headraline - Nix Alba does things

Hey you, she's a grieving woman. Freshly bereaved. She has just found the mutilated corpse of her husband in a dungeon, she couldn't even put him to rest. And you tell me she can be romanced just days after? Bloody hells. In BG3 she is the only one who could have made me give Halsin a break for a run, but she is still loyal to Khalid - and this is fine. Characters have their lives, their stories, and this is hers.

Also, it feels so strange not to have lesbian/gay/bi/pan romance. There are 3 straight options for males and one (one, with a male human paladin, I demand an apology) straight option for women. So male coded I have to remind myself that the game is quarter a century old.

On the subject of queer romances or lack thereof:

Back in the day, you could "trick" the game by creating a male character, starting a romance with the girl of your choice, and then slapping on a Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity. The romance would still be on, and the only thing to change would be the pronoun use, iirc.

Nowadays, the Enhanced Edition has taken away the cinematic cutscenes and replaced them with garbage comic book ones, but they added queer romances. I believe Dorn (male) can be romanced regardless of gender while Hexxat (female) romances women exclusively. The Dorn-Il Khan romance is the angsty one -he's an evil-aligned half orc warlock with patron issues but you can romance him even with a good align character, you just have to remember not to take any of his shit and show yourself supportive of his quest but decisive in your attitude... not quite an "I can fix him" situation, but... yeah. Worth it to try and break through the shell, it's actually a bit sweet at times. Just beware: it's a tragic romance.

In BG2 EE you meet him in the southern region of the Temple District.

I haven't tried the Hexxat romance, but if you wanna meet her it's also in the Temple District, you can rescue her from Dragomir's Tomb -which is not super easy, but worth it in both treasure and xp.

She also has a bit of a surprising reveal but one I can't make without spoilers, so, yeah. She is interesting to deal with, her speech pattern is a bit odd but that's on purpose.

You can still romance Neera!

What you need to do is, create your female character, slap on a Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity to turn yourself into a man, meet Neera and talk to her until the Romance path triggers, and once it's started you can get rid of the Girdle with a Remove Curse scroll. If you time it right, once the Romance path is triggered it doesn't go back.

Hey you, she's a grieving woman. Freshly bereaved. She has just found the mutilated corpse of her husband in a dungeon, she couldn't even put him to rest. And you tell me she can be romanced just days after? Bloody hells. In BG3 she is the only one who could have made me give Halsin a break for a run, but she is still loyal to Khalid - and this is fine. Characters have their lives, their stories, and this is hers.

Also, it feels so strange not to have lesbian/gay/bi/pan romance. There are 3 straight options for males and one (one, with a male human paladin, I demand an apology) straight option for women. So male coded I have to remind myself that the game is quarter a century old.

On the subject of queer romances or lack thereof:

Back in the day, you could "trick" the game by creating a male character, starting a romance with the girl of your choice, and then slapping on a Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity. The romance would still be on, and the only thing to change would be the pronoun use, iirc.

Nowadays, the Enhanced Edition has taken away the cinematic cutscenes and replaced them with garbage comic book ones, but they added queer romances. I believe Dorn (male) can be romanced regardless of gender while Hexxat (female) romances women exclusively. The Dorn-Il Khan romance is the angsty one -he's an evil-aligned half orc warlock with patron issues but you can romance him even with a good align character, you just have to remember not to take any of his shit and show yourself supportive of his quest but decisive in your attitude... not quite an "I can fix him" situation, but... yeah. Worth it to try and break through the shell, it's actually a bit sweet at times. Just beware: it's a tragic romance.

In BG2 EE you meet him in the southern region of the Temple District.

I haven't tried the Hexxat romance, but if you wanna meet her it's also in the Temple District, you can rescue her from Dragomir's Tomb -which is not super easy, but worth it in both treasure and xp.

She also has a bit of a surprising reveal but one I can't make without spoilers, so, yeah. She is interesting to deal with, her speech pattern is a bit odd but that's on purpose.

You can still romance Neera!

What you need to do is, create your female character, slap on a Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity to turn yourself into a man, meet Neera and talk to her until the Romance path triggers, and once it's started you can get rid of the Girdle with a Remove Curse scroll. If you time it right, once the Romance path is triggered it doesn't go back.

Hey you, she's a grieving woman. Freshly bereaved. She has just found the mutilated corpse of her husband in a dungeon, she couldn't even put him to rest. And you tell me she can be romanced just days after? Bloody hells. In BG3 she is the only one who could have made me give Halsin a break for a run, but she is still loyal to Khalid - and this is fine. Characters have their lives, their stories, and this is hers.

Also, it feels so strange not to have lesbian/gay/bi/pan romance. There are 3 straight options for males and one (one, with a male human paladin, I demand an apology) straight option for women. So male coded I have to remind myself that the game is quarter a century old.

On the subject of queer romances or lack thereof:

Back in the day, you could "trick" the game by creating a male character, starting a romance with the girl of your choice, and then slapping on a Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity. The romance would still be on, and the only thing to change would be the pronoun use, iirc.

Nowadays, the Enhanced Edition has taken away the cinematic cutscenes and replaced them with garbage comic book ones, but they added queer romances. I believe Dorn (male) can be romanced regardless of gender while Hexxat (female) romances women exclusively. The Dorn-Il Khan romance is the angsty one -he's an evil-aligned half orc warlock with patron issues but you can romance him even with a good align character, you just have to remember not to take any of his shit and show yourself supportive of his quest but decisive in your attitude... not quite an "I can fix him" situation, but... yeah. Worth it to try and break through the shell, it's actually a bit sweet at times. Just beware: it's a tragic romance.

In BG2 EE you meet him in the southern region of the Temple District.

I haven't tried the Hexxat romance, but if you wanna meet her it's also in the Temple District, you can rescue her from Dragomir's Tomb -which is not super easy, but worth it in both treasure and xp.

She also has a bit of a surprising reveal but one I can't make without spoilers, so, yeah. She is interesting to deal with, her speech pattern is a bit odd but that's on purpose.

Joseph Wright

Completed "Fallen Angel" Flambae.

I spent most of today colouring it in a fugue state... I regret nothing, lol.

Will definitely make a print out of it, if I manage to attend London's October MCM Artist Alley I'll probably have this baby with me.

(Finger crossed that they accept me!)

and exomis:

Since we are here might as well share the dhoti and the lungi

https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-a-Lungi

https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-a-Pancha-Kachcham?amp=1

It’s only men in the photos but really anyone can wear them. I am wearing a lungi right now.

that’s what bothers me the most, beyond even the ethics and energy consumption and unreliability. it’s why even a human’s worst, laziest, most unskilled attempt at something is still vastly preferable to anything AI could put out. even the shittiest, most half-assed email you’ve ever written is an expression of you as a living organism inhabiting this world and shaping it. every choice you make and follow up on, even if it’s just which words to use in a sentence, is you impressing yourself on the world.