#tay.txt

[spellbooking]

let me preface this by saying: you are allowed to have whatever pairing/ship you want. this post is not about saying you can’t nor should you feel bad for having them!

I will always use my blog as a means to advocate and boost queer material. But lately I’ve noticed the lack of engagement on queer tav x companion pairings. And it feels like it’s getting worse. It’s discouraging as a queer man who mainly ships men with men that a gif/art of Gale (or any other male companion) with a masc!/nonbinary tav will get 30 notes (if that!) in an hour but a headcanon or gif of a male companion with a fem! presenting tav will receive much more attention (100s of notes) within that same time period. For such an inclusive game, me and a couple other queer folks have come forward to say how excluded we are starting to feel. As someone who has a pansexual male partner, it is heartbreaking to see. I’m putting these in bullet points because it’s easier for me

• Gale, Wyll, Astarion and Halsin are NOT straight

• Gale, Wyll, Astarion and Halsin are PANSEXUAL

• Shadowheart, Lae’zel, Karlach, and Minthara are NOT straight

• Shadowheart, Lae’zel, Karlach, and Minthara are PANSEXUAL

• Just because a fem!Tav is paired with a male companion does not mean she is automatically straight. Stop erasing sexuality or assuming.

• Just because a masc!Tav is paired with a female companion does not mean he is automatically straight (I can relate to this one as I have a pansexual masc!Tav who is paired with SH and his sexuality gets swept under the rug)

The reluctance to engage with queer tav x companion media is discouraging and so disappointing. I know people will write g/n blurbs but honestly, upon reading them, they seem to weigh heavily towards AFAB individuals (if it’s about a male companion). I’ve seen blurbs be titled as g/n just to have an allude to AFAB individuals at the end. Queer pairings are much less likely to receive reblogs or engagement in this space and it’s baffling.

And honestly it’s even worse for nonbinary and trans individuals. You guys truly get the short end of the stick and I’m so so sorry. You don’t deserve that. But I am so tired of groups of people trying to claim these companions or claim what their “preference” is. Gale and Wyll are not “ladies men”. They’re just MEN. Even when these companions are headcanoned as parents, it’s conveniently forgotten that two men and two women can be parents. Stop claiming these characters as if they only prefer one gender. I literally made a gif of astarion kissing my male tav and it felt taboo because I RARELY see gifs of him kissing or engaging romantically with masc!Tavs.

The heteronormativity with these companions is frustrating. Us queer individuals are FRUSTRATED. I see it. I hear about it. People vent to me about it! The fact that people are so quick to give attention to fem!Tav x male companion or masc!Tav x fem companion but are so reluctant or give no attention to queer pairings is disheartening and I cannot sit by and not acknowledge this any longer. A lot of the fandom will preach equality and equal engagement but won’t even give said engagement? Please engage with queer content. Please reblog queer tav content. Please stop assuming sexualities of tavs. Please stop erasing sexualities of these characters. Stop excluding queer tav pairings from these narratives! All we’re asking for is equal engagement, please. We are tired, we are frustrated, please give us a voice too. And if you believe the companions cannot be with someone other than explicitly of the opposite gender, please block me.

#tay.txt #baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #halsin silverbough #astarion ancunin #wyll ravengard #fandom critical #baldurs gate 3 #astarion #Halsin

[kazoo-the-demjin]

Someone needs to fucking link me to some shit which updates me on new Nora content about ny favourite characters or i will combust

#THERE IS SO MUCH #NEW CONTENT #I WILL DIE #I NEED TO KNOW E V E R Y T H I N G #aftg #all for the game #tay.aftg #tay.txt #neil josten #andrew minyard

[nintendc64]

norman reedus and the funky fetus 2: electric boogaloo

#the game awards #death stranding #tay.txt

[staycgrls]

collage night with the homies :)

#i cut up my old aespa seasons greetings but it was worth it #tay.txt

[lesbianmeka]

crazy how i’m 27 years old and was only just not diagnosed with OCD when i’ve been showing symptoms since i was 5 LOL

#tay.txt #its nice to finally have a dx but fuck man #going back through my life and it’s just oh that’s not normal that’s OCD !!

[nintendong]

u can now find me at @nintendc64 btw ..... if u even care .....

#tay.txt #keeping this one as an archive to whatever the hell was going on with me as a 13-18 year old

[abyssal-lix]

cannot believe i get to hang out with 4 amazing friends to see ateez in newark! 15 days away. i'm so grateful i met them in chicago in july at the skz concert and got an opportunity to plan this trip together 🥹

the dream team will be reunited once again 💗💗

#tay.txt #ateez #ateez newark

[spoiledforchoices]

I always used to say I hated vampire shit but between the chokehold Wayhaven has on me and the instant obsession with Immortal Desires, I may have to start accepting a new reality 🙃

#tay.txt

[xotaylor]

Tumblr is so weird, the most random shit goes viral on here, I can’t ever tell WHAT people are gonna send up 😭

#tay.txt

[cowboy-raylan]

Enjoy this bad screenshot. But see that lock of hair! I wanna push it back into place and smooch his forehead!

#he is so cute #cooper howard #fallout #howdy it’s tay.txt

[engineermaterial]

partial photo of my study space (still a work in progress) :) i would really like some plants to give it more of a flowy feeling, and i need to reduce some of the clutter...but i hate throwing things out.

#study desk #studyblr #college desk #notion #studyspo #study inspiration #study motivation #tay.txt #i love how everything is out of focus #maybe i'll do detailed photos later lol

[spellbooking]

the way he looks at Halsin makes me wanna bite off my hands (lovingly)

#tay.txt #oc: othello nulara

[halscavendish-moved]

hello pals! I have been feeling really unmotivated to contribute to this space lately so I have decided to start fresh! and bring tuser renison back!

this blog will now be inactive and if you'd like you can follow my new blog by clicking the link above! @ all my mutuals please send me a message or something so I don't lose you!!

I love you all!!

#tay.txt

[nintendc64]

the orchestra man putting his whole pussy into this GOTY performance. oh we stan

#the game awards #tay.txt

[staycgrls]

hello besties just a reminder that no terfs allowed, this account supports trans women and i will block you immediately :)

#if u follow me i will go through ur blog to make sure ur not a freak so #unfortunately found one so just making this clear #tay.txt

[lesbianmeka]

how is everyone just going about their day like ??? i can't get the faces of those dead Palestinian children out of my mind.

#tay.txt #i cant stop thinking about them #palestine will be free