#shes actually The Worst huh????

[hana-bobo-finch]

a strange trend in my favorite characters I realize is that I tend to heavily gravitate toward somewhat obscure, antagonistic forces

[sieglinde-freud]

i need more non three houses side characters winning cyl tbh bc the lord outfits are so predictable and boring and for three houses all they do is the normal timeskip shit. like, felix and bernadetta’s art looks great, but the designs… come on. weve all seen mortal savant felix. thats literally just bernadetta’s timeskip outfit with added shoulder stuff. bring back queen camilla of nohr. they did something fun with marianne that one time until everyone was like “boo wah i hate creativity and serving cunt” but they need to not listen to the haters. when tharja wins in three years (if we dont hit eos) i want her cosplaying as grima or something like the lizard version

[evaceratops]

now that i think about it i’m actually so mad about midnight’s death because i get the idea of raising the stakes by having the kids lose one of their teachers but why should it have been her and not any of the others. in terms of women in the ua faculty (that we know of) it was literally just her, thirteen, and recovery girl. it could have easily been cementoss or ectoplasm or snipe instead

[shabadarada]

Nia my little victorian era child who wouldve been an iPad baby had those been a thing back when she was still a human

[dudethatsmyundeaduncle]

Sorry just got JUMPSCARED watching batman beyond cuz WTF DO U MEAN BARBRA AND BRUCE DATED AFTER SHE BROKE UP WITH DICK? WTF ARE THESE PEOPLE SMOKIN? IM VOMMITING I AM VOMMITING EVERYWHERE!

[circus-k]

i think i have to kill someone.

[swordmaid]

I was reading this drow dnd handbook last night and this line made me cackle

just imagining shri’iia in astarion’s confession scene internally being like

[danielnelsen]

well i guess i can play bg3 now, assuming it finishes downloading sometime in the next 2 months

[junkdyke]

maaaan here i was stressing about the fact that i was promoting my tattoos super late and that i wasn't gonna get clients, instead the issue is i've now got clients and no FUCKING STUDIO TO WORK IN LMAOOOOO nigga what the actual hell 😭 i think i'm just most pissed about the fact that EYE was the one that found the studios for me and my friend, and now she's the one with a nice ass studio and i'm here scrambling sending out last minute emails to get one for myself, oh my god i MUST be more selfish than this 💀

[chiistarri]

what if instead of messaging me in the middle of the night about your stupid fucking girlfriend and your stupid fucking problems with her you actually act like my fucking friend and message me like how you message everyone else in our group

[cartelheir]

when thinking about her mom, one of the first things that comes to pat's mind is her beauty, and all the things she taught her about it. since she was very little, pat remembers esperanza making comments about how being pregnant with pat destroyed her body; stretch marks, saggy skin, etc. little did pat know at the time, it wasn't even her first pregnancy. she always told pat how beautiful she was, but the compliments were conditional, only coming as long as pat looked a certain specific way ( ruining her hair while playing tag with her friends was unacceptable, for instance ), and as pat grew into a teenager and young adult, there were times it almost seemed as if she was in a competition against her own daughter. she became even more critical of her appearance, while simultaneously resenting her for it.

it was with her that pat learned beauty hurts. that going through painful and expensive rituals and squeezing herself into uncomfortable and impractical clothing is just a part of life, a necessary annoyance in order to look your best; and you must always look your best, even when you're in a crisis or when you have much more important things to deal with. it's why i always say, if you see pat with messy hair, no makeup and casual clothes, assume she's really going through it ( or, she feels very close and comfortable with you. but the former is more likely ).

this is far from the only issue in pat and esperanza's relationship, but it's one pat continues to carry with her even when her mom isn't a huge part of her life anymore. in more ways than not, pat aspires to not be like her. but at this point, being beautiful is something she's put so much effort and overthinking into that it doesn't make sense to her to suddenly stop caring about it. she also believes her looks are one of her best assets, and unconsciously they're the quickest way she has found to quickly gain the approval of others. and most days, it's the only way she has found to gain esperanza's approval.

assume that when pat visits her for mother's day, she's taking longer to get ready than she ever did for any date.

[planet4546b]

aqua youre going to the world of darkness put on the damn. cat ears

[bones-n-bookles]

Re: my last reblog i kept trying to Not Ramble in the tags and failing bc im incapable of shutting up so. Venty ramble in these tags instead of my mutuals lol

[camellia-thea]

2 and 5 for Dove and 6 and 17 for Taralin for the OC ask game :-)

ooh thank you love. some fun questions here. under a cut but it's not any longer than usual jhdgfjh.

warnings: death. violence. coercion? nothing descriptive tho.

dove dove dove dove------

2. What's something about your OC that people wouldn't expect just from looking at them?

dove stands 5'4 on a good night, and looks sickly. overtired, anemic, and bruised at her joints. she holds herself well enough, and has a polite air, but she doesn't look like much. a strong wind could probably knock her over-- except...

she's fast. weirdly fast for a kindred without celerity. quick reflexes, and a remarkable ability to disappear into the shadows. obfuscate and oblivion both help, in that department, but she was fine before she got those too.

5. How far is your OC willing to go to get what they want?

dove has little holding her to human morals. she's only been kindred for a little over a year, but that's long enough. especially paired with how long she was ghouled. fifteen years of breaking and entering by night, working as pa by day, hacking, sabotaging, and general business espionage has left dove with a 'get shit done' attitude, and a want to look after herself.

but... now that she's free -- truly free, no blood bond, absent sire, and no connection to either sect -- she doesn't have... wants. she's safe, that was her big one. safe space, safe haven, safe. she's safe. she has financial security. she's fine, doesn't need money, and knows enough to get more if she needs it. she has her music, has her privacy, all she really wants is perhaps a mawla. someone willing to make trades.

she's willing to dip her toes back into the scene. maybe she'll make some... friends.

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as typical for taralin, have some almost narrative things <3 one is... remarkably succinct. the other. less so.

6. How easily could your OC be convinced to do something that goes against their moral compass?

taralin is oh-so-good at following orders. really, an ideal find for the morrigan. they lost their squeamishness quickly, in the realm of war. linger here, stab someone there, be a pretty face and a wicked tongue, it was all part of the job description, and really, you signed up for this, you should expect me to make use of your skill set, my vassal. except the blood on their hands stains and lingers. they ache and shudder with it, bile rising in their throat if they linger too long on the memories.

but that ends. in the realm of war, a dead body is a set piece more than a problem. that sort of... sensitivity, is scorned.

the first time they call an eldritch blast, they kill someone. they don't know his name. just know they were to... remove him.

there's a voice in their ear as they do, well done.

they don't want to, but they're in too deep already.

survival comes first now.

it's remarkable how quickly they throw away the morals instilled by their mothers. (they are bitter about it -- a better person would at least try. gods, they didn't even try. just gave up. turned to war and blood.)

but-- they sigh, no point dwelling. they just have to get through this.

they have to. whatever it takes.

17. What is the worst thing you have put your OC through story-wise?

taralin has seen-- so many horrors in their time. but one phrase lingers in their mind, rings so clearly years later.

"welcome to my service, vassal."

words set in stone. words spinning their fate.

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

y'know, sometimes I'm vaguely miffed about the prevalence of the Kristoph-Dahlia parallels in fandom (in a facetious "he wishes he was her 🙄💅" kind of way [I know what it is; I can see it too. I do think it's very cool, but I also think she could eat him alive]), but then I saw that the FandomWiki calls Amara a parallel of Iris, and

first of all, how dare you.

[zroqravity]

Best friend got a boyfriend this is so tragic