I knew doing Astarion's quest was going to be rough, but jeez, the amount of spoilers I've stumbled upon didn't prepare me for the emotions I've felt by actually doing it.
And this line of dialogue, if you tell Astarion we can save the spawn we find in the dungeons...gods, the emotions.
Astarion: "If they are unleashed, they will cause incredible carnage. They will be ravenous. They must die. Better they serve a purpose."
Elayne: "In another life, you'd have led me to this crypt, and not that pretty clearing in the forest."
Astarion: "Gods...I can't say you're wrong. I can only say I'm so glad we didn't meet then. I don't even want to think what would have happened to you..."
Elayne: "Don't avoid it. Face it. You would have killed me."
Astarion: "I would have killed you..."
The disgust in his voice, the sadness in his eyes...he can't even deny it, because it's true. He absolutely would have killed her, and the very thought makes him sick.
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RM's Post ❇️
안녕하세요.
20대의 마지막 생일이네요.
생일이라는 게 제 직업적 특성 때문인지는 모르겠지만 늘 약간의 쑥스러움을 동반하네요. 스스로 별 것 아닌 날이라고 생각하지만.. 많은 분들이 진심으로 축하해주셔서 참 행복하고 복됩니다.
사랑은 누군가에게 이름이 생기는 것이란 생각을 종종 해요. 김남준이 '김남준'이 되기까지. 그저 하고많은 365일 중의 한 날이겠지만 스물아홉의 나 자신에게도 생일이 그저 스치는 날이 되지 않은 것은 모두 여러분 덕이에요.
최대한 솔직할 수 있는 사람이고 싶지만, 팬과 가수라는 무형과 유형 사이의 존재들은 과연 무엇을 넘어 무엇까지 될 수 있는 걸까요. 사랑이라는 친절한 유령 아래 모든 것이 용인될 수 있을까요? 드러냄이 약점이 되고, 솔직함이 상처가 되는 경험을 지금도 퍽 겪고 있지만 아직 잘 모르겠어요.
전에 갈수록 말하는 것이 어려워져서 슬프다는 말을 했었죠. 그 사실은 여전히 여전한 것 같아요. 그래도 저 많이 담담해졌어요. 평생 한 번 받아볼까 하는 진심들을 장대비처럼 받아보는 바람에, 염세와 허무를 멋지다고 여겨왔던 제가 기질적으로 낙천적인 사람이란 것도 깨달았어요. 이거 기적 아닌가요. 저 요즘은 '와이 낫'을 달고 살아요. 주변에나마 제가 받은 사랑으로 풀이된 낙천성들을 나누며 살고 있어요.
그리고 언젠가 나올 제 다음 곡들에도 꾹꾹 담고 있고요.
그래요. 한낱 제가 음악보다 더 아름다운 방식으로 솔직할 수 있을까요? 다 아는 사실이지만 가끔은 그것만으론 부족한 것 같아요. 그래서 제가 방탄소년단이 되었나 싶기도 합니다. 다양한 방식으로 해갈하고 싶어서. 프로그램이건, 인터뷰건, 춤이건, 뭐가 됐건.. 이 얼마나 복받은 생인가요. 그리고 이것들이 항상 제가 어디에 와있는지, 두 눈으로 똑바로 보고 사고하고 싶게 해요.
우연이 겹치면 필연이랬죠. 우연은 우연을 가장한 운명이라고도 하고. 제가 지금 당신께 이 편지를 드리는 것도 그런 거 같아요. 저는 어떤 버전의 저였어도 이 편지를 2023년 9월에 쓰고 있었을 것만 같은 기분. 매번 제 생일의 편지는 제가 지금 도달한 곳의, 각기 다른 사랑의 언어랍니다. 여러분 덕에 저 정말 잘 살고 있고요. 잘 살고 싶어요. 그냥 매번 제 최신 최선의 버전으로 사랑한다고 전하고 싶었어요. 한 분 한 분 다 안아드릴 수는 없겠지만 마음은 그 이상이랍니다. 제가 어떤 모습이어도 사랑해달라고는 하지 않을게요. 다만 받은 만큼 저도 한 번 애써보려고요.
20대의 마지막 생일도 이렇게 무탈히 지나갑니다. 어떤 하늘 아래 있어도 부디 건강하고 오래 행복합시다. 시간이 조금 지나고 또 만나요.
당신의 생일도 미리, 혹은 조금 늦었지만 진심으로 축하해요 !
고맙습니다.
-남준
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Hello.
This is the last birthday of my twenties. I don't know whether it's because of the peculiarities of the profession I'm in, but birthdays are always accompanied by a slight feeling of embarrassment. For me, it’s just a day like any other but.. because so many people wish me so sincerely, I feel quite happy and fortunate.
I often think about how love is just a process of being named. Like Kim Namjoon becoming ‘Kim Namjoon’. Although this is only one day out of a numerous 365 days, my birthday doesn’t just pass by without notice, even for my 29-year-old self. This is all thanks to you.
I want to be someone who is as honest as possible, but in this relationship between fan and artist, existing somewhere between the tangible and intangible, just what can we go beyond and what can we become? Is everything acceptable under the generous phantom label of ‘love’? I continue to have so many experiences where disclosure becomes weakness and honesty leads to hurt, but I still don’t really know.
I’ve said in the past that as time goes on, it becomes harder to say things and that makes me sad. I think that continues to be true. But I do think I’m a lot more level-headed now. The sincere feelings I once used to worry I would never receive now pour onto me like heavy rain. As a result, I realised that I, who used to think that it was cool to be a pessimist and think that nothing matters, am actually quite an optimist by nature. Isn’t this a miracle? These days, I live by the words ‘why not’. This optimism can be explained as a product of the love I receive from the people around me, and I am spreading it around.
I am also putting it into the songs that will come out some day.
Right, could there be a more beautiful way for me to be honest than through music? Everyone already knows this, but sometimes I feel like music alone is not enough. I wonder if that’s the reason why I became part of BTS. To want to quench that thirst through multiple different means. Whether it’s through programs, interviews, dances or whatever it may be.. what a blessed life this is. And these things always make me want to look clearly at where I've come and think deeply about the place I'm in.
They say if coincidences overlap, it must be inevitable. Coincidences are also fate in disguise. I think this letter I’m writing to you right now feels like that - like it would have been written in September of 2023, no matter what version of myself I might have been then. The birthday letters that I write each year are all places that I have arrived at in that moment, and are each a different language of love. Thanks to all of you, I’m living a really good life. I want to live a good life. All I have wanted each time is to just tell you I love you as the latest best version of myself. It's probably impossible for me to hug each and every one of you, but the feelings I have go beyond that. I won't ask you to love me in all of my different forms. However, since you do give me your love, I promise to do my best.
And so the last birthday of my twenties also smoothly sails by. No matter what skies you’re under, let’s please try to be healthy and be happy for a long time. Let’s meet again soon, after some time has passed.
I sincerely wish you a happy birthday as well, though it may be a bit late, or perhaps slightly in advance.
Thank you.
-Namjoon
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Jungkook's Comment 💬 on RM's Post ❇️
JK: 형 아프지 마이소 비행기 뜨기 전에 생일 축하드려요 ㅎㅎ
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JK: Hyung, take care and wishing you a happy birthday before the flight takes off hehe
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J-Hope's Comment 💬 on RM's Post ❇️
JH: 남주니 생일 추카해 😢🫡 사랑해❤️🔥
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JH: Namjoonie happy birthday 😢🫡 I love you ❤️🔥
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J-Hope's Comment 💬 on Jungkook's Post ❇️
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JH: 우리 정구기떠꾸기 늦었지만 생일 추카해😭😢🫡
너무 바빠서 이제서야 남긴다
라뷰❤️🔥
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JH: Our Jungkookie-ddeogukie I'm late but happy birthday😭😢🫡
I was super busy so I'm wishing you just now.
Love you❤️🔥
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Din and Grogu settle comfortably in their Nevarro home. Every once in a while, Bo drops by for a visit. R5 always greets her when her ship lands, and Grogu always shows her a frog he has caught while playing in the pond out front. Din leans in the doorway.
I like what you've done with the place, she tells him coyly. He smiles behind the helmet.
It's good to see you, he says. Let's have a drink.
They sit at the table facing the large window and watch Grogu play while R5 whirs and beeps around him.
Din pulls the cork from the tall bottle of Coruscant wine and pours them each a glass. How are things on Mandalore? He asks.
Going well. Construction on the capital building has begun.
That's good.
She takes a sip from her glass. The wine tastes like cinnamon and sweet rain on grass.
Din.
He tips his helmet just enough to take a sip, then looks back at her.
I'm here because... She trails off, glancing down sheepishly.
His gloved hands tighten around his glass.
They sit in silence for a long while. Then he stands.
The suns are about to set, he says.
They walk outside, where Grogu is now napping on the front steps and R5 is recharging. Din motions for Bo to sit on the bench under a canopy, and joins her. Together, they watch the red suns descend on the horizon.
She does not need to say she wants to stay. He does not need to ask.
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Buddha & Apollo [Headcanon]
I might be tripping but I just think Buddha and Apollo would either hit it off really well or be at each others throats.
Since they're both very into the whole "be yourself no matter who's watching, always be your most authentic version" etc, yada yada
I can imagine Apollo thinking Buddha is gorgeous for a human, but that he's foolish for relinquishing worldly desires like vanity. While Buddha would think he'd be doable for a god, if he weren't so vain and pompous.
Bonus: I knew Buddha gave sunshine vibes for a reason! He reminds me of Apollo and vice versa 👀
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bellarke not being being endgame after 6 years of beautiful buildup, growth and development and obviously leading to endgame until jroth did a complete 180 are the reason I have trust issues. because I was so sure they were endgame and I'll never make that mistake again with a couple!!
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He'd practiced all morning in the mirror after getting this line from America.
"Estoy loca por tí y quiero que seas mi psiquiatra."
Now that was a surprise.
"Oh, you-" he has to hold in a laugh and cover his mouth, but the grin behind it is undeniable. And, perhaps a blush too.
"I-... You just said that you are crazy, female noun, about me, and that you want me to be your psychiatrist." He puts down his stylus and walks up to him, taking off his glove in the process.
"I'm not entirely sure that's what you meant... But your pronunciation was pretty good! I'm impressed" he adds with a proud tilt of his head.
"If you are interested... I can work some Spanish lessons into my schedule just for you. Might work better than Duolingo, plus I can teach you the bad words to know when America makes fun of you."
"How's that sound, Doc?"
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