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mjni · 3 months

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Do y’all ever just-

#oc #meme #procreate

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mjni · 4 months

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“You are loved.”

Oléthros, oc and Thullen, npc

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mjni · 4 months

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New ocs

#original art #i love them #original character #oc #artwork #mjnimart

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mjni · 5 months

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crazy question but have u ever drawn yaoi where one is a girl? i forget what's it called tho

HETEROSEXUALITY?

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mjni · 6 months

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He's nervous, he's neurotic,

and he's extremely socially anxious please do not approach him.

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mjni · 6 months

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Fella.

#oc #dnd art #dnd oc #original character #original art #i love them #warlock #dnd #astral elf #just selling body parts #warlock things #100% normal #nothing suspicious #mjnimart

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mjni · 6 months

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Just played Slay the Princess and got the game’s main end, on my way now to 100% it. I’ve adored this game so, so much, and it was truly just an absolute delight to play through.

Anyway, I love bird man (Us).

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mjni · 6 months

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Heartsteel Rhaast

him.

#leagueoflegends #leagueoflegendsfanart #rhaast #kayn #rhaastandkayn #lol #heartsteel #morelikeheartstolen #paranoia #fanart #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #i love them #original art #mjnimart

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mjni · 7 months

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Babygirl

#oc #original art #dnd art #dnd oc #original character #hexblood #witch #just a silly doodle #mjnimart

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mjni · 7 months

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Just a couple of fellas!

It’s unclear whether they are dating, married, or just really good friends.

#oc #dnd oc #dnd art #original character #original art #mjnimart

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mjni · 7 months

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The bestest fellas having a conversation in a lil' ol' tavern!

#oc #dnd oc #dnd art #original character #original art #i love them #eyrie strix #mirth #misadventuring misfits #my ocs #my beloved #mjnimart

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mjni · 7 months

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There's one convo with Astarion that's one of my favorites that I haven't seen mentioned or discussed yet happens (I assume) if you have high approval with him but play a good-aligned character. (This is at 60+ approval, start of Act 2.) It's probably because it's not a romantic cutscene so it doesn't get mentioned as much as the others (or because he's racist in it and some of y'all don't like to acknowledge that he has character flaws), but I think it's vital to his character and to explain his early relationship with a good-aligned Tav.

I would like to break it down a little, step by step. Because we are all cringe here.

First, he claims to feel a connection between Tav and himself, and the reason for this is because he believes he's identified "ambition" in Tav (and I'll explain why he's wrong later, but that's mostly headcanon territory, so we'll ignore it for now).

But, there's also clearly something holding Tav back from realizing their full potential, which is their naivete.

"Just that you ... have a big heart. You like doing what's right."

(The animations and voice acting here make him look and sound so fucking condescending, 10/10.)

However, Astarion doesn't tell them this is wrong, or that he disagrees. He implies it's a flaw, but doesn't state it outright. That's dangerous territory, see, and might predispose them to get defensive and reject what he has to say next.

No, he tries (and fails in my case, but it's cute that he tries, bless him) to manipulate Tav by appealing to that big heart of theirs.

"So I was thinking, what would be the right thing to do when we get to Moonrise Towers? When we come face-to-face with whoever is controlling the parasites in our heads."

"I'm just saying there's an opportunity here. If we can control the tadpoles, we can keep ourselves safe and liberate the world from this evil."

See what he's doing? You like doing what's right, so what would be the right thing to do? We can keep ourselves safe. Liberate the world from evil.

It's very blatant, but he's trying to appeal to Tav's good nature by framing his questionable ideas as something that will benefit the greater good, something that's morally righteous that they would agree with.

And of course, it's incredibly funny when you ask how he thinks you'll do that, and he fumbles and admits he's not a "details person," but it's also revealing.

He thinks he's found in Tav ambition, when all he's actually found is ability. Tav exercises power proficiently, while Astarion does not. If he had the authority they have, he'd let ambition drive his actions, which is why he assumes that's what drives Tav when they exercise their power. A good-aligned Tav has very little ambition, I'd argue, but they have plenty of opportunity to exercise their power, which they do when their hand is forced.

So what Astarion is saying is, in effect, hey, you have power, I have ambition. Will you please use your authority/ability to do what I want? Here's how it'll totally be for the greater good, I prommy.

This is brilliant writing, and I really applaud Larian for managing to walk that fine line of making Astarion so sympathetic while he's literally trying to manipulate the player character. Because when I first got this convo, my thought was both "wow, I adore how blatant and terrible his manipulation attempts are, it's kind of endearing" and "he's so terrified, it's genuinely quite tragic."

If we control the tadpoles, we can keep ourselves safe. This works only somewhat as an appeal to good-aligned Tav, because it could also potentially sound very selfish, especially if Tav is the self-sacrificing sort. So notice how, when he says "liberate the world from evil", it sounds kinda tacked-on, an afterthought designed to bury his main goal, which is keep "ourselves" (i.e. himself) safe. Like, yes, this will keep us/me safe, but if you're not into that, then it'll totally help the world, too! It doesn't quite work, because he still sounds ironic and like he doesn't believe they'd be liberating anything from any evil (work that 10 Charisma, boy), but that's the intent, I think.

Does he want power for power's sake? Yes. Is he gleefully powerhungry? Absolutely. But he's also fucking terrified, and that slips through just a little bit, even behind the smug and confident facade.

He's trying to get Tav, whom he's seen exercise their power over others, to lend some of it to him, so that he may never fear anything ever again.

All of this from a short, smug convo where he admits he's too stupid to figure out how to fulfill his dreams of world domination.

God tier characterization, 10/10.

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mjni · 8 months

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“IT WORSHIPS TIAMAT!”

“DIE FOR MOMMA!!!”

Spicy lil kobold who reverently worships Tiamat… kinda.

#oc #original art #dnd art #dnd oc #original character #kobold #chaos gremlin #i love them #mjnimart

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mjni · 8 months

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My Dark Urge! drow Paladin/Warlock who accidentally broke his oath in the span of 10 minutes and whose fae patron definitely isn’t keeping an eye on him.

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mjni · 8 months

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Astarion my beloved.

Light Astarion romance route spoilers:

“What if I just told you those three special words; I love you.”

“You’d be lying.”

I’m just completely in love with the way his character is portrayed, and how no matter what, Tav knows that in that stage of their relationship, Astarion is just toying with them. Absolutely amazing.

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mjni · 8 months

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Some doodles of my tav (this one is named Kiran) and my beloved (Astarion obviously).

I love him but the Book of Thay is fucking mine-

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mjni · 8 months

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Shadowheart my beloved.

SOFT ACT 2 SPOILERS

#original art #dnd oc #dnd art #original character #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #bg3 tav #bg3 oc #bg3 fanart #bg3 shadowheart #shadowheart #Shadowheart my beloved

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