#fashionablyfyrdraaca

[camelliagwerm]

THE DARK URGE • VESZETH DESPUND • CLERIC OF LOLTH

You cannot remember your name, your past, but there is something in your native tongue that you do remember — VESZETH. Bloody obssession. Flesh taker. It will do for now, until you remember more. Because what else is there to you than this dark urge gnawing at your mind?

#they/them for them or Perish #bg3edit #baldursgateedit #baldur's gate 3 #the dark urge #harper.gif #*bg3 #oc: veszeth #katewalker #onewingedangels #arcandoria #userzahrahydris #necroticpetals #fashionablyfyrdraaca #baldurians #bg3 spoilers

[capn-twitchery]

i saw the post you reblogged about wondering if OCs would hate each other and i unironically think twitch could beat up all my fallen london ocs lmao. there's no way twitch would lose

GUFDJFGFK i would advise nobody to fight twitch. not bcause they would win but because they will fight like a maniac whether they're winning or not

you think you're having a pistol duel? no. they're throwing a knife at you. they will bite someone. their legs are long enough to kick somone in the chin with the pointiest heeled boots they have. they'll throw the whole chair at you in a bar fight. they will come at you like a rabid opossum it is not worth it

#inquiries #fashionablyfyrdraaca #0/10 bad guy to fight #they could absolutely lose but you would not have a fun time doing it #this made me laugh GHFJDJFH thank you xD #twitchery

[commander-krios]

i was wondering what about rugan made you want to write about him? :D what about his character do you enjoy?

Hey!

So I am in a discord server dedicated to the Zhentarim (mainly Rugan) and put this question out there to get everyone's thoughts on Rugan as a character.

Answers from the server were quite varied (and pretty nsfw) lmaoo

His accent, his swagger, the implied depth of his characters (even after a short interaction), the conveniently placed man bun lmao, smooth talker, an older man who clearly knows how to fuck, his pragmatism, his lack of an ego, his puppy face at Zarys, the eyebrow raise, he hates the patriars, he tries to compromise frequently, he's actually pretty funny at times, majority of his lines are flirty or a threat, or both, and a bunch of spoken lines that have the server going feral lmao

For me, personally, his voice and demeanor immediately caught my attention, though it took until my second playthrough to actually appreciate him since he and Olly died in my first. He is definitely pragmatic, knows that he and Olly can't beat the gnolls alone, and while Olly is young and still idealistic, Rugan is certainly older, more world weary, knows how life is, especially as a mercenary. They don't get to live to old age without being tricky about it. He's a survivor, but he still makes stupid decisions (like, idk why he thought Zarys would believe him about the chest), but other than that, he's certainly a character that has a lot of potential and I wish we got to see him again after Act 1.

Also, I love how his VA can makes his lines sound flirty and vaguely threatening without trying lmao

Thanks to the Zhentil Keep Discord for helping me out! @fistfuloftarenths, @thisaccountisagainstmywill, @captainsigge, @my-favourite-zhent

#fashionablyfyrdraaca #bg3 rugan

[arisatominakos]

DRAGON'S DOGMA II ( 2024 ) dev CAPCOM ∞ / ∞ / do not repost.

#dragon's dogma #dragon's dogma ii #dragon's dogma 2 #ddedit #aartyom #userwolfkissed #userkarlo #katsigian #fashionablyfyrdraaca #videogameedit #gamingedit #vgedit #gamediting #gaming photography #virtual photography #farllee.jpeg #farllee.ref: zvent #hes so kitty meow meow !!

[mistress-light]

One day we'll get another chance to go there together.

↪ The Last Story •  Mistwalker (2011)

#the last story #tls: zael #tls: calista #tlsedit #vgedit #gamingedit #dailygaming #gamingnetwork #nintendo #hironobu sakaguchi #fashionablyfyrdraaca #games #video games #gaming #my stuff #if anyone wants to be tagged in these edits lemmie know! #i missed this game and it's characters so much ;A;

[blighted-elf]

You're all so nice. I'm going to combine the birthday messages as to not spam the rest of my followers tooooo much more.

Thank you so much @nourangul and @togepies!! 🎂🎂

Thank you, Jules and Sloth! I got my normal existential birthday cry out early so now the day's been good since lol 💝💝 @saintalessia @slothssassin

Day of birf! Thank you both @alongtidesoflight @fashionablyfyrdraaca 🥳🥳

#Answered #nourangul #togepies #saintalessia #slothssassin #alongtidesoflight #fashionablyfyrdraaca #Birthday wishes spam

[wrenhavenriver]

hi!! i was wondering how bunnycat is doing? :D

i think he's glad to be home! unfortunately his saliva/sweat/etc is still radioactive enough that we can't really cuddle him or let him free roam around the house for another 10ish days 😭 but we got him a bigass catio style enclosure with lots of perches and room for all his necessities/toys and set it up inside by the glass patio doors so he can watch birds all day and eek indignantly at us every time we walk in the room 🙃

#we can have physical contact with him for 10 minutes a day for the first week and then up to 20 minutes a day for the second #and then after those 14 days (counting from the initial injection date) we can return him to normal bunnycat life #we also have to keep all of his poop/litter in a sealed bucket for 90 days before the radiation levels decrease enough to throw out #otherwise you can get a huge fine from state waste management services apparently? #thankfully the place that did his procedure said we can bring it to them after these next 10 days and they'll take care of it #it's all kind of a logistical pain in the ass and not very ocd friendly but it's worth it to have a healthy happy bunnycat #his thyroid was just not responding to meds/the special thyroid sparing food so this was kind of the last resort #thank you for inquiring about the bunnylad! he appreciates you checking in #fashionablyfyrdraaca #asks

[strangesmallbard]

have u ever shared the lore of torlynn's guardian/dream visitor? :O

i haven't yet! at least not directly—i have posted about the oc she looks like: torlynn's previous girlfriend, a human storm sorcerer/oath of the ancients paladin named thalia adrian, who died in terrible circumstances about a century ago. specifically, she's the version of thalia that torlynn first met. when she died, she was about 40 human years old.

those terrible circumstances happen to be extremely plot relevant! anyway, like many people, i always headcanon the guardian as someone significant in tav's life, either someone who previously guided them and/or haunts them. and thalia—and those terrible, plot-relevant circumstances of her death—haunt torlynn so so so much! especially awhen the party enters the shadowlands at the beginning of act 2 . eyes emoji.

something else important: in addition to all the cool things above, thalia is also a bhaalspawn. if you know bg1/bg2 lore and raised your eyebrows at thalia's last name, you are very correct: she's actually gorion's ward, the protagonist of the first two games. (i haven't gotten a chance to play them yet, so all my info is from various wikis. i definitely plan to, though!)

the full torlynn/thalia story has expanded into many rooms in my mind palace, so i'll put the rest under a read more for anyone interested haha.

HISTORY:

a century and a half before the events of bg3, torlynn was a high harper based in the sword coast. before that, she served the harpers since her early 100's, participating in multiple campaigns/adventure parties across faerûn for the next three centuries. a century and a half before the events of bg3, torlynn was a harper before she was anything or anyone else, wholly dedicated to the cause. she also took her leadership role very seriously and gave up most personal relationships as a result, even amongst fellow harpers. she also became more careful than the unreserved, reckless, hotheaded person she'd been in youth.

more important context: torlynn's mom was a powerful necromancer and well-known in her academic circles. back in the day, she'd do all sorts of necromantic experiments in the baldur's gate sewers, as so much weird shit happens there. including bhaalist cults every few centuries or so. when torlynn was still in school, her mom went missing down there and absolutely everyone stonewalled her when she tried to find out why, including her dad (shareholder at sorcerous sundries) and the flaming fist (who she briefly joinde after graduating wizard school). she eventually determines that bhaalists were involved, but never found any trace of her mom.

SO when sarevok causes problems on purpose in baldur's gate, torlynn is right in the thick of it for both harper reasons and personal reasons, pulled to the home that hadn't been home in a very, very long time. (frankly unsure if this counters bg1 canon but this is also my mind palace <3). and then she meets thalia: bright, kind, reckless, very chaotically good, and a bhaalspawn. and a sorcerer, which simply doesn't help matters regardless of how torlynn is a wizard who cannot stand the company of other wizards. (parents made her go to wizard school).

RELATIONSHIP:

they ummmm do not hit off right away. although torlynn very much believes in the harper tenets of Free Will and Liberty Over Systems, she's also a big fan of rules and organization and systems that facilitate free will. and, of course, breaking rules and systems that are stupid and don't make sense. (this all very wizard of her, but don't tell her that) (thalia tells her that, repeatedly). she also doesn't trust thalia's dark urge for very valid reasons. this all manifests in clashes that annoy everyone in the general vicinity. but this is a classic enemies-to-lovers, babey! they experience trials and tribulations, defeat thalia's loser brother, and fall very hard for each other.

their relationship is always a bit tumultous, as they don't stop clashing about the fundamentals. bhaal is also determined to make thalia succomb to her urge, meaning her bhaalspawn dreams get a lot worse around torlynn. but these bitches love each other! they're mutually obsessed! lesbian devotion > your shitty dad, every time. their differences are ultimately complements; torlynn grounds thalia, helping her perceive things like fantasy spreadsheets and consequences for your actions, while thalia helps torlynn find that balance between her Great Harper Responsibilities and like, having fun lmao. experiencing life to its fullest extent after spending her own protecting others. [insert a 50k relationship development fic here].

LET'S JUMP 20 YEARS:

in that time, thalia has also joined the harpers, albeit in a less formal capacity. she and torlynn spend half those years together and half apart as thalia 1) avoids murdering her, and 2) searches for other bhaalspawn across the realm, determined to save them from their urge. (she rarely succeeds. according to the wiki page for gorion's ward, something that sets gorion's ward apart from other bhaalspawn was their supportive upbringing, which very few have). at some point, they hear about a weird situation brewing beyond the mountain pass. some guy named ketheric is causing problems on purpose and shar is involved. can't be good.

and man, you know most of what happens next. the harpers join forces with the druids from the grove and together they defeat ketheric and his dark justiciars. in this version of the story, however, they almost lose. their forces have dwindled into nothing and help isn't on the way and torlynn's best ranger flew off the fucking handle and started torturing enemy scouts. one night, huddled under a tent, shar's darkness already clinging to every corner, thalia brings up a strategy they haven't considered. dire to be sure, but don't these people deserve every dire strategy we have left to give? aren't you always saying that to win, we must sometimes be willing to lose? torlynn says Under No Circumstances Are You Allowed to Do That. i will make sure you never have to do that.

thalia bristles; she hates when torlynn pulls rank. (when anyone pulls any type of rank). she doesn't say anything else because she doesn't want to get mean. torlynn is too terrified to say anything and too ashamed of her fear to talk about that either. so they don't talk again, not until that final battle when another fucking shadow squadron crests over the field and thalia Does Just That.

that being: assume her slayer form, succombing to the very urge she dedicated her entire life to fighting. and because the slayer's only motivation is Kill Everyone, there's only one way to stop her from turning on the harpers and the druids after the dark justiciars are all dead and gone. and torlynn makes sure she's the one to stop her. she owes that end to her. she wants to hold her one more time, even if what she's holding is a very scary creature with lots of pointy limbs.

AFTERMATH:

when the war is officially over, torlynn is not well. like fundamentally just had her belief in anything shaken and stirred and then exploded and also exploded again. she's dedicated her life to this cause and now the lands are cursed and thalia is dead, turned into the monster she hated. perhaps her mother was right about everything turning to rot, so you may as well use that rot to your own ends. except torlynn is bad at rotting, so she goes to bother her mother's god about getting her girlfriend back. but, well, thalia isn't with myrkul. she's with bhaal. and he's noooot letting her go so easily.

that's when torlynn loses that last grip on her previous life. she deserts the harpers, throws herself into necromantic research, and decides she's going to rescue thalia from bhaal if it's the last thing she does. she spends about 75 years doing this. and then something too complicated for this already too-long post happens that causes her to abandon this mission. winds up teaching 10-year-olds how to conjure ice at her old school in waterdeep, still adrift and bitter and mostly unwell. that's roughly her status quo until the nautiloid scoops her up from the road between waterdeep and baldur's gate.

CONCLUSION:

anyway! the emperor sees this big ball of noxious grief in torlynn's mind and is like Oh fuck yes a little bowl of seeds for me (perfect circumstances to manipulate the scary, highly-competent elf lady). he would have succeeded but torlynn has the power of friendship and gay sex with karlach on her side.

HEY, THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE TALDER?

you got me there! torlynn kind of started out as an alder uber; i wanted to make an older lady oc who was both a magic user and some kind of military commander. besides their penchant for repression and the way grief is a huge part of their stories, torlynn wound up pretty different overall! thalia shares some physical traits with tally, but she's also taken a life of her own since that initial Haha Wouldn't It Be Funny If brainstorm. if anyone's interested i'm very happy to elaborate, but this is already too long LMAO. p.s. if you read the whole thing i love you

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #tav bg3 #bg3 tav #torlynn alderstar #yell.txt #fashionablyfyrdraaca #ask #thank you so much for asking!! apologies for writing a wiki article!!!

[quickhacked]

bones!! what is ur research paper on

HII it's about art style development for an applied game!! for my graduation project i worked on a game that helps first year high school students playfully practice their arithmetic reading comprehension skills and i was in charge of developing an art style for the game :D

basically i had a checklist of requirements for myself for the art style so like. its appeal to the target audience, its suitability for the educational environment it'll be used in as well as readability and accessibility to ensure that the goal and functionality of the game are prioritized and that all students can play the game without issues

so the paper focuses on how to find the right balance in all of this through looking at media the target audience enjoys and which kind of art styles fit with this, which narrative elements from those kinds of media overlap with the narrative aspects of our game and which visual elements of the art styles work and don't work for this game in the context of the story as well as its purpose and for the target audience specifically :D

it was pretty fun to work on but also i was in the fucking trenches when i had to work on it so i was. mostly suffering a lot SHGJFDHGJDFG but it gave me a good idea of like a very structured way to develop an art style! in previous projects it always was something that we quickly decided on at the start of the project so we could get started with actual production but to actually focus on the development itself before starting production was very fun and useful to do

#asks #fashionablyfyrdraaca #especially the accessibility part was received VERY well by the exam commission and it's also something i want to focus on in the future #i'm not in the game industry yet right now because i need to build up my portfolio more BUT #to be an accessibility focused 2d game artist Will get me somewhere. hopefully. hee hee

[zevlor]

for the characterbingo: lae''zel? :D

#idk if the fandom is mean to her but if they are then bingo #ask #fashionablyfyrdraaca

[rosenfey]

hi! is dd2 spoilers the correct tag for me to use? :D i haven't seen anything i haven't wanted to see yet, but i''m just trying to get an idea of what the most common spoiler tag is

hi, i tag my posts #dd2 spoilers but I also have the #dragon's dogma 2 spoilers blacklisted just to be sure!

#ask #fashionablyfyrdraaca #i shortened it because it was too long to type gngngn but I have it blacklisted as a safety measure

[camelliagwerm]

THE PAWN | RYLAND QUINCY, SORCERER

#did i create my pawn around the bowlcut? yeah i did. #dd2edit #dragonsdogma2edit #dragon's dogma 2 #dragon's dogma #dd2 #harper.gif #*dd #oc: ryland #fashionablyfyrdraaca #useransburg #userzahrahydris #katewalker #useravallachs

[studiousbotanist]

i was looking up the life is strange videogame and your cat showed up in the tag and i wanted to say: she is so adorable and cute. i love her fur colours!! :D i hope u have many more happy years with your baby

OHHHH NOOO 😂😂😂 I always worried whether she would or not !!!! thank you so much !!! ;w; me too . thank you for the kind compliments to her have a lovely day !!! here is a pic of her licking her chops

#rachel amber lastname #does a bear shoot in the woods #asks #fashionablyfrdraaca #fashionablyfyrdraaca

[persephinae]

if your post about the gamingedit tag not being for selfies like instagram is about who i think it is, i've messaged them multiple times asking them to stop and i've gotten them banned a few times and they have no intention of stopping. ive talked about it with the feedback staff too

yeah it's that person. I've reported them for spam and blocked them several times. they keep making a new account and spamming and it's sooooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying

#answered #fashionablyfyrdraaca

[arisatominakos]

DRAGON'S DOGMA II ( 2024 ) dev CAPCOM ∞ / ∞ / do not repost.

#dragon's dogma #dragon's dogma ii #dragon's dogma 2 #ddedit #aartyom #userwolfkissed #userkarlo #katsigian #fashionablyfyrdraaca #videogameedit #gamingedit #vgedit #gamediting #gaming photography #virtual photography #farllee.jpeg #farllee.ref: zvent #a quick lil muwah for the dash before headin' to bed look at my lil cheetahboy

[mistress-light]

Guess we're both a bit naughty.

↪ The Last Story •  Mistwalker (2011)

#the last story #tlsedit #tls: syrenne #tls: lowell #vgedit #gamingedit #dailygaming #gamingnetwork #fashionablyfyrdraaca #clarislam #taupewolfy #dominicsorel #mistwalker #hironobu sakaguchi #nintendo #games #video games #gaming #my stuff #i totally forgot this was in the game ajsadhskad