#nat20 for cuteness

[foldbaron]

[z0mbride]

oh my GOD I want my short hair back so terribly bad right now

[orcelito]

Finished the 2nd to last scene of ladue chapter 3 and y'alllllllll this is literally so sweet. I'm giving myself cavities

[forwards-beckon-rebound]

batfam as fanfic tropes pt 1

ft. bruce, dick, and jason pt. 2

bruce

child’s teacher x single parent i mean that’s literally him. but also i like the idea of exploring his partner’s relationship with his kids

i want somebody to write like a bruce x whoever fic (whoever it is isn’t that important but i’m just saying i do think superbat is fun) with that trope

some college au where like all the kids have taken one of prof kent’s class and they all think he should be their dad

because they don’t want to leave their new dad

they’re hyping bruce up without him even knowing during their office hours

“like yknow prof kent, my dad has a dinosaur”

“oh…that’s certainly…interesting? i’m not sure what this has to do with intro to investigative journalism though”

“you could investigate the dinosaur! actually, we always have a big thanksgiving dinner and our butler, alfred, makes the best stuffing. why don’t you come over and check it out?”

“i’m not sure that’s appropriate of me as your professor. also i’m not sure a dinosaur would be a suitable—”

“you could get an exclusive interview with gotham’s richest and most eligible bachelor? um and we’ll throw in some wayne enterprises secrets too”

“…what was the address again?”

also i think he just gives me enemies to lovers vibes

maybe it has something to do with his canonical relationships

dick

meet cute i think he’s the only one who’s smooth enough to make this not awkward

like it is sort of awkward because this man flirts using puns but i feel like he’s charming enough to make it work

“hey girl are you a booger because i would pick you first” and then rolls nat20

fake dating

i feel like he would agree to it whether or not he actually liked the other person. honestly he might come up with the idea himself

he’s a naturally flirty guy and if he didn’t have a crush on the other person before he’s going to be so smooth with it

but then he spends time with them and he finds himself slower falling for them?

and like even if he ramps up the flirting, maybe tries to be more physical or spend more time with them, he’s not getting his message across and now he’s shooting himself in the foot for agreeing to this in the first place (and not realizing his own feelings and making a move before all of this happened)

but also maybe he’s just dense because he’s not picking up on the fact that they are doing a really bad job at hiding their feelings for him too

ALTERNATIVELY he goes into it already liking them

he thinks he’s going to be soooo smooth and charm them off their feet and then boom they’ll be dating for real

but for the first time in his life he’s stuttering and not knowing what to do and it’s really annoying how even when he’s like that, or maybe because he’s like that, he’s just as cute as he always is

he’s just a lover boy

jason

friends to lovers man seems like he needs to really trust somebody and have an emotional connection with them before pursuing a relationship

also this man canonically cannot flirt and cannot pick up on flirting so i don’t really think meet cutes are gonna work

i’m just imagining they’ve been friends for a while

it took him a really long time to open up. slowly, bit by bit, he reveals more of himself to his friend until he can honestly say they’re one of the people who knows him best

i think one of his biggest fears is not being good enough, like he’ll scare them away with all of his baggage and flaws. every time they have a late night conversation he lets his guard down a little and tests the water. he’ll give them a crumb and see how it goes. honestly, he’s terrified of their reaction but when things go well, he can’t help but want to give them more of himself

i think he’s always had bigger things in his life to worry about other than romance

is he a hopeless romantic? absolutely, if his bookshelf is anything to go by. but i think in some ways he has removed himself from that possibility a long time ago and maybe doesn’t see how he could be at all like the people in happy, loving, stable relationships that he reads about

it’ll take him a long time to realize his own emotions, much less act on them

and because of that, i think

idiots in love would also fit him very well. sorry i just think this guy is emotionally repressed and stupid and if the other person doesn’t figure shit out i don’t think he will either

i sure am roasting him a lot for someone who has a blog dedicated to him

but anyways, i feel like it would take a push for him to confess. whether that be a life threatening injury to either of them or maybe they’re getting too close to another person. i think he would need to come to terms with the fact that he could lose them and then decide that he would rather take the risk than never try

don’t think he’s making a move until he’s at least somewhat sure that the other person likes him back though

this is the best case scenario though. depending on what stage of his life he’s in when he meets somebody he likes, it could very well end up as a

right person wrong time i feel like he's also the most self-sabotaging out of all of them

like even if he met his soulmate, i think what he needs is therapy, not romance and would inevitably end up hurting himself and his partner when it turns out his own issues get in the way of his relationship

like he can't actually be fully vulnerable, not able to balance his work and personal life because what he's doing is so personal to him, not being able to settle down, that type of thing

guys i swear i want him to be happy

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[cinnamonrollwizard]

and on this beautiful friday morning i am just sitting here thinking about that last fight we had in netherdeep campaign where i went second in initiative - ran all the way in front of our druid to make sure she didnt get too hurt cause shes squishy- placed mysel between her and the big scary monster-... and immediately got fucking swallowed head in fucking hands

[waspgrave]

uhm I want to hear about all three of the d&d characters in those cute portraits you shared but idk who plays the other ones so i'm asking you about all 3 pls

And I shall provide info! I don't know some backstory on them yet so some of this is going to be from my take on them based on interactions so far. I fully encourage anyone to ask the players about their characters, though because both are amazing and creative!

The first one is Caspian who belongs to @aztechnology. 12 STR. 14 DEX. 14 CON. 20 INT. 8 WIS. 15 CHA. Caspian a human chronurgy wizard that emerged from the Yawning Portal in Waterdeep with the help of an adventuring party. His past is a bit shady as he's extremely private and somewhat deflective about personal life. Sometimes his spells backfire and he might experience a magical mishap (like teleporting somewhere randomly). He's incredibly sweet, scholarly, comes across as meek sometimes but has that heroic kick and determination. He's also notorious for rolling and/or enabling the funniest nat20s or 1s. We started the campaign with him trying to get into the Blackstaff Academy as he was supposed to take part of a class - which something bizarre happened and everyone in that class went missing.

Next is Veil! They're my character! 8 STR. 17 DEX. 11 CON. 10 INT. 18 WIS. 16 CHA. Veil is a changeling circle of dreams druid/phantom rogue. She journeyed all the way from her home (Mosstone's druid grove) to Waterdeep for a reason that has yet to be disclosed - She's very vague about it. Veil has never been outside of the grove so just about every experience - good and bad - in Waterdeep is a new one, but she at least has family that lives there to make it easier. She loves mischief, napping, acquiring pretty things and trinkets, and occasionally gambling. We started the campaign with her sneaking into Blackstaff Academy (as a cat) to snoop around on info about her aunt, who sent her a message in her dream that something went wrong during her class.

Then Oliver! He belongs to @lapdogmabari ! 10 STR. 18 DEX. 16 CON. 16 INT. 8 WIS. 14 CHA. Ollie is a tiefling rune knight fighter/artillerist artificer. Noble boy with some saucy little sherlock holmes energy. He's from a very well-known noble family in Waterdeep. He also has asthma after having the plague as a child and he's very sexy about it. He also has a prosthetic arm that has knives and metal chain whips in it and is very sexy about that too, but has yet to reveal how that happened. He comes across as friendly though maybe a bit awkward since he did call Caspian 'Dirt Boy' on account of Caspian coming out of a hole. When corrected on this he asked if 'Cave Boy' was more preferable. We started the campaign with him being the detective to a mystery regarding Blackstaff Academy and he's already doing great with it.

[brainonthebox]

Finale of Burrow's End, let's gooo!

Loving izzy's outfit, and it's cute that both 'kids' have caution tape accessories.

The fact that they are CONVINCED that Phoebe is using Dr. Wenobocker as a corpse puppet is hysterical to me.

There is a stereotype of old Asian ladies stealing military vehicle that I high-key want Ava to fulfill.

Can yall delegate?! Teedles warned yall to let her know ahead of time, and you still haven't learned to delegate! ... Oh, nvm, something is happening.

NO! NO! NO! They were RIGHT?!

During the bear reveal, BLeeM had commented that he hoped that whatever is haunting Aabria, it's now out of her system. Phoebe's reveal proves the answer to be "Absolutely fucking not."

They have Lucas, but not Meatwolf ... God, they're gonna die.

Thorn and Viola being couple goals!

Rashawn is having an AMAZING round! That was, what, 73 damage on that first attack, and then blew up a dude's gas tank after rolling a Nat20 for her second! ...omg, she killed all four enemies in that single round?! Iconic!!

Lila's epilogue is cute and so funny! And Jaysohn getting a 31 on that epilogue roll!! Amazing!

"Brighter than the sun, swifter than the wind!"

And that's all, folks! What an amazing show! And now, it's time for hats! ;)

[hellholejanitorstrashcan]

DM: "As you arrive at the bottom of the hill you can see the windmill up top, it is a rather idyllic scene, with some sheep and trees - except for the monster attacking the mill"

Wizard: "Oh cute I wanna pet the sheep"

DM: "Uh alright you pet the sheep, that are very very frightened since there is a mantikor attacking a woman who is yelling at the top of her lungs for your help, but eh its fluffy"

Wizard: "Oh no, don't be scared"

DM: "Are you going to save the woman?"

Wizard: "Huh what? No I'm gonna calm down the sheep. It's cute. I wanne keep it and - yes, cool, I just rolled a nat20 on animal handling. This is my sheep now"

[mamadarama]

how do you feel about madara kissing keito and vice versa (in a ship way)... they could be so cute i think, or even madakurokei :0

oh my god ok so thats actually fucking hysterical cuz madara is like public enemy #1 to keito . he is SO intimidated by him, he refers to madara as a natural disaster (i know hes said that at least once but for some reason i think it might be more?) hes also been paranoid about madara stealing kuro from him ever since kuro and madara became friends, he acts like those straight girls that automatically assume every other girl wants to steal their boyfriend, its like actually ridiculous . i already love madakurokei cuz "guy dating two people who do not get along even a little bit" is one of my favorite ship dynamics , but i never really considered keito and madara being romantically involved. if they did it would be the most fucked up hatelationship on the planet , like you could cut the tension with a knife and get a headache just by walking into a room theyre both in . nat20 psychic damage. i think it would 100% be fueled by keito thinking madara is equally hatable as he is fuckable , and madara picking up on that and antagonizing him for it subtly but relentlessly .

yknow how ibara and yuzuru do their whole little "hurling insults at each other but its just their fucked up way of saying they still think about each other" thing? ok well keito and madara would be sorta like that but theres no sincerity or vulnerability to it its straight up just pure hatelust.

so basically if they kissed it would be a kneejerk heat of the moment thing while keito is yelling at madara, who is teasing him. and then madara would try and pretend it never happened and dance around the subject if its brought up. and keito would be completely out of it for the rest of the day and wouldnt be able to stop thinking about it for like a week. and they never speak of it again but the way they look at each other clearly says they both still think about it constantly so the tension never resolves .

god i feel so bad for kuro.

[sugaldean]

Is miss Muffet going to appear? Where is she?

I thought she came with them in the Lands In Between

YES ZAC YES ZAC

His nat20s are INSANE.

Oh we went hard Christian indeed

Oh no Lou. You broke my heart. "why other could? Why consequences not only never seemed to apply to other kids but were the ultimate for me. Why did I have to suffer every step of the way. Why must I suffer all the time whatever i do."

"For a moment you are all marionettes together". Stop it. Stop. It's too strong to hard.

Oh no not the turquoise hair fairy

Oh what was this second map with the sea?? Ariel? And I think they were other border of countries

Oh no Gepetto wth. Poor Pinocchio

I SHOULD NEVER HAVE MADE YOU??? What the what the what. Whaaaaat?

I'm crying so hard. I know he doesn't believe it but I hate it. I hate it. I hate it so much

Or there she is

Brennan showing absolutely perfect the danger kids are in when the people in their life don't show them love and affection enough. They get easily manipulated and are ready to give everything to the first glimpse of affection. Real or not. I don't blame Pinocchio, I will never blame him. But I HATE what the Turquoise hair fairy and Gepetto did. Oh you regret what you said? Apologize. Apologize NOW. You can't afford your kid being so neglected and deprived of your affection that the will run first thing to anyone. That's how grooming happen.

Oh the way they all jumped to tell him his dad loved him but it doesn't excuse that what he did and say was wrong

"Even though the moral is wrong Pinocchio still has to escape the moral of his story" oh this episode is breaking me

Oh so the fairies are not a united bunch, interesting

Still absolutely don't trust her tho

Okay so basically the Bad Things are happening because it doesn't match what the Authors want? But if the Authors would. Well. Disappear. What would happen?

Oh we're finally getting some insight on the relationships between groups

I fucking love the big bad wolf. Well I love wolf. I'm just sad he doesn't have a pack, he must me lonely

OH YES RED STORY YES YES FINALLY

Dramatic backstory: starting

Emily: Cinnamon Toast Rolls and Lollypopcorn

Bye broth! A caterpillar chasing their friend the butterfly

"Your ears are honking big" picturing the Wolf listening to the caterpillar and butterfly story while waiting to eat her. Story he already know ofc

They are just loosing it at "Honkin" and honestly same

I love the wolf so hard he is a tragedy that's incredible "why? I am a wolf"

Oh she waited so long. So so long. No wonder she killed the Woodsman.

She was so hungry. I love her. I hate The Wolf. I love the Wolf. I wonder what happened to him to end up there.

YES RED YES. She met death and death convinced her to live!

Gerard's story is so funny, tragic and very reflective but so. Funny.

The absolute chaos if Gerard just. Dies.

"do you go where the dogs are or to your frog pound" "pretty loaded question"

It's adorable that Murph just stated that years after it's still only Fred 2 and 3. Not like. 364.

Oh no they are dead

Oh their meet cute is so adorable

The plot thickens as we met the Gander

OH CINDERELLA

Oh no it's the Stepmother story

Yes it is

That's so much wider she loved her daughters

BABA YAGA OH YES OH FHKGFXHJ

Yeah same Emily EXACTLY SAME

Oh i'm so happy. She's so strong and old

She's going to be a pain in the ass

"your daughters won't be injured if you eat them, and then you will be able to save them" i'm not sure but that's something she could say for sure

There goes the witch way

To be the vilain in every story. To be cursed with never having a story. I would be mad too

How cruel that in a way she has the same goal as Cinderella

She big mad

But when does she eat her daughters?

No no no not her present. You are level 4 guys

Oh that's where she eats her daughters

Rosamund is so smart

The brick little pig being called a boar and a Baron (love the alliteration btw)

I understand from Brennan that while they were running for their life the book of mother Goose downloaded a shit load of information

Have they slept since they arrive in this new life? I feel like they didn't which is HORRIFYING

Any situation: involve a living being

Pib: I kill them

I really would like to understand the nature of that damn book fr

That Gérard&Pib interaction was gold:

Pib: idk how we're going to know someone who knows...

Gerard (vigorously) : yeah we just need to break him out

Pib (confused) : wait... We... No no I think we..

Love them to bits

"so you guys go camping?" well yeah Brennan THEY HAVEN'T REST IT'S A LONG DAY FOR THEM

They are children. "Can we sleap on the roof please?"

LONG REST

The dice sometimes tel' the story of a Frog who got a level of exhaustion from being outside, wet and dirty. Basic living conditions for frogs. While the wooden boy who can rot easily is sooo fine.

Mother Goose bless 🙌🙌

That envoy is absolutely spectacular. A Princess (slept for 100y)with her envoy, basically and old man, a puppet, a cat, a manfrog and a cloak

Rosamund: I AM NOT going to propose myself to be married. No. Not interested and I don't think that's something you do

30sec later: I'm here to offer myself in marriage

Zac and Emily's reactions>>>

Can't believe the Baron isn't call Beter

[verosvault]

🚨SPOILERS FOR FANTASY HIGH JUNIOR YEAR EPISODE 3!!!🚨

Dimension20 "Fantasy High Junior Year"

Episode 3 "Not All Who Wanda Are Lost"

Timestamp: 1:32:16

Video Length: 3min. & 50sec.

Kristen confronts her parents and sees her younger brother "Bucky"! (Pt.1 | ‣Pt.2)

Bucky and Kristen hug each other after not seeing each other for a while! 😭🥺♥️

Kristen tells her parents that she's running the drop-off today and she needs to make sure that all the cars keep going. 🥺 (Brennan's face legit turned into: 🥺🥹 when Ally said that! 😭 Mine did too fr! 😭✋)

Kristen uses thaumaturgy to make a little whistle sound!

Ally has advantage on the roll!

Just imagine if Kristen had ACTUALLY PUNCHED her MOM THOUGH! 😂🤣💀✋

Kristen rolls deception with advantage and gets a NAT20 on the roll!!! ;000

This is Kristen's school! She has an authority in this moment! 😎

Mac&Donna talk with Kristen

Bucky asks Kristen if they can talk after class! 🥺

Bucky is a little paladin! So cute! 😭😭✋✋

Bud Cubby calling Kristen's parents "racists and fascists" was SO REAL of him! 😂💀✋ Bud Cubby doesn't play around! 🤣

Kristen: "Where's your God?"

😭 THAT LINE BRO! THAT LINE HIT! 😭✋

Kristen's Parents saying that Helio certainly didn't have a chosen one! 😭✋

Mac & Donna: "Heard tell it's some god of night? Nighttime god?"

Kristen: "Yes"

Mac & Donna: "And then we have four months of night in a row?"

Kristen: "god of unknown"

Mac & Donna: "Well, there's some things that we do know. So, just, you know..."

Kristen: "That's what YOUUU THIIINNNNKKKK!" *pirouettes*

Kristen: "Bye, Girlie!!!"

😂😂🤣🤣💀💀

Riz gives a very shaky thumbs up to Kristen! 😂🤣💀

Mac & Donna have disadvantage on any insight check they make against Kristen for the rest of their lives for not knowing what that was! 😂😂🤣🤣💀💀

Mac & Donna get into their car and drive away!

I truly wonder if we'll be seeing Kristen facing her parents again sometime later in this season. 🤔

[grigori77]

Critical Role, Campaign 3 Episode 117

What? This is IT FOR THE YEAR?!!! That's so soon ... O.O ... I mean okay, but still, it's shocking ...

You leave Robbie out of this, Riegel ... oh my gods ... then again, I mean, he does have taste, at least ... Phillippe is ... easy on the eyes ... but yes. Apologise to the man, Riegel ...

Oh, Daggerheart? The Critmas One Shot? Okay, that makes more sense ...

Artbook? SQUEE!!! Sweet ...

I just remembered! Imogen's mum! What's going on? What happened? Is she really dead? What does this MEAN?!!! Oh Imogen ... baby ... what are you gonna do? What CAN you do? An hour? CAN THEY make it in time? I mean Ashton's right, it's OBVIOUSLY a trap ...

Liam: "I like how long Matt's leaving you to twist in the wind." Yeah ... and that was such a serious moment, too ...

So we're really doing this, then? Okay ... let's go, then, I guess ... and Matt's got an ACTUAL TICKING CLOCK GOING?!!! Serously? You evil bastard, that's awesome ...

Don't go in that brain, Imogen! You don't know WHERE he's been ...

Imogen and Fearne are VISIBLY TETHERED?!!! That's trippy ... but also potentially glaringly obvious ... hmmmmm ... hope nobody picks up on that we don't WANT to ...

Whichever way you go Matt scribles something down ... the "bad choice wheel"? Gaaaaaaah ... not good ...

Ah yes, the Pipe of Remembrance ... Laudna's using it to look distinguished ... hmmm ...

Oof ... tick-tock-tick-tock ...

Are you two LITERALLY FISHING for Matt to create an explosive distraction for cover right now?

Wow ... Matt: "It comes for us all, Ashley." Riegel's t-shirt nonsense takes no prisoners ...

So ... wait for the explosions or try fighting the way through ... yeah, Laura's getting as anxious as Imogen is right now ...

The Trojan Horse play? Really? I wouldn't touch THAT plan with a really long pole ...

A Flying V ... wow ... this is so desperate ... I have such a bad feeling about this plan, I swear ... bound by her ribbons? Fearne keeps getting kinkier, I swear ... I mean yeah, okay, but still ... XD

I really don't like these odds, guys ... O.O ... deception check? Oh gods ... halflings indeed ... NAT20?!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!! Phew ... okay guys, sell it ...

Juggernaut: "You don't have to kick her." Yeah, c'mon Braius. You don't have to sell it THAT hard ...

OH SHIT!!! That's it! It's all going off! Time to move, guys!

Good idea. Follow Chetney's nose!

A smell? Oh for fuck's sake ... what have you got in mind NOW, Mercer? Balls ... he's really not going easy on us ... avadons ... great ...

Braius: "Ashton, is there a way to get us into the stone?" Ashton: "There's a way to get ME in the stone, and if it comes to that it's been a pleasure knowing you all."

Are they SERIOUSLY just all jumping in the Hole, right now? Gods ... I thought that LAST plan was a bad one ... oh ... wow, this plan sounds even MADDER ... if THIS works I'll be fucking AMAZED ...

PUSH!!! PUSH, I SAY!!! You got ONE CHANCE!!! Oh bollocks ... is this fucked already? Oh, it's actually IN the Hole ... keep it up, then ... O.O ... "gnomish might"? Sure ... oh all right ... we'll make allowances for the alpha ...

Crap ... rumbled now ... NOW what? "With MIND BULLETS!!! That's telekinesis, Kyle!" Ah crap ... yeah, this is fucking up, I totally expected this ... you got too cocky too fast, people! And now Fearne is being MUNCHED ON by an awfdul alien dog thing ... oh okay, here comes Braius with the steel chair! "You have to treat a woman with respect!" Yeah, that's it ... and now it's finally in the Hole ... so Laudna uses a Mage Hand to flip the it up ... phew ...

Sam: "Thanks Marisha, now sex it ruined for me."

Matt: "We are ... OLD." Travis: "You bet your sweet ass we are."

Another smell? Oh for ... musty? Hmmmm ... well that's just ... unsettling ... you couldn't PAY ME to go in there ... oh, it IS myceit? Okay, then ... awwwww ... actually they're really cute ... hmmmm ... yeah, I doubt they're actually gonna be much help in THAT capacity ... Primordial? Oh, okay, that could work ... Whispers! It's been a hot minute ... Sam scrambles for a plug ...

Fuck ... oh yeah, this place is just a total LABYRINTH ... this is just GREAT ... oh okay ... stawberries and Pate ... interesting ... and now they're smearing assorted fruit across their caps ... this is getting adorably surreal ...

Oh! Little tunnels going down! Yes! THAT has potential. Sort of ... it's pretty tight ... oh ... okay ... IMogen may have messed up there ... O.O ... Travis: "Insight the fungus!" And now Robbe's broken his chair ... wow ... what the hell is even GOING ON in this studio right now? And now Santa brought him a new one ... this is pretty surreal again ...

Robbie: "Sorry, I can't! I have a cushion on the way."

Travis: "Are you starting the downward trend?" Marisha: "It is me, starting the downward trend." Crap ...

Wow ... they really are trusting the weird little sentient mushrooms to guide them down right now ... O.O

Imogen! What do you weird sorcery eyes see?

Slide? Really?

Wow ... here we go, then ... yeah, this is turning into a terrifying Lovecraftian version of the waterslide sequence in The Goonies ... O.O

Oh dear ... yeah, that was all fun whle it lasted ... but now it's turning quite dark ... I hope this doesn't mean a particularly grim TPK for really dumb reasons ...

So ... this turned out to be perfectly successful? Okay, then ... and the myceit have followed ... ALL OF THEM?!!! Wow ... that's also kind of adorable ...

Do the Seed, Ashton! Do it now! Before we get eaten by some bizarre fungal alien monster ... oh ... oh dear ... what's THIS about, then? Are we in trouble right now?

Laura: "What if Predathos is just a big bunch of mushrooms?" Oh please, don't tempt fate like that ...

An Initiative roll, Matt? REALLY? Travis: "Oh, he's gonna fuck us!" O.O ... crap ... oh ... well THAT did something pretty definitive ... so I guess we're committed, then? Meanwhile Chetney is now OILING BRAIUS UP ... dear gods what has this session even BECOME?!!!

Braius goes swimming ... or at least TRIES TO ... wow ... oh, okay ... is he being REJECTED by whatever this is, or is he being EATEN by it? O.O

I really am getting serious Mystery Flesh Pit National Park vibes from all of this. It could go south SO FAST ...

Oh, so ... they're being JUDGED?!!! Really?

Speak With Plants? NOW?!!! Fearne ... oh, I don't see this going well ... okay ... so this is ALL the same thing all around them ... oh that's just LOVELY ... O.O ... and it's communicating with her through COLOUR? Intriguing ...

Yeah, no ... stop tickling the fungal hive mind nightmare swarm, Fearne ...

It has ACCEPTED the Seed with full knowledge ... wow ... this is fascinating ... oh, so they can get OUT now? Yeah, definitely better make a move NOW, guys ...

Matt: "It tastes like the Pirates of the Caribbean." Yeah ... don't lick the freaky water, Chet ...

To go all the way down, stay to the LEFT ... okay, then. Good. That's good. Oh ... more water slides? Great ... again I question their forward planning right now ... and Fearne just gets completely swept away again, definitely ...

LEFT!!! TURN LEFT INDY!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! BIG HOLE!!! NOT IN THE BIG FUCKING HOLE!!! O.O Roll well, people! Clearly there's NO coming back from THAT!!!

SHIT!!! They're all on different slides? Crap! It's that fucking bit in Ice Age now! That's not good at all! And now they're seperated into two different groups? Shite ...

Oh! Well, at least they can still see each other ...

Yes, of course ... Imogen can fly, after all ...

Return of the shoebill! Awwwww ... :3

So the potential ultimate destination may actually be in sight? Hmmmm ... now they just have to reunite and then get down to it ... ferrying across in groups, then ... goes smoothly enough, at least ...

Labyrinthine Recall? Nice one, Braius ...

"Are we there yet?" Oh boy ...

Voices muttering ... and a soft, faint WEEPING?!!! Crap ... O.O

Yes ... this must be the place ... Ludinus Da'leth! And Liliana! We're here! We're in time!

Fuck ... Imogen, your mum doesn't look like she has much time left AT ALL ...

Chetney wolfs out! Laudna assumes her Form of Dread! Yes! Game faces on, people! Braius inspires Imogen ... with a smiley face ... :3 ... does Orym want to be a MOUNTED fighter? O.O ... yay, Coriolus ... winged horse action for Wee Man! Nice ...

Going in, then! Here we go ... and Matt goes to break!

Battlemap time, then ... okay ... well this looks ... risky ... not more crystals ... after last week's session I don't like the look of this shit AT ALL ...

So they've been spotted ... ROLL INITIATIVE!!! Great ... O.o

THREE ROUNDS to set her free? Fuck! More ticking clock!

Chetney Curses his chosen opponent with Muddled Mind ... then THROWS HIS CHISEL at him? Blimey ... it hits! Wow ... and it inflicts some SERIOUS damage, too! That's very impressive, all things considered ...

Fearne throws a Scorching Ray at Chetney's opponent ... first misses, but second, third and fourth does ... and she pours a whole bunch of hurt onto him ... but he weathers it well enough, though ... hmmm ... Mister shoots Flaming shit at the guy next to him ... but it bounces off their Shield ... crap ...

Braius goes for the big fucker ... Misty Steps right up to him, then swings Poison Pen at him ... A CRIT!!! Wow ... and the second hits too! Divine Smite and a nasty little poisonous charge too ... oh yeah, that's A WHOLE LOT of damage in just the first hit ... O.O ... 109 points in a single hit and he just ENDS this guy on the spot! Braius: "Moo." Nice ...

Laudna assumes her Form of Dread and gallops in like a monstrous nightmare, unhinging her jaw to spit out her Hound of Ill Omen ... sweet ... oh! Fireball! Nice ... blasting two at once ... BOOM!!! Wow, that is A LOT of dice ... oh yeah, she just torches these fuckers. That must REALLY HURT ... the the Hound rushes in and tries to rip into the nearest guy, but is held off ...

Crap ... exaltants going for Laudna ... Mirror Image for the save? Crap ... not this time ... ouch ... at least one of them is now SCARED of her ... more going for Braius ... and they hit ... SILVERY BARBS!!! Beautiful save, Laudna! Or it would be if it worked ... balls ... oooh, that hurts ...

Ashton rushes in to attack Laudna's foe ... but the basterd uses sneaky psychic shit to BEAT HIM OFF?!!! Not fair ... yeah, Ashton's just swinging and missing now ... crap ...

Dorian flies up with his Winged Boots, starting to dance as he casts Hypnotic Pattern ... oh, okay ... nice ... yes! Get those three! Perfect ... please roll shit on the Wisdom saves, Matt ... O.O ... okay, one down ... two ... well, that's something, both distracted now ... Limewire Visualizer? Nice ... XD

Imogen focuses her energy at those same ones Dorian's just Charmed, and casts Whirlwind to drop RIGHT BETWEEN THEM ... yes! She batters both of 'em! Sweet ... and that's a lot of dice too ... and they're getting sucked up into it ... now she's PICKING IT UP with her mind and starting to guide it up through the air with them inside? Beautiful. So she sucks up the one who was menacing Chetney and now they're ALL getting chucked about ... fucking hell Imogen, that's just NASTY ...

The remaining exaltant next to Chetney releases a blast of Synaptic Static to blast a bunch of us ... oof ... this could be extremely bad if it works ... O.O ... AAAARGH!!! Psychic damage to Laudna, Mister, Orym and Coriolus ... OW!!!

In response, Laudna pours a Hellish Rebuke into him ... oh yeah, that has to hurt ... and she breaks his concentration! Yes!

Phantasmal Killer? Oh, that's not nice! Hey! No Frightened! Heroes' Feast for the WIN!!!

Dissonant Whispers? ALSO not nice. Damn it, he pretty much ROUTED Imogen there ...

Orym turns Coriolus into the fray and swings with Seedling ... damn it, that's a miss, then ... he flanks Braius and goes for his attacker instead ... "Fuck him up, Areolis!" Braius: "He doesn't even know my name!" Coriolus starts attacking the guy himself. Then Orym starts in too ... fight well, Wee Man! Yeah, he's messing this guy up, but not quite managing to break his concentration ... Action Surge! Again, that's a lot of dice ... yeah, even more mseed up ... but STILL holds his Concentration!

Ludinus can't so any spells right now ... but he tries to perform a Crush Will on Imogen ... she shrugs off the worst of it, but it still Stuns her! Oof ... oh, he is a MASSIVE C-WORD!!!

Chetney claws at his own chest to draw blood, then lays into his opponent ... RIP!!! SHRED!!!

First round down ... yeah, Liliana is HURT ...

Fearne casts another Scorching Ray into Imogen's Whirlwind ... okay, this should be interesting ... three out of the four hit! Yes! More hurt poured on them all ... now Mister chucks some more flaming shit at the guy on the ground ...

Braius stabs at the guy with the sharp tip of his flail's handle ... misses ... so he tries again ... Secon Level Wrathful Smite this time ... and this one HITS!!! Yes ... and he gets the HDYWTDT! He tries flirting with Orym through eye-contact while he does it ... then he gets in close enough to Laudna to pours a Healing Word into her ... nice ...

Laudna grabs hold of her opponent's armour and pours a Shocking Grasp into the plate ... oof ...backing off, she starts hurling Eldritch Blasts at whoever catches her eye ... okay, yeah she ENDS the one that Chetney's been struggling with, turning him into a bag of bones ...

THROWING A GLASS BLADE WITH PSYCHIC POWER at Imogen? Not cool ... thankfully he misees BADLY ...

Ashton burns a Chaos Burst and tries a Wormhole Strike ... oh yeah, he smacks the guy RIGHT THROUGH A PORTAL, so he just walks up to him and takes another swing at him ... Psychic Buckler? Hey, not cool! But at least Ashton still knocks him flying ...

Dorian goes to check on Imogen ... oh she's HURT ... he turns and hurls a Lightning Bolt to try and take out a whole BUNCH of them ... BOOM!!! Yeah, he seriously fucks them all up ... yes! Inspire her! Snap her out of it! Nice one, Blue Boy!

Another Hypnotic Pattern? Not cool, Matthew! Indomitable! Go Orym! Resist that shit! What ... AGAIN?!!! Come on ... fuck ... now Braius is CHARMED?!!! Fuck!

Shit ... Coriolus is just BLANK now, caught in a stupour ... not good!

Phantasmal Killer again? ALSO not cool, Matthew! And Telekinesis? GAH!!! Fuck ... resist it, Chet! Fuck! Now Wolfman's helpless floating in mid air ...

Orym JUMPS OFF the horse's back and charges in to attack Ashton's opponent ... yeah, he comes in SWINGING ... HACK!!! SLASH!!! CLEAVE!!! This guy is getting SHREDDED, but somehow he STILL managed to maintain his concentration! Fucking hell ...

Ludinus hurls a Mind Sliver at Imogen ... yeah, he really wants to mess her up SO BADLY ... yeah, this one hurts her TOO ... but she's shaking off hisStun now ...

Chetney tries to break free ... so he MIsty Steps out of the Telekinetic grip and poofs out to jumps onto the Whirlwind with claws flying ... oh yes, CRIT that fucker! Yeah, he SHREDS this guy and all that's left of him is bloody ribbons. Nice kill there, Chet! He howls in victory ...

Fearne casts a Ring of Fire through the Whirlwind ... oh shit ... full-blown FIRE FUNNEL now! She torces everybody inside ... oh yeah, she DESTROYS the two that are left in there. And now Braius is released from the Charm ... finally Mister chucks more flaming shit at another one ...

Braius takes a very balssy risk to jump over the Whirlwind and try to get to Ludinus ... NAT20?!!! Beautiful Dex save ... so he just lands RIGHT IN FRONT of him ... Shining Smite? Nice ... POW!!!

Laudna forms a Void Puppet for cover, then pulls out Caleb's Globe and chucks it, hoping for a Disintegrate if it works ... oh NICE ... TEN D6? Wow ... 72? Wow ... she spends a Sorcery point to reroll some more dice ... EIGHTY-THREE points of Necrotic damage? HDYWTDT!!! Ths Void Puppet grabs the guy by the throat and ATOMISES him ...

The Shield is now GONE ... Braius unleashes his Smite ... and it MISSES ... his second attack ALSO misses ... shit ... yeah, Ludinus' new powers are ALREADY kicking in? Fuck ...

Ashton uses another Chaos Burst and tries to attack Ludinus ... shit, yeah, that's a tricky angle ... A HIT!!! Wait ... Silvery Barbs? Fucking Ludinus ... yeah, that MISSES ... shit ... UN-FUCKING-FAIR!!! Damn it, Matthew ...

Dorian flies in fast and hard as he can, trying a Hail Mary now ... Force Cage? Oh ... yeah, this could work, or it could fail SPECTACULARLY ... but he has no reaction so he can't Counterspell ... LUDINUS IS TRAPPED AND LILIANA IS FREE!!! Oh my gods I can't believe that worked ... O.O

Imogen drops the Whirlwind and uses Telekinesis to grab her mother ... oh, she is a WRECK, so very fragile right now ... Imogen pours a Cure Wounds into her ... wor, that's a lot of HP, Laura ... oh yeah, that's so beautiful ...

Reunion ... that's so sweet ... gods, I am so happy for Imogen right now ... and now Laura is SO FUCKING SUSPICIOUS of Matt ...

Give her some of your ESSENCE?!!! Blimey ... it doesn;t work, though ... shit ... she;s still fragile ... and Ludinus is POWERFUL now ...

Orym mounts Coriolus again and guides him up overhead, taking up a wary overwatch above the Temults ... he takes a look at Ludinus now, making sure it's not a Snowdinus clone ... nope, looks like that really is him ...

He's feeling TALKATIVE now? You arrogant prick ...

And Matt calls TIME on the session! Gods ...

Is it Thursday yet? Or rather ... is it the New Year yet?

Merry Critmas, guys ...

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everyone thinks they’re so patty because they’re weird and quirky and cute or whatever. no IM patty because i have a developmental disability type strange like the kind yall made fun of in school and that’s more than your twee weirdcore Pinterest board could ever do you SHITWAD

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In addition to being stuck on My Time at Sandrock these past few weeks, I've also been distracted by what basically amounts to "blorbo from my head". I was trying out something to see if it would possibly work as a way to run some 5e Waterdeep modules solo so I could pretend to have some post-epilogue adventures with Ari and Gale (long story short: no, it doesn't work well for that, the search continues!).

Despite it not working out for my intended purpose, I did get a little pulled into the story that wound up emerging, and got very attached to the randomized character I was playing.

This is Eliana (or rather, the best representation I could make of her in BG3). She is a level 3, half-elf bard. She has a whole whopping 7 AC, and her spell list consists of such combat bangers like "disguise self", "minor illusion", "faerie fire", and "charm person".

The other three party members are all rangers.

She has a -1 to her intelligence, but consistently rolls a 5 or lower on almost every INT based check (which seems to be about half of the checks she has to make). She introduced herself to her future boyfriend by continually pretending he and one of the other rangers were having an illicit moonlight affair.

Her charm person spell failed once during an encounter on an enemy and she rolled a Nat20 on deception to still convince him to hand over a box containing a potentially world ending McGuffin during combat. She has a rapier but didn't draw her weapon and do damage until like 75% of the way in. She talks to trees, not because it's an inherent ability or she's really into nature, but because it just seems polite at the time. (Sometimes they even talk back... sort of.)

She's befriended a random dire wolf and was nearly murdered by a cute little tabby cat. She disguised herself as the BBEG to interrogate a bunch of cultists who were trying to capture her. She has somehow managed to weaponize the Light cantrip.

Her mortal enemy is a door.

seen here, plotting said door's demise

She is utterly ridiculous and I love her.

So, of course I had to bring this powerhouse into BG3 for an honor mode run.

She did surprisingly well for the tutorial, but then she and Shadowheart forgot to have weapons equipped when walking into the first post-prologue fight and I got a very rude awakening when facing off against the Intellect Devourers. Poor SH died while Eliana ran like the dickens. I tried to alt-f4 to start the encounter over but the game was like "haha nice try" and saved as it was shutting down. After leaving poor SH to her doom, she went and found Gale and Astarion, remembered to equip a weapon, and got vengeance on the little pesky brains and revive my poor suffering cleric girl (who will soon be respecced into a poor suffering ranger girl once we find Withers, as well as the rest of the team).

I'm almost tempted to take bets on how soon this honor mode run is going to end. There is no way they're getting to Act 3 with that enabled. Probably not past the Grove even.

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗 (i don't know if you do these sorts of chain-letter things, or if you'd prefer not to, but for my part i do like to know which of their works a given author is especially hype on, so consider this an opportunity to gush!)

hi there! I'm not really a fan of chain letters, but I do support people gushing about each others' (and their own) art. I hope you don't mind if I open this up to anyone who sees this (to anyone who sees this: if you're feeling like showing off your favourite pieces of writing or art or gifsets or music or sculptures or whatever you do, then please do so! I'd love to see everyone's best ofs! @ialwayscomewhenyoucall @al-in-my-head @chaosheadspace I am herewith asking you specifically to show me your favourite fics :D)

These are in no particular order:

A Gentleman's Guide To Dancing Fandom: The Witcher Pairing: Geraskier Rating: T Words: 8,433 Why is this a fave: Gay Regency Pining™️and dance lessons Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: Regency Era, Witchers still exist, Slow Burn (ish, with only 8k words)

Insane Twink Takes On Military (or how Lambert learned that Geralt's husband is actually terrifying) Fandom: The Witcher Pairing: Geraskier Rating: T Words: 1,068 Why is this a fave: BAMF Jaskier, also intimidation is one of the best skills in DnD and Jaskier rolled a Nat20 in this fic Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: BAMF Jaskier, do I need to say more?

New Perspectives Fandom: The Witcher Pairing: Geraskier Rating: T Words: 4,226 Why is this a fave: vaguely Victorian setting, people respecting boundaries, trans character, supportive husband (and friends) Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: trans Jaskier, Arranged Marriage, Historical Fantasy (ish) AU (don't ask me to define the settings my brain comes up with), transphobia (not from Geralt), dysphoria

For A Moment We Are People Fandom: The Magnus Archives Pairing: LonelyEyes Rating: T Words: 3,075 Why is this a fave: Hurt Elias. Also Peter trying to justify falling in love with a horrible man called Elias Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: Illegal Soft LonelyEyes, Peter finds out he doesn't like Elias in pain if it's someone other than him who does the hurting

Five Times Jon Faces His Dysphoria Alone... Fandom: The Magnus Archives Pairing: JonMartin (Teaholding because I think it sounds cute) Rating: T Words: 4,266 Why is this a fave: the trans. also I projected a bit. maybe. and again, supportive partner and friends Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: trans Jonathan Sims, gender dysphoria, comfort

I know it said five fics, but since everything I write concerning trans characters and being trans is kind of very personal and important to me, I'll have to add another of those fics (and feel free to check out the trans fics that I have not listed here)

Questions Of Identity Fandom: The Magnus Archives Pairing: JonMartin (Teaholding) Rating: T Words: 4,496 Why is this a fave: the trans (again, yes). again, projecting and me being angry at ignorant people. supportive partner and friends (do we spot a theme yet?) Other Stuff Worth Mentioning: trans Martin Blackwood, gender dysphoria, comfort, pre-T Martin

I'll have to add another note (sorry): I haven't done so for my earlier work, but my more recent fics all have content warnings about what kind of dysphoria is discussed. If dysphoria in fics is triggering to you, feel free to check the content warnings and take care of yourself <3

Last thing (I promise): feel free to ask me anything about these fics or any other stuff I write and post. I also love recommendations, if you feel like I might enjoy something you've seen or read :D