I wrote about this on discord a bit back but I think a big part of the whole doctor-master complication is that it's the type of argument and the master is the kind of person where they'd rather die than do something that might make it seem like conceding they're wrong, regardless what they actually think, and that's why "where I stand is where I fall. Stand with me" that almost works on Missy: She has made her move here, she killed him- made so he's dead when the other shoe drops- and he knows and acknowledges that and can offer her a way of coming near him and being on the same side without it being her side losing, saving face that she can join him in this. And the speech very much highlights how to the doctor it's never been about winning, always about harm to people and help to people, but I don't think the master is as affected by that as by the 'if you want to hold my hand now I can make it so it doesn't make you seem the fool for your past actions'.
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👏 okay, so
under the influence of the forbidden magic magnifico just had to dabble in despite his adoring wife telling him not to, he actually has a very hazy memory of all the things he did during that time span
[[disclaimer: this isn't a post about to excuse his actions or claim he's innocent because of that influence—he willingly and in conscious awareness of the possible repercussions of dark magic still decided to use it and should be held accountable. but anyway—]]
he was exceptionally drunk with power (and i use that term very literally here) from the moment he opened the book and started using it. that effect only amplified the more he stole the power of the wishes for himself: each broken wish heightening the magic's control over him until, by the time he was capturing star, he was totally unhinged and barely had any conscious control over his actions
the magic feeds into and intensifies the negative traits he already has: all that narcissism, that hunger for power, that overwhelming arrogance. it has to draw from something, but it still is the reason magnifico goes so completely feral by the end of things
when he's trapped in the mirror, he's himself again—his cognizance is back—but his ability to recollect every little thing he did is foggy (and at first, he still fully believes he was in the right for using the book to begin with; so, yes, still not excused)
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Quick something I tinkered with while watching tv with the fam the other day. Trying to find a design I like for Briala that's a little more book inspired, but sadly the book was sparse in it's character descriptions. Not happy with this one but all the same, you can pry Briala with big beautiful brown eyes out of my cold dead hands.
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I can never let my husband play bg3 or he's going to absolutely roast me about my tastes again. He'll take one look at the cast and probably zero in on whichever one gives off the sad kicked puppy vibes and it's going to be gale and I'm going to have to sit there stewing that I am so predictable that he can roast me without even really knowing anything about the characters. He'd probably guess astarion too but gale is a sad wet wizard with a cat and my husband has heard me talk about anders enough that he'd just look at me like >:D and go "ah. The kicked puppy" and I'll end up there like >:( because I can't even argue.
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