Am I the only one who actually prefers the Araj confession from Astarion? I see so many people wax poetic about the “nice, simple plan” scene and how much better it is that I want to wax poetic a little about my favourite.
The first time I played BG3, I didn’t know anything about Astarion’s background and I thought he was a jerk. When I first ran into Araj at Moonrise, I was surprised that he wasn’t interested in biting her, but he gave his reasons and I was like, damn, okay, that sucks but I’m not gonna force him to do anything. He said no, so it’s a no. Then I moved on, and genuinely thought nothing of it.
When he hit me with the Araj confession at camp, when he explained how he felt in front of her and how easy it would have been to just grin and bear it and do as he was told, I started crying. Sometimes I struggle to even put into words the emotions it brought up — not the smallest of which was the realisation that I had had more respect for this video game character that I didn’t even like at the time than a lot of people had ever had for me, a real fucking human being.
So I love absolutely everything about that scene, from the writing to the performance to all the different ways it can play out. I know the other confession is more cute and sweet and romantic, but the Araj one held up a mirror to me and genuinely made me confront myself and change how I approach intimacy. Which is kind of an embarrassing thing to say about a video game romance scene but here I am saying it.
Because if this fucking rude ass pixel boy (affectionate) can learn to be honest about his needs and limits and have them respected, then so can I, goddamnit. And that will always be so much more profound to me than a nice, simple plan that fell apart.
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thinking about arthur bennett and how he must've felt choosing to give up the only things tying him to his humanity for a chance to find out enough to gain it back once again. thinking about how he probably thought he deserved to finally look like the monster he's always been
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STRAY KIDS 5TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
The view [2021] - chosen for final day because it is right now probably my most played song of theirs
HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY SKZ!
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you know, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio rules for the obvious reasons - jaw droppingly beautiful stop motion animation, concise thematic storytelling, some absolutely baller character design to name a few - but one of the best parts is when he straight up tells nazis and facists to eat shit, no notes 10/10 filmic experience
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garrus really is malena’s closest and most supportive friend T^T
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god that first vegaspete meltdown scene...is the stuff of actors' dreams. and then they get not one but TWO more equally as devastating emotional scenes in the same episode, and both actors bodied every single one. i'm flabbergasted. i need the whole world to witness these performances because i have never felt a character's whole spectrum of emotions so viscerally before and i've got both Bible and Build grabbing me by my hair and drowning me in them
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HELPPP NOT THE AMAZON DELIVERY DRIVER COMING UP TO MY DOOR AND DROPPING EVERYTHING OFF WHILE I WAS SCREAMING AND CRYING ABOUT A DISNEY SHOW
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