halsin the barbearian

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People talk about the surprise albums from people like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé that drop with zero warning but I have just been existing in this world where every album I've ever heard in my life has been a surprise album because I didn't know that musicians had schedules that we could see

Everything is a surprise when you don't pay attention

quiet evenings

astarion/staeve, 655w

cat coded people adopt a cat, more at eleven

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55755262

staeve belongs to @velnna (thank you for letting me play with him!!!) and he and astarion share a little apartment in the depths of my brainrot 24/7 ♥

Hehe

VIBRATES AT THE SPEED OF SOUND

small bird was VERY offended that I picked him up off the sidewalk like a potato chip. don't fall asleep on the sidewalk then

Stray cat breaks into Lynx’s enclosure at zoo

(Source)

while the stray cat story may have circulated in 2020 and 2022, this story is actually from the Leningrad Zoo in 2014. (here's the original russian article as well.)

these two felines were introduced at 6 weeks old in order to give more enrichment for the lynx and for education purposes, however they got along fantastically from the start and were eventually moved to permanently live with one another.

a much less exciting story, but a much cuter one as well.

(source, source)

thinking about creatures.

look at this thing

Creature ID: Banded linsang (Prionodon linsang)

Credit: Joel Sartore

Alternate creature view:

looking at that pretty neck of yours

Durge & Astarion's Breakup Dialogue

Whatever is between us, we need to end it. Oh Shit. I - did I do something wrong? Why? What's changed?

I'm so worried I'm going to end up killing you one day. I may be guilty of a bit of embellishment here and there - but I'm no liar. When I vowed we'd save you: we will save you.

This little adventure of ours has taught me that we can't let our lives be ruled by fear. Or else we never really live. I'm not afraid. Not of you, not of your darkness, and not of our future.

I could end us both, you know. Cazador used his tortures to strike terror into me. But I've rarely been more afraid than on the night when I feared Bhaal had claimed you for good. But I trust you won't kill me. And if you do, then I've gotten sloppy and probably have it coming.

You're so sweet. I am. And beautiful - not enough people mention that. I'm not going anywhere.

worried that thing you put in your art or writing or game or music is too self-indulgent, too self-referential, too niche for anyone but yourself? fear not! you can do whatever you want forever. and you should.

The answer is however many show up outside the window he tosses food scraps of. I'm sure Astarion comes up with beautiful names for each of them but they're just called "cat" 85% of the time.

Bed time would be a real unbalanced situation during winter.

im going to fucking die

I will reblog this ever damn time I see it because it is my favorite thing anyone has ever made

one of the Disco Elysium animators loved this video so much he recreated the whole thing using the game’s character models

no I’m not making this up

comparison video

One night, he tells you that these last six months of happy memories are the counterweight to two hundred years of misery.

I was just thinking about how important it is to have authors (both fan and professional) with whom I feel... safely unsafe, if that makes sense.

Like, this is going to hurt, there are going to be things that happen to these characters that I absolutely Do Not Want to happen, but I trust you and I trust this ride.

@prosocialbehavior you're right and you should say it.

Seriously, this is the philosophy of kink. And theatre. And tabletop RPGs. And rollercoasters.

"I want to experience the emotions of a situation that would be unsafe in real life, but in a safe, make-believe environment, and I need someone I trust to help create that and hold me through it," is a surprisingly common and very powerful thing.