Gotta Make A Post About My Best DunMeshi Neurospicy Boi

Gotta make a post about my best DunMeshi neurospicy boi

Lotta content out there about Laios' autistic traits but where o where is the Senshi rep?

Senshi's dedication to Dungeon trophic systems makes Laios' special interest look like a well-thumbed pamphlet. (Granted Senshi has had significantly longer to cook; Laios is a baby).

Senshi's limited emoting is baked-in to his character model- that thousand yard stare, most of his face occluded by his habitual helmet (masked, even...... How many folks pine for covid masks obviating the need to manage their faces constantly?)

He overheard someone mention his special interest and Walked Right Up to a Group of Strangers to brazenly asplain them a thing. Marcille makes a bridge-mending bid regarding the mosses in the scorpion hotpot (after her previous truculent outbursts) and he totally deadpans her, because he didn't even notice.

He is VERY COMMITED to his ethical position on dungeon ecology. More than once he's disrupted Marcille Right at the point of release of a spell, after she's been chanting for like a paragraph, because she's going to contravene some principle of his.

Also

Speaking of Marcille, he demonstrates some pretty rigid, black-and-white thinking around magic, that doesn't seem internally consistent. He's repeatedly reanimating magical constructs (golems), an explicitly controlled magical act, but is Very Very reluctant to submit to being charmed with WaterWalk; his spoken reasoning about this just doesn't hold water.

Oh and he's totally neglected his personal hygiene for basically ever. He's averse to cleaning up for the sake of being bespelled, but other than magic, seems fine with getting the salon treatment. This isn't a Toph Beifong 'protective layer of earth', he's just forgotten to care about not being covered with monster gore.

PDA? The fellow has one (1) social skill, namely, he exercises any discretion on opening his mouth to argue. But that holds him back exactly NONE when he decides he's done listening. The first time we see this is gathering Mandrakes, when he doesn't SAY he's done with Marcille's opinions, but he Does just go ahead and exercise his damn autonomy. a MUCH stronger example is when Chilchuck is guiding them through the trap rooms. Senshi gets roundly (and rightly!) chewed out by Chilchuck, and his response isn't the sensible 'sorry Chilchuck, maybe I could walk more directly behind you so I can more closely match your steps', but to BRAZENLY DANCE ALL OVER THE TRAP FLOOR! the only reason that doesn't kill the whole party is The Plot. It's not even that he doesn't appreciate Chilchuck's skill- he just don't like getting chastised! Same with Anne the Kelpie! Senshi's gonna do what Senshi's gonna do! He WILL not be rushed, he WILL not be chastised, he WILL not be directed! How do we think he came to be living in a dungeon all by himself in the first place!!

AND THE BREAD!

THIS IS NOT THE DEMAND OF A NEUROTYPICAL DWARF

Look there's more. After Chilchuck's impassioned and heartfelt plea, Senshi suggests they should return to the surface because they're 'low on seasoning'.

He's a dwarf who turned his adamantium shield into a cookpot.

He can meticulously maintain his mithril cooking knife but not his axe.

He responds well to other characters meeting him halfway but initiates few (no?) such bids himself. There's rarely any guile in Senshi, and when he is being shifty, he's Bad At It- and again, usually its in service of demand avoidance, like when he capitalises on Marcille's toilet break to reanimate his golems.

Senshi is the monomaniac that society has spent Decades trying to iron out of my wrinkly brain.

I hope to see him also find a place in the neurosparkly constellations.

DO NOT REPOST

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In chubby Gortash we trust 🙏

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Im proud of this drawing because it’s been itching the back of my mind for months. I’m wanting to practice more varieties of body types and Gortash was the best candidate ❤️

Look at his tummy!!!

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The gauntlets stay on 24/7

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My tav and durge need to get away from his ass. I also added a version without them for viewing pleasure

The whole camp chipped in to get it for him

Curtain falls, but hold your applause 🎶

I couldn't resist turning one of my Raphael's outfit redesign sketches into a fanart. I can see him wearing something this fancy while singing his Final Act song as a Disney villain

Oh you can bet I’m gonna try and do some stuff for this 👀

GORTASH WEEK FAQ

What is it?

A week-long event celebrating Baldur’s Gate’s shortest reigning and only Archduke. 

When is it?

22nd July - 28th July 2024

Where can I find the prompts?

On THIS handy graphic!

What do I need to do to participate?

Simple - create! Use either both or one of the prompts to create something involving Gortash as the main focus of the piece. Then, when the time comes, simply upload your piece/s on the corresponding day using the tag “#gortashweek” so I can reblog it here for the world to see! Closer to the time I will make a collection on AO3 so fanfics can all be neatly organised and in one place.

What can I create?

All artforms are welcome here, from digital art to 3D art to fanfics to creating a shrine in the middle of the forest! (Please do not disturb the wildlife, no matter how much you think it would appease the Archduke.)

If you create it, it’s welcome!

No AI “creations” will be tolerated. If you are caught using AI for anything, you will be rounded up by the Steel Watch and brought in for eternal imprisonment. 

Any limitations?

None at all! The prompts are designed to be vague enough to allow complete freedom all while sticking closely to things related to Gortash. Take these prompts and run with them!

Both SFW and NSFW creations are allowed.

Posts, when reblogged here, will be tagged correctly so that if there’s any content you don’t want to see you can filter it out.

Want to only use Gortash in your wicked schemes? Go for it! Wish to bring in others to ruin his life? The more the merrier! As long as Gortash is the main focal point of the piece, feel free to wreck his day with whoever you see fit.

Great - what now?

CREATE IN THE NAME OF ARCHDUKE ENVER GORTASH.

Ahem. Start planning or working on things you wish to create! There’s just under a month between the prompt list going out and the week of the event, so don’t feel pressured to wait to create things on the day. This is a low stakes event, you don’t have to commit to making something for every day. If you wish to only use one prompt on one day, that’s completely fine! If you want to do all seven days and all thirteen prompts, please make sure you stretch and hydrate yourself while working!

Once it gets closer to the week I’ll put out reminders so that you can, well, be reminded of the event. 

Any other questions? Feel free to ask!

Dad bod Gort because I refuse to believe that this man has a six packs