#IS in fact my favorite companion

[eldritchamy]

I have owned Baldur's Gate 3 for exactly 38 hours and I have played 29.7 hours of it on steam

[izzy-c-illustration]

everyone's favorite synth detective, love of my life, my beautiful gorgeous wife, Nick Valentine. I love him so much. Say what you will about Fallout 4 but GOD DAMN they cooked with Nick Valentine.

this is my first time drawing him and i kinda rushed it so... but here ya go anyway...

[tangerinelabyrinth]

When one of your favourite tropes is devotion and the show serves you this

[deer-with-a-stick]

I think someone should just throw all of the BG3 companions into Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Just take the post-canon generally considered "good" endings and throw em in there.

Why? Because it would be hilarious to me and also that's like the one official module that goes up to level 20.

I won't lie and say the only thing I can think of is the team trying to kill an angry mechanical purple worm while screeching at Gale because "what do you mean we're in Waterdeep and you know the bastard who owns this death trap?? I was perfectly alright in the damn Underdark thank you very much I did not sign up for this"

[ineffablefool]

.....how did it take me four days after watching The Star Beast to realize that about the youngest Noble (yes I was confused when the kids on the bikes yelled at her)

(At least it was quicker than after I watched Good Omens s1, when it took a couple weeks of my Tumblr dash being 50% Ineffable Walnuts userpics before I realized that hey you could maybe ship these two)

[thegreatyin]

astarion, 1 and 2 and 25

1 - Why do you like or dislike this character?

i think the way the fandom tends to focus on him and him exclusively is a bit grating, but like. i get it. his arc IS that good. he IS one of the best characters in a game full of great characters. the fact you get to lead him down a path of either carrying on the cycle of abuse or breaking it entirely is *chef's kiss*

god bg3's themes are so good

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2 - Favorite canon thing about this character?

it's gotta be his classic "i was right there" reaction to leaving him to die at the creche when it blows up. it's just. it's so peak. the way he swerves from "nice summer's day" to "FULL CONCENTRATED POWER OF THE SUN" gets me everytime.

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25 - What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

at first: funny elf guy (didn't think about him very much)

now: funny elf guy!!!! (affectionate, beloved, scrunkly little scrunkle of a man)

[00midnightrider00]

Who do you ship Kafka with?

I ship her with Blade

[castelobyers]

[cemetery-baccanal]

Wasn’t expecting the gay vampire manga to have a pretty accurate embalming scene but here we are.

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

oh no! having feelings about the Doctor and Clara again!!

[lem-argentum]

i realize now how easily i get attached to octopath side characters

[sailforvalinor]

Top 5 Doctor companions?

OOOOH, let’s see…

1. Rose

2. Donna

3. Wilfred

4. Mickey

5. Martha

(I get the feeling that when I meet Clara in the show she will be on this list somewhere, but as I haven’t officially met her yet 🤷‍♀️)

[weisscreamcake]

remembered deacon fallout 4 exists and i’m once again bitter he’s not a romance option

[brutal-out-here]

I only have one question for Doctor Who fans. How the hell do y’all pick favorites??

[antivancathedral]

(continues to be insane) I can’t get over the fact that Spite asks for help.

Spite is often treated childishly by several characters—Taash, for example, and even Lucanis depending on your dialogue choices—but I actually…don’t think Spite is all that childish. He’s been put into a situation he’s never experienced before, in a place where reality doesn’t work like it should, and been put through torture that he feels doubly through Lucanis on top of it all. Any person would through a “tantrum” under these circumstances. Spite’s behavior is reasonable.

He never tries to hurt Lucanis’s companions, not once. He only ever tries to leave, as Lucanis promised him he would be able to. Even Lucanis, he only hurts once outside of the Ossuary, when he must have felt unbelievably confused. Calivan is dead and Lucanis has gone home, has allies, and yet to Spite, he simply refuses to leave the Ossuary. And still, he asks. He could wrestle control from Lucanis, but instead he asks (or demands) to talk to Rook. And all he wants to say is that he wants to be free.

All and all, Lucanis does not reach out to anyone to ask for help with his depression or PSTD. Spite is his problem, he says, and says often. His burden. He never intended to let anyone in, even though he admits that he doesn’t know how to start healing. He asks for Rook’s help against Zara, against Illario, but no one is privy to his mental and emotional struggles.

Spite, on the other hand, asks immediately. Or he wants to ask. And finally, when Lucanis is in the middle of a spiral, it's Spite that says "Help us." Not demanding, just asking. Pleading. And still only to Rook. While I think at first, Spite wants Rook specifically because he knows Lucanis will listen, I think that has grown into something more by the time Inner Demons comes around.

"Help us," he says. Not just 'make him listen' or 'help Lucanis'. Us.

This is all to say I think that while Spite may not understand or feel romance (yet) he most certainly feels love. He loves Lucanis, whose image he takes ("They wouldn't dare, Lucanis is mine.") and he loves Rook ("Rook is my favorite." "Smells like...Rook." "Help us." The WINGS.) And that's all trust is, isn't it? A kind of love? Showing vulnerability to someone close to you?

When Spite is finally allowed to communicate, he shows plenty of maturity. He gives Lucanis space, he asks Emmrich to teach him fire, he's willing to try new things, and he loves.

Determination is a kind of love too, when you think about it.

[trashmammal-7]

Were some of the lines in the new special a bit forced? A bit cheesy? Yes. But have you taken a look at how the world is treating trans people at the moment. Have you taken a fucking look??

Having such a beloved franchise grab me by the shoulders and tell me I am important and loved and can accomplish so much despite what millions think is so fucking important and I for one am so grateful to RTD for doing that with Doctor Who.