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[girl-blorbo-polls]

Would your girl blorbo betray one person to save a thousand? [Assuming the "one person" is her closest friend]

-Yes

-No

(No nuance, sorry. Pick one)

Would your girl blorbo betray one person to save a thousand?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 1

[msommers]

many are not familiar with what is called a diva moment. you're about to learn.

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[blondessource]

LEA SEYDOUX. Hollywood Authentic.

[in-maidjan]

care, mentor, fate, future for gerome, taea + vivienne!

always so blessed to get taea and viv asks from u aaaaA ty lovely xo // oc asks: relationship edition

Care: How does your OC engage in self-care, if at all? If they don't, why not?

GEROME — i think he used to be very bad at self care, never properly taking time for himself. basically running himself into the ground between his duties and helping out his grandfather. this would have eased a little when he was with valaerasar, but even then he doesn’t really have the awareness about self care. nowadays, he’s developed a much better understanding of the importance of resting body and mind. he writes poetry, meditates, and in general is careful to take time for himself away from his duties as a paladin!

ALATAEA — taea out here hyperaware of when and how she needs to decompress and 9/10 that’s being alone outside looking at the stars and getting lost in their constellations. i do like to think though that she picked up other self-care habits via gifts from auretta, like she gifted taea a lotions kit and now she has a skincare routine morning and night. i think journalling would also be a way for her to slow down and get her thoughts out without any pressure.

VIVIENNE — vivienne isn’t the best at self care but she’s not the worst, more than anything she falls into the trap of just not having enough time especially by the events of ME2/3. during FTL flights though i think she would read, exercise, maybe burn through a little extra of her water ration for a longer shower, that kind of thing.

Mentor: Does your OC have a mentor? Have they ever reached out to anyone for guidance or teaching, or been taken under someone's wing? How does your OC get along with their mentor?

GEROME — he does, ser gervasius the guardian is both his mentor and his namesake! gervasius was an old adventuring companion of aimeric’s and gerome looked up to him a lot in his youth, but gervasius didn’t become his mentor until the night he revived him and discovered he retained a minor divine spark that was the source of his paladin abilities. they get along very well in that gervasius was always patient but not the type to coddle, he made sure gerome understood what it meant to be honourable, and even though he was stoic and aloof, gerome never felt unseen by him.

ALATAEA — oh i’ll need to look into this for her, but i suspect she’d have a tutor / professor at the lyceum she attends that she really admires. she probably struggled to reach out to ask for assistance with her research, so they approached her, and had to do some work to make her understand that helping her wasn’t burdensome. this would have been a person that over the years helped build her confidence so taea has a lot of respect for them.

VIVIENNE — is there anyone but captain david edward anderson! anderson’s the first to graduate the N7 program and also hand picks shepard for the normandy, so there is so much opportunity for them to have worked together to have built the kind of rapport to bring that about. i like to think anderson was her mentor during the N7 program, and they were on the same crew for several field assignments after the fact. for vivienne, i think she sees him as family, and before she gets close with others on the normandy, he’s the only confidant she has for a long time. they have the kind of relationship where one look says more than a whole hour of conversation.

Fate: Does your OC believe in destined meetings? True love, soulmates, hearing the bells? Have they ever experienced this?

GEROME — he was absolutely smitten with valaerasar from the moment he saw her, so yeah he categorically, irrefutably believes in destined meetings like love-at-first-sight and soulmates. unfortunately the way his marriage ended had him rethinking if valaerasar truly was his soulmate because of how far apart they seemed to be at the time, which was just salt in the wound.

ALATAEA — as a divination wizard i think she is legally obligated to believe in this djdksla but genuinely i think she does believe in it, but she also doesn’t believe in it for herself, if that make sense? like she doesn’t see herself as significant enough to have a destined meeting written in the stars for her [me when i finally get off my ass and make her partner/s: honey you got a big storm coming].

VIVIENNE — she probably didn’t believe in this kind of thing before she met garrus frankly. she never was understood so fully by someone else or able to understand someone like she can understand him. i might change her from being an earth born to a spacer tbh for the parallel of having similar military backgrounds and family expectations. much to consider.

Future: Is there anyone your OC is looking forward to meeting or to seeing again? Who? What might that meeting or reunion look like?

GEROME — such a loaded question can’t believe you would ask him this. i know for a fact he has fantastised about meeting valaerasar again but absolutely nothing is going to prepare him for the schmozzle that’ll happen in game. good fucking luck king.

ALATAEA — she is always looking forward to seeing auretta but imma swerve and say she most looks forward to seeing her mother again, even though she is terrified because it has been a long time and what if her mother doesn’t recognise her and all those awful worries she overthinks about. that reunion is when taea gets her spine broken in nine places from her tight her mother hugs her 🥰

VIVIENNE — i have yet to complete a playthrough with the ‘happy ending mod’ but in my heart anderson lives you can’t take my old man away from me [he’s not even old for crying out loud he’s only 49 fjdkksa] anyway the first person she wants to see post ME3 finale after being rescued is anderson. she needs to know if he survived his injuries, is he okay, where is he. that meeting is pretty much two broken and badly wounded people being wheeled into the same room together and when the lights are out and the nurses are gone, talking about what they saw and experienced on the citadel.

[in-maidjan]

for bad, intimacy, companions, and first for gerome, ilya and alataea!

mwaahh thank you lovely these were. so delicious. // oc asks: relationship edition

For Bad: Is there anyone who had an undeniable negative impact on your OC’s life? How did your OC deal with that change? Have they been able to move on?

ILYA — oh i really should flesh out his pre-witcher years [which is so difficult because there’s barely any bloody dates on the wiki] but in short, the mage alzur and his own family absolutely had a negative impact upon him. as it is, ilya was kidnapped as part of the first witcher experiments, but that kidnapping would have been arranged by his father’s envious siblings to get him out of the way as the heir of caingorn. because of them, ilya endured the suffering of those experiments and the torture that would turn him into a witcher. despite it all, he survived, and he likely only did so by the bonds of solidarity with the others that survived too. it’s been a long time since then, and the past is the past, but i’m sure he’s wondered what his life would have been had that never happened.

GEROME — gerome’s still in his infancy being newly created so there’s room for this! i would like to develop a little background bully for him during his youth, as he was awfully self-conscious until his mid-late 20s, just a little arrogant bastard to compound that. i have also dabbled with the idea of their being a superior in the church of torm that disliked him [probably because of a history with his grandfather aimeric maybe?] and kept him from being promoted as quickly as he otherwise might have been in terms of rank, but its a bit wishywashy rn. the other answer is valaerasar’s boss vyrax because he really had gerome becoming paranoid about the kind of person his girlfriend-turned-wife was becoming 😬

ALATAEA — i’d like to nominate the entirety of baldurs gate for this one! being a half-eld is difficult enough but being half-drow in baldur’s gate was awful. she was bullied by children and shunned by adults alike, which gave her crippling anxiety and agoraphobia to the point that she had to leave the city entirely. she did not handle it well, even after leaving she was constantly afraid of being judged and just being seen and spoken to in general. she gradually overcomes her agoraphobia a little, and being around other drow in callidae really helped, but she still gets extremely nervous whenever she interacts with people in general.

Intimacy: Is your OC the type of person to engage in long-term relationships, or are they more casual in their intimacy and affection? How do they feel about intimacy and relationships in general?

ILYA — ilya’s been in a relationship with one soul in different incarnations for at least 260 years so i think we can safely say he only thinks long-term when it comes to his relationships asdfghjk intimacy is so special to him because he knows how fleeting life is and how precious every moment is with the one he loves. that said, he and maeve are very, very, very, very, very promiscuous, and they can be so casual about introducing a third to their nightly routine, but that doesn’t mean ilya is any less intense in his affections.

GEROME — gerome’s idea of intimacy has changed over the years. when he was younger, he was convinced that valaerasar was the only person he ever wanted to be with. then their circumstances changed and they were growing apart, and then it all unravelled and he was alone. he didn’t think he could love again after her, but he matured and grew as a person in the wake of the divorce and had the support of others that helped dull that ache, and he started to, you know, dabble. and boy was he good at it. he wasn’t a prude before but he’s had dozens of casual hook-ups, but nothing more. he knows deep down he’s still carrying a torch for valaerasar and it’d be unfair to be in a relationship with someone else whilst harbouring those feelings.

ALATAEA — oh i know taea is a one-and-done gal. she’s like a swan, mates for life and could die of heartbreak. she’s the furthest one could possibly be from casual as well, and probably entirely oblivious to being flirted with. she would struggle with intimacy early on, having zero experience and not knowing what to do. i have to also develop her partner but i know they would be so patient, and that helps her to feel safe and comfortable.

Companions: Is your OC part of an adventuring group? A band of travelers? A guild, a team, a crew? What's the group dynamic, and how does your OC feel about their companions?

ILYA — yes and no! as a witcher, he is naturally solitary but he traveled so widely whenever he was searching for the latest incarnation of mason, he would meet so many different people, and sometimes his son amadei would join him. before the destruction of the griffin school, i like to think he was very close with the other witchers there and would occasionally meet them in the wild and help them when he wasn’t pre-occupied. life with them was thrilling, their magical studies were groundbreaking and intellectually challenging, and i think with mason gone, ilya would have been quite protected by the others before they were wiped out. then there’s dietrich and greyson, who he dealt with on odd occasions over the years. his dynamic with dietrich would have been equal parts professionalism and equal parts ‘it’s time to remind you who's in charge’ while with greyson, unfortunately they are both achingly familiar with loneliness that they really cherished just being in each other’s company. needless to say anyone ilya lets past his walls is someone he cares for immensely.

GEROME — gerome is about to be in a party with his ex-wife valaerasar and gerrick, a harper he had a one-night stand with ten years ago, sooo the dynamic is going to be fascinating to discover! awkward, tense, flirty, oh its going to be fun. but before that, gerome has been in a squad of paladins within the order of the golden lion, leading his friends dane, briar, and rhapsody on patrols and small quests for the church of torm! their dynamic is very calm and relaxed, but playful as well. gerome went from being the baby of the group to the one they’ll follow into hell itself if he were leading the way [awkward. these guys clearly hace no genre-awareness]. and they’re all a little in love with him, just a bit, but most people are enamoured with this 8ft tall super sincere golden boy so don’t hold that against them. gerome loves them dearly and if anything happened to them well gerome would just save them and then they all go home and play snakes and ladders, understood?

ALATAEA — mhh maybe not an adventuring party [yet] but a guild i could see for her absolutely! something to do with astrology and divination, a wizard’s collective in callidae, where she has a few close friends. dynamics i would need to flesh out but i know taea would cherish the few friends she has and would every day make it known how she appreciates them. since i put aeca into faerûn tabby joked about them meeting and being friends which would be. so chaotic. god help her.

First: Has your OC ever been the one to leave first? Why did they go, and who did they leave behind? Do they regret it?

ILYA — always the bridesmaid never the bride but make it always the one left, never the one leaving. god end me bro.. ever since mason, his life has just been a cycle of being left behind, and he never handles it well. truly the only thing keeping him from falling into the deepest pit of despair is the hope he’ll be able to find mason’s next incarnation. as painful as it is though, he could never regret being reunited, knowing he’ll lose that person someday.

GEROME — haha. hahaha. hahahahhahahha. may i introduce you to the king of regret right here? he is the one who left first, in the sense that he pulled the pin on his marriage to valaerasar. it was a whole thing you see, the kindling was poor communication, self-doubt, stubbornness, and the spark was a situation where they were forced to choose between saving a few now or many later, and they had very different opinions about what they should do and the aftermath wasn’t pretty. he’s regretted it every day since, but he's accepted that what’s done is done and tried to move on. he failed 💕✨

ALATAEA — she was the third child to leave home so not the first there, and because of the circumstances there’s not many regrets about it either frankly fjdksk touched on above but yeah growing up in a community being shunned and abused and threatened was plenty of reason to leave, but it took both her parents coordinating the effort to get her to leave as she would have just hidden away in her room forever otherwise.

[cityandking]

oc asks: relationships edition

INNER LIFE

Self: How is your OC's relationship with themself? Does your OC like who they are? Is there anything about themself that they would change?

Know: How well does your OC know themself—their wants, their goals, their motivations? Do they engage in any sort of self-reflection? Is there anything about themself they willfully ignore?

Care: How does your OC engage in self-care, if at all? If they don't, why not?

For Good: Is there anyone in your OC's life who had an undeniable positive impact on who they are as a person? How did knowing this person improve your OC's life?

For Bad: Is there anyone who had an undeniable negative impact on your OC’s life? How did your OC deal with that change? Have they been able to move on?

Intimacy: Is your OC the type of person to engage in long-term relationships, or are they more casual in their intimacy and affection? How do they feel about intimacy and relationships in general?

OUTER LIFE

Family: What's your OC's family like? Is it a family of blood, choice, or something else? How does your OC feel about their blood relations? If they have a family of choice, how did they come together?

Mentor: Does your OC have a mentor? Have they ever reached out to anyone for guidance or teaching, or been taken under someone's wing? How does your OC get along with their mentor?

Friendship: What's your OC like as a friend? How are they at making new friends? What are the most important friendships in your OC's life?

Partner: Does your OC currently have a partner? Multiple partners? How did they meet, and what is that relationship like?

Companions: Is your OC part of an adventuring group? A band of travelers? A guild, a team, a crew? What's the group dynamic, and how does your OC feel about their companions?

Social Circle: What's your OC's social circle? Are they obligated to spend time with others in their circle, or are they happy to be there? Has their social standing and social circle ever changed, and if so, how did your OC feel about it?

HELLOS & GOODBYES

Fate: Does your OC believe in destined meetings? True love, soulmates, hearing the bells? Have they ever experienced this?

Meet Strange: What's the most memorable way your OC has ever met a new person? Was it a good experience? Bad experience? Just plain weird? How's their relationship with that person now?

Past: Does your OC have any past partners? How did the relationship(s) end? Are any of their exes still in their life, and if so, do they get along?

Exit: Has your OC ever had someone important leave their life in a way that was unremarkable, unintentional, or clumsy? How do they feel about it? Is there any chance they'll meet again?

First: Has your OC ever been the one to leave first? Why did they go, and who did they leave behind? Do they regret it?

Loss: Is there anyone important to your OC who has passed away? How did they handle the loss?

Future: Is there anyone your OC is looking forward to meeting or to seeing again? Who? What might that meeting or reunion look like?

[in-maidjan]

points at a grown man this is my ✨baby boy✨

now in my tabby voice here's little intro teehee

gerome the faithblade also known as gerome the lionheart, an up-and-coming hero in elturel / faerûn for nancy's descent into avernus campaign

he/him, bisexual / polyamorous, 52 years old - originally a human, later transformed into an aasimar through a hastily put together resurrection ritual by his friends whom he died to protect along with several innocents in the line of duty

lawful good alignment; 2w1 enneagram; ENFJ-A (i cannot escape this mbti in my ocs lol my labubus) libra zodiac; death upright tarot

hypnosis by sleep token is The Vibe

1448 - adopted at six by his grandfather aimeric, a former adventurer and blacksmith, when his parents could no longer care for him. gerome was his apprentice whilst also working the fields of their farmstead.

1457 - enemies his grandfather made during his own adventurer years attacked and burned down the farmstead, and gerome was killed trying to defend aimeric.

he was revived by ser gervasius the guardian, a paladin of torm and an old comrade to aimeric, who had seen the blaze whilst on patrol.

gervasius saw that gerome retained a divine spark from his resurrection and took him on as a squire.

1459 - as an initiate in the church of torm, gerome would go on to meet valaerasar (tabby's pc) and the two would eventually marry after a few years of working together and getting to know one another.

1469 - gerome would go on to divorce valaerasar, instigated by a clash in ideals concerning their respective duties.

to keep from falling into despair over the end if their marriage, gerome devoted himself entirely to the church of torm and sworn into the order of the golden lion.

1477 - after dying in the line of duty, gerome's friends improvised a ritual to bring him back to life, during which torm intervened, reviving and transforming him into an aasimar in his image.

gerome was anointed as ser gerome the faithblade, also known as gerome the lionheart to the people of elturel, and continued to faithfully serve the church.

1484 - gerome rescued harper gerrick (alex's pc) whilst investigating suspicious cultist activities in elturgard and two had a brief tryst before parting ways.

1494 - the year the campaign takes place, gerome will be exercising routine duties when he will reunite with valaerasar and gerrick on a quest to find out what happened to the vanished city of elturel

[in-maidjan]

want to do things but that means sitting at my desk which makes my leg want to implode which makes me want to bite things bc i want do do things but that means-

[msommers]

imagine divorcing this couldn't be me

[in-maidjan]

imagine divorcing this couldn't be me

[dalishious]

A list of malevolent spirit (demon) ideas

(* = canon)

Abuse, Aggression, Allure*, Angst, Anxiety, Apathy, Arrogance, Atrocity, Audacity*

Banality, Bedlam, Belligerence, Betrayal, Brutality

Callousness, Caress*, Chaos, Conceit, Confusion, Contempt, Control, Corruption, Craze, Cruelty, Cynicism

Death, Decay, Deceit, Defeat, Defiance, Denial, Depression, Desire*, Despair*, Despondence*, Detachment, Devious, Disappointment, Disease, Disgust, Disruption, Distress, Domination, Dread

Ego, Embarrassment, Enmity, Entropy, Envy*, Erasure, Esurience, Expiration

Failure, Fanaticism, Fear*, Feebleness, Ferocity, Filth, Flirtation, Foolishness, Forlorn, Forsake, Frailty, Fright, Frivolity, Frustration

Ignorance, Illness, Impudence, Impulse, Indolence, Infection, Injury, Insatiation, Insecurity, Intolerance, Isolation*

Gloom, Gluttony, Grave, Greed, Grief, Grime, Grudge Guilt

Hanker*, Harm, Hate, Hindrance, Hollow, Horror*, Hostility, Hubris, Humiliation, Hunger*, Hurt, Hybris*, Hysteria

Impatience

Jealousy, Jilt, Jinx

Lament, Languish, Laziness, Lethargy, Loathing, Loneliness, Loss, Lovelorn, Lust, Lying

Macabre, Malevolence, Malaise, Malice, Manipulation, Mayhem, Misery*, Menace, Mess, Mockery, Mourning

Naïveté, Necrosis, Neglect, Nemesis, Nervousness, Nihilism, Numbness

Obscurity, Obsession, Offence, Omen, Oppression, Ornery

Pain, Pandemonium, Passivity*, Perversion, Pessimism, Pillaging, Prejudice, Pride*

Rapacity*, Rage*, Regression, Rejection, Regret*, Remorse*, Renege, Repulsion, Revenge, Revolt, Rue, Ruin, Ruthlessness

Sadness, Scarcity, Scorn, Shame*, Sickness, Sloth*, Sorrow, Spite*, Stress, Strife, Suspicion

Tension, Terror*, Threat, Torment, Torpor*, Torture, Tragedy, Trauma, Treachery, Treasure*, Trickery, Tyranny*

Vanity, Venality, Vendetta, Vengeance*, Vexation, Vice, Vile, Violation, Violence, Virulence, Vulgarity

War, Waste, Weakness, Weariness, Wickedness, Wilting, Withering, Woe, Worry, Wrath

Yeverous

Zealotry

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[Benevolent list]

[dalishious]

A list of benevolent spirit ideas

(* = canon)

Adaptation, Admiration, Adoration, Adventure*, Achievement, Aid, Allure, Amity, Amusement, Assurance

Beauty, Balance, Belief, Belonging, Benevolence*, Blessing, Bliss, Bloom, Bond, Bravery, Brilliance

Calm, Candor, Care, Chance, Change, Chaos*, Charity, Charm, Chivalry, Clarity, Command*, Comfort, Compassion*, Confidence, Contemplation, Constance, Control, Courage*, Creation, Cunning, Curiosity*

Daring, Decision, Delight, Deliverance, Demand, Determination*, Devotion*, Dignity, Discovery, Disruption*, Dream, Drive, Duty*

Empathy, Enduring, Esteem, Eulogy*, Excitement, Equality

Faith*, Fame, Fate, Favour, Finesse, Focus, Flourish, Fortune, Freedom

Generosity, Gentleness, Glee, Glory, Grace, Guard, Guidance, Guile

Harmony, Healing, Heroism, Honesty, Honour*, Hope*

Imagination, Inspiration, Instinct

Jokes, Joy, Judgement, Justice*

Kindness, Knowledge*

Leadership, Learning*, Legacy, Liberty, Life, Love*, Loyalty, Luck

Mayhem, Melody, Memory*, Mercy, Merit, Modesty, Mourning, Musing, Mystery

Navigation, Nourishment, Nurture

Obedience

Panache, Passion, Patience, Peace, Perseverance*, Persistence, Play, Pleasure, Pluck*, Power, Prestige, Purpose*, Prayer, Promise, Protection, Prudence

Query, Question, Quiet

Reason, Reassurance, Recollection, Reflection, Reminiscence, Repentance, Resistance, Resolve, Respect

Safety, Salvation, Satisfaction, Searching, Sharing, Shelter, Silence, Sincerity, Solace, Soothing, Strength, Sympathy

Temerity, Temperance, Tenacity, Tenderness, Thrill, Treasure, Triumph, Trust, Truth

Unity

Valor*, Value, Veneration, Venture, Verity, Victory

Wander, Wisdom*, Wish, Wonder, Worship

Yearning

Zeal, Zest

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[Malevolent list]

[hiveswap]

I'm starting a collection. Idk what the aesthetic is. Blorbocore

[sceptixfakemon]

TAG YOURSELF WHAT'S YOUR FAVE MEDIEVAL HELMET

[theotherpacman]

not all ships are For wanting them to be in a happy healthy relationship together. sometimes shipping two characters means you want them to be erotically obsessed with each other and become entwined in a mutually toxic love affair for a few months and then horrifically break each other's hearts and never speak again. sometimes you want them to be codependent best friends with enough repression to explode a submarine who only make out/have sex when they're at their worst. sometimes you want them to pine after each other for years, never say anything, and then die. sometimes you want them to kill each other. this, too, is shipping

[phantasymistart]

some kaz to get me out of an art block

[wabart]

when you very romantically propose with a 15 page contract :)

[strawxbunny]

no one wants to force you on your knees and spread them apart with their boot anymore