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Anson Mount and Ethan Peck at FAN EXPO Cleveland
Anson Mount and Ethan Peck are visiting another FAN EXPO touring convention, this time in Cleveland, Ohio - March 24 2023.
Their usual schedule includes a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds panel, autograph signing, plus photo sessions and selfies with fans. The official highlights clip from Day 1 (Friday) has a teeny bit of footage from the panel, and of Ethan waving at the camera when he was doing signings. :)
Source: Official FAN EXPO Cleveland Twitter + short clip, psikey13 on Instagram (Thank You!)
#star trek strange new worlds#strange new worlds#anson mount#ethan peck#fan expo cleveland#*appearance#appearanceedit#*edit#they've done many conventions together#and they make a great team <3#anson's smile aww <3#cons often feature ethan in their highlight clips#he's always so sweet and responsive#i'd love to see them interviewed#at local tv stations when they're doing cons#anson was interviewed a bit for DISCO#for season 2 when he was promoting#it would be cool to see some SNW interviews#since local channels usually promote the cons#hopefully at STLV in august we'll get some :)
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Okay but it's super interesting how
Din = Power = Ganondorf
Naryu = Wisdom = Zelda
Farore = Courage = Link.
Because Din, in the hylian creation myth, created the physical world. Naryu then created the laws - gravity, time, etc. And Farore finally created life - plants and people.
Din created the body, naryu the mind, Farore the soul.
And the triforce and its wielders so perfectly reflect that.
Ganon is physical power, he is big and intimidating and he breaks things. He is cunning and determined, but that's not what he focuses on. He is might makes right.
Zelda is wisdom and cleverness. She is stall tactics and information and team work. She is a powerful mage with a spine of steel, but that's not how she'll win. She is the pen being mightier than the sword.
Link is courage and persistence. He is the wild card sneaking behind enemy ranks, always moving, plunging into terrifying situations head first. He's a phenomenal fighter with a keen wit, but that's not what will get him through his challenges. He is bravery not being the absence of fear but the triumph over it.
They sit in perfect parallels to each other.
And ganon is reborn through his body - his resurrection is immortality. No matter how low he is cast, as long as he has a body he can claw his way back. He can cling to his power, build it ever higher.
Zelda is reborn through the magic of her bloodline. It's the accumulated knowledge handed down for generations, the unique power she must master, the skills she must develop to survive and get her kingdom out the other side intact. Even her name, the knowledge of herself, is handed down from all the way from the very first. Her ancestors knowledge of her future presence, her stability, is what gives her the edge.
Link is reborn in spirit. He is not bound by flesh or blood. Just like his wanderlust soul he can reappear in any time or place. His variation, his unpredictability, is exactly how he fights. It's what makes him so hard to pin down.
Ganons need to build strength means he can't chase after link. Links impulsiveness means zelda can outwit him. Zeldas stationary predictability means she's an easy target for ganon.
But the other direction?
Fire melts ice, ice redirects lightning, lightning burns fire.
And that's the very essence of the triforce.
#It's little details spread across the games like this that just makes it work so WELL it's SO COOL#They're all great at all parts of the triforce but they CHOOSE to focus on the path most meaningful to them#And that's literally reflected in their unique cycles of reincarnation isn't that just AMAZING#And that's why the team up is so important! If they were all working against each other they'd be locked spinning their wheels#If zelda and ganon teamed up link would immediately die and if link and ganon teamed up zelda would instantly perish#It's the link zelda team up that means ganon is the one who kicks it#Also the elemental thing was cool but they do jump around a bit. Like wind is there half the time#In botk the gerudo have lightning and the goron have fire. Farosh still has lightning tho and dinraal fire#In ss lanaryu was the lightning and faron had water like its all over the place thematically. And that's when it's only 3!#Don't even get me started on the 5/7 lots notankyu#But that's the most common group and it's also thematically accurate#Fire being the only one able to self perpetuate with fuel. Can be banked up again. Ice compresses with time but needs the right environment#Lightning go boom 👍 you can feel the static in the air but you don't know when/where it'll strike and then it's all over#Like fr it's hilarious zelda and ganon are playing the long game and link runs past eats all the pieces and while ganons yelling after him#Zelda checkmates his king. And nobody can prove she wasn't cheating because nobody was looking lmao#Ah the duality of metaphors#ANYWAY isn't that so neat???#Reason no.372 why rhoam was a terrible king he didn't just screw up he did it ✨thematically✨#If link had been allowed to run off and get dirty and if zelda was allowed to study her interest (like post kingdom fall FOR EXAMPLE)#They'd have won (like aoc) but nooooooo. I've already made a post (or 3) about it lmao I'll be quiet now#loz#legend of zelda#botw#triforce#loz link#the legend of zelda#zelda#loz botw#ganondorf#loz ganon
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so listen. we all know that if they ever made a tlt show it would be bad pretty much no matter what. so my pitch is let’s just give the project to steven moffat and see what he does with it. by the time he’s done we’ll have a show called “john” all about how tragically and manlily sad jod is and how you know what maybe imperialism is ok sometimes. tamsyn gets buckets of cash, some white guys get acting roles that they’ll regret the rest of their career, and i get a new hbomberguy video essay to rewatch every six months or so. someone call the fucking bbc ive solved this.
#as the great media critic hbomberguy said in his magnum opus ‘sherlock is garbage and here’s why’#about the sherlock teams attitude towards the art and craft of storytelling#‘it’s so disgustingly wrong on almost every level and so hateful towards people for expecting things to make sense […] that-#-it’s almost avant-garde’#and I just wanna see that mindset applied to my favorite work of fiction ever <3#op#tlt#tlt memes#the locked tomb
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World's most irritating man vs his Australian team mate
Bonus: Australians React
#lando norris#oscar piastri#daniel ricciardo#the way my photoshop crashed in the middle of making this...#anyway i think this is clear demonstration of 2022 lando vs 2023 lando#very obsessed with this new lando character of sticking with the most annoying Bit#that's a great one i use it as a weapon against my little brother all the time#vs stupid and also stupid last year just doing dumber 2 dumbest communication#some lovely team dynamics here#nadia's things#this is for amanda <3
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girlies post incoming!!! 💜🍊
the way these two had no idea what they were doing (clem raising aj. violet leading the school) yet now they support each other and as a team are trying to help each other figure it out together. theyre making it up as they go but they at least know they have each other to rely on for whatever happens next
clem never had all the answers but she was trying her best to not let that show. violet becomes someone clem knows she can rely on no matter what (standing up for her and aj and their place at the school, "when i heard you call for help i didnt even think"), and clem becomes someone violet can rely on in turn (using her experience to help violet lead and protect the school and helping her take care of all these kids). theyre each others ROCKS!!!!!!! THEYRE A TEAM!!!!!!!!!!
honestly one of the reasons letting vi get taken hurts so much is that no matter what she WAS the leader of ericson!! vi (the wallflower that she was) steps up as soon as aj is in trouble to protect him And clem, then continues to fall into that leadership position because its not like anyone else is trying to keep everyone together. and even though she has no idea what shes doing or going to do about the army coming to take them all away, shes still trying her best, and clem helps her figure it out as they begin to lead together as a TEAM!! neither of them would be where they are without the influence of the other (vi stepping up as leader, clem being allowed back in). and you can just..... let her be taken in spite of all that.......... no wonder she was so heartbroken in that cell how could she not be
but if you save her it just solidifies their building relationship. that theyll always have the others back no matter what. and vi solidifies this even further by shooting minnie to save clem. all the little reassuring smiles they give each other.. making sure the other is holding up ok in moments of stress... im gonna go cry now
#THEY ARE EVERYTHING!!!!#vi shooting minnie to save clem just feels like such a great payoff to the culmination of their relationship LIKE MY GOD#and then after that theyre Especially mushy and gross with each other :) much more openly and confidently :) THATS GROWTH#twdg#violentine#it speaks#usually these posts stay in my drafts but i want to yell about my girls these lines make me feel things theyre such a team 😭#if i dont write my silly little essays about my silly medias i'll explode#2:30 on a wednesday. post it#played ep 3 last night and had lots of feelings about them#they gave clem a real partner bro 😭 i'll never stop being grateful for how wrong i was about clem romance they fuckin nailed it
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I just got my blood taken and I got woozy and almost passed out. Anyways it got me thinking and here's how I think the konoha twelve would react to getting their blood taken.
Naruto: Pretends that he's cool with it but the moment he see's the blood go through the tube into the needle he gets super dizzy and passes out.
Sakura: Takes it like a boss, the nurse accidentally misses her veins multiple times and takes more blood than necessary but Sakura thanks her and walks out of the room perfectly fine.
Sasuke: Do you think he would let people STEAL his blood? Are you serious? Sakura has to collect his blood when hes asleep cause last time he punched the nurse in the face and knocked her out.
Hinata: Gets super dizzy but is too scared to admit it so she leaves the nurses office then goes to the bathroom and throws up.
Shino: Makes eye-contact with the nurse the entire time she's taking the blood and makes the situation really awkward because he's a little angry she's taking it from him. (Thats his blood, not yours back off)
Kiba: Throws up the SECOND the nurse takes the needle out.
Ino: It's the nurses first time taking a patients blood so Ino comforts her through her panic and does it herself to show her how. (They become instant friends and go get coffee after her shift is done.)
Choji: Gets really dizzy and refuses to look at the needle or the blood.
Shikamaru: He just sits there and watches the blood leave. Not really angry or sad just kinda, watching it flow out. He leaves almost immediately after its done and forgets to drink any water the rest of the day and wakes up the next day very weak.
Lee: Passes out the MOMENT he sees the needle.
Tenten: Takes it like a champ and makes small talk with the nurse while it's happening, gets a little dizzy but is otherwise fine.
Neji: Says everything is fine but refuses to look at the needle for reasons that he will not explain.
#naruto#naruto shippuden#naruto uzumaki#haruno sakura#uchiha sasuke#Shino#kiba inuzuka#nara shikamaru#team 8#ino yamanaka#team 7#hinata hyuga#choji akimichi#Kiba#konoha 12#Team 10#shikamaru#hinata hyuuga#choji#Tenten#neji hyuga#neji#rock lee#team gai#Team 3#Guys I almost threw up it was so horrible#She said that they were checking my liver??#I was there for my joints 😭#This is where Sasuke and Shino start their beautiful friendship#Unpopular opinion but Sasuke and Shino would make really great friends
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mixing is in progress...
#sketch#my art#shigaraki tomura#flowey#wanderer#scaramouche#otto apocalypse#I won't tag fandoms themselves since this is a mess#but this mess really describes what is going on in my head for past couple of months#this is hyperfixation pile#I can talk without rest about those four or at least could when it comes to wanderer#there's simply not enough stuff to talk about#Otto or Luocha too#Flowey and Tomura on the other hand somehow make the simplest stuff seem interesting#like... idk how many times I've talked about ch 235-237 they're just...#anyway it's a month old sketch that I finished just now#and I actually revisited all of those stories at least a little#forgot to color the phone in Tomura's hands but it actually looks better uncolored#fanart#in my head if you try to mix Wanderer with Tomura the latter will just do the same thing he did with Overhaul#which is showing that he is way stronger still#or something like that#Flowey is just chilling and so does Otto#as long as one does't annoy the other they're all chilling#but running is still the best option since all of them are highly dangerous#and would probably make an awful team since 3 out of 4 think that they are the important one of the team#while Otto is the one doing all the stuff while watching them fight#he's literally the voice of reason here and it's REALLY bad if that's the case#he's a great teacher and mentor but his life choices are still questionable#still better than afo for Tomura but eerily similar
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My personal rankings of the special splatfest Frye outfits because I need to show her more love.
1. Splatoween
2. Frostyfest
3. Summer Nights
4. Springfest
5. Grand Festival
#splatoon#splatoon 3#splatfest#frye#frye splatoon#splatoween#frostyfest#springfest#summer nights#grand festival#despite me not being a Frye fan I think all her outfits are great!#splatoween Frye is absolutely beautiful#even though she doesn't really match her team the Indian representation is great#plus I love all the little details and trinkets GAH SHE'S SO PRETTY#I love Frostyfest Frye about equally#she's just as gorgeous now with bright beautiful winter colors and a shimmering mask#also gotta love the little top hat#I know I said I love the color pink but MAN Summer Nights Frye is too good#all the cool blues combined with the warm yellows#not to mention the cool little details and patterns#it fits summer PERFECTLY#it makes me want to go swimming#MAN WHY WASN'T SHIVER'S AS GOOD#I do still like Springfest Frye#My love of pink prevails and the touches of turquoise are pretty#just wish there was a bit more y'know#I'm not sure why I don't like Grand Festival Frye as much as the others and how everyone else does#yeah the horns are cute and it's cool seeing her legs#I dunno something's just missing for me
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once again, i think it is so very fucking strange to include a route/path in an INTERACTIVE book and the maximum exploration of it is '????? welp i don't know! ???' in a scooby doo voice.
there is no reason why a resistant detective not be allowed options as to WHY they're resistant to start a relationship with N or F (and I say this as a huge F-fan who agrees when the narrative is like 'why am I doing this?' yes why are you resisting the hot adorable one??). If this journey is given, then I - as the player - should be allowed to explore it as fully as the game/writer's skills allow.
And I know this isn't as far the game/writer's skills allow, because we are granted variations on how to treat a past with Bobby and a future with Douglas, we can decide on our relationship with the Captain and the Mayor - side characters to varying degrees - but we CAN'T choose why the detective might be hesitant to start something as important as a ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP with MAIN CHARACTERS???
make it make sense to me.
please. i beg.
#twc critical#n sewell#nate x detective#twc#twc book 4#twc spoilers#grapecase plays book 4 demo#like we get different options over dead ad but get hrm why why dont i know my own feelings re: starting on a relationship BUT i certainly#understand my feelings in how nice they make me feel/how great they are#why include this option if it is gonna be so half-assed?#and if youre gonna half ass it at least half ass it WELL#like something vague like 'my past makes it hard' or 'i just dont want to'#there are so many ig reasons why the detective might not want to start a relationship#they still have hesitence re: supernatural either via fear or the immortality question#2. rook died and they dont wanna do that to f/n 3. they dated bobby and that fucked them up#3. they dont think wayhaven is their future and the team seems attached to the town#like???#it feels so weird for characters who are logical or stubborn or people focused to be this clueless too#or heck even emotiional detectives -- what about self awareness?#and i have no problem for the detective being obtuse to feelings - it is mishka's favroite method - but it should be an option#actually no. the thing isnt that theyre obtuse to feelings it's that theyre obtuse to their own ... reasoning ... the own rational behind t#eir actions. and its like BITCH know why YOU DO THINGS!#again not everyone is. but its still weird it isnt a CHOICE
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Alright, you win. The propaganda worked, I'm building a rupture team now. Gonna have to do like 50 runs through EXP Luxcavation to get all the IDs up to speed.
I've got Lantern Donqui, 7 Faust, 7 Heathcliff, Rabbit Meursault, and Red Sheet Sinclair. No W Yi Sang, though...
Any recommendations for alternatives? Deyvat Rodion, Fang Hong Lu, 7 Ryoshu?
Fang Hong Lu and Devyat Rodion are definitely really good for rupture, especially MD, with their high coin counts. I'm pretty sure Devyat Rodion doesn't consume rupture count when she reaches her conditionals, where as Fanghunt Hong Lu does, so she's higher priority.
7 Ryoshu is a cope unit for Rupture. I'd know, I used her for a good while. Great clashing and nice damage, but don't resign yourself to a dead slot in terms of rupture application.
You could also try 7Outis. I've used her only in Railway, which isn't the best place for Rupture, and I don't remember how well I did. She has good count application, save for her s3 (which doesn't factor rupture damage into the bonus damage, which means it sucks), plus the passive she gets from Ebony Queen (I think that's the name of the apple thing) is really useful. I'd still rather use. The other two.
Glad to know the propaganda worked on someone at least. I should do this more.
#the void asks back#rupture inspection#limbus company#rupture doesn't have that many good units sadly#technically you could run Ring Sang (ew) or Cinq Sault (who makes me sad that he can't reach his own rupture conditionals on his own)#honestly outside of md the team I ran sucks#Fanghunt Hong Lu would be great if not for his conditional#if his conditional was like 5 count maybe it'd be fine#but three count is nothing. 3 count is barely safe#Rabbitsaullt is count negative on he whole and only count neutral on his s2#and Faust is count neutral on her s2 and count negative otherwise#outside of md you'd run like cinqsault and devyat rodion#and maybe 7 outis#Lantern Don and 7 heath are fine regardless#they've got decent (in don's cause awesome) count application
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my ipad wants to give up the ghost so bad but my team past guys!
#gari draws#gari’s ocs#oc: jacinthe#oc: octavia#oc: ringo#oc: fiorello#nintendo#splatoon#splatoon 3#grand fest#grand festival#grand fest splatoon#team past#agent 3#also i missed octavia’s birthday 💀 it’s september 13#sorry girl#realized while i was drawing them that none of these mfs know how to smile properly#anyway motivations!#jacinthe believes that the past is essential to moving forward and accepts the things that happened as essential to the person they are now#octavia tends to live a bit in the past bc her life was upended by the power failures leading to the first theft of the great zapfish#also as one of the disaster days in orderland devs she values order and wants to preserve the past#i forgot what i decided ringo’s motivations are. but he dislikes living in the future as much as his anxious ass does so it’s more of what#he wants to value instead#safety (fiorello) simply believes that the past matters the most when it comes to people#ALSO damn i forgot octavia isn’t hiding her ears fireworks just trigger her bad so even when she does make it to the surface she doesnt#participate in splatfests outside of voting#grand fest was a special case and she went with her octo friends :)
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the splatfest mood
#splatoon 3#splatoon#listen i have nothing against aerospray its a great weapon i just needed to make this for this fest#the booyah bomb spam is NOT it#octocertifiedpost#go team future btw
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Look at them 🥹
#this run was their last in an hour and 15 minute class#with only 3 other students#I think everyone had 7 turns total#so she was superrrrr tired#but she still wanted to go for it and she finished the run 🥹#she lovesss agility#and my husband and her make such a good team!#I'm very proud of both of them 🥹#and kudos to my husband for having a sighthound as his first agility dog lol#they aren't great by any means but they have a lot of fun and that's what matters!!!#I'm so glad both my husband and Ocala have found Their Sport#dogblr#silken windhound#snootblr#ocala#2 years#agility#video
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new rgg fans will never know what they missed back in ye olden days of the fandom (like, 2019), doubly so now that scott strichart's deleted his twitter and jon riesenbach's privated. twitter was so fucking fun and then whatever-the-hell at sega of america happened and caused a fucking snowball effect and now we have shitass localization and resulting discourse that makes every release nigh unbearable, misinformation, confusion, people complaining about "bad writing/mischaracterization" not realizing it's because of the shitass english loc, i'm sitting here like jesus christ these loc bitches massacred saejima's character voice, people will never see him as he was intended, as original yakuza 5 localization Correctly painted him, and now they're coming for kiryu. god help us. we used to be a proper fandom. before everyone was subjected to the remastered localizations and shaky eng characterization. no one had even played yakuza 3-5, people still called morning glory "sunshine" orphanage, kiryu was our only protagonist and people still called him "boring", it was beautiful...
anyway gaiden uses affective instead of effective because the current localization team is full of careless dumbasses who don't give a fuck about ensuring they're using correct english grammar and this is not an isolated incident
#ada speaks#ive been playing through the series again from 0-5 and. yeesh#it goes from LIFE IS GOOD. LOC IS GOOD. to. oh.#yakuza 5's original localization is near perfect and they couldve made it better but instead#they opted for the cost cutting approach and decided NOT to retranslate and instead#just fucking. re-localized the localization and SO much is wrong. so much.#im playing simultaneously with a friend (myself on ps3 them on pc) and seeing the differences#and it happens in y3r and y4r too where#the original line is localized > the remastered line takes it and runs with it bc they have no original translation context#ie. in 3 rikiya says he likes 'wild' dancers. (re: strip club) it gets localized to be him liking 'aggressive' dancers.#in 3 remastered he says he likes AGGRESSIVE DOMINEERING WOMEN and that gets his Gears Turning#or. in 5 shinada says that uno is 'a little sad up top' re: his hair. and 5 remastered he says 'kinda mopey'#because they misunderstood the original english loc and so. completely fucked up the line to mean something else entirely#its like broken telephone#the same is SOMEHOW also happening in 8... i dont know HOW but somehow it fucking is#meanwhile im revisiting zero and going OH YEAH GOOD CHOICE. THAT MAKES SENSE. GREAT WRITING. WOW THAT'S AN A+ INTERPRETATION OF THAT LINE.#i miss the old loc team so bad. bring me back.#its mostly frustrating because i can see the shitass eng writing and still enjoy the game beneath it (unless it's not voiced.) but#i feel so bad for everyone flying blind and forced to take the loc at face value#its been like this since lost judgment but the main story was Fine (if a bit rushed) because. scott was still doing his thing#the substories in lost judgment also felt like they were of the same calibre (shit.) as remastered and. idk.#it seems like its been a shitshow at SoA behind the scenes for Years#and it shows.
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Constantly thinking about the data miner who found cut content of the voice lines of companions learning Minthara was pregnant and everything about that
#baldurs gate 3#bg3#baldur's gate 3#minthara#bg3 minthara#babblestar#reminds me of that bit I vaguely remember#from a naddpod short rest where Emily talked about how she considered that with Moonshine#cause it always interested her as having that NOT take a character out of the story#to still have them fighting and adventuring while dealing with pregnancy and motherhood#cause dnd is FULL of dads (there’s a whole damn podcast about it lmao) but not NEARLY any moms#and that’s what I would want for Minthara. for her to still be her but just have that Also There#she doesn’t become a stay at camp thing. she’s still as bloodthirsty and effective as ever#but she’s just also pregnant and dealing with that emotionally#and no bullshit with her getting beat up either like. no more than anyone else. do not make her weaker#do not make her have to be protected#make her the cunning and vicious Paladin she’s always been#but also do let us fix her in the way that like the team gets to convince her#NOT to parent in the typical drow fashion… drow are not.. GREAT mothers.. culturally#but through the power of communal rearing we can make lil minthy strong and loved#baldur's gate iii#baldur’s gate 3#baldurs gate#bg3 cut content#bgiii#baldur’s gate iii#baldur’s gate minthara#baldurs gate minthara#baldur’s gate 3 minthara#baldurs gate 3 minthara
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As much as I love playing embrace Dark Urge runs (discussion in therapy pending), there's something so narratively satisfying about how a Resist Durge playthrough can go once you get to the Bhaal Temple. Your character steps into the ring with Orin, it's intended to be a duel, but odds are you're getting eviscerated pretty quickly. You then switch to one of your other characters in your party and throw an attack, effectively breaking the duel and setting the whole temple upon you.
(Adding a cut because this ended up being longer than I thought)
But, I think it's a very satisfying way to play. Your party members have grown fond of your Durge, seeing them as a friend, a family member, even a lover. They've watched you and your pain over your Urge and what it makes you do or want to do. Maybe you've slipped up once or twice, but you've been trying so hard to be the hero they know you can be, that Faerûn needs. So, when it comes time to finally face your demons and you're getting so horribly hurt in the process, they can't help but rush to your defense. It'll put all of them in danger, but it doesn't matter because they want and need to help you, their ally and companion.
Bonus points if you select your character's romanced companion as the savior/duel interruptor to make it extra delicious. They've fallen in love with you, stayed with you when your Urge craved their blood the most, maybe by this point in the game you've helped put their demons down as well. They see you in pain, a final valiant effort to overcome your Urge against the power of Orin, a whole cult, a god of murder himself. They want to protect you, save you as you saved them.
I'm also fond of the extra beauty of Astarion being your Resist Durge romance since it puts the two of you in very similar situations. Fighting against the will of your masters, finally defeating your demons with your newfound companions' help and being offered the greatest power you could ever fathom... only to deny it, ignore power in favor of your party and your love.
This isn't even mentioning just how goddamn good the Withers resurrecting you cutscene is. This skeleton in your camp with unknown and unfathomable power (also apparently supposed to be Jergal himself if I've done my research properly?) is able to bring you back to life, free of your Urge. The line along the lines of "Bhaal could only destroy what of you that he knew, but because you've grown past your Urge and become your own person, he couldn't destroy that new growth" is just so weirdly powerful narratively. Tav may be a default character for you to create upon making a new save file, but Durge is the canon protagonist and I think that entire scene shows it the best. It's a beautiful secondary climax of the narrative (primary being battling the Netherbrain of course).
And, perhaps it's just an oversight on Larian's part or something that'd be a bit difficult to work into the cutscenes mechanically, but I think that it could only get more impactful if your companions could comfort each other during these moments. Everyone and their mother wishes you could hug Astarion after he kills Cazador, but also imagine your romanced companion cradling your body after Bhaal kills you. It seems just a little odd that they all (meaning your party) kinda just stand around staring at your corpse, especially with how close y'all have gotten.
Idk, I have a lot of thoughts about this section of the game in this particular type of playthrough and some of them are hard to articulate into words. It's just such a damn good narrative peak and can really make you feel things.
I've completed I think two resist Durge runs and just hit this point on my third and it really stuck out to me this time (then again my new antidepressants are kinda fucking with me so that might be playing a role). I left it as my last mission before dealing with the Netherbrain and I think it helped build the anticipation of that moment. Everyone else has been helped by you, and now it's your turn to come into your own. I really felt so connected to my character walking into the temple, feeling like everything has been building to this, that regardless of what happens our suffering will finally end. And you have your party there to help you in your time of greatest need as you've done for them.
There's a reason this game was Game of the Year, the narrative is just so powerful and the replay-ability is just insane. I've beaten this game ten times, heading for my eleventh and it truly just never gets old and never fails to make me feel so many things so strongly.
#we're gonna bypass how i have the withers big naturals mod installed#because it kinda undercuts the moment when withers comes in to resurrect you and he has these massive honkers#i'm a big fan of embrace durges since it's a great way for me to let loose without real world consequence#(my anticipation for patch 7 grows daily of course)#and it's also just fun to be your worst self and create the fucking legion of doom with your party#you'll never beat the sheer power of an evil durge/ascended astarion/dark justiciar shadowheart/minthara team up#I AM FULLY AWARE I AM SINNING WHEN I ASCEND ASTARION AND IT PAINS ME EVERY TIME BUT I LIKE EVIL NARRATIVES SUE ME#but a resist durge run makes me feel so many more things#helping shadowheart with her family helping astarion learn to be his best self free from cazador lifting the shadow curse among other things#plus everything I mentioned in the main post#and then the final crescendo of the score at the end of the epilogue party cutscene is a HUGE chills moment#although i will always be mad that in order to keep gale from ascending you have to make him seek forgiveness from mystra#she should be apologizing to him wtf no wonder i accidentally ascended him so many times him#gale telling her to shove it just MAKES MORE SENSE and is the healthier thing to do but it gets you his fucking bad ending wth#okay i suppose him blowing himself up is his bad ending but whatever#apparently him exploding the netherbrain can get you the win for honor mode and as someone who can't even get through balanced mode#you bet your sweeeeeet ass i'm not above sending gale to blow himself up to avoid a run ending fight if i got that far#honor mode is not about getting the ending you want it's just about completeing it and dude there's no way in hell i'll get close otherwise#i'll shut up now#fishgills speaks#fishgills plays bg3#bg3#baldur's gate 3#the dark urge#bg3 durge
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