[aleandoras]

I love his hands. All the ways. The Professor really knows how to put his anatomy lessons to practical use. A personal grievance with Ficbook: this drawing didn’t make it past moderation because of its “sexual content.”

[camillekaze]

I made Manfred meme stickers that you can get right here if you feel so inclined uwu

[lavellidan]

Blackthorne manor quests >

[redwyvernan]

today i’m thinking about how the despair demons tend to single rook out and how the first time this is recognized is after the treviso/minrathous decision

like, listen. i know it’s probably just a game mechanic thing. but it’s interesting to me that every despair demon in the game does this—single rook out. and how you encounter a lot more despair demons the worse the situation gets. and every single time, without fail, rook is their primary target.

like. the potential juiciness of it all. rook who carries regrets and despair hidden behind a smile that no one can see behind until the regret prison. rook who has to keep up a brave face as the leader so that the team doesn’t collapse because someone has to make a decision.

the narrative juiciness of regret…despair…someone sedate me

[exhausted-archivist]

Okay, I'mma just say this real fast cause the mechanic was mentioned it so please gimme a minute.

So yeah, the way datv works is that Rook ALWAYS draws aggro unless you bring a warrior who can pull it away or Rook is too far to be targeted by an enemy. (I think also if there are too many enemies but… yeah Rook is primary target by default. I figured all this out because of that one dragon fight where it summoned minions that swarmed me and I booked it across the stadium and after a bit they turned around and went after my companions cause I left there radius. But there were still a couple stragglers that hunted me down. And the dragon didn't let me up either.)

But mechanic aside

It is absolutely one of those times where the mechanic is utilized by the narrative. It is very juicy. Because of all that was mentioned and the fact that despair is not one of the most common active demons. I cannot stress active enough. The lore with despair demons are that it is insidious, it lurks in the shadows and waits. It's a persistent predator that jumps when you're at your lowest and devours you. In world lore states they used to be categorized as a sloth demon because of the similarities until later.

So even factoring in the state of the world and how despair is a plenty. By lore and narrative, the mechanic lends so well to an aspect of the story that the game is trying to tell. Rook is in despair. Rook is actively pursuing a path despite it because every other outcome if they give in to that despair is worse.

Rook, pursues in spite of despair - not necessarily because they have hope (though your Rook can absolutely be the type that does), but because they have to.

[lavellidan]

hey so i don't post on here anymore but I couldn't post these gifs where I wanted to here you go tumblr. Here are my current rooks for DATV.

[derangedrhythms]

I taste the good and bad in you and want them both.

Anita Ofokansi, from ‘Literary Sexts’

[taiturner]

Sometimes, alone is safer. That’s not the conventional wisdom.

[anyataylorjoy]

LADY MACBETH (2016), dir. William Oldroyd / OH, THE WILD, WILD MOORS (1800′s), writ. Edwin Waugh

[sorta-ish]

“Look at us both. Covered in other people’s blood and talking about morality.”

— Mitchell (Being Human S2 E8)

[tesb]

like father, like daughter

[alienas]

Wedding Gowns on Screen ⤵ Lady Rose MacClare, Downton Abbey

[natashas]

[blossomfully]

“I think I could have kissed her all day,” he said quietly. “I could have swept back the loose strands of hair from her eyes and spent the morning just like that. “And maybe it was because there was too much sadness in her heart, but she kissed like she needed to be kissed, like she was aching all over.”

— S.Z. // Excerpt from a book I’ll never write #134

[thesoldiersminute]

Anya Taylor-Joy at Cruise 2022

[yafictionquotes]

Holly Black, Black Heart

[someone-like-robsten]

I already written 38 pages single spaced.

[salemwitchtrials-deactivated202]

Coming to Writing, Hélène Cixous