joy is not made to be a crumb

"Yet of all things I desire nothing more than an end"

she's one of my fav quest npcs :3

[IMAGE ID: A drawing from thighs up of the Lady of The Forest from Dragon Age Origins and a werewolf at her side. She is a green skinned, thin woman with twisting branches and bark up her arms and legs, covering between her legs and extending up to her chest. She has long, straight black hair. Her right hand is held up to hold the snout of a werewolf who is at her right side and snarling. The background is white with several branches around her and a smaller werewolf to her left. /END ID]

[ID: A digital illustration starring three bees and a daisy, which is a flower with a yellow center and white leaves. The art is lined and colored in a way to look like traditional art. The bees are illustrated more simply, in a cartoony way; while the daisy is more detailed.

The bees are on the yellow center of the daisy and are hanging out. The first bee is playing on a Nintendo Switch; the second one is looking at a book that has a bee on each page, both posing; and the third bee is on its phone. They are all laying down.

White text on the dark grey background reads "wasting- taking our time", with 'wasting' being crossed out. Artist's signature reads "Titsay". End ID]

The bad kids are an incredibly healthy and supportive friend group BUT OH MY GOD THEY SUCK AT COMMUNICATING!

Half of their problems would be solved if they talked to each other.

Fabian would GLADLY pay for Adaine's components and for Riz's tuition if they asked. He would even get his papa to change his trust fund conditions to include them. Or he would declare Riz and Adaine his nemesis.

They would figure out the reason for Fig's misfortune in a week max. They would march into hell, probably accompanied by both Gorthalax and Sandra Lynn, and demand to break whatever deal she made with whichever demon involved.

If Fabian even suggested he was lonely, the bad kids would organise sleepovers every night. He would circle between the Thistlesprings, the Gukgaks and the Mordred Manor. Lydia would pack him his own lunch.

Fig would immediately start promoting Cassandra's religion on all social media, and get her to thousand followers in a week. The rest of the bad kids would join without hesitation.

If Riz would finally admit the HUGE stress he is under, everyone, even Fig, would stop piling all the work on him and happily write their 10 page essays. They would convince him to see Jawbone, and enjoy his last years in high school. They would band together to find the rogue teacher within a day. They would make sure that Riz's resume is the most impressive CV that the universities have ever received.

They would all gather together to come up with music for Fig and Gorgug's new album. Fabian would choreograph their music videos, Adaine would come up with rhymes, Riz would bring a list of all their adventures, including motifs and connections made, to give her inspiration, Kristen would suggest to make parodies of classic camp songs from her old church.

Adaine would contact Aelwyn immediately to get dirt on Porter, to blackmail him. Gorgug would get permission for his MCAT exams by the end of the week.

And if she would stay on the phone a little longer and admitted how much she is struggling, Aelwyn would immediately return home along with her cats. Then she would drag her sister to Jawbone's door, and force her to give him the components list.

The problem is that even after all those years, after all those adventures, even after the forest of the nightmare king, they still each think of themselves as the weak link. As the person in the group that isn't allowed, doesnt deserve to take space, ask for help. Because they should be able to handle it on their own. Isn't that what adulthood is like?

They would abandon anything and everything to help someone else, as long as that person isn't themselves. As long as they dont have to show their amazing, incredible, powerful, and oh so compassionate friends how weak and imperfect they are in comparison.

the problem is that they are teenagers

[image description: a drawing of Kravitz, lifting Taako into the air as they  smile at each other. Taako is a skinny elf with with brown skin and long blond hair. He’s wearing a white long-sleeved tunic with puffy sleeves, a mauve cape, a turquoise wizard hat, a pink pleated skirt, tights in a gradient from orange to pink and purple heeled boots. Kravitz is a thin dark-complexioned man with thin dark brown dreadlocks dyed pink at the tips. He’s wearing a black suit and a purple and blue galaxy-patterned cape billowing around them both. Taako is holding onto Kravitz’s black scythe and touching his chin.]

[id/ video clip of two wee kittens, one dark grey tabby, one light grey tabby, seated side by side in front of a space heater. They are close enough that their ears touch and keep flicking, but both are clearly enjoying the warmth so much they don't even want to move the fraction they would need to in order for their ears to not be brushing each other. /end id]

if i had a nickel for every time emily axford played a character who was devoted to another mortal instead of a deity in a way that grants her character divine power i would have three nickels which is one of the reasons why i love her so dearly and would also love to have even more nickels

whoever loves this thing emily does should listen to outlaws and obelisks asap btw

[ID: Four Lotad Pokémon stacked on each other in a tower. They are illustrated in a squat, blocky style.all the Lotads except the second from the top are facing to the left. Only the Lotad at the base has visible legs, which are six very short nubs. /id]

The ADHD nightmare scenario Kristen is in right now of definitely wanting to do the things she says she’s gonna do, but theres this unexplainable inability to commit to just doing it except this time if you don’t do the thing, a goddess is viscerally and tortuously murdered in front of you.

Do you ever wonder what happened to [Sandralynn’s] adventuring party?

[ID: ten gifs from dimension 20′s fantasy high sophomore year of brennan lee mulligan as gilear faeth speaking to fig faeth offscreen about sandralynn.

gilear says, “she was taken as a replacement member for an adventuring party already active in the world. her senior year, she dropped out—got her diploma after the fact—to join an adventuring party. i don’t know everything, your mother’s very private about it but, there was a married couple within that adventuring party and they were older and more powerful adventurers. my understanding is that as a very young woman, fresh out of adventuring school, she fell in love with a member of that wedded union who did not treat her kindly and, when everything came out, she was ejected from that adventuring party and her future as an adventurer was dimmed. adventuring parties are formed often at aguefort and no one wanted her as a replacement and the person that had been her romantic partner, that had been unfaithful in that group, took great pains to smear her name so that no one else would accept her. i wanted to tell you what i knew but to forgive but only to say that sandralynn has always been impulsive and guided by her heart. maybe they’re unrelated, maybe she has done wrong by people and has also been wrongs, and one doesn’t excuse the other… but there is a fuller picture to understanding your mother, i think.” end ID]

yolanda badgood and lucy frostblade being cursed to wander a hell like afterlife because they refused to abandon their gods..... kristen saving them by refusing to abandon hers..... oh i love them all so much......

[id: a drawing of katara from avatar the last airbender. she bends water around her and has ice between her hands. she looks focused to the right. end id]

[Video ID: a video of a black short haired kitten with huge eyes leaning against its owner's leg while kneading on them with its paws, looking around with a wide stare. Cute music is playing in the background over it. / End ID.]

okay FINE I’ll write a post about the emperor, if tumblr’s going to give me thirst posts either way I might as well. huge endgame spoilers for bg3

the emperor is a goddamn masterpiece of game design, because he’s YOUR powerful, abusive manipulator. Wyll has Mizora, Shadowheart has Shar, Lae’zel has Vlaakith, etc— and Tav has the emperor.

They position him as your guardian. They let you design him a face so he’s trustworthy to you. MOST of his advice is… technically true. You CAN get power from the tadpoles, the githyanki ARE dangerous, you CAN beat the elder brain without Orpheus.

But it’s all a misdirect. He doesn’t care about you. If you do his “romance” scene, he’s pulling a nastier version of Astarion’s “I slept with you so you’d protect me” stunt. He needs you to obey him, to trust him, to see him as an equal.

You learn the fates of his last two “equal partners”— Ansur, whose death the emperor tries to keep you from discovering by claiming he never existed at all, and Stelmane, who the emperor claims was his friend and business partner right up until you mouth off too much, when he admits she was his thrall, and you aren’t because you’re more useful with your wits about you.

Can you really trust his “ethical” brain harvesting claims, given the other lies and half truths? Whether you think eating criminals is a lesser evil or not, there are cages in his quarters. He had thralls. His “shared memory” where he shows himself as a mindflayer in a cloak doesn’t account for the record of a glamor in his quarters that kept kitchen staff from noticing human brain meat until leftovers were removed from the room. He was manipulating people’s senses when they were around him.

But he CAN help you. He IS on your side. As long as you’re on his side, of course. His own self preservation comes first, and that’s not inherently terrible, but he will twist whatever he needs to to get you to help him, no matter how much harm it does.

He’s an incredible character. He fascinates and horrifies me. He’s perfect for his role and I love how they used mind flayers, how he’s setting you up before you even start the game.

TL;DR: long live Prince Orpheus, asshole

[Image Description: King Arthur submerged up to his chest in water holding Excalibur in both hands in front of him. He is in the outfit he wore when he died and wearing a golden crown. He is staring straight ahead with an intense stare. Merlin is behind him with what appears to be a full moon in front of him and behind Arthur. Merlin's right hand first finger is touching the top of Excalibur. His left hand is on Arthur's crown. Merlin is holding his head looking to the sky and his eyes are glowing yellow. The background is a black sky and red clouds.]

i have hired this fucking thing to stare at you

(image description: a close-up shot of a snow leopard staring directly at the camera.)

My @naddpodgifting for @/hololucent on twt

One of Fia’s train carts from C2

[ID: A detailed illustration of one of Fia's traincars from Eldermourne. It's a rectangular room with a desk, a set of drawers, a grandfather clock, a stove, an umbrella stand full of weapons, and a tea cart, among other furniture and boxes. Above the desk is a set of shelves mounted to the wall, filled with books, plants, and other supplies. There are a large number of books around the room, including Bukvar sleeping on a rod used for drying plants. Various papers, drying plants, and other decorations adorn the walls. Warm sunset light streams in through the windows, creating shafts of yellow light. The cart and furniture are mostly shades of brown and purple.]