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optiwashere · 5 months ago

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Huh, I didn't even realize it'd been a year since BG3 came out until I opened tumblr this morning. Kinda wild. I didn't think much of the game's release: I like Larian's games, and I like the BG series. I wasn't ever going to skip the game, but I didn't think I'd play it at launch because I was busy working on a novel in 2023 and not doing well financially.

Thankfully, circumstances left me with a little bit of extra money last year just before launch and it meant I could spend on a video game. I needed a pick-me-up after said 2023 novel failed to go anywhere, and BG3 was right there. Like most CRPGs, I played it in basically every moment of free time that I had and did as much as I possibly could in one playthrough.

It's so odd how these small happenstances can snowball into coming back to fandom, finding some friends I might've never met otherwise, and writing a lot of fanfiction along the way. I'll probably have something more interesting to say/share when it's the 14th, AKA when I sat down and wrote my first fic for this fandom.

Anyways, it's been a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to more years to come 💜

#random fandom thoughts #there's a fair few tidbits about that first fic that will be more fun to share on the 14th #but there's some fun facts about the early parts of my first playthrough:#Asheera killed Us because the player thought it was going to be a hostile intellect devourer and didn't want to deal with that at lvl1 lol #It took me several hours to recruit Gale because I didn't want to interact with the glowing portal until I was “ready”#I (the player) sent Barcus flying at first because I have a very silly sense of humor #I did reload that one because Asheera wouldn't BUT I was satisfied #and finally the one that is always entertaining considering how things ended up #I originally thought nothing of Shadowheart and didn't go into the game with any idea about romance or the companions whatsoever #all I noticed about her was that she wore Sharran symbols everywhere but tried to hide her faith #then she tried the most miserable attempt at manipulation I've ever seen in my life (when she tests you about Raphael's deal)#and she exposed herself as the Worst Sharran Possible #then came her confession of her faith and I knew something special was happening #the confession sounds so robotic and prewritten almost like it's from a canned speech she's practiced and rehearsed #and sounds more like regurgitation and being Told what to believe rather than an impassioned plea borne of bone-deep faith #the sudden shift in her tone had me thinking: “this is either atrocious character writing or fantastic characterization”#and lo and behold #anyways if you've read this far then bg3 is a very special thing for me and I love getting to create for the fandom

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