This past Valentine’s Day, a cockroach at the Bronx Zoo was named The Final Pam in my honor by my incomprehensibly perfect girlfriend. She is the guiding light in my life and she knows me better than anyone; oh my god this was perfect.
the reason why travis said that mags and lup never interacted is because he couldn’t conceive the pure raw power that they would have had and the fact they would have immediately blew 8 holes in the ship
lup and mags make eye contact on the first day: the bond engine jumps into hyper drive from the sheer instant connection they form
davenport: taako….stop them, we can’t let them keep doing this
downplaying their friendship is a long standing inside joke
magnus: you know i feel like we didn’t hang out enough davenport, remembering the number of times lup and magnus have nearly killed him: i fucking hate both of you
We all know this game only exists to personally punish the McElroys for, in their hubris, birthing the Final Pam
Bethany Esda, how could you?!
She’s just an independent game developer and needs to pay the medical bills of all those eviserated by the Final Pam, you can’t blame her for trying to make money
One of my favorite categories of taz headcanon is “random stuff lucretia forgot to erase”
The classic “elves in Faerun don’t echolocate”
The one where Magnus jumps up behind Davenport as part of rogue training and Davenport yells “Magnus, stop doing that!!!” 100% reflexively
A fic I read one time where Taako and Magnus got into some lengthy debate about Fantasy Iron Chef or Fantasy Survivor or something while a local with no concept of television listened in like “How?? Were you watching these people??? Guys??”
Magnus stripping naked in front of Lucretia doesn’t twig as weird to anyone in the room
Davenport can’t hold a conversation, but he can and will destroy you at any strategy game you put in front of him
Addendum: sometimes he and Merle play some sort of elaborately house ruled poker with a tarot deck and no one else can figure out what’s going on but they don’t seem to be improvising and they never actually discussed the house rules before implementing them?
Magnus punches a plate of cookies out of Avi’s hands because those have hazelnuts in them and don’t you know the Director is allergic?? (He didn’t know. Nobody knew. Merle and Taako knew)
Merle starts up some drinking song that nobody on this entire moon has ever heard before but Magnus jumps right in. Taako rolls his eyes but joins in on the chorus. The Director can correctly identify it within two lines.
Lydia and Edward actually have no freaking clue what Dupree is (malformed dragon?) but Merle and Magnus are just “ah yes. A t-rex”
Barry Bluejeans is a fighter but that one mission involving a necromancer he recognized the ritual immediately and made fun of the guy for using an inefficient circle.
MBMBAM!Justin: wholesome; a good, good boy; loves his brothers; bad at telling jokes and making up songs; wants to munch
Sawbones!Justin: loves his wife; impressed by her knowledge and intelligence; horrified by nature and humanity in general; did I mention he loves his wife?
TAZ!Justin: Tired 24/7; constantly looking for ways to destroy Griffin’s sanity; 1008% done with Clint; just wants to rest; praying for death; too cool for school
Polygon!Justin: An Old God; the most horrifying creature of darkness to ever live; chaotic evil
Okay, so like, here’s the facts. Lucretia had to figure out new lives for Magnus, Taako, and Merle with only the ability to take away information via the Voidfish.
As we know, Taako just got hooked up with his show, feesibly without any further erasing needed. I headcanon that the original Merle from Faerun died as a baby, so Lucretia only had to erase the fact that he died to place her Merle with this plane’s version of his family.
But Magnus insists that he was born and raised in Raven’s Roost. And as far as we know, no one ever questioned him on it. So how can Lucretia give him a lifetime at Raven’s Roost if she can only erase something?
The answer: she erased the fact that he’s a stranger. Maybe she wrote down “Magnus Burnsides is not from around here” onto a piece of paper and threw it into the tank without really thinking it through. Because now it’s not just the people of Raven’s Roost who is pretty sure Magnus Burnsides has been here his entire life even though evidence suggests otherwise. everyone in Faerun has this vague sense that Magnus Burnsides has been a vaguely familiar face in these parts for a long time, even if they can’t quite place why.
Magnus tells a barkeeper in Bradybuck that this is his first time here and the barkeeper doesn’t say anything, but they’re pretty sure Magnus has been stopping through here their entire life. Maybe they’re wrong, but either way his familiarity makes him easy to talk to, if not downright comforting to be around.
What I’m trying to get at is that one of the stranger side effects of the voidfish’s static is Magnus’s rustic hospitality.
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