#It's my favorite dynamic

[slusheeduck]

Fictober 2023 Day 27 - Prompt: "I don't know if they'll accept this." Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3

Just one rest more, and they would be in Baldur’s Gate.

Wyll leaned against the crumbling wall of the old fortress’s tower—he’d come here as a boy more than once with his friends, and they’d play soldier until sunset. He wondered how many of them had actually followed that path…or how many of them were still alive. Certainly no one else had gotten in a fool’s bargain like he had.

“Well, aren’t you the broody hero? Am I interrupting?”

Wyll jumped, and he turned around to look at Astarion. His hand was still on his horn—he’d found himself absently rubbing them when we thought in a new nervous habit. After a moment, he shook his head.

“Of course not, just thinking.” He sighed as he looked over the city again. “What a homecoming, right?”

“Mm, if you can call it that,” Astarion said dryly. “My Baldur’s Gate has been gone for centuries. Living in the shadows of the city as I did doesn’t make it feel much like home.” He lightly rested his arms on the tower’s wall, scanning over the lights below. “It’ll be interesting seeing what it looks like during the day. In-between the horrors that await us, of course.” He looked to Wyll. “It’s been a long time for you, though, hasn’t it? Well, relatively speaking.”

Wyll half-smiled. “Seven years.”

“And you’re only…twenty-three? Twenty-four? Gods, you’re a fetus.” Astarion sighed. “All the same, I hope this cesspool welcomes you home.” As Wyll shifted uncomfortably, Astarion’s brow furrowed. “What?”

“I…I’ve dreamt of this, you know. Ever since I was cast out.” He gave a small smile. “I always imagined a big fanfare—the Blade of Frontiers finally welcomed home, my father’s arms open, his pride at all I’d accomplished, all the good I’ve done.” His smile faded, and he let out a long sigh. “Being a devil hadn’t been part of those plans.”

“I think Baldur’s Gate has much bigger problems than your handsome pair of horns,” Astarion said. “And, if we’re being honest, I don’t think Gortash would have arranged anything nice for you either way.”

“I know, I know, I just…” Wyll pressed his lips together, gaze focused on the lights below. “I’ve worked so hard for this…for them. Even after all these years, part of me is…still that seventeen-year-old boy who wanted to be the city’s hero. My city’s hero. And I…I have that chance now, but…” He looked up at Astarion, looking lost as he gestured to his horns. “I don't know if they'll accept this."

“If they don't, then fuck the lot of them.”

Wyll startled. “What?”

Astarion met his gaze. “You’ve done more for the entire Sword Coast than most people would do for the people they love the most. You’re…disgustingly heroic and good, you know. If anything, the horns are a nice reminder that you’re real and not some fairy tale knight out of a storybook.” He sighed, looking back out to the city. “And if the people of Baldur’s Gate—your father included—can’t recognize that, then fuck them. You deserve better.”

Wyll stared at Astarion for a moment, then his mouth twitched up into a smile. “Thank you.”

Astarion waved his hand. “It’s the truth. Nothing to thank me for.”

Wyll puffed out a laugh at that and nodded. “Of course. You know, Astarion, I think you’re actually…”

“Do not say what I think you’re about to say.” Astarion glared at him, and Wyll held up his hands.

“All right, all right,” he said with a laugh. “You’re awful and evil and the worst.”

“Thank you.”

“…but I’m still fortunate to have a friend like you.”

The vampire looked caught off-guard by that, faux-affront softening before he could stop it. He looked over Wyll for a moment, then turned back to the city.

“You know,” he said after a moment, “Drizzt Do’Urden didn’t even leave Menzoberranzan until he was over thirty. You’ve got a headstart on him.” He tilted his head with a grimace. “You should probably stop posing when you do something heroic if you want to get to his level, though.”

Wyll barked out a laugh. “Noted. Make sure the biographers don’t mention I do that.”

“Oh, naturally, I will. Provided I’m depicted very flatteringly in accounts of your first big adventure, of course.”

 “Of course.”

Fictober 2023 Drabble Master Post

#fictober23 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #wyll ravengard #LOOK #I have a LOT of feelings about the two of them #And I think they would make great friends #And I wish there was more content of them interacting #IT'S THAT CONJUNCTION OF THE ULTIMATE GOOD HERO AND THE ULTIMATE EVIL VILLAIN WORKING TOGETHER #ENCOURAGING THE OTHER TO BE BETTER AND THE OTHER TO JUST FUCKING DO SOMETHING FOR HIMSELF MY GOD #It's my favorite dynamic #Oops messed up the prompt lol

[the-phantom-peach]

I love them so much I will shove my entire fist into my mouth ❤️

#TULIN TULIN TULIN #OBSESSED with their brother dynamic #so I’ve been drawing them a lot lately with link in my favorite outfit #the rito have a very yummy color scheme #the legend of zelda #legend of zelda #tloz #loz #tears of the kingdom #totk #tloz tears of the kingdom #breath of the wild #botw #totk zelink #zelink #totk Zelda #zelda #totk link #teba #tulin #rito #tloz art #nintendo #art #my art #teba my dearly beloved <3

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

incrumbsiderate

#ethan winters #mia winters #mithan #rose winters #rosemary winters #T4T MITHANN!!!!!!!!!!!! #chris redfield #chris is trying to stand up for mia #waow... what a strong and independent woman......... #mia was about to bite chris head off #my favorite dynamic is chris and mia absoulutely hating each other but restraining themselves because they both mutually like ethan

[meteortrails]

guys I got too attached to the sacrificial lamb again :( yeah I let myself pet its soft little head and care for it forgetting that I would be its undoing again. yeah I witnessed the unconditional love and trust in its innocent eyes even as I held the blade to its throat and set it free again. sorry :((

#one of my favorite dynamics. oh did someone fall in love with somebody who was dead from the beginning??? how tragic #also this is about ffxv. btw.

[egophiliac]

What do you like about the Diasomnia boys if I may ask?

I always love hearing about the different reasons people enjoy characters.

I mean, c'mon. he has split custody over Sebek okay

also, Lilia in particular has maybe the best timeskip character development of all time

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 chapter 4 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 chapter 4 spoilers #stage in playful land #i hope this is legible whoops #anon i am sorry but you made the fatal mistake of asking me to talk about diasomnia #insert 'i just think they're neat' jpg #i do like the other characters a lot but they are definitely my favorites #they just hit a lot of my favorite things in characters i guess! #yes even you sebek even though you keep shrieking NINGEN at me #(it's okay he gets Character Development™ later) #and their dynamic! it's great! these guys frikking love each other SO much and they WILL have terrible terrible angst about it #ohoho delicious #give me all your emotional hangups baybeeeee #also somewhere in there i went from 'i like them all equally (but lilia is the most fun to draw)' #to 'lilia is absolutely my favorite (and still the most fun to draw) (EVEN MORE fun now thank you swishy ponytail!)' #(it was probably when his candy coating got a little scratched and whoops all the tragedy fell out) #(where's that 'get loved loser' post because i need to staple it to lilia's forehead) #i am extremely bad at putting things into words so please don't ask me to explain it any further #just know that the diafam is everything to me and if we don't get more episode 7 soon i'm going to crumble into dust and blow away #we'll be getting the crowleytimes on monday and maybe there will be. idk. some foreshadowing or something in his groovy #probably not but LOOK i'm desperate

[skeletood]

i've been sitting on a lot of disgrub related art.

no, context will not be provided (probably)

#homestuck #disgrub #john egbert #dave strider #jake english #aranea serket #aradia megido #a skele fanart #my art #my very favorite part of rping these characters at any point and with any plot we like #is the fact we get these hidden gems of dynamics that nobody wouldve seen coming #the fact that aranea and dave arent as good of friends in canon as they are in our lore deeply upsets me

[firenaition]

thinking about what zuko means to azula and weeping. he's a traitor but he's your brother. he held you when you were born. he's banished for being too weak to hurt your father and you learn to hate his goodness. he is somewhere in the world carrying your eyes. he misses your absent mother more than he loves you but that is the price you pay for being the one who stayed. he never grants you this same kindness. you are faster and deadlier and better but it doesn't change the fact that your brave big brother used to tell you stories of dragons every time it stormed because you were so afraid of the thunder. he is the only one who understands what it means to bear the brunt of your bloody inheritance. he crumbled under the weight of it, but you stayed. you always stay. he is half of you. you hate being betrayed.

you don't love him. he's your big brother. who could you possibly love more?

#my favorite most tortured sibling dynamic in the world #zuko and azula #zuko #azula #atla #avatar: the last airbender #fire nation #fire siblings #ozai #iroh #atla meta #poetry #atla comics

[erimy-gumy]

Part 3 of my favorite ship dynamics !!!!

This time I think I'm done.

#ship #ship dynamics #favorite ship #ships #ship dynamic meme #archetypes #relationship meme #my art #polyamory #poly ship #shipping #poly shipping #lgbtq

[xiewho]

happy moonar yulenear to these two specifically

#fantasy high #dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #gorgug thistlespring #fabian seacaster #d20 #fabian aramais seacaster #fhjy #spreading the glasses gorgug agenda #yes that is fabian;s battlesheet yes that is gorgug's hoodie #i am a thistlecaster enjoyer but i also do love them as just a duo in general #so whatever this art means is up to u thumbs up emoji #my favorite jocks theyre so silly TT #i think about them so often their dynamic is so extremely funny and precious 2 me #my art

[bzjohndory]

Im just saying it rn, go to my twt (same user) for my extra notes abt this AU and this drawing im too tired to copy n paste

#trolls band together #john dory #i love john dory a normal amount #trolls john dory #trolls 3 #brozone diner #haha john dory is my favorite #trolls #trolls branch #trolls bruce #trolls clay #trolls floyd #i think abt john dory and bruce interacting a lot #theres a lot to be explored by an eldest and second eldest dynamic #sigh #john dory and bruce need to talk more

[lumaere]

ꕤ She stayed up all night for the gift ꕤ

#lumaere art #genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #genshin comic #genshin fanart #nahida #scaramouche #wanderer #genshin nahida #genshin wanderer #genshin buer #genshin impact nahida #genshin impact wanderer #genshin scaramouche #I am totally not projecting myself not sleeping while doing artwork for N #wholesome friendship is my favorite dynamic #the ship Im going for with this is FRIENDSHIP

[opportunityarose]

merlin (not in love): we are two sides of the same coin you are the once and future king of camelot i trust you with my life you are part of my soul i have died for you and lived for you and killed for you i would follow you into battle a thousand times over you care so much for your people it is eating you alive you are incredible loyal and brave and kind i cannot imagine a world without you in it if you died i would die with you

arthur (in love): what the fuck

#this is my favorite dynamic of them #merlin #arthur #merthur #merlin x arthur #merlin bbc #merlin emrys #arthur pendragon #bbc #bbc arthur #bbc merlin #og post #incorrect quotes #merlin incorrect quotes #merlinincorrectquotes #merlin memes #memes

[katabay]

desmond & friends modern day assassin sequences…..I miss you……..

#specifying ‘and friends’ because I hate William Miles with my whole heart and he is not included in this sentiment #anyway vaguely this is nyc so the cops are probably wasting taxpayer money by fucking around in the subway #komiks tag #assassins creed #shaun hastings #desmond miles #this is almostttttttttttt shaundes #but I didn’t continue the dialogue far enough to make it really flirty. There’s a hint of flirting happening. #someday I’ll have to actually do a longer form fan comic to land my favorite ship AND my favorite narrative elements in the same #go (the horror and dialogues on free will and what we owe each other past/present/future & also what failure means AND-) #this ties into my second favorite relationship dynamic: clay and desmond. obvious. clay might live in my head rent free a little more than #Desmond does because that end of game reveal in AC1 is a top 10 games experience to me and I think about it all the time #ANYWAY IM OFF TOPIC NOW. desmond picks up snacks at a bodega on his way back

[eloquent-edits]

🗡️ “That time of the month again?”

because we all know that periods suck and characters are not immune to the horrors 🗡️ prompt list of comforting actions

Character A is bedridden from the cramps and Character B becomes their living heating pad (cuddles with arms wrapped around the waist >>>>)

B buys A their favorite chocolates a couple days before their period starts and keeps beverages with electrolytes on hand

A takes a day off to rest, bingewatch some episodes of a good show, and care for themselves (maybe do some yoga, and by yoga I mean curl up in the fetal position for a couple hours)

B thinks that making a nice bath for A will help and prepares everything for when A gets home (A laughs and explains why that’s not a great idea)

Searching for Shark Week’s episodes online to deal with shark week in person, but getting distracted by cute animal shows

B can’t be there for A in person so they send A $30 to cover extra snacks and/or medicine

Instead of getting emotional over posts online, A digs out an old book series and gets emotional over that (they are reliving their childhood, they swear it’s cathartic THEY SWEAR)

A can’t sleep with the back pain so B gives them a light back massage with several check-ins to make sure the noises are in relief and not pain

B keeps the lights dim and and TV volume low as A battles a headache

All meals are made with ahead of time and cravings humored (“You can’t just eat straight salt.” “I know that, which is why I’m putting all of it on this.”)

A asks for B to get more pads/tampons at the store, B calls and sends many pictures as they try to figure out what will work best for A

B quietly scrubs out any bloodstains from A’s clothes as they do laundry (and they’re really efficient at it, why are they so good at getting blood out of clothing—)

A snuggling up with their pet who knows the exact spot to be in for maximum comfy (B thinks it’s adorable and takes a picture to show A later)

“I’m sorry if I’m not really conversational right now…” “Dude you’re on your period and barely slept last night, you’re good. We don’t have to talk, we can just chill.”

B brings home a machine for homemade ice-cream and all the ingredients needed for A’s favorite flavor (they spend the evening making it and declare a “dessert before dinner” day for when periods strike)

#writing #writing prompts #prompts #period comfort #character dynamics #character prompts #otp prompts #imagine your otp #prompt list #care prompts #comfort prompts #action prompts #acts of service ✨ #if you can’t tell this is absolutely self-indulgent #I got cuddles yesterday and I WANT MORE IT WASN’T ENOUGH #please somebody buy me my favorite icecream and watch cute shows with me

[cottagecore-raccoon]

The more I think about it, the more I think that Persuasion has my favorite premise of all of Jane Austen's novels

Anne Elliot as a character speaks to my soul. She feels tremendous guilt for a decision she made eight years ago. Her life is lonely, as she doesn't really have anyone she can truly confide in despite being surrounded by people. So she swallows her pain, the yearning she feels deep in her soul, and vows that if nothing else at least she'll be helpful.

And of course she is reunited with Frederick Wentworth (the one that got away) who seems to hate her now, and she just keeps going. She keeps being kind and supporting her loved ones while slowly carving out a life for herself. There's something about her classic heroism that just feels so attainable. I don't have Elizabeth Bennett's wit, or Jane Bennett's unwavering belief in the goodness of everyone, or even Elinor's constant composure. But I can be like Anne and just keep moving forward attempting to be helpful

Of course it all works out in the end, and Anne is finally surrounded by people who truly appreciate her, even if she had to wait an extra eight years. Others have observed the fairy tale quality of the ending, and perhaps that's why it speaks to me. The idea that if you just keep doing your best and being kind, you'll eventually find happiness

#Would I say that Persuasion is my favorite of Jane Austen's novels? #I don't think ss #Pride and Prejudice is her most well written in my humble opinion #and i do with persuasion had more characters that were fully interesting individuals #and of course I would love more of an actual period of time where Anne and Wentworth are together in the narrative #since we never see what they're like as a happy couple or before their separation #(unlike Austen's other couples where you can see hints of their dynamic before they're together) #but the premise of persuasion is just so beautiful #persuasion #anne elliot #pride and prejudice #jane austen #cottagecore-raccoon

[jezyan]

something so funny about being able to pick up your miniature friend-rival on the go

#dcmk #detective conan #case closed #hattori heiji #edogawa conan #kudo shinichi #heishin #? #art!! #guess who accidentally got into something else again wkaksks #i was literally only ghost-watching this with my sister for nostalgia and now heiji is one of my favorites 😔 #anyway the heiji shinichi dynamic is so funny to me i like them a lot :]