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Nobody move. I am pondering Wyll Ravengard

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A little Tav W:

Made my first Picrew today, and yeah, I get it now.

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Made my first Picrew today, and yeah, I get it now.

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Comic: Nicknames

Beserker Karlach? Wild Magic Karlach? No, the best build is Meta Karlach. Why? Psychic damage.

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Bonus comic!

The Spider and the Lamb updated

Chapter 23, "Echo", has been posted on AO3.

Summary: Ghosts of the past return to haunt their subjects.

Word Count: ~10400

Content Warnings: Traumatic flashbacks, dissociation, references to past abuse, drug use.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54365449/chapters/160083697

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Writing tip

When designing a character, remember that what's on the outside isn't everything. A kickass aesthetic can only get you so far; you need to make sure there's something beneath that. Make them interesting on the inside.

Give them situs inversus.

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happy birthday bg3, here are all the cursed stickers i made uwu/

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🕷️The Spider and the Lamb Updated🐑

*frantic ringing from the bell tower* Goblin camp battle!! It's goblin camp battle time!!

Summary: IT'S TIME ⚔ 🔥🪄🕷️

Word Count: ~7200

Additional notes: let's GOOOOOOO

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So I finally got to play Baldurs Gate 3

My first interaction with Astarion after learning that he was a vampire, he killed me. Then I got better and punched him. Now he dies constantly while being a catty little bitch about literally everything I do

...why do people like this guy. He's a complete ass lmfao. Admittedly I haven't seen his entire arc yet but still

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Gale of Waterdeep

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do you ever think about the way that Wyll carries himself when you first find Karlach. his hostility, his fervor, his unrelenting resolve. how he pushes back initially if you start to defend her; tells you she’s lying, she’ll say anything to save herself, she must be put down.

then, when all shadow of doubt is gone, how quickly he turns to complete remorse. how deeply he feels that he very nearly made an eternal mistake. how relieved he is that he was stopped (even though it means punishment for him.) how he so immediately takes her into his heart. how he only truly wanted to do good, but he was afraid to question, because he feared if he questioned or wavered, he’d become corrupt.

do you ever think about how angry and damning Ulder Ravengard is of Wyll when you rescue him from the Iron Throne. how he scorns the very idea that his wayward son was the one to save him. how he seethes and bristles and castigates Wyll at camp later, for all the perceived wrongs he doesn’t yet know an ounce of truth about.

then, when all shadow of doubt is gone, how quickly he turns to complete remorse. how deeply he feels that he has made an unforgivable mistake. how relieved he is that he has finally seen the truth (even though it means a battle with pain and regret for him.) how he so immediately wishes to earn his forgiveness with his lost son. how he only truly wanted to do good for the city, but he never let himself question, because he feared if he questioned or wavered, he’d become corrupt.

do you ever think about how Wyll is so very much like his father?

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Just a take on Wyll's transformation (spoilers)

Can we talk about how when Mizora turns Wyll into his devil-ish form as a punishment... it's like really messed up? I get that it could have been much worse, but she literally violated his body irrevocably. Not for the first time. I'd probably have a panic attack if my body suddenly changed like that. Not to mention that him now looking this way is kind of devastating to the heroic, evil-fighting image he wants to present. It's like Mizora saying smugly: "who will look at you and think you're a hero when you look like *this*?" Because she knows how deep that would cut for him.

I've talked about this before, but I wish Wyll was allowed to have more moments that show that he's hurting, and I wish that his reaction to the transformation had more emphasis. Honestly his interaction at the Tiefling party is kind of heartbreaking. He basically says "you go on and enjoy the party without me. I'd just bring everyone down". Just another example of him keeping his feelings neatly tucked away for the sake of others. Wyll is going through so much in act 1 but it's portrayed so subtly compared to other characters that I think people overlook it.

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Always and forever fucked up about Wyll saying "swore on my good eye to kill her" when he first talks about Karlach and when he's transformed he has a dark scleraed devil eye

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A sheep in the role of Cordelia in “King Lear With Sheep.”Credit” Nick Morris.

Source: ‘King Lear With Sheep.’ Yes, Sheep.

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Thinking about how Shadowheart is so thirsty, y'know? She flirts with Karlach and Wyll, pines after Shar, has an incredibly homoerotic dynamic with Lae'zel, dreams about Halsin, and, if prompted, is enthusiastically polyamarous.

All of this is all well and good from a horny standpoint, but I think it also illustrates something important about Shadowheart's personality: No matter how prickly she tries to present herself, she's a lover at her core.

She loves life, even when she attempts to mask this love behind cold violence. She loves cute animals and pretty flowers. She loves her parents, even as she struggles to remember them. She loves her goddess (In her own, fucked up way). She loves trashy romance chapbooks and good wine. She loves her friends, even when they annoy her. She loves herself, after a fashion, and loves her body, loves other people's bodies. Even before fully abandoning Shar, as a partner she's caring, affectionate, even a little girlish and goofy behind the veneer of brooding mysteries.

And these things manifest even after being raised in Shar's cloister, after several decades of trauma and memory wipes. So strong is Shadowheart's love that Viconia literally has to erase her multiple times to build a colder, more callous acolyte. So strong is her love that even when mind wiped and personally guided by the hand of the Lady of Sorrows, she still harbors doubts about the thing that tells her to abandon her love.

It's the love of and for her companions, and the gnawing feeling of absence where her she knows her other loves should be, that ultimately leads her away from Shar. Her first priority after enduring timeless torments in the Shadowfell is affirming her love to a romanced player character. If her parents survive, she abandons what would have almost certainly been a life of fame, fortune, and power to care for them on a cozy farmstead, surrounding herself with the things and people that she loves. And if it comes up, she sees any proposed nonmonogamy not as an indictment of her partner's loyalty or their bond with her, but as a chance for them to spread and share and revel in the love that she holds so dear.

It's no wonder Viconia and Shar were so desperate to control her, to turn her away from Selûne. This is a woman whose love burns so brightly that even the goddess of darkness and loss failed to snuff out her light.

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The Spider and the Lamb updated

Chapter 25, "Recce", has just been posted!

Summary: Information is gathered, and strategies are adjusted.

Word Count: ~7900

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54365449/chapters/163091947#main