#i can changed any bgs if you want!!

[strawberrysniffer]

She's done :)

[the-physicality]

paige shouting out tash cloud at every opportunity....love that

[bmpmp3]

UNTUNED and barely mixed wip of cover #5986304534948053425433 i am working on, another one with genby, ,, benbu.,,, benby,,.... bgbgbgbbgbgbgbgbg lite (passes away forever)

song is Watashi to Aruite iru to Hazukashii no by watashinokoko (offvocal in desc) and here's the program files if u want em HOPEFULLY i have not made any lyric mistakes. hopefully

[zorkaya-moved]

“ what’s going on in that head of yours? ” from kaveh !

@avaere

By basking in the Heavenly light and warmth provided by Kaveh, Zarina forgot just how fun it was to watch someone of seemingly higher statue to have that subtle glimpse of gleam turning into submission in their eyes. The mind of hers circles around cruelty, malice, and intrigue that not many would wish to ever dive into. Abyss would look back at her and shudder, meeting the eyes of gold that lacked any compassion for anything and anyone who wasn't chosen. It's why the party today was such a blast to her, internally, even if they left early. The drama unfolding from several strings pulled previously, exploding into a gorgeous spectacle exposing the betrayal, the agony, and the fiery tempers. Humans nature can be so intriguing, everyone who was believed to be a saint suddenly was exposed with harsh truths of reality.

The confrontation between two older lovers, driven to confront each other in public because they received news. They doubted each other and hired informants, wishing to expose each other only to learn far crueler games they both played behind each other's backs. They were pathetic, pathetic but entertaining and she had to hold back laughter while witnessing them turn to her when Kaveh stepped away to get them drinks. All of the attention was on them both and Sokolova had to adopt a troubled expression, pretending to be someone who was not involved in the exposure at all (they didn't know, no one knew, she was simply aware and waited). Oh, the way they screamed at each other and exposed their deepest sins, baring their ugly sides in a way that was more entertaining than not. Naturally, she dealt with a situation carefully, leading them both to take it to their private headquarters before alleviating the tension at the party, apologizing on their behalf and receiving gratitude from the host of the party.

Now, as both of them were back, leaving earlier than expected, Zarina was humming while sitting in front of her vanity. It didn't seem that Kaveh enjoyed such showcases, but she understands. Not many would take sick satisfaction in seeing something like that without knowing the intricacies behind said explosive show. but it wasn't a show for those who cared, who was more empathetic, who remained with a heart instead of a glacier for soul.

So when Kaveh asks what's going on through her head, Sokolova begins to undo her brain. As she closes her eyes to hide away the darker gleam in them, her smile widens ever so lightly.

"I enjoyed the party. The food was great, the music was wonderful, and the show was fantastic," the magic show, huh. "Though, it's sad that it was interrupted." By the screams or the resolution? "But we got to dance and it made me happy."

Fingers finally let her hair fall free on her back, feeling relief in her scalp from the accessories takes out and braids undone. Her hair seems fluffier than usual, creating silver waves. But her eyes are now open, glancing at Kaveh through the reflection in the mirror. If he knew what was going on through ehr head, he would've been upset. Or so she thinks based on his personality and what she's seen, heard, and felt. He could've caught a glance of light in her eyes if he looked at her when the argument was unleashed in public, but she acted surprised and shocked just as much because a good actor will never break their character.

However, she lets Kaveh hear some of her more... honest words next. She turns around so her back faces the mirror and her front faces the architect, hands resting on the the pillowy surface of her seat.

"But I'm more annoyed at the fact that they had to come to me," Zarina sighs, looking to the side while thinking over the incident. "Those people used to call me a nuisance, but now they sought me out to help them." She doesn't hold back a snort from escaping, not right now when a bitter taste coats her tongue and her lips curl into a similarly bitter smirk. "Human nature is ever-changing, malleable even when you give them what they want. There aren't many people like you, Kaveh."

Now, she pushes against the soft surface to get up and look at Kaveh, stepping closer. She takes her rightful place next to him, standing between his legs and looking at him sitting on the bed. Her hands gently take out his own hair accessories, gently and carefully while studying his expression. Hers now lacks the usual bitterness, but showcases a subtle hollowness while she continues to talk about the aftermath.

"It reminded me of how some people treat you," her thumb slides across his cheek, caressing gently. Eyes of gold stare into the maroon, wishing to catch every gleam and every light and every shadow in those beautiful eyes of his. It makes her happy when his hands find their place on her waist, the warmth radiating from his touch slowly erases the darker void and replaces it with a gentler softness. "There are so many people who probably took advantage of your warmth, your kindness, and your heart. Those two reminded me of how cruel the world outside is, how easily people change in the worst ways."

How that cold, cruel world exists to ruin such priceless souls like him. Oh, how she wishes to find the one who broke him so roughly. Can she make her life a living nightmare and then watch her come undone with time, wondering if she'd crawl back or stubbornly erases her own existence. Ah, no, she shouldn't think of that when Kaveh is right here. The way he worriedly calls her name makes her snap out of that thoughtful moment.

"Ah, yes, sorry," she absent-mindedly states, shaking her head to seemingly get rid off those thoughts for a moment. It's - sadly - another play, she can easily repress those thoughts but doesn't exactly want to when she sees the worry in Kaveh's eyes but remembers the pain on his face from weeks ago. "I guess, maybe the party wasn't that great."

No, she loved it. The only thing she didn't like was the concern on Kaveh's face... No, she's lying about that as well. The concern and worry on his face was also something she enjoyed at that moment. Because he held her hand, he asked how she was feeling, and he proposed to leave early since it should've been exhausting to deal with. It makes her almost want to hold him closer, to not let him go, to keep him all to herself so no one can make hurt him. But he is an adult, he's smart and he's capable, he's intelligent and skilled. Those are only her dark desire she won't turn into reality, because she values his happiness and his autonomy. His independence is essential and his life should be lived as he wishes, not as she desires. After all, she loves him. She loves him but does not possess him; he is his own person and she fell in love with Kaveh, with someone who shined the brightest when he did what he loved and what he was passionate about.

Before the architect can ask her another question, she suddenly cups his face and...

"Smoosh," she squishes his face a bit before letting go. "I'm alright. I'm more worried about how you are. It must've been a pretty nasty sight. It's the first time we ever witnessed such a... large scandal." A scandal she was secretly a part of.

[sejianismodding]

🎁 [BG+] My Little Animations Overrides! 🤸🏽‍♀️

☠️ REMINDER: Double-check the OP for updates!

⚔️ Requires the content pack listed in the .PACKAGE filename.

🌠 New Arrivals - 8/12/2024

🚀 Initial Release - 8/5/2024

🎁 Download & Discussions: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116205160

🤸🏽‍♀️ My Animation Overrides Collection: https://www.patreon.com/collection/884903?view=condensed

🗺️ Modding Announcements Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109291501

👋🏼 FYI, I take requests. If you've encountered an animation you want replaced, send me a screenshot and a short description of it and/or how to trigger it. GIFs are appreciated but not required.

🪄 Some animations just look... bad. There are a few solutions for this but I've chosen the simplest and most versatile - animation overrides! <insert magicky hand gestures here> Are you amazed? Yes, yes you are.

👽 This is an AnimXGenWear-adjacent project that was initially released to replace two standing idles that suffer from the smile shown below when the sky is awake and the mood is Fine because holy !@#$, does it look bad.

💬 You can thank @serawis for this releasing when it did. It wasn't a priority for me at the time. I had a scroll through a few of your Tumblrs following the positive response I got for the Deformer Map BUGFIX and I encountered the above post, inquired if it was still desired, et voila - a mod is born! I'll do more eventually, probably. I could literally replace everything with the cute Lovebug animation and have everyone just doing hand hearts for eternity <snickers sinisterly> but alas, maybe for my own game only.

🎀 These little animation overrides are 100% compatible with by big animation state mod - AnimXGenWear: https://sejianismodding.tumblr.com/post/757704895457525760

🤸🏽‍♀️ "KEEP READING" FOR PREVIEWS!

🎁 8/5/2024 - Two Female Stand Idles

LEFT replaced with RIGHT. I try to find animations that already exist in-game that match what the original does.

sej_AnimOvrd_BG_YF_HandFidgetSmile_Idle01.package

sej_AnimOvrd_BG_YF_LookLeft_Idle02.package

These are inside sej_AnimOvrd_!Set001_2ForBG_240805.zip.

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🎁 8/12/2024 - Fem/Masc Attempt To Seduce

LEFT is the masculine animation on a female sim, RIGHT is the feminine animation on a male sim.

sej_AnimOvrd_BG_YF_AttemptToSeduce_M.package replaces the female animation with the male animation for female sims.

sej_AnimOvrd_BG_YM_AttemptToSeduce_F.package replaces the male animation with the female animation for male sims.

Separate downloads so you can grab one or the other or both.

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Face Overlays get slapped onto your face when your mood changes. We can remove or replace any of them that we don't like. Removing them completely without replacing requires an ASM override, which I can do and IIRC, SIMS4ME did one as well and I saw a post here on Tumblr from another creator with an ASM override. I'm personally fine with most of the face overlays, I just don't like the weird Happy smiles, and removing absolutely all of them I think makes the sim too "life-less" but I can make an ASM override or provide links to the others I've seen if you want.

🎁 8/12/2024 - Happy Face Overlay

NO PREVIEW FOR THIS ONE YET!

sej_AnimOvrd_BG_YU_HappyFace_ConfidentFace.package replaces the Happy & Flirty mood "face overlay" with the Confident overlay. Happy & Flirty moods use the same overlay with the same fugly grin. Confident gives you get a cheeky raised eyebrow instead. Is fine.

[simplyanjuta]

Mod: Trait Based Portrait Thumbnails

So this is somewhat of an experiment still, but I wanted to put it out there, tell me what you think 😄

For the Life and Death expansion pack a trait based pose for the new Macabre trait was added - weirdly enough EA did this for this trait only which makes no sense to me (not sure what future plans hold) and I also wasn't quite happy with the way this was done.

On the one hand this pose is all over the UI (mod for it here) looking very out of place, especially being the only trait based pose.

But I like the idea of poses matching the personality style of the sims and wish they had done this one properly. So I expanded on the idea making use of the new feature by adding more trait based poses. I focussed here on portrait thumbnails (Household pictures) only though. I originally wanted to put this to use for custom (group) poses made for the Gallery but sadly, to make this work, I need to override traits which flags sims as CC. This renders the whole enterprise rather useless for the Gallery :'( Still nice for in-game though, I think.

In a first step I have assembled these 16 BG traits/poses for adults (will work for teen - elder):

Update as of December 8th, 2024: I included/mapped some poses for kids as well mostly by remapping existing portrait poses (since kids only have one trait I think the effect is not as noticable, though):

The poses above are based on existing EA poses and animations. I edited them slightly when necessary.

I'm thinking about adding more poses and traits if I can find good options. I'm also open to feedback - If you have any (pose) ideas or suggestions, let me know (>Discord)👋

Many thanks to MizoreYukii and thepancake1 for helping me figuring out how to make this work! 💛

Download:

SimFileShare

Changelog:

January 18th, 2025: EA updated the outgoing trait to exclude the awkward trait. I updated the file correspondingly.

December 8th, 2024: Updated the mod for the new trait Grouch that was added with patch 1.111.102 for the Cozy Celebrations Event, (the trait will be only available to you if and when you complete(d) the respective part of the event, I just added in the references; besides Grouch will also use the Mean pose). Also added some kids poses, mostly by remapping existing portrait poses that suit the traits.

November 10th, 2024: EA updated the cheerful trait to exclude the macabre trait. I updated the files correspondingly.

Notes:

You might need to delete the file localthumbcache to let the game generate new thumbnails, otherwise you only see the changes when the game decides to update the thumbnails next time the household changes.

The game will use the trait based pose when your sim has the trait, no matter the order of the trait. However, when your sim has two or more matching traits, the order counts (first trait that matches will be used).

This mod is an override of the file 606E21551C25836A/"CAS_Portrait_Thumbnails" - same file I'm using for my mods for Gallery poses ("No More Mirroring Mod" and "No Randomization Mod") and will therefore conflict with them.

To make this new feature work, EA introduced a new parameter with the patch that goes inside a trait and can be referenced for the poses. So to make this work for other traits, I had to override the traits to include this new parameter. There's no alternative because a certain type of file (SimData format) is involved that can't be injected to with a script. Unfortunately, overriding the traits flags sims as CC. Also note that this mod might conflict with other mods overriding the same traits, for example: Kuttoe's New Emotinal Traits (Kuttoe overrides some of the BG traits to add conflicts with his custom ones).

[tgcg]

ms paint. you know her. u used her age 8 to make loads of rainbow ovals all over the canvas and then scramble it with selection tool. now u will know her true powers with my handyrandy tips under the readmore. some will be pretty basic and others are very special.

this post has 8 cool trix to learn for you. enjoy and i may do another in the future if i remember/learn more stuff

some of it might be common knowledge. but its got some deep cuts. all tips have gifs to show process easily.

🙂 enjoy and i hope this encourages you to fuck around in mspaint more

soundtrack for this post (loop it while you learn for advanced learning experience)

TIP 1) the right click trick

left and right mouse click correspond to col1 and col2 respectively, which u can see in the top bar. this applies to all brushes and the fill tool like above. when using shapes col2 will be the fill colour (if you have solid fill selected). right clicking with shape maker will reverse the colours use on the shape.

TIP 2) right click eraser

this one is extremely helpful for lineart or add shading. the eraser always uses col2. so your eraser can technically be any colour. but here's where you get powers: right clicking with eraser will only erase onto col1, with col2.

TIP 3) transparent selection change a guy destination

the beloved transparent selection tool works based on what is selected as col2. so long as you have the correct colour as col2 you can make any image transparent and put it on top of anything else. and yes this works with photo bg as you can see.

TIP 4) the gradience

this one is a little more complex. you want to start off with any canvas size, and make as many diagonal coloured bands as you want. (protip: holding down shift makes a perfectly diagonal line with line tool)

then you need to resize the canvas to a width of 1px (make sure you resize by pixels, and do not maintain aspect ratio). then resize again back to its original width (or a different width i cant stop you). you will have your lovely gradience.

TIP 5) superimposter

so. you got a cool gradient and wanna put a guy on it. heres what i do:

i open a 2nd mspaint with same canvas size and draw whatever i want on there. i then pick a completely unrelated colour to my entire piece, and set that as the bg. you could use white, pink, geen, whatever you want as long as it doesnt appear somewhere else in ur drawing. copy the guy.

go back to your gradient tab. ensure that col2 is set as that bg colour you picked (lilac for me). have "transparent selection" enabled. paste your guy in. cue fanfare

TIP 6) advanced superimposter

the great thing about this method is u can put multiple gradients in multiple areas of the image. this is where it gets all japanese printmaking type of shit. ukiyo-esque

all you need to do is make another canvas with a new gradient, ensure col2 is set as the colour you want to replace, then paste your original piece onto the new gradient. now my guy has a soft fade. you can do this as much as you want. (you could even make a canvas with a texture or photo and paste your drawing onto there)

TIP 7) "sketch layer"

so as you now know, col2 is what is removed when you click "transparent selection". which means you can also remove any instance of a colour from ur drawing. which means you can have a unique colour for sketch layer and remove it from the drawing later. i admittedly dont do this but it is a great trick to have.

now combine this with lowering your dpi for smoother lines. may seem obvious but it helps. its like a free stabiliser whenever u want.

TIP 8) rainbow art

now this is where you can get dizzee rascal "bonkers". check out my small and shitty rainbow trick. you can select anything and hold down shift, then drag with left mouse, to turn that selection into its own brush. i even did it with a guy. and you can of course do this with a photo as well.

🙂well that it for now. hope you liked it thanks for reading now back to your regularly scheduled tgcg programming

[miupow]

I need more crave beomgyu thoughts so bad. He’s so scary but fine 😭😩. Imagine him cumming and breeding you for hours using you like a sex toy and not letting any of the other members join at all. He’s not going to admit but he’s secretly grown a soft spot for you himself

i couldn't stop myself...

CRAVEVERSE ; werewolf!beomgyu headcanons ⭑𓂃

cw ⸝⸝ sfw + nsfw hcs .ᐟ werewolf!bg (and werewolf!rest of txt) , fem!reader , no dark content warning for these hcs but general dark content warning for crave as an au lol. breeding kink, knotting, unprotected sex, possessive behavior, creampies, dirty talk, general craveverse nastiness

SFW ;

-> middle child syndrome crave!gyu who is always arguing with his brothers about the dumbest, littlest things lol. especially soobin and yeonjun he loves pissing them off

-> crave!gyu who is the packs baby so he can get away with being an absolute menace ! his brothers always there to defend him and tell you that “it’s just beomgyu, he doesn’t mean anything by it.. “ when he says something particularly nasty or pushes you around. just enabling him tbh

-> crave!gyu who secretly loves to be taken care of!! loves when you dote on him, play with his hair, mend his clothes and cook him meals, he turns into such a sweet puppy!! gets all blushy when you do something special for him or give him special attention <3 a little tsundere about it hehe

-> crave!gyu who has the best sense of smell in the pack, can track down scent trails like a bloodhound, can sense slight changes in a persons mood just by the way they smell. can always tell when you’re upset even when you’re hiding it!! and if he’s not the reason you’re sad,.. he will find out who is and he’ll make them regret it!! fully “no one is allowed to bully y/n except me!!!”

-> crave!gyu who enjoys collecting trinkets he finds in the woods or in the outskirts of human villages. pretty stones, antlers and bones, human items like spoons or can openers, reminds him of his childhood as a human (lore??) likes brining you little gifts he finds while telling you it’s definitely not because he’s thinking about you or anything. because you’re definitely not on his mind 24/7… but he found a very pretty flower on his walk and he wants you to have it.

-> crave!gyu who is touch starved beyond belief omg ,, can’t get enough of your touch once you give it to him. always wanting to cuddle, rest his shaggy head on your chest, have you run your fingers through his long messy hair. growls at the others when they try to take you away from him :3

-> crave!gyu who hides the fact that he’s jealous of the others because you trust them, are comfortable around them and not with him.. especially yeonjun. gets even more argumentative and disrespectful with him because of it.

-> overall crave!gyu who is a big sweet puppy beneath all of his hardships and defenses, gets broken down little by little until he just wants to love and be loved. he thought he would never trust a human again, would never learn to love one… but you are the only exception.

-> and finally crave!gyu who secretly wants more than anything for you to turn, join their pack as another wolf !! wants that connection with you that only the moon could give him.. you would be a proper pack then.

NSFW ; (under the cut!)

-> crave!gyu who has the roughest ruts of them all, a turned wolf instead of a blood one like his brothers are. (kai is technically only a half wolf but it’s uh. it’s a long story) he just gets so aggressive and violent , needs to be locked up like a prisoner otherwise he’ll destroy furniture, try to kill the others, keep you captive and not let anyone else near you !! especially can’t be around you … all he can think about is getting you away from the others and getting you full of his babies !

-> crave!gyu who insists that you’re just a disposable toy outside of rut but when he’s in rut, suddenly you’re his mate, his omega, his his his.

-> crave!gyu who won’t share you with anyone if he can have a say in it! who has to leave the farmhouse if you’re “with” one or more of his brothers because he just can’t stand to sit around and listen!!! you sound so pretty when you get knotted, that should be him dammit!!!!

-> crave!gyu who loves to leave nasty love bites all over your skin <3 down your neck, shoulders, especially your breasts and tummy!! never hard enough to hurt, but enough to bruise pretty purple so everyone can see~

-> crave!gyu who loves to spit the nastiest shit about his packmates when he’s breeding you good, he fucks you better than yeonjun does, doesn’t he? his cock hits deeper in your tummy than taehyuns does, huh? his knot is thicker than kais is, isn’t it? he satisfies you better than any of them could, right? chose him love him pick him omg (it’s a facade he’s very insecure)

-> crave!gyu who gets cuddly after he’s filled you up, likes to nuzzle into your neck and hold you close :( won’t let you go anywhere until he’s fallen asleep and you can slip away

[op-sys-chaos]

@stealingyourbones mentioned in a post I just saw that Booster Gold could be used in a DPxDC fic related to Clockwork bc they’re both invoked in time travel stuff and omg yES I have ideas now

Feel free to use any/all of these, just tag me!

1. Booster Gold being in the present is good for the timeline, but he wants to go back to the future. Clockwork sends Danny to sabotage the time machine. Shenanigans ensue. The JL thinks Danny’s a villain until a massive attack happens, Booster Gold is very much crucial to saving the day, and afterwards Danny shows up with a perfectly intact time machine (he fixed all the damages he caused while they were fighting the villain) and goes “ok now you can go home! :)” and the JL is so confused. Dealer’s choice if they get an explanation and maybe even ask Phantom to join the JL or if Danny just vanishes, never to be seen again

2. Booster Gold wants to change something in the timeline. Clockwork needs it to stay the same. Danny and BG go back and forth trapping each other in various situations (maybe it’s comedic what they end up trapped in) until one of them gives up

3. BG and Danny actually know each other in the future. Knowing how OP Danny is and knowing he’s an active hero rn, BG keeps trying to get the JL to recruit Phantom. The JL keeps refusing (“that’s a KID Booster we can’t put a kid in the JL”) until like Vortex or someone shows up and wreaks havoc and the JL is floundering and barley hanging in there and Danny shows up and beats him in like two seconds flat. The JL just kinda goes “ok, maybe Booster had a point”

4. BG, being a time cop, and Danny, being Clockwork’s personal equivalent of a time cop, keep running into each other in various situations (usually bc Clockwork sends Danny to help BG whenever he’s in over his head). But they keep meeting out of order, not even realizing that Danny’s from the time BG ends up staying in until they run into each other on a normal, non-time related mission. Spider-man meme pointing at each other, “what are YOU doing here???”, “is there some time-related issue on top of this?”, JL confused why Booster and a random overpowered teen they just met today seem to know each other. (Their meeting in their normal time is after all the meeting out of order shenanigans. After that point, they stay together for time missions that Clockwork sends Danny to join BG on; he makes sure they meet in the right order this time.)

5. Booster and Clockwork hate each other. Danny is a big fan of BG. Shenanigans ensue

6. Danny and BG hate each other. Clockwork needs them to get along for the sake of the timeline. He keeps sending Danny to BG’s time cop missions. Will they ever make up?

7. Danny and BG are the same age and start dating. Clockwork sends them on fancy fun time travel dates

8. BG keeps running into this random kid in various places in the time stream. He only ever tells BG that “Clockwork sent me” and BG is getting more and more determined to find whoever Clockwork is and kick his ass for putting this poor precious kid in harm’s way. Hell, BG might just end up adopting this poor kid himself if that’s what it takes to save him… which is exactly what Clockwork wants

9. BG is incredibly surprised when his time mentor, Clockwork, reaches out and asks him to adopt a kid, Danny

10. BG and Clockwork are dating. Clockwork asks BG if he’s okay with adopting Danny

I can come up with more if y’all want! Please tag me if you use these I wanna see what you create :)

[tethys-the-aquatic-sea-godness]

Sarevok's image in Baldur's Gate and how he uses it

Among the numerous misrepresentations of Sarevok's character in BG3, is how he came into power. Of course, properly showing that would also show that the new villain's great master plan is just a rip-off of his, but let's ignore that. Obviously, Sarevok's stunt in Baldur's Gate becomes infamous, and he, rightfully, doesn't have a good rep in the city. That being said, it wasn't always the case, yet all you'll see in BG 3 is a brutish villain that only knows violence and 'mURdEr'. Yes, spelled like that, yes.

More rambling under the cut.

The thing was that, prior to Charname exposing his plan, Sarevok had become truly popular in Baldur's Gate. Let's remember the set-up back then. The Iron Throne is a shady mercantile organisation from Sembia. A new western division is trying to take root in the Sword Coast, led by Rieltar Anchev.

Their plan goes as follow: they aim to create a misinformation campaign to blame the Zhentarim for all the troubles in the region. They worsen tensions between the governments of Baldur's Gate and Amn. With iron being the most important resource in a war, the Baldurian government has to go to them in order to get any. The Iron Throne has disrupted all the iron trade through the region using the Blacktalon mercenaries and the Chill. The only known iron mine in the region is at Nashkel, and the Iron Throne has effectively crippled it. They have their own mine operating in Cloakwood. When the Baldurian government comes to them for iron, they will be able to make exorbitant trading demands, and thus become the preeminent trading power in this region.

(Yes, this is copy-pasted from the dialogue you can get from the charmed Iron Throne leaders, what can I say, it's a good recap)

So, that's Rieltar's plan to settle the Iron Throne in the region, a plan Sarevok will hijack in several ways. He intends to kill Rieltar and the other two leaders, and while the Iron Throne didn't intend to actually start a war, only increase tensions, Sarevok thinks that a massacre on a godlike scale can ascend him to godhood. That plan of Sarevok also requires him being named Grand Duke, and thus becoming sole leader of Baldur's Gate once he's eliminated the others (yes, the more you know, the more it sounds like someone in BG3's act 3 copy-pasted this plan for his own takeover, hush). This part of his plan required Sarevok to build a positive public image in Baldur's Gate, so the nobles would want him to be grand duke (despite being a newcomer from a Sembian trade group). That wasn't an easy task. The Iron Throne has a bad reputation even before Rieltar's iron plot. It's a known fact they're more a criminal organization than a trading organisation, so people are less likely to deal with them, unless, as Rieltar's planned, they don't have a choice anymore. However, Sarevok doesn't wait for his father's plan to be completed before he starts building relations with the ruling class of the city.

When you first get to Baldur's Gate, various npc inform you of the, mostly, positive image Sarevok has built for himself. That's something even Gorion's ward points out in their own journal entries.

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2: "Journal entry by Charname: Sarevok, son of one of the Iron Throne's leaders, has become increasingly popular in Baldur's Gate."

3: "Noblewoman: From what I've heard, the new man with the Iron Throne, Sarevok, is an unmarried man. I plan to change that."

Love the last one.

So, Sarevok is very popular in the city, even though there are some who disagree, they're not the majority. Most people who aren't as fond of Sarevok are among the commoners, and I would argue that's because they weren't the target audience of his PR campaign. Sarevok needs the nobles' vote to be Grand Duke, so they are the ones he wants on his side. The popular vote is only a bonus.

It's also important to notice he's improving his popularity, not the popularity of the Iron Throne.

He still has popularity among the lower class, and that only increases when you near the game's end.

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4: "Commoner: I think it's about time we took the fight to them [Amn], and Sarevok is the man to lead us."

5: "Commoner: I don't know what them nobles see in that Sarevok fella, but he's something darker, that's for certain."

6: "Commoner: That Sarevok is going to make everything all right again."

7: "Nobleman: An election of sorts has been called because we cannot be without a full governement in these dangerous times. I hear Sarevok is a frontrunner in this matter."

8: "Noblewoman: Entar Silvershield's death was a tragic blow, but with Sarevok stepping in I feel a true sense of hope."

9: "Journal entry by Charname: With the murder of Grand Duke Entar Silvershield, Sarevok is poised to gain control. The people love him."

10: "Noblewoman: Such people would not dare to show their faces in Baldur's Gate, not now that Sarevok and Angelo Dosan control the Flaming Fist. Order will be enforced, more so once Sarevok is appointed as a Grand Duke. I shall have little to fear of the streets once that comes to pass."

11: "Journal entry by Charname: The nobility is especially approving of Sarevok and Angelo Dosan being in control of the Flaming Fist."

12: "Nobleman: He's [Sarevok] making a lot of friends, and I bet he will be nominated to replace poor entar as Grand Duke."

13: "Noblewomen: It is a good time to be of the nobility. Sarevok has ensured us all that order will be restored in this region, whatever the cost."

14: "Journal entry by Charname: The nobility are especially welcoming of Sarevok and his hard stance against Amn."

15: "Nobleman: Sarevok seems like a man who gets things done."

16: "Sir Lothtyran: Personally, I think he'll [Sarevok] do wonderfully."

17: "Brennan Risling: That's why we need Sarevok as Grand Duke, for he'd take the resources from the Iron Throne and' assist us."

18: "Journal entry by Charname: It is good to know that not everyone in this city has fallen in love with the hardliner Sarevok."

Sarevok doesn't have everyone's approval, but he has more than enough to take over the city. Obviously, the mood changes once his plot to drag both governments into war is revealed.

But you know what? Even then, he still has some popularity.

19

19: "Commoner: He was such a handsome one, such a shame he had ta go and do that."

random commoner woman: if evil, why hot?

In conclusion: Sarevok almost took over Baldur's Gate and the whole Sword Coast with covert force and was almost lawfully elected Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate thanks to the popularity he cultivated within the city. That was possible thanks to two things. One, it's safe to say that Sarevok can be charismatic and charming when he wishes to be, even though, according to Diarmid, another one of the mercenaries working for him, "[...] subtlety is something that doesn't quite comes naturally to him. He doesn't have the patience for it, though his mind is amazingly tactical".

In his BG2 banter, you also learn he's not overly fond of being around people. That means this entire schmooze fest he did to boost his popularity took serious effort on his part, and it paid off. It was a trial of patience for a man who isn't known to be patient, or at least, not patient for niceties. He can prove very patient for the sake of a plan. We're talking about a character who has had to wait years before he got the opportunity to take revenge on his father for his mother's murder, and a way to get away with it. Sarevok may not enjoy being patient, but is definitely familiar with the practice.

The second reason is that, well, he's hot. I'm not the one saying it, the women (and men, you know there had to be men too) thirsting over him are saying it. They're bound to be disappointed, because while he's not married, he's definitely not single. Anyway, being hot, not something to underestimate. He gets pretty privilege.

To be a bit more serious, while impatient, Sarevok is described as having an "amazingly tactical" mind. This is something you clearly see in his takeover of Rieltar's plan, and manipulation of public opinion. Yes, Sarevok's plan involves various murders, but it's a tool, not an end in itself. He's even careful to have specific murders look like 'robbery gone wrong' or 'mysterious disease strikes'. He has assassins do the killing for him so he can't be directly linked to it. Sarevok is a strategist, whose plans involve a lot more than just 'killing'.

It is a part of his characterization BG 3 abysmally fails to show.

[missexiled]

Could I request a GN Tav with Astarion/Gale/Rolan/ or karlach and their Christmas festivities like decorating cookies, Christmas tree decorating, wrapping presents ect

Ooo this’ll be fun. I haven’t interacted with Rolan much, but I do want to write him so I’ll try my best. It’ll be set to the six months after the Netherbrain with the ‘good’ endings.

Astarion

He doesn’t have any traditions (obvi)

Baking? Too messy. Wrapping gifts? Not his favorite, but he’ll make them look nice. Decorating a tree? Too many pine needles.

Truthfully, he’ll do anything as long as you do it with him

From putting flour on your apron to licking icing off your fingers

To wrapping gifts for your family and friends and putting a bow on your head

But above all, I think he’d enjoy decorating a tree

He’d be walking along BG and he’d see a poorly decorated one in storefronts and scoff

(He could do so much better)

And he does

This man has an eye for style. He’d make the most breathtakingly gorgeous tree in a day, despite never doing it before

He does hate tinsel

Despite being extremely dexterous, he’d somehow get it caught on everything

His foot, his fingers, even his hair

(He hates it)

He loves getting you gifts, though

He struggles with words, but gifts?

He can do that

His gifts will be so special since he remembered everything you say

Looked at a necklace too long? Guess what that pretty little gift under the tree is.

He doesn’t remember if his family had any traditions for the holidays. No opening a gift the day before. No matching pajamas. No family dinners. If anything, he used to be rather spiteful towards the holidays. Skulking about Baldur’s Gate, he’d see lovers and families laughing together. All while he was struggling to get through his day to day life.

But then it all changed. He was free. Free from Cazador, free from his past, free from everything that ever haunted him. The nightmares would linger, maybe forever, but it was easier with you.

Especially when you looked so cute in the matching plaid pajamas you made him wear. The garments were loose in you since you insisted on getting the size up.

You were a vision. The moonlight hitting your face made you look ethereal. He knew the necklace he got you, neatly wrapped and waiting to be put under the soon to be decorated tree, would look beautiful on your bare neck.

-

“The tinsel goes around the tree, Astarion,” you snickered, making him huff.

“I’m-” he tried to pull the sparkly string off, “I’m aware, but the damn thing…”

“For a rouge, you’re-”

He shot you a look, “Don’t you finish that sentence.”

With the tree nearly finished, the tinsel was supposed to be quick and easy. For Astarion, he wore it rather well. Wrapped around his ankle and arm, little bits in his hair and his shirt, paired with his signature pout.

You helped take it off of him, pressing a kiss to his cheek, “You’re adorable.”

“You’re awful.”

“I love you.”

He huffed, but begrudgingly smiled, “Yes, yes. I love you, too.”

Gale

Morena is beyond excited to meet you, fussing over you like you’re her own child

She enlists your help in getting Gale his gift since she hasn’t seen him in over a year

Tara tags along, of course, not so subtly trying to convince you to get Gale to shave his beard

As for Gale, he’s rushing to finish grading his student’s finals before the school break starts

After a year in isolation and longer still with Mystra, he’s ecstatic to finally rejoin his mother and Tara

Any free time he has is spent on perfecting your gift, a spell that he had been working on since you mentioned missing the stars

Once everything is set and finished, he’d definitely teach you Waterdavian dishes

But baking?

Please help him

He can make potions, write new spells, create flavorful dishes, but baking trips him up

A few well placed hands over his as you stir and eating hot cookies before they’re ready and he’ll love it

But he’ll need you to keep teaching him again. And again. Especially how to stir.

You laughed, your hand over his as you ‘helped’ him fold the batter, “Are you sure you need help?”

“Absolutely,” he chuckled as he kissed the top of your head, “It’s very difficult.”

Rolling your eyes, you scooped up a bit of batter and plopped it on his cheek, making him scoff, “Excuse me, what did I do to deserve this?” He put a dollop on your nose in retribution.

There was more flour and batter on you both than on the baking pan.

—

“Go ahead,” his voice was soft, “open it.”

It felt light. You slowly unwrapped the box. It looked simple enough: a wooden box with a hole at the top with… something inside. You felt along the bottom and pressed on what you assumed to be a button from the ‘click’.

You understood why he wanted the lights down low for the gifts now.

The roof lit up with a light show. A 3D model of the constellations.

“You, ah,” he scratched the back of his neck, “You always look so breathtaking when you’re stargazing. You said something about missing them, so… I just wanted to give that little bit of joy back to you.”

I’m a little stuck on Rolan and Karlach, so I’m going to reblog this with them on a later date. Until then, take this offering.

[swagginmun]

Hello!

I just wanted to tell you that your art and way of storytelling is AMAZING. You're one of my biggest inspirations, and one of the people who got me into LMK (which I am very grateful for! Thank you so much)!!

I also have two questions for you (if you're not too busy! I dont want to bother you-)

What's your process for making illustrations? Yours look so pretty and they are so wonderful to look at!

And, what's your tips for anyone who wants to make a LMK fan-comic, but is a little scared to get something wrong? (Like good representation and cultural no-nos for example. I've done research, but the internet can be a little confusing and messy about topics like this, so I wanted to ask for help!)

I do hope that I'm not bothering you in any way!

Have an amazing day/night!

This is an oldie ask, apologies, but I do have a better way to answer this now! Typically, when I work on my pieces, I have 4 main phases: Roughs, Lines, Flats, and Renders! I'll use this Nezha piece as an example!

My Roughs stage includes getting references, color themes I may want, and feeling out the general vibe I want out of a piece! For this one, I really wanted to push Nezha's face expression (my main) as well as try to emphasize the speed at which he was moving.

Once I do that, I try to space out everything in the background, and refine the sketch with one more rough draft before moving on to the lines!

The Lines stage is pretty self-explanatory: this is when I line everything and make additional changes I may not have thought of from the Roughs stage: For this one in particular, I remember wanting to add details of more wear and tear, such as the sash being a bit damaged, or his bracelet getting cracks, or his face being a little scuffed up.

Next up: Flats! This is when I would flat color, as well as adjust the lineart to have colored lines (its already colored in the prior screenshot, but my lineart starts out all black) I find coloring the linart helps make the colors feel more "lived in" for lack of a better phrase

Finally, the render portion, which usually starts with the BG for me most times; I find if I know the environments colors/lighting it helps concrete where light is affecting the characters

This is your overlays, mutiply, and shine layers in action! Flat coloring makes my soul itch, but rendering really helps quell that pain for me; esp if I get to work with gold/hair shine! I hope that was helpful! And as far as advice for respecting cultural-related things, honestly, as an American I don't know much in the realms of specifics, but I do know to try to have basics understood, which I gather from what has been made thus far within LMK, reading the source material/fact checking information I come across, my own experience of being black in America, and reviewing travel advise funny enough. I wish you a good luck with your artistic journey homie!

[mammoth-clangen]

1000 followers Draw This In Your Style!

This took me a hot second 'cause I wasn't sure what I wanted to draw. Then I remembered armadillos exist in America, and are possibly one of the funniest animals ever but I've never drawn one cx

The mammoths were actually added last minute purely to fill negative space, but I like them uvu DTIYS details:

Firstly, if you do take part, please please ping me!!!

Preferably make a post and tag me (or an ask if u want), as reblogs are more likely to get missed!

plz I'll be so sad if I miss any ;v;

Besides that, kinda just do what you want!

Can I make them regular cats? Sure! Can I leave out the background? Absolutely! Can I change the composition/colours/put different stuff in the bg/make them sparklecats? Yeah, why not! If you prefer writing you can even do that! Please just be respectful (e.g. don't include offensive symbols or be weird...) <Looking for character references? click here> The scene includes: - Homotherium serum - Dasypus bellus - Mammoth primigenius - Mammoth Steppe

[howl-arnon]

A formal greetings from me, hello welcome to my blog.

I'm Howl-arnon / my art signature is CCB || My work contains Horror , Blood, Nudity(?) and GORE sometimes

This is definitely NOT a SFW blog, so a heads up for all of you.

I'm an artist and an animator ( only as a hobby ) | Repost my work is ok (But do not impersonate me) w/ Credits would be appreciated

About me: I followed a lot of analog horror, lots of game.. lots of animation. I don't do fanart much but sometimes I might in the fandom I really like. 🥺🥺🥺 very rare

My YT: https://youtube.com/@ccb_bigg?si=apt0YoyEr4CiQKv8

Also my comms are open! You can check them out here

To be honest I mostly draw OCS, some characters in some fandom might be an exception but still I am an oc artists so if I stop drawing characters from fandom I hope you understand why.

Currently I'm working on my own project. " Cult in the church "

Yes I have my own project, and I am currently doing a world setting for it. I'm not a writer by any means.. but! I'd like to share some of the prologue.

They say ignorance is a sin. If that’s true, you’re already teetering on the edge of damnation, having ignored every warning sign along the way. It’s a flaw in human nature—this insatiable curiosity, always chasing what they can’t comprehend. But it’s that very curiosity, fueled by arrogance, that will be your downfall.

I appreciate every one that read this blog till now.

I've been wanting to do stuff in tumblr since... 2019 I just have the chance now.

PS. What I allowed in terms of using my art pieces (without permission) all of this with credit will be highly appreciated

- Reposting

- Used for pfp/bg photo on social media platforms etc.

- Use as a reference/learning tools

What I don't ALLOW/or you need to ask for permission from me first.

- Using my artwork for AI generators ( please fuck off )

- Using my artwork in whatever project you are doing without my knowledge (whether it's fanfic, character ai anything that is to your beneficial gain.)

- Tracing my work.

- Using ANY of my characters ( would be best to ask for permission for any projects )

- Using ANY of my artwork for commercial purposes ( I do not and will not allow this )

Although I don't actually care if you wrote a fanfic or make any creative art of them please feel free to do so,

but I rather no one alter the character in ways that change its core identity and I just rather someone tell me so I'll know when anyone makes cool stuff with my ocs. But I won't go out of my way to actually harassed or hate on it ☹️ it's just a bummer.

[beomiebear13]

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞

𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: smut, bbsf!mingi x female reader

𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: cheating, unprotected sex, nicknames (baby, princess), dacryphilia, slight cum eating, not proofread so A LOT OF TYPOS (and I mean it) (I’m too lazy lowkey)

𝐚/𝐧: it’s been like a really long time and that’s my bad 😭 I will definitely try to be more active in the future. trust me, I haven’t forgot about this account!! Feel free to request!! I write for bgs and ggs! 1.5k words.

𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬

Y/n stormed out of her boyfriend Wooyoung’s apartment. Tears ran down her face but the rain that poured from the sky covered it.

Wooyoung started another argument with Y/n about her boy best friend mingi and how they’d been hanging out too much. He accused her of cheating on him which was definitely not the case. Not now at least.

It wasn’t fair. Wooyoung had also been hanging out with his best friend, Jenna, like all the time. So, it didn’t really make much sense of why he was mad. I mean, sure, you two stay close to each other when you’re together but it’s never too close. And yeah, you two talk a lot but you’ve been friends since elementary school and now you’re in your early 20’s. How can you two not be close to each other when you’ve basically grown up together?

You walked down the street in hurry, ready to get out of this cold, wet storm. You were soaked from head to toe and if you didn’t get out soon, you’d get sick.

A couple minutes later, you found yourself standing in front of a white door. After knocking a couple times, it opens to a sleepy Mingi. “Y/n?” He rubbed his eyes. He hears the loud thunder and saw the sky light up. “What are you doing out here? Get inside.” He pulled up by your soaking shirt.

He looked at you up and down. “Wait here.” He walked to his bedroom as you stood in the empty space between his kitchen and living room. It wasn’t long before he came back with a pair of his clothes and towel to dry my body. “You can go change in my bedroom. I’ll be out here when you’re done.”

You left to change your clothes and dry off. His clothes practically hung off your body. Especially his pants; having to roll up the bottom since his legs are much longer than yours.

You soon walked out and made your way into the living room. Mingi was watching the storm through the window. He turned around when he heard your footsteps. “Thanks for the clothes.”

His lips curled into a warm smile, “anytime.” Mingi walked to the couch, sitting down. He pat the space next to him. You sat down, letting out a sigh. “You ok?” He asked. That’s the sentence that made you break down in Mingi’s arms that night.

You explained to him everything that happened; from the time it started to the time you ended up back at Mingi’s place. By the end of your recap, Mingi’s arms were wrapped around you as you cried. The pads of his thumbs swipes the tears on your cheeks in an attempt to dry your cheeks.

Trying to console you, his hand rubbed your shoulder after you stopped crying. Without thinking, his hand slipped from your shoulder and down to your thigh. His eyes were on you the whole time. You looked at his hand as he subconsciously rubbed up your thigh; a little too high. But it had you thinking. It was also a little too low from where you wanted it. And of course that’s wrong to say or think but, you couldn’t help it.

Mingi’s brows furrowed as to what you were staring out. He followed your eyes, a slight gasp escaping his lips as he saw his hand. But yet.. he didn’t move. “Oh, shit, I’m sorry.” He spoke but still, he didn’t move. He kind of couldn’t since your hand laid itself on his. The size difference of your hands made your body hot. Heat pooled into the borrowed sweatpants, not wearing any panties since they were soaked but the difference between how wet they were before and how wet you are now is small.

A pent up sigh left your lips as you brought it higher and higher. “Y/n..” he breathed out. As much as he wanted to pull his hand away in respect for Wooyoung.. he didn’t. “This isn’t right, Y/n.” He wanted it so bad. He really did. He knew part of you did this just because you were mad at your boyfriend. But the other half of you wanted this.

“Mingi, please.” You whispered out. A light gasp came from your lips as you brought his hand closer to your heat. You looked up at him with pleading eyes. He could feel the pressure build up in his pants. His eyes drifted to your lips. He leaned forward, kissing you softly.

He pushed you back on the couch before reconnecting and before crawling in between your legs. He reconnected his lips with yours roughly. You could feel his boner poking your thigh. Wrapping your legs around his waist, you pulled his pelvis into yours. He pulled away and shakily breathed into your neck.

Mingi took this as an opportunity to take off his shirt and pull his pants down as well. When he looked back at you, you were staring. He made his way back to you with a small smirk. “Take them off.” You waited no second in taking off all your clothes. He crawled back in his space.

You were wet enough that he didn’t even have to do anything to you. Not that you didn’t want him to but you really just wanted him to be inside of you already. He looked up at you, an immediate nod being shot his way.

He looked you in your eyes as he slid inside you with easy. His jaw slacked and your eyes rolled back. Mingi was bigger than Wooyoung in length and girth. “Ah, Mingi.” You whimpered out. You looked down at the connection between you two, watching as he bottom out. His hips were fit perfectly for you. It was a perfect fit. A low groan erupted from his throat. You gripped his arms.

“So tight..” he whispered. He pulled his hips all the way back and slowly slipped back in. Your breathing heaving with anticipation. Clenching around him made him grip your hip. “Y/n..” he said roughly. His whole tone suddenly changed, “please, calm down or I’ll cum.” He begged.

You calmed yourself down as much as you could but with the way your body ached for him so bad. He started to thrust his hips into yours. His head was thrown back. “I’ll make him regret it, baby. Make you forget. Tell me what you want.” He moaned out.

“Mingi, s-shit. Faster, please.” You squeaked out. His hips were roughly slamming into yours. He listened, genuinely making you want to forget about what happened and how hard you cried. He wanted to see you cry off his dick rather than an insecure man.

Your mind went hazy and your legs trembled at how good Mingi worked your body. The pleasure was overwhelming causing tears to prick your eyes. “Let them fall, princess.” And so you did. Tears fell down your cheeks. Mingi loved how he ruined you, a loud moan escaping his throat.

Your hair a mess, your body flushed and your cheeks stained with tears of pleasure. “M-mingi,” you whimpered a stammer. “I’m gonna cum.”

He breathed heavily, nodding. He was right there with you. “Cum for me, Y/n. Cum.” He groaned, throwing his head back once more. You came first, your body tensing as well as clenching around him. And that’s what made his release. His jaw slacked, a delayed moan escaping his swollen and pink lips. His eyes shut tightly as you milked him.

He moaned softly as he pulled out. “Fuck.” He dragged out a whisper. He looked down and watched your mixed cum seep out of your swollen pussy. He watched your pussy twitch which made the cum seep out faster. He took two fingers and pushed it back inside of you. You moaned out in shock as you felt his long fingers inside you, his cold ring hitting your clit at the same time.

He chuckled as your legs opened more for him. “You want more?” He asked, lifting an eyebrow and biting his lip. A whine left your lips. He read your posture. Your body was too weak to go on. At least for now anyway. He pulled his fingers out, licking his middle finger. He hummed at your taste. He put his fingers up to your mouth.

You gladly tasted. His fingers reached the back of your throat, making you softly gag. You sucked on his fingers until you couldn’t taste anything else. He pulled his fingers out. “Ok, let’s clean you up.” He picked you up and setting you on his bed as he drew a bath.

The rest of the night was relaxing. Mingi washed away the sweat and dried cum off both of your bodies. You two sat and talk about other things for a while before falling asleep in each other’s arms.

Let’s just say, the next day, you broke up with Wooyoung and went back home to Mingi. He figured you were stressed after so he offered to “make you forget again.” You gladly took up on that offer, not realizing that you were going to be left sobbing and screaming out Mingi’s name.

[corantus]

kstew photoshoot ych! lesbians come hereee i will cook u dinner. enable me with money

these will be full color + shaded. 2 of each pose available. payment upfront thru paypal. shoot me an ask off anon to claim!

Pose A: $67

Pose B: $57

Terms under the cut:

visual refs for characters required

all sizes + body types !!!!

can do any bipedal character (with hands). humans/anthros/robots whatever, tails/wings/big ears are all ok!

no underage characters

tattoos are ok but need visual refs

i draw everyone with body hair unless you tell me not to lol

Pose A outfit is up to you, can be topless if you want

can't change outfit on Pose B but will change clothing colors & logo on the jeans

BG color can be changed (or a pride flag or something!)

(NOTE: i would prefer not to draw men for this one sorry)

original pics