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Renegrath

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My future character for DnD.

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Joaquine, half-drow ranger

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« Have you ever walked to the very edge of a great precipice, and shuddered at how easy it would be to step into the void? »

The Wizard of Waterdeep himself! Gale is incredibly good in combat and he's so funny! I also love his lines during the fight :)

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Gaslighting.

When a person hurts you, denies the fact that they hurt you but plays the victim and acts like you did something to them instead, this is gaslighting. Which is a form of psychological abuse.

I believe, and maybe this is the empath in me, that a lot of people do not realize the actual nature of their actions. To them it probably feels normal. it is how they grew up, or completely lack awareness. I think this makes it worse for the victim, who may be used to this behavior themselves, or may be empathetic towards the person, or even be at a level of insecurity that they naturally question themselves. But I will leave that for another post.

Gaslighting is a tactic someone can use to gain control over the other person by making the person question their own reality. Overtime, you become increasingly dependent for your sense of reality, which further fuels the dynamic. Doubting your own perceptions, memories, or feelings, and questioning their own sanity. This form of manipulation can lead you to feeling confused, anxious, isolated and unable to trust your own judgement.

Some common signs of gaslighting are:

Denying they said something, even though you have proof.

Using what you love against you. For example, they might say things like, "If you really loved me, you would..."

Their actions don't match their words.

They project. They accuse you of doing what they are actually doing.

They try to align people against you.

They tell you everyone else is a liar.

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Important to remember: friends can be abusive. Don’t believe their excuses, abusive people never change. Don’t waste your time on abusive people. If your friendship is always 90% about them, they ignore and push down your feelings constantly, and they don’t listen when you ask them to stop exposing you to toxic environments or toxic people, they’re toxic, abusive, and selfish. Cut them out of your life, it will hurt at first but it is for the best in the long run. When you’re out of an abusive friendship you’ll realize you put up with so much bs and you will be much happier in the long run without them. Your real friends will care about you equally, will care about your thoughts, feelings, and boundaries. If they don’t, they were never your real friend, you’re just an item to them. The minute you stop letting them step all over you and ask for a semblance of respect and decency, they will drop you for an easier more maleable victim who will let them step all over them. Don’t be an abusive person’s item. There are genuine people out there who will be your real friend, so don’t waste your friendship on an abusive individual.

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Sign of a Toxic Friend

When they do something hurtful, it's a "misunderstanding". When you do something hurtful, it's malicious and a flaw of yours.

This is a toxic friend.

Let me give an example: An ex-friend didn't invite me to watch a movie with our friend group despite me being the one who suggested the idea. They simply "forgot" and it was a "misunderstanding". But when I turned to my partner and cried about it when it first happened, that was malicious and it was a flaw of mine to assume the worst of people.

Know your worth and know the signs.

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"Vengeance" New character illustration!

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Him 💜🖤 Aphelios, my Durge.

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Another icon of Joaquine, because the last one wasn't good enough.

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My new Durge, with classic druge tatoo ahahah

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Evocation: Healing Word

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omg

my partner: I haven't even done any of the main quests in act 3, I've been so distracted by all the side quests...I solved a puzzle, got an amazing new spell... me: yeah yeah me either I had to take Gale shopping to buy him a cute new outfit

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Icons: Joaquine & Ciro DnD characters. (Joaquine is my OC, Ciro is not) Ciro is a cursed human warlock, follower of Loviatar Joaquine is half-drow ranger, follower of Tyr Their relationship may be complicated, but they are very close friends anyway, lol

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My Castlevania OC, Astrid (as vampire).

I'm too lazy to finish it, so here it goes - sketch!