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unhelpfultarot · 3 days

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The Emperor and Ace of Pentacles

Today the boss is handing you the Important Orb of Significance.

#tarot #rider-waite-smith #the emperor #ace of pentacles

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toxins-very-gay-thoughts · 2 days

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TOH Pilot Spoilers!

Okay, so I am definitely glad they changed some things. I am happy that Eda's curse now reflect her owl status and that is is not something that she can just do. Also, that Lilith is a guard instead of a headmistress. I don't really understand how a teaching position would have her working directly under the emperor. I feels more distanced. And I am extremely thankful that Eda is no longer secretly working for the emperor's coven / Oberon.

#toh #the owl house #toh pilot #the owl house pilot #eda the owl lady #eda clawthorne #eda toh #lilith toh #lilith clawthorne #the owl beast #the owl lady #the emperor #the emperors coven

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dannyuko · 1 day

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"Don't let my form deceive you." — The Emperor

#my little pony #mylittlepony #baldur's gate 3 #mind flayer #the emperor #baldurs gate fanart #baldur gate 3 #lovecraft #cthulhu

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littlemonday · 2 days

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So much of the difference in player response to the Emperor vs. Raphael comes down to aesthetics.

I’ve been seeing a lot of fan posting of Raphael lately, which is honestly fine. I enjoy seeing fan creations on all the characters. But I feel like I need to address something that is, for me, rather glaring in the fandom. Raphael is a pretty popular character, while the Emperor gets so much hate posting I’ve had to block users and entire groups on other sites because it was so over the top. These characters are functionally quite similar in the game, but the disparity in how they’re each perceived couldn’t be more different.

Both characters need to form an alliance with the main character. Both characters need the main character to defeat the brain. Both characters are willing to manipulate the main character to meet their own ends. But, one character is a conventionally attractive middle aged man, and the other is a humanoid squid monster. (How many times have we all seen posts about how upset someone was when their hot dream guardian turned out to be the squid monster?)

Not only is Raphael conventionally attractive, but he stays that way when he reveals himself as a devil.The Emperor presents himself as someone the main character would trust, but when he’s finally revealed, he bears no resemblance to the facade he was wearing - a facade that he sincerely believed was necessary to keep himself safe and to win your trust. Raphael is quite literally the handsome devil. His ascended form barely makes an appearance, but even so that form is not alien. It’s devilish, but not alien, and “alien” unlike devilish, invokes a deeply discomforting fear of the unknown.

Raphael is all opulence and performance, wearing tailored clothing and living in a grandiose house that hides the horrors of what happens there until late into act 3. While the mind flayer colonies by comparison are grotesque organisms that look like the inside of a body, and the Emperor’s home is a bare bones cellar with the last remaining keepsakes of his former life. The chains he uses to hold his victims are right out in the open.

Raphael is like an old school campy Disney villain who tries to entertain you all while openly admitting that he wants you to come to him when you’re desperate and all hope is gone. And like those old Disney villains, he just enjoys being evil. He even comes with his own villain song that he sings. He enjoys your suffering. He’s openly playing with his food. The Emperor does try to seduce you, but mostly tries to appeal to your pragmatism and empathy. However, he doesn’t have Disney villain camp to help him out here. He embodies all the body horror and fear over the player's loss of humanity by virtue of him being a mind flayer. He does have a song, but most of us miss it on our first play through and don’t hear its tragic lyrics.

Raphael, and this one is perhaps the most frustrating to me, imprisoned and tortured Hope for years! He takes advantage of people, including orphans, and gets them to sign away their souls for eternal torment in exchange for something they desperately want or need in life. While the Emperor has that one infamous cutscene in which we see him enthrall Stelmane, but it comes on the heels of the player dehumanizing and provoking him. A lot of players will refer to this as a “call out” and a “mask off” moment, which is very disingenuous framing. It’s frustrating that so few players never seem to consider the deeper role their choices may play in triggering this scene: you treat him like an inhuman monster, and you get an inhuman monster. Players will complain all the time about how the Emperor manipulates you and lies about everything, but apparently in this one scene he’s suddenly being completely honest and not manipulating you? So many never consider the possibility of confirmation bias when it comes to this character.

As I said, this cutscene is an obvious threat, but I know that just because he’s threatening you, it doesn’t mean there’s no truth to what you’re seeing. However, it also doesn’t mean that this is somehow “the truth” as so many players seem to think it is. I’ll write more on this in another post, but there’s just not enough information in the game to make definitive conclusions on their relationship. And I bring this up because I don’t see anywhere near the outrage over Hope as I see over Stelmane.

Then there’s Ansur. The Emperor killed his love, Ansur, out of self defense (we know this from Ansur himself), and for a lot of players, this was what solidified their hatred for the Emperor, and they will endlessly hate post about it. Raphael, on the other hand, never killed any of his loves. But the reason he never killed any of his loves is because he’s never loved anyone. He’s incapable of it, and anyone he has killed was, at best, a mere tool for his use.

Which brings me to my next point, even though both characters are trying to manipulate you to their own ends, only the Emperor sees you as more than a means to an end. Raphael does not. In fact, I wrote a lot of words on this very topic.

I’ve had people tell me that they like Raphael more because he’s upfront with his intentions, while the Emperor isn’t. That’s not entirely true. The Emperor tells you he wants his freedom, even tells you the power he uses to protect you is power he’s stolen, but he goes to great lengths to hide his identity, where Raphael barely goes to any lengths at all. As I said, the Emperor sincerely believes he must do this to protect himself. He likes to puff his chest out, but he’s quite aware of his own vulnerability, so he lives a life in which he’s constantly hiding and disguising himself. He’s surviving, as he puts it in the end. Raphael is essentially a prince in the Hells who wields a lot of power, and whatever vulnerabilities he might have are well protected. Whatever difference this makes is not enough to justify the gulf in how much hate the Emperor receives versus how little Raphael does.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: this is not me saying that you have to like one character or dislike another. That’s personal, and I’m not going to waste time telling people how to feel. So please don’t take away from this that I want to see more hate posting about Raphael. I don’t! Please don’t hate post about any characters, and if you absolutely must, please don’t use character tags to do so. What I am saying is that there’s a clear double standard in this fandom, and I want more players to engage with this media in a way that is both empathetic and analytical. I think both of those things together can prevent a lot of toxicity.

#bg3 #the emperor #the emperor bg3 #bg3 emperor #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #raphael #media criticism #not a hate post #fandoms

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naughtybg3confessions · 1 day

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ok so the emperor clearly didn't do too great with the whole "dominating stelmane" thing (caused a stroke, which generally isn't supposed to happen) so i posit that he just needs practice. and BOY would i let him practice enthralling and dominating me, just for short periods of time, just to prove he can do it

#dirty confessions #the emperor

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zyxthstuff · 2 days

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TavEmp log 6

#fanart #the emperor #tav #baldur's gate 3

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fehlerderkorrektur · 3 days

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The emperors soul

So when illithid Tav at the end of the game decides to kill himself, he is greeted by withers. Despite illithids having no soul, he is able to recognize Tav. The explanation given is that Tav is some kind of anomaly and that some parts of his soul still remain.

So what if that is the key to rogue mind flayers? What if some people, with strong enough souls, manage to unconsciously dodge their death thru ceremorthose by transfering parts of their soul into the new illithid body.

And that's why the emperor, omeluum and Illithid Tav are different. They still have parts of their souls.

#the emperor #the emperor bg3 #bg3 the emperor #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #mind flayer #illithid #omeluum

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incorrectsmashbrosquotes · 2 days

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BENEATH THE READ MORE IS A POLL THAT CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BALDUR'S GATE 3 - I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT I NEED SOME ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO

Who should I side with in the final battle? The choices are ass follows.

Side with the Emperor: No one has to become Illithid but I screw over the entire Githyanki race and Lae'zel in specific and dit feelss like a douchebag move.

Side with Orpheus: Potential salvation for the the Githyanki and feels like the right thing but someone has to become Illithid or Gale has to blow himself up.

So, please vote. Also offer me any advice you can. I'm really torn on this.

#incorrect quotes #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #baldur's gate #Baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #The Emperor #Orpheus #spoilers #bg3 spoilers #illithid #advice #i need advice #poll #vote

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mendelmakes · 1 day

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