#ezio.txt

[fondofcowboys]

its my chronically disabled ass and extra strength arnica gel against the world

[fondofcowboys]

living in canada is a fucking nightmare i just paid $9 for cream cheese and $8 for milk. free me from this fucking hell

[fondofcowboys]

every once in a while i'll see someone i know feeding their dog a popcorn/grape/chocolate and i'll go "no don't do that that's toxic for dogs!!" in hopes that they just dont know. and fortunately they never do wnd it's just a genuine mistake. unfortunately they always follow up the "i didn't know" with "i've been feeding my dogs 500 pounds of popcorn/grape/chocolate every day for the past 10 years" and i just have to sit there in horror

[fondofcowboys]

> be me

> commission friend for a gorgeous pair of green beaded earrings

> so excited

> theyre beautiful and ethereal

> try to wear them to work the day after you get them in the mail

> your mom has an internalized homophobia moment and throws the literal worst temper tantrum she has ever thrown because you two work in the same space and she'll get embarassed if you, a guy, wear earrings

> have the most awkward ride to work after she kicked her car and threw things around

> again, because you wanted to wear earrings to work

> cry and sit in the break room before your shift

> be me

[fondofcowboys]

astarion makes a reference to a bit of zevran dialogue 🥹 when you ask him "can we talk about us" theres a chance he'll say "i'm all pointy ears, my love". zevran says "i'm all ears, as we elves like to say" when you ask him the same thing in da:o.

[fondofcowboys]

here's my very all over the place feelings on certain aspects of baldur's gate 3 as a romani immigrant. warnings for spoilers of course. mind you i have not finished the game yet!

1. i really can't believe there aren't more people talking about the very blatant racism in astarion's questline. im quite sure it's because the game already touches on it, even giving you the choice to call astarion a racist, and also because everytime we roma talk about anything that makes us uncomfortable we're immediately shunned and "well actually!"'d.

the problem is that it feels Extra icky because the man who was the inspiration for the original dracula, Vlad the Impaler, kept romani slaves. this is the ONLY part of vampire history that, no matter how different the media, will always stay relevant for some reason.

castlevania has the seekers, a nomadic group of magic users who pass their history down orally. while they are *mostly* treated well, the first arc of the show literally shows them being hunted out of town for the simple act of existing.

vampire the masquerade... well.. that's an entire other can of racism worms.

curse of strahd has the "vistani", a nomadic group of people who are treated like third class citizens everywhere they go, and are of course, most known for being tarot readers and drunkards.

the vampire diaries have the "travellers", who get called "gypsies" explicitly as a derogatory word by other vampires.

i want you to take any vampire media you enjoy and ask yourself, "is there anti-roma racism in this?". i guarantee you, if you look for it, you're going to find it. for SOME reason, the only thing that stays consistent with all these different vampire IPs, is that romani people are hated and scrutinized at every moment of their lives.

i MORE than understand that astarion's racial insensitivity is part of him. it's part of what makes him malleable by the player. you can help him understand why he's wrong, or you can lead him down a worse path.

i still reserve the right to feel some sort of way about astarion sacrificing fantasy-romani children for power, willingly. don't get me wrong, he's my favourite character, right up there with halsin. which is why i obviously have so many feelings about this.

(yes, the Gur were written inspired by romani people, if you were not aware)

2. the anti-immigrant sentiment is such an inherent part of the story that i did not think was going to stick around for SO long. i dont really have much to say about this, i think i should've expected it. as a fan of dragon age (i know, tragic) i'm quite used to unnecessary fantasy racism everywhere i go, i just hoped it wouldn't be part of the main crucial story.

3. larian studios i am so so so thankful for the halsin romance. eternally. forever and ever. he's my pookie bear and i'm so grateful some extra time was made to create a romance for him.

can i ask you why the hell does halsin want to LEAVE. At The End. i've noticed how much he contradicts himself throughout his questline and i just... I don't know. i've seen some other people complaining about how non-chalantly he talks about being a sex slave and i understand too, but i think it's part of his character to not take the horrible things that happened to him seriously like he does with others. that, or someone at larian took an unknown substance that led them to make halsin Very inconsistent.

with the poly situation, some people are strictly polyamorous! some people are strictly non-monogamous and do not feel comfortable being in a monogamous relationship. i understand the frustration everyone, but that's how halsin is. i dont know if that was the writers' intention, but that's certainly what he comes across as to me; strictly non-monogamous.

what i DONT understand is why he says he only wants you, calls you "my heart", is so fondly and lovingly attached to you, and then he just.... Dips? Whatever. I'm ignoring that part forever. it's not canon to ME!

anyways. yeah. feel free to Engage in some Friendly conversation. emphasis on friendly, for the love of g-d

[fondofcowboys]

dont know why this was the first thing i thought of when i saw this pic

[fondofcowboys]

im being really honest i just dont have the passion to play destiny2 anymore. lance's passing, the event "cards" you need to pay for, the microtransactions... Everything is just burying the writer's passions. also every other season has been a miss for me. but mainly it was lance's passing that destroyed me. i cant bear to look at zavala without breaking into tears. sighs.