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I still adore the way Brennan plays Evandrin in the astral plane reunion scene. The energy is so appropriately "Man who has been put through the existential washing machine spin cycle and has been stuck in another dimension entirely alone for seven years, able to watch but unable to prevent the horrors or even let his grieving family know he's alive". Sees his husband again and immediately starts making escape plans for them both while his voice cracks with tears. Interrupts himself to Hug. Age of Arcanum hubris but also idealism in spades. No. 1 Laerryn & Zerxus apologist. Etc.

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just got an email from wizkids that they cancelled the exu calamity box set that I pre-ordered (checks notes) over a year ago lmao

they're doing a full refund, obviously, but I'm pretty bummed, especially since it's something that I've been waiting for for quite a while!!

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naddpod fandom help me. which episode is it where murph narrates Calder in the helm and describes him losing his concept of time and sometimes not remembering Sol and Callie's names. I need it this is important

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happy ace awareness week to my ace OCs, mouse (aroace) and juniper (bi demisexual)!! feel free to pop into my inbox and tell me about YOUR ace characters!!

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In Zephrah there's a little cottage, right at the top of a rise where, on cool clear spring mornings, the sun can be seen peeking through the mountains before greeting the rest of the village. A short, weathered stone wall encloses the front garden, the perfect width for nimble halfling feet to balance on during morning exercises. It's small, barely big enough for two, but it's well-built and cozy and lined with shutter-clad windows to greet the morning light.

Dorian goes there sometimes, in his dreams, since he found it on one of his rambles through the village. Ever since leaving home, it's the only place he's ever truly fantasized about maybe, perhaps, hypothetically, in some vague future, putting down a root or two.

It isn't a conscious thing, really, but ultimately inevitable. His mind drifts there tonight, carried on favorable eastern winds to that clapboard cottage along the rugged cliffs. It's quiet, calm, and he's warm in the narrow bed that's nearly too large for the room. It's a complete fantasy, of course, because he never saw inside, but here behind cheery green shutters securely closed against the world, Orym is safe in his arms.

Dorian is holding Orym here and now but also there in the little home they share safe from any eldritch horrors or princely duties or undue burdens. He can hold this man he--Orym, and know that in the morning, Orym will slip out of their bed as he always does, gently kissing Dorian as he goes to do his morning routine. There will be scones and tea and maybe they'll visit Alma today. They can take their time; they're home.

Dorian holds the wisps of the fantasy lightly as they morph into a dream, heart ready to burst from his chest as he drifts off to sleep, Orym tucked against his side. Finally where he belongs.

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this caleb and imogen conversation is really special to me... the mighty nein is very insular, i think the beau and fjord conversation spelled that out very explicitly, and i love that about them, i think it's such a good concept and leads to really interesting moments, but like. caleb is also a teacher!!! and this conversation with imogen is exactly that!! he's a mentor and a teacher at heart and i think that's so so sweet...

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watching last week's ep and laudna in the walls is so funny. i love her.

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💚💙

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✨ and ✂️ for an oc of your choice!

✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name?

i'll do this one for mara!! so mara's home really values names, and it's an important part of their culture that names are gifts given to you by people who know you best, and the meaning of that name describes either who you are or who the community hopes you will be. and mara, in their mind, betrayed that community (and the original meaning of their name), so when they left home they picked a new one! so i did a lot of name research for mara and their backstory, and the name they use now means bitterness and grief :(

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

ooo let's see. we'll do ranala! ranala is my bg3 gnome druid, and her backstory is that she fled a criminal organization after a job gone bad, and found refuge in a druid circle. one of her worst memories IS probably getting a tadpole shoved in her eye but focused on pre-game stuff, it would have to be the day she ran away! even worse than the day of the job, the moment she decided that she couldn't keep living where she was, that she would have to cut ties with everyone she knew and cared about, is something that still hurts

(OC ask game!)

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🧠 for mouse <3 xx dag

hehe i already answered that for mouse here!! so instead i will. pick another one. for fun!

🧊 - Is their current design the first one?

so mouse actually did evolve a bit as i was designing her!! she's always been a halfling, i really wanted to play a Little Gal, but i describe her as "desaturated" (very pale, white hair, gray eyes, etc) and that very much happened gradually as myranda and i were talking about her :) and now it's at the point where it's a very distinct trait about her, haha

(OC ask game!)

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The fact that Dorian pretty much said Orym is his first love. I’m gonna turn into mist.

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HI i'm so sorry if i accidentally spoiled the ep for you just now 🥲 i thought i remembered you asking for details about dorym moments in the past but shouldn't have assumed you'd want them for this as well, idk if i deleted what i said in time but i'm so so so sorry if i said something you didn't want to read!!

no, no, you're totally fine and absolutely correct that I've asked for spoilers in the past! I don't regularly watch cr anymore, but I'm very nosy and invested in specific plots, so I like to know when things are happening! I'm totally fine hearing about what's going on, and now I know that I should watch the episode when it drops on YouTube :)

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DORYM CANON???? AM I HEARING THAT DORYM CANON???? I'VE BEEN SHIPPING THIS SINCE EXU ARE WE. ARE WE THERE. DID THEY DO IT

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✂️ for juniper?

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

so juniper is my human storm sorcerer/bard bg3 character! that would have to be the day her older brother Hartley left home :') he's almost 10 years older than her, and left when she was only twelve after a massive fight with their parents, and she hasn't seen him since

(OC ask game!)

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❤️💀 for mouse please!!!!

anything for you babe <3

❤️ - What is one of your OC’s best memories?

ohh, probably her last night staying with Lilli <3 you don't really know who she is so i will not elaborate!

💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?

joke answer: trains. real answer: i honestly don't think so!! she's seen a lot of weird shit, she's dealt with a lot of things, and while there are definitely still things that leave her shaken up, i don't think anything really scares her anymore.

(OC ask game!)

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🍎 for mouse :) (smiles evilly)

also 🌺 for mara! tell me of the polycule!!!!

🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?

hey man you can't ask me THAT. anyway yeah uuhh mouse doesn't remember anything before age ~15 or so. she has recently learned that she might just be literally physically someone's mirror image? so she might not have any parents of her own?? but also she was maybe raised by a dude in a cabin for a few years??? everything is unclear. but for a long time her relationship with her "parents" was in a really strange place, where part of her almost hoped that something had happened to them, because otherwise that meant they had simply left her behind :(

🌺- Do they have any love interest(s)?

MAZE POLYCULE BELOVED!! okay yes so mara has THREE love interests :) there's charles, our artificer, who was mara's first kiss in the maze- he knows the most about their history, and at this point is probably the one who knows mara the best, and he's very special and important to them. there's the guy, aka alexis, our barbarian, who was mara's second kiss, but who they now have a bit of a complicated relationship with- he's trying to gain immortality, which is what mara is trying to get rid of, and they're having a lot of weird feelings about it and about him. and most recently there's nadzeya, our druid! mara and nadzeya have been flirting for most of the campaign but neither of them have made a move for a variety of reasons and finally nadzeya got Sick Of That Shit and flat-out told mara to kiss her. so they did :)

(charles is dating mara, alexis, and nadzeya, while alexis is dating charles, mara, and an npc named titan, while nadzeya is dating charles and mara and has a bit of a situationship with an npc named clementine. things in the maze are normal and fun and our relationship dynamics are not at all confusing)

(OC ask game!)