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bountydroid · 5 days

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Darlin’

pt 2

Cooper Howard/The Ghoul x f!reader (right now there is nothing romantic, maybe in the future I am undecided.)

Description: After being captured by some cowboys, reader ends up in front of a ghoul and fearing for her life.

Notes: This is awful I apologize in advance. Please let me know what you think. This is just setting it up for the real story.

I sighed as I stumbled behind my captors. I am not even sure how you ended up in this situation. One day I woke up next to my fire surrounded by three cowboys, smiling menacing at me. Next thing I know my hands are tied and I am being forced to follow them everywhere. I heard them talking about a "last bounty" and rolled my eyes. I know their type, there is never really a last bounty.

It was night-time as we made our way to the graveyard, I was so tense you shuffled stiffly behind their leader as he tugged on the rope connecting the two of you.

"He's the best bounty hunter there is." Their leader rambles on. To be honest, I wasn't listening.

"How do we know which grave?" One of his companions asked.

"Well, Slim we look for the fresh one." He responded. "Dom Pedro has our friend dug up once a year. Cuts some pieces off and then puts him right back in the ground."

"That's awful," I mumble.

The four of us stop in front of the graveyard and see a cross with two bags of Rad-X hung above it. "Bingo." Their leader says.

"Shit." Slim replies. "You are telling me the supreme badass we're looking for is a godforsaken mutant?"

"Are you really going to let out a ghoul?" I asked, exasperated by the whole ordeal.

"Have some respec'!" Their leader interrupted. "That is your prospective coworker you's talking about Slim. And our ticket to a big payoff. And you -" He said turning around to me, "You's better keep your mouth shut. Who knows what he does with little girls like you? I imagine we will let him do whatever he likes." He growled.

"I thought you said you knew this guy?" His other companion asked.

"I said I knew of him. My pop worked with him once." He shrugged.

"Your pop?" His companion asked breathlessly. "How long's this asshole been moulderin' in the ground?"

"How do we know he's not feral?" Slim asked, obviously afraid.

"That is why we brought our little friend." Their leader said as he pulled out a cage with a chicken in it from behind his poncho. "A feral ghoul can't abide a chicken. If he goes for her, we kill him."

"Just like that?" I asked dryly. I knew this band of idiots barely stood a chance, and that this was likely where I would die.

"Shut up," Slim said before he grabbed a shovel and started to big. "Should make the bitch dig." He said turning to his friend who just laughed in response.

Some time later they finally had dug up the coffin. It was surrounded by chains, obviously keeping something strong within. I couldn't help the chill that ran up my spine. I looked over at the chicken tied to a stake and couldn't help but wonder, am I bait too? Is that why they brought me here?

The three of them watched with bated breath as they opened the coffin from afar, but I couldn't stand to watch and just kept staring down at the chicken at my feet. Their leader gave the rope tied to the coffin one last tug and it finally swung open.

A ghoul stumbles out of the coffin, groaning and coughing and cracking his bones. He obviously hadn't been let out in a long time. I couldn't help but feel bad for him. If he truly wasn't feral, then there was a person in there.

"Well well well." The ghoul finally spoke. "Why is this an Amish production of The Count of Monte Cristo or… just the weirdest circle jerk i've ever been invited to?"

I couldn't help the snort that escaped my mouth. His attention was then brought to me as I stood mostly hidden behind the leader of the gang.

After a brief silence, the leader started laughing as well, obviously trying to diffuse the tension. "Welcome back. I'm Honcho. Now you don't even know us-"

"No." The ghoul interrupted. "I do not." His gaze then moved down to the chicken. He slowly approached as he licked his lips in anticipation.

The four of us moved back in fear as he picked up the chicken.

"Does that count?" Slim asked. "Should I shoot him?"

"Would you shut the fuck up," Honcho responded. "We-uh, we got a proposition for you." He said as he moved his attention back to the ghoul. "A bounty came down. A huge one. Enough to be a last score for me and whoever's with me. Yeah. Now, somebody made a run from the enclave." He said pulling out a sketch of the bounty and his furry friend.

"Now what makes you think I'd give a good goddamn about that?" The ghoul asked, obviously not interested in the bounty.

It ain't where he's running from I figured you'd be interested in." Honcho said confidently. "It's where he's running to. That witch Moldaver in California. That's where you from ain't it?" He smiled. "Originally I mean."

The ghoul stared him down for a moment. "Now, what the fuck would you know about where I'm from?"

I tried to swallow but my throat was so dry from fear that it was painful. I slowly took a step back from Honcho. I could feel that this was going to go bad quick.

"Well that don't sound like gratitude, do it, boys? Honcho responded with a sour tone in his voice. "How about we put you right back in that hole so Dom Pedro can have his fun with you for the next thirty years?"

The ghoul smirked as he looked between the 3 cowboys, amused with Honcho's confidence. "Well, I'll tell you what boys, whenever somebody says they're doing one last job, that usually means their heart's not in it. Probably never was." He said as he kneeled back down to the chicken. "But for me? Well, I do this shit for the love of the game."

It was barely a second before he had his lasso around Honcho, easily pulling him off his feet and throwing him across the graveyard. I stumbled behind him a couple of feet before the rope he was holding came loose and I fell to the ground. I stayed down and covered my head as I heard gunshots and the two boys falling to the ground. I slowly looked up at the ghoul who was staring down at me with a blank expression before turning his attention back to Honcho.

"You are right, friend, about one thing. This right here? Was your last job." The ghoul said while aiming his gun at the cowboy. "My paycheck wasn't quite what you expected, but, well you know what they say. Us cowpokes.."

"Wait! The girl! I brought her for you! Thought you might be hungry." Honcho mumbled around the rope in his mouth. I was barely able to understand him, but it looked like the ghoul did.

He stopped and turned around to look at me again. I stared back at him in horror, still on my stomach in the mud. "Well, that's no way to treat a lady." He smiled threateningly before turning back to his target, shooting the rope holding up his coffin, and watched as it dragged Honcho into the ground. "Us cowpokes, we take it as it comes." He finished.

Without a word he picked up his bag, threw it over his shoulder, and walked right past me.

I don't know what came over me at that moment, but I knew that I didn't want to be left alone. "Wait!" I said before I even knew what I was doing.

He stopped in his tracks but didn't turn around to look at me.

"I'll die out here on my own," I whispered. "I could lead you to the bounty. There is information that the idiots didn't share with you. I could help."

At this, he turned to look at me and crouched in front of my kneeling body. "I know exactly where I am going darlin'." He responded. "I don't need your help."

"But I do!" I said as I gave him the best puppy dog eyes I could muster as I held up my still-bound wrists.

He scoffed before looking up at the sky. "No." He said before getting up and walking away.

#fallout #fallout tv series #cooper Howard #cooper Howard x reader #the ghoul x reader #the ghoul fallout

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ominousnya · 8 months

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If you enjoyed/are enjoying Baldur's Gate 3 I beg you to try out Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. This is a long post about why.

The scope is huge, the companions are wonderful, and the dungeon delving is fun. There are some really impressive set pieces even given its more limited presentation.

Did I mention the companions are wonderful? Pathfinder still uses the alignment system 5E has since ditched, but I was impressed with how well it made "Evil" characters still work as comrades or love interests even if you're playing a purely "Good" protagonist. Alignment is a simple system, but these people are complicated.

I love that they form friendships outside of the player and interact with each other in skits and during conversations. I like that there are some pretty wild swings their arcs can take depending on your encouragement down one path or another, even if I will never be able to make some of the Evil choices myself.

A few warnings:

-Pathfinder is a significantly more complicated, crunchy system than 5E. It can be pretty intimidating making a character and leveling up. Don't be afraid to use a guide, and definitely don't be ashamed of using a lower difficulty.

-There are straight, gay, and bisexual party members, so not everyone is available to the protagonist depending on your character creation choices. If you don't want to be disappointed, look it up beforehand.

-You cannot date Woljif without a mod. I'm sorry. I was disappointed, too, until I met Daeran, the perfect man, my beloved horrible beast.

-There is a game within a game mechanic that starts after the first act. It is basically a limited version of the game Heroes of Might and Magic jammed into this game. I like it, some probably will hate it.

-Companions can be respecced, but they're forced into their default class for at least one level.

A few mechanical things WOTR does strictly better:

-Controller support is less prone to bugs, and almost all items in the world are either in boxes or on corpses rather than scattered about individually. It's much more manageable and comfortable if you're stuck using controller like what I am.

-You can loot all of the corpses in an area at the same time, and it prompts you when you leave a zone to loot any significant drops you may have left behind.

-Your companions' skills can be used for skill checks in dialogue and out in the world. If someone has a higher Lore (Religion) skill than you, the game uses theirs instead of yours to determine what dialogue choices are available.

-It auto selects the character with the highest lockpicking/disarming skill when you choose to go after a chest or door or trap that needs it.

-The greater complexity of Pathfinder means you also get a lot more options for character class and progression. Build diversity is high.

-Party size is 6, so you've got some flexibility to bring along the folks you like rather than having to worry as much about filling specific roles.

-Two battle systems are available: Real Time With Pause (think ye olde Baldur's Gates) and Turn Based. I do NOT like RTWP, so I stick to Turn Based, but if you like that one, enjoy.

There's probably more but this post is long already. Anyways, if you want more CRPG after your BG3 adventures are over, give it a go. It's good! I love it! It's extremely long so WATCH OUT!

#bg3 #pathfinder wrath of the righteous

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circular-bircular · 5 days

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Sup! I’m not a part of the whole be nice to persecutors squad, but I do rehabilitate persecutors sometimes as an ex-persecutor myself and I would like to hear your thoughts on my opinions (genuinely I am open to change. Ik I'm harsh). This is going to be a long one and I’m sorry if I sound dismissive of other feelings it’s more of a how it all feels to me.

This is all persecutor discussion that may be upsetting. Please read with caution or delete from your inbox as you see fit.

So yes of course persecutors should not be treated like monsters they are a part of a system. They are people (or whatever word refers best to one’s conscious collective) and they deserve love and respect like anyone else. So are the people they hurt though. I feel that’s really forgotten in this positivity around the guy that hurts people.

So in my villain era I just chose to be an asshole. I was pissed at the system and wanted to make their lives hell. Letting me front was a mistake I was purposefully off putting around our friends (no they didn’t bloody deserve it I knew what I was doing. I also wasn’t mean I was off putting, to be clear). I wasn’t a confused protector. I wasn’t protecting us. I made the conscious decision and effort to hurt or disturb anything I came into contact with because I was mad. Not all persecutors are like this but my annoyance is at the whole persecutor positivity that includes people like me.

I didn’t change because the system was nice to me. I wouldn’t have changed because someone got me an ice cream or sympathised with me (and they tried) I changed because I happened to be fronting one night and someone was vulnerable in front of us. I’d been nothing but an asshole up until them but I was trusted because in that moment I wanted to change and trusting that I would try I was allowed to. I masked and helped the guy.

That’s not advice btw that’s just, what happened. No one being nice to me or trying to get me to change made me change it was having room for the decision to change that changed me. Getting mad at me for being an ass, making me say sorry for being an ass and treating me like someone who was an ass didn’t stop me from recovery. I whole heartedly believe that you don’t owe all persecutors kindness.

I was reforming a dipshit and I’ve been nothing but kind to her and she was still a dipshit. She understood she was being a dipshit but was fulfilling a role she thought had to be fulfilled and while I slowly undid that the person she was “tasked” with being a dipshit toward was allowed to be angry and upset and hurl insults back. You should be allowed to feel like you’re protecting yourself.

And finally my most controversial statement. System jail is fine. Locking up parts of your system for being assholes isn’t good for them but when you can no longer take the constant abuse or you have too many other problems that’s fine. I don’t understand the weird obsession with being nice to the bully. In my experience that wont stop em and sometimes there is no space to give them room to change all you can do is protect yourself until there is space.

I’m not a persecutor hater. I’m just an internet guy that says the online advice f being nice ignores the people that get hurt. It’s a nuanced and individual situation. Internet advice does not fix that. I am nice when there’s room to be nice and I believe that prosecutors will heal but the shit they fucking did should not be overlooked.

& If any recovering persecutors are reading this. I see you. You’re on a difficult path. You deserve love and respect and to live life.

This wasn't one of the eaten asks, but I've honestly been trying to work out how to respond to this for a long time. I'm gonna try and break this down for myself. And by that I mean, here's Debbie with the weather.

Absolutely, anon. The people we've hurt need to be rewarded for the shit they've survived from us. I was a complete and absolute bitch, and I apologize for how much of a bitch I was -- but not for the reasons why I was a bitch. I'm not going to apologize for my trauma. For any persecutors reading this, nobody here is asking you to apologize for who you are. We're just saying, acknowledging that you hurt someone is a good place to start.

Anon, take this whatever way you want, but that to me sounds like protecting your system. I purposefully made myself unpleasant to be around. I fucked with my friends and purposefully pissed them off, not "to protect us UwU" but because they were fucking stupid to be friends with these idiots. The other fuckers in my head were weak, pathetic, and pointless. I pretended to be other parts, just to pull the rug out from under my friends, because god was it easy to, and it was absolutely hilarious to see their reactions. I tortured my other parts innerworld, because god was it fun to make them realize just how pathetic they were, just how much better I was than them. My goal was to get the other parts to kill themselves (what I understood as dormancy after some time) and let me just take charge, because I wanted to live.

And yeah. That's me protecting my system.

Because the more I bashed us, the more I said, "let me take over because I'm better than you," the more I pushed away all my friends... It was the more I "kept us safe" from getting hurt from the outside. Rice won't be hurt if she doesn't exist. Rice won't break down from trauma memories if fill her brain with trauma memories 24/7. Rice won't lose her friends and break down if she has no friends to begin with.

I didn't do that on purpose, of course. I didn't look to help these assholes. I wanted them GONE. But now that I'm reformed, now that I can look back at what a mess I actually was, instead of the perfect being I thought I was, I can understand that all of that was my misguided way of protecting us. Even if I didn't understand that at the time.

I made that conscious decision to hurt, and it was influenced by the unconscious decision to protect.

Now, maybe you really were just a pissy lil bitch who wanted to hurt people, whatever, I really couldn't care less about you. But at the end of the day, alters in DID systems split for a reason -- to cope with trauma and make it bearable to survive through. So regardless of what edgy pre-teen bullshit you're spouting, if you're an alter, you're a form of protector in some way. At least in my eyes.

Cool! Glad you worked your shit out. I started getting better because someone was really fucking mean to me. I mean, I had food poisoning, was running out of the room to vomit, and my friend still sat me down for like a 2 hour or so lecture about how I was a fucking awful person and she wouldn't stop lecturing me until I shaped the fuck up and understood why she thought I was bad. That fucking BROKE me.

Being nice to your persecutor is one way. Torturing them after fucking cafeteria mozzarella stick induced food poisoning is another. To each their own, y'know? (Side note, I know you don't follow me here bby but I love you, thank you for slapping the shit out of past me with your words and anger <3)

I wholeheartedly believe nobody is owed kindness. Kindness is a choice I make -- one that can easily be decided against if it is no longer beneficial to be kind. I owe no loyalty to kindness. I choose to be kind, because why the fuck wouldn't I be, you fucking idiot?

Ok but that was a kind thing to do. Like. That's what I mean when I say to be kind to your persecutors. Letting them BE ANGRY IS A GOOD THING???? So confused why this isn't seen as being kind. You took the time out of your fucking schedule to help give that person a space to be upset and angry. That's kindness. That was a choice.

God you're so fucking hilarious tbh.

Yeah, sure, whatever, system jail is fine, esp in cases like. Where you're still in an abusive situation. That's because you're allowed to make mistakes, and system jail is a mistake. It's perfectly valid and fine while also being really fucking awful and stupid.

The "weird obsession" with being nice to the bully isn't "it will stop them." It's "that's an entire ass part of yourself, stop fucking airing your self-hatred out in public for everyone to see, it's nauseating."

TL;DR: Being kind to your persecutors is a choice. Obviously, it's not one you HAVE to make, but it's highly suggested. The issue is, "kindness" looks different for everyone. For me, it was "kind" to have someone do the equivalent of a guttural scream for 2 hours. For others, it's fru-fru shit that makes them feel all warm and fuzzy. For you, it was just giving someone the time and space to be angry. Making mistakes is okay. Do what you want forever and who even gives a shit? And FFS, OBVIOUSLY, LET'S NOT IGNORE THE VICTIMS OF OUR ABUSE. (But yknow, let's not ignore the fact that persecutors are also victims of abuse and they get blamed for literally every fucking thing jfc).

#Shadows In The Petunia Garden #Persecutors #Syscourse #I imagine I was incredibly rude here #But whatever #asks #anon

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dabs-into-oblivion · 2 months

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this is not something that is going to change, i am just complaining for the sake of complaining

i would have loved more racial diversity in the bg3 companions lineup

if we include all 10 possible companions, there are:

- 3 elves (Astarion, Halsin, Minthara)

- 2 half-elves (Shadowheart, Jaheira)

- 3 humans (Gale, Wyll, Minsc)

- 1 tiefling (Karlach)

- 1 githyanki (Lae'zel)

in addition, both of the half-elves are the same subrace, which is also the same subrace as Astarion. meaning that all three of them have the same racial cantrip. it's just boring when i'm trying to put together party comps! i can't respec the racial cantrips out of their builds! and also... variety...

idk i think we could have had One short companion. didn't even have to be a dwarf. halflings and gnomes exist too. could have had a half-orc companion, or a dragonborn.

anyway

#az talks #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #posts into oblivion #this doesn't really count as spoilers imo #and it's not fandom critical #larian critical #i guess?

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rodimissliveblogs · 14 days

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I can't believe Mizora is still hanging around after that. Get her out of here. I am so so sick of this bitch.

....

hey Withers.

I saw an interesting post about something I can do to try and remedy this problem, but I need you to respec me for a spell.

#roddy plays bg3 #roddy plays bg3: mae

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shuunnico · 9 months

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Are you excited for the full version of baldur's gate 3?

I am simultaneously vibrating with anticipating and shaking in worry. They are in exact balance so I look completely still and normal.

On one hand, I want a really good, expansive RPG because that is absolutely my jam and I'm constantly starved for games like that.

On the other hand, I find a lot of their choices to be annoying. I play Arcane Trickster characters and they seem gutted in this game.

I don't like that the game's level cap is 12. This especially punishes Rogues regarding multiclassing.

I don't like that they made the Thief subclass so strong compared to the other Rogue subclasses, Arcane Trickster and Assassin.

I don't like that they removed racial attribute bonuses. I like that my Tiefling has +2 Charisma, even if it is suboptimal. It gives her flavor.

I don't like that they removed a more roleplay progression for your Ilithid corruption and instead made it a talent tree.

I don't like that you can just respec companions out of their base class, even if it is integral to their story.

I don't like that they're not including Arcane Trickster staples like Booming Blade.

I am trying to go into it with lowered expectations. And I'm trying to go into it, divorcing it from the 5e rules it is running (I don't like 5e).

But I can't help but remember my Tiefling Spell-Thief from Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous. Highly multiclassed and with tons of roleplaying flavor.

By comparison, BG3 looks more restrictive and I wish it wasn't.

#baldur's gate 3

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iamaweretoad · 10 months

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BG3 Panel From Hell thoughts in no particular order:

- character creation looks incredible

- dragonborn look DOPE

- sounds like we’ll have the ability to respec (at least class-wise) at any time -- they want folks to be able to experiment with new builds and multi-class combos without being punished for it which is pretty cool. Also hoping that means we can just reset our paladin oaths if they get broken since it seems like they’re still (weirdly) married to the ‘oaths are meant to police player behavior’ philosophy (yes I’m still salty). Maybe the reset doesn’t work like that, but keeping my fingers crossed.

- very curious about the re-work Wyll’s character got (and glad that it was out of love for the character and wanting to tell his story better rather than scrapping the original concept entirely)

- loving Karlach already. I wonder if the soul coins we find are needed for her infernal engine thing?

- Cypher of Tyr and That Bronze Girl are in the live audience!!! :leonardo dicaprio pointing meme:

- oh look it’s Aradin, can I punch him again when we see him in the city? First nat 20 I rolled in early access was to punch him in the face for being a racist dickbag. 11/10 would punch again.

- it sounds like they’ve tried to add a lot of nuance and complexity to the relationships, not just a ‘do my quest > have sex > notch on the bedpost and done’ sort of deal. I’m trying not to hold out hope for ace friendly options, but who knows, maybe they will surprise me!

- VERY curious about the Dark Urge origin! Probably won’t use it for my first playthrough, but I’m tempted. Still, I think I might save that for my paladin playthrough, I think that would be a fun conflict.

DISPLACER BEAST!! (I literally gasped) Tentacle murder kitty! 😍 I will free you!!

TRESSYM!! (presumably Gale’s tressym, Tara)

- game looks absolutely WILD, I am so excited!!!

#bg3 spoilers

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ashyatmosphere · 13 days

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Introduction

Hihiii, you may call me Ashy or Ashley! (I am trialing Lola but so if that feels better for me to use I shall change but ;-; that will be a lotta work ;-;) My blog will be a mix of SFW and NSFW so that means that Minors Please Do Not Interact! Aditionally I am trying to keep my blog mainly SFW but I am hyper sexual so that mayyy be hard but will try <3

If you Read More I will add links to additional Blogposts to explain more about me and my blog <3

I am open to asks, anons, and dms, just please be respecful~ <3

Do not interact if you are:

Terf/Homophobic/Transphobic/Racist (and similar)

Please do not talk to me if you post about B*mbi Sl*ep. I will block you instantly.

Pedos/Loli/Shorta lovers

Personal Catagorising Tags:

#Ashy Speaks - text posts of ideas I wanted to share <3

#Ashy Vents - posts where I just need to scream into the void ;-;

#Ashy Reblogs - Just my reblogs

#Ashy Blogpost - Blog updates or info

#Ashy Images - pictures of me :3

#Ashy Pet - pictures of my pet when I wanna show off

#Ashy Simps - reblogs of images that I simp for. may be NSFW.

#Ashy NSFW - reblogs or posts that are NSFW (will also be tagged for #NSFW)

#Ashy Music - posts either showcasing music I have found or just reblogging music :P

#Ashy Fashion - I wanna learn more about fashion so will be reblogging and posting stuffs about fashion.

#Ashy is Learning - i am learning shit here to better myself

#Ashy Self Love - affirmations and reminders for self love

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#Haikyuu - I love haikyuu and will rebog when I see them

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cosmic-kaden · 1 month

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Borderlands is really not wanting me to play as Amara huh?

PC? dies.

PS4? corrupts my Amara save and crashes whenever I try to load her even from cloud save. I got to LVL 9 and bl3 said "nu uh"

So what am I doing instead? Respec of my main FL4K and making them even more of a beast than before. :) because it's what they deserve~ 💜 my lovely nb robot deserves nothing but the best. I'm only Mayhem 2 rn but they can literally blast away everything in like a shot or two hehe 🤗

Also add me on PS4 if ya got it!

SmokeyPixels

#i also have a lvl 14 zane??? why tho!? im real bad w/ zane lol #not self ship

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wyllzel · 2 months

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reminder to self to grab the hat of fire acuity 👀🫵

hi i am going to ramble about builds once more LOL 🤸🏻‍♀️

currently running a draconic bloodline sorceror (red, fire) which - although i am not very good at playing sorceror, LOL - is actually quite badass, i am digging the dialogue options so far 😁 i may or may not be modelling him off zuko, LOL 😁 but unfortunately i fear adding in dual-wielding martialness somewhere may not be prudent 😔

but in any case, i really want the rest of the team to be heavily stealth and to try and exploit Darkness... (while my guy blasts from afar LMAO)

so far i've got:

karlach as a tavern brawler circle of the moon druid (mostly for panther)

astarion as assassin rogue

but i NEED A MONK 👁️👁️🤲 lol. my fingers are itching... i need to Unarmed Strike......... 😆😶 so i think i'll end up respeccing astarion to way of shadow monk (eyes the ritual of profane ascension sneakily) ? and then wyll can round out the team as an assassin rogue/ranger/fighter? (practice for when we delete his pact and he goes ranger 😁)

i miss my dream team (gale/wyll/lae'zel) 😞 but i really need to bench gale (1. i romanced him in 2 playthroughs basically back to back 💀 2. a sorceror AND a wizard might be too much lmao)... astarion will get his saucy bonus so he needs to be in the a team... i'm trying the karlachmance for the achievement... so no room for bae'zel :(

such problems i have haha alas

anyway the stealth gear i will be keeping an eye out for include:

justiciar's scimitar

shadow of menzoberranzan

covert cowl

drow studded leather armor

penumbral armor

shadeclinger armor

spidersilk armor

dark justiciar half plate

some other gear:

protecty sparkswall

robe of exquisite focus ⭐

🤔🤔 i'm still very early in Act 1 hahaha but i really would like that protecty sparkswall...

#chelle.txt #dark urge: fleance #alas!!

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crisalidaseason · 1 year

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i saw your god of war posts and agree with many of them, what do you think about Freya and Kratos being together? I see alot of people ship it.

oh boy, ya'll love to put me on tight shoes. I hope I don't get hate but, as always, I'll be respecful (and I also demand it back). SPOILERS FOR RAGNAROK!!!

Kratos and Freya, in my humble opinion, already reached the maximum of their relationship. I don't think they should become anything else, specially romantic! Hear me out:

Freya is woman who is deeply grieving right now. She is grieving the death of her son, brother, her dignity (Odin striped her of everything she once loved). This woman is hurt, so hurt, and she is trying to heal by rebuilding her life. Let's also not forget how Kratos still is in deep grief over Faye, he dreams of her and constantly misses her presence (as seen in the game, he still has the bag, now empty, of her ashes on his belt).

Kratos is still the one who killed Freya's son. She might have reached an understanding with Kratos, but she will never forgive him for being the one to actually break his neck, even if Odin was the one to send Baldur on the path of death. I don't think she would get romantically involved with her son's murderer, even if Kratos did not kill Baldur for his own reason. Even Kratos knows he has blame in killing him, Kratos says that he shouldn't have intervened of Freya's decision to live or die.

They have a great relationship as it is. They have a common goal of helping the nine realms rebuild after Asgard's fall. Freya wants the vanir to bloom again, regain the love she once had from her people (let's not forget that Freya was deeply hated by many of her followers after her marriage with Odin, it must hurt to loose the love of your people). Kratos wants to be someone that builds and helps instead of destroying everything, it brings him peace and redemption, while also honoring his promise to Atreus.

In short, they are too busy with their own pain and also goals to ever get involved. I like their partnership, a silent agreement of working together for a greater good. I think Freya doesn't need a lover, she needs to heal and rebuild her realm. Same with Kratos, he needs to find purpose that is not living for his son, he needs to know how is it to be a beloved god.

If you ship Kratos and Freya, I am not going to hate you, I promise! You can read and write about whatever you like, it's your freedom and choice. I personally won't consume anything regarding them as a couple because I don't enjoy it, but everyone else has the right to consume whatever pleases them.

That's all folks, remember to be respecfull because I really don't mean to offend anyone with my takes! Love ya'll.

#God of war #gow ragnarok #ragnarok #kratos #freya

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Post-weekend thoughts: 24/01/02 edition

1. I am back at work. This is the worst.

2. However, it's pretty slow today so at least it's not the worst. I am thus on tumblr on the company dime.

3. Bought myself a Legion Go as a self Christmas present: I can now play AAA PC games away from my desktop (for about 1.5 hours at a time if not near a power outlet, admittedly, but still!) which really means mostly on the bus to and from work, but given that this is roughly a 1.5 hour trip each way it works out fantastically. Also, since I have a trip to NY coming up next month I will take this instead of my laptop and it will be the best of all worlds! Yay capitalism.

General thoughts: It is pretty heavy - playing it in bed or on the go is a significantly less comfortable experience than something like the Switch. However, the screen is gorgeous and it plays the games I want to play on PC, so. Worth it.

The controllers are a little weirdly sized and shaped for my hands, but not terrible. Would say I prefer them over the Switch joycons but obviously normal Xbox controllers or DualSenses are superior if you have the choice.

The vertical mouse mode I do not think I would use for FPS games, tbh, but for general desktop use or less performance sensitive games that don't have good controller support it's actually pretty good.

So far enjoying it; ask me again in like 6 months.

4. Signed up for a month of gamepass (which I should have done AFTER I bought the Legion Go because it comes with a complimentary 3 month pass, but alas, planning was never my strong suit. The pass is claimable until some point in 2025 though so I can use it later.) and am going through a bunch of games I wanted to try but did not get around to:

5. Starfield: Finished with about 50-60ish hours.

The beginning is rough -- just the worst hook into one of these that I've seen in a while, mostly in the sense that the main plot surrounding the Artifacts is dogshit boring and the missions for the main plot are ALSO dogshit boring (the temples are fucking terrible and a waste of time).

The rest of the game also feels... mediocre in basically all respects. Like, not bad. Just mid. Nothing feels very new and everything that exists feels so... paint by the numbers. Like, here's a planet whose surface looks procedurally generated (I don't know whether it is or not, but it looks that way) -- it doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look all that good either. Here's some RPG skill progression, except there's no way to respec your character (it's fucking 2023, Bethesda, what the fuck?) and every suboptimal choice you made early on (because you didn't know what the fuck you were doing) makes you feel incredibly annoyed at the game. In particular, character is nonexistent -- all your companions feel incredibly boring, and I fucking married Sarah just to see what the romance was like. Like, coming off of BG3 this year (which, tbh, is also not the strongest cast of characters, compared to, e.g., the heights of golden age Bioware, but still very obviously has had a lot of love and care poured into the character writing) into Starfield is just... tragic. I think I spent the first like 5-10 hours mostly thinking "wow, I am so glad I did not pay for this game."

Sidenote: I did not touch the outpost or crafting stuff because guess what I didn't pick those skills in the skill tree :) But also remembering Fallout 4's base building part, none of that seemed particularly engaging. I built one outpost that was a couple buildings just to see what it was like and the building UI was so fiddly that I immediately quit that and never touched it again.

However, the UC Vanguard quest was actually really interesting (highly recommend beelining for this tbh) and once I got a little invested in that the rest of the major faction quests (Freestar Collective, Ryujin, and Crimson Fleet) were all interesting enough that I did not quit after 10 hours and did in fact finish the game.

tldr: 6.5/10, would not recommend unless you also have gamepass and are bored. That said, I did play like 50 hours of it, so. Make of that what you will.

6. Hi-Fi Rush:

I'm actually very bad at these type of combo brawlers (mostly because getting the muscle memory down for the combo variety just takes forever and I always default to using only a handful of moves, which makes me feel bad :( ) but enjoying the presentation and music a lot. It is the most anime, in the best sense.

Also, voice cast. Robbie keeps throwing me for a loop like, hey, I know that guy. Damn you, Critical Role, you have ruined games for me! (Shoutout: Aabria as a background NPC in Starfield - you were a highlight of the entire game, baby.)

Kind of bummed that I started this on gamepass honestly - I should've just paid for it on Steam so I could keep my stats and achievements and stuff. I mean, I COULD buy it on Xbox Windows but that app is garbage 🙃

Yet to finish - but 9/10 would definitely recommend.

7. (Not gamepass but from my winter steam sale haul -- yes, I spend too much money on games) Griftlands:

Klei does not miss. Very solid 10-ish hour game with really good character writing (hi, Bethesda, please take notes). I have beaten all three characters, with only two failed runs on normal difficulty so it's, you know, a decent challenge but nothing too difficult. Still going through and trying out other builds and choices. That said, I'm not usually a deckbuilder player so I couldn't tell you how it stacks up against other deckbuilders.

8.5/10, would definitely recommend on sale.

8. My general next to-play list:

On Gamepass so higher priority during my one month:

Pentiment

The Lamplighter's League

Against the Storm

Slay the Spire

Jusant

Cocoon

Like a Dragon Gaiden

Steam backlog (including things I bought like three years ago and still haven't played/finished...):

Life is Strange 2

Marvel's Midnight Suns

Tales of Berseria

Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

9. As you can tell, I did not do much of anything that was not gaming in the liminal period that is the last week of December. I had a brief thought that maybe I would write something about Laudna and Ashton and what the fuck is up with them during the 3 week BH break, but no, creative brain is out, mindless consumption brain is in! My god, there are so many games these days. I haven't even played Diablo 4, FF16, Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Bros Wonder or Spiderman 2 yet -- admittedly, I am unlikely to ever play Diablo 4 or Alan Wake 2 (I did not finish Alan Wake 1 -- at one point they turned off the lights and I put down my controller and said nope!) but I do theoretically want to get around to the others! Even FF16 which people have also said is mid, I still want to see its midness for myself! Yes, these are very first world problems.

10. Do I plan to do anything that is not gaming through any part of January? Debatable. Such is my life these days.

11. Anyway, happy new year to everyone. Hopefully 2024 is less miserable for the world in general.

P.S. Tumblr rich text editor's treatment of unordered lists and ordered lists is so fucking stupid.

#musings

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