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sidesteppostinghours · 2 months

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4 + 5 + 8 + 40 + 34 and I) G) F) for Cyrus Becker my beloved 🧡

afternoon idle!! oh my god questions galore *cracks knuckles* cyrus get your ass over here youre up

4. How easy is it to earn their trust?

Very difficult, and at the same time easier than youd think. he definitely doesnt entertain everybody, but hes not unreasonable. hell hear you out if you give him enough reason to (or if he thinks its beneficial to get to know you. do you see why he gets attached to people hes supposed to be manipulating so often). ortega and mortum required him to establish a relationship, which is how they got so close to eachother so quickly. herald got by because cyrus thought hed be a useful contact in the rangers. chen couldve earned his trust a long time ago, they had to work with eachother a lot back when he still ran with the rangers, but chen squandered it on his suspicions and its been too long for cyrus to have any interest in patching up their relationship. argent has largely flown under his radar, she hasnt piqued his interest more than the passing curiosity of why she wanted the regenerator.

5. How easy is it to earn their mistrust?

the default is mistrust. sorry yall, hes not taking any more chances than necessary. hes a telepath, he knows all too well what secrets other people hide, and hes not interested in giving people a chance to prove his suspicions wrong. but after hes grown to trust somebody? its... embarrassing how difficult it is to lose it. even though his trust is much shakier nowadays, you still need to have fucked up Majorly to get him back to mistrusting you. if you somehow manage to do that,,, uhhhh. what do you want on your tombstone? (ig its technically its possible to not die and even earn that trust back??? ortega managed, but thats ortega and hes statistically more likely to kill you or ruin your life. depends on how badly you fucked up. id say theres a good 5% chance youll survive the experience without the need for intense psychotherapy)

8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child

listen. follow orders. be exactly who we need you to be. cyrus was a deeply rebellious regene, but he wasnt stupid about it. hed go against the mission in secret, and just enough that nobody wouldve been able to trace any problems back to him. that doesnt mean he was never caught, but he was too competent of a regene to be scrapped, which saved him multiple times before. those few times did cause handlers to keep a closer eye on him though, just in case. handlers would usually keep a harder grip on cyrus, hold him to stricter standards. it contributed a lot to his own self talk. SPEAKING OF WHICH:

40. How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

you must imagine me holding him and looking lovingly into his eyes while i dump a gallon of insecurity and perfectionism on him. hes a proud man, he thinks hes better than what other people are capable of, but that arguably makes things worse when he does make a mistake. he of all people shouldnt be like this. add the puppetmaster scar on him and its a hefty load of 'i need to make sure every single step of my plan goes exactly right Or Else." the worst thing about him is that a lot of the petty flaws he thinks apply to him arent correct. AND HE CANT EVEN NAME HIS ACTUAL FLAWS. cyrus you are so smart and walking around with zero self awareness, its the best. please consider stepping into acid.

34. How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt?

hohohohoho. well. the first step is to get him to feel guilty in the first place. traditionally immoral actions arent going to get to him, obviously. the thing that springs up guilt for him most often is themmys death. he has. a Lot of survivors guilt about that. especially because hes convinced himself he couldve done something and *gestures to the ask above*. guilt will haunt him for life if it doesnt get resolved in a healthy way, but hes gotten good at burying his emotions a long time ago. even when he feels like that, he reserves a specific time to think about it, otherwise itll impede on his plans in the long run. that designated time is. usually when hes supposed to be sleeping. his sleep schedule is just a little bit messed.

I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe?

oh dude i Love putting cyrus in aus. its so fun to poke him with a stick and see what happens. the first one i put him in was a band au, it helped me figure out how he would interact with herald. basically cyrus was a masked guitarist (for backstory reasons) for a band daniel happened to be a fan of, except the two of them managed to meet at just regular old work, with cyrus not realizing daniel was a fan and daniel not realizing cyrus was from one of his favourite bands. it led to fun, mlb-esque shenanigans between the two lmfao. the second one i put him in was the becker siblings au, which i still have thoughts and emotionsTM about. that au let me indulge in the 'cyrus is an older sibling' headcanon and i will forever be in debt to it for the amount of protective cyrus i got. third and current au im obsessing over is a 'cyrus survives hb' scenario, where ortega managed to stop him before he jumped out the window. i am getting! so much ortega x cyrus content out of that au! and so much survivors guilt cyrus. cyrus 'using' ortega to forget about heartbreak my beloveddddd. he also says 'i love you' to ortega in this au and canon ortega is SO jealous. also x2, hes an alcohol vice step in this au. heartbreak hit hard and the tequila hits different.

aaaand i still like his canon version better. its just so very much him. out of every step ive got, hes the one i get to stay closest to how i envision based on the choices the game offers. plus he caught me completely by surprise suckerpunching me with an obsession over him and i cant Not respect that.

G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most?

not sure whether this means on a character creation level or as a person, but ill answer for 'as a person' because im overall pretty satisfied with how he turned out! but like. god what is there to not be bothered about. my manipulative little shit of a son. ig the trait that frustrates me the most is his self destructive tendencies. like. Sir. are you at all aware of the fact that people care for you and want you safe? and that you can respond to that concern with something other than "i can use this", "sucks to be them", or, "no theyre not"? sir. sir answer the question. hes so empathetic and also literally a telepath but somehow cant compute genuine concern at him. as frustrating as it is though, i cannot deny that it is deeply funny to watch him fumble so badly.

F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)?

normal. the ones where people look at me and think "wow, that is a person who is having (a) regular thought(s) about their character! very cool!" you will never see a person who is more normal about their guy than i am (i am grabbing him by the teeth and shaking him like a dog with a very strong kill instinct).

truly though, thinking of him gets me buzzing. hes like a puzzle, i keep breaking him apart and putting him back together again to see how everything works. i have this thing where ill often think about showing character analysis to the characters themeselves, just to see how they would react, and i undeniably do this the most with cyrus. i want to explain step by step (hah) why he is the way that he is now, like the whole timeline is plotted inside my head and its so!!!!! i am!!!!! chewing on him!!!!!

questions from here!

#herald is a lucky bastard #he messed up twice in a row (asking cyrus about his sidestep days+picking him up without consent) but asking for help training saved him #cyrus was straight up being sadistic about it he just wanted to fw herald after those two times and saw training as an opportunity #it wasnt supposed to lead somewhere #anathema vision wouldve fucked him and his guilty ass Up. good thing cyrus is a bastard and abandoned argentine before they crashed 🫶#and because i have an excuse to talk about them again heres some things that ive been thinking about lately:#1. it is So fucking funny to me that all three of them are trans afabs in some way #scientists at the farm in charge of the becker sibling batch: wow look at these three new girl regenes!#cyrus (trans man)/fawn (nb)/river (trans man): . well-#2. brother-madds buckley. just the whole thing. im going to start screaming and punching the floor here #3. WHO WAS THE HG SIBLING THE ORTEGAS SAW IN THE PHOTO. was it just somebody that looked enough like the three to assume it was a sibling #or did it happen to look exactly like one of the siblings. or did they find three photos with siblings that looked like each? I NEED ANSWER #cyrus' is very emotionally intelligent towards everybody but himself #when it comes to himself hes wearing a blindfold and earplugs and pretending nothings wrong #the whole time i was answering that last ask i was thinking about my post talking about how many posts of his were in my queue #god bless that man he never leaves my brain #thank you again for the ask idle :DD #cyrus becker #sidestep #fhr #pulp answers #ask game

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fatuismooches · 7 days

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I LOVE ROBIN MORE THAN WORDS CAN DESCRIBE AAAAA (yes im pulling for her AND il dan heng EEEE)

i havent finished penacony yet BUT i do think sunday is rllyyy pretty like his sister and hes giving me BIGGG ayato vibes KDKKFKFD i think i may grow to like him more once i finish penacony!!

I HOPE YOU GET BOTH OF THEM!! I LOVE HER TOO!! How are your savings looking like? (i don't even have 1 pull rn but im used to the broke life 💪)

Ayato vibes eh? I don't care much for him but i can see where you're coming from 🤔 he's very... idek how to explain it,, it's alot,,

#smooches talks #moots: fawn <3 #i also love ur new black swan theme #i am a proud black swan haver btw!! i love her sm!!#i also hope u enjoy penacony #the story is so good but also will have u like... ya #aww i wanted u add u but u only play on asia... cries 💔

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y4ngy4ngs · 1 year

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HELLO I’M A TEACHER TOO ???? same brain as always 🫂 only i just interviewed for a law firm and i think i aced it !! so of course that made me be like “let me tell fawn who was my law mutual that i’m finally doing law” and i’m gonna start my masters in june!! so that’ll be fun hopefully!!

i will miss teaching Just A Little. like teenagers are so funny and also very mean and so i never ran out of stories of them bullying me </3 i hope you’re having a fun sexy carefree life girlie, miss you xoxo - nae

wait we have the same life same brain because i'm starting my law masters in sept!!! i work w the little tiny baby children like my kids are 3 and 4 and they're legitimately the lights of my life i am already so scared for my last day because i'm gonna be inconsolable :(( hope u LOVE your masters as much as one can truly enjoy doing a masters ❤️

#we had a teacher training day yesterday after 3 weeks of being off but some of the kids came in and i was like OH MY GOD... I DIDNT REALISE #HOW MUCH I MISSED THEM..#fawn talks #nct99

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jemmo · 2 years

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it happened. my little sister has joined the bad buddy fandom.

we watched ep 11, we cried, then proceeded to talk for 3 hours (yes, three!) about bad buddy, im talking the fandom, the fic landscape, then nonstop just analysis, the themes present, the dynamics and relationships, the character building. basically fawning for hours about how incredibly crafted the show is. she’s an english lit major and a fic writer so she goes fucking ham on this kind of stuff, to the point where she said things that even had me shook bc like… not even to see the show through somebody else’s lens, but through someone that understands writing on an academic level and how she applies that appreciates it, it was just so interesting to see the things she picked out and how she applied them.

so yeah, she’s come out of it with a rudimentary fic idea, a dissertation’s-worth of analysis to write and a whole list of taylor swift edits to make, so get ready.

#we got her!!!!!!!#7 months late but we got her #and she’s so down like she fucking gets it #it wasn’t me telling her all this stuff it was her realising all this hidden stuff she could dig out and being like wow this show is amazing #like talking about ep 11 she went ‘pat breaks down the most bc this is the first time we see him with nothing’ and I was like YESSSSS #i can’t get in to everything we talked about bc it was literally over 3 hours nonstop but highlights were like #how pat and pran contrast as characters and why their dynamic works #how the themes of bets make absolute perfect sense in this show and are such a good tool #how you can tell they’ve been shaped by their past and their families #how music is such a overarching theme for them #symbolism through objects and gift giving #narrative structure and how bad buddy nails it #how ohm and nanon’s performance works #how the styling and theming gives weird nostalgia that adds so well #there was way more but it’s all blending together basically just absolutely fawning over everything #i could legit just cry bc… god I miss the bad buddy days and talking about all that stuff and being able to do it again was so much fun #anyway I will hold her to this I will make sure there’s a fic at least #get ready for her bc she’s genius and also fucking hilarious #bad buddy

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hyperfixation-hideout · 2 years

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You reblogged something once about how sometimes rwby quotes feel out of nowhere or make not a lot of sense for the character or situation. i wondered if you have a least favorite quote for any of the characters, not to like dunk on the writing or anything just like how you said sometimes they're mildly baffling. do you have a least favorite weiss quote? i feel like most of hers are good

That's a good question, thanks for the ask! Well, the dialogue exchange I'd had in mind when reblogging that (I think? It was a long time ago lol) was the end of v6

Ruby: Is it weird that I'm a little nervous?

Yang: No, I'll believe we've made it to Atlas when I see it.

Weiss: Well, believe it.

It just felt... off? Ruby asked about nervousness, not whether they'd actually get there. It feels like Yang's line was just meant to set up Weiss' rather than respond to Ruby's. (Also idk how much time passed on that airship but wow did they get to Atlas fast)

But that's a pretty inconsequential example :P If you're asking for a least favorite Weiss quote... I've got one, and oof, it's a doozy, I'm so sorry XD I can't just share the quote and leave it without explanation, cause it's all about the context, so this may get long. It's not just confusing for the timing or phrasing, but contrary to the situation, and actively (in my opinion) detracts from Weiss' character.

Now, to preface because I know how easy it is to see the beginning of something and assume the rest (especially if the topic is similar to one you've heard ad nauseam & ad hominem): this is not about whether Ruby should've lied to Ironwood. I'm neither debating that morally nor narratively (actually, I liked the initial decision to have Ruby do that; it was an interesting character moment!). This is about this specific line in this scene with these characters and how it impacts the larger message and themes in play. I love Weiss, she's one of my faves, but this particular writing choice irks me.

Ok, with that out of the way, here's my least favorite Weiss quote:

"Everyone thinks what they're doing is right. But usually, they're just looking out for themselves. And their secrets."

This was said to Winter in a scene alone together in v7ch5. She's drawing a clear line between their discovery of Ozpin's secrets and their worry about Ironwood. Which is good! The volume had been establishing the Oz parallel really well: ch 2 when Ruby lies (and Oscar's leitmotif plays during both her lies/half-truths) and glances to Oscar the exact moment he looks away from her in disappointment, and she looks hurt; ch 3 when Yang expresses discomfort with the choice but begrudgingly goes along, asking how Oscar feels about it, and we flash back to Oscar confronting Ruby by saying "doesn't that feel like what Ozpin did to us?" and Ruby looking guilty (as Oscar's motif plays over her once again); ch 4 where Ruby confesses to Qrow she can't tell if what's best is what's right, or if she's no different from Oz (I'm ignoring Qrow's response for now or this'll be way longer lol); ch 5 with this line to Winter.

The issue I have with this line isn't the first sentence, because it's by and large accurate: most people do generally think they're doing what's right. And oftentimes they're actually hiding things to do so. For example: YOU RIGHT NOW, WEISS.

Again, this isn't about whether or not I think the lies were justified. It's about how this line makes her seem like -- and I hate to say it, but it's the most accurate word -- a hypocrite. It'd be one thing if the show addressed this and had her realize that, but it never does. It doubles down in the later scene with the Winter Maiden. Winter says that Ironwood isn't keeping secrets, not from her. Weiss replies, "Can you be sure?" To demonstrate how crucial she is to Ironwood's plan and how much he trusts her, Winter entrusts Weiss with this huge secret: that she's planned to be the next Maiden. But rather than having Weiss reflect on how honest her sister is being with her while she continues to hide the very secrets they resented Ozpin for, she smiles and says they've both carved their own path :)

Eddy in the commentary for v7 said they were going to have Weiss tell Winter the truth there (I'd have to double check for the exact wording), but that "it worked better as Winter telling secrets while Weiss kept them from her." I have to disagree. It would have worked if the narrative addressed it, like if Weiss felt bad about it, or afterwards went to talk to Ruby about it. Maybe asking if she can at least tell Winter, to have Ruby respond that Winter would just tell Ironwood, and they couldn't risk that yet. Then later (and they can still do this in v9), have Ruby feel guilty when Penny gets the powers, knowing her choice to accept them was based on incomplete information, regardless of whether or not the complete info would have changed her decision. That choice is what made Cinder target her. That power is why she died. Just like Pyrrha.

I know Pyrrha had less information about Salem than Winter did at that point (correct me if I'm wrong, it's been awhile since I've watched v3), but in essence, important truths about the dangers of being a Maiden & fighting Salem were kept from them both. After Pyrrha's death and the Fall of Beacon, I'd expect the team to want to prevent anyone else from taking on that burden without knowing the price and full risks. But Weiss didn't bat an eye when told her sister was in the same position. We don't know for certain whether Weiss told her team about the plan offscreen, or what we're supposed to assume, but because it was never brought up and never reflected on, it comes across as Weiss bitterly (I say bitterly bc of the line delivery) insulting Oz and insinuating Ironwood is likely lying to Winter and may not be trustworthy, while she herself continues to remorselessly lie to her.

In one line, it shows her opinion of Oz hasn't changed, her self-justification for lying as an exception to the rule because they're actually "doing what's right" -- the irony of that line would've been so cool to explore -- her disdain of others' secrecy, and her complete lack of self-awareness that she's making accusations of things she herself is doing without a trace of regret or doubt.

It's just a frustrating line to me, because it takes a really interesting morally grey setup for the protagonists, makes it an even darker grey, and instead of challenging it, frames it as a cute sister bonding moment. All while simultaneously showing that despite making essentially the same decisions, the team (or at least Weiss, Qrow, Ruby, and Yang based on her line in the v6 finale) is still blaming and/or resenting Oz rather than reconsidering the difficult position he was in now that they're in it and following suit. Which, tbh, is where I thought that plotline was headed, but that's another conversation :P

If they'd followed it up and had the hypocrisy impact her view or lead to character growth, thus highlighting the complexity of these decisions and setting up the team's understanding of Oz (instead of a flimsy "trust is a risk"), it might have wound up as one of my favorite lines of v7. There was so much potential there, and the choice to ignore it as confirmed in the commentary is one that will forever flabbergast me.

Ok, all done! Sorry if this was too ranty, anon -- I uh. I get kinda carried away in analysis and sometimes come off as more emotional or upset than I am 😅 I just wanted to express my dislike for this line thoroughly to avoid confusion (and hopefully prevent people getting heated in the replies, especially since those often showcase they didn't actually read the whole post and/or took it in bad faith). I'm not bashing or saying you can't like this line or plot point! RWBY is a piece of media I enjoy watching, so when something like this happens that I feel is inauthentic to a character or message, I care about it strongly.

#rwby crit #crtq #rwde #<- there now you can blacklist if you don't wanna see these :)#weiss schnee critical #I suppose #more about the writing of that arc than weiss overall but y'know she's a character written by people #so I choose to Not See It (mostly :P)#quinpost #quinanswer #second least favorite weiss quote? ''I didn't forget you.'' YES YOU DID YOU LITERALLY DID #that line wasn't about leaving him to die it was about recognizing whitley as a victim just like you were #& considering how it must've felt to be alone with only their father as a kid whose siblings had (in his eyes) abandoned him w/o a thought #of course he was a little shit to you it was a wall he put up & a fawn response to trauma #you were a little shit too! He hasn't had the opportunity to meet new ppl and have experiences to change him like you did!#but instead when he asks what he should do you tell him to go to his room and forget about him until he helps you #whitley deserves better <3 #you'd better talk to him about it when you get back #need me some schneebling bonding #maybe he and winter will talk next time we see em #ah heck I'm doing a quin in the tags again

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maddy-ferguson · 2 years

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i was just thinking and if i was a character in a tv show i would hc myself as lesbian and be upset if the character turned out to not be a lesbian so i think this is my roundabout way of coming out as a lesbian lmao

#i sound like i'm trolling #but thinking this dumb little thought made something click #mind you i've been questioning the attracted to men part of my bisexuality for like 3 years (and i started thinking of myself as bi like 6 #years ago)#but i don't know #i've been on the fence about this for years because i don't feel worthy of the label or something which i know is silly #and the last time i thought i liked a guy was in like 2017...when i was 15 years old and half the time i spent liking him we were on summer #break #and it was so funny because i had all these pictures of him on my phone (i was a creep whatever i was 15) (they weren't MY pictures i'd #just downloaded them) and at one point i looked at him like in front of me and i was like huh. i like the him that's in my pictures on my #phone better😭 that was in june and when we came back to school in september i remember looking at him after six months of fawning over him #right. and i suddenly thought he was so ugly i was like what the hell...#but he was a nice guy he was the nicest out of my three major boycrushes #which were literally any guy i interacted with for more than 10 minutes on a regular basis in middle school and high school #and there's only 3 because i never talked to guys because i was a loser kinda lmaooo #and like i say: brf slt

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nostomannia · 2 years

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Anonymous asked:

I hope the mun of this blog has or is having a good day so far!

Ty ty that really means a lot <3

#Fawn speaks || ooc #ngl this whole week for me has been pretty garbage.#ive had at least 3 different sob fests to and from work due to some irl stuff thats happened \#esp yesterday i went to talk with my mom she asked me to get her starbucks and i cried all the way to starbucks #and then cried all the way back. then i cried all the way home.#any little bit of positivity is nice rn

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skull-storm-daily · 2 years

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7/07/2022 (curious egg deck)

#inscryption #kaycee's mod #curious egg deck #skull storm daily #was talking about how good the warren is and thought i'd put my money where my mouth is and use one for this run #i had it like. unaltered for a While before i finally put worthy sacrifice on it and buffed it to 0/4 for good measure #i got a cave trial elk fawn with searcher and dam builder- which like! hot damn that's three free cards i get to search my deck for!#what got me REALLY upset was like- ok i hatched my eggs right at the end of map 2 right #so i went for every single campfire on map 3 to buff my eggs so they'd be even better. and EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. was a health campfire.#i was so sad but i beat the run anyway and gave my wife a kiss on his smooth bald forehead/skull #i also got stinky wolf totem which was fun

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fatuismooches · 15 days

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A SILLY HAS SPAWNED IN UR INBOX

MY BELOVED SILLY!! How have you been? I hope well! I really do love your theme, Robin is so cute. Are you pulling for her? 🤔 I am hoping to get her! (50 pity, no guarantee, with a dream)

#smooches talks #moots: fawn <3 #i love the recent hsr love from u tbh #i am curious to know what u think of sunday...#(i despise the dentist too)

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dearbraus · 2 years

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he is such a freak :((( i love him so much :(((

#fawn talks genshin #when his love language is murder <3 #he’s actually so cute i cannot #like you’d kill someone for me baby?? omg i’m blushing !!#why he have to call me comrade #baby we are more than that !!

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auspiciouscat · 5 months

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I love that e ervy year my taste in fictional men progressively gets worse<3

#men that i would hate irl but absolutely fawn over in fiction for $500 alex #we can make each other worse<3 #cat talks

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proffbon · 5 months

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It seems that I might be writing my Durge, Fawn, far more mildly than he's supposed to be in canon. I guess part of the reason is that Fawn is partially based on my Gorion's Ward, Anri, so I'm subconsciously writing Fawn the same way. And, well, Anri wasn't a Dark Urge, he was just a regular Bhaalspawn, so he didn't have such intense overwhelming cravings for murder as Fawn does (not counting the time of Irenicus' soul fuckery when Anri couldn't control his slayer form). It doesn't mean he's not drawn to violence, but it's not at the same level of intensity I believe. Anri still enjoys a good fight, he just doesn't have much of a hard on for the blood and gore part.

What's more is that Anri views murder itself a bit differently. When Dorn asks him what he feels during battle, Anri responds that he feels relaxed, and he just lets it happen, because murder is basically so natural to him that the act itself comes to him as easily as breathing, it's usually the circumstances of the murder which cause any kind of emotion in him. And after Anri ascends, his sphere of influence doesn't change, but it shifts a bit. He becomes more of an artisan god who acts as a patron to people who choose killing as their tool of trade, mostly assassins and bounty hunters, but also executioners and mercenaries sometimes.

So I end up writing Fawn as more of an assassin than a rampant killer, who enjoys coming up with complex plans to corner his prey or to not get caught if he's after a high-status target. He does still enjoy the killing itself immensely, but I think he would get bored with going after easy targets if it was the only thing he ever did. Also, considering that Sceleritas apparently just brought him victims from time to time, I think Fawn would definitely get tired of sitting on his ass and not hunting people. He is a ranger after all, he can't shut up about how much of an apex predator he is.

#idk idk maybe I need to see more of the in-game descriptions of durge to decide if fawn fits in with them or not #the only extensive reference material I have is blood in baldur's gate and it seemed to fit his style at least to some degree #baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 dark urge #bg3 durge #baldur's gate oc #proffbon oc fawn #proffbon oc anri #with how much I like to talk about this fucker he sure needs his own tag #bg3 spoilers

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