The Wonderful Nuthatch

The wonderful nuthatch

The nuthatch is the only bird in the UK that walks down trees as well as up them

some of my favourite sign fails <3

I *adore* how companions' reactions to Raphael perfectly show their personalities and life experiences.

Gale is certain he can outwit the devil and come out on top; he's arrogant when it comes to his intelligence and magic and has trouble understanding that he's not smarter than everyone. He even goes as far as to be *flattered* by the devil's attention to begin with, claiming it's an equivalent of 'serenades and roses'. False sense of own importance one again. (I hate him)

Shadowheart tests you to see how certain you are about your stance and calms down if you prove yourself immune to seeds of doubt, knowing exactly what those can do. She wisely warns us that people like him exploit uncertainty and draw their power from it.

Karlach responds with straightforward rage and it's in her favour; her trauma from the hells makes her reject any mind games of devils and thus their influence.

Astarion is desperately looking for a way to secure his freedom and in his fear and uncertainty of the future, he is easily tempted by the promise of a way out, however untrustworthy it may be. Shadowheart's words ring true; Raphael's power over people does come from uncertainty, something that Astarion has every reason to be full of.

can you believe that we have fanfiction. that we have websites dedicated to fanfiction. that there is a place that you can go and read tens, hundreds, thousands and thousands of pieces of writing that strangers have made. people who are not "writers". people who come home at the end of the day and have feelings and say, i am going to put that into words. i am going to share those words. short, long, sweet, sad, horny, funny, wonderful words. we are all just human and we all love to make and remake and share that with others. can you believe that.

Every year or two I revisit Tumblr. I discover the joy of sharing my thoughts and reading other people's thoughts from the very start.

And then I discover the nightmares.

I give myself two weeks this year, although quite frankly it does look a whole lot better than it did when I last visited.

It was during the pornbot apocalypse and the Tumblr live era. Dark times.

The website changed but the people probably didn't. I hope there's less extremism here now, though that's asking for too much.