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Year of Small Joys

Okay it's official. I have a list together for @oonajaeadira's year of themes challenge, and I've chosen "Year of small joys", if only because I think I need it:

A hot meal (Din and Grogu)

Sunlight (Max Phillips)

Friendly Touch (Din Djarin)

Breathtaking sunrise (Joel and Ellie)

Stargazing (NMS Din x Reader)

Candles (Joel Miller x Reader)

Something soft (Joel and Ellie)

A cool bug (Joel x Reader, and Ellie)

Leaf pile (Joel and Ellie)

Quiet moment by the fire (Din and OC Kes)

First snow of the year (NMS Din x Reader)

A quiet night in (STA Joel x Reader)

Some of these will be the character's joy. Others will be the reader's joy. Some will be both.

(extra thanks to @grogusmum for letting me ramble myself through some ideas)

ALSO: If anyone wants to do the challenge and think small joys is one you'd like to do too, I don't mind people taking that as a launching point and picking their own small joys as challenges. <3 It's a fairly generic idea, honestly, part of why I picked it, it gives me a lot of wiggle room, so by all means if you think it would be fun for you too, I wouldn't consider it stealing my idea.

READ THEM ALL ON AO3

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(Full works masterlist coming as soon as I get the spoons)

#year of themed creation #year of small joys #my writing #masterlist

chaumas-deactivated20240115

watching glimmer come into heat makes me think omegaverse writers need to be writing omegas as really fucking annoying

creekfiend

you have to take your heat suppressants so you don't starts chasing your coworkers around the office yelling at them. because they hate it. genuine HR issue

moetartart

Well deserved rage

moetartart

kickbutts-singsongs

My gf and I attended Neil Newbon’s panel at Phx Fan Fusion today and we learned that a) he was the actor for the performance capture of both Minsc and Gortash (among others), b) he based Minsc’s mannerisms off of his own twin brother (sweet), but also c) he based Gortash’s posture and behavior off of former US president Barack Obama

#ASDLKJGHASKLJG HELP????

may12324

Some Baldurs Gate sketches, I have three blorbos that I was to kiss, I like them a normal amount. And my Tav, Fenn! My eldritch knight fighter who is an idiot

fvngus

I'd like to believe this is how it all started.

fellator

this fetish stuff is getting out of hand what the fuck is word play

yvesdot

I have seen a young lady with her table loaded with volumes of fictitious trash, poring day after day and night after night over highly wrought scenes and skillfully portrayed pictures of romance, until her cheeks grew pale, her eyes became wild and reckless, and her mind wandered and was lost — the light of intelligence passed behind a cloud, and her soul was forever benighted. She was insane, incurably insane from reading novels.

-- an anonymous pastor in 1864

yvesdot

Glad to see people are enjoying this one! Incredibly, the original publication just keeps going, with segments which call to mind nothing so much as the tale of Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s balls:

Not very long since, a double suicide was committed in Massachusetts by a young married couple from Ohio, who were clearly proved to be led to ruin and death by these most pernicious books. Not many winters ago, in a town of New England of not more than five thousand inhabitants, to the certain knowledge of the writer of this volume, three divorces were distinctly traced to the influence of this class of writings on the minds of young romantic wives and mothers, one or two of whom were professors of religion. Police officers too in London and some of our own large cities, have given mournful evidence of the results of some of these novels when dramatized and performed on the stage, as leading to burglaries and murder.

He then applauds an anonymous minister in his efforts “beseeching those young persons who wished to enjoy happiness on earth and heaven hereafter, never, never to touch the unhallowed book, called by whatever name it might be, partaking of the character of a novel.” So, you know, take note.

Well I wouldn't say ALL distraction...

I thought we were planning to betray him? You know, on account of him hurting Karlach.

"You fucked up" "you fucked up" "OH GOOD ORIN FINALLY SHUT UP" 🤣

Time to talk to everyone else. :)

Yeah speaking of souls shit we still need to look for your dad...

OK you KNOW it's a big deal when even Jaheira puts the sarcasm away. Have I mentioned I fucking love Jaheira?

I feel like they could have really done more with Halsin's romance here. Alas, he's just kind of... there. dflkjghadfjklhgldf

We still gotta deal with yours.... right...

The fact that GALE says more here than my other boyfriend. slkdjhglkjadfhgjklda

Anyway, time to check on Minthy...

And then the task of getting our asses back out of the temple (this time with Jaheira in tow because we're headed to the counting house next):

I think Minsc rubbed off on her a bit.

I am once again a very mature individual.

Anyway that, as far as I am aware, concludes Clive's dark urge arc of this game so now he can help everyone else through their shit.

#lyr plays #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #the dark urge #default durge

So anyway as I mentioned in a previous post I found out upon trying to talk to Minthara that she REFUSED to speak to me after getting freed, and I had to do the trader trick of just. Giving her stuff until she'd talk again. fsdkgjhadfljkghdf (We forgot to bring her backpack full of shit otherwise it would have gone so much faster)

Yeah, no, that's fair.

Bestie Lae'zel? :D

The way these lines were delivered felt so bittersweet. Like. My boy here gets to keep living on with the life he's chosen. And she's still trapped in her situation.

He's had time to recover from my untimely death so the sarcasm is back. LOL It's OK Astarion I know you were upset.

He's so cute when he doesn't know what to do with the happy gooey feelings. XD Stray cat ass little shit.

Anyway bugged him again to make sure there wasn't anything else he had to say.

Hi okay yeah this is cute.

And they all lived happily ever a--- oh. Right. The tadpoles still need dealt with.

#lyr plays #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #the dark urge #default durge

I knew what was going to happen at this point (even if I hadn't known exactly what steps led to it) but even then it had so much more of an impact actually playing through it. Again the pacing and the sense of gravitas is just *chef's kiss*

I will not deny, aside from the once extra romanced character scene, up until now I was starting to wonder if I was going to get any further narrative satisfaction from a Durge run because it wasn't really giving me enough extra to feel worth it for a bit there.

But then...

Death itself staring down my lifeless body and saying "not today."

If I hadn't already figured out he was Jergal before now I would have been YELLING by this point. And I do have to agree with the folks who say this REALLY sounds like Durge is now effectively immortal, because Withers won't let him die.

The lad does still have some guilt issues, however.

"Get up, boy, can't have a redemption arc if you're dead."

The sincerity in Astarion's voice here. 🥺 Dropped all the sarcasm, all the snarky bullshit for this one.

(extra shot just because prettyface if you up the brightness by like a lot lol)

Well that's a relief!

The sheer pride in her voice here took me out.

Most in-character answer for this doof I could pick. "OK now what?" XD

From here Withers left and it was time to talk to my companions.

#lyr plays #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #the dark urge #default durge

Ah right forgot to do screenshots again. Fair warning there's a lot so this'll be a few posts. dfklgjhadfjklhg

Anyway got to the Orin fight finally.

But we had talked to mummy dearest before coming onto the arena.

So we knew something he didn't.

But my boy is still trying to be as nicies as reasonably possible about it. Please. Please you were also abused we could just. Not have this fight.

Hm. That doesn't seem good.

Oh shut up you little creep.

Anyway what the fuck I had no idea how much easier the Orin fight would be with Durge. Instead of being a full battle it's just a duel so you don't have to deal with her little minions powering her up. Few good slaps with the owlbear claws and her ass was down. (Without the wildshape I WOULD have been downed though because Slayer hits fucking HARD lol)

Yeah nah. Also. No apologies for doubting me hm? You little shit.

Listen I didn't kill her for you.

Thankfuly Astarion warned Clive about this kind of thing. So... what would Astarion say?

Yeah. Yeah that sounds kickass enough.

Ah. Hm. Ow.

I already WAS worthy but I said no. Cope harder.

The pacing in this moment was SO GOOD. And so, to honor the pause, and because I am gonna run out of space for images, next bit goes in the next post.

#lyr plays #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #the dark urge #default durge

transmortifried

idk why people are still trying to do "hear me out"s on tumblr

you could talk about wanting to fuck the space needle on here and people would still call you a poser for insisting on fucking "conventionally attractive architecture" as if that's a coherent, easily-recognizable category