#been rotating him around in my head

[nimthirielrinon]

I need to talk about Gale’s insecurities. For all his noted overconfidence, this is a man whose entire self-worth is based on his prowess with magic.

He was a “gifted” kid whose abilities started out well advanced for his age, just to begin with. He very much thinks of himself as annoying, which you learn in the Durge playthrough after the dead bard incident, when he says that if being annoying we’re reason enough to kill someone, he’d “be dead 1000 times over!”.

If you romance him and convince him not to take the Crown after the second romance scene in Act 3, he mentions how he’s used to being seen as over-confident and even self-deluded regarding his abilities, which I think would only make him posture even harder as a defence mechanism.

I think for a long time, his relationship with Mystra was likely something he used as a flex on other wizards who had been cruel or mean to him, based on how he brings it up, when he does.

But what gets me is his utter relief whenever he isn’t rejected by Tav. When he first opens up to you, he has pretty much already prepared himself to be kicked out of the party. He’s even got a plan for when his bomb goes off, to do the least amount of harm he can, and when he says “Even I’ve grown tired of the sound of my own voice” I swear his voice cracks and he sounds like he could cry.

If you romance him, when he tells you he’s in love with you, if you say “I love you too” instead of going straight for a kiss, he’s once again relieved. Despite the fact that you’re there with him and have been romancing him, he still has a doubts that you would return his feelings.

It’s no wonder he made the mistakes he did. This is a man who’s been told his entire life that he’s annoying. Though he’s had other mortal lovers (and we don’t know how those relationship were, only that they clearly ended), he is clearly primed for rejection. And then his ex-girlfriend, the goddess of magic herself, tells him she’ll only forgive his transgression if he kills himself.

Like I said at the top, his precocious talent for the weave is the entire basis of his self-worth, unless and until Tav assured him that he has value beyond his mastery of the Weave. It’s no wonder he felt like he had to “prove” to Mystra that he loved her enough. As long as his self-esteem was based on his magical abilities, he was never going to feel like he was good enough, especially for the goddess who is all magic. He was never going to be able to feel as though he was loving her well enough.

I guess what I’m saying is that his “ambition” and his hubris make so much sense when you consider the hinted-at reasons for his insecurities, his clear desire for friendship and affection (he summoned a Tressym who became a lifelong companion and a lava mephit or something with whom he is still in touch; he even says he didn’t have friends growing up), and his main talent/special interest.

I think he’s a superbly-written character, and I definitely feel like he deserves neither death nor godhood, but a good and comfortable life surrounded by a loving family who encourage him to be his best self.

#bg3 spoilers #long post #gale dekarios #bg3 #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios of waterdeep #bg3 gale #blorbo from my games #been rotating him around in my head #like a rotisserie chicken #character analysis #the wizard of waterdeep

[cerise-on-top]

heyhey!! just wanted to say your works are amazing and i love them so so so SO much aagghhh!!

now onto the request— what if,, what if reader knew a ton of languages like nikolai does, and they call their s/o pet names in those languages. an example would be,, maybe if they knew french they would say 'mon chéri' or perhaps they picked up romanian at some point and would call them 'dragă'

the characters i have in mind are price, nik, alejandro, & rudy, if that's okay !! (´▽`)

sorry for the super long ask, lol :')

Hey there! Thank you, that makes me really happy to hear :D And don't worry about sending longer asks, I really don't mind ^^ Also, that request is really cute! I love reader speaking several languages and being a sweetheart in all of them :D

Price, Alejandro, Rodolfo and Nikolai with an S/O who Knows Many Languages

Price: I think he knows quite a few languages himself, being a captain in the SAS and all. Not nearly as many as Nikolai, but he probably knows a good three to four languages, so he likely wouldn’t be entirely clueless when you call him something along the lines of mon petit chou fleur. While he won’t understand every term of endearment you call him, it does warm his heart to hear you speak a language he doesn’t know. It flows off your tongue very nicely and he just loves listening to you. Depending on what kind of language it may be, even the profanities sound nice. Although whenever you want to get his attention, just to call him something in a language he doesn’t understand, he sort of expects it to be some cute pet name. Will always smile at you, even if you were to call him your albernes kleines Kaninchen. Retorts with a pet name in one of the languages he speaks. Sometimes he does feel the urge to learn a new language, just for you. Or maybe you could learn a new language together? Practice with each other and just have a good time overall? He might bring up the idea at some point.

Alejandro: Like Price, he probably knows a few languages himself. More than the average person, but not nearly as many as Nikolai. So probably three to four as well. However, because he knows Spanish there’s a good chance he can derive most words in a Romance language. Call him something along the lines of giliw and he’ll always retort with some embarrassing pet name in Spanish. Yes, he knows several languages himself, but that doesn’t mean he won’t almost always revert to Spanish anyway. Pretends that you’re using your languages against him and calls you a traitor. And, as is the rule in your household when you’ve betrayed him, you will be held accountable. Lots of chasing through the house. Will “interrogate” you to get you to tell him what you said. Call him a term of endearment in Spanish and you won’t ever hear the end of it. No matter how many times he hears you call him guapo, he always gets that goofy grin on his face. Might research embarrassing terms of endearment to use on you in any other language. And yes, his goal is to find a language you don’t speak. Once he’s found one? He’s not gonna let you live it down. He’s bested you, and that’s all he wanted.

Rodolfo: You’d actually have to call him by his name if you want his reaction since he usually just tends to block out people speaking a language he doesn’t know. Why bother trying to understand someone like that? It’s not like he’ll learn the language overnight anyway. Rodolfo knows about three languages, so not as many as Alejandro. But he knows English and Spanish, which means he can communicate in most places anyway. He thinks he knows enough languages since learning one takes roughly an eternity and he doesn’t have the time for that anyway. Call him Cục vàng and he’ll just look at you as though you’ve grown a second head. You’d have to tell him what it means and then he’ll smile. While he will always appreciate a good Hartlam, he might look at you confused until you tell him you love him. Might not always retort with a pet name of his own, but will mix it up among the languages he does know since he doesn’t wanna seem too stupid next to you. Will also sometimes look up new terms of endearment in languages he doesn’t know so he can surprise you, but might get a bit shy since he might botch the pronunciation a bit. But he tries, and that’s all that matters.

Nikolai: He canonically knows eight languages, so there’s a good chance he knows what you’re saying. Even when you’re saying something in a language he might not entirely know, he might be able to derive the word from a language he does know. Although he may love any pet name you give him, he especially loves any Russian ones since he’s very attached to his country and his native tongue. Goes absolutely wild whenever you call him radnoy. There’s just something so sweet about you calling him something nice in Russian, doesn’t even matter if you botch the pronunciation. Will always give you a hug and a kiss to your forehead since he will always be reminded of how much he loves you. But even a simple min søde skat will get him to smile, even if he has no idea what it means this time. Because of you he might be inspired to pick up some new languages along the way, maybe even ones you don’t know so you can get the same treatment he does with you. Whenever you speak a language he doesn’t know he gets heart eyes for you. You’re just so gorgeous, you’re just so very smart. However, at some point he will just start speaking Russian to you, even if you don’t know the language. He won’t say anything mean, he’ll just tell you how precious you are and how much he loves you.

#cod #cod x reader #john price #john price x reader #price x reader #alejandro vargas #alejandro vargas x reader #rodolfo parra #rodolfo parra x reader #cod nikolai #nikolai x reader #I wish I knew more languages than I actually do #I'd love to be at least trilingual. I suppose one of these days I shall learn another language #I've already started the same one twice but I never got too far since something always came inbetween #Oh what I'd give to be lovey dovey with someone in three languages #I wish I still knew Italian. I learned it in school but I never needed it again #I also had Latin. If you give me a dictionary and some time I could probably translate some sentences still #or maybe not. it's been three years now #but I suppose being cringe in German and my own dialect is just fine #I've always loved speaking my dialect to my best friend who only knows English #I've also always loved texting him in said dialect #“Your impossible to Google translate German” I love that guy so much he's so silly #I will never cease my silly dialect!! that's why there will be plenty of König to go around :-) I don't care. he speaks my dialect #gonna hit y'all with a good old Servas griaß di #König is my little Barbie doll: I make him do whatever I want #sorry this derailed into König again. I just love shaking and rotating him violently in my head ^^

[mallywarez]

object oc guy ye

Codex (He/Him)

#osc #object shows #osc ocs #object show oc #been rotating this guy in my head around a lot lately #microwaving him... #object show community

[arolesbianism]

I recently decided to semi revive some of my crusty dusty splatoon ocs from when I was like 12, so here’s all of the goobers! Meet Cherry (she/her), Slosh (he/they), Egg (they/them), and Blast (she/they)

#keese draws #splatoon #splatoon oc #inkling #inkling oc #octoling #octoling oc #since they were from me being like 12 I. barely remember anything abt them. #I remember the most abt cherry and slosh but that basically amounts to their names and gender #the other two I only rember existing through vibes lol #anyways! I am never drawing splatoon weapons again! holy shit that fucking sucked! #on the bright side I got to mess around a bit with some hair style concepts I’ve been rotating in my head #also I’m still working on giving these guys an updated story but my basic idea is that they’re a professional tower control team that has #been facing some conflicts as of late due to them all getting old enough to start having aspirations outside of their team #cherry is from the domes but her parents left with her when she was around 10 #blast went to the same school as her and the two became pretty close friends as selective mute buddies #then at some point cherry caught wind of this cool new sport called tower control and was like woahhh I wanna do that #so she just went up to the first person near the battle lobby she could find and was like hey how do I join? #and he got super excited since he has a reputation for being incapable of shutting up so someone willing coming up to him came as a shock #they showed her where to get weapons and how to join battles and the two became battle buddies real quick #this lead to blast getting super worried and anxious as she didn’t want to see her only friend get hurt or stolen from her #at which point cherry was like oh I know! why don’t you come battle with us? #and blast was like wait wait wait no what if I die and dont come back and then die again :[ #they managed to come to a compromise for a while tho and eventually blast was able to just barely squish past her fear enough to start #being kind of interested in tower control as she had started watching the other two play #and while she was still anxious abt the idea eventually she sheepishly admitted she wanted to give it a try #and she ended up really liking it! so the three kept playing together #and eventually they started to feel more and more like an actual team and egg noticed #they had been scouting a team to join for a lil while now and after getting to play with the three quite a few times and getting on friendly #terms with them they were like hey what if we became like an actual team who do tournaments and stuff

[calciiumo]

Hello ranger nation... have a rio

#yttd #rio ranger #i've been charmed by his funny boy personality #also the daily rio ranger blog inspired me greatly 👍 finally got around to drawing him... my first rio #i will now continue to rotate the minisodes in my head #until next time fellas #also pls press the pic for better quality 😭 #how do the rest of you art people maintain quality on your pieces 😭

[random-obsseser]

NEED to talk about that gay fruity ass rat with someone but idk what the fuck to say other than "he's hot"

chat im going fucking insane AAAAAAAAA-

#tagging him for context btw -> #pinstripe potoroo #also dw im fine its just my brain has been rotating him around in my head at concerning speeds lately

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

guy who thinks writing 4k in a little over 24 hours is plausible even though the first 4k of this book took 29 days to write

#I'M SORRY but it feels like i've been writing HB forever #I realize that I'm being a baby because I have a BODY BACK hangover #LIKE HARRRRRRIIISSSOOONNN i MISSS YOUUUU #<<< lonan probably #but actually not really the PROBLEM with this MAN is that HE DOESN'T THINK about HARRISON evERRRRR!!!! #if you're going to take harrison away from me at the very least pine over him every single chapter LIKE HE DOES FOR YOU #it's fine i'm totally fine!!!! i'm not rotating harrison around in my head like a pot pie #what's even harder is i put up a TON of harrison art in front of my MONITOR so guesSSSS who i'm staring at every time i need to write??? #THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND ETCCCC #i mean i have lonan art too like there are four lonans in front of me #BUT WHATEVERRRRR #I have a favourite child OKAY

[torsamors]

I was born something, I was born. - Abbey, Mitski

[Image IDs: Ten images overlayed with text. (1) Image of Kirk after his bar fight in the 2009 film. Overlayed is ‘I am something.’ (2) Image of Kirk as a kid, driving a car and looking worried. Overlayed is ‘I have been something.’ (3) Image of Winona Kirk holding Kirk right after he was born. Overlayed is ‘I was born something.’ (4) A close up of Kirk’s face, as he watches the Enterprise being built. Overlayed is ‘What could I be?’ (5) Image of Kirk after his bar fight, holding a salt shaker that looks like the Enterprise. Overlayed is ‘There is a dream that I sometimes see. / That only appears in the dark of sleep.’ (6) Kirk looking at the unfinished enterprise. Overlayed is ‘I am waiting.’ (7) Kirk at the Academy, before his hearing. Overlayed is ‘I have been waiting.’ (8) Kirk about to mind-meld with Spock Prime. Overlayed is ‘I was born waiting.’ (9) Kirk in the captain’s chair, smiling. Overlayed is ‘I was born waiting for that something.’ (10) The Enterprise in space. Overlayed is ‘just one something.’ /End ID]

#hi<3 #yeah i jumped around w the lyrics but if i hadnt this wouldve been. way too long #anyway. aos jim kirk am i right. rotating him in my head always #star trek 2009 #star trek #st #jim kirk #mine #**

[justagaycryptid]

Haven’t finished Hannibal yet, on episode 4 of season 3, but I fucking hate how Hannibal is just... good at everything. 

Like the bitch doesn’t just play music he composes his own music too. He’s an excellent artist. He���s a gourmet chef. He’s a talented surgeon. A master of words. Somehow just knows fuckin everything. He even swims for gods sake. 

I want to see him be bad at something. 

Like I want to see him put on a pair of skates and then immediately eat shit. 

#shouting into the void #or like put him on a snowboard because I also think that would be funny #I am rotating him around in my mind like a microwave #bitch (affectionate+derogatory) #god hes such a mary sue #and also a flaming homosexual that man is down BAD for will #I don't think gay sex would fix either of them but I think they should have it anyways #I also saw this blooper thing where Mads Mikkelsen said 'shut up bitch' on an outtake #and its literally so funny #Hannibal should be allowed to say bitch #actually now that I think about it does Hannibal even swear #Hannibal the type of guy to say that swearing makes you look uneducated or some bullshit #and will would be like 'no you need to use the right word in the right context and sometimes that word is fuck' #friend and I were also joking that Hannibal would be the type of guy to be like 'weve been dating in my head for a month now <3' #up there in his stupid fucking mind palace #dudes being all angsty and bitchy because he had a fight with his boyfriend #Hannibal the type of guy to trick someone (will) into signing marriage documents #then he'd look over with that expression he has and go 'hmm technically were married now' #though oh my god I liked a single hannibal post on instagram and now my entire feed is mads mikkelsen #like not even hannibal specifically but mads mikkelsen #like yeah I know a lot of people think hes a dilf but oh my god I am not that interested in the guy #he does a fantastic job as hannibal but I do not need to see him everywhere I promise

[glass-trash-bab]

I always get the urge to post on tumblr when I'm feeling crazy. Most of the time, it's from lack of sleep.

#hi ive been hit with the urge to post. wonder why (sarcastic) #also im currently in a dnd campaign run by Geeky and its my favorite thing ever rn and i really wanna talk about it #i have a little bunny boy fighter named Hopkins and hes such a little problem child i really need to tone him down vshdsjsb #and he has 2 equally chaotic dads who im also rotating around in my head. their names are Genji and Toby and i love love love them #Genji is a wizard and Toby is an artificer #i think its funny how theyre both spell casters when i made Hopkins explicitly Not a spell caster vshssjssk #they all travel around Geekys beautiful homebrew world doing all this history work because theyre big nerds #and i guess Genji and Toby managed to die? question mark? idk theyre at like magic heaven. or hell idk #at least that's what's implied. and i think thats cool #ask me more about my bunny family please #OH MY GOD I JUST HAD THE BEST IDEA #i could customize calico critters to by my little bunny family 🥺 #i have to put that on my long growing list of projects i want to do eventually #first i have to get through septictober. then i'll do my silly little ideas #i should post my art of my little bunny family sometime too

[shadowglens]

also yeah i swapped icons because i’ve been thinking about him (fenris) lately

#txt #been rotating an amv about him and fran around in my head all week #they're the ship that i fall back on when things Aren't Going Well apparently

[koreanchimchim-blog]

Our lovely prince, isn't he just beautiful 🤩💓 my heartu

Credits to the original- derived inspiration from it, politely borrowed from them🫶🏻 thank you 🌼@25shadesoffebruary @laowen

Don't forget to read the tags

#my school president #thai bl #yaoi bl #gemini norawit #fourth nattawat #geminifourth #can't take my eyes off you #quit playing games with my heart #hallelujah holy moly he looks cute dancing around me #fuck this shit im dead #whoz bursting crackers in my heartu yep it's this little shit right here #huh uh it's you baby it's been u #look at me im standing here standing straight when i should be on the floor squealing like a little kid #so which doctor do i need to visit to get an head transplant #will i be first on the necessity list because this is an emergency #people it is the need of the hour #whoz the donor. wait don't answer that #rotational head of an owl #my heartu�� it goes doki doki #how could him being so cute not be in the exam #im failing this exam only cuz of him #it's danceu danceu not dance dance #love is in the air and it is as fresh as coffee☕ in the morn #tinngun #waltzin through the city with a little funk and soul #cuz I I I'm in stars tonight so watch me bring the fire and set the night alight🕺🕺🪩🤵🏻‍♂️🤵🏻🔥🤠 #now that it's dancing more than ever know that we'll still have each other #took an oath imma stick it out till the end #im never letting go of this hand #I'm in need of an Owl's head can someone find it for me please

[femvaylin]

It's been like ten years since I last played DAO and so many things are hitting differently now. It's like playing a whole new game. Like the fact that from the VERY FIRST scene Loghain is in he is distinctly OUT of control? He's so obviously clinging tooth and claw to power. His own subordinates question him. The only people that openly support him are powerless hangers-on. He's no cackling maniacal villain, he's a desperate man, really only popular among the uneducated common man, who worship the idea of a fellow commoner who won his status by the sweat of his brow. Consistently sneered upon by born nobles. Forced to resort to underhanded tactics just to keep his head above the water.

And in the end he loses it all. What did he ever really gain? A few decades of nobility? The price hardly seems worth it.

#i really REALLY empathise with him #it's been 10 years since i read the stolen throne as well soooo #dragon age #i guess i should reread especially if i'm ever gonna get around to writing my fwarden/loghain fic #all my friends know i'm rotating this story in my head #they just think it's a generic fantasy romance story #'oohhh but he was paranoid about the orlesians' #a take that i might have considered before inquisition

[egopocalypse]

finally someone puts chase where he belongs 😤😤 best boy baby boy

If anyone puts Chase below S tier, they obviously don't know him like I do /lh

#friend tag #friend: sparrow #No matter how long it's been I'll always be endeared to him <3 #I rotate Exposure and Obedience Chase around my head 24/7 #I love him so much <3333