#the wife's lament

[aescheretalks]

Frȳnd sind on eorþan lēofe lifġende, leġer weardiað, þonne iċ on ūhtan āna gonge under āctrēo

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Wā bið þām þe sceal of langoþe lēofes ābīdan.

Friends live on earth lying in bed with their beloveds while I, in the time before dawn, walk alone under the oak tree

Woe be to him who must wait in longing for his love

[wellconstructedsentences]

I make this song about me full sadly my own wayfaring. I a woman tell what griefs I had since I grew up new or old never more than now. Ever I know the dark of my exile. . . The man sent me out to live in the woods under an oak tree in this den in the earth. Ancient this earth hall. I am all longing.

The Wife's Lament by Anonymous

[bitchesgate3]

Once again I am glad BG3 was made where you can recruit an evil woman character like Lae'zel or Minthara.

This character type is usually just an enemy or boss with 5 lines in the game. Despite having extensive backstory and lore in codex entries that make them arguably the most compelling character in the game.

[kenmaiii]

missed bunny day and maid day does the madness ever end 🐰 (she/they for Lament on the left !!)

[thisisadecisionimayregret]

Jim is having the Most Awkward work day ever

[cheeseyturtle]

I could choose to be normal about game i actively refuse to be

[moomimob]

do you ever see a take so bad and shocking you just kinda stare at it in disgust for a little before blocking and moving on

[furhelden]

having said that. i think prosperina and leliana get married. as a treat.

[jel-jel-jel]

day off work

[kachimera]

Ok i was talking abt this yesterday w @viralvava on discord but i still can't get over how bafflingly stupid LoI's ending in terms of Mathias actions bc man he rlly just shot himself in the foot. He went ahead and told his whole plan to Leon, told him how he used him, and still expected him to go w him flawlessly.

And not only that, we're talking about a warrior w the skill to murder vampire lords and carrying the only weapon that can truly kill Mathias! And yea you can say he took care of the possibility of Leon rejecting him by having Death take care, but that still reads more as a crude solution instead of a proper backup plan, specially w the priority to neutralize the VK.

And this is made worse when comparing him to Death (who in CoD had a plan b w Isaac (and possibly Trevor?) in case Hector didnt fell to the curse) or Arikado (who in AoS, if Soma failed and turned into the dark lord, had Julius (and himself if needed) to take him down)

And this would be more or less fine on it's own, alright Mathias/Dracula is a crude planner. Except it is already stablished he is a gifted strategist! This man has lead wars undefeated for years! He played Walter like a toy piano! Everything went perfectly until he opened his mouth!

I have two main explanations/headcanons rn:

Mathias full plan included a coherent speech filled with half truths to convince Leon he was helping him and then in the long run convince him of joining him in vampirism. However, the mix of being turned and the raw chaos power of the crimson stone made him lose hold of himself and have an episode (compare to the possesions and curses caused by Drac's magic/Drac's remains/Dominus). This included him pretty much admitting his full plan in an impulse of honesty. And instead of trying a plan b after Leon's rejection he just angrily dumped Death on him. Basically stomped all over his own planning erratically. (This one half relies on magic but i enjoy how it mirrors the corruption that the dark powers have on even Dracula himself)

Mathias has had his strategies work flawlessly for so many years that he has stopped making b plans in case stuff goes wrong. He literally walked into Walter's castle so confident of himself and on Leon's, Sara's and Rinaldo's actions knowing full well that if anything went a little south he'd be a vampire's lunch. And then he had a honest yet nasty fluke with Leon that he had no way to recover from. (This one is like, dumb in a funny way bc good god Mathias, but i also like how this, his one failed plan, mirror's Leon's one defeat here)

Needless to say that in both cases his mental health and emotional state is an utter disaster ofc. We're talking abt a grief drowned man with emotions too strong for him to handle, who's desperately trying to drag the one person he has left with him into an eternity of spite and revenge (and he succeeded in the worst way for him). And in any case one can mismatch from both scenarios. (Anyways, if anyone has cool ideas regarding this i'd love to hear them 👁)

[dollthorne]

𝔱𝖆𝔤𝖌𝔢𝖉 𝖇𝔶: @elgaravel 🌸 @gothimp 🖤 @jamessunderlandgf 🍄

pick an image of one of your ocs that best fits each category, you can even have multiple characters on one category, or even repeat a character for multiple categories. here is a link to the blank template. (i used this picrew)

𝔱𝖆𝔤𝖌𝔦𝖓𝔤: @kanos @bigbywlf @messmers

@druidgroves @poisoncrimsonoctopus & anyone who wants to do it and I didn't tag, I'm braindead rn </3

[fictionadventurer]

How can I be known to history as a charming and witty correspondent if I don't write any letters??? This is a problem!!

[fagrackham]

in my medieval lit class. im so sure that i was an 11th century monk in a past life

[castlephantom]

What if Elisabetha and Sara were friends when Mathias and Leon were away?

[bitchy-peachy]

Arrogant people assume I want them to find me attractive.

"You'd be a lot hotter if you acted softer. Less intimidating-"

Nobody here fucking asked and the only person I wanna be hot for is my spouse. You ain't him so your opinion on how to "improve" my appearance don't matter.

[dragongirlbunny]

i need to play a tabletop game where i can have a fucked up arm with Powers or be cursed or something

the pathfinder game i am in and the next one on the horizon are both a bit too grounded (skull & shackles and kingmaker respectively)