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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13h

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name. Okay, that's actually untrue. It was some heathland in Suffolk. And the horse's name was Conker.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 13h

No talk of throne woe specifically, but definitely throne woe in nature.

Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 14h

It definitely doesn't feel like we're working together when someone runs up and one-shots anything that moves so no one else can get a damn thing done. This feels more like we're being pitted against each other. Hunger Games energy.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 14h

Like most things involving Bill Nighy, I've been enjoying his new podcast immensely. If you enjoy listening to King Emeric's environmental Wayrest throne banter, you'll enjoy Ill-advised by Bill Nighy. #eso #esofam

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 14h

When they said we would be "working together", I thought that meant huge warzones (like enormous harrowstorms and the like), and players working together to chip away at the wall with fighting and stuff. This is not at all what I was expecting.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 14h

Right? It felt doable, and there was a bright light/free house at the end of the tunnel. Here we're fighting for decent rewards, IF WE'RE LUCKY, and access the rest of a zone we already paid for. 😅 And alongside the Witches Festival? It's going to be a nightmare. And not the fun, Halloween-y sort.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

I imagined the event would be so many different things, but not a longer, more grueling version of the grind to get the Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

My enthusiasm waned long before my XP scroll did. The waits are killing me. 😭

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

"Bewilderment" 🧐

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

(I just had to look up what spikenard is. And orris butter. This has all been very educational...)

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

A good match for Astarion's "rosemary, bergamot, and brandy" concoction to disguise his "very faint whiff" then. 🧐

(I agree about bergamot... 😌)

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

Oh, wait...apparently there's been an update to the list because my sister decided Dot's inclination for using fire to solve every problem should be included. This has turned into a whole thing.

"Replace cedar with oakmoss, and then the last heart note would be spikenard."

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

I think it's very much like my sister to accidentally use the wrong "base" then just roll with it by sticking a "yeah!" there in lieu of scribbling it out and making a mess of the list.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 15h

She went on to explain that Dot's scent would be a chypre fragrance. I didn't know what the hell that was, so I had to look it up. From the Perfume Society website:

Screenshot from the Perfume Society website. Text reads: "Chypre fragrances are warm and dry and almost all built round a woody, mossy accord of bergamot, oakmoss, patchouli and labdanum (from the cistus, or ‘rock rose’, plant). Elements of flowers, fruits or woodiness are sometimes played up in chypre fragrances – so this family has a few ‘relations’, within it."

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 16h

So technically this only *sort of* answers the question, but my younger sister (a rather serious perfume collector, and self-described "juice enthusiast/fraghead") took to her notebook and scribbled down what she thinks would make up a Parfum à Dot. I thought it would be useful here. #Tavqotd #bg3

Baldur's Gate 3 screenshot of Dot watching "Dribbles" at the circus.

Handwritten list in my sister's notebook of the notes that would make up a Dot-themed perfume.

Top notes:

- Daffodil
-Hay
-Mandarin

Heart notes:

-Honey
-Orris butter
-Oakmoss

Bass Notes (a little "yeah!" written beside it because she used the wrong "base" and just decided to roll with it)

-Patchouli
-Cedar
-Musk

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 17h

Maybe media (of the non-cowardly variety) should type out “anti-fascist” in full in their headlines. “Feds attack anti-fascists/anti-fascism” maybe speaks a little louder and more honestly than…you know.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 18h

Ha! You’re encouraging me!

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 18h

You’re welcome! *reciprocated hugs*

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 18h

Delight? Oh, no! Please stop!

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you! 😭💗😄

Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 20h

FANTASTIC.

(also, early Happy Birthday, sir!)

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 20h

Oui oui! 😁

Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 21h

An old one of Dot, Fennorian, and Prince Naemon. I'm tidying up my hard drive, so this might happen again over the course of the next couple of days. #eso #esofam

A scribble of Fennorian holding Dot up while she holds a dripping human heart out to Naemon. Naemon, his back to us, looks on...possibly in horror.

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Englidottir @englidottir.bsky.social · 21h

Oh, yes.

Shonen Knife-Flying Jelly Attack

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