that maybe her assumptions could've been wrong.

For my "version" of the story the snowball effect from this fight culminates in Karlach ultimately deciding that she doesn't want to die. She wants to LIVE. So when they get to the dock at the very end and Rai and Wyll tell her "we won't make the decision for you, but whatever you choose, we're with you". And she chooses Avernus in the end, because even though she's fucking terrified, the fact that after everything they've all been through with something from Avernus dogging their every effort to get away from it, both Rai and Wyll are still willing to go back too. For her. And if they can do it for her, then she can do it for them, and maybe buy Dammon enough time to figure out how to fix her heart for good. (I'm not crying you're crying /lh)

And she also learns that while she has a right to make her own decisions, she cannot presume to make those same decisions for anyone else in the polycule just because she thinks she's protecting them by doing it. She can make those decisions for herself, but she has to let them make theirs sometimes too, even if they're not the decision Karlach wanted them to make.

(honourable/slightly joke-y mention: "Don't piss off Dammon. He's scarier than any Raging barbarian when he's angry" lol)

Bonus Dammon, bc I love him and he's kinda a package deal with Rai /jk. Who gets to wrestle a little bit with guilt (it was his suggestion that snowballed into making his girls fight, after all ;-; ), the guilt from this fight is the straw that broke the camel's back in a biiiiiig pile of guilt he's been carrying around since Rai "disappeared" and he just believed Avarice when she said she was dead and never thought to try looking for her etc. He has to learn to make peace with it, before it starts eating him alive, sort of deal. ;3; Also feel like he gets a bit more comfortable with making his voice heard despite his general introverted nature. If he hadn't been a bit firmer with Karlach she might not have stayed quiet long enough to listen and the spat might've been a lot more drawn out than it ended up being so he gets a gold star for that hahaha

How do they react when the other is upset? How do they try to help?

Sorta-kinda talked about this one in question 10 with Rai and Dammon and Rai and Wyll so I'll do Rai and Karlach for this one! :3

I'd say it depends? Unlike Dammon who just gets angry but not necessarily violent, Rai and Karlach both have a tendency to get aggresisve/violent when the other one is hurt/upset. If its a specific person whose made them upset (and you know. it's not someone they already know/just a misunderstanding between friends) they will start threatening and even actually hurt the person responsible if they can get their hands on them. Be careful with upsetting the other one because you will have a homicidal tiefling on your ass and when she catches you she will rip you in half. Trust me on that one. If Wyll and/or Dammon can't talk her down.

When Raphael starts bothering Rai during the course of the game plot, Karlach has absolutely threatened to rip his face off if he dares lay a finger on Rai. This may or may not become foreshadowing, haven't written/planned anything that far ahead just yet so we'll see when/if I get there hahaha. If its just a general "someTHING happened and I am upset" the default is definitely cuddles. They're both absolute cuddle fiends, esp after Karlach's touchable again. If they're not busy adventuring or helping with camp chores they are huddled on a bedroll snuggling, but this is doubly true when one of them is upset because cuddle piles fix everything. "No you may not bother her until she decides she's done, unless you want IN the cuddle pile too then go ahead". You get the idea lolol

What values do they not share? How do they reconcile those differences?

Going with Rai and Dammon for this one bc they're the first ones that came to mind when I looked at this question!

Rai's definitely a warrior/soldier at heart. Fighting comes naturally to her, whether Dammon likes it or not (and assuming that she'd had a "normal" childhood and not been scooped up by Avarice, this would still be true. Just instead she would've probably ended up a Hellrider instead of an Acolyte). It doesn't mean that he's not going to worry, or freak out, when she charges into something dangerous. Especially because Dammon is the opposite. As I said earlier, I think he can fight, he just chooses not to because he doesn't like it.

From Rai's end, it works perfectly fine. She's never expecting Dammon to come with her into battle, she knows he hates it. But Dammon does worry. He's terrified that one day she'll leave for a battle and never come back. And he won't be there, it'll be Wyll and Karlach by themselves coming back to give him the bad news. Dammon doesn't think his heart can take it. He's definitely had panic attacks before because of worrying about Rai charging off into a fight, but he's had to make peace with the fact that it's in her blood and he can't stop her. A frequent exchange between them before Rai runs right into something dangerous is usually Dammon telling her "I don't need you to be a hero, I just need you to be alive and safe" ( D: ). But he has to learn to trust her when she responds with "I promise you, I am coming back. I'm coming home to you when it's over". The more times she does come back, the more he starts to believe it even if the worry doesn't ever completely go away </3.

Rai always makes sure to "check in" with him before and after a fight as a result. Because even if it seems silly to her, she knows Dammon needs to hear her say it. (Also I think once they end up in the closed polycule with Karlach and Wyll, and knowing that they're there to watch eachothers' backs helps Dammon's anxiety be a bit less bad!)

What's different about their backgrounds? Do those differences affect the relationship?

And again bc they were the first pair I thought of after looking at the question, Rai/Wyll ✨

Rai's an orphan, with the Acolyte background because she was raised in a temple in Elturel and the closest thing to a "parent" she ever had was her Mother Superior, Avarice (who is also a Bhaalspawn a.k.a canon-divergent Durge). Even then, Avarice was not at all nurturing past the absolute bare minimum and by that I mean "don't kill the child soldier before she's been put to use in the Blood War" kind of deal. She has no memory of her biological parents whatsoever and doesn't really even know what having parents feels like.

Wyll on the other hand at least has his dad. But as a result of her childhood, Rai doesn't really…understand, the father-son dynamic that Wyll and Ulder have because she never had anything even close to that in her formative years. She's never deliberately confrontational with Ulder but it definitely takes her a LONG time to warm up to him after Wyll tells her about how he ended up pacted with Mizora as a result of what went on between him and his dad. She doesn't want to make things difficult for Wyll (on purpose) or tell him he can't have a relationship with his father. But she definitely doesn't GET it for a good long while and I think that would definitely bleed over into her relationship with Wyll until she can work through it.

(also something to be said for the Nobility/essentially a street urchin class-gap possibly? But no immediate anecdotes come to mind as of typing this. Just that I think that def creates some differences of experience for them that I'll prolly expand upon/explore more as I write more for them! :D)

Who said "I love you" first?

Aaand for this one, I'mma do all the Tav(Rai) ships again, because I think they're all equally cute and I can't just do one sorry! :D So here we goooo, in no particular order ~

Rai and Dammon: Both, pretty much. As discussed in question 10, Rai and Dammon have known eachother pretty much their entire lives. Their "I love you" was a "both of them blurted it out at exactly the same time" deal. When Zevlor recognised Rai and thus let them into the grove, and she started milling around and reconnecting with old friends/acquaintances/found family from Elturel, it takes her a little while to come across Dammon because his makeshift forge is tucked so far into the back of where the tieflings are staying. And while he's close with the other tieflings, Dammon does prefer to keep to himself so when there's a commotion at the gate he doesn't think it's his place to go sticking his nose in. It's probably something to do with a fight, and ever since Avernus he doesn't want much to do with fighting anymore (I'm also a "Dammon is an introvert" truther. And while I think he can wield a sword I feel like he very much chooses not to. Avernus fucking sucked my dudes, and I don't think he enjoys being on or around a battlefield AT ALL after getting back, though he will craft/fix weapons, armour, shields etc for his friends and family and if it called for it (like helping protect the tiefling kiddos during the grove raid, or defending Moonrise with the Tadpole squad and the Harpers) he will pick up a sword and fight if he HAS to. But he'd very much rather not if he has the choice between fighting or not.)

Eventually, she wanders to the back where his forge is and suddenly Rai is hit with a wave of recognition when she catches sight of Dammon and realizes it's him. She ends up getting his attention by calling out to her and at that point he almost burns himself dropping the weapon he'd been putting through the coals because as far as Dammon thought, Rai had died during the fuss with Elturel and he couldn't believe she was here - cue them both almost strangling eachother with hugs, a lot of tears and a very rushed out "I love you" because with the way Rai was carting around looking for a way to get un-tadpoled, they had no idea if there would be a "next time" that they saw eachother alive again and "I need you to know". ;3;

Rai and Wyll: Wyll went first here, but only just. Rai and Wyll's "I love you" was very much both of them were waiting for the other one to say it first because they were worried it was Too Soon(tm) otherwise. Wyll was the one that cracked first and Rai said it back ahem I may also have a fic for this hence why this one is so short, I don't want to spoiler y'all before I'm done w/ the oneshot and that was that.

Rai and Karlach: Rai went first, she'd known she loved Karlach for a while (I'd even make a cheesy "love at first sight" argument for these two tbh lol). Post-Engine upgrade 2, Karlach had a good cry when she realized it had worked, and as she cuddled and comforted her a little "I love you" slipped out into Karlach's hair. Karlach wasn't too far behind, it pretty much went down how it does in-game after they finally get to go to bed on that same night because I just think her getting so excited and yelling "ILOVEYOUTOO!" back at Rai is so goddamn cute that I have to keep it in there ;3; ❤️

#bg3 sort of #couple questions ask meme #mildly n/sfw #suggestive #long post #elven's bg3 headcanons #bg3 oc: tief!saarai #tiefling tav #saarai/wyll #saarai/karlach #saarai/dammon #saarai/karlach/wyll #saarai/karlach/dammon #thank you for picking very fun questions i had a blast writing these #''everyone deserves their own polycule'' truthers unite :P #i am very normal about rai and her polycule (i am physically incapable of being normal about how much i love them. Ever /hj) #also pretty sure i read somewhere that tief tails *aren't* prehensile anymore?? but they are to me so the lore can fight me lmao #also also both wyll and dammon *are* also bi because in her other verse rai's polycule is all-bi so #it makes sense to make dammon bi as well (and wyll is ofc also bi anyway in-game) #so it's not that they're het here they just *happen* to not have a vibe with eachother is all lmao #we had that convo with drunk wyll at the grove party and i couldn't stop fucking laughing #wyll. baby boy. sweetie pie. firstly she loves you *anyway* you silly (affectionate) man. #but besides that; you're complaining about bumpy/spiny dick as if that's not something that's like. if it's *not* canon for tieflings #it *should* be [nodding emphatically] #so you just got 10x as attractive between that and the horns #(actually now that i think about it... #that's prolly about the point in time that wyll realises rai has been doing the fuck-me tail *at him too* and not just at karlach #bc that was her *immediate; instantaneous* response to his complaint about the bumpy dick lmfao) #i love him so much #tw: child abuse mention

[chrissy-n-eddie]

11 and 30 for the relationship ask :)

I just did 30 so I'll so 11 <3

What good do they bring out in each other?

I love this question! obviously eddie brings out a kind of ease of being in chrissy that she would find very difficult to access without him. for eddie my fave headcannon for what he learns from chrissy is a drive or capacity to make change... ok let me elaborate. like chrissy is cheer captain... I can see here also as head of a few other extracurriculars, sports teams, fundraisers, volunteering, etc. (anything to get out of the house). so when eddie goes on a rant about the state of the world and the status quo chrissy is like oh! why don't you [volunteer for the cause, petition an elected official, raise money, start a group, etc.] and encourages him to direct some of his rage at the world into advocating for better things. of course this is partially because she comes from a world in which she has the tools and position of privilege that allows her to make her voice heard but I think that would be good for him.

#plus like a hundred other things #they are always learning and growing together etc #couple questions ask meme #thank you for the ask! <3

[ambrosiagourmet]

going to the Marcille & Laios unspoken mutual understanding and casual physical intimacy store. does anyone want anything.

#I think they should casually hold hands n stuff in post canon #extra funny to think about in context of like. potential Kabru/Laios too #Marcille holding hands with Laios and strolling in the gardens chatting with him daily meanwhile Kabru is sweating bullets thinking about #if it would be too forward to pick a leaf off of Laios’s cloak #actually tho more genuine question would people be interested in like a fic prompt ask meme or smth??? idk #i still need to finish a couple more asks from the other one…

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

Quick i need you to assign mbti-types to your favourite romans

(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator/MBTI)

Pompey: Took an online MBTI quiz five times until it gave him the result he wanted.

Caesar: Can't take an MBTI test because he figured out how to cheese the questions.

Crassus: Sells people MBTI tests.

Cato the Younger: Rants about MBTI being a sign of everything wrong with modern society.

Bibulus: Has never taken an MBTI test but is sure he's an INTJ.

Caelius: Assigns everyone he knows to MBTI types based on vibes. Uses this to judge whether they're "compatible."

Marcus Agrippa: Tells people MBTI is not evidence-based, perpetuates false ideas about how cognition works, and is used as a cover for employment discrimination, thus making it no better than astrology.

Maecenas: Tells Agrippa to lighten up, it's just a silly personality test.

Octavian: Fervently believes in MBTI AND astrology.

Mark Antony: Thinks MBTI must be the initials for some Marcus B_____ Tiberius he's never met.

Cicero: Hired a psychologist for a real personality test and discovered too late he'd signed up for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory which takes about five hours plus interviews and debriefing. Left the building with an accidental diagnosis, pamphlet for local support groups, and existential crisis.

#problems with the MBTI: 3/4 of its scales don't reflect objectively measurable traits in populations #(only the introversion/extroversion trait is clearly attested) #the 16 possible results are then based on treating these 4 scales as dichotomies #but they're actually spectrums and most people score in the middle #so two folks could answer similarly but get classified very differently based on just a couple minor questions! #sorry for the rant haha. this comes up at my job often so i have strong opinions #if you want an evidence-based fun personality test check out the 'Big Five' test at openpsychometrics.org! #mbti #roman politicians in strange places #just roman memes #just roman asks

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#submission #I actually have seen this meme because someone sent it to my supervisor at some point and she showed it to all of us ajdbkajs #working with a bunch of gay autistic math nerds fucking rules lmfao y'all have no idea #one of my bosses is super into sci fi and is also a math teacher and puts star trek and firefly and buffy and hitchhikers guide etc etc #references in EVERYTHING he makes. I took a math class from him once and all of the test questions were about some fuckin show #whenever he runs meetings he asks us questions based on star trek usually. recently in a meeting he asked us to choose the best captain #I'm one of only like 3 people who watches all of this shit so I looove going to meetings when he runs them #bc he'll ask some fuckin question like who's the best star trek captain. and the 3 of us who knows what's going on will just start arguing #while everyone else looks around like what the fuck is going on right now (this one always gets the newbies) #my ALL TIME favorite Jake moment tho was when I was there one night and there were no students so we were all just hanging out #and Jake walks out of his office and he looks kind of annoyed. and he's a big dude like super tall and broad and loud as hell #so I can hear him like mumbling shit all annoyed and I'm like hey Jake what's up? you doin ok? #and he sighed and was like no. the schools internet filter started blocking my FAVORITE board game forum #and now when I have a thought I can't just look it up to see if anyone's said anything about it. and that's like ALL I do. it's so annoying #and I was like Jake maybe that's why they blocked it akddjkansbdjsdbebs #god I love that dude. and this barely mentions my other supervisor who is autistic and pansexual and married to a woman #and both of them foster several kids. Jake has like 10 fuckin kids or smth bc he was fostering a couple of kids and then he got married #and she already had children and then they had a baby together. idk he's got like a whole baseball team they're very cute

[13eyond13]

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#Sorry but since I am on year 6 of running this blog I have little patience for people being weird at me here now #and im too tired for it and going to block you if i feel like you continuously make my blogging experience uncomfortable #I like reblogging the art and memes and seeing what's going on but not fielding the weird stuff so I'm turning asks off and also #I don't want to answer ask-like questions in private messages either but I can't turn them off completely #or else I would turn them off too... so not trying to be mean but please don't send me any more #if I didn't answer you there the last time. I'm saying this bc I like interacting w most of yall but at this moment I want it to be #not as an ask blog... but just chilling next to you as some guy looking at memes if that makes sense #I might turn asks on again sometime later on if I actually have new stuff to talk about #like when duff note finally comes out #This is not directed at most people here but just a couple btw thx! #p

[barry2018-2023]

the fact that I'm still doing my youtube after over a year and still under 1k subscribers is like actually unbelievable..can I call myself braver than any US marine for this..

#abandoned youtube channels is such a meme and i am out here asking the question. what happens when a channel refuses to be abandoned? #its me and my five loyal fans against the world. i mean. at least a couple people have parasocial relationships with me. #if thats not an accomplishment idk what is

[ainyan]

Under what circumstances would they feel protective?

Kal'istae feels most protective of Thancred whenever he's faced with an emotional problem. When it comes to dealing with physical threats, Kali trusts that he can handle anything that comes his way. But Thancred still struggles to handle anything having to do with emotion, and so Kal'istae takes it upon herself to be his Perfect Guard against any threat to that thread-thin stability that he has won himself.

Thancred, on the other hand, is most protective of Kal'istae when she's faced with a decision in which one option might be self-sacrifice, whether great or small. Knowing as he does his wife's complete lack of self-care and awareness of any danger to herself, he takes upon himself to stand between her and any decision in which she might blindly jump into the fire without considering less dangerous options.

Curious about my couple development? Ask away!

Thank you for the ask!

#asked and answered #ask meme #meme: questions about couple development #kal'istae miurani #thancred waters #kalicred

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Me poking my manager with a stick: Sir do you have Tumblr?

#i speak #missy's occupation #this is not assistant manager who DEFINITELY has a tumblr #this is MANAGER #dad vibes manager #i haven't asked him yet #but he's definitely quoted a couple of tumblr posts to me #but like. ones that have solidly escaped containment so he could have seen them on fb or something #but then today i told him i fought something (work-related) and he asked me if i won #then laughed to himself #and quoted the 'are you winning son?' meme #and idk where else that is? #maybe reddit #but he really doesn't seem the redditor type #he actually r e a l l y seems like the fandom type #in ways #especially about lotr #it's just a question of if he knows all this exists

[csphire]

For the couple questions meme, 2, 5 and 17 for Tavetha/Dammon, and 3, 6, and 15 for Anna/Astarion? 👀

In my excitement, I may have gone a little overboard. Be warned @itstheelvenjedi heheh...

Tavetha/Dammon (From Sweetums and Sunshine) 2. Do they like each other's friends? Do their friends like them? I would like to think so, after an adjustment/getting to know you period most people go through.

At worst, there is a very real but still playful rivalry between Tavetha and Rolan where they try to magically outdo one another but also swap little tricks like baking recipes. Come to think of it they exchange those too. Lia, Cal, and her will also gang up on and mercilessly tease Rolan but only when he gets too full of himself. Dammon often will back one of his oldest friends up if three of them get too roundy. Tavetha’s little secret pet project when it comes to Rolan is finding him someone special. Since Lia and Cal have seemed to find their someones she’s deep down worried about Rolan feeling lonely.

As for Dammon when it comes to Tavetha’s friends, he's a little shy and unsure of how to be around Astarion and Lae’zel the most at first. The elf is so outgoing, rule-bending, and flirty, and our favorite blacksmith I see as more reserved, straight-laced, and introverted. Until Astarion learns to dial it down and Dammon realizes he needs to loosen up a little, things are polite but a touch awkward. Dammon also had zero clue how to chit-chat with Lae'zel until the subject armor and weapons were brought up. But even then their knowledge only overlaps a little as they come from two very different standpoints of user and creator. However, she doesn’t look down on him for not being a warrior and offers to give him a few pointers on how to dodge and at least avoid getting hit. She also respects his craft and provides feedback on how to improve the designs of weapons and armor from her experiences in combat of what works and what doesn’t. 

When it comes to Gale, Dammon is an expert on how to chat a wizard up as his father is one and he spent most of his childhood growing up around them and other magically inclined peers. He finds Gale far more charming, and believe it or not, humble than most he’s delt with in the past. 

Shadowheart, Halsin, Jaheira, Misnc, and Dammon are perhaps the most indifferent to one another but not unkindly so. Honestly, I just can't think of anything they could talk about besides the weather, swap a few stories, and debate over current events. My version of Dammon is he struggles a bit with idle conversation but he tries his best to be at least a polite listener. But if you come to him with a problem he’s great at providing thoughtful questions to help guide them to a solution. 

Out of all of Tavetha's friends when it comes to Zevlor, Dammon is ever polite but it's for her sake alone. Like many tieflings from Elturel, he struggles with trusting their former leader or staying civil for long. Not after what Zevlor did and the events that unfolded in the Shadow Cursed lands. Anger will slowly build in Dammon the longer Zevlor is around. Eventually, Dammon will need to excuse himself or he will, in rare form, lose his temper and start calling out and confronting Zevlor about what he did. Perhaps it's easier for Tavetha to forgive the older tiefling because she did not witness the slaughter that resulted firsthand. But then she understands more than Dammon about what it was like to hear the Absolute's voice and fall prey to it. These realizations came to both of them after a few long, painful, but necessary talks after Zevlor paid his first few visits.

On a lighter note, I like to think Dammon and Tavetha also end up spending time with other married/coupled friends such as Bex and Danis, Wyll and Karlach as well as Alfira and Lakrissa.

5. How do they sleep? 

In true dragon sorc fashion, Tavetha tends to make both a nest of and hoard the covers as well as sprawl over the entire bed. But at least she drapes over or even sleeps on top of Dammon protectively rather than pushing him out of it. That is when he's not spooned up behind her with his chin resting upon the top of her head and his every limb wrapped around her. 

These two are, in Astarion’s words, “the most absolutely disgustingly clingy cuddle whores” when they sleep together. They rarely sleep apart. Both run hot, and after so many cold nights apart, as they made their way to Baldur’s Gate separately, they crave a lot of skin-to-skin contact and sharing their warmth. So sharing a small bed or snoozing together on a lounger of some sort is not a problem for them. If they drift off after sex Dammon will usually hold her very close and even stay inside her. Yes, they are that clingy. Perhaps another factor as to why this happens is during the day Dammon and Tavetha are pretty focused with their various projects. Some of it is sweaty and usually, it's Dammon who doesn't want to get Tavetha dirty. So until they both call it a day and wash up they only share a few pecks at most.

Mindful of the sharpness of his horns Dammon rarely if ever ends up falling asleep on Tavetha’s breast or stomach and the same goes with any other guest to their bed. He’s not a fan of wrapping or capping his horns at night. So he takes care to keep his head up above anyone else's. He gets a little nervous over his vestigial wing tips and clawed toes scratching her too so he’s picked up the habit of filling them down a little to blunt them and sometimes even wearing a nightshirt or socks to bed. 

Is Dammon’s tail wrapped about her calf, thigh, hip, or waist? Oh yes, nearly all of the time. He doesn’t sleep well and struggles to fall asleep even if he can’t wrap his tail around some part of her. Tavetha doesn’t mind one bit. If she had a tail, she's be wrapping it around him right back. His only presents a minor challenge if she needs to sneak off to pee or raid the kitchen in the middle of the night.

17. Do they believe in marriage? Yes but… they are open to more partners to create a semi-closed polycule. They don’t sleep with strangers or do anything on a whim, it’s just not their thing. Careful consideration regarding all parties and a deep and trusting friendship must come first. Dammon and her are most of the time a package deal. They live together full-time at his forge and are the first to marry and start trying for a baby once the city is saved. 

So their other partners, what’s the setup? Karlach of course Dammon and Tavetha pounced once she became touchable. She was the first they both fell in love with hard and together they helped her make up for ten very long and frustrating years. Astarion’s interest was peaked by all this but he wasn’t ready for anything more than flirting, cuddling, and kissing until a few months after his master was slain and the elder brain was destroyed. When Karlach had to go back to the hells that’s when she and Wyll grew very close and fell deeply in love. 

Who all stays with them? Mostly Karlach and Wyll once her heart is all sorted out along with Astarion before that. All three of them are the more extroverted ones who work outside of the home and play a hand in helping run the city. Tavetha and Dammon are both introverted artisans who spend all day making things at home. Dammon of course is busy making his weapons and armor. Tavetha creates and enchants jewelry and even some of Dammon's finished pieces. They don’t deal with customers directly so much anymore and leave that task to Cal, Lia, or Rolan at Sorcerer's Sundries who take a small cut.  

All five of them are intimate with Halsin and Shadowheart too but only on occasion as they both only visit once in a great while. 

Look, it’s not as wild as one thinks. Not everyone is having sex constantly with everyone else. Some couplings happen once in a blue moon. There’s more swapping of partners, group cuddles, and only occasional threesomes or foursomes. An all-out orgy is rather rare and just sometimes happens. Once or twice a year at most and it’s never really planned. 

Habits over time have emerged too on who sleeps more with whom. Karlach and Wyll tend to pair up more together. The same goes with Tavetha with Dammon. Astarion tends to split his time among the four equally. He likes sleeping in between them all if only to get extra warmed up and spoiled. He occasionally goes off to pay a visit to Sebastian or Halsin. He also has unspoken dibs to pounce Halsin first whenever he comes to the city. Shadowheart prefers just to have sex with Tavetha, Karlach, Wyll or Halsin on occasion. But honestly most of the time everyone is cuddling and kissing far more than having sex.

Gale and Lae’zel have been offered to join in however they please but both have declined so far as polyamory is not their thing and that’s okay.

(This all sorta just evolved because I can’t stand the idea of some of the characters missing out on various romance options. I love all of them and like to think in Faerûn polyamory is far less stigmatized and vilified.)

Anna/Astarion (From Rosemary, Lilacs, Lilies and Bergamot and Purples, Blues, and Gold.)

3. What's their favorite thing to tease each other about? 

They don’t tease each other a great deal. They’re surprisingly gentle and reassuring with each other’s egos. Well, at least at first once they figure out each other’s limits it does pick up. They bicker like an old but still very happy married couple right from the start.

Instead of disapproving at worst, Astarion now only teases Anna for being still such a bleeding heart for every charity case they come across. 

Anna tends to tease him for primping more than she does. When it comes to going anywhere it’s him that always makes them “fashionably late.”

They joke over their mutual little crushes regarding Dammon, Wyll, and Karlach. Astarion especially loves to point out Anna seems to have a strong preference for the infernally touched.

Lastly, they do imitate one another but this also kind of falls into what habits they take from one another too.

6. Do they have pet names for each other? Do they like them?

It took Anna a while to use one pet name on the regular which she secretly settled upon the moment she began to fall in love with him. She fell fast and hard for him, despite her jaded heart and his few red flags. One of her flaws is although she can charm and flirt causally as well as any warlock, deep down she doesn’t have much confidence when it comes to romance when she starts to deeply care about someone. Other more generic endearments such as my dearest, husband, my dear, sweetie, and honey all came easy. But calling him Star for some reason felt more important and deeply personal.

Similar to Astarion she’s been hurt deeply in the past, feels tainted, and unworthy of love. She can be triggered too, freeze up, and even lash out just as bitterly as he does. She can hide it most of the time and seem aloof and calm but in reality, she might be silently panicking and figuring out how to flee a situation that’s overwhelming her emotionally. 

The first time she called him Star was when they were in the full throws of having sex for the first time. As she climaxed, harder than she had ever had before, she couldn’t hold back and it slipped out in a half-choked and moaning kinda way against his ear. Astarion chucked it up to just an interruption or cut off on his name and didn’t think much of it. The second time she screamed it when he took a particularly vicious strike, dropped like a stone, and blacked out. After that, she would murmur or whisper it on occasion when fast asleep or when she thought he was deep in his revelries as they cuddled together in his tent.

Astarion found her singular unique endearment for him sickeningly too adorable, lazy, and hardly original. (He also loved it dearly.) Worse a quiet desperation would grow in him if more than a few days went by without him hearing that “utterly silly nickname pff” pass her lips in some form or another. Something about the name Star lightly scratched at the barrier to his memories before he was turned. He could only guess that perhaps someone long ago used that term of endearment too. His mother? A lover? A friend? He had no idea but whenever Anna called him Star he felt like he reclaimed a small piece of home. 

He made a point to at least offer a delighted soft knowing smile when she slipped and called him Star for the first time in front of the others. Even better it took her a few seconds to realize what she had done before she so deeply blushed the cutest shade of pink and clamed up. He will never forget how she offered a slow shy smile back when he drew near and she instantly relaxed when he kissed her forehead. When it dawned on her that he was not annoyed or would mock her choice the only time he now hears his full name is when she grows cross with him or is striving to be very serious. 

As for Astarion’s pet names for her, we all know he calls the player character darling, dear, and my sweet. But there is one I have for just Anna that came about because I used to daydream a lot about her playing with his pewter (I’m guessing) buttons on his old coat in Early Access. 

She played with them whenever they cuddle. One in particular she messed with far too much to the point it ended up wiggling loose and just popping off in her hand. She’s a touch horrified and unsure what to do as she knows he takes great pride in his appearance. With someone else, who was abusive to her in the past, this kind of thing would have also resulted in her getting screamed at or worse. So in a moment of panic, she tucks it away into her pocket. Thankfully, he doesn’t notice it’s missing until later and assumes it just fell off at one point during the day. 

Since it’s the third button down on his left side he mentions he’ll just need to relocate one of the lowest ones or one from under his belt to make the loss less obvious. But he will still be missing one and she can tell it deep down bothers him a little bit more than he will ever admit. She, of course, riddled with worry and guilt, offers to repair it for him. But before she can confess to accidentally tearing it off, he assures her a missing button is hardly of consequence. They do face bigger problems after all. He insists he can repair it himself and for her to not make such a fuss over it. So she reluctantly relents and decides to keep his button safe upon a bit of cord about her neck. 

After every skirmish from then on, she developed a habit of checking him over for any damage, his coat included. He in turn does the same for her. Most of his attacks are ranged and even when he needs to get closer a majority of their enemies' hits never land. To his relief, he also doesn’t lose any more buttons, and any cuts or tears to his flesh or coat he manages to patch up overnight. Sometimes they help one another with soothing wounds. But there are a few nights when he feels more peckish than usual and in abundance of caution he advises her to keep her distance.

Gradually he also notices she fiddles with his coat buttons far less after he lost the one. Even going so far as to snatch her hand back to play with something about her neck on occasion instead. 

He can never make out what it is as it seems so small that at first, he thinks she is just pinching a tiny button upon her coat shirt. Or it’s some old trinket she had on her before they were abducted he assumes. His curiosity is piqued but he never presses her about it as whatever it is seems to soothe her nerves or bolster her confidence again when feeling low. She would often seek to hold it while discussing their options and next move. Perhaps it held a helpful enchantment of incredible value if she so zealously hid it away from everyone, him included. Or it’s something her patron gifted her that would keep them in touch. Whatever it was he tried not to take it personally as it was just one little thing she decided to keep only to herself.

But then one night it happened. A small glint of something slipped free from her slack fingers as she drifted off to rest. Unable to resist he takes a peek and finally, spies in the darkness what she holds so very dear to her heart. 

His missing button. Incidentally, one that had also been closest to his own heart, and in that moment he realizes just how deeply she truly loves him.

As if the pet name she calls him softly now and then, after the first night they made love, had not made it abundantly clear. With a smile, he finally settles upon a new and equally unique endearment for her and rests lightly until dawn.

The moment she stirs he breaks his trance leans in and affectionately whispers, “Good morning... my dearest button.”

”Mmm wha... good morning to you too my star,” she murmurs back with a confused but happy glow to her features under his warm gaze. Her mind is a little sluggish having just woken up. It takes a few moments before what he called her sinks in and she gives a little gasp of guilt. Her hand reached and clasped his simple button tight.

He wonders what she was bracing for and realizes, "You tore it off, didn’t you?"

"I didn't mean to! And I did try to offer to sew it back on. Still, I should have given it back. I'm-"

"No, I want you to have it,” he assured her before she could apologize. None was needed. Her sentimental nature tickled him as he teased, "If only you will spare my others."

15. What habits or characteristics have they picked up from each other?

What habits did Astarion pick up from Anna? Hum…this is a tough one. Aside from now having a slightly more charitable nature, humming. Yes, she hums often as she’s too shy to sing and is better at remembering a melody over lyrics. He’s not as good at it. He’s more nasally and rougher sounding. He kinda teases her with it by coming up behind her or another and playfully humming extra horribly when he wants attention.

In a small way to show affection, Anna would often help tidy him up. Pluck some leaves out of his hair, brush off some lint upon his shoulder, and adjust something just a bit off or out of place. Of course, at first, she always asked. But once he started doing it back seeking permission first defaulted to them just plucking and grooming one another on the regular like two cooing and fussing love birds. 

What ones does Anna pick up from Astarion? Some of his more dramatic mannerisms and expressions. “What in the sweet hells were you thinking!” and simply declaring, “Shit” when she knows she fucked up for starters. All and all she learns how to move more gracefully and even strut a little thanks to him.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #couple questions meme #dammon #dammon x tav #astarion x mc #polyamory #karlach #Wyll #this was fun #ty for the asks

[disastermages]

How do you see Yanli adjusting or managing the Uncleam Realm, especially during the sunshot campaign.

Would the unasumming daughter of JFM show her ruthlessness like her mother when faced against the threats of Wen Ruohan and his sons? Or would Yanli and Huaisang do subterfudge and spying instead and the war ends up earlier?

in my professional, slightly off my rocker opinion, jyl can run her shit just fine. in canon we don't get to see how she adjusts to koi tower and the viper pit that it is, but I refuse to believe that she just walked in unprepared to play whatever social games they were playing there. I don't think she'd have to go to the same levels in the unclean realm, but I do think she would need to toughen up a little at first before she could let the softness shine through

#asks #ask meme #idk if you were one anon or a couple anons but i hope i answered your questions ok!

[nukenai]

i havent looked at the transformers asks yet so i will throw random numbers: 3, 11, 19, 22, 31, 39

Oh man this'll be good

3. Favorite Autobot(s)

THIS IS THE MOST COMPLICATED QUESTION ON EARTH. Usually I go ahead and say Fixit but, MAN, THE SHOW DOESN'T LET HIM HAVE AN AUTOBOT INSIGNIA, SO DOES HE EVEN COUNT?? If he doesn't count because he's just a little baby boy Minicon then I'd have to say TFP Ratchet. I love old men so much.

11. Favorite ship(s)

I'll behave and answer this question appropriately. I cannot get over TFP Ratchet and Optimus and how married they are. They turn me to mush.

19. A character you love that no one else seems to

I am the only person on the planet who gives half a shit about RiD Drift which is good because he's MY fuckING BO YFRIECND

22. A pairing you hate that no one else seems to

I know I'll go to jail for saying I've never gotten the appeal of IDW Ratchet and Drift, which is literally canon, but here I am, saying it and being braver than any US Marine. I wouldn't go as far as to say "hate" but MAN DOES IT KINDA BORE ME.

31. Favorite siblings

Do RiD Slipstream and Jetstorm count?? Because even though the show doesn't say anything directly, they are adopted brothers and Drift is their fUCKING FATHER. So.

39. Would you recommend it to others

Transformers in general??? Absolutely. There's so much goddamn shit to watch and read, I truly believe there is a Transformers series for EVERYONE that can become their favorite. All of the shows and comics have such different vibes that unless you hate robots or something (what the fuck is wrong with you), anyone can absolutely find at least one part to adore.

#there are a couple questions on the list that made me flinch but i'm glad none of them are here #and i have a good actual answer for 19 that won't get me glared at djhgsjkdfhgdfg #ask memes

[chrissy-n-eddie]

Who said "I love you" first? - Hellcheer

okay I think this would be kind of a fraught moment for them even when they get together. for eddie he probably hasn't heard "I love you" that much in his life -- wayne seems like a very kind but also stoic man who might have trouble expressing something like that. so for eddie this would be a Massive Deal.

versus chrissy, who I would imagine had been saying it to jason for years, but has never felt it this deeply before. plus there's that thing about who says it first... maybe chrissy would want eddie to say it first because she knows its his first real relationship and doesn't want to scare him off

on the other hand they both would fall ridiculously hard and fast. but maybe there's a dynamic of them getting together very close to graduation so that lack of certainty about what they're going to do post-hawkins and if their relationship will last. I can see it being an issue where eddie is scared of saying it and then being abandoned. but this being exacerbated by chrissy's need to hear it. altho they are ridiculously crazy in love so this can't go on for too long.

I think eddie's inherent kind of self-effacing honesty would win out in the end and he would say it first no matter what he thought the result would be. chrissy immediately bursts into tears.

#hellcheer #couple questions ask meme #thank you! <3

[aparticularbandit]

3, 17, 19 please!

DEEP FIC WRITER ASKS

3) what fic are you emotionally attached to?

Luisa and the Fox. ...I feel this one might be expected at this point, so I went through and looked at all my other fic and like. Of them all, this is still the one to which I'm the most emotionally attached. >.>;;

17) What’s the best engagement/interaction/feedback you’ve received from someone who’s read your work?

I was actually afraid of getting this question because like. How do you quantify best engagement/interaction/feedback? SO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS I NEED YOU TO KNOW. FIRST OFF. But actually, I honestly think it is less the comments/etc. than it is, like, getting to know other writers in the different communities and making friends? Which is...the interaction bit? So becoming friends with you and Belle and Cait through Roisa stuff (or Skylar through Agatha stuff) - and like getting to pop into people's DMs or discord or whatever and just rant and ramble about ships AND CAUSE EACH OTHER PAIN is. the best interaction I get from people who have read my stuff. ^^

19) If you could write an ideal fic, what would it include?

Pain, obviously. ;) No, it would - I've reblogged a thing about narrative distance recently, I think - yeah, this post - and my ideal fic would play with the concept of narrator as distinct from character POV so that you've got the narrator who's telling the story to you who can occasionally comment on things or speak directly to you, the reader, without it feeling weird, in a comforting sort of way. But also the ideal fic would employ second person (kind of like in What Dreams May Come with Viola or in Finding Family with Agatha (when she was stuck in Agnes)), which I'm not sure is compatible with that sort of narrative voice.... It would probably include some super in-depth world-building but not, like, Tolkein world-building, but taking our world and making one difference and then extrapolating from there (like with the soulmate timer stuff). It would be queer, but not necessarily lesbians queer (although there would probably be wlw stuff in it, tbh). A lot of angst. A snarky anti-villain turned anti-hero. A woobie destroyer of worlds. Someone who has turned evil because of tragic past reasons. One character could potentially be ALL OF THE ABOVE. Like I have a character type and I acknowledge this. But also you're gonna have the mom friend. Not the happy perky sunspot but the, like. LET ME USE MADOKA AS AN EXAMPLE. THERE WOULD BE A MAMI, THERE WOULD BE A KYOKO, AND THERE WOULD BE A HOMURA. :D ...okay, in ouat terms. There would be a Mary-Margaret Blanchard (but not necessarily Snow; I will maintain they are separate characters and I like MMB better) and there would be a Regina. ...uh, that's missing a character. There would be a Dottie Underwood. She's the closest to a Kyoko parallel. xD Lots of discussions of mental illness. ...potentially different versions of the same character - whether that's multiverse or time travel or clones or etc. (Or it would be a fairytale. Actually, the ideal fic would be a fairytale.) ...I'm gonna stop there. XD

#musings #bandit answers questions #bandit #meme response #fanfic #butimnotasexyrussian #latf #THANK YOU FOR ASKING I HAD FUN ANSWERING #latf coming in clutch like #it really is my favorite fic that i've written #and i'm super attached to it #i've been trying for almost a year now to scrub it #and keep running into roadblocks #it is the only fic i have printed out #(atm because plan to print a couple of others probably in the next couple of weeks) #but #it is my favorite #still is #to this day

[xperimentalranger]

tag dump

#;To infinity and...whatever. Oh yeah. Beyond. Right. (IC) #;More than just a machine (musings) #;We ditch work and do something fun (memes) #;Let's just say I'm amazing and leave it at that (About) #;Experimental Ranger (XR) #;Ranger Log (Headcanons) #;Are we ALMOST to the question mark? (Asks) #A couple of risk-takers (XR & Booster) #;His brave little robotic partner (Buzz & XR) #;That's me and three others! (Team Pictures) #Mira and XR tag tbd #;Trying to make you proud (XR & Nebula) #Nos-4-a2 & XR tag tbd #;The brother that was kept a secret (XR & XL)

[twillieblossom]

20 thru 30 for the ask meme!

Ooh, we got a lot of them!

20. Favorite Disney princess movie?

I already answered this in an earlier ask, but in short, Beauty and the Beast!

21. A number that weirds you out?

Prime numbers in general weird me out, but I think 7 especially, just with how uncooperative it is with math. I don't want to have to deal with it.

22. Do you have an emotional support water bottle?

No specific water bottle no, although I do always like having some water nearby. For a few years at home I'd use a big water bottle I got from the hospital, although I've been using regular cups most recently. At work I have a tumbler cup I got as a gift.

23. Do you wear jewelry?

Not on a regular basis, but when I dress casually it's not uncommon for me to wear necklaces and chokers! I'm favorable towards alternative style and silver jewelry, and it'll usually feature spikes, chains, and crystals and what not.

24. Which do you find yourself using, American or British English?

I'm going to assume American more often than not since that's the English I was raised on, although thanks to Neopets and Runescape being my longtime favorite games, there are some things I'll stubbornly use the British spellings for lol.

25. Would you say you have a good taste in music?

I want to believe so at least lol! I don't know much about music production and what makes it technically good, but I'm pretty open to music and like to explore different genres and styles. Some of my favorite music comes from internationally popular bands, and some of it comes from artists I think only me and a hundred other people know about lol. Recently I've been trying to listen to more goth music to better know the genre and actually earn the title of goth.

26. How's your spice tolerance?

Probably moderate at best lol. I love trying spicy things, but my parents have the lowest tolerance in the world so I didn't really grow up with it. Jalapeno is pushing it with me right now, so it's not very impressive lol.

27. What's your favorite go-to outfit?

One of them is a pair of autumn-print jogger pants, a black cami, and a black crop top I thrifted with an illustration of a sunset on the front. In colder weather I'll replace the crop top with a black long-sleeve shirt. It's the most comfortable and easy to put on outfit I own, so it's one I'll often wear before bed or on lazy days.

28. Last meal on earth?

I can be really basic with food, so my first thought was just pizza lol. I'll say St. Louis Style pizza, since that's my favorite.

29. Preferred pasta noodle?

I'll be basic again and say macaroni! I don't eat pasta very often, but I always love some mac and cheese.

30 is an ask me anything, so feel free to ask what you want!

#ask meme #thanks for the ask! #hopefully I interpreted it right and didn't just vainly assume you wanted all those questions instead of a couple lol