#talking with my muse

[steriotypicaloutlaw]

Me: *looks at Ethan* Ah, look at us, two traumatized fucks who's trauma mostly comes from events that happened in FUCKING LOUISIANA!

Ethan:.... K....

#resident evil #resident evil village #resident evil 8 #re8 #ethan winters #re8village #resident evil incorrect quote #resident evil incorrect quotes #re8 incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #talking with my muse #mun and muse #trauma #louisiana

[kaogens]

mikus once again :P

#vocaloid #hatsune miku #vocaloid fanart #shes my go to when idk what to draw... my muse #a rlly sweet woman talked to me on the plane bc she liked my art.. sobbing #drew these when i left london... i miss u london I MISS MY FRIENDSSSSS

[barilleon]

One thing that I've noticed about Baldur's Gate 3 is that sometimes it really does feel like your companions are being piloted by other players. Sure, there's the standard approval system that most CRPGs have nowadays, but there is an even more powerful mechanic at play here: giving the player the option to shut the fuck up.

There are tons of moments when your companions are forced to confront parts of their past they can't shake. You always have the option to speak up for them if you like, but most times you also have the option to say nothing (sometimes the prompt is literally "say nothing," sometimes it's "let [character] handle this."

And this is such an important tactic of playing at the table: turning the spotlight onto to another player and letting them handle it. Because the story isn't just about your player character, it's about all of you.

When you do choose that option, I've noticed more often than not that the character approves of you letting them take the wheel. When you try to speak up for them, they may not express disapproval, but it comes up in the fiction. I tried to defend Astarion once and an NPC was like, "You're letting swine speak for you now?" and Astarion shouted, "I don't need anyone to speak for me!" He's right! This is his moment! Why did I say anything?

Baldur's Gate doesn't have to do this! There's no actual person piloting your companions. And in games a lot of people will say it's usually best practice to keep the spotlight on the players. But BG3 is a video game based on a tabletop game, and I think this is one of the main differences between the two. Maybe it's a tiny detail, but giving the player the option to relinquish the spotlight (and oftentimes encouraging and rewarding it) is such an incredible detail, and faithful to the medium the game is trying to emulate.

It's also a great lesson for everyone who wants to be a good player at the table: if it's not your scene, consider shutting up and letting the spotlit player handle it.

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #spoiler-free musings #if you look at anything i've ever written about ttrpgs #every bad experience i've had can be found written between the lines #one time another player killed an npc from my backstory before i had the chance to talk to him!

[khickuwa]

a momentary respite.

#I Am Playing Tears of The Kingdom #Do Not Talk To ME #i'm honestly just stooged at how everyone else i know is progressing so much quicker adjalsj #(but then again juggling my internship and tot musing and my other school stuff it's kinda hard to make time for everything) #i'm savouring this like a really really good steak #this has been sitting in my wips for too long #CHIKA PLEINAIR ERA FUCK YEA #tears of the kingdom #zelda tears of the kingdom #totk link #art #artist #illust #illustration #fanart

[lavend3r-stardust]

That thing they do when they run their dick along your cunt and leave you anticipating when you're gonna be all fucked out just from the tip rubbing against your clit, pressing itself against your holes but not pushing inside you . . . Not just yet . . . They wanna draw it outta you, drag out every last orgasm from your throbbing little pussy and feel you clench around nothing as you whimper and beg them to fuck you, rocking your hips so something more than the head of their dick can fill you up

#holy fuck i need his dick so bad what the actual hell i've never woken up craving him inside my pussy before but motherfucker lemme tell ya- #yk i wouldn't mind if she bred my pussy too just saying . . but like . . . i need her pushing that fat mushroom head into me n see me squirm #queer shenanigans and all that #hxrny musings i suppose #queer #bi #bisexual #queer nsft #queer ns/fw #bi ns/fw #bi nsft #nsft bi #ns/fw bi #bisexual ns/fw #bisexual nsft #shira talks #butch cock #nb nsft #nb ns/fw #bi4pan #bi4bi #bi4bi nsft #bi4all #bi sub #bi switch #bisexual sub #bisexual switch #bi d/s

[friberchi]

Practices with Gale ♡

#bg3 #gale #gale bg3 #gale dekarios #baldur's gate 3 #so the left one is lineart i guess and i really dont like doing lines before painting fr!! #the second is a two-layer painting and i liked this process 10x over pre-lineart my detested 😂 #both aren't really processes i use often #anyway he's such a muse #thanks for coming to my talk #by fri

[apollos-boyfriend]

are you planning to talk about your stance on the xenophobia towards brazilians fans that’s been happening recently? I’ve seen a lot of other blogs talk about it and confirm that they’re a safe space for brazilian fans, and I was curious if you’d be making any similar statements

#muse talk #anon #hall of fame #i’m losing my mind oh my god

[jennycalendar]

the thing about spike that i think makes him such a fan favorite is that he is making the conscious choice to be that stupid all the time. angel it seems is not aware of how full of rocks his head is but spike could get off this train at any moment and is instead choosing to run it into a wall at full speed for the lolz. do you see what i am trying to communicate here

#FOUND THIS IN MY DRAFTS AND REAL TALK WHY THE FUCK WAS THIS IN MY DRAFTS #THIS IS JUST. FACTUAL #spike #angel #btvs #musings

[wuntrum]

awww, theyre so cute together <3

#original character #my art #my muses muse #they talk it out i swear. they just like to get a little silly 😜 #will be keeping the context to myself (and my patr30n lol)

[tofixtheshadows]

Constantly rotating Falin Touden in my head as one of the best examples of "haunting the narrative" I've ever seen. Schrödinger's maiden. Schrödinger's chimera. She's the saintly little sister they have to save and the savage dragon they have to slay and the girl they love that they have to eat.

They literally fridged her and defrosted her.

#CHARACTER OF ALL TIME #I say this about every dunmesh character. Because it's true. #Dungeon Meshi #Falin Touden #DUNGEON MESHI SPOILERS #don't even get me started on how Kui deconstructs her in the 'angelic girl on a pedestal' role #how every time she appears she's in conflict with her own selfless desires versus her selfish ones; being consumed versus devouring #Laios's last memory of her is of her self sacrifice and Marcille's is of Falin saying she doesn't care if saving her hurts someone else #let's talk about that!!!! #musings with Dea #sorry I'm going insane because my only two friends reading the manga are doing it at a snail's pace

[nateezfics]

he looks so vampy in these photos;; i’m so in love

#looks like a vampire from those early 2000’s vampire movies #y’all know what i’m talking about #hongjoong my gothic vampire lover boy <3 #au in which hongjoong is a very old — like centuries old — vampire that enjoys fine art #and owns his exhibit//gallery that hosts the most prestigious pieces #vampire and human alike go to visit it #he’s an artist himself and has a tendency to become infatuated with humans #has many human muses who end up being his temporary lovers #he’s not set out on killing people but a majority of the time his human lovers do not survive #stops engaging with humans for a while before meeting you #you come into his gallery and ofc he’s immediately infatuated #and in the end he finds more than just a muse in you #but true love #but poor guy is too scared you’ll end up like his past lovers…so he tries so hard to stay away #but duh ofc it doesn’t work out he’s hooked on you <333 #you stay with him in his old gothic victorian style mansion #and the sex omfg #vampire hongjoong = the best lover #hongjoong smut #hongjoong hard thoughts #joongie #☕️

[sbrn10]

On a scale of pure comedy to heartbreak, Imogen realizing that she and her girlfriend were not alone despite all appearances to the contrary:

#musings: cr #cr3 #imodna #imogen temult #just wants to kiss her girlfriend in peace is that so much to ASK!!! 😭 #also at some point pate and delilah should talk i'm so curious what he thinks of her lol + make matt do all the self-conversations #potato quality gifs for my own reference #c3e65 #c3e77

[garlculean]

Toadette's gotta lil crush it'd seem...wah ha ha.

#｡*ﾟ+.*｡🧄— $𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐇;; ooc #MyArt #Toadette #Wario #Warioland #WarioWorld #Warioware #Nintendo #Mario #Super mario #mushroom people #// Been talking with Timid who muses Luigi and it made me really wanna draw Toadette daydreaming about Wario #// I still wanna make a peachette version for my rendition of toadette because I dont like her looking EXACTLY like peach #// I want her to be very pink and still kinda look like HER but...not entirely herself. You know? #// Also sorry for the lack of writing and more just drawing-- Im gonna try to get back to my writing soon #// just takes a lot more for me to write than it is for me to draw #// appreciate the patience! #doodles #marioverse

[mccoyquialisms]

Brennan is so wonderfully portraying Tula’s clear love and affection for her late husband as well as her deep, burning, unacknowledged anger towards him.

#‘if you feel anger—don’t’ oh Tula…who are you talking to rn #bro I cried like 3 times in the first 30 minutes #’mama I’m tired’ #Mr mulligan enough I can’t take this anymore!!! #burrow's end #dimension 20 #dropout #dimension 20 spoilers #my musings

[sweet-shut-eye]

Mourning Gown

#alan wake #don’t talk to me abt the poet and the muse ill start crying #my art aha #alan wake 2 #yeah why not #barbara jagger #baba jakala

[thetriumphantpanda]

not me and @undercoverpena talking about how different Pedro boys would react to a British reader and now I have serious brain rot over Joel Miller being in London for the first time. Sitting in a pub, drinking a £7 pint. Getting jostled when the rugby is on the tv. HIM TAKING THE TUBE. GOING ON THE LONDON EYE TO SEE THE VIEW. Him being blown away seeing Buckingham Palace for the first time.

SO YEAH. That's a thing.

AND DON'T GET US STARTED ON JAVIER PEÑA NOT KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE BRITISH SNARK AND INSULTS.

#panda muses #my cheese and crackers #don't talk to me about this #Joel Miller #Javier Peña