Most Wonderful Afternoon, Labelas! 6 (perhaps Pertaining To Mystryl, Or Any Other God You Happen To Remember?),

Most wonderful afternoon, Labelas! 6 (perhaps pertaining to Mystryl, or any other God you happen to remember?), 9 and 14 for the ask game!

Afternoon to you as well!! This was insanely fun to write

6 - Memory with [Mystryl]

While my knowledge of my doings before the spellplague is limited, I remember Mystryl. For a specific memory, when we created the Time Conduit spell together. She was sick of time travelers, I was sick of time travelers, we got together and with my mastery (or, at that time, more like loose grasp) of the continuum and her mastery of the weave we created a spell to prevent mortals from screwing with my domain. Unfortunately this did not pertain to gods, as I would shortly find out. Fuck you Moonbow.

I remember that the time of our collaboration was one of the first that I had been respected as my own deity instead of an extension of Corellon and for that I am immensely grateful to her. As the goddess of the entire weave and then some, her opinion of me carried heavy weight that thankfully carried past that of her passing. I never got close to Mystra, unfortunately, as by the time she had rose to power I had become a bit more bitter than I would like to admit.

9 - If you could change anything you did in canon / go back and do something you didn’t do, what would it be?

Oh! I quite literally just talked about that. What a fortunate transition. One of the things I would do is try harder to reject Corellon's influence. As the father of elvenkind he had a harsh grip on all of the Seldarine and wanted to mold most of us to his image. Now - I make him out to be much more malicious than he truely was. I was naive and vulnerable and he simply rubbed off on me too much. His influence, by none of his will, turned me from a stoic yet gentle god to a bitter and somewhat harsh one.

If I had never undergone that transition, I would have probably been more acquainted with Mystra, but Corellon convinced me that I was above the doings of mortals and so for a goddess so devoted to ensuring her domain was secure to the point of collaborating with mortals - well, I wasn't a fan. Wow that was a long sentence. This sentiment goes for many gods, actually.

Even though the two are directly related and I had to go back and only change ONE action, I would never have abandoned Ollie how I did. I had originally created him as my own vessel but his resemblance to a drow made me see him as unfit. I can't blame Corellon for that one - it was my own hatefulness. I could have used him as my vessel, or I could have, at the very least, raised him to be his own god, however that would have worked. He was destined for so much greatness and the moment I sent him off to mortal parents I threw it away.

14 - What was something you loved in your canon?

Reading. I loved reading. I was an archivist, so naturally I documented the doings of both mortals and the gods. Because I was so against meddling with mortals, my only exposure to the mortal world was books written by them. I mostly read those written by elves, but I did read some academic papers from all over Toril. I quite enjoyed reading about Drizzt a few years after that ordeal had started - the idea of a 'good drow' was very novel to me. It was also one of my only pastimes. When I wasn't having an aggressive staring contest with the continuum or dealing with some mortal who time-fucked a bit too close to the sun I was reading. When I reconnected with Ollie, I swooped him into my domain for hours-long tea parties where I shared all of my favorite books with him.

Labelas, go one post without mentioning Corellon challenge. Level: Impossible.

22 & 25?

woah!!! that was quick :D

22 - Are you trying to avoid being kin with a specific character?

Hmm. There is one heart type that I’ve been dancing around due to being close with someone who identifies as that character, but if anything I will just avoid posting about said heart type. Many of my hearts get neglected anyways lol. Sorry Riddle sorry Link sorry Childe i have more important spiders to meditate about.

In terms of sources I’ve been trying to AVOID genshin impact because i already have two hearts from there and one link type and jesus christ where is the melanin. i feel terrible about identifying with such a vile center for cultural appropriation so i tend to neglect those hearts. yes yes involuntary i know but thinking about the real people who probably saw their culture but not themself in a game actively profiting off of their food, clothing, music, etc makes me ill. Autism strong sense of justice or something

25 - favorite image of kintype?

This one. The guy on top - that’s me.

This photo was also the inspiration for that one drawing i did. This is the only drawing/photo of me that I feel represents who I was. Especially in relation to Correlon. Silently lurking in the back, minding my own business, while he makes a spectacle of himself.

Also, this is one of like four options. No i’m not exaggerating. The very first image on google ISNT EVEN ME!!! IT’S A PRIEST OF ME!!!???? WAAAHHH.

*Slaps down another non-character poll*

Given that BG3 lacks a “Teen” model, only “Child” and “Adult” (and the lack, in many fantasy settings, of standard age qualifiers), I can’t honestly tell if these guys are smashable. I’d been giving them the benefit of the doubt, given they have Adult in game models and assuming they’re just a touch younger than Lae’zel (22). However, the BG3 Community Wiki has them listed under the “Children” category. What’s y’all’s take on this? Or does anyone have any better reliable information on Githyanki development in Forgotten Realms lore.

The outcome of this poll with also determine the fate of some characters in Act 3 which could also be figured to be teenagers instead of young adults, but hard to tell since they have adult models since teen ones don’t exist (Oyster Boy Dringo, Prayerboy Zoryxx, Ptaris, Jaheira’s Wards (Jord & Rion)).

The children yearn for destiel

gays see something with "vampire" in it and hit reblog

not sure if you’ve talked about this before, but what do the others think of cae’s pointy teeth? from what i know, that’s not a typical tiefling trait - but then again, no one noticed astarion’s fangs

The tiefs mainly just have flat front teeth though right?

I think with the goofy expressions he tends to make it’s not very intimidating. Though I’m sure it can be- if you didn’t know of his aloof tendencies? In the dark? Tearing into food? Genuinely angry? I wrote a line before, paraphrasing, something like “his wide smile, every sharp tooth in plain view, it would have frightened anyone else, yet it only excited Astarion.”