Apollon

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"More like Drizzt DON'T'Urdern!" ~Astarion.

Drawn for @apollonbs

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BEAUTIFUL CAPTIVATING BREATHTAKING. (Also astarion is a fanboy shut up)

COMMISSION HER(idk if she wants that I'm just advertising)

I love Drizzt so much and this captivates his babygirlness(note how round and jubilant guenhwyvar is looking)

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Everyone say hi to my emo farmer

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i would totally let this artist tattoo the skyrim icon on me

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woah who's that ugly guy

(very old art, sue me.)

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I can't believe Mr. Beast lied to me this shit is straight ass

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WEEKLY BOOK 3

Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio REVIEW

3.6 out of 5 Stars

While taking a quick Forgotten Realms break, I decided to pick up this book again after starting it on the way back from a trip I took with my girlfriend, and while I'd love to say I devoured this book in one sitting back then (which I should've done), that's obviously wrong. It ended up being more of a 2-sitting deal. 

Now to get to the actual book: It's a pretty character-centric sort of ensemble novella about a ragtag group of increasingly insomniac people who live in some fictional Uni-Town who can't smoke on campus, leading them all to the same smoke spot: a totally not creepy abandoned cemetery.

Their usual rhythm gets disturbed when a mysterious man digs a new grave and hijinks ensue.

The ensuing hijinks are great, and I love reading about all the different characters, and I honestly enjoyed every single one of them, although you get very limited time with each of them. 

However, the ending is where I got a little sad, as it felt like it happened much earlier than I would've liked and expected. It genuinely made me check if my e-reader was fucked up and look for the physical copy in my room. 

I know it's silly to cry about an undefined and early ending to a novella of all things, especially since the author's intent was obviously just to be subtle and open-ended, but I'm immature and sad. 

Without spoiling the book's contents, it's hard to explain why I dislike the ending, but the book is still very much worth a read (especially since it doesn't take long). 

I added another one of the author's books to my to-read list, which also speaks for the quality of this one, but as much as I enjoyed it, I'm still a sad little sausage.

Obligatory picture to make me feel better

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Listening to Helluva Boss music because of Keith David feels like being a Harry Potter fan who's "critical" of JK Rowling

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Male loneliness epidemic suggests its contagious. I really don't wanna have to play League of legends guys.

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I wish something was deeply wrong with me so I could have actual reasons to be a whiny bitch.

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Weekly Book 2

Exile by R.A. Salvatore REVIEW 

4.2 out of 5 stars 

After thoroughly enjoying the first book last time, I decided to just read this one immediately after because why not, and also I love Drizzt; he's such a silly little guy (canonically 5'4"). My condolences.

WARNING- Slight spoilers, but like not actually to the plot, and just teensy ones

The book starts off right after the first one. By which I mean several years have passed where exactly nothing plot-relevant happened. Drizzt is truly becoming a ranger in some random Underdark cave now. But he's lonely (not manly).

But through a nicely written-out series of events, HE DOESN'T SPEND THE WHOLE BOOK ALONE WITH ONLY 3 INTERACTIONS WITH THE SAME CHARACTER! WOOO Hell yeah (I checked Goodreads, and people are somehow complaining about this book actually having people).

The two new characters that are more central to the plot are fucking great. We got Clacker, who is the group's Creature™, and he is my son and my sweet baby, AND we got Belwar, who is an old man and also the funniest kind of disability representation in fantasy media: his hands are fucking mining equipment. 

Now last week I said I wanted this to be a little gayer, and to be honest, this one didn't disappoint. Let me show you two excerpts. One is from Exile between Drizzt and Belwar, and one is from a doomed yaoi ff: 

"And do not forget me."

"Never for a single day in all the centuries of my future," he promised, "never once."

or

He clasped his head between his long slender hands and banged his forehead softly into _____'s, the two exchanging stares of deep admiration and affection.

Tough one, right?

They're both from Exile.

Now some people may say, "Waaah, platonic love, they're just comfortable and mature in their masculinity " and to that I daresay that you too are gay.

Now all jokes aside, this book was much fun and very enjoyable, but I have the same issue here as I had with Homeland: this book picks up themes it cannot carry. Now I do not know if this is R.A. Salvatore being limited by the format of this being a YA book, but it just doesn't work for me.  In this one it's a question of loss of self,in, but it feels like the only way this is shown is by just throwing the topic in the room in, I admit, creative ways (I love you so much, Clacker, my son), but just not doing a lot with it. 

Still overlookable, though.

This book struck a good balance of character interactions, typical adventure shenanigans, and the typical Drow politics.

For the next one I'm making a wish list:

-Drizzt as a fish-out-of-water trope in the Overworld (A LOT)

-Cool friends like Belwar and perhaps more creatures (Guenhwyvar is cool and all, but more plss)

-Drizzt realising how racist the average D&D player is

Obligatory picture of my beautiful son Clacker who I love dearly.

(Illustration by Tim Seeley)

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Is it considered a parasocial relationship if i think the bus driver knowing my stop means he wants me carnally?

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Didn't you say coloured text is cringe

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CRINGE IS FREEDOM AND I WILL NOT LIVE IN SHACKLES

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Is it considered a parasocial relationship if i think the bus driver knowing my stop means he wants me carnally?

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Who's that really attractive and cool lesbian you hang out with

Not you get out of my yard. (I tried the color thing)

Also I never called her attractive nor cool.

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Every day I wake up and yearn for some sort of Button I can carry around with me and press if the situation requires...

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Weekly book reviews coming up! Not because I think they're gonna be good my sister just said she'd read 50 books this year and i gotta beat her reading challenge by 1 and I can't do that without peer pressure.

Edit and also post scriptum or smth: My good dear lesbian very gay friend(she's a lesbian btw) got offended at my folly and decided to one up me once again thus extending this chain of endless suffering.

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Charlie Kirk actually performed a miracle post mortem by getting me to enjoy something AI generated. I fucking love that song.

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I think my life would be better if they made AR glasses that make it look like I'm in an Aquarium.

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Homeland by R.A. Salvatore REVIEW 3,9 out of 5 stars I picked this book up for pleasant but mostly mindless fantasy fun and also to look deeper(heh) into Forgotten Realms lore. Reading the first few pages, I thought that was just it, but the more I read, the more it convinced me otherwise. It's a good mix of political intrigue, interesting loredrops, and cool fight scenes. I could really enjoy this book and liked some characters. There were some flaws that annoyed me a little, though. Now at times this book really holds your hand, considering all aspects of intrigue and not leaving a lot of room to surprise the reader. Additionally, all characters just fall a little flat. They're mostly just evil, awful, very mean Lolth worshippers. Drizzt at the same time is just too nice and gifted and perfect and all those things, but he's allowed because I love him and I'm writing the review here. Zaknafein, no matter how little we see him, is great and shows a much more grounded inner defiance of Drow society as well as some always enjoyable self-hatred on top of that.

A lot of themes like gender and especially the nature or nuture question felt slightly glossed over but still Over all this definitely made me want to pick up the second part.

Could have been much gayer tho

+ More kitty next time

+ Less Mary Stu. i want that boy to suffer and struggle some more. I don't care that his family hates him already and that he has nothing.

+Zaknafein kinda uhhh uhhh(No forgotten realms artists he is not balding)

I wanted a picture on my blog post to feel professional