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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 3h

apparently there's AI slop being passed off as legitimate in the bg3 fandom here on bluesky, but I guess you have to be part of the in-crowd for the secret to be passed to you. so frustrating.

griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 3h

please for the love of whatever gods you believe in, if people are using AI to generate slop in a fandom & passing it off as real art or writing, *name the account* so it can be blocked. vagueposting doesn't help take the trash out!

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 22h

LMAO, no. vannak wouldn't sacrifice gortash for the world & taviren wouldn't sacrifice the emperor for the world. neither of them would sacrifice themselves either. however, they would both sacrifice the world for their person without hesitation.

Sara | Lady Keene's Librarian @alderaandor.bsky.social · 1d

Wanted to try my hand at asking a #TavQotD, so:

Would your Tav/Durge sacrifice their love interest (or the person they care about most) if doing so was necessary to save the world?

A quote from the movie "The Mummy": "When one is dealing with the salvation of humanity, certain sacrifices must be made."

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Yolebrat-COMMS OPEN ✨️ @yolebrat.bsky.social · 2d

"They do not want the truth. And I? I am but a shadow, lingering in the sun."
#DragonAge #Mythal

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Yuko @yuko27.bsky.social · 4d

Adapted my old Gale fanart for a cosmic vibe — love how the glow turned out 🌌 #baldursgate3 #bg3fanart #baldursgate #bg3art #digitalart #fanart #dnd #bg3Gale #galedekarios #galeofwaterdeep

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chai 🍓 @chaiwhisker.bsky.social · 3d

god forbid a man with brown eyes removes his shirt and casts a sidelong glance of yearning

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#bg3 #galeofwaterdeep #galedekarios #baldursgate3gale #bg3fanart #baldursgate3 #dnd #dndart

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Fenrir ☾ Prime ✨ @fenrirprime.bsky.social · 12d

🩸❤️

#bg3

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CHURCH @spacecataclysm.bsky.social · 5d

Spartans never die #oc #Halo #HaloSpotlight

Digital painting of my OC Cody, a Halo Spartan clad in green armor, laying face down on top of Kiesling, a normal soldier with his helmet off. Blood is pooling underneath them. Kiesling is saying "Hey... Cody, wake up! Please" with a scared expression

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Liubov Ricci @lovericci.bsky.social · 6d

I don't know what to say. I'm terrified, but I'm going to finish this 😅

#bg3 #gortash #durge #durgetash

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Alley Cat Allies @alleycatallies.bsky.social · 6d

VICTORY! Cat declawing is officially illegal in California! 🐾🥳

Thank you to all who took action with us and urged your legislators to pass this lifesaving declaw ban bill. Governor Newsom just signed it into law tonight!

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DannyAraya @dannyaraya.bsky.social · 7d

Creators, be less tasteful and more indulgent.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 7d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Las 🐺🪽 @featherfangart.bsky.social · 7d

Sometimes a fic makes you SO happy, you just need to doodle smth months later... u_u

Heavily inspired by the fic "A Little Grey Cat (A Bit Cross But Otherwise Very Talented)" by Foxnonny

#fenhawke #dragonage

Sketchy illustration featuring Garrett Hawke from Dragon Age 2 and... Fenris. As a cat. From the same game. Fenfen is liquid in Hawke's caprisone holder and stretching his front paw as far as he can while snuggling against Hawke's beard and cheek

Hawke's... amused.

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 7d

oh cool, i never saw that. (i missed so many journals & notes.) it's official enough if it's in the game!

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 7d

there's no official lore on if dragonborn shed scales but loads of people choose that for theirs, so it's a popular thing! definitely do whatever works for him that you have the most fun with!

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 7d

dragonborn scales can come off just like dragon scales. injury, pulling/prying them off, etc. iirc the alchemist from the recipes for potions was a dragonborn who had removed all his scales. so whoever is giving the scar (kressa?) can just remove the scales to make the incisions.

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Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 7d

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 7d

he doesn't go out of his way to eat people, but he has no problem doing it. meat's meat.

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 7d

vannak (default durge) is fine it. he ate his foster parents after he killed them (they were dwarves), he eats the meat at the goblin camp, & in the future he amputates (for regeneration purposes to correct an old injury) & eats his spouse's leg.

Lori the Scrump @lorithescrump.bsky.social · 8d

#ocqotd #tavqotd #durgeqotd
(Especially durges, but all are welcome!)
What’s your oc’s relationship with cannibalism? Have they ever participated in it? Are they disgusted by it? Would they ever resort to it in a desperate situation?

a man is sitting at a table in front of a window with a sign that says bar

ALT: a man is sitting at a table in front of a window with a sign that says bar

media.tenor.com

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · May 16

No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.

Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.

"She probably doesn't mean me"

I do.

sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · May 15

I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;

most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!

well, we do. so fuck off.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 8d

goodnight moon

Photo of the back 3/4 of a 12 foot skeleton’s skull looking out at the moon.

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Nix~🍉 @punklenix.bsky.social · 8d

"What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger."
IM STRONG ENOUGH ID RATHER EXPERIENCE THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME WHIMSICAL THANK YOU.

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 9d

have been desperately looking for this old erotic Spanish comic I stumbled on almost 10 years ago called "El secreto de Frankenstein" and I'm so happy to report I finally found it

black & white comic panel depicting a sexy, thicc Frankenstein's monster disrobing in 3 different poses - pulling his shirt of his shoulder, seen at an angle; from the front, shirtless, beginning to take his pants off; then almost totally nude as seen from behind. the words at the top read "Strip-tease de Frankenstein..."

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 8d

i also need to progress this tav run further so i can get some more screenshots of him. too bad i can't do a manshoon & make multiple copies of myself to do all this stuff. not enough time in the day.

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griffin @griffonfarm.bsky.social · 8d

I'm not loving playing a bard. sorcerer so far is my favorite, but i did enjoy the cleric of bane run. if i ever manage to get sick of seeing his face (LMAO) I really want to do some origin runs too. I just.... gortash > everybody else. sigh.

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