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jb-nonsense · 6 months

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Okay, so I know everyone loves the joke about pre vampire Astarion judging based on vibes, but I do feel like his more...Foppishly flippant persona is one he put on after being turned and enslaved by Cazador. You see peeks of his previous personality in dialogue, such as this one linked here

I don't think he was a corrupt magistrate in the way people tend to think. Silly, accepting bribes all the time (maybe every now and then, though, don't get me wrong) and just only getting the job due to nepotism.

We've seen Astarion already have prejudices against gnomes, Gur, and other minority groups. It's not far to say that he allowed these to sway his rulings or even have him push for a ruling, such as what he may have done with the ruling that the Gur killed him for. Hell, he might have even refused a bribe from Cazador and that's what put him on Cazador's radar to set him up to kill. (Or something. I do feel like Astarion did a thing that annoyed Cazador and he wanted to "put him in his place.")

I do have this question and this is going to bring some speculative thoughts.

Why is a guy who was probably a high moon elf so prejudice and cut throat? Moon elves aren't known for being prejudice and cruel, in fact they detest cruelty and unfairness. Sun elves were a bit more prejudice and believing in elf superiority, known to act first when dealing with drow and ask questions later, but I hesitate to consider Astarion a sun elf due to the fact we see the other spawn. Their colorations didn't change except their eyes.

The only reason I can think of is if his family wanted to leave behind the free spirited, traveling attitude of their moon elf brethren and wanted to reach for some higher status, and found a way to do that in Baldur's Gate. Astarion does mention a moon elf noble house in Evermeet, so he isn't so disassociated with his people as some might suggest.

"House Nightstar was a moon elf house led in 1367 DR by the twin sisters Halaema Nightstar and Saelihn Nightstar. (x)"

So taking in this guy's possible family ambitions to maybe be up in the high elf pecking order as some of the sun elf houses....

Astarion would have been a serious magistrate, albeit a highly biased one.

He would know the laws like the back of his hand, and yet would bend them to fit what he wanted them to be in his rulings. Yes, this is the law, but wouldn't it be better if we kept the vagrants out? Yes, I know this is the typical standard, but we should be more severe on these people so they know not to step out of line. He would do everything by the book, but some of the rulings would be viewed as severe due to who he was working with.

And would he enjoy the power and influence of the job? Yes. He would have indulged himself outside of the office. But inside the office, he'd be cut throat to gain the next level to build up the family power level.

I welcome other thoughts, because my ADHD just ran out of steam.

#Baldur's Gate 3 #BG3 #astarion ancunin #I miss when I could go on and on in analysis #I need to practice it more apparently #train my focus a little more then you'll all witness the utter ridiculous depths of my analysis #long post cw #cw long post

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thetabbybadger · 10 days

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If I wanna learn to make sweaters, is it better to learn to knit or to crochet? What about blankets?

#tabby talks #i kinda hope it’s crochet #i tried learning to knit once and i was not great at it #which i mean nobody is great starting out #but i apparently knitted weird #i went to knitting club at school and they were just kinda….. why/how are you holding the needles like that?#and i was like it’s the only way that i can 🥺#it was holding one between my knees btw #maybe i just needed more practice….#knitting #crocheting #fiber craft

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pilferingapples · 7 months

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as a big les mis fan, i have loved your blog for ages but recently you have especially piqued my interest - in your recent explanatory amis post, you referenced historical metacontext around jehan's death being first. i have a theory about what that metacontext is, but i am FAR from certain and hoping you could offer me some clarification

(also do you have any other pieces of interesting historical metacontext to share with the class)

OK you gotta tell me your Theory too!!! if it lines up or it was something totally different , I wanna hear it alllll

anyway! it's pretty solid that Prouvaire as he finally appears is largely an homage to Hugo's old friend Gérard de Nerval, who had died in 1855; a LOT about Prouvaire's description overlaps with how people talk about Gérard, and the conversation where he's arguing with everyone about the old gods still existing lines up EXTREMELY with conversations that other people remembered having with him ; there's THIS :

Jean Prouvaire was in love; he cultivated a pot of flowers, played on the flute, made verses, loved the people, pitied woman, wept over the child, confounded God and the future in the same confidence (LM 3.4.1, Hapgood)

“God is dead, perhaps,” said Gerard de Nerval one day to the writer of these lines, confounding progress with God and taking the interruption of movement for the death of Being.(LM 5.1.20)

(Hugo still trying to still have this conversation with his friend via novel guts me more than a little!! People are people and we never stop wanting to find the right thing to say oh geez I'm crying for real)

Bahorel , who dies in the same first-charge attack that takes Prouvaire, is also a (even more obvious) homage to a friend; Petrus Borel , who had died in 1859.

They're considered pretty minor figures today, but they were both really noteable names in their day, which is to say...about the late 1820s/early 1830s; they were two of Hugo's most trusted lieutenants in the battle of Hernani, held in French Romantic memory as a breakout event for the movement. And, importantly, they were the first of that core group of more radical Romantics to die.

So while i think there is a lot going on character- and symbol-wise with them being the first two Amis down, I also think there's definitely an Acknowledgement in them being the first of the named group to go; they get the sort of heroic deaths they'd have liked, and maybe the closest thing to Good deaths on the barricade until OFPD? and agh I'm emotional, QUICK tell me your theories before I start crying harder

#Poetry Smash #they get to leave the scene while everyone's still got honest hope for success #by the time more named characters go they know. we all know #not this time. It wasn't your time it wasn't for you #(at least you did everything you could do)#but Prouvaire and Bahorel die with the future so close they can call it #or stand between it and death #before despair and before doom #and on a practical level I would never argue it changes things #but on a symbolic level I think it does #also: they don't NEED the barricade like some do #they show up together. they go together. They're ready already #EMOTIONS #APPARENTLY #Jehan #Bahorel #Actual Romantics in Fictional Paris

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trashcanwithsprinkles · 1 month

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What’s your favorite bit of lore? Or favorite holiday/festival in genshin they’re pretty neat

i'm absolutely biased towards lantern rite tbh

as for bit of lore, i'm not really sure. i feel like 'bit of lore' is really weird to define, bc ultimately most lore is all connected into bigger pictures. obviously i'm partial towards liyue lore in general, but as for a specific little bit...

probably still the possibility that zhongli is partial to archery.

#thank you <3 <3 #i know his passive talent is for crafting spears but like #the only reason why that talent is for spears specifically is bc he is a polearm user. nowhere in the talent itself nor other related media #do we get a mention of zhongli being particularly good at crafting polearms over other weapon types #we know he made the pwjs and the jade cutter. he didn't make jadefall but he did wield it. he also made summit shaper #we can assume he made vortex vanquisher n the unforged but there's no real confirmation on either. we do know he didn't make memory of dust #assuming he did make those last two that's still an equal number of polearms and swords he made. more swords if you wanna count the unforge #ofc he could've made countless op polearms off-camera. but we're never told that #dainsleif's factoid abt the talent is more about zhongli knowing his rocks than zhongli being a good polearm maker in specific #and the skill's name in chinese is more about astrology and divination than anything else. again more on zhongli knows his rocks #so like- we don't know that he had a mastery over crafting polearms in specific #and we know he wielded catalysts and polearms and likely swords as well #and still #the only real imagery on his design on what weapon he uses #is a fucking archery ring. nowhere is it mentioned that zhongli uses bows (that we know of)#yet he wears that thing on the daily. like he still uses it. like he needs to literally keep it on hand. why #why would he do that if he apparently does not historically use bows.#only thing i can think of is that he still practices archery. over any other weapon type. which is a hilarious thought tbh #but more crack theory than anything

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turned-on-tum-rubs · 8 months

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it be like that sometimes

#sometime brain just go 'belly'#also i apparently need more practice drawing tummy #cuz i cant find references for the li f e of me #i just need a 360 of like #multiple bellies man #for research #aaaaaaa #tum talks #my art #belly kink #feeding kink

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frostedpuffs · 11 months

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guys i. i caved

i watched the movie

#i. i have. no words #i literally spammed discord with my feelings but oh . oh i need to scream. like actually scream irl #like go outside and scream. loudly #text post #im actually very surprised with how far my french practice has come over the years #because i understood WAYYY more than i thought i would #so like. stilll a little annoying to hear ppl scream but also #I GET IT. I GET IT. BC I WAS SCREAMING TOO.#i can actually read/understand a lot of french very well apparently!#but when it comes to speaking it or writing it myself that part of my brain kind of shuts down #IT WAS NOT A BAD WATCH EXPERIENCE AT ALL

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enhanced-operatives-division · 19 days

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Improvement :3

#turns out practice does work....who would have thought .. apparently not me...#im very proud I've stayed with it #me??? actually liking ny art??? and seeing myself improve more than i have in a year within a couple months??????????#what a good hyperfixation/special interest does to you/silly #alas i need to keep branching out to the other ieytd characters because i wanna work on my fabby design #i have a hard time with costume and um she is literally THE fashion girlie so. i gotta work on that #because she DESERVES IT DAMNIT #also still working on a mental image for zor...sigh #im really into the vitti as zor theory and that 'zor' is a role/title that's kinna passed on....idk...i have thoughts.....#but yeah zor is so painfully human to me but also is trying to not be drives me up the WALL #THAT'S ANOTHER POSTS RANT how did i get here #alas #ieytd #[agent moose's art]#THAT'S IT not individually tagging these doodles? drawings? are not good enough for that #i don't have. the urge to draw in full colour rn <- so so so so busy <- leaves secondary education in less than 2 months #alas. I'm surviving. and very excited about next steps. just gotta get through. via ieytd. it's becoming my mantra #i keep saying i should make designs for solaris and redo my fabby so i can have triple threat explaining science to me on my flashcards #im. coping in my own special way

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another-art-studentt · 2 years

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at school library 10.20.22

just had my private lesson and chamber coaching. both went well. it's still morning as i'm trying to write an email to our chamber music professor. life is going well; i just really really need to practice more...

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glazeliights · 2 years

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alternate timeline where tavros said yes

#(in reference to that one pesterlog where gamzee asks him to make out. because it apparently still lives in my head)#also I!!! havent drawn an interior in ages help. I hate perspective #the wheelchair alone took so long cause I had to keep looking back at references. and Im p sure I still got some things wrong #which. thats on me! I do need more practice drawing wheelchairs #also also umm turns out that purple slab is meant to be a desk?? I literally forgot trolls dont have beds and misinterpeted the ref image #in my defense its been over 2 years since I read hs #homestuck #hs #gamzee makara #tavros nitram #gamtav

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 1 year

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this blog feels like false advertising. my pfp is of a parasaurolophus - i don't post about dinosaurs. my url implies gore and circus things - i don't post gore (yet) or festive stuff. we serve dragons here

#(also puppets now... apparently...)#i do need to tackle the mountain that is gore #ive been dying to draw it but Reasons kept me from its tasty complexities #im feeling more confident in my abilities lately tho #who knews! adopting a positive mindset fuckin works sometimes!!#for now as i start to really try to learn how to draw meat and blood and bone and all that delicious stuff #ill continue to settle for writing it to fulfill my desires #my dream is to post candy colored gore art #bc for some reason i love gore even More when its colors burn my eyes and look like candy #absolutely unprompted #i have several ocs who are just perfect for gore practice #and also the wh puppets are an enticing target...

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egginfroggin · 1 year

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Welcome to Sinnoh's Temple scribbles! Lots of them. All of them of Emmet and his Hisui team.

He has the basic Survey Corps uniform -- and has needed replacements numerous times -- including the red cap. Really makes him and Rei look like the adult and fledgling stages, respectively, of the same weird bird creecher.

Akari has a Goomy! Someday I will draw Rei with his Spheal. They both got very round little guys.

And Emmet had a Gible... very round.

Transcriptions of all the writing below the cut!

(First page) 3rd sketch -- "Lil' troublemaker"

(Second page)

Emmet (1) --

Amensiac

Arceus's Chosen

His voice is a privilege that is temporary

Absolute menace if he thinks he can get away with it

Has given Pesselle Uxie knows how many gray hairs

Chaotic good sweetheart

Gastrodon (3) --

Smoosh

Sadface smoosh

Good slug

Typhlosion (starter Cyndaquil) (4) --

Goodest girl <3

emotional support fire weasel

Gible (becomes Garchomp) (alpha) (5) --

Chubby alpha baby

Bitey

Gremlin Boi

Chatot (6)

Loud boy

Reminds Emmet of Archeops (the other good, loud boi)

Wurmple (becomes Beautifly) (7) --

BABY

Very skittish!

Joltik-feelin' footies

Luxray (formerly Shinx) (8) --

The only mature one out of Emmet's entire Hisui team

#eggin creatin'#eggin's writings #pokemon fan art #subway boss emmet #submas #wtst #hisuian typhlosion #gible #gastrodon #chatot #wurmple #luxray #shinx #goomy #oh apparently some of these were during the fic's production #huh #i didn't remember that #man I need to practice drawing Pokemon more #Gible boi deserves better

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lavenoon · 1 year

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Everyone say hi Foxy

#post let luce #accidentally undercover #my wip #this is gonna take a while bc ill need to take my time trying to sound like a pirate #i had my pirate phase in german and now i need to practice #me: im gonna introduce the glamrocks next!#me: but what if retired fez agent foxy.#so yeah here we are #apparently we're continuing with more “plot relevant” stuff before i get to those fluff prompts #quotation marks bc like. the plot of au is mostly nebulous with no clear end #given that it keeps evolving #but yes. foxy time

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bluewithpurplepolkadots · 4 months

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I think my New Year’s resolution is that I’m going to start applying for new jobs.

I won’t be super intense as I have a job and I do not have the mental capacity to hunt like I did when I was unemployed (honestly didn’t even then) but like… I think especially since I didn’t get the one which would have been a small promotion here means it’s maybe time to move on eventually. I know it’s nothing personal but like. I’m not feeling great about it still honestly.

I may have to get a job that lets me do a bit less physical stuff eventually anyway, sadly. I wouldn’t mind doing this kind of thing forever sometimes but… it’s probably not practical? Maybe? I mean lbr here I’m not sure what my body will be like when I’m 50 or like 60 you know? I don’t want to break myself. And by that time would I be able to leave?

God I hate job hunting. Does anyone like it though?

Anyway that’s my resolution: not that I’ll definitely get a new job but that I’ll try and see what’s out there.

NOT telling my parents though because they have an intense need to help with this kind of thing and lmao Noooo. I appreciate it but like they expect me to do nothing else with my free time when they know and I’m not doing that to myself again.

#Already noticed a job which while not perfect I could possibly do though it’s not a certainty #it’s like 70 minutes away but apparently three or four days are working at home if a site isn’tlying anyway: and some outdoors I need #either way it’s practice I guess for job applications and interviews #it’s also like 4K more than my current salary tbh at the lower end so #polka blabs #Anyway I’m not willing to move for a job so it will be either things within an hours drive: or at home or hybrid at least in this case tbh #just things which involve nature or something like that since that’s my knowledge sphere or maybe some tourism too if that’s too specific #So yeah I probably can’t do a super intense job search anyway I just am going to fling things out when I can #though from what I recall this group I’m applying to has really long essay like application forms so not looking forward to doing it!#at least it’s not overdue until the end of January

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thecowardlycreative · 1 year

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Sat down to draw something and completely blanked so... take some more from this fic I will never write.

Clothes taken from this previous art of mine.

#mo dao zu shi #mdzs #wei wuxian #wwx #the grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the grandmaster of diabolism #the untamed #art is hard #mdzs timetravel au #I struggled for almost an hour to post a timelapse with this so you could see how much trouble I had with mini-wwx's face #I eventually gave up (on both making him look like a child and getting the timelapse to attach to the post) so just take my word for it #apparently I'll need to compress all my mp4s and convert them into shitty gifs if I want to upload any more timelapses 😪#thanks tumblr #anyway that why mini!wwx just looks like an adult that's been resized #also gotta practice expressions more.....

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dutybcrne · 1 month

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@strdstd replies to your post:

{Bruh Boothill would LOVE Mika and Noelle- Esp if he gets to be Kae’s right hand if he gets hus Captain job back, assuring Kae he’d look out for them, too.}

Hfhhfhfb Kae immediately emphasizing Mika also fights with crossbow to him ONCE and Boothill just as fast setting on giving the kid a few marksmen pointers and personally mentoring him a bit in combat styles he could potentially make more use of his crossbow in

#☆ ┆ ( .ooc. );#//Teaches the kid to use a gun (prolly looking the lad at first hfbfb) and does Kae a STRESS jfhfb #//Bc ‘Mika is just Fine with a crossbow wHY DOES HE NEED A WHOLE GUN’#//‘For safety and efficiency; Starshine; the kiddo needs to SHOW them varmints who’s boss! :D’#//Then Noelle; she prolly overwhelms the dude with how attentive she is jfnfn #//Somehow is always there; practically manifesting whenever he needs a hand around HQ #//He’s low power? Oh look Theres Noelle with a Lisa-patent emergency electro charge(tm)#//Needs to run a message but is running late to smth? Noelle’s there to help!#//Needs sb to lend him an ear for whatever reason? She is ON IT #//remarks on it to Kae and Kae says she may not be a knight YET but she is a STAPLE to their team; & Kae’s best helper more often than not #//She has saved him many a time; both in work and emotionally. she is a PILLAR to the knights #//Guess which rootin tootin second in command heckin SPAMS Jeanie with letters of recommendation hdbdbdb #//Bruh I near forgot Kae the idea that trained Benny in swordplay bc of their matching styles #//Can you imagine them handling BENNY djdbbdb #//Mans sees another reckless optimistic Pyro boi and has a STRESS in thinking he’s seeing a mirror #//Then finds out it’s not on purpose; he just has Hella bad luck #//But he’s vibin #//Benny would adore him jdbfb; get all shiny eyes and wanna be like him #//Super cool; chock full of swag and apparent whimsy #//Would also wanna try his hand at guns but maaaybe he should stay away from that hffbbf

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gachapulls · 2 months

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me when my insecurities have been getting smaller over the last year and then mother dearest hits me with a "why did you do your ugly smile" when i showed her the really fun pictures with my friends last night 🙁

#'youre the only one smiling like that you look weird' its my only smile? hello?#now i stand stupidly in the mirror practicing my smile cuz apparently i look like a freak and its another thing i need to fix 😜#i think its because i have the so called downturned smile yknow the one that people were obsessed with for like a week sometime a year ago #now that its not popular anymore its gone back to being ugly... as the natural way of making trends out of body features goes #whatever that last point was more of a rant really but it came to mind from all this #txt

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