#idk why I’m questioning it

[spideyhexx]

soft coryo coming home after a long day and just hugging you tightly for a good few minutes, not saying anything but just holding you close to him. and after a few minutes, he just gives you the softest kiss and then a “i missed you so much,” in the sweetest and softest voice ever.

this makes me think about our modern law student coryo :(

who had a late class that ended up going a little later because he needed to talk to the professor and the professor already ran the class later, so he’s not in a good mood at all, and he feels bad for being later for your sake!

Because he knows you like the whole bedtime routine the two of you have and sometimes it gets messed up cause of his work/classes. When he gets to your apartment, you’re making yourself like tea or maybe a small snack and you go to acknowledge him but he just hugs you from behind immediately, making sure your body is snug to his, and he’s quiet.

You know him enough to know what’s going on, so you quietly continuing making your tea/sipping it whatever you’re doing in the kitchen while he holds you tightly. Eventually, he kisses right behind your ear, whispering, “missed you so much today,” then he nudges hide nose in your ear, trailing more soft kisses to your cheek, hugging you tighter.

sharing your little snack with him because he had a small dinner :( and Coryo, even though he’s tired and just annoyed with his day, he still makes the effort to care for you as much as you’re doing for him.

#modernasks #coryoasks #is this too ooc #idk why I’m questioning it #it feels very ooc and it’s bothering my brain but this is also how I normally think of modern coryo😭 #like established relationship modern coryo particularly sigh #I feel like modern coryo has canon coryo’s better traits even MORE at least that’s how I enjoy interpreting it😔 #coriolanus snow #coriolanus snow x reader #coriolanus x reader #coriolanus snow x you #coriolanus snow blurb #coriolanus snow fanfiction #coriolanus snow fluff #coriolanus x you #coriolanus fanfiction #coriolanus imagine

[enduracarrotchips]

encounter

#I am so normal abt these 2 characters who have never met #anyway don’t question what’s going on in this piece cause idk. like. yea idk #why r they here…? idk MBBB #pls lmk if u have any ideas #I’m thinking it’s their ‘fated duel’ or however it’s been hyped up by irodori/wanderer quest #genshin impact #kazuscara #kaedehara kazuha #scaramouche #wanderer #kazuha #consistency? i don’t know her #btw once this is cleaned up more I will print it!! for con

[fumifooms]

"Marchil? I guess I can see it on Chilchuck’s end, but what about Marcille’s? What makes you think she could develop feelings for him?" I’m glad you asked!

The first thing to note is that she does think highly of him

In the page on the right, literally defending his virtues and literally comparing him to Dalclan. And oh…

She does love a brooding mysterious guy who closes himself to love. But surely, Chilchuck isn’t her type at all, right? He’s not princely or knightly at all. In apperances certainly not, both looks wise and demeanor wise, but then that’s why she seeks to know him on a deeper level, to not only look shallowly.

And hmm. Chilchuck really is quite selfless isn’t he? Always looking out for others, and saving specifically her often, always making sure himself and, staying in or even running towards danger for her sometimes. Modesty is often considered heroic…

And can we talk about that drowning one… You can definitely frame the special attention as him knowing she tends to hesitate or be clumsy, and then his insistance on pulling her out of danger that she’s the healer aka the most important to keep alive, but. From the one who says that he just keeps his ass out of fights and won’t help this is a lot of risk to take, and he does die trying to pull her to safety in the dungeon rabbits chapter. And the drowning bit??? That’s when the dungeon collapses. The only reason they DON’T die of drowning here is that the water then gives way to outside. There was NO hope of pulling her to safety here and resurrections would likely not work either, he truly preferred to die with her than try to survive himself.

Sit your ass back DOWN you are in no state, self-sacrifical hero much damn

And Marcille definitely noticed this imo, after all she loves learning all she can about him, remembering things like how he hates waiting on people too. She pays attention to him and what he does and what he says. This to say that it’s notable, whatever reason for it you may think (though we know by this point at least she was already aware he was an adult though it wasn’t internalized), out of everyone it’s Chilchuck’s bed that she wants to sleep in during the Golden Kingdom stay. He’s safe and comforting to her: dependable, the defining trait in her view of him as is shown by the relationship chart in the Adventurer’s Bible.

^ Lending handkerchiefs is a romance trope btw and handkerchiefs have irl history of being used for courting. Especially in old English literature and plays like Shakespeare’s Othello, and personally I do see a lot of Shakespeare in Dalclan (nobility political drama with some romance). There’s how his cowl is a dearly beloved souvenir from his family too, there’s a lot of aesthetic tropes you can apply to him.

All this to say you can 100% romanticize Chilchuck into a princely noble guy if you try and that’s exactly what Marcille does with the wife roleplay. She doesn’t need much in the first place, she latches onto crumbs and makes aesthetic narratives out of details, give her an inch she’ll take a mile.

But what’s interesting about the shift throughout the arc of her and his relationship is that she starts out idealizing him into a little angel of a kid (shapeshifter), and she ends it idealizing him as a virtuous husband and family man instead.

And what’s doubly interesting is that in the former, she’s actively warping who he is personality and demeanor wise to fit the aesthetic, he doesn’t have that bitter pride of not asking for help and the edges have been smoothened. But what she does during the wife roleplay is something else, she acknowledges the flaws and just… Accepts them, rolls with them. She’s aware of his flaws and implements them into the narrative, but the reason why his wife left doesn’t capitalize on them even, rather Chil is chilblivious and his wife loves him very much still, she’s just testing him after having had a night of feeling out of place at his side.

And this is what separated the idealization vs romanticization, she’s not twisting him into someone else she’s just uplifting what he is and focusing on the good sides.

Marcille: "he has a shitty personality sometimes but if he was my husband I’d still cherish him" "If I were your wife I’d be overjoyed to go out with you and would get myself prettied up while you complain about me taking a long time, your friends would tell me that I’m nice and that’d make me happy, but I’d also be sad because you wouldn’t tell me that you love me enough"

He’s angry and his wife left him, he’s *flawed*, but he’s still worth hyping up, still worth having his own romance story, still has a shot of winning back his beloved. She sees him for what he is, human and real and not a carefully scripted character that fits an aesthetic, and she thinks it’s still worthy of love and admiration and fighting for

And what’s funny too is that you might expect her to cool down on him once she learns more about him but actually she only gets increasingly into his business. You tell her your age and next thing you know you promise to introduce her to your family. Give her an inch she takes a mile. And too the thing is, Senshi is equally mysterious but she doesn’t pester him like at all, asks him ONCE about his succubus and he doesn’t even answer and that’s like… It. With Chilchuck it starts off innocently enough with her wanting to know his age, hometown, the stuff she mentions having asked pre-canon. But it just keeps and keeps going and escalating. Think she’ll be satisfied now knowing you have a wife and kids, maybe she’s disillusioned now? Wrong! She wants to know their names and ages and occupations and hey how did you propose to your wife? Do you think she’ll stop after meeting them? What’s next? What will she want to know next????

She’s… Like it’s not a reach that Marcille is all over him. Like it doesn’t mean it’s romantic but she just is. She is not normal about him idk. Can you not ask him about what tongue technique he used when first kissing his wife, give the man breathing room

Marcille could literally go "if I was Chilchuck’s wife" having deeply thought out the hypothetical and people would still ask where anyone sees any romantic potential between them. Oh wait

There’s a platonic explanation for everything (almost?) in Dungeon Meshi don’t say I’m saying otherwise, but it’s definitely not like there’s nothing here to read into lol

Going off a bit more under read bc it’s my fave topic

Marcille has a whole theme with the charming prince trope with her idealization and storybook motif and Chil is kinda the "Well someone perfect like that isn’t very realistic and romance is usually more complex and that’s ok and good and flawed people can still be ✨virtuous✨" catalyst

Do you see do you see she starts canon thinking the most romantic thing is a prince charming but her arc in the end has her romanticizing an average, flawed, real and realistic family man, who’s on the poorer side and is on the verge of divorce. And that’s what he needed, too, seeing the positive of himself and the situation instead of focusing on the negative is explicitly what inspires him to hope that he might be able to reconcile with his wife, gives him the courage and self-esteem to shoot his shot.

He IS a prince figure instead that now it’s not about idealizing the grand and overt it’s about romanticizing the small things in real life!! About finding joy and beauty in things that seem normal or mundane and uplifting them to make the world feel kinder!!!!

He’s the devoted virtuous man that she wantsss not the storybook prince that’s unrealistic and could crumble like a script at any time. He’s the perfect example of a flawed realistic but virtuous & devoted & loving man. Far from a prince charming, but not fully detached from it either. Something worth fighting for despite the flawed cracks. Like literally, flawed romance being worth fighting for is literally the finale of Chilchuck and Marcille’s arc on the matter, where their separate arcs and issues intersect at the most crucial moment.

Marcille is important to Chil’s arc not only because of her optimism, but also because of her interest and knowledge in romance & matters of the heart, and that’s what he needs to both open his heart up to hope and to try to reconcile with his wife, like idk sounds gay

Their arc together is literally learning to 1) see each other for how they are and not undermining their qualities capacities etc etc while still not leaving flaws unchecked either and 2) opening up to people. Marcille LITERALLY makes Chil open his heart up to hope like idk man. What do you want from me. He’s literally the guy helping her through deconstructing novels and fantasy and rose tinted glasses and like. Deconstructing the prince charming figure into something more real but still romantically beautiful like KUI KUI STOOOOP STOP I’M ALREADY HOOKED I’M ALREADY-

 Ok fine that’s me reading into the tropes too much forgive me for being storybook brained but like. Speaking his heart out to a lone woman on a balcony, Romeo and Juliette shit, asking if she, too, doesn’t want to meet his family, madly blushing. And like she’s learned with Chilchuck it’s all in the little things, all the implications he cannot speak aloud. She does reciprocate, does blush madly back, and the first thing she does is shower him in flowers and jewelry and what in her heart is coded as romantic gifts

A lady, stashed away in a high tower by her lonesome, waiting for someone to call out to her from below… Romeo courting type shit with an offer, a heartfelt spiel, implicit confession from underneath her balcony. Offering him flowers because he succeeded in calling out to her heart…….. And they have to climb to her too…. Crazy

Doesn’t it sound like a proposal. One that’s both so storybook-like and not, contrastedly real and grounded, all about the implications rather than in your face grand gestures, "Don’t you want to meet my family?". They literally have an arc about the topic of romance and this is the climax/pinnacle of it like god?? This is @ the woman who said "Chilchuck is a shy/bashful man so I know he wouldn’t tell me he loves me, but…" btw

To quote a friend, truly the shiny secret unlockable dating sim capture target : THE DUNGEON LORD BIT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE HE KNEW SHE'D TAKE IT HOOK LINE AND SINKER HES THE ONE WHO GOT HER TO TURN AROUND COMPLETELY SHES LIKE. WIDE EYED FLAG RAISED???? FLAG RAISED WITH CHILCHUCK 👀👀👀‼️👀👀‼️👀

And the way that this is the culmination of their arc together… Like people are not ready for the ‘Chil calling out to dunlord Marcille on the balcony has Romeo and Juliette romance novels imagery’ take. Or the ‘their arc is about growing to see beauty even in the non-idealized, in the flawed and in the real’ take which makes it so so perfect if she were to lower her ideal from a charming elven prince to a virtuous halfling man (which she does end up romanticizing)

So there, you got to witness in real time what happens when I think about marchil for longer than 2 minutes, there are so many layers it’s a deranged rabbithole. I saw the necronomicon of subtext and it’s driving me to madness with forbidden knowledge that no one else sees

……. Like what if I told you she implicitly picked Chilchuck over a "unrealistic prince charming who’s actually disingenuous" much earlier in the story already. If she was given the choice to think through going with a guy that seems perfect and chivalrous like her succubus she’d pick Chilchuck over the other actually. If I sound insane rn tune in for my full analysis on them coming this month hopefully thank youu. Interwoven arcs of fantasy vs reality and idealization vs pessimism I love youuu

So now you know the general thesis of my planned analysis about the importance of the prince charming figure in Marcille and Chilchuck’s arc, where she romanticizes things to a sometimes worrying degree or idealize people into something easy and digestible and poetic (like Chil being a kid, and then him being a virtuous ✨✨✨husband), and how she needs to value aesthetics less and actual acts and facts more, be more grounded (like seeing people for what they are flaws and all, and accepting that people need money and not pulling through on principles of honor or unity shouldn’t get Namari shamed) and a part of that is accepting that Chilchuck is BOTH flawed and virtuous, a loving husband that still has shitty moods and fumbled his marriage so bad etc etc. So it’s like, her image of perfect prince charming that will whisk you away on an ethereal romance -> realistic flawed middle aged dad with personality issues and a failing marriage but he still is worthy of love and having his cute grand romance story and his happy ending. Ik I keep repeating the same point through this but I need it to be burned into everyone’s brains it has its grip on me I can’t do this. They are so special……

#Someone did ask (on discord) btw i’m not just being a smartass though I do love being that too #This is stuff I cover in my upcoming marcille & chil arc analysis except here I can go full romo and don’t keep the strictly platonic angle #It’s at like 15k words rn I think. The 30 pics limit is killing me which is why I started asking my friend to do collages of panels for me #Sob #I keep alternating between it and the Falin analysis save me. Should be dropping soon idk i might test out having a beta reader for that on #Marchil foreplay is 2 years of being coworkers and slowly worming personal questions out of him until he blinks and she has #A key to your house #Dungeon meshi #marchil #marcille donato #chilchuck tims #like they’re so so funny look at this shit. Nonconsensual romanticizing of you as a person. Obsessive interest in your personal life #She’s latched so hard onto the “mystery” of him they’re deranged #MAYBE ITS ALL COMPROMISES MAYBE ITS ALL SWEET INBETWEENS <3 #maybe we'll take our vision of what we thought we could be and make something new together. something for just us #Fumi rambles #Mann Marcille’s ‘idealizing him into liking him even for all his flaws bc his personality is often kinda shitty’ arc’ #and Chilchuck’s ‘prejudice against elves and mages and optimism into respect and trust’ arc are everything to me #Meta #Spoilers #Dungeon meshi manga spoilers #Tagged this so late oops

[cyjammy]

Water and Electricity Don’t Mix Please Explain

Why is Vox associated with fish?

Did he fall into a body of water and get electrocuted to death? Because now all I think about when I see him is someone getting electrocuted by a toaster in a bathtub.

I want to take him seriously, but this is just making me laugh 😭

He’s above a fish tank every day surrounded by fish and has monitors, TVs and wires just dangling above water. The more I look at it the more I’m laughing.

I get that he can’t die anymore since he’s already dead. So, he takes advantage of being able to put monitors above a fish tank like a nerd and sits there like “ah yes this is so fucking awesome.”

But it’s just something I didn’t notice until now and it’s hilarious. Am I the only one who thought about this?

Obviously electricity may not work the same way in hell as it does on Earth considering the sinners have access to magic. It might be completely waterproof, but it’s just funny to me regardless.

Edit: Like I understand the shark obsession, but I just find it ironic that someone who has electrokenisis is surrounded by so much water. From a human perspective, okay cool he likes sharks. From a logical perspective, if you sneak in his base and push him into the water, it’s fucking over for his ass, he blows tf up. He’s a literal TV.

And I think that’s funny.

#hazbin hotel #vox #fish #water in hell #just noticed #this is really funny to me idk why #rhetorical question #I don’t actually want to know I’m kidding

[navnae]

Y’all know those guys in class that moan really loud as a joke and interrupt class. I have feeling that Steve has been one of those guys before and everyday during class he’d moan extremely loud, sometimes he moan his friends names just to get a laugh from the class. Eddie would sit in the back gripping his pencil as he wrote with it and his knuckles would turn white from tightening his grip on the side of his desk. His jeans would get tight every time Steve moaned and it truly was music to Eddie’s ears. All he could think about during the period is how he’d do anything just to have Steve moan his name in front of the entire class, Eddie was getting all hot in bothered by the very rated r thoughts in his head and Steve didn’t make it any better by sneaking glances at him with a smirk.

The motherfucker knew what he was doing.

#steddie #steddie headcanon #steddie hcs #hcs #headcanons #Eddie is having a very hard time #no pun intended #why do guys do this #i’m genuinely asking #genuine question #i’m just curious #steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #steve x eddie #idk what else to tag #help lol #please #he would do this #I know he would #I bet money on it #yup yup yup #this is accurate #this is true #come on #manifesting #power #so cuuuute #lmaooooooo #that is so funny

[gracebethartacc]

soooo I had a lore idea earlier that ties into the rewrite really well,,,,,,

Poor unfortunate souls am I right :)

#The plothole of the citizens questioning him about the wishes and said questions never actually getting answered by the plot drives me nuts #And I was thinking about it and this idea hit me like a truck— #1: It explains why he makes them forget about their wishes 2: it explains why there’s only one per person 3: explains the emotional drain #And 4: helps play into the dark magic/lying stuff further #Plus is just a cool idea/twist I think :3€ #Literally just had the idea today tho so I’d love any ideas #I def think it’ll tie into the dark magic stuff like they give him power or something? Idk #I do know he can only do magic with his staff and not directly so maybe something to do with that ? Like the staff gets it’s magical energy #Or whatever from the energy of the souls? I’m not sure.. #like I said I’d love anyone to help brainstorm further with this concept :) #rewrite the stars au #Wish au #Excuse the book looking shitty lol I didn’t feel like writing out the text myself 😭

[stuckinapril]

Maybe I’m biased bc I’m a pre-med w a biochemistry degree but I really do recommend Richard Harris’s Rigor Mortis to anyone who’s even remotely interested in biomedical research / the progress in that field

#niche? maybe idk but ur taxpayer dollars ARE funding biomedical research #and we do have to question why it’s been moving way slower than it should #plus the book is an easier read that’s on the shorter end and only requires hs level science knowledge #I reread that book every now and then so that I’m like ohhh ok this needs to be worked on this needs to be changed #books

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

Imo Jason is “irredeemable” by default because I don’t see what he needs redemption from.

#I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but joining this fandom made me fucking hate the word ‘redemption’ #no person I’ve seen who is in love with the concept knows the who what where when why or how it should work in a story #apparently it isn’t just themes and tropes anymore people don’t understand the proper use of the word ‘villain’ #kelseethe #also hilarious: Jason should recieve sensitivity training HR style from Bruce ‘I’m the government and children are my cronies’ wayne #if Jasons headstrong/‘answers to no one’ attitude towards vigilantism is what makes people think he's villainous #I hate to be a broken record but the baddie you’re describing is Bruce #nobody thinks he’s a villain for only trusting in his own methods/self and repeatedly isolating himself #and on top of that gaslighting and hurting people around him in attempts to do what HE **thinks** is the right thing #you people always thought *him* heroic not problematic for all these traits #the only difference is Jason isn’t psychologically abusive & controlling #yet he’s still the bad guy just cause he liberally kills folks in the crime business. #l'd argue goth ham war is the b*tman story to remind you of everything that makes Bruce authentically himself #Idk how to tell you that Bruce mentally compromising/crippling his son in a twisted attempt to ‘save him from himself’ #is perfectly in line with slitting the same son’s throat because he couldn’t stand to see him avenge his own killer #and yk what a redemption arc could be interesting for someone like Bruce #because he rarely questions or doubts his choices esp wrt Jason. no matter how morally dubious they may be #I think it would be quite fun to witness his extremely restricted worldview be challenged/shattered he deserves that humbling experience

[akkivee]

Hey Vee... Do you know uh what's goin on with Hayama's twitter pfp??? 🧐

why do you question the majestic??? the effervescent???? the unfathomable??? th—

lmao no on hayama-san’s web show, he’s been bringing on guests and creating high school bl characters based on their guests tastes (kinda lol). he’s hosting his very first event for his web show based on this bl high school soon and that’s his character in the universe!!!! he doesn’t ship himself with anyone tho so i believe he’s making a joke at his expense LOL

#vee got an ask #bwoken-dweebs #creating this whole ass universe but only to be a bystander in himself is so me coded lmao like relatable #tho i certainly wouldn’t have the balls to call myself a dog lol #idk why the character looks like that specifically tho lol i’m a bit behind on bonus content #but it’s very his sense of humour so i never thought to question it LOL

[why-the-heck-not]

I miss my dear sweet buddy python that u can just sort of fuck around & find out. With C++ it’s fuck around & …

…”so u have chosen DEATH??”

#funnily enough my problem isn’t exactly with C++ currently #it’s this fuckin incomprehensible assignment instruction #even I don’t know what I’m supposed to be doing so how can I tell my poor old computer exactly what to do #istg surprisingly big chunk of coding is trying to figure out what the fuck it is that ppl want from you I hate this sometimes #like why the fuck can’t u just make it clear what we’re supposed to do this is stupid enough as is #’’time how long it takes’’ how long WHAT takes ????????? #ppl have been in the course gc asking but guess!! guess!!!!! if they gave a clear answer #’’time it so u can answer the questions’’ motherfuckerrrr i dont know what u want me to answer to bc idk what functionality u want like fUc #but like some ppl have gotten it so maybe I’m just dumb !! :) #very probable I fucking don’t get it #april 2024 #2024

[hatoddity]

UGHH I HAVENT RENDERED SOMETHING IN AGESSS

Anyways it’s new pfp :]] s much as I loved my prior e, I think this just looks objectively better. Oh also hai ace attorney community, miss me??? He’s a vamp Edgeworth as a treat 🎉🎉

#Womp #Ace attorney fanart #fanart #art #ace attorney #miles edgeworth #vampire #??? Idk #digging up old au’s for this one #Vampires are just so #GHGHGHGHH #Don’t question why he Isnt wearing anything I jus forgot to give him clothing in the initial sketch & so I went with it lol #I’m iffy abt how I rendered the hair #Constructive criticism accepted

[babisawyer]

Jackie realizing she’s gonna have to take care of shauna and jeff’s ghost baby

#🐇 #yellowjackets #truly it’s so interesting to me how much better this season is than the first that literally never happens for me #the current timeline is finally getting interesting. Jeff is still the best part #love how fast misty took to being a cult that is so her™️ #Jackie liking poppies is interesting to me both in the Jackie is gay camp and also you know the whole thing with wizard oz and her death #the ending was so fucking depressing I need a nap now #like I’m so happy they didn’t eat the baby that would have been so incredibly cheap but glad to finally have answers #like do we think shauna was dreaming or had she temporarily crossed over because like where was Jackie and the French dude #I’d say it would make sense that Lottie could be there somehow #idk it reminded me a lot of Jackie’s death of course so I have many questions #I will say the cop story line is pretty stupid like no fucking way is any of this legal and also let’s kill that creep cop shauna #I will help you girl I will drive the get away car #I was also like wondering awhile ago if Lottie’a camp is near where the plane crash was #and my best friend and I were like no there’s no way and then they tell us it’s in New York so like possibly close to the boarder? #I tried looking up cherry hill but I couldn’t find anything idk it’s probably totally unlikely and they just also happen to be in the woods #I didn’t get a preview for next week is there a preview? idk #my complaint this week is where is Jackie lmfao where is her ghost why wasn’t she in sex ed give me something I’m not ready to move on!!!!

[rustyreveries]

decided to torture myself a bit and attempted to doodle canon sal. never doing this again

is this what the people want. boring ass green twink /lh

#i forgot how different my sal is from canon in terms of like. physical appearance #my version is soooo much better 😘 /hj #salad fingers #this sucks soooo fucking bad i’m sorry #i could not bring myself to finish this it is vile #i used up all my energy on my little pony fanart 💔 #i can never draw sal’s head right it’s driving me crazy #i have no idea how to draw skinny people either forgive me #i was fighting myself so hard not to add eyelashes… he’s so incomplete without the 2 fat lashes i give him all the time #why did his fingers change sizes in this you may be asking? i have no fucking clue please stop asking questions . #maybe check out the other art i posted earlier it's sm better than this. i love sal but he makes my art shitty for some reason #he's like a curse #i just noticed smth. why does sal look like he’s jacking off in the one doodle ☹️☹️ #maybe he is idk #why does this look better than my actual sf art :[ #i think it's bc i spent like 10 minutes on the head losies #> rust's art <

[sanasanakun]

Since people are discussing Larian’s “people pleasing” updates with this latest hot fix, I’m gonna add my two (unnecessary) cents to this as well. I really love Baldurs Gate 3 for the choices and agency it affords me as a player. That’s its main draw to me. However, when comparing it to its main inspiration (i.e BioWare games), the writing in BG3 is far worse.

And I think this shines through the most with the companion content disparity. I do think Astarion is a very well written character, but I also think his popularity partially comes from the other characters being far too underwritten. This isn’t even touching on Karlach’s lack of depth and the shocking disparity that is Wyll’s entire storyline/character. But other companions like Shadowheart and Gale, while well written, lack the same attention and suffer for it.

And god, the villains. I think that’s another egregiously bad area of the writing. Kethric gets a whole act! Meanwhile, Orin is interesting but crammed into sharing space with Gortash. And Gortash is given an incredible backstory that ties to another villain, but nothing is done with it and it’s mostly hidden in notes. And the story overall is just ok. Act 2 is easily the most compelling. But compared to BioWare, the story is lackluster imo. The Dark Urge plot line is the most interesting part of the overall main storyline, but it’s not afforded enough detail or content (imo).

And none of this is helped by Larian removing bits and pieces of their characters in these hotfixes. I really wish they’d just start adding content to flesh out these problem areas, especially Wyll and Minthara.

#also I feel like some fans are getting bitter about the Astarion content disparity #I know I’ve been bitter about it cause he never really hit off with me #so maybe it was more noticeable for me? but yeah I think people are like ok come on now #esp cause it’s taken Larian so long to devote that same attention to other characters #but that’s just meeeee so don’t get mad since it’s just all my opinion on that matter #anything I write here is honestly inconsequential #but Larian’s involvement within the fandom and their need to respond to it #has always made me side eye and question their writing ability #larian critical #I’m also just a really harsh person when it comes to consuming media #so I could be overly mean with this one but like… #if I like something I will criticize it more harshly idk why #baldurs gate 3 critical

[danothan]

i think above all else, i tie my aro identity to my autism. like sometimes i wonder if i’m aro just bc i’m autistic, and ykw that’s totally fine for me lol

and while we’re at it, that might be the case for my gender too. being non-binary is quite literally rejecting the binary, and being aro basically subscribes you to relationship anarchy, which also inherently rejects societal norms

that’s so peculiar to me now looking back on myself as a child. i knew romance and gender weren’t fake, but they definitely didn’t feel real lol. i wonder if other queer ppl felt this early on too, and if being neurodivergent makes a difference

i remember being incredibly frustrated every time gender was brought up with validity. “boys and girls” was like saying “cats and dogs.” it’s a phrase to communicate an idea, but we all know they’re not the only ones. romance didn’t rly frustrate me so much as it felt like participating in a game. it was fun choosing ppl to have a crush on, until i was on the receiving end. like, we’re still playing, right?

ppl always say autism means you don’t get social cues, but i don’t think i was misunderstanding anything. i think i was just questioning their value

#one time in kindergarten i was asked if i loved my mom #it was meant to be a given but i didn’t respond immediately #i just pondered it rly deeply bc i understood that ‘love’ was a strong word and i didn’t wanna just answer unthinkingly #but i was just met with a concerned look and suddenly i was overwhelmed w guilt and just started crying (damn i cry a lot dont i) #bc how dare i make my mom look bad by not saying i loved her? why did i have to think abt it shouldnt it be obvious? #idk why it translated to shame. i didn’t hesitate bc i didn’t love her i hesitated bc i wanted to make sure i meant it #i think from that day on i always questioned this idea of love in every sense of the word #that might be why i’m so obsessed w lovecore and fictional romance too. aestheticizing it naturally invites analysis #and ofc fun lol i do just love love at the end of the day #aro #genderposting #autisms #danbles #hmmm #lovecore

[just-antithings]

Hey mods, I'm a bit concern that I saw 2 users in the reblog of posts related to Palestine in this blog defending zionism & calling people with the watermelon emote terrorist

this is so incredibly vague as to be useless. like which posts are you talking about? which users? could you maybe include a link so I don’t have to dig through a massive unending pile of notifications to attempt to figure out what you’re talking about?

#for all i know i have the users in question blocked #and that’s why I’m not seeing it #but you gotta give me something to work with here #also idk anything about the watermelon emoji thing #mod erin #ask #housekeeping