#it was a mask he wore

[thranduel]

astarion, the man who was dying and offered eternal life, but had no idea that it meant becoming a slave to a sadistic master.

astarion, the man who had his freedom and bodily autonomy ripped away from him.

astarion, the man who was forced to befriend, seduce and sleep with people to lure them back to his master, resulting in severe sexual trauma and the struggle to form any sort of intimate relationship.

astarion, the man who was horribly punished whenever he refused his master’s orders (one punishment being sealed away in a dusty tomb, starving, for an entire year. he scratched his hands raw trying to carve his way out).

astarion, the man who was forced to eat rats.

astarion, the man who hasn’t even been able to see his own face since he turned.

astarion, the man who had his body mutilated as cazador carved scars onto his back, which he later found out was to bind him to a ritual.

astarion, the man who is so severely traumatised that he admitted he doesn’t know how to say “no” or ask for help (and he feels guilty when he does).

astarion, the man who waited two centuries to be helped and freed from torture, but no one came.

astarion, the man who was always treated like a monster when all he wanted was to be treated like a person.

astarion, the man who came up to you in the middle of the night just to thank you for defending him and allowing him to make his own decisions.

astarion, the man who said that no one ever looked out for him or showed him kindness, and that you’re the only one. “other people don’t have a heart like you. you’re you. no one is like that.”

astarion, the man who broke the cycle of power and terror that started centuries ago thanks to the love, care and compassion that you showed him when no one else did.

astarion, the man who confessed that he loves you and feels safe with you; something he has never felt with anyone before.

#my darling boy :( #astarion #baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #his backstory and character development make me want to bawl my eyes out #this is why i get so angry when people don’t even try to understand him #and when they reduce him to things he’s not #like do you pay ANY attention to anything he says?? #or do you just stare at him and drool and then continue to sexualise him #sorry if that sounds dramatic but ughhhhhh man #it’s just incredibly annoying #like i don’t know why some people choose to pick up an intense game with really deep characters if they’re not gonna try to understand them #like they weren’t just made for you to treat them like they’re objects #and what gets me is the fact that astarion would HATE how people talk about him #and yes yes i know he’s not real i’m not dumb i am aware!!!!! #but he would absolutely hate it #that flirty sexy vampire image you have of him isn’t even real #it was a mask he wore #he was literally forced into doing those things #even in the game he has a reputation for flirting and sleeping around but that’s not even who he is or what he wants #it’s all an act #and it’s just so sad how everyone reduces him to that when it traumatises him every day #and apparently there’s a scene with raphael where if you haven’t seen astarion’s scars yet -> #raphael basically says he’s surprised astarion has kept his clothes on for this long and then he strips him naked in front of everyone #it’s so horrible and unfair #i just want to hold his hand and hug him tight. he deserves so much better in the game AND in this fandom #tw abuse #tw sa #my posts

[callisteios]

Hi, feel free to take my new uquiz to discover what kind of vampire you are!

#NO IM NOT TALKING ABOUT CHESS THE MUSICAL I DONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE ANCIENT BOARD GAME:CHESS #uquiz #vampires #twilight #because let's be honest there are a fair few references #and maybe this is my twilight quiz which has been in my drafts for nearly a year! #and i was tired of it sitting there #maybe! #quiz #werewolves #mention #you can get human in this im really sorry #it's a bit of a mean result #oh if anyone has an actual picture of the vampire that killed dean winchester please send it along #i could not find it with a cursory google search but i rememeber he wore a clown mask #so maybe one of those guys is the guy?

[selenityshiroi]

Zelda travelling around Hyrule after the Calamity and people are tripping over themselves to tell her stories about the Hero because they love that feral cryptid mad man and are so proud of him

'I met him when I was about to get eaten by a Hinox...he jumped off a horse, fired 12 arrows in the blink of an eye and then got smacked in the face with a tree...but then he came back and hacked away at it's legs with this stupidly big sword until it finally died'

'He was wearing this weird patched together mask that looked like a monster but he made enough curry for everyone so we didn't like to ask'

'But...the hero was a girl? She wore these lovely green silks and every time she came out of the Gerudo Canyon she had a bag full of electric safflina to sell to Beedle over there. The Gerudo think she's an amazing fighter, which says a lot, and she always thanked me for looking after her horses when she went into the desert'

'I swear to Hylia that he ran through here wearing nothing but his underwear and a mask shaped like a leaf...claimed he was looking for the Children of the Forest. Sorry, Princess, but I'm not sure he was quite right in the head at the time'

'He used to creep in here silently wearing this grey mask and with enough lizards and beetles that we could make enough elixirs to last for a month. Not sure I ever saw his face without it'

And the entire time Link is stood neatly dressed, three steps away, listening to every word and no one pays him the slightest bit of attention. Because none of them cotton on that 'prim and proper Royal Knight' Link and 'I will defeat this Lynel with a stick, a pot lid and a bucket load of adrenaline' Wild Child Hero is the same man. Especially with how many masks he owned.

When they walk away and are out of sight and earshot Zelda just raises her eyebrow with a smile and he is like '...I can explain...it made sense at the time'

#botw #totk #zelink #because zelink vibes #i just love this duality of 'royal knight link' and 'feral link' #and i know the whole 'i don't know this man' thing is a game mechanic because they are trying to not exclude people who didn’t play botw #but i am chosing to translate it as 'he wore so many masks that no one knows his face' #and those who do just can't see him as the same man who follows zelda devotedly like a tame puppy #zelda hears all the stories and is just 'yeap that's my man ❤️' #because an inquisitive scientist and a fearless experimenter are a match made in heaven

[arcueidbrunestud]

Calling Zapp Brannigan "the first western Char clone" and getting kicked out of the nearest 10th floor window

#can you imagine if he wore a mask. the levels of posting we could've reached

[kenchann]

red 🦇

#twisted wonderland #twst #ツイステッドワンダーランド #ツイステ #mmarts #twst spoilers #twst book 7 spoilers #he is so fucking cool yall and he has red streaks #he wore a mask n shit but whatever i love my boy lilia #thanks for the food book 7

[dykecadence]

one little thing i really liked about glass onion was how much you could tell about the characters from the masks they wore (or didnt). claire and lionel both wore real, practical masks because they're the most aware of the world even if they make shitty decisions, they're at least aware they are shitty. birdie wears the mesh fashion mask because any "awareness" on her part is perfomative. she doesn't care enough about others to take proper safety precautions but at least tries to adopt the appearance of someone who cares. and duke, the red-pilled alpha dude, wears no mask at all in what i found to be a pretty nice way of showing how that mentality often leans into other far right ideas (anti-mask, pro-gun, exploiting a perceived need to be hypermasculine). like in that one scene on the dock we were able to understand a lot about these characters through a simple but timely costuming decision and that was neat to me

#knives out #glass onion #i have so many thoughts on the costumes in this film actually but this was my main one i think lmao #and benoit obviously wore a real mask because hes got a functioning brain #the fact hes the only one who tries to out it back on after the injection thing also shows a higher level of consideration

[danwhobrowses]

So Callowmoores am I alone in thinking it was cute that Fearne helped carry Ashton to the city? Like there's the parallel also with Ashton carrying her into the Bloody Bridge as well

#might just be that the callowmoore tag isn't showing everything it's just I didn't see it get brought up by anyone #Ashley/Fearne was well into Ash's Titan stuff too #2 points of exhaustion though is indeed rough can see why Fearne didn't wanna test everything at Mori's #Ash probably overdid it because they've been charmed/lured twice now and want to contribute positively #plus they couldn't tell Imogen to push themselves if they don't do the same #they're trying just like they promised and it needs to be shown encouragement and appreciation for it #Grog on the moon theory is at a crossroads next ep #still candela next so I gotta ration these crumbs; ironically this parallel will also carry me to the next episode #though I'd always be open to a big ol' slice of the shippy cake when time appropriate #Fearne could test her new rogue skills to mage hand pickpocket Ashton maybe? or just anything sweet and tender between them #or more sticking up for one another and endorsing each other's chaos I just need to be fed #also the New Mutants character Tal is thinking of is called Warlock btw - looks like FCG if he wore The Mask #Ashley hinted at possible 'talking and then bed' not to (totally to) insinuate #Dire Wolves also have high perception and adv on attack rolls if an ally is 5m from a creature so Fearne was thinking tactically too #maybe I talk too much on tags... #callowmoore #tag reader bonus: Fearne loves it when Ashton kisses the back of her neck - she got a tattoo of their name there to surprise them #fearne calloway #ashton greymoore #fearne x ashton #ashton x fearne #critical role #cr3 #cr3e86 #cr spoilers #critical role spoilers #rockwild #bells hells

[awesamforehead]

New Sam lore: He owns a welding mask and thats what he used for the eclipse (??)

#liveblogging #awesamdude #i asked him if he wore the glasses and he said welding mask

[quarriart]

Having a normal one about the Vash concept art

Progress vid under the cut!

totally forgot to record the sketch phase oops

#vash the stampede #trigun stampede #trigun #vash #tristamp #trigun vash #quarriart #I went feral when I saw the concept with the mask it really looks like he was trying to hide from the world SOBS #I like to imagine he pulled his hood up and wore the mask when healing plants to try and cover up his markings just in case someone saw him

[shadebloopnik]

Alastor was said to have some moral code when he was a serial killer, right? Smthn about him being inspired by Dexter?

So he was definitely New Orleans Batman right.

#Deerman #you think he ever wore deer ears/mask #hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor the radio demon #the radio demon #its unholy oclock and i have thoughts

[the-artsy-moth]

I drew Dante as a catboy

#a very productive latin class #he’s sitting among my notes now #i love the disparity between the stuff i reblog and the stuff i post #doodle #8:11 #811 game #8:11 dante #dante basilio #8:11 fanart #i dont even like him that much but i find him very silly and i think it would be funny if he wore one of those femboy cat masks

[lonelysa1lor]

I think Philip's death was not what be deserved.

I don't mean this as in "he shouldn't of died" because i think we all knew that's how his story would always end,My actual issue is HOW he died.

He didn't die feeling bad, maybe he was a bit scared but he didn't have to face the consequences of his actions (atleast not all of them). He had no realisation that everything he'd done was wrong. He didn't see hunter, or caleb, or anyone else on the boiling isles who's he caused lasting damage to. He didn't suffer, instead he gets stomped on, barely painful.

During the entirety of Season (and the last couple eps of season 2), its been shown that Philip knows deep down that he's guilty, and its shown even more with the Hallucinations of Caleb and the Grimwalkers. But he's too stubborn and too far ahead to admit he was wrong. I thought that was what WAD was going to be, Philips 'realisation' and ending.

All in all it was anticlimactic.

#AND THEY NEVER CALLED HIM PHILIP #they called him belos #i feel it wouldve made more sense to call him Philip #because 'belos' is the emperor. a powerful man who is known to not be merciful. yet he loves the isles deeply which is why #he dedicated his life to the coven system #while Philip is the witch hunter who wore the mask of a witch. spent 400 years trying to kill everyone on the isles. #murdered his brother and the possible hundreds of grimwalkers whom he may have called 'family' all in the name of a 'greater good' #that doesn't exist to anyone other than him #the owl house #toh #philip wittebane #belos #emperor belos #toh spoilers #toh s3 spoilers #watching and dreaming #watching and dreaming spoilers #toh philip wittebane #toh philip #toh criticism

[guckies]

Fit talking to Phil about the the black concrete has just unlocked the memory that Foolish knows for sure that you should be wearing a mask around the black concrete but then again Foolish is missing, doesn’t care that much when it’s out in the open and everyone assumes he doesn’t know anything… awkward…

#also he’s probably the only one that knows about that… :/ #how does foolish knows things before everyone else yet never gets to reveal the information #theyre probably gonna talk about it at some point and he’s just gonna say oh yeah i knew that #i say he doesn’t care that much because he never really wore the mask outside of the satitised area in the fed #qsmp #qsmp foolish

[moondivine22]

Not going to lie I’m disappointed that Adam is now dead. Sure he’s a sexist pig, but I really wanted to see Lilith and Eve interacting with him.

Though now that he’s dead i would be ok if Eve never appears in the series. Season 2 could focus on the Vess being the main antagonist, Angel Dust still needs to be freed by Valentino. Plus a complex written Lilith. I was never a fan of Roo being Eve, I think Roo is its own character, there’s no need to bring her into the show.

#hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin adam #I wasn’t shocked he wore a mask or his appearance. it fits him

[venacoeurva]

He forgot to tell them

Also the idea of the Nerevarine infiltrating an Almalexia temple to help them with an ash zombie problem while they shit themselves over the possibility of having the mask of dagoth ur, to find out one of their own took it and moseyed to a graveyard and just. Let you keep it afterword is really funny.

Also also in my sleepy haze drawing this the potential narrative that dude is just trapped in his mask popped in my head is also kind of funny. Bro he's stuck, can't do shit help him (don’t help him)

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#skyrim #wren nerevarine #teldryn sero #miraak #tes #artsyfartsyness #i dont know about putting on a mask thst not one but two dead people wore but go off wren #though the living mask idea means maybe he uses the priests like a conduit #hence the ash zombies #Wren should be...fine...

[plasplasplas]

When Eel proper stopped showing up in the comics I was so sad, he's easily my favourite part of Plas's story. The alter ego, the double life, the balancing act. I also just like a guy in a suit :)

#plastic man #eel o'brian #my art 🎨 #There's a lot to be said about 'Eel' just being a mask he wore #a role he had to play #which could be what made it so easy for him to drop it and become Plastic Man. Then later just retire that personality entirely #idk! many thoughts.