#tavqotd Moss is ace! Why do you think they wear so much purple? :'3 Intimacy is, well, purely cerebral for illithids, given their nothing downstairs situation. But, honestly, Moss & the Emperor prefer it that way. After all, baring your entire soul is far more intimate than baring just your body.

dreaming of distant stars ✨🦑 [tags: #BG3 #TheEmperor #pixelart]

#tavqotd "After all, you were made for each other." There is no Moss without the Emperor, and no Emperor without Moss. They're both outcasts who found solace in the other's other-ness, they saved each other's lives and became each other's freedom & inspiration. Moss loves being illithid. <3

#tavqotd Moss is agender, filling out that space on their forms with 'none, thanks.' 🦑🖤🤍💚

beyond the sea, somewhere 🌊✨ [ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]

Fandom needs interaction to thrive, if u want to keep enjoying art, fic, edits, animations, silly little hcs, and all of that gud stuff, give some of the love back that creators pour out for you, fandom shouldn't be /content/ to mindlessly consume, let it be a dialogue of love and appreciation 🙏✨❤️

we've all been there

#tavqotd Name: Moss Race: tiefling ➡️ 🦑 Age: 45 Gender: 🖤🤍💚 Pronouns: they/them Background: urchin / outlander Class: 🍄 druid / psychokinesis psion Sexuality: 🖤🤍💜 Relationship: The Emperor 🦑💕🦑 Fun Facts: They love stealing neglected plants from sills around the city. Their favorite 🍄 are bluecaps.

#tavqotd Moss woke up with *the* migraine of all time... But, hey, at least they woke up. And at least the Emperor was still there when they did, ready to help them enter this new chapter of life. After some healing, the first thing they did was run off to fish their pal Us out of the harbor~ :'3

#tavqotd BG3 inspired me to pick up painting, & though I didn't get as much done this year as I wanted to, here's the pieces of my Tav I'm most proud of. I'd been purely an environment & pixel artist before, so being able to PAINT! My Character!!! in full! by myself! is just... huge to me. ; x;

#Baldursgate3 #TheEmperor #bg3emperor

happy new year, from these squids to yours 🦑💕 may you all have wonderful snacks & company tonight~ (this year was mostly hiding & recovering for me. i didn't accomplish very much... <:') but! i think... i *hope*, next year will be better.) [ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]

#tavqotd Decay: as a necessary - a *healing* - part of life. Everything rots eventually, providing sustenance for the new. Despair can, and *should*, be used as fuel to bloom into something better. If you're still alive, you're not too far gone, and you can still transform into your best self. 🦑🌿

#tavqotd Moss's resolution is to make new friends! Real friends, not work friends. Most of their companions returned to their lives or moved away. It gets lonely, not having friends they can be their true self around, & they don't exactly want to lie about the whole 'being an illithid' thing... ;(

Please respect people's boundaries when it comes to their art, virtual photography, ships, gifs and everything in-between. All artists deserve that much, at least. It's not hard to do.

May your holidays be kind and gentle. 🦑💙❄️ [ #BG3 #BG3fanart #TheEmperor #illithid #squidmossart ]

#tavqotd The tadpole. Not the first one, vicious & hungry, and not the astral one, cold & yearning, but the supreme one: as gentle & thoughtful as the hands that raised it & primed it to make Moss's transformation as smooth as possible. It gave them the rebirth they'd so desperately longed for. 🦑💕

#tavqotd Moss is a Yule squiddie through & through, but in a modern, Earthy AU... they'd absolutely, completely unironically, be a sucker for 'All I Want For Christmas Is You.' my sappy little cringelord...

#tavqotd Same boat! ... :'( Moss has a permanent spark of paranoia that the Absolute may not actually be well & truly dead, and that she's just hiding somewhere in the back of their mind, biding her time to strike & try to take over their body again. Nothing terrifies them more than that.

apologies for being slow on replies lately, the spouse & i just went through a looong distance house move and now we have to host family for the holidays, too. glad to have finally escaped the landlady but am too sore and tired to exist outside of my corner currently. hope u all have a good yule <3

"We are meant to hate the sun, but how can I, when you are so radiant?" 🦑🌿☀️ [ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]

QRP with your colourful VP/art! oh, how am i going to pick? i love bright colors...! ;_; .... here's some squid stuff from the past few weeks <3 [ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid ]

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fucking stealing this from tumblr

they look so polite... my baby... ; _;

A few favorite pieces from this year for #ArtvsArtist #ArtvsArtist2025. It was hard to choose; there was so many I enjoyed making. For here I selected my most complex pieces, and highlights of different subjects, themes and techniques. Thank you as always for your support! 💜

#tavqotd "You turn to face the early morning sun. Eyes closed. Shoulders loose. You're smiling - as much as those like us can - your tentacles gently curling and uncurling in an outward show of contentment that seems almost antithetical to our existence. I feel it too." 🦑💕🦑

If you send someone hate over fandom, I cannot take you seriously, because you are harassing people over things that Are Not Real. You are literally getting mad what toys the other kids are playing with, or how they play with them. You're playground bullies, and you all need to go to time-out.

#tavqotd I've given Moss bits of my own anxiety, clincal depression, & most debilitating: the intrusive thoughts. I think the turns their story has taken is leading to them having a form of OCD - symptoms I have much overlap with... Yeah. It's really important to me to depict that accurately.

only goes to show there's no such thing as a good ceo. genuinely fuck swen vincke and his fake ass "support human devs" shit while wearing wholesome chungus armor then turning around and pushing gen ai. bro needs to be dragged through the streets

#tavqotd Tell Moss that it's an old druid holiday with a focus on spreading love & joy to the underprivileged and they are OFF TO THE RACES. They can do it. THEY WILL DO IT.

filling my Moss tag with the backlog of glorious commissions not yet shared here: babygirl-has-no-time-for-kissies art by @/venacoeurva 💕 Moss & #TheEmperor are both workaholics, burning the midnight oil on paperwork. but, maybe one headboop? [ #BG3 #BG3fanart #BG3Emperor #illithid #squidmossart ]

#tavqotd Moss would love to say 'anything & everything,' but - they can't, not anymore. Any pain they feel is echoed into their partner, & running head-first into things *wouldn't* save them. So, they'd take on the greatest of indiginities: sacrificing their selfish desire to sacrifice themselves.

#tavqotd Modern AU Moss is a fashion model by profession, working for brands that make clothes for 'exotic' species, to show the world that aberrations can be refined & beautiful, too~ <3 What they enjoy most are shimmering, flowing get-ups that trail magically behind them when they float around.

“Baldur’s Gate III and the Queer Politics of Monstrosity” Would you become a monster if it would save the world? The audio series and essay are now complete. The essay is available on Medium @littlemonday

#tavqotd Usually none, lol. When relaxing at home, Moss wears robes or oversized tunics, but conjures frilly undies if they want to feel cute. As a companion, their text would be: "illithids lack genitals & don't require such garments, but it seems this one still enjoys the softer things in life."

#tavqotd Obvious response, but I'd love to add Moss's tiefling leftovers to their illithid form, most especially their tail, but also their belly button. It makes no sense for an illithid to have one, but the PCflayer does, so! I just think it'd be cute. :< (Reference by @lazlowo.bsky.social! 💜)

#tavqotd Oh, Moss would be a raggedy ragdoll: happily follows their beloved around on errands, very receptive to cuddling, lacking in aggression, docile, placid, affectionate... ultimate baby <3 <3 <3

#tavqotd For most things, yup. Moss always uses their telekinesis to multi-task & move things, & they regularly conjure illusory lights & clothing - it's easier than getting fittings for an illithid. What they won't do is summon water when gardening. It's soothing to tend their plants manually. 🦑💚

QRP with the oldest and newest art of your OC: Moss has really... bloomed... since their lemonhead days~ :'3 🦑💕

#tavqotd Yellow daffodils for forgiveness & joy, and white ones for hope & 'a desire for transformation.' The Emperor would say it's frivolous, but Moss thinks he'd still appreciate the certainty in their intent: implying they're *happy* they chose this new life with him & will keep choosing it. 🦑💕

Day 4 of @mirufiyu.bsky.social's #bg3vpfashionweek: date night~ The closest thing to 'dates' these two do are their monthly dinner. Moss isn't much for high fashion, but they do like dressing up in their nicest lichens once in a while~ 🦑🌿💚 [ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #TheEmperor #illithid]

"May we always catch each other." we were robbed by not being able to catch #TheEmperor from the fall from the Netherbrain (as a mirror to him catching us from the fall from the nautiloid) for real for real [ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #BG3Emperor #illithid]

#tavqotd "Moss is the living embodiment of hopeful nature, of the promise that no matter how much death & suffering one goes through, life can still bloom after and *from* decay, and - ... and they also just happen to be an eldritch tentacle monster." hehehe 🦑🌿💕

Day two of @mirufiyu.bsky.social's #bg3vpfashionweek: fantasy! Moss maaay daydream about being a lost Umberlant being rescued by a dashing sea captain. #TheEmperor doesn't usually play along with their fantasies, but he DOES look good in that jacket... [ #BG3 #BG3VP #virtualphotography #illithid]

#tavqotd Pre-BG3 & during camp days, Moss's sleep consisted of just climbing into a tree, tying themself down, and passing out; no bath or PJs, a true woods hermit. The Emperor keeps them in line now, making sure they both get enough sleep for their work schedule. Now with comfy baths & PJs. :'3