#Menzo

[podcastgemist]

#178 - JACK&JOZEF - Moet je de navigatie updaten?

[basketobread]

How does Lunara feel about... Lolth

not good lol

[necromosss]

"𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴—

𝘰𝘩... 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘕𝘺𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘩...

𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯.

𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦... 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵... 𝘠𝘦𝘴..."

— bad ending for Mira

[y-rhywbeth2]

"Baldur's Gate has widely adopted a "do no harm" policy when it comes to [evil] faiths and organizations operating in the city. Any group is welcome to operate openly so long as the city's important citizens aren't harmed."

Every time I think this city cannot get worse it gives me information to make me start silently screaming in horror/laughing hysterically into my hands again.

"Important citizens."

Usually the rule is "no harm to citizens." Meanwhile, the fact that there's a distinction for "important" kind of carries the implication that apparently the Gate has decided this: You can openly be a Bhaalist or Banite in public, just don't stab any patriars; priests of Tymora, Gond or Umberlee; visiting merchant and dignitaries or wealthy people (we want their money) or annoy the Flaming Fist too much. Feel free to turn that dockworker into a pincushion though!

I mean, Gortash is blatantly wearing Bane's holy symbol on his arm... Also the Guild spies recognising the local Bhaalist leader on sight, which I personally interpret as Durge wearing the robes and veil in public rather than showing their face but you never know...

[steamclouds]

Vinnie and Khaless having a little gossip session about the latest events at Arach-Tinilith

Vinnie the drow cleric belongs to @ervona !

[rukafais]

I still think it's v interesting how Jarlaxle is extremely coded even in his first appearances as like, "I am Not Straight In The Slightest but it's the 90s and IP fiction so we can't say that" to the reader, but by the standards of his own culture, he's like, masculine-as-performance because drow men are expected to be ornamental. Like why yes, he is the Most Ornamental Man In Menzo, thank you for asking, do you not enjoy him? But he's so ornamental and decorative!

He was swaggering—there was no other word to describe him. The dark elves of Menzoberranzan, particularly the lowly males, normally donned quiet, practical clothes, dark-hued robes adorned with spiders or webs, or plain black jerkins beneath supple chain mail armor, and almost always, both male and female drow wore camouflaging piwafwis, dark cloaks that could hide them from the probing eyes of their many enemies.

Not so with Jarlaxle. His head was shaven and always capped by an outrageous wide-brimmed hat feathering the gigantic plume of a diatryma bird. In lieu of a cloak or robe, he wore a shimmering cape that flickered through every color of the spectrum, both in light and under the scrutiny of heat-sensing eyes looking in the infrared range. His sleeveless vest was cut high to show the tight muscles of his stomach, and he carried an assortment of rings and necklaces, bracelets, even anklets, that chimed gratingly—but only when the mercenary wanted them to. Like his boots, which had sounded so clearly on the hard chapel floor, the jewelry could be silenced completely.

I think you could write a lot about how including Jarlaxle in the second book of the OG prequels implies a lot about what 'ideal masculinity/ideal presentation in the eyes of Menzoberranzan society' vs 'masculinity as an individual performance ' looks like.

[bluejay-makes]

Shave your elf regularly or they may develop a condition called Shag Mullet

[vspin]

I spin thy web of chaos, Mother. I spin it in your name - let not the threads unravel.

🕷️🕸️🕷️

Dark Seldarine Worship: Lolth

Other Gods: Eilistraee, Lolth (alternate version)

[banished-away]

artemis and dahlia are so good. the contrast between the supposed hero drizzt always keeping her at an arm's lenght, preferring the "soft look" she puts on to please him where she acts and looks softer and covers her tattoos and scars, knowing she had a painful past but not bothering to ask or look into it because it would shake his morals and he would rather pretend to not know than to actually confront it or even help dahlia through it. meanwhile the supposedly cold killer artemis with just a few looks saw the pain in her, let her have the kill against herzgo because he realized it was important to her even if he had just as good reasons and he didnt know dahlia's yet, and when they were alone he let dahlia be vulnerable to him, asked her about her pain, and when she was not comfortable to speak about it he just stayed near her and comforted her

[smallestphrog]

Evil guys need a nap too

[podcastgemist]

#178.1 - JACK&JOZEF - Verdwaald met navigatie? Moet je de navigatie updaten?

[basketobread]

I feel like lunara if she could would just... take knocked out minthara with them. She would come back to the group just dragging this unconscious drow woman behind her and the group would be like" ??????" And she's like " I just think she's neat "

THIS MADE ME LAUGH SM CUZ YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT DSFIUHFDSISD but also: lunara, you may want to fix her, but i can accept her as she is...

[spiderwarden]

I don't think people realize how a 100% serious I am when I say that Minthara is am actual legit Princess. The Royal Daughters of House Baenre are even referred to as Prinesses. And considering the duties that Minthara had in political intrigue, protection of the law of Lolth, and negotiations between House Matrons and High Priestess alike, she was also a Princess in actual ROYAL DUTIES, by the real definition of a Princess.

[demonwebs]

sorry but if you're under 6ft you're just a rag doll to vhaal

[ilikedetectives]

I think after a certain amount of time being in a relationship with Minthara, Tav's poison immunity slowly goes up to the point one day this conversation happens

Tav: whew I got lucky there!

Gale, Astarion, Jaheira, Shadowheart, Lae'zel, Dame Aylin, Isobel, Minsc, and Boo at the same time: Tav, that was an entire vile of drow poison successfully thrown in your face, your dodge failed, HOW ARE YOU ALIVE!?!?!?!?

Minthara, with a glass of Spiced Ulaver wine in her hand: darling you got lucky indeed *streams smut into Tav's brain and does not care if anyone else sees it*

[bluejay-makes]

Magnanimous