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dailyfigures · 1 month

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King Arthur ; Eiyuu Senki - The World Conquest ☆ Gift

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wanderingnork · 4 months

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I keep reminding myself that not everyone has read every possible githyanki/githzerai related source going back to the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fiend Folio. Not everyone has this level of Special Interest. Not everyone is actively trying to track down good hard copies of most of these books. Nor is anyone obligated to do so.

So here you go: I'm going to explain why "githzerai good/githyanki evil" is completely reductive, not in line with the lore, and would be ridiculous to add to BG3.

The githzerai are far, far, FAR from saints, and including them in BG3 would just muddy the waters further. They aren't just running around being the good to the githyanki's evil. And never have been. They've been chaotic neutral since the Fiend Folio, and they did not become Chaotic Good in the years since. In fact, I'd make the argument that, based on their canonical behavior right up to the present, "chaotic evil" would be an appropriate alignment.

Back in second-edition D&D, in the Planescape Book of Chaos, there's an entire section on a credible rumor that the githzerai are working on a ritual that will allow them to pull githyanki out of the Astral Plane into their city so they can "punish them for their evil." (Page 76, if you're curious.) Dragon magazine #306 (an official source), there's an article entitled "Killing Cousins." It details the gith-attala, or...cousin hunters, githzerai who specialize in hunting down and killing githyanki. They go after githyanki anywhere, but in particular strongholds on the Material Plane. As of Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (again, official source), it's explicitly stated on page 305 that the githzerai are "always on the lookout for githyanki plots to foil and creches to exterminate."

If we encountered githzerai in BG3, the most likely place to do so would be outside the creche, planning an attack that would have targeted eggs, hatchlings, and children.

The githyanki aren't coming from a place of moral good. But neither are the githzerai. Simplifying it down to good vs evil does the entire story of the species a disservice.

#nork rants #githyanki #githzerai #fight me i have the books to back it up #and this is without getting into the whole #'the githyanki want to conquer everything'#no that's the gul'othran who haven't been seen since 4e #the githyanki treat the various worlds as ~gardens~#for plunder not conquest #again see mordenkainen for the present state of affairs #and for the gul'othran #that's d+d 4th edition secrets of the astral sea p 97

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n0brainjustvibes · 10 months

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every day I wish for a Taylor Doesn't Turn Herself In AU simply so she can interact with Accord. I want Taylor "raised by an English professor" Hebert to bond with Accord over ruthless supervillainy for the greater good, the importance of public infrastructure, and respecting good old English grammar.

#I think Accord would afford her grudging respect #she's disorderly but he can generously attribute that to the Folly of Youth #she's got the spirit #he leaves with distaste for most of the Undersiders but a vague hope that The Kids Are Alright #taylor muses about the arrogance of imposing your idea of a perfect world upon others through conquest #this is of course covering the fact that her distrust for authority is screaming at her and she does not want Accord controlling HER #she then is like “gotta go! I have civilians questioning my absolute rule and black widows to put on their balls”#taylor hebert #self aware queen #worm #worm spoilers #skitter #accord #parahumans #wormblr

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illustratus · 19 days

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Frontispiece of "História da Colonização Portuguesa do Brasil"

Illustrated by Alfredo Roque Gameiro

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ninten-draw · 10 months

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Happy disability pride

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arthistoryanimalia · 10 months

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#WorldSnakeDay:

Wari painted polychrome ceramic vessel in the form of a snake, c. 800-1000 CE, Chancay Valley, Peru. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian collection.

“A sacred animal, the snake is symbolically linked with water and fertility.”

#animals in art #snake #serpent #World Snake Day #animal holiday #museum viait #Wari art #Peruvian art #pre conquest art #South American art #ceramics #pottery #effigy vessel #polychrome

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nerdyqueerr · 7 days

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This is Porter's energy to me

#got this off a blog i was blocking and the Ancestor thing kinda got me lmao #i know that i am safe in this world because i keep the Conquest Goddess and the Warriors of my Ancestral line with me every day of my life #and my 2 headed warhammer rage/smite #sure sure he's not rly keeping god by his side he's becoming a god but wtv. shj #fhjy #fantasy high #dimension 20 #porter cliffbreaker #i do rly want ppl to see this one lol

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clownjacket · 10 days

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If Kipperlilly DOES end up betraying Porter/Jace as part of a secret other scheme she has (whether good or evil) and it has to do with saving Lucy, I just know she’s going to be a bitch about it and pull a ‘sorry, I only save High Five Heroes’ before leaving her other friends to die or some shit. And then she will take her final form: Magic Betty from Adventure Time, betraying her allies and saving her frost gf at the expense of the world. It would also parallel what Ankarna is going through (‘your girlfriend’s out of town, it sucks’, becoming a little imperialist rage machine under the influence of Porter/Sunstone but not being able to fully turn on Lucy despite going against her values and turning into a violent weirdo). This is my wish. My dream. I am manifesting it. Magic Betty Kipperlilly I believe in you.

#I am currently painting clown makeup on my face rn but this is what I’ve been rooting for from the beginning so let me dream #Come on though she HAS to have some other shit going on though right?#She was DEFINITLY in that temple when the Bad Kids said Ankarna’s name #Brennan literally rolled #and we know she was in Porter’s office #so WHY hadn’t she told him Ankarna’s real name yet? We know he genuinely believed Fig found it #Also the BKs couldn’t see who was in the window during the Wanda Childa scene #Which one of the RGs has invisibility?#HMMMM #Wanda saying ‘Kipperlilly? Why are you doing this? Is it because you’re jealous?’ before getting carried off by a fake Porter would let KP #know ‘okay they FULLY saw what happened after I killed Buddy and are onto us’ which would cause her to follow them to the temple #Also…if NONE of the Rat Grinders knew Ankarna’s name then what did Lucy write on her form to change her divinity???#We KNOW it was Ankarna’s name and not the ‘symbol representing her’ because no one could see it BECAUSE the god was dead and no one alive #knew her name #Which means Lucy HAD TO HAVE KNOWN and was keeping it from the others right?#And when she died and didn’t come back they were fucked because they couldn’t even check the form anymore #But #Brennan also said that if Porter WASNT using Devil’s Honey and genuinely believed in Rage And Conquest goddess Ankarna instead of just her #domain then he and his ritual would (maybe) bring her back instead of killing her permenantly so he can take her domain #And idk #A powerful goddess of rage and conquest who despite everything can’t be turned against her sister and ex #who’s resurrection would mean the rune could be broken and Lucy can come back to life #One who has (or had) a personal vendetta against at least one of the bad kids #and a personal vendetta against the people who led to Lucy’s death #that sounds pretty appealing to someone as spiteful and obsessive as Kipperlilly doesn’t it #especially after her best (maybe only real) friend died and didn’t come back #especially if she stayed dead specifically to stop Porter #Again I’m putting my clown makeup on but I don’t want her to be secretly good or anything just unhinged and gay and a parallel to Ankarna #Please world let me have this I’m on my knees #dimension 20

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constantvariations · 3 months

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A trend in Astarion fics that I find bizarre is the idea that he's never been treated gently during sex. This is difficult to believe for one simple reason: some of Astarion's victims were virgins.

Astarion: You were handsome. Shy. You'd never been kissed. Sebastian: You taught me how. And then you destroyed me.

I get the desire to make his current partner special by having their sex be good and wholesome in comparison to his other trysts, but this is a flawed sentiment. The cutscene of that first night together is incredibly tender from the kiss to laying on the grass - the only outlier being if you offer your neck - and if you sleep with Astarion but keep it at that night, Astarion himself says he will never forget you. Not because the PC was uniquely gentle with him in bed, but because they were the first person he ever slept with of his own free will. It's his choice that makes that night special to him moreso than anything the PC may or may not have done during that time.

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion ancunin #astarion #the only exception i have to this is rimming. im down so bad for him being overwhelmed from being eaten out its not even funny #also the blood drinking since that is canonically new. makes me wonder how not being hungry would specifically affect him during sexy times #it's an eat or be eaten out world #...anyway #other factors can and probably do make their adult fun times special for him. particularly the intricacies of personal dynamics #a night w a pc that listens to him. lets him drink often. and saves the tiefs is def more special than one w a pc who does none of those #i really enjoy the tension between his hating heroic types and them being the most likely to provide the things he needs to survive #oh and smth thats somewhat related to this #i don't think astarion ever let his conquests see his back #in the clearing he's always facing his partner and even the camera doesnt show his back until the dramatic reveal #given that his victims were all one night stands it'd be p easy to convince each of them to do it face to face #leaves plenty of positions and ftf is oft more romantic which could def be an interesting conflict for him and his lover #so many common gestures of affection have been ruined for him. theyre just motions at best now #that makes it easier for their faces to be ingrained in his head so. bonus trauma lol

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uraandri · 4 months

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no idea how we managed to arrive to the "every religion except christianity is progressive really" conclusion as if you could not make the same conclusion about christianity using the same parametres and as if other religions aren't actively being used to prop up opression in a million different ways

#anybody going “that's not real (insert religion here)” is nothing but an idiot #i too could pick out 5 verses from the bible and find 3 progressive pastors and paint christianity to be the best religion in the world #this is how you end up saying shit like “islam was never used to justify conquest”#ura.txt

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tchaikovskaya · 3 months

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If u will allow me to say something elitist and dismissive and frankly a little mean…

#I don’t get people who don’t understand very very basic concepts of historical linguistics #like not even what PIE is or how anglo saxon became English after the norman conquest etc #just like. the fact that there are several families of languages that have nothing to do with each other #or that latin or greek isnt the language that every other language came from. how did u graduate HS w honors being so clueless #I understand that not everyone has the same interests as me but in terms of like. world history and basic cultural knowledge #that’s like the equivalent of me not knowing the difference between an atom and a molecule lmao. like HUH???

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teetlezhere · 6 months

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Silly rude lil pancake 🥞 , thinking silly lil thoughts.

Happy Flat Fuck Friday!

#Yes I changed my main blog name again. Sue me #rottmnt #flat fuck friday #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #riseofthetmnt #thinking silly thoughts #def not plotting world conquest. no way. no sir. he would never #saverottmnt #unpauserottmnt #I streamed the movie doing this

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ir-dr · 2 years

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Day 3346 - 11 July 2022

A commission for xietLied !

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#projecttiger #commission things #THANK YOU SO MUCH ONCE AGAIN I LOVE THEM #IF EVIL WHY HOT?????m #ANYWAY I AM ONCE AGAIN WISHING HER ALL THE BESTON ALL HER POTENTIAL WORLD CONQUEST SCHEMES

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illustratus · 1 year

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Christopher Columbus by Carl von Piloty

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horizon-verizon · 1 year

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“Aegon’s Conquest”

Image Credit: ramzi-firhad @ deviantart

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arthistoryanimalia · 5 months

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#WorldCoatiDay:

Coati effigy whistling vessel (vasija silbadora) Maya, Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala Preclassic, c. 1000 BCE - 250 CE H 16 x W 30.5 cm Museo Nazionale di Archeologia e Etnologia, Guatemala

#animals in art #animal holiday #coati #World Coati Day #effigy #ceramics #pottery #whistling vessel #Maya art #Indigenous Art #pre conquest art #Museo Nazionale di Archeologia e Etnologia #Central American art

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