#&. ❪ poetic babbling. ❫

[twistedappletree]

i love lan jingyi because he’s so intelligent and quick-witted but he’s also that kid whose friends would have to call the fire department after he gets stuck in a baby swing

[starlesswritings]

wdym this isn't what happened.

[y-rhywbeth2]

I lack a full plot (and also am 10 years out of practice) but I kind of want to write my own take on the Cania Heist just because there's a scene in my head where Gortash is doing something and Durge, who was behind him, holding off the locals while he works - walks in dripping with fiendish ichor, covered in black feathers and dragging a dissolving pit fiend's wing behind him, grinning from ear-to-ear; "This is the best fun I've had in over a century!"

And this is the first time Gortash has seen strong positive emotion on the otherwise flat and unemotive Dark Urge and it's... not unattractive (also the numerous dead fiends everywhere. That's very much "not unnatractive." The vestiges fo Young Enver - who was terrified and alone and would've loved having his own monster to defend him from these monsters -is suddenly developing a massive crush somewhere in the back of his mind. He thought it before, but now he definitely wants to have this divine horror at his beck and call.)

Also might incorporate that little quirk Bhaalspawn sometimes have where the divine essence in their blood becomes a homing beacon to all fiends. That's a wonderful trait to have while you're trying to go incognito in the Eighth Hell, in Mephistopheles' own house.

[inkedswordd]

I hate how most artists, singers, writers and poets don't make enough money. When venturing into the world of arts and literature, one always has to have a back up plan unlike our brethrens in science. Despite us being the bane of society and being around for centuries, our choice of professions are still devalued and undermined.

-inkedSword

[popponn]

i need a bllk man whose love language is a severe case of words of affirmation and affection

[nemo-of-house-hamartia]

I am almost done with my 5 Sentence Mottie (though I don't think I will be able to post it before tomorrow night tbh), and let me tell you:

start calling your dentist and take an appointment because I went FULL ON fluff for this (needed some comfort tbh, it helped me push through the anxiety), and you will have cavities in places in teeth you didn't even know to have.

[garglyswoof]

What’s your favorite song?

In general? hell if i know. I have artists i go back to again and again, albums. i'll present you with some moments. many of these things ive mentioned on my blog before, but that's okay. they mean something. - the national boxer/high violet/alligator. so much of my life. screaming abel at the top of my lungs with the windows down as i drive up and down the main road in emerald isle nc. - cantus in memory of benjamin black. sometimes i play this in my car as loud as i can stand and just grip the wheel and feel. - pedro the lion's mind of her own because you can hear him descend into insanity and it's a STORY - the song soft shoulder by ani difranco. i cant think of anything that expresses missing someone more than this song. if i was truman showed, you'd see me listen to this in the car at night, my face going from babyfat youth to middle aged. so many car drives. - when i saw death cab for cutie play transatlanticism live and the drummer was standing up at the end slamming down on the drums and my heart thought it might break - when i saw ida play an afternoon show and they sang maybelle but one of the vocalist's mics was broken so she stood and projected as she walked across the stage while the sunlight slanted through the bar and someone washed dishes in the background - listening to elbow and jimmy eat world on my first big trip, to costa rica. my head full of dreams and these two bands the accompanists.

[anghraine]

It's kind of funny that reading Aristotle was largely useless for my exams and dissertation (the reason I read him!), but very handy for meta discussions on Tumblr dot com.

[kingtomura]

I can’t imagine crying about wanting to save someone so bad only to ultimately kill him AND lose your quirk you worked so hard for and if that wasn’t bad enough you end up with a fuckass haircut lmfao

[aliveafterparadise]

I have a broad range of Biblical stories that I've read as far as it pertains to michifer but I am here to tell you, nothing will be had on Dialogues with the Devil

[beannary]

you guys arent even ready for this spidersona that im making i am literally bursting with artistic inspiration after seeing that movie

[starlesswritings]

yeah, i made this because... why not.

[y-rhywbeth2]

Turning that encounter with Booal over in my head this morning (I do not chose the topics my brain focuses on). Once again; me reading into things and frowning, and content warnings for discussions of sexual abuse and co.

Larian doesn't go into this side of Durge much, so it could just be a poetic way of saying you're betraying your god? But that sexual trauma is there, however far it went, so it could be tied in? I literally cannot tell.

Firstly, it occurs to me that this could in fact be Durge calling themselves a slut there, considering they're described as feeling guilty. I don't know if that's better or worse than Bhaal accusing them in their subconscious and Durge feeling guilty in response. That line "I love you" from the released feral ending springs to mind again; honestly, I think that might be worse for me than the gnolls. Just one of the million things about their abuse Durge probably needs to unpack.

And also it's hard to tell if I'm reading into this, because with the Dark Urge origin the writing seems to veer from black comedy and then touches on very heavy topics and then carries on like nothing happened. I can't tell if the line "tart of a false god" is simply supposed to be poetic (probably?) but considering Bhaal absolutely does plan to use Durge as breeding stock, and the fact that the note is in the same area, and just... the things Sceleritas comes out with that are definitely creepy in an almost definitely sexual way? Is this supposed to be creepy, or is it a joke, Larian?

And if he were a company head or something, instead of a god, Bhaal would in fact be getting a million HR reports for sexual harassment: He's impregnated possibly hundreds of his own followers, apparently gives all of them serial-killer orgasms, and plans to sexually exploit his kids and his Chosen. The concept that Bhaalists would consider giving their allegiance to another god as some kind of infidelity doesn't sound far off.

[inkedswordd]

I try and wash my hands obsessively but the blood doesn't come off. I am made for sin, I will never be pure again. My hands will forever stain any surface they touch with hideously beautiful crimson blood.

-inkedSword

[nqn]

i think im gonna make a sideblog for posting fanfic wips n stuff to maybeee... just bc i can put the big "minors dni" on there

[twistedappletree]

i’ve written a fic from jin ling’s pov about his crush on lan sizhui but now i kind of wanna write one from LSZ’s pov since i tend to favor JL’s 👀🩵💛