#track alignment

[ace-and-ranty]

No, but the thing is, when I was reading Harrow the Ninth, I thought it was gonna be an Orpheus situation. I thought Harrow had fucked herself up as a means to an end, that she had a plan to bring Gideon back, that the lobotomizing and everything else was her way of getting into hell to get Gideon out.

It really made me feel some type of way when it finally dawned me that she never thought that far. I mean, you'd think it makes sense that, if GOD tells you something can't be done, you accept it can't be done, BUT IT'S HARROW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. It is INSANE to me that she just accepted she couldn't undo Gideon's death.

The trauma of living in a death cult really got to this girl. She was so awash in it she couldn't even conceive of living a life with Gideon; a more acceptable death is as far as she could go. Absolutely insane. Harrow is not Orpheus because Harrow never tried climbing back up, she couldn't look back because she never got that far, she went into hell to sit there with Gideon forever, and it just didn't occur to climb back up the stairs.

[marenwithanm]

Removed from any linkverse stuff, here's an alignment chart based on their in-game personalities lol

Edit: NO NO IM SO WRONG MINISH CAP LINK AND SPIRIT TRACKS LINK NEED TO SWAP ROAD WORK AHEAD IS SO PERFECT FOR SPIRIT TRACKS AKDJAKSJSK

[haunted-xander]

Something something kh2 Sora's outfit being primarily dark colors despite being associated with light and Riku's outfit being primarily light colors despite being associated with darkness

[edwinisms]

it’s kinda funny to me that charles seems like this classic brit punk rocker and looking at him makes you think of like. the clash. sex pistols. etc. but really according to his pins and the time period he died in he was probably most frequently listening to fucking. ska

[novelconcepts]

The temptation is toward fatalism. The temptation is to start planning escape. The temptation is to say “well, that’s it” and resign the self to laying down and dying. The temptation is to succumb.

Fight the motherfucking temptation with everything you have.

Vote Blue. Whoever it is. And every last one of the fuckers out there who have bitched about age and not being good enough and moral ineptitude had better get the fuck on board now. Fight the motherfucking temptation toward infighting. Toward surrender. Toward defeatism. Fight the motherfucking temptation. Vote. Fix what you can in the increments that are possible today. Then fix the next increment tomorrow.

[braedenhales]

TAG YOURSELF: SCOTT MCCALL ALIGNMENT CHART

[sturge0n]

MOTHER BASE TEXAS HOLD 'EM

a.k.a happy belated 80th birthday revolver ocelot you would have either loved or hated social media

[tethys-the-aquatic-sea-godness]

The worst thing is, Viconia would've fit perfectly in Shadowheart's storyline. From Viconia's (non-romanced) epilogue, we know this:

Viconia does found a cult of Shar in Waterdeep and she is betrayed by one of her followers. She is, not Shar. Shar, in fact, admonishes Viconia for this, showing she clearly never ordered that. And Viconia does not give a damn. This is the woman who left the cult of Lolth and went to the 'lighter' option that was Shar (compared to Lolth). She already deals with agents sent by Lolth, she's not going to let Shar tell her what to do.

The nature of the betrayal Viconia was the subject of is left entirely up to the player. With Viconia and Shadowheart's backstory being what they are, Shar's plot for a Selûnite child could've been perfectly inserted as the reason for Viconia's falling out with Shar.

Viconia left Lolth because of how children were treated, how she was treated herself. She did not turn to Shar to do the same thing. She would reject Shar's plot the moment the order came, and that would be the perfect trigger for one of her follower to turn of her. Shar's cult being what it is, I don't think taking down the whole lot is overkill to avoid further backstabbing. There aren't many who will pick their priestress over their goddess, especially not with how Sharran's faith emphasizes self-effacing. Can't make a decision for yourself when you don't think for yourself.

Shar's reprimends following what Viconia did further proves this wasn't what the goddess wanted. Complete that by adding she's incensed Viconia rejected her order and slaughtered her willing clerics, and you've got the perfect connection between Viconia and Shadowheart.

In BG 3, we could've met Viconia in Baldur's Gate, rather annoyed because she's been getting an influx of Sharran agents after her, and she's tracking the source to put an end to it. A Shar-aligned Shadowheart could've the mission to purge the cloister that failed to kill her, while a Selûne-aligned Shadowheart would work with her to put and end to the cloister, to give them both some peace and quiet.

Epilogue could've them both sharing tips on 'How to best kill an agent of faith sent after you'. They both have sharp tongues and a similar past, they could've had fantastic banter.

Instead we have this mess.

[quaranmine]

gonna embark on a re-read of IDL but specifically a scar-centric reading where i take notes on everything he says and does

[alliluyevas]

political compass of historical figures that are the subject of notable modern day deeply unhinged apologist personality cults

[widefuturesss]

We all side eye-ing eachotha

[serenfire]

finished the bg3 ironhand gnome plotline today and was wondering about the pulse of the fandom so i checked and

turns out almost everyone who played this game is a coward!! doesn’t see that bg3’s commentary on violence can be about resistance by any means necessary to the point that you turn the knife on every single one of the people you once called friend

[cdroloisms]

"to the point where he completely fucked up his own plan in exile by acting THAT strangely to c!Tommy when they literally had a decent-ish relationship mere weeks before"

Why did he even act like that though where did it come from

well there was the mental breakdown innit

[devilsskettle]

i've watched a lot of good films lately in an attempt to catch up with a bunch of movies that have come out recently, but talk to me was the best movie i've seen in a LONG time

[pokemonunderdogtournament]

Best Underdog Regional Bird Pokemon Emergency Round 🗺️🪶

Round 5 - Final Match

Our Contestants:

This poll is part of an event that allows the early eliminees from the main tournament have more time in the spotlight!

I have no idea how this happened, but I found this discrepancy and don't want to just ignore it? The original final match should've been the second to last.