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yuniex07 · 2 months

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but Welch made Tav dialogues choices based on pro ascension is all about seeing Astarion as sex object. That’s the problem. Welch already decided all Tavs who chose ascension see Astarion as sex object. Welch only talked about sex object regarding Ascended Astarion.

The way this writer tried to " teach " a lesson was pointless from the begining tbh. From the begining Astarion makes a lot of induendo to the Player character, offers, and pushes for the player to agree to have sex with him. His double meaning banter/aiding lines. EVERYTHING about the character is sexualised. It makes sense this person was only in charge late in the development of the game because the way your character react at that point of the story makes no sense!

Personally, my experience was this one:

Got interested in baldur's gate from tiktok videos, and some mentions of the game from my FC companions in FFXIV. OFC i got moslty non context thristy Astarion videos on tiktok and you know what? i was not interested in him at all . I was like, "why are people simping for him? he looks old, ugly, the guy with a beard looks better, but isnt my type either, might go for one of the girls first" (oh that poor past version of me would probably laught at my present version)

So i played the game without context, and not even liking Astarion's looks. I consider myself a pretty impartial person leaning towards what i consider fair and just, having no experience in DND, my character would be more like a neutral good character of sort? (tbh, i don't see the point of having aligments when the choices of a person will depend on soo many variables. The trolley dilema anyone? )

Anyway, i fell, HARD for this pixelated man, because of his charisma, his sassy comments and his attitude. As he was undercovering more about him, i was more and more facinated, I was struggling with his approval, because even tho i wanted to romance him, i was still making the choices that i considered right! (which people usually relate to being a good character) Long story short, he did proposed at the party and i was able to romance him. My character wanted to help everyone and she did. The game portraits the ritual as somehing that will realy improve his life with no downside for him(not talking about the cost here).

So when getting into the ritual, analizing all the information the game game me up to that point, not knowing what will happen after, and thinking on all the posibiliies of this decision. I could only conclude that 7000 spawns were too dangerous to be liberated, Astarion would be free from his master and from all the vampirism downsides, and he had wanted from the begining the power to take his own decisions and mistakes, own his life and his body. (the persuation check being only for Astarion and non of the other companions was interesting... i would not try to persuade him to do something he was asking for from the begining) He had the full support of my character. And i was happy after the ritual, he sounded confident and finally able to act without fear.

So when the long rest scene played i was put off by the dialog choices and TAV's expressions(they fixed them now but not during that time) my character seemed like trying to lecture him and put the blame of a decisison they BOTH agreed only on him(same from the companions like what?? i did it too you know?? why are they angry at him but not me?) then the "spicy" scene happened (it was a pleasant surprise for me i had no idea it was from this route so it proves once again that not everyone Ascends him just because you want to sexualize him) If you think about it, is not even THAT sexual when compared to other companions is pretty tamed.

In conclusion, that writer has some several issues that needs to be addresses and tried to use the game to try to feel better with themself or scape remorse from all the social opportunities they missed for not been able to socialize properly and idealize fiction over reality durning their younger years.

#anon ask #lord astarion

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tiergan-vashir · 6 years

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honestly, i want to start roleplaying in the ff14 community but i have no idea where to start. my server isnt very active in terms of roleplay and i dont know where to start on tumblr. i also have no idea about roleplay servers on discord. im nervous as all hell to start but i WANT to im itching to throw myself into roleplay but i have no idea where to start.

Most of my advice will be kind of Balmung-centric simply because I’m on Balmung and don’t really know the specifics for other servers.

FFXIV Servers

I’m intensely biased in that I’d recommend either Balmung or Mateus as those are the two servers I know have the biggest RP communities around them. While smaller RP communities can be nice in their own way, I feel like bigger ones give you more opportunities to explore and peek at different groups until you find the gang that is right for you. With smaller ones it’s a lot easier to find yourself an outcast as with the smaller pool of RPers - the gang that’s right for you might not exist.

I used to be part of a much smaller server community in WoW and I didn’t really realise what I was missing until I went to other MMOs where I joined the ‘main’ RP server the most folks were clustering up in.

Joining an FC or a Linkshell is usually my personal first step when I first join a server community. Trying to tackle an entire massive community alone i daunting. Focusing on a smaller piece of it first and having that ‘foundation’ of a group of RPers that will hopefully feel compelled to RP with me makes breaking into the rest of the community at large feel a lot easier and less scary.

@mooglemeet and @balmungrp (if you pick Balmung) are also great places to look for LFRP blogs of other folks and poke folks you find interesting.

@mateusrpcalendar and @balmungrpcalendar lists lots of RP events to attend for their respective servers. Just be aware that events with MASSIVE chat scroll are usually some of the worst possible places to make new friends as everyone has an insanely hard time dealing with the sheer amount of text and might not always see someone is trying to interact with them.

Tumblr

My advice would be to make a character blog, clearly label it with your character name, server, and maybe even a quick blurb about your character to catch someone’s interest on what sort of character they might be. Find a theme that you like to slap on it and then just follow all the FFXIV RP blogs you like. Interact with them, send them asks, comment on their posts.

I find that a lot of the time, the more I recognize a tumblr user from constant interaction, the more likely I am to get curious about them, buddy up with them, and say hello in game when I run into them. You can also create a LFRP post and slap it up with tags so it might get picked up by the mooglemeet and balmungrp blogs.

The unfortunate, frustrating thing about Tumblr is that it’s social media, outside of just interacting with folks, you’re might to have to do the usual social media stuff just to get noticed by people. Posts with eye-catching visuals or memes tend to get more notes then writing. It’s weird and unfortunate for a bunch of folks who write as a hobby, but good to keep in mind so you don’t associate a lack of notes or followers with whether or not your RP is of quality.

If you feel way more comfortable chatting on forums - https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com is a great option and a good alternative to just using Tumblr. It also has a section for various FCs and Linkshells that might be of interest to you. You can also create a character wiki which is nice for having a consolidated place to store all your character info (but can sort of be hard to keep up with :V)

Discord

To be honest, most of my discord servers are either FC related, linkshell related, or personal servers of friends. It’s only been very recently that I’ve joined RP servers full of people with likeminded interests like the Ala Mhigans of Balmung server.

I’m honestly not always sure where to find them myself. I got told about them by friends who knew I would like it. That said, if you pick Balmung here is a handy post of a lot of RP Discords, though I’m sure there are plenty of others that are floating around on Tumblr that I’m not aware of (I think I saw a Doman/Hingan one on a post somewhere?)

Hope this helps!

#Anonymous

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