#blades mc

[erixadraws]

Mal loving to kiss and squish Rayas cheeks because he finds her adorable.

I like to think Mal has apologized profusely to Raya for hurting her because of how he treated her when she came back. He’s been opening up more, warmly embracing her every chance he gets. He wants to let her know he will always protect her.

Side note: I have been feeling very unmotivated to create blades art recently mostly because it’s discouraging sometimes when you feel like you still aren’t skilled enough. Making art for blades is something I enjoy but when Im constantly focusing on improving and creating content it just tires me out. I do have a drawing idea I’m planning but it’s hard to find a reference that inspires me

Edit: It totally slipped my mind i wrote the date as 01/18/2023 ☠️ i changed it now but it just shows you how extremely tired i was last night.

#he wants to keep her safe in his arms #she was a little grumpy here #mal trying to comfort her while she’s upset #she loves it tho #blades fanart #blades of light and shadow #mal volari #mal x mc #playchoices #choices blades #Raya Parnassus #my art #my mcs #blades mc #digital art #choices bolas #erixadraws

[bedtimegiraffe]

I finally figured out why all the party members in Book 2 come out as so frustratingly self-focused to me.

It's not because they're all struggling with their own stuff. It's all about shelving your agenda- that thing in a relationship where you go, 'You need my support right now, so we're going to worry about my thing later.'

And MC does this constantly.

I just barely escaped death and found out a year passed, but is Kade recovered from the Shadow Court?

I just almost drowned, but it's time to comfort this owlbear cub and unpack Valax's trauma!

I just almost died twice to the Ash Empress, but is Nia coping with being corrupted okay?

Which can be okay. Shelving your agenda is part of a healthy relationship of any kind.

The problem is that no one does it back. I think Tyril and Nia kind of sum up the whole group's attitude:

But I don't think MC was ever going to be 'ready.' Someone else was always going to have to 'unshelve' it for them and make an effort to put the focus on MC.

Now, adventurers don't tend to be particularly well adjusted people. The full party has got maybe 1.5 healthy childhoods and 4 living parents between them (judged pretty generously). But it still feels like the others can't get it together enough to ask if MC is okay. Not that MC really makes it easy! I see MC as someone who is so used to pushing their feelings down to focus on whatever work is in front of them, they almost can't access their own emotions.

Which is why we had the brief glimpses of panic and the breakdown moment in Chapter 17. I think the breakdown makes sense mechanically. Kade is the one character your MC is guaranteed to have a strong connection to and this way it's not gated behind any diamond choices (like some really crucial character moments with Aerin and Valax, no I'm not bitter about it). But that makes it feel like the whole party has been neglecting MC while Kade immediately sees MC and goes, "Dude, you are not okay. Talk to me.'

And MC tries to turn it into comforting Kade! Kade has to actively argue with MC to make them actually acknowledge that they're having a hard time.

MC for some reason can't or won't talk about their own trauma and Kade (who's only been around for 5 minutes) is the one who has to actively force the issue for MC's own good. Which is not a great look for the rest of the found family.

Afterward, Mal and Nia both seem to address it without really getting the point. Mal says, "We know things didn't go the way any of us wanted." (Which could mean... anything. But I'm feeling generous.)

Protecting MC from death is not an equivalent exchange to talking about feelings! It is in fact dodging the feelings by focusing on practicalities again! Y'all better get it together in Book 3, I swear.

Overall, MC constantly delays addressing their own vulnerability and issues to focus on everyone else. And the others don't know how to do the same thing for MC, so the pattern just gets more engrained and damaging.

Except for Kade, my perfect boy.

Sources (they're fun, I promise!):

Screenshots from Neckrone Shen's playthroughs of Blades on YouTube, my go-to for whenever I can't remember something or don't have the screenshots myself.

I think @oh-so-youre-a-nerd's incredible piece 'Take Take Take' kept rattling around in my head until I figured out how to articulate why it felt this way: https://www.tumblr.com/oh-so-youre-a-nerd/736449955360899072/take-take-take?source=share

The language of 'shelving your agenda' came from the very good Cinema Therapy video about Kristoff from Frozen:

#I will choose to try and make things make sense in-universe rather than citing writing choices 100% of the time #I love the team I just think there were some windows of downtime they really could have used to check on MC (all the time on boats...) #choices blades of light and shadow #blades of light and shadow #choices blades #blades 2 #blades mc #choices bolas 2 #choices bolas #tyril starfury #nia ellarious #kade #kade of riverbend

[megas-choices]

Tyril feeling his age if we seal the rift

#yeah this is definitely not my ending #mega plays blades 2 #playchoices #blades of light and shadow #blades of light and shadow 2 #blades 2 #blades 2 seal rift ending #tyril starfury #mal volari #blades mc #mc: willow parnassus #spoilers #blades 2 spoilers

[fandomgamersimp]

Aerin's letter was heart-breaking in many ways, very serious too- I know that...

But I've also just realised that- when it comes to my gameplay and the MC I made- railing an elf twink was apparently life-changing enough to sent Aerin on both a spiritual and a literal journey 💀

#pixelberry choices #choices game #meme #blades of light and shadow 2 #blades of light and shadow #choices blades #blades 2 #blades mc #mc x aerin #prince aerin #aerin valleros #bolas aerin #choices stories you play #pixelberry #playchoices #bolas 2 #choices bolas #pb bolas #bolas

[chanceisagoodboy]

OH-

#choices #pixelberry #choices stories you play #playchoices #pb choices #choices stories we play #choices game #blades of light and shadow #blades of light and shadow 2 #choices blades of light and shadow #choices blades #blades 2 #blades mc

[lover-also-fighter-also]

I just had this thought while playing today's chapter... Now all of MC's crew have lost their mothers.

Mal, Nia and MC were orphans

Tyril lost his mothers young

And , Imtura just lost her mother 😭😭

#playchoices #choices #pixelberry #choices stories we play #choices stories you play #blades of light and shadow #blades of light and shadow 2 #bolas 2 #nia ellarious #choices book club blades 2 #mal volari #tyril starfury #imtura tal kaelen #blades mc

[choices-ceri]

VALAX!!!!! WHY IS HER BACKSTORY SO SAD?!

She never had like an actual connection with anyone. She doesn't like violence. She doesn't have a life outside of following her mom's orders. She's never even hugged anyone before?!

Pain

#why's everyone I like have mommy issues? #takes one to know one #choices #choices stories you play #pixelberry #playchoices #princess valax #blades of light and shadow 2 #blades 2 #blades mc #bolas 2 #bolas valax

[myautumnrose]

Back on Vacation!!

Finally some art in my life. I actually drew something similar a few years ago and its nice to draw it again. I think I got the hang of drawing muscular women now!

I hope you like it!

#playchoices #choices stories you play #choices: stories you play #artists on tumblr #blackart #myart #choicesgame #art #blackartist #digital art #blades of light and shadow mc #choices blades #blades mc #blades 2 #choices blades of light and shadow #blades of light & shadow #mc:roseta hearth #nia ellarious #imtura tal kaelen #princess valax #bolas imtura #bolas nia #bolas valax #damn… #😍😍😍😍 #Imturas tattoo was hell tho..

[saibug1022]

My friends, today i bring you my first piece of art

A bunch of people were talking about the similarities between the river scenes in bolas 2 and ilw then @oh-so-youre-a-nerd mentioned the spiderman meme and i knew what i had to do

#playchoices #bolas #blades of light and shadow #bolas 2 #bolas mc #blades mc #it lives #it lives anthology #it lives within #ilw #ilw mc

[bedtimegiraffe]

If you've never lost to the drakna queen, I kind of recommend it. You get to see Baldur have a tantrum like the big dumb baby he is.

#Aerin is actually a pretty good brother except for that one thing #blades of light and shadow #choices bolas #baldur valleros #blades mc #nia ellarious #tyril starfury #aerin valleros #mal valori #bad choices #screenshots

[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by anonymous

‘sometimes I remember people chose to play a character besides the butch Orc in BOLAS and I’m confused’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

#choices blades of light and shadow #blades of light and shadow #choices bolas #bolas #choices blades #bolas mc #blades mc #playchoices #choices #choices stories you play #confessions #mod bruffle

[megas-choices]

The owlbear cub joining MC at the last second if we seal the rift

#he didn't want to get separated from his parent 🥺 #mega plays blades 2 #playchoices #blades of light and shadow #blades of light and shadow 2 #blades 2 #blades 2 seal rift ending #blades mc #mc: willow parnassus #blades owlbear cub #blades 2 owlbear cub #spoilers #blades 2 spoilers

[gaiuskamilah]

sketches of (one of) my blades mc eva (+ tyril LOL) for @choicesoctober :D i have blades mcs for each of the LIs so here is my tyrilmancer mc which i also currently use for blades 2. some basics:

human, he/she, bisexual, gender is ?????? but mostly fem-presenting

best friends with mal

most proficient with the bow

ends up living in undermount with tyril/where ever tyril goes. their interracial relationship causes a stir amongst the elves

tends to use light magic a lot

dies of old age and traumatizes tyril forever LOL

i also came up with lore for an AU where eva isn't MC and meets tyril and the others in a different way. details under the cut ↓

eva is born to a poor family in whitetower. he lives in the nooks and crannies where she becomes fast friends with mal and his sister.

he's taken in by the temple of light at age 8 after they find his magical affinity. he lives at the temple for a while before escaping it at age 20. her escape causes an issue for the temple because of her practice of magic outside of temple conventions.

she leaves whitetower and stays in port parnassus.

when eva hears of nia's reformation of the temple he goes back to whitetower to see the change. he's skeptical but hopefully optimistic for the change nia is doing. there he meets mal again and decides to help around his and nia's orphanage.

that's also where eva meets tyril. it takes a few years but they finally get together, but the relationship is on-and-off. they don't end up together for good.

tyril is the elven equivalent of 25; eva is 30 (in this AU).

skills: brawling / deception / medicine / light

#playchoices #choicesoctober2023 #choices #blades of light and shadow #tyril starfury #tyril starfury x mc #tyril x mc #blades of light and shadow mc #blades mc #my mcs #mc: eva #tyril x eva #my art #my post

[chanceisagoodboy]

WE FUCKING WONNN!!! WE FINALLY KISS HIMMMM

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