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I am attempting Tumblr again bc I hear the emperor lovers like it here and I love you

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Tavflayers and emperor lovers. Here's how I wish they would've shown up at the party together.

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To want something was as close as he could get to love. To obsess, to dominate and to submit. All of it felt like the mimicry of mortal love. Together they felt they were doing something special, creating a perversion of the process. No love existed in ceremorphosis, no love existed in the nature of illithids, and yet here they were creating a convincing act. How long does one need to play a part until it cements itself into their being? 

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I feel like... the risk of being manipulated by the Emperor is part of the appeal to me. Trusting him is a leap of faith. Loving him is the fools choice. But for singe (my tav) loving him isn't conditional on him loving them back. Being able to experience this connection, even if fake, is a gift to them. And I love this dynamic. if the Emperor was unable to feel love it means every kind act was a conscious choice. To be treated with love regardless of fleeting emotions/heat of the moment. In all these moments it made sense to him to choose Tav. And so long as Tav continued to choose him, he remained loyal. I found all of this romantic. To actively work against your nature for someone else feels like love. So all of these cons that come from being illithid and make people hate him (manipulative, husks, souless, etc.) Add to the stakes of the romance and make it interesting to me. And not to mention that a lot of those cons are disproven by Canon lore. But even if they were 100% true it wouldn't have mattered in terms of my enjoyment of his romance.

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Yes, Emperor, it was… Impressive.

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au where the emperor has someone willing to accept it as a person during the Ansur fallout and also my tav is a fish person bc i suddenly have merfolk on the brain.

bonus goofy addition under the cut

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I overanalyze every interaction with the emperor so I’m biased but, like,

The game makes a point: when you kill the cambian on the nautiloid the previously-allied mindflayer turns hostile and comments that you’re no longer needed.

Meanwhile the Emperor is showing up to the dock to stand around and say “ok pookie I’ll miss you bye”

Like, come on 😭

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illithid travelogue: garden

a breath of fresh air :)

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Tav trying out a new outfit.

I don't know where i was going with this outfit, but i know i love beads so i added them everywhere lmao

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Its tadpole time 🧠

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Just Tav who loves the Emperor, and nothing more. He was dreaming about taking him on his arms since he had seen him.

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Do not judge me.

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* The Emperor disapproves *

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let's flow together like water, 'til i can't tell you from me~ an unbelievably gorgeous commission by @buboplague <3 thank you so so much

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Guess who just found out who Grazilaxx is

It's me

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local man tries to remember how to draw his own oc

bonus: