#(i am fucking dying)

[pentuppen]

This is...beautiful......<3 <3

Reply to me and succumb to the curse

[casualword]

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[balrogballs]

So because I am also like baby Estel and have way too many questions about everything, I also wanted to know how much Manwë’s eagles pooped in a single day now that that question had been put in my brain. So I did some research and some math and though there’s no information out there on Manwë’s eagles’ body weight with which to compare the amount of food eagles eat in a single day (10% of their body weight), there is wingspan.

Based on Thorondor’s wingspan (30 fathoms, or 180 feet) and eagles’ wingspans (6 feet), we can estimate that Manwë’s eagles are on average 30 times larger than eagles in this time period.

With eagles’ average weight of 14 pounds and the amount of food eagles eat in a single day (10% of their body weight), we can estimate that if Manwë’s eagles are 30 times larger and weigh 420 pounds, they poop approximately 42 pounds every day, proving 42 is the answer to the life, the universe, and everything. I hope you brought your towel.

I need to let you know how much I enjoyed this ask, to the point I considered using the office printer to print it out and frame it as the main reason I am so, so, so glad I have returned to this goddamn fucking website from hell after 10 years away.

I am certain that Cast in Stone Estel, the budding young scientist, wanted to hear this kind of answer instead of being set a punishment by Maedhros "trying not to piss himself with laughter every time Estel opens his goddamn mouth" Fëanorian 😭😭😭

Also I feel like at this rate Fingon should have handed out free umbrellas to everyone on the flight path....

[snowy-wife]

AHHHHHHHHH I GOT TO GO TO MICHAEL JACKSON'S FUCKING HOUSE. I AM GEEKING OUT SO BAD OH MY AHEIEBESKSJKSDKKR. I LEFT A FEATHER FOR TITO AND I LEFT A BANDAID WITH WRITING ON IT AND A PENNY FOR MICHAEL. AHHHH I GOT TO GO TO THE JACKSON HOUSE. MY LIFE IS FUCKING COMPLETE OH MY GOD.

GUYS GUYS LOOK🥹🥹🥹🥹

[artkaninchenbau]

Happy Birthday to the princess Queen Herself 🤍

This is a redraw of this 1800s (?) art noveau poster/ad. Ever since I got a puzzle of the original poster I just wanted to do a redraw of it with Serenity and I figured, now was finally the time to do. Here's a lil comparison

[adamarks]

How is this not even the halfway point of Wolfsong

[kabra-malvada]

@madame-mongoose where are you taking him-

OOP-

On their way they go jsvdjcdjfv

(also @madame-mongoose is the cutest ever uwu)

[elementalladymallorie]

"It's been a long time since I've..." "Spooned?" "Aye."

-Fearne and Captain Novos after Fearne tries to get him into bed.

[weitooinlovewiththeuntamed]

"In that moment, Wei Wuxian saw himself in Xiao Xigchen. The him who suffered a crushing defeat while drenched in blood. The him who accomplished nothing, was criticized by all, furiously rebuked by all, and left powerless to fix his desperate circumstances. The him who could do nothing but wail."

-Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation : Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2 [Xiu Mo Xiang Tong]

[galaxii-star]

TF2 mercs argue over pizza toppings (Tf2 15.ai)

[vzajemnik]

why is everyone on their period rn. including me. hiii

[missswriter]

the way i gasped so loud

[scummrevisited]

are you experiencing a migraine?

i’ve looked into it, but it’s not quite that. the pain is on both sides, only on my forehead and sometimes temples, and i don’t have any of the other associated symptoms like confusion or vision issues and whatever.

not to mention it doesn’t quite feel like pain per se. for most of the time, it feels like my muscles at my forehead are REALLY REALLY tense. just clenching for their lives. it’s like when ur muscles tense to concentrate more, except they don’t untense

most of the time it doesn’t per se “hurt”, it just feels ungodly tense, but at times it DOES hurt, it just comes and goes

[blackjackkent]

Time to party with the tieflings!

We have a new camp location - no longer in the ruins but somewhere out on the road, and there is nice music playing. c: This is nice.

Time for more social interaction!

Rather concerningly, the first thing I notice is this, lying on a table in a side tent:

????

There's no indication of who it belongs to and no option to follow up on it. This seems...like something we should be more concerned about. Hopefully Zevlor hasn't been putting a massive trick over on us this whole time.

Anyway, onwards...

The tieflings are all very happy and very drunk, and it's cute. They're being nice to Hector too and it's really doing a lot to brighten his mood; after everything that happened in the temple he was starting to feel way out of his depth, but this - he helped these people. That means something. A bard tiefling offered to write a song about him but Hector dissuaded her; so far he's proved very uninterested in being memorialized.

Companion circuit, starting with Halsin:

"Go on now. Don't waste a night like this talking to me. We'll discuss your problem tomorrow."

Poor Halsin is still covered in goblin blood.

The game (perhaps left over from the early access, when I believe Halsin was not a companion option but just a dude you could help and also flirt with) mostly only gave options to be super direct - "There's other things we could do besides talking..." - and even when I thought I was saying I just wanted to get to know him it ended up turning out that Hector was trying to come onto him. I think we can all safely assume Hector is not at that point yet. So I had to reload this conversation a few times. :P

"Take your own advice, why don't you? Go on - mingle a little."

"Later, perhaps. Don't worry about me. A night under the stars amidst nature's creation is just what I need after being locked up in the goblins' dungeon. Go on. Enjoy yourself. Seek out some wine before it runs dry - there are a lot of thirsty people around here."

---

Wyll, apparently, has been sort of lurking off to the side of the party.

He's depressed because, no matter what we did to help these tieflings, they're still going to be in danger because of Karlach and other monsters of the world. Hector didn't necessarily disagree, but tried to cheer him up a bit, which did seem to work.

(It seems as if all these conversations might be the initial entrance point for romance, because Hector had the option to ask Wyll to dance. Hopefully I'm not cutting myself out of anything by not taking any of these options right now.)

---

Gale...uh. offered to show us something magical.

Hector, assuming he meant some spell, agreed. "I like the sound of 'magical'. What do you have planned?

"A lesson. And trust me when I say - few have experienced the pleasure I offer to teach. However, it's something best experienced in more...intimate surrounds, once the revelry has ended and the stillness of the night has been restored."

Um. What did I just agree to?

I am legitimately unsure whether this was flirtatious or if Gale is ACTUALLY talking about some magic ability. Given Hector's general lack of facility with the nuances of conversation, I think he is taking this completely at face value. I almost reloaded, but you know what, we're going to lean into it. Come the end of the night, we'll see what was actually intended, I guess.

---

Astarion is not having a good time:

"You know, I never pictured myself as a hero. Never thought I'd be the one they toast for saving so many lives. And now that I'm here..."

"...I hate it. This is awful."

Hector, in spite of himself, grins. "You did a good thing," he says, lounging back on his heels. "Suck it up and enjoy yourself."

"Enjoy myself?! There's a worm in my brain, I'm surrounded by idiots, and all I've got to drink is wine that tastes like vinegar."

"Relax, all your problems will still be there in the morning."

"That means I have to survive tonight. And this party. All I want is a little fun - is that so much to ask?"

"That had better not mean 'I want to kill something'."

"Not at all! I was hoping for companionship and - well, maybe a little death. Figuratively speaking."

"Not with you, just to be clear. I mean...can you imagine? Ugh. No."

Lmao. God. I really went into this game being like "I am sure Astarion's fine but I don't imagine I will get the MASSIVE hype around him" but you know what. This is a great character. His dialogue has so much personality, his voice acting is on point, he should be completely insufferable but I am grinning every time I talk to him, and even with the scraggly hair which is not normally my thing, that jawline does wonders for his attractiveness. Even Hector doesn't seem to fully dislike him and by all accounts he really should.

And there's most definitely more lurking under the devil-may-care facade. I am 100% romancing him on a different playthrough.

For now, though, Hector will be satisfied with making sure he stays in camp and doesn't go completely off the rails.

---

Oh my god. Moving on to Lae'zel, who is looking at Hector with an entirely new expression that resembles nothing so much as a dog staring down a piece of meat.

"I have seen the kith'raki tear a screaming neogi's legs from its belly to fashion into blades. Yet they could not match your nerve today. It was enough to drive me to madness."

"A pity for us you have promised your body to Gale. I've no doubt he is as seductive as he is succinct."

:LKJSD;fljkaS;LDKJFAPOSIHDFPOAISJDFPAOISJDFPOIASJDFPOAISJDPFOJIE WHAT

Okay first of all - Hector is all O.O because he seriously thought Gale was going to show him a magic trick. Second of all - you weren't even THERE while Hector was showing all this nerve. Third of all - we have GOT to get you a better outfit to have these conversations in. And fourth - a;lsikjdf;aslokjdf;paolsdikjf;ap.

Help. My face hurts.

Hector, as awkwardly as humanly possible, squeaks out, "I"m grateful for your aid. You really are a gifted warrior."

She sneers at him. "Vlaakith demands of me no less." Her eyes sweep over him and a twitch of frustration tugs a muscle in her jaw. "Mm. If only I might lay claim to my proper trophy. Come morning, you will wonder. You will wonder how my lips might have tasted. How my fingers on your skin might have felt. Oh, but do enjoy yourself this night. I intend to, myself. Wyll looks particularly tempting."

a;lskjdf;alsdjkf;alsjdf;asldkjfds;sjd MA'AM?!?!?!?

Hector staggers away from this conversation feeling a little dazed, his skin about four shades darker, and not sure how to meet anyone's eyes.

---

Shadowheart is kneeling in apparent prayer in a completely different part of the map, way off from the party. She may be a Shar cleric and he's not sure how to talk to her, but at least it's quiet over here.

She smirks slightly, looking up at him, and raises a glass of wine from where it's sitting at her side.

"Everyone seems to be in high spirits. I saw you with Gale. You two looked...cozy. Far be it from me to judge. Blood must still be running a little hot, after everything."

Oh my god. Apparently EVERYONE except Hector knew what was going on in that conversation. Poor boy is definitely BRIGHT red now and flustered as hell.

They actually had a nice little conversation - Shadowheart talked about how she wouldn't have expected to care about the refugees (and Shar wouldn't approve of anything that distracted from her worship). And Hector had a drink with her.

"There - some liquid courage. And try to get some rest too if you can; tomorrow's another day."

[poisonedspider]

True dedication is @hzbinsouled going to get the Summer Skies Starbucks Refresher because I made the comment that eating Angel Dust out would taste like that and their Husk needed to know. xDDDD So if you ever get that drink....think about giving my version of Angel oral. Pahahahaha.

[meyerlansky]

is there anything worse than wanting so very badly to be asleep and laying in bed and knowing in your fucking soul that it just isn't gonna happen