i am not immune to sad white boys

If only he knew that this man is going to be his partner and lover, that they will do research and go on adventures together and eventual have a cosy home with cats, lots of books and green beans. He doesn't know it yet but he will have a happy end and after reading his chapter, I am so happy for him.

No hate on you because you’re braver than any US marine for that but I think we might have been having wildly different experiences

this is the question the door asks you to get into the trans dark brotherhood and the answer is transition, my sister

people weren't kidding when the said the expanded universe was hiding a ton of rich lore

prostate-less old man

Only fair he be missing something to make up for all the other stuff he's got extras of.

The true 90s baby aesthetic as computers in the home were normalized

I also think thats why Jester grew so rapidly, while Essek stagnated for years on end. Jester was out there busting her gut to forge the peer to peer relationships she needed to grow. Essek needed Jester to steamroll her way into his life just for him to even register that he was missing that connection with people his own [developmental] age.

And they didn't rhyme, either

a lot of you have this

forgive me for finding the ludinus paragraphs in the essek story but this is genuinely the most fascinating characterization dani carr could have established on all character fronts and the craziest part is it's truly consistent with the campaign, too

honestly i have no idea about how to use pastels but im having sooo much fun with this material...

If you haven’t picked up a copy of The Mighty Nein Stories Untold please do so, if for nothing more than Essek mocking The Mighty Nein while he has feelings.

The contrast between Essek’s internal monologue and his own processing of his thoughts, which is so rigid and intellectual vs what he is actually doing physically, (shaking a like a purse dog, hyperventilating and pacing obsessively) is so brilliant. He passively acknowledges what his body is doing, but he doesn’t process it, he just notes what’s occurring and moves on with his research and reflection and theorizing and planning so fast YOU almost don’t note it. You almost don’t realize how unreliable his narration is until you take the facts as he reports them and start painting a physical picture of the scene. He’s so in denial about everything, his reality is so detached from his perception and that’s reflected by the incongruity between his mindset and his physical state.

He flagellates himself for betraying Adeen and two paragraphs later justifies his actions. Dani Carr did an absolutely FANTASTIC job with this character study and there’s honestly no one else I’d trust to write Essek in this format but her. What a delight :)