#it was one hell of a ride
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So... last night my very first run of BG3 finally came to an end, and... I gotta say I am pretty emotional.
Summer (my Tav) has been with me for six years. I first created her for my first ever D&D campaign back when I was still in high school and I still had the possibility to play. Hers was the only campaign I got to see from start to finish, so she is very dear to my heart.
Many things happened in these six years. I graduated from high school, I played other campaigns that never got to have an ending (don't date your DMs, kids-), I got broken up with my boyfriend, I got into uni, I lost family members, I've had some of my highest highs and lowest lows, I got my first degree in Psychology... And all throughout these years I kept creating characters, I kept addind and removing and modifying and writing and drawing and it was all so much fun!
But I kept missing Summer. I can't quite explain what attracts me so much to her character. If it's the fact I was in a happy place when I first created her and so my emotions and feelings from that time still connect me to her, or if it's specifically because I got to play a whole campaign with her or even because not only I could play with her but my best friend was also along with me for the ride and we had a blast together. Whatever it is, I could never quite be done with her, you know?
One thing was for certain though. After the first two or three years her ending didn't satisfy me anymore. She was still so young, she still had so many questions left unanswered and so much potential. We were thinking of a possible sequel campaign for her and Arwen (my best friend's character and now Tav) but that's when our DM dropped us both. We were left wondering what we could do for them, what we could write and how. We weren't entirely sure which direction to take our characters in.
Then BG3 came out. I remember my timeline being flooded with Astarion edits (that damn song lives rent free in my head at this point), being so utterly confused at what the hell was going on and then slowly becoming intrigued. I remember sitting down with my best friend to watch a mega compilation of all the characters' romance scenes, finding the visuals so damn beautiful, being convinced I would be my usual freak self and go for The Emperor but falling hard for Gale instead. We so desperately wanted to play but neither of us had a PC that was compatible with the game.
Then my long distance friend reached out and told me he wanted to play long distance with me on Discord. It was all incredibly clunky and finicky but Gods I was so happy. He'd be playing from the other side of the country and streaming it for me, and I would pick all the dialogue choices in character. That's when my bestie and I had a eureka moment and thought "what if... what if Summer and Arwen's story wasn't over yet? What if they left Aegis to find new adventures and ended up in Faerun??". I was so fucking excited it is almost unbelievable.
We spent six whole months on this one game file and I enjoyed every. single. second of it. Six whole months of pure excitement and delight. The more I played, the more I tweaked Summer's character and backstory to fit the narration, the more I got inspired to write up the new chapters of her adventure with my best friend and the more I fell in love with her. I laughed, I cried, I launched myself into deep discussions over her character and why she would do or say certain things in each situation. I saw her easily slip back into her avdenturing habits, adoring each moment she got to spend under the stars. I saw her face her demons once again and with even more purpose this time. I saw her make new friends that she would want to spend the rest of her life with, I saw her fall in love with a man that truly deserved to be by her side... My little tiefling sorceress that plays like a barbarian, my pride and joy.
And it all came to and end last night. Her and her allies won the last battle, they saved Baldur's Gate, Gale proposed to her and she moved with him to Waterdeep to spend the rest of their life together. She got her happy ending.
Six whole years with Summer and I can finally consider her story complete. Perhaps she is so important to me because out of all the characters I created, she is the only one that finally got her whole character arc. A beginning and an end. And after all the harsh challenges she faced, after all the dangers and the pain and suffering... she finally got her happy ending. She got what she deserved.
Now, does that mean I am done with Summer? Absolutely not. There is still much to do, much to write and much to draw. I'm gonna have tons of fun thinking up extra little scenarios for her and her friends and what her life in Waterdeep is gonna look like as she finally gets to build a family of her own. But as far as I am concerned... her main story's complete.
And as I listen to Endless Spring and get emotional all over again, I want to thank @wolfhunter89 and @sheeplyquillwrites for coming along with me on this wonderful journey. Summer's story just wouldn't have been the same without you. I love you guys so damn much, even if I never say it. I can't wait to see what's in store for Arwen next. To many more stories and games shared together!
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Dandadan sketch dump of the codependent duo ever. Quiet boy who loves yapping and loud girl who loves listening, my beloved.
idiots idiots
#I just love how much they genuinely cherish each other#how okarun goes ride or die day one because she was his first friend above everything#how he NEVER once objectifies her and affirms over and over how much he respects her as a person#totally based#momo ayase the badass you are#takes no shit strong sense of justice tactically clever super compassionate?!#also self reflects and grows as a person?! Funny as hell?! Confident?!#I’m her ride or die too man you’re not special#dandadan#dandadan fanart#momo ayase#okarun#ken takakura#dandadan anime#dandadan manga#mokarun#momokarun#momo and okarun#dandadan art
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Praise the Absolute
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I read somewhere that he was supposed to be a traitor. The idea of Zevlor guarding Moonrise Towers haunted me for so long I had to give up
#baldur's gate 3#fanart#bg3#digital art#bg3 fanart#tiefling#bg3 zevlor#baldurs gate 3 zevlor#zevlor fanart#concept art#AU#bg3 au#have you seen his mtg card???#zevlor#bg3 spoilers#oathbreaker#it'll be one hell of a ride#i'm sorry for this pun#could be a cool boss
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Rick's leather sling | requested by EVERYONE
#the power this has???#Rick Grimes#*#rg#The Ones Who Live#pls#nice to be attacked by my own gifsets again#HIS UPPER BODY#STAB ME WITH A RAKE#i love arm#anyone got a quarter we can bounce off his chest?#forget about refashioning my legs as a hula hoop.....#i found out what i wanna be when i grow up#also his arm hair but I'm not gonna be that weird right now#i know he's gotta be SOLID as hell#excuse me where is the ticket booth for this ride#nice rack rick#that second gif is just illegal#i'd be more open than Motel 6#would let him raw me in a gas station bathroom in one of those towns in the boonies that are always the center of horror movies#*GLASS BREAKING* *SIRENS WAILING*#*me on my front lawn apologizing to CBS News*#Kay i need to bring back the tag™ remember the tag?#he's so goddamn fine i want his dick in my lungs#that one#classic
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joining the marauders fandom is so chaotic like it always starts off with jily or wolfstar
you learn about jily and then slowly you get immersed in wolfstar until suddenly you’re obsessed
and then it’s just like no i’ll stay here this is good and then you get into the fics
and then you get exposed to dorlene and bartylus and rosekiller and marylily/pandalily and all the ships and then slowly slowly you become a diehard jegulus shipper until somehow you’re here, obsessing over a ton of dead fictional men yet more lesbian than ever
it’s called maturity ig
#arianwyn rambles#it was one hell of a ride that’s for sure#moony wormtail padfoot and prongs#marauders#james potter#remus lupin#sirius black#wolfstar#jily#jegulus#bartylus#rosekiller#dorlene#marauders fandom
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really cringe but i wanted to test out how to do an animatic again and the only clip i had was this one from pearl
i have not . touched anything moving in so long oh god
#this took like 30 mins dfjkdffd#the other 30 was searching up how the hell the animation timeline worked in csp again#this is definitely way more chibi...stylized than i would like but i also draw way too slow and im not going to do all that just for a test#sighhh#i need to learn how to animate for real this time#it was my promise to myself now that i bought a display tablet lmao#everyone here will be forced to come along the ride of me learning how to animate#yay!!!! totally not embarrassing whatsoever#my art#eydimvs#<- temporary tag until i find a better sounding one
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I think about Leo’s “I’m your least favorite” comment to Splinter in “Down with the Sickness” a lot. It’s likely just a throwaway comment, a way to get Splinter to leave him alone before Leo gets sick too, but I can’t help but wonder if Leo believes it on some level.
Obviously it’s not true, Splinter loves him as much as he loves the others, but…it wouldn’t be shocking if Leo believed otherwise. After all, just in “Many Unhappy Returns” alone, Splinter has, with no hesitation, said comments like “my other sons would have taken this seriously” and “I knew I should’ve brought purple”, said “no” to Leo’s “I love you”, and pretty blatantly didn’t extend any trust in Leo’s plan even after Leo was fairly effortlessly defeating their opponents.
It was only after, when they’d already won, that Splinter finally gives him a “it was all you my son!” And…that’s basically it. Raph is the one who announces his trust in Leo. Not their father, even though Splinter is the one to witness Leo lowering his walls for once (which Splinter doesn’t react well too, because Leo only lowers his walls in the most hectic of times, and because he lowers them only then, either no one is around or no one is in the right state of mind to respond properly, leading to Leo building his walls back up, and the cycle continues.)
Again, it’s not because Splinter doesn’t love Leo, but Leo…can’t be feeling too good about all that. The way he never reacted surprised about any of Splinter’s words too…
He may know that Splinter loves them all, as a group, but individually…I don’t think Leo believes he ranks all that high with that love. Gives another meaning to “I’m nothing without my brothers” huh?
(Of course, I’m willing to bet the invasion changed that understanding, but with that comes the potential misunderstanding that his father’s outright love is tied to Leo sacrificing himself.)
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt leo#rise leo#rottmnt headcanons#again OBVIOUSLY SPLINTER LOVES HIM DEARLY#but I wouldn’t blame Leo for thinking he’s loved the LEAST#Splinter also blatantly thinking Donnie is funnier doesn’t help#Leo being a Leo and thus being a Daddy’s Boy at his core doesn’t help#man splinter if you tell Leo he was the first one you held he’d be riding that high for MONTHS#but yeah I just think that with all of Leo’s insecurities…this all isn’t all that unlikely a conclusion to make#and I’ve said it before but…Leo and Splinter don’t really have a softer moment between them unlike the others#that must sting#this isn’t to say that Splinter was WRONG in being upset with Leo in Many Unhappy Returns#because Splinter had no way of knowing Leo’s plan would work out#but again - Leo has to be so confident and cocky because goddangit SOMEONE has to believe in him#so he lets it be himself#hell even the hug that comes after they incapacitate the shredder was more of a ‘Leo was there but it’s to all of them’#I want them to have a good father son talk so bad#is it any wonder why Leo imprints so quick on Hueso#when the man sees him break and decides to help?#can you imagine how much that means to someone like Leo#that someone with all the reason in the world to leave Leo to deal with things alone#chooses not only to help him but to actively protect him after as well#I bet with Splinter there’s always a voice in the back of his head#that says his dad’s love of him is more obligation than anything#and if they didn’t have that DNA connection it wouldn’t be there#so Hueso having no connection but still sticking by Leo’s side in Leo’s moment of weakness…it probably means a lot#it’s a shame we didn’t truly get that with Splinter and Leo#now I want Hueso and Splinter to meet bc like…they’re both dads! and it’d be interesting
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succession has always been genre-defying and convention breaking, but killing the main character 15 minutes into only the 3rd episode of the season throws all television convention out the window
which is not only a bold choice, but it’s what makes the episode so effective. almost everyone watching has said they experienced a prolonged disbelief. there’s no way. no way. and it’s not just the denial that comes with loss and death, but denial because this isn’t when you kill a character, this isn’t how you kill a character. it flies in the face of everything we know about storytelling convention. we don’t believe it. is tom joking. is logan manipulating them. where’s the body, we need to see the body. is he going to make a miraculous recovery at the end of the episode?
and like the denial and the slow-dawning horror of realization that the kids are experiencing, we the audience experience it too. not as spectators, but as participants. because we had the rug pulled out from our Audience Expectations, just as the kids had the rug pulled out from them by The Random Suddenness of Tragedy.
if this had been the cliffhanger at the end of an episode or a season finale—the times when you’re Allowed to kill a main character—we would have only been spectators. but by tipping storytelling convention on its head and breaking all the rules, they brought us along on that same journey of denial and disbelief. the same impossibility of it. the same confused “wait, like this?”
it took logan’s death outside the bounds of storytelling and the safety of well-known plot beats. instead, it made us sit with the uncertainty and denial and confusion and raw grief of the random mundanity of death.
#succession#succession spoilers#logan roy#I'm about to go to bed and I am VERY tired#in no small part because that was ONE HELL OF A RIDE#but I had to get my thoughts out Now#lots of people saying lots of smart things rn but#EXTREMELY effective way to break convention
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"Only the two of us can understand the sureness of our love...My Dear"
Dear by Ben&Ben
#leoizu#izuleo#leo tsukinaga#izumi sena#enstars#ensemble stars#THESE TWO OH MY GOD#also tbh ritsu is sure abt them too#otsu checkmate anime you were one hell of a ride!!!!#i am unwell abt izlo and knights as a whole#edit: finished reading the climax. wow this hits harder now#i highly recommend looking up the song
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They're not mistaken. The fact is that my soul seems to have entered someone's body. [...] His name seems to be the same as mine. Maybe the Grim Reaper dragged off the wrong person.
Poom Phuripan as JOE in Episode 1 MY STAND-IN (2024)
#poom phuripan#my stand in#my stand-in#my stand in the series#my stand-in the series#mingjoe#thai drama#thai bl#lana.gifs#msi.gifs#subs color legend: white is joe - blue is ming - yellow is wut - orange is joe 2's mom#telling a main character's journey in the whole ep in my usual format was one hell of a ride#hope it turned out decent - i really did my best with this first piece of the gifset series#userbon#usersasa#userbunn#clairedaring#userpharawee#rinblr#uservix
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"So the Cup party—you know, we with some of the other boys were waiting at Elbo Room for you guys like a bunch of fuckin' plugs! But you go to Chucky's house after—I mean, I know you guys stayed in the locker room for hours, until like 3AM and then you go to Chucky's house. Obviously, there was the amazing stuff on the beach, all around town, Elbo [Room] the next day. That night just being with the boys, being with the families in the locker room, at Chucky's—how special was that?" "Yeah, you know what it was... I think they said—the one day we went back to the rink—I think we had to sign—our owners had to sign every champagne bottle and I think they said there was over 160 champagne bottles? That were—and like obviously not—" "Like empties you mean? Yeah, just like—" "Empties! Like just spraying everywhere! I think you could—like, I had my gear on till about 3:30/4AM. I didn't get home till about 5:30 and guys were still there! You guys probably saw that pic of Carter sleeping on the lawn? Like, I think he might've been one of the last ones there."
Empty Netters | 8.26.24 (x)
and if youre wondering about said lawn pics montys talking about swaggy drunk off his ass plopping down on the grassy area in front of amerant bank arena in the parking lot waiting for his uber 😭😭😭
and he looked so downright pitiful that someone went up to him and gave him a chair to sit on instead and everything about his dazed smile once he recognises the thing in front of him being a chair speaks enough volumes about how absolutely gone he was
#brandon montour#carter verhaeghe#florida panthers#he also immediately went to pee in one of the bushes in the parking lot#so theres that as well#drunk swaggy is a menace#and i am so glad two people tagged along and made sure he was okay as they waited for his ride#but also the juxtaposition of lombo walking out the garage just fine versus swaggy so dazed and who once he makes it to the grass plops dow#tbf from the arena to the main road is so long for no damn reason you have to fucking trek through the jungle just to find civilisation#if i was drunk while i had to do that? id sit too. and also burst into tears.#to the person who offered him a chair you are his angel#but his sweet smile at it fucking geeks me so bad#im glad monty brought it up because i sure as hell wasnt but i see its prime chirp material for the boys lmao#i think anything swaggy has done post cup is prime chirp material#swaggy. boy born in a wet cardboard box all alone.#HE LOOKS SO PITIFUL PLEASE
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Well guys, here it comes.
imnotcryingyouretheonecryingimjistallergictomyemotionsstfu
#reconnecting#art#my art#reconnecting updates#SOBBING CRYING THROWING UP#it’s like a part of my life is coming to a close aaaaaa#my plan is to answer all the asks together in one ol big post cause I know imma get a lot#but yeah- here it comes#it’s been a hell of a ride#but you know it’s okay because I’m not going away#I’ll still make deltarune content#I’ll still post fanart for all the things#I’ll still be crack filled#but I want all yall to know that you have been of more support to me in this than like- a lot of people#💜💜💜
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Jason Todd fans getting more than one win this year... what is happening?!
You know I really did not anticipate the Jason Robin revival of 2024 but I am not complaining.
We got Robin Lives!, the upcoming Jeff Lemire Robin and Batman sequel with Jaybin. And now a whole animated movie with Dick and Jason!?
#we have to ride this while it lasts lmao#jason todd#[meanwhile my other dead sidekick blorbo is stuck in shitty story hell#sorry bucky#only one of you may thrive at a time]
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august 31, 2024 - working on the analysis section of my biology IA
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31 de agosto de 2024 - estoy trabajando en la sección de análisis de mi IA de biología
#it's been one hell of a ride...#studyingselene#studyblr#ibdp#ib#studyspo#study blog#spanish studyblr#spanish#español#study#studying#study motivation#student#student life#international baccalaureate#biology#biología#study inspiration#study inspo
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Shores yet to be explored
<previous - next>
#Dawntrail spoilers#ffxiv spoilers#Final Fantasy XIV#FFXIV#Erenville#WoL x Erenville#X'vahl Tia#wolship#Final Fantasy 14#ff14#X'vahl x Erenville#Erenvahl#We're back babeeeeeee!#first part of the Dawntrail arc!#and I am *so excited* for it.#starting off strong by making my catte seasick as hell#(he's not lying he usually doesn't get seasick but that was one hell of a boat ride with the storm and everything#and he had barely been keeping himself together until they made it to shore)
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↳ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴᴍᴇɴᴛ — ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛᴀʙʟᴇ.
#FFXIV#FF14#Final Fantasy XIV#Final Fantasy 14#ffxivedit#Estinien Varlineau#Estinien Wyrmblood#rouvastre/estinien#estinienposting#spoilers#major spoilers#mr hell of a ride.............................#customize+ doesn't work in this cutscene so I can't give him his lil' belly....this is the worst day of my life.....#more seriously I can't believe this scene is real#I fully believe this was another one of his weird attempts at flirting with rouvastre but he wasn't expecting zero/vars.hahn to walk in#so he's sitting there like SHIT FUCK SHIT lmfao#uh if you follow my main too I'm sorry abt your dash until tmrw I have both gifsets q'ed VGHFSVGH
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