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Though I may RP in a few (or several) fandoms, though I might write as OC muses, or Canon muses, I don’t mind if you have a preference. I don’t have expectations or demands that you start interactions/send asks for all my types of characters.

Are you only interested in OCs in Fandom A? Sure, that’s good! Only into canon characters from Fandom B? That’s fine! Only into my (insert gender) characters? A-okay with me!

I’m here to write and to have interactions. Though one muse/fandom might have more of my attention at any given time, I won’t get mad if you’re only interested in writing with part of my blog’s roster. I’m just happy you’re writing with me.

So please don’t feel bad if you notice you’re only liking starters/sending asks for a certain character, or certain type of character. I’m fine with it! I promise!

Minthara (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. I hope this is important. For your sake.
2. You had my attention, now you have my fury.
3. I would gladly force somebody else through there, but I don’t fit.
4. I read a story once of great fleets doing battle between the stars. I wish it were true.
5. Even when the faithful abandon them, sacred places do not lose their power. Be on your guard.
6. The shadows have lingered here so long, the land itself is corroded.
7. You do not need luck to survive, _____. Not when you have me.
8. Stop gawking at the decor. This place is dangerous.
9. Ominous, yet austere. This place has its charms.
10. Let the cards fall. We have a strong hand to play.
11. You’ve been smiling like a fool of late, ____. Explain yourself.
12. Better to shut off the carnal desires than indulge them. They are distractions.
13. Have you ever been afraid, ____? Truly afraid?
14. The story always ends the same way. Order collapses, and shadows take the light.
15. You’re young, child. If you survive as long as I have, you will witness greater horrors than this.
16. And what do we do with rats, ____? We hang them by the tails, and burn their warrens.
17. Extinguish it? I intend to seize it. Power exists to be wielded.
18. They did not do it for love. They did it for my prowess in combat, as well as coitus. I excel in both.
19. Do not call it love. It was poison.
20. I cannot love who I do not trust, with either my heart or my body. I am fortunate to have found someone worthy.
21. I cannot tell if you are more a deviant or a debutante, ____.
22. She will see her failure to seduce you as a stain on her honour. I know I would.
23. Do you think prayers alone can keep an army on the march?
24. Are you a better wo/man now that you are loved, ____? Did they mend your ways?
25. Devoured by the darkness. They should have retreated while they had the chance.

Halsin (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. I am ready, whatever may come.
2. Nature shall be defended, at any cost.
3. Such attention… I never realised I was so popular.
4. Unwise, perhaps, to poke a bear this much…
5. Admirable stamina, yet terrible priorities.
6. Calm yourself. There is plenty of me to go around.
7. Optimistic, to think I can fit through there.
8. Jest all you will. I believe now in your honest heart.
9. For your sake, I hope some of it is just a fantasy, deep in your heart.
10. Still though, when you are expecting nothing but desolation, even a small glimmer of hope fills the heart.
11. Perhaps I can yet turn hindsight into foresight.
12. Dispensing advice on matters of the heart would be like swapping boots - what suits me may be a poor fit for you.
13. Yet there is a burden to being the survivor… the witness to others’ tragedies. It only grows heavier with time.
14. I doubt many will seek to surrender. But if they do… mercy costs us nothing, _____.
15. Folk of our stature can be a lure for drunkards seeking a brawl, I have found.
16. Some radical thinkers claim that peace is a valid option, you know.
17. This place reminds me of a magpie’s nest. Random baubles, doodahs, and what-have-yous, all jumbled together without a care.
18. I cannot help but feel that destiny is tightening its grip on our forward path.
19. Nature affords us few greater powers of healing than what love can provide, _____.
20. You sound like a student - reciting words for a test without considering their meaning.
21. You are among friends. Whatever lies ahead, we shall face it together.
22. They say that history does not repeat, but it does rhyme, now and again.
23. When you care about something deeply enough, it consumes every thought and word.
24. Do I note some trepidation? Spirits are but echoes of nature’s cycle.
25. I welcome all of nature’s blessings, whether they come to me one at a time, or in multitudes. There is no shame in it.

Wyll (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. Battle favours the fearless.
2. So two halflings walk under a bar…
3. As my father once told me: ‘Can we get on with it?’
4. A bruise here, a scratch there. Nothing a good night’s sleep couldn’t cure.
5. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and - wait, how’s it go, again?
6. This place is darker than dark, as if the shadows could cast shadows.
7. Come, ____. I know you’re not really as heartless as all that.
8. Your heart’s cold as ice, ____. I’m just making sure no one slips and gets hurt.
9. You aren’t actually insufferably randy. You’re just insufferable.
10. You had the most precious thing - someone who would do everything for you - and you damn well took everything. 'Degenerate’ doesn’t half cut it.
11. What a dismal forest. Monsters could be lurking behind any and every tree.
12. Here, a bottle is judged more by its ability to crack heads than the quality of its contents.
13. Ah, I just needed a moment of quiet, to think, that’s all.
14. You’re worth more respect than every last rogue in this city. I hope you know that.
15. How was I to know what went on behind its closed doors?
16. I get it, ____ - peril, danger, and so forth. All I can think of now is a nice fish dinner.
17. Cruel words strengthen neither heads nor hearts, ____.
18. What a picture you paint. Quite detailed, quite colourful. Quite unnecessary.
19. Hm. Buy me some protective gloves, and I’m all for it.
20. No signs of life - but the spirits of the past still linger here.
21. Forever could be tomorrow. Better to promise to do your utmost, as long as you have the moments left to share.
22. If this adventure has taught me anything, it’s that life is fragile, and we should seize joy when we can.
23. Our great adventure nears its climax. If I should fall, I want you all to know it’s been an honour to fight beside you.
24. So much we don’t know, lingering in the furthest reaches of existence.
25. Nothing doing. I should take a look around, find a way to open this thing.

Shadowheart (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. Cloak and dagger, my favourite.
2. Strange. I’ve had more freedom this past while than my whole life…
3. Better to hide than fight, sometimes.
4. Not the bravest strategy, I’ll admit.
5. We’re on the same side, last time I checked!
6. I wonder how long this went overlooked?
7. Hells, you can’t trust anything, can you?
8. Let them come. The darkness can be to our advantage.
9. We do get to see some interesting things. Almost makes the mortal peril worth it. Almost.
10. This is what I get for trying to strike up conversation.
11. You’re uncharacteristically quiet, ____. Awed into silence?
12. Let’s just stop this conversation right here, shall we?
13. You’ve clearly thought this through a great deal. I’m impressed and appalled in equal measure.
14. Most of the things you say still sound like you’re in a two-copper paperback read by little girls.
15. A humble specimen, aren’t you?
16. Silence can be best. Give it a try sometime.
17. Only jesting. I’m sure you’re a force to be reckoned with.
18. I like your way of thinking. Split any takings we find?
19. Oh hush, you. Stop fishing for compliments.
20. Simplicity is the key to a good deception. If in doubt, try thinking less.
21. Are you sure it’s not the flowers you’re smelling? You may be allergic.
22. They remind me of some place - a place I can’t quite remember. But I think I was happy there, wherever it was.
23. I’d rather not turn my back on you, if it’s all the same.
24. I heard you mumbling that line to yourself earlier - it needs more work.
25. Sounds vile. I assume the meaning of ‘perfect’ was lost in translation…
26. Careful ____, it’s dark around here. Would be a terrible shame to lose you forever.
27. You’re keen. Just don’t get carried away - some of those guts might be of more use to us unspilled, at least for a while.
28. Haven’t you ever heard 'don’t catch your chickens before they hatch’? Or perhaps 'Don’t count your adventurers before they survive a arduous, danger-filled journey’?
29. A nice, leisurely voyage? The idea seems pleasant enough… but knowing our luck, we’d probably end up as easy targets the whole away.
30. I can make some animal noises, if it’ll make you feel more at home.

Lae'zel (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. Indolence breeds madness.
2. Must everyone be so exhausting?
3. Is perfection too much to ask?
4. There is no right or wrong, only truth.
5. Pull yourself together before I pull you apart.
6. I see a warrior. A fighter. I see who I was born to be.
7. Fun? I fight to win, not to make spectacles.
8. I am perfectly charming, I’ll have you know. In _____, I was known for my dazzling smile and charisma.
9. The ____ may not be warriors, but they are no less valuable.
10. Try to abandon us and it won’t go well for you.
11. Even now, at the cusp, you waste your breath on prattle.
12. There’s no greater pleasure than battle. You face your enemy and conquer them, blade to blade, spell to spell.
13. What is this…? This place makes me feel sad. Melancholy.
14. To die properly is a matter of honour.
15. Caution is commendable. Boldness is extraordinary. In this case, I recommend the latter.
16. I am observing, not condoning. A meaningful difference.
17. I did not grant you permission to gaze upon my midriff.
18. I smell only fear - the fear of cowards lying in wait for an ambush.
19. Bones. Rusted weapons. A great battle was fought here.
20. Hm. I dislike owls. Their hyper-mobile necks are quite disconcerting.
21. Fate has a way of pulling us along with or without our approval.
22. Even in this dark hour, there are some things to take heart in.
23. Good thing for us both I make for riveting company.
24. Your sour face is tiring, ____. By all means leave, if I am so distasteful.
25. I don’t pay compliments. I make observations.
26. This place was constructed as if it wants a foreign power to pillage it.
27. Yes, I’ve been told I’m quite scintillating.
28. Don’t worry. You’re more useful to me alive.
29. Discount my warning at your peril.
30. You’ve quite the appetite, ____. I’d wager you’ve bedded more of your foes than you’ve felled.

Karlach (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. Damn, it’s good to be alive!
2. Eyes on the prize - we need to win this!
3. Eyes on victory, tummy on dinner.
4. That’s for someone teeny-tiny, not biggy-biggy.
5. Can’t I just break it?
6. Easy - this place is hungry for blood.
7. Do you intend to vocalise every thought? Or just the most obvious ones?
8. I’ve never heard a mummy complain about a wrinkled doublet. Or sour wine.
9. Hey. What’s on your mind, ____? You seemed a million miles away just then.
10. Looks like this town was ransacked - by soldiers, if my eyes don’t deceive me.
11. You gonna catch me if I eat a brick?
12. Never thought about it like that. But now I will.
13. Whoever it is, just talk to them, ____. And leave out the hypotheticals.
14. What a sight. We should stop for a nice little lunch, take it all in.
15. Do I see light? Or am I delusional?
16. I’m ready for the goo.
17. C'mon, isn’t there something you hate for no good reason?
18. Escaping fate happens to be my specialty.
19. Problem with eternal wars is they never end.
20. I’m ten years behind; don’t want the youths to think I’m not, you know, up with the times.
21. I’ve had enough tragedy in my day. You have too.
22. My singing is worse than demonic screeching.
23. I don’t want to think about that. I just want to enjoy whatever comes my way.
24. Stick with me. I’ll show you around and square up if anyone bothers you.
25. And miss a good barroom brawl? Not me, sir.
26. Win or lose, we’re nearly there, right?
27. You’re old as sin, right ____? You must have lots of good stories.
28. Yes, because every function comes with a handy switch.
29. I kept on going though. Knew there’d be better days on the other side - and here they are.
30. But what if I really enjoy being distracted from the task ahead?

Gale (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. The air is ripe with magic.
2. Such an undignified position to find oneself in.
3. All the world’s my stage and you’re just a player in it.
4. You made me hide, don’t make me come seek you.
5. An invisibility spell works too, you know.
6. I’m a large man, and that’s a very small hole.
7. Gah! That’s a frightful amount of teeth where there shouldn’t be any!
8. What evil lurks within such darkness?
9. Oh, but you meant beasts of the life-threatening variety? Yes, I’m sure it’s teeming with those.
10. Don’t get too comfortable. We shouldn’t overstay our welcome in such a place.
11. Fanatical cultists tend to care more for ambience than aesthetics.
12. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. But you know what? I’m learning to enjoy the taste of chaos. Count me in.
13. Nothing like a brisk stroll through the forest to invigorate the spirit.
14. Fear not, ____. Sun, moon and stars will still be there waiting for us.
15. She who thirsts buys drinks the first.
16. Ambiguity does not come naturally to you, does it ____?
17. Look at this place. Such horrors defy description…
18. There you go, cutting right through the ephemera to the heart of the matter. Your finest quality, I think.
19. It’s a perfectly legitimate architectural feature!
20. Strange things are happening to us. What festers in our minds may well impel our bodies.
21. We’d be wise to fear the trees themselves. It feels like the forest itself longs for our destruction.
22. Your confidence is encouraging, but a little premature. Let’s keep our eyes on the task ahead.
23. All enemies have some chink in their armour, no matter how much they like to believe themselves invulnerable.
24. A bar is only as good as its cellars.
25. At least you didn’t tell me to ‘be myself’.
26. I’m glad to know you have a softer side, ____. I was beginning to think you rather heartless.
27. You’re about to say something awful, aren’t you?
28. Did I say interesting? I meant terrible, of course. A terrible strategy…
29. I’ve a craving for a soft bed, a hot bath and a large glass of Arabellan Dry - none of which I’ve ever found hidden under a log.
30. I’ll take that comment with the sincerity and good will I assume it was intended.

Astarion (Baldur’s Gate 3) Banter Starters
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1. Was the sun always that bright?
2. Careful, I bite.
3. Let’s turn someone inside out!
4. Why do beautiful people taste better? It hardly seems fair on the ugly - they have such wonderful personalities.
5. Shhh. Just think sneaky thoughts.
6. Be very, very quiet - I’m hunting idiots.
7. I’m trying to focus on murder.
8. Killing people now, playing with doodads later.
9. The world looks so small. Like you could just reach out and take it.
10. I don’t need a reflection to know this looks fabulous.
11. Yes, yes. I’d hide my true form if I looked like you, too.
12. All right, time to see what new horrors waiting for us.
13. How did you last so long without me?
14. I don’t know what’s happening with that body, but it looks very creative.
15. Wonderful! I’d hate to be destroyed by any common old magic.
16. Why stay somewhere safe and comfortable when we could be in mortal peril?
17. What’s so funny? You haven’t got some laughing curse, have you?
18. Biting flies, midges - shouldn’t nature be beautiful and serene?
19. This place is as tight as a patriar’s purse.
20. Just once, I’d like to find a village that hasn’t been plundered and destroyed.
21. I like this bloodlust look on you. Very flattering.
22. Gods, you have so much to learn. Repeat after me: honey muffin, sweetie pie, sugarplum.
23. We’re having fun. I would say ‘try it, it won’t kill you’, but in your case I’m not sure.
24. No sweethearts, no. I prefer them savoury.
25. You sound disappointed. I’ll bite you if you ask.
26. These woods feel unsettling - like they’re dangling on the edge between life and death.
27. Awed? By this? Please - size isn’t everything.
28. Safety, sweets - it’s the same principle.
29. Are you charging for this sage advice, or is sticking your nose into my business just a hobby?
30. Oh dear - you’re not going to come over all pleasant and homely, are you?

Shadow and Bone Quote Starters (book & tv series)
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1. “I’ve been waiting for you a long time, ____. You and I are going to change the world.”
2. “There’s nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.”
3. “I’m sorry it took me so long to see you, _____. But I see you now.”
4. “Thanks for being my best friend and making my life bearable. Oh, and sorry I fell in love with you for a while there.”
5. “I hate hiding how much the stupid things they did hurt me, but I hated the idea of them finding out even more.”
6. “People, particularly big men carrying big weapons, don’t expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. They always look a bit dazed when they get it.”
7. “I hope you don’t expect fairness from me, ____. It isn’t one of my specialties.”
8. “What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
9. “If I told you that I’m trying to save the world, would you believe me?”
10. "Well, if I plan on doing anything exciting I promise to give fair warning so just…take a nap or something.”
11. "Because everything ____ cooks tastes like mud." 
12. “I’d like to think of myself as delightfully complex.”
13. “Do you think the world cares if you do your best? Do it again and do it right.”
14. “It’s a great honor to save a life. You saved many.”
15. “Fear is a powerful ally, but feed it too often, make it too strong, and it will turn on you.”
16. “Maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.”
17. “It was like standing at the end of everything.”
18. “Only you could contemplate imminent death and just say ‘all right.’”
19. “We all did our part to bring about the end of the world.”
20. “I wonder sometimes how much we really understand our own gifts.”