#i salute their efforts

[mintharan]

I've been burdened with terrible visions. Walk with me.

It struck me how Spawn Astarion with Duke Wyll and Ascended Astarion with Duke Wyll could work as negatives of each other.

For instance, Wyll marries spawn Astarion, they are so happy everyone around them gets hit with the fallout. Wyll singlehandedly makes nightly soirees a thing. "I just think parties should happen at night, there's no point in holding any kind of grand event during the day if you really think about it." Just so Astarion can attend and be the centre of attention and speculation.

Everyone wonders about the Duke's mysterious husband who never goes out during the day. Rumours abound. "I hear Duke Ravengard is extremely jealous and doesn't let his husband out of his sight, locks him up inside the house so none may gaze upon him." "Nonsense, I hear the man is actually a pale drow and the sun hurts his eyes." "More nonsense, I hear he's an insufferable prick who thinks everyone is beneath him and only comes out at night because the sun makes other people's flaws too apparent."

You get the gist of it. Astarion delights in having all these rumours about himself, and tells Wyll to stop trying to dispel them. "Darling, the people of Baldur's Gate get bored easily, let them speculate, it's better than starting yet another cult." They adopt Lily Aurora, who Astarion raises to be a menace. Wyll thinks she's just darling even as people look in horror as she attempts to chew the furniture.

It's all very sweet, despite Astarion's occasional maudlin periods about not being able to go out into the sun.

Now, Ascended Astarion and Duke Wyll get exactly the same story, except no one's happy about it.

This works best imo if they were together before Astarion's ascension and then Wyll broke it off. In this case he'd choose to become a Duke out of an extreme sense of duty to protect the people of Baldur's Gate from the monster Astarion had become.

They would orbit each other constantly, Wyll reminding Astarion that he couldn't go too far without consequence and Astarion testing the limits of Wyll's feelings for him (the love was still there, just twisted).

Eventually the loneliness gets to them both, but mostly to Wyll, who can never get over Astarion, and in a moment of weakness gives in. It feels like a victory to Astarion at first, but like everything else about Ascension he soon realizes it's hollow.

Wyll isn't happy about compromising his morals, even if it's for love, and he despairs in not recognizing the man he fell for in Astarion. Wyll tries to end it many times, but Astarion has him wrapped around his finger, with sex, but mostly with the mimicry of the romance they enjoyed during their early courtship.

Astarion fears one day he'll leave him for good and that he'll be alone. Again. Haunting the halls of his former prison with only his memories for company.

So he brings Lily home, and at first Wyll is horrified but soon he finds comfort in the child's presence. He stays home for longer periods of time. Less 'Duke' duties take him away from Astarion. He's a fucking genius, he solved it.

Except it's obvious Wyll loves the child more than he loves Astarion. He takes to being a father like a duck to water, and while he's home more often all his time is spent with their daughter. His daughter really, he seems to think Astarion will be a bad influence on Lily if he as much as breathes near her.

So his grand plan backfired and now he's so jealous he can barely see straight. He wishes he could take back the damn girl and return her to the Ilmater priests.

But then he remembers. Cazador had made good use of a father's love for his daughter when he made Leon do everything he wanted to keep Violet safe.

Astarion starts doing the same, manipulating Wyll with veiled threats to Lily's life. Wyll knows exactly what he's doing, but he's powerless to do anything. Astarion got the child on his own, they're not married, Wyll has no rights to her.

But he could have, Astarion reminds him. Dangling the promise like a noose. If he agreed to become Astarion's consort, he could have everything.

"Have I not been made into enough of a monster?"

"Darling, at least we'd be monsters together."

It all comes to a head when Astarion threatens to turn Lily instead. "Think about it, she'd be your sweet child forever. She'll never grow up to blame you for anything."

Wyll gives in, allows Astarion to turn him and becomes his consort. They get married, it's a grand event, with the whole city in attendance.

Astarion is triumphant, Wyll is resigned. He becomes more accommodating to Astarion's whims, and Astarion wonders if that's the result of his influence over him through their bond, or Wyll finally accepting the love he can give him.

It kills him that he'll never know.

Astarion has everything he ever wanted, he just wishes he could be happy about it. Wyll still dreams about the shy kisses they traded on an empty beach with only the moon for a witness. Another life.

#bg3 #wyllstarion #bloodpact #wyll x astarion #astarion ancunin #wyll ravengard #i should write these fics especially the ascended scenario #but i'd rather read about them ;-; #also lily aurora ravengard it's such a wyllstarion name are you kidding me #in my hc in the happy version Wyll chose Lily and Astarion Aurora #i mean aurora: literally refracted sunlight during the nighttime??? hello can anyone hear me?? #there's the other latin and literal meaning of 'dawn' which is also fitting #in the ascended version he chose both names because he was subconsciously thinking about leon's daughter violet #another flower name #and aurora again it just works #i know there's wyllstarion truthers at larian and they are doing the MOST #i salute their efforts

[systemerrorbonnie]

LIBERAL SPIDERVERSE: Peter B. PRONOUNS Miles LIKESMEN-orales

gwen stacy

TRANS-ica Drew

Miguel O'LESBIAN

HRT (Hobie Replacement Therapy) Brown

#[salutations sir!.txt] #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #atsv #itsv #spiderman #peter b parker #miles morales #gwen stacy #spider gwen #spider woman #jessica drew #miguel o'hara #spider man 2099 #hobie brown #spider punk #* can u tell which jokez i put less effort into OSIDHFCIOSNIO #* u dont see this mountain of tagz btw itz invisible

[johannwolfgangvongoethe]

whatever pony hairpin

#char aznable #i have never been in that tag but i am bravely tagging. whatever im an aries i have hubris #this is the most low effort thing ive posted on here. salute emoji #gundamposting

[kizunagatari]

The english subs program for Ema ni Negai wo! is out now!!!

Here is JTA's tweet with the download and how to use it (will require your own copy of ema)

It's fully functional with the bluray, interactions and RNG and all!!! I just tried it out and it works like a charm (ended up crying tho LMAO)

#sound horizon #JUST LOOK AT HOW MUCH EFFORT WENT TO THIS THO #LIKE DAMN...LIKE DAMN #I salute my fellow laurants and the dedication they pour into this stupid fantasy band #Youtube

[sn0wbat]

ARTFIIIIGHT

figured i'd do the remaining busts and halfbodies in one post! mostly because boy howdy i drew a lot since the last time i was able to post here

if you want me to post any of them separately, please let me know <3

characters:

Pepper by angelbeetle

Arlus by ZipEque (@zipeque)

Cassia by Romartist

Carmel and River by _Arisu_ (@arisu-arts)

Laine Feywell by Carrie_Berry (@carrieberryinthecorner)

Gaddjá by RuttenrotKake (@ruttenrotkake)

Lola Patel by Bodyguard

Kain by Kyrie (@kyrjaa)

Flashy by 0Kuro909 (@kurolini909)

Del by Crimson-Catalyst (@crimson-catalyst)

#artfight #team vampires #my art #the bundle posts won the poll i'm sorry #the amount of effort also kinda varied wildly here hdfjg #so some of these i definitely want to post separately as well. so please let me know if you want that too #leave a reply! or an ask if that's more comfortable i'm not picky #some of yall are already my mutuals too. salutations

[hamletthedane]

follow for more extremely niche shitty texas/iliad culture-fusion memes that @thegreatblondebalrogslayer makes me post

#this is five seconds of effort and like three people will even understand what this is a picture of #to those three people: i salute you and your long drives across texas #shut up e #god bless texas

[hermanunworthy]

Okay but the fact that everybody knew that Hermie would die beforehand means that when you asked Will if he ever thought Oakworthy would ever actually be canon and he said he “didn’t think Anthony would let it happen” but he’d try?

It means that he might have known about it at the time and was bluffing as hard as he could, yes, but also that he was basically promising to try and speed-run Oakworthy as fast as he possible could (re: as fast as Anthony would let him, which was honestly basically not very far at all until the *absolute* end).

So (potentially) props to Will Campos and his Shipping Speed Strats

he really tried..... he really tried. i at least got to tell him i salute him for his efforts gskdb respect the hell outta that man. the ally ever

#technically i didnt ask he was saying it as a laugh but yeah #at least i got to say i salute him for his efforts agdjd #what a legend. the ally ever #siren says

[girldewar]

Hey, do you maybe still have a raw version of the Crosby Malkin picture in this post? www . tumblr . com /girldewar /735082963915718656 /the-vision-so-far

I loved the edit with the post but this picture won't leave my head and I would love to have it without text.

Either way thank you(and thanks for making the edit it definitely made me chuckle)

hi yes !! i don't have the original original but the version i have is from a tsn article from 2016 :3

#apologies if the quality sucks i put the minimum amount of effort into those edits *salute emoji* #ask #anon #& i'm glad u liked the post <3

[kaywavy]

for 4/13 i want to make the shittiest Jake cosplay possible and record myself shooting 2 airsoft Berettas into the air, drinking an entire bottle of vodka, and then kissing a guy in a shitty Dirk cosplay, in that order. do my plans seem reasonable to you

that sounds like an amazing idea however i’d be wary of shooting airsoft pellets up into the air (unless ur firing it unloaded, idk how airsoft guns work) cause that shit could hurt ppl

#i salute you and wish you the best in your efforts anon

[istherewifiinhell]

Who are you? The version of you who can serve cunt.

[ID: 1. Transformers Prime Starscream, arms out, claws tensed, running forward. He is slim, in greys with some red accents. Clawed hands and tripod heeled feet. A narrow face with dark "eyebrows" and pointed red crest in the middle.

Robots in Diguise (2015) Starscream posed stoically, with a large jagged sword. He is blockier, in greys and off whites, but more accent colour, red for his torso, blue for the limbs. Thick arms, and chunky boot feet. A yellow cockpit on his chest with vents either side. His helm is black with vents bulking out the sides.

END]

#some shit #its not called cisformers #TO BE CLEAR. these are not just. the same guy cause theyre are starscream #THEYRE THE SAME GUY CAUSE ITS THE SAME CONTINUITY #same VA and all. #the other way to say what RiDs look is 'g1 like' which. lol. WELL. hes the most perfect girl in the world. so. #I MEAN. i dont wanna be too mean to tfp screamer appearently ppl WERE still calling him a faggot. so. o7 we salute u soldier #tfp screamer ALSO has the cockpit its just really recessed. in his little twink body. #Gah. okay put some decent efforts to including all the info i wanted to point out BUT MAKING IT. AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. #THERE COMPLEX GUYS.....

[italiantea]

tbh im not opposed to having long hair again at some point but then i would lose my effortless gnc swag which im really enjoying right now and im too lazy to get it in any other way

#people who do voice training or whatever i salute you i can not b bothered to put in that much effort #the ho rambles

[elegyofthemoon]

also the funnier thing to find out that its genuinely just me that is freaking out about doing everything and all things and thats obvious bc

no one else ran into the scheduling issue i ran into when i first started because no one went so there was no schedule to worry about

everyone was so lost about what to do with me bc its the first time basically they had to deal w a student from my school visiting

like everything clicked and i just 👉🏼👉🏼guys. you really let me just broil myself like this huh lol

#im not complaining btw i just think this is really funny LMAO #LIKE looking back on it i think its hilarious cuz im like ohhhhh oh i get it now lmao #snow speaks #work logs #like i was asking frantically and yall just kinda :) mmm yeah hold on maybe we shouldnt give away we're slacking... #asdljfalshkfjh guys T _ T #and i thought i was already slacking off before guess what im bout to do <3 #no dont call me star student now i feel embarrassed on my efforts T _T LKJASHDLFKAJSH #IT WAS SO RUDE ONE GUY SALUTED ME LIKE 'REALLY SETTIN THE STANDARD FOR ALL US STUDENTS REAL TROOPER' #NOOOOOOOOO PLS DONT REMEMBER LIKE THIS LMAO #friends tag #its all funny though lolol

[pigeonneaux]

tema la tronche en biais

#very proud of the hand ngl (it shows. i didnt put effort into anything else) #SLG #mathieu sommet #le geek #actualy uhh beta!geek #basé sur un screen de la saison 1 ouais #i'm sorry for making yttber fanarts in 2022 i had to catch up my cringe era where i didnt had internet access yeah #(and no i'll never sotp making this joke) #french side of tumblr #digitalart #commissions open #greyscale #black and white #half body #artist on tumblr #french youtuber #salut les geeks #OUI ma signature est en mirroir have MERCY on my lack of brain #[cris des loups par Therapy Taxi starts playing] #11/07/2022

[bitterflames]

i owe morosetrans my life for their english translations of 我家大师兄脑子有坑 in the first place. and yet. every day i question their decision to romanize 大师兄 as "dashi xiong"

(da shixiong was right there! even da shi xiong would have been more understandable! given that they also translated characters' names with a space between each syllable/character e.g. Gong Chang Sheng as opposed to Gong Changsheng... ah, i shouldn't complain about these things, and yet.)

#and yet complain i do #don't even get me started on the names of cultivation stages #(still better than the english donghua subtitles on b*lib*li T-T) #they put in so much effort and i truly do salute them but. aaaaa #it makes searching for what little bits of content exist on the anglosphere side of fandom a bit more challenging >.> #text post tag

[unproduciblesmackdown]

asia kate dillon (voice acting and guest starring) as LOS-307 in moon girl and devil dinosaur 1x04 "check yourself"

part two of two (part one)

#asia kate dillon #LOS-307 #i see the ''lose'' in their name but is 07 coincidentally a flipped ''LO''? is it like o7 saluting? is it just a couple more random numbers #SO they're very good at something deemed like useful or impressive to be good at; it's not necessarily their passion but that's all they ge #attention for / the basis of interactions with them / what they're supposedly Good For at all #but of course they have all their feelings & Consciously consider others' feelings & experiences & want to connect befriend & be liked.... #they had to Recharge & when pushed & stressed during this period on various fronts become discomfited & distressed & Melt Down #(weeeeeellllll Ya Did. emmy! if they get nongendered categories.) #and then they go sicko mode & try to kill you. sure this pertains to What Happens If You're Overcompetitive / Dead Set On The Win. #but like also hey who among us. we've all been there #and that again of course it's not ''the computer was....secretly evil???'' any more than ''ppl who don't enjoy playing games w/me b/c i'm #too competitive / dead set on winning like my family & friends were....secretly evil???'' like you Were a dingus to them #can't plow over or neglect ppl's wellbeing / Their experience in gamer mode. they told you abt the overheating melting down at least.... #anyways but even prior: they're Clearly emotive & expressive & reaching out / communicating but they're talking to brick walls out here #& like nobody's Just ''Misunderstanding'' Them or confused / even realizing there's something they're not getting & reacting accordingly #like people are either unawares or ignoring them while they're bringing the social efforts hard. striking up an enthused exchange only to #get zero response & left alone overnight in an empty dark auditorium (gtm:pota moments) like. hmm. LOS-307 voice Wuh Ohhh #we've all been there. had a once in a blue moon occasion a few weeks ago having An Actual Conversation #otherwise Talking Aloud is like. ppl only speaking to Declare things they already meant to say. already walking away while you respond #or any response only getting a response about insisting on the original declaration they wanted to make. its being evident that even if you #Seemed to get a word or two or three in ft. nominal responses it was in one ear out the other / not processed at all. exhausting! godawful! #and LOS-307 has an (almost*) wholly nonverbal mode of communication / means of expression in their light/screen display huh #(*they do spell out THEY THEM as they introduce themself ft. pronouns. & their display is ft. as like time passage title cards too lol) #and also they rule and are your new best friend so what i'm saying is: the nonbinary computer can also totally be an autistic icon =] #obviously gonna require ppl do better than smash rocks together (& miss) abt their being a computer here lol. see like Everything Prior. #they're Actually relatable as a nonbinary &/or autistic person. not the idea that being that makes you inhuman / like a machine or w/e #and of course someone who's Clearly a person but where their behaving/acting in that capacity is ''wrong'' / Apparently invisible.... #like why wouldn't they consciously reflect more on Concepts like gender / how ppl feel/interact; etc. that's what friends do; compromise... #everyone supposedly outside of [xyz] or Othered in some capacity: experts on exactly that lol #omg 1 tag: ''must be nice...to have a friend. like that.'' Waugh; glitching; Non glitching on ''lonely''; giggling; calling back; ilu los..

[rebootz]

@dehddie asks ❝  this is a bad idea but i’m already committed so i might as well not half-ass being a dumbass.  ❞

“‘Atta boy.” Smug grin sits on his lips as he claps a hand to Eddie’s shoulder, firmly gripping and shaking him a bit before releasing. He wouldn't deny that it was an awful idea, because it absolutely was, but that's exactly what's so fun about it. The fact that Eddie gets to do the dirty work, and that Hyde will get to sit back and watch it unfold ; sit back and laugh when it inevitably goes south. “So what are you waiting for, man? Let’s see you work that Munson magic.”

#dehddie #HYDE : dialogue. #( + ) eddie munson | dehddie #i couldnt think of a shenanigan a this present moment #and for that i am sorry #but i had to get this ball ROLLING so bad its been brainworming for days #eddie will be rewarded w a nice cold beer for his efforts tho *saluting emoji*