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Also disappointed but not surprised that it's 2024 and Bioware is still afraid to use anything other than a generic looking white guy protag in their trailers.
August 14, 2024 at 10:19 PM
fiannan.bsky.social
Kicking my feet and twirling my hair.
August 14, 2024 at 10:15 PM
fiannan.bsky.social
Whoops, my finger slipped. 🤭
Mass Effect: Andromeda download and installation progress on Xbox.
August 11, 2024 at 9:47 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
I love it when the stars (or in this case, the moon) align perfectly for screenshots. 🫶🏻🌕💖

#BaldursGate3 #BG3 #Halsin
August 11, 2024 at 12:24 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
*coughs*
Halsin: I'm almost frightened to touch you - if I give in, I may not be able to stop until I have devoured you. Jaal: I want to devour you. In the best way.
August 10, 2024 at 6:41 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Agreed! I love the Citadel DLC for a lot of reasons, but getting to see Garrus in full on boyfriend mode is definitely my favourite part. 💙

And "bird husband" hahaha...I love that. I can definitely see the cockatiel thing, especially with that crest/fringe. 😂
Adult male cockatiel. Garrus looking at Shepard from ME3's Citadel DLC.
August 10, 2024 at 6:23 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Forgot to say I love all his kissing animations too! The forehead kiss is also a favourite of mine, it's so sweet & tender. 🥹💕 Also the kissing animations from his romance scene, oof. 💦 And the forehead touches from his "one last kiss, for luck" and the "reunited" version of his epilogue party kiss!
Halsin blessing my half-elf Tav with a kiss on the forehead. Halsin and my half-elf Tav kissing without clothes. Halsin and my half-elf Tav touching foreheads with their eyes closed. Halsin, smiling at my half-elf Tav with his forehead pressed to hers: Ah, there it is. That is what I have been missing.
August 10, 2024 at 6:06 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Wait...big, sweet bear man who's still searching for his purpose and the place where he belongs...big, sweet alien man who's still searching for his purpose and the place where he belongs...

No wonder I love Halsin.
Halsin from Baldur's Gate 3. Jaal Ama Darav from Mass Effect: Andromeda.
August 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
How it started vs. how it's going:

#BaldursGate3 #BG3 #Halsin 🐻🏹💖
My half-elf ranger Tav, Rina, looking sad in the Worg Pens during Act 1. My half-elf Tav, Rina, smiling at Halsin during the epilogue reunion party in Act 3. Halsin in cave bear form while imprisoned in Act 1: Stop them. Free me. Halsin smiling during the epilogue reunion party in Act 3: The day I weary of those lips is the day I weary of life.
August 6, 2024 at 5:08 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Sorry in advance, but I'm probably going to continue to be fixated on Halsin (and Halsin and Rina) for the immediate future. The grip this big, sweet druid man has on me right now is extremely powerful.
Halsin and my half-elf Tav, Rina, looking at each other.
August 6, 2024 at 12:05 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
It was also really nice to get a bit more context and more details about what Halsin and Rina's life together in the reclaimed shadowlands looks like. ❤️
Halsin: Our community grows rapidly; in six months, we have turned what was once a shadowy wasteland into a true home for all. In another six months, I would wager the scars of the past will be entirely invisible even to those who remember them. Halsin: The old masonry of Moonrise Towers and Reithwin have been repurposed into new homes, and the land is rich with harvests and bountiful trees. Nature and civilisation are in harmony, stronger together. Halsin: I spend half my days in ursine form - the children demand it! I had a score of them taking turns riding upon my back just days ago. Halsin: As for roaming...that impulse has dwindled, I must admit. Perhaps because I have found where I am meant to be.
August 5, 2024 at 9:24 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Forgot this one! 😭🥺 (She missed you too, Halsin. ❤️)
Halsin: You would think someone of my vintage would be inured to the passage of time, yet these past six months have seemed endless without your company. But now our paths cross once more...
August 5, 2024 at 8:52 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
And I got my duck! 😭💚
Halsin: Before you go, I have something for you - just a little keepsake really. Do you remember how I told you I like to whittle? I made this... Halsin holding a carved wooden duck: Ducks are my favourite, but I thought they were particularly fitting in this case. They are migratory birds of course, travelling far and wide with the turn of the seasons. My half-elf Tav, holding the carved wooden duck. Halsin: Yet they always find their way back to where they belong, just like old friends find themselves back in each other's company. Halsin: Just a token to remember me by. Now I've taken up enough of your time - go on, enjoy the festivities. We can speak again later.
August 5, 2024 at 8:22 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Good news: I finally managed to force the game to show me at least one version of the "romanced, but didn't stay together after the final battle" Halsin reunion at the epilogue party...by making Rina go with Karlach and Wyll to Avernus. 😂🥹
Halsin, looking at my half-elf Tav: Ah, there it is. That is what I have been missing. Halsin: And she is lucky to have you. Just as I was, for the time we shared. Halsin: Our love was always unbound - free to flow where greater forces would dictate. And still, you have found yourself before me once again, if only for a night. Halsin: So do you as must, and see where the path takes you. My door and heart will both remain open to you, always.
August 5, 2024 at 8:17 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
On the bright side, while experimenting with different options trying to get other versions of the epilogue to trigger, I got to see some different romance dialogue from Halsin...gosh, I love him. 🥹💚
Halsin: Then I will watch the horizon for you each day, and fix your image in my mind each night, until I feel your touch again.
August 4, 2024 at 12:51 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
I tell Halsin our paths will cross if it's meant to be and he watches me walk away from him with a smile...then cut to the narrator saying "Halsin was eager to leave the city after the Netherbrain fell, although you remained for a tenday to help the wounded."

*muffled scream*
August 4, 2024 at 12:41 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
I bought the meditating dog one too because I thought it would go perfectly in my gazebo. 🪴
“Meditating Dog” garden gnome from Bluey sitting beside a large pot.
August 3, 2024 at 8:48 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Husband acquired. 😌😂💙

#Bluey
“Hecuba” garden gnome from Bluey. “Hecuba” garden gnome and pot plants sitting on gravel.
August 3, 2024 at 8:39 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Those are my sons!!!!!
My half-elf Tav looking at Scratch and the owlbear cub. My half-elf Tav patting Scratch and the owlbear cub.
August 2, 2024 at 9:18 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
“Your embrace makes me feel safer than any armour could.”

#BaldursGate3 #BG3 #Halsin
My half-elf Tav and Halsin hugging. My half-elf Tav and Halsin hugging again.
August 2, 2024 at 8:49 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Rina is very happy to volunteer as tribute.
My half-elf Tav with the dialogue subtitles: "Halsin: I thought perhaps that seeing everyone once again, and hearing of all that they have been doing...it might awaken some regret, about the life we lead. You could have done anything, gone with anyone...yet you chose me." My half-elf Tav kissing Halsin. My Tav smiling up at Halsin. Halsin: The day I weary of those lips is the day I weary of life.
August 2, 2024 at 3:30 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Get this man a whole brood of babies of his own, stat.
Halsin: To make a child smile is to dabble with the power of the gods, as far as I'm concerned.
August 2, 2024 at 3:17 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
And I don't care what Larian says, Scratch lives with them too. There's no way I'd leave my dog in Baldur's Gate! 😭
My half-elf Tav patting Scratch.
August 2, 2024 at 3:00 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Also very happy that the owlbear cub is going to come live with Halsin and Rina, because that was already one of my headcanons. 🫶🏻💖
Armoured Owlbear: "Tired now. Want sleep. Want cave." Dialogue option 1 highlighted: "You need someone to look after you. You could stay with me and Halsin?" Armoured Owlbear: "Bear man? Hm. He is big, but not bigger than me. I like him. I go to him!" My half-elf Tav talking to Halsin. Second dialogue option highlighted: "I may have volunteered us for something, if you'll forgive me. Might we have room for a well-behaved owlbear?" Armoured Owlbear: "Happy. Gonna live with the bear man - gonna fight him! But no bite. Promise."
August 2, 2024 at 2:56 AM
fiannan.bsky.social
Gale's reaction was the cutest...I love this goofy wizard man. 💙
Gale: Well, that was quite lovely. I'm glad you're as pleased to see me as I am you.
August 2, 2024 at 2:49 AM