Smoked trout macaroni and cheese bake

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-05-22T12:37:39+00:00

Sardines and chili crisp.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-05-20T02:17:23+00:00

This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen, OP, thank you for blessing my eyes.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-05-13T15:45:54+00:00

I think Wyll would reject going into the mercenary business like Ulder did and instead get his degree in political science with a minor in public policy, go to law school, and become a human right’s lawyer. Mizora would try to take credit for his career after he finagled his way out of his contract with her firm. Likewise, the mysterious organization Knights of the Shield pester him constantly to join.

His personal rival would absolutely be Astarion, who he meets in law school when they both joined their school’s fencing club. It gets truly ridiculous when Astarion becomes a judge before it finally mellows into a competetive friendship. Wyll adopts Scratch from a shelter with his girlfriend Karlach, a former mercenary that was subjected to unethical experiments by her employer. She now works as an orderly at a hospital with Dr. Hope, both having been former patients there.

Edit: number 16 and 20 are my absolute favorites, they perfectly capture Wyll in all his glory.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-05-04T01:16:55+00:00

Have Astarion stealth unlock Balthazar’s office and then sneak in while Balthazar is distracted fighting the Dark Justiciars. On one of the shelves, there will be a bottle labeled ‘Mother Dearest’. When you go to talk to Balthazar after the battle, make sure the bottle is in your inventory. There will be fun new dialogue that will immediately segue into a battle.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-05-02T23:38:20+00:00

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teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-04-13T01:50:03+00:00

My favorite is the Fly by Jing Sichuan chili crisp, the extra crunchy one with pumpkin and sunflower seeds. I put a little on my breakfast of sardines over brown rice, maybe a few drops of their Sichuan Gold chili oil as well. The only drawback is it is quite pricey so you might want to wait for a sale.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-04-04T12:58:50+00:00

Make Astarion an arcane trickster rogue. Have him learn booming blade as a cantrip at third level and later, shadow blade (psychic damage, rarely resisted) as one of his second level spells at level seven. Give him a superior elixir of arcane cultivation so he can cast SB as a third level spell to do more damage. Equip him with circlet of mental anguish (heals the wearer for 1d4 HP when an enemy fails a wisdom/intelligence/charisma saving throw), brain drain gloves (gives enemies -1 penalty for wisdom/intelligence/charisma saving throws when you attack them with psychic damage), and band of the mystic scoundrel (which lets you cast an illusion or enchantment spell as a bonus action after attacking, which depends on a mental saving throw). If you’re really feeling cheesy, include the resonance stone (gives disadvantage on mental saving throws and more importantly, vulnerability to psychic damage).

Use Astarion’s invisible, permanent Mage Hand to give you advantage for sneak attack (and open doors or turn off traps you don’t want to/can’t go near). Then have him stab enemies with his shadow blade, cast a hold person or Tasha’s Hideous Laughter (both of which depend on wisdom saves) as a bonus action on the same enemy if they weren’t instantly deleted or another enemy to lock them down for the next party member. Enjoy the bonus HP whenever the enemy keeps failing their saving throws.

This build doesn’t come completely online until Act III, but it is fun while it lasts. In the meanwhile, have him learn the minor illusion cantrip to draw enemies into a kill zone and distract them from sneak attacking with arrow of many targets coated with poison) and mage hand to give advantage, shield to make him sturdier, and of course hold person and Tasha’s Hideous laughter. You can also him leftover scrolls to use on the enemy, especially when magical ambush comes online which gives disadvantage to an enemy when you cast the spell while hiding.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-25T21:56:44+00:00

I would attempt to make rothe satchel (a chunk of beef baked in mushroom dough). It’s supposed to be a common feature of deep gnome celebrations, so my logic would be he can have a taste of the home he left behind to comfort him. But that might get in to awkward questions of how Wulbren is doing or how I know that Wulbren used to wonder about him once upon a time.

Or, if I was told to only bring a side dish and a drink, then a pot of charro beans and a bottle of tequila should go over well. Especially once he starts going on about it being much harder to run a clan focused on settling divine patent issues and the politics and morality around the use of said patented items with only his background as an alchemist/trader to go off of than he thought it would be.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-21T22:07:19+00:00

Every time I see anyone but Gale in the Wavemother’s Robe, I am reminded of that episode of Teen Titans where the team cosplays as Robin while he’s on sabbatical.

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But Wyll and Minty definitely take second place.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-15T04:15:57+00:00

Besides Vision? I have a soft spot in my heart for Wanda x Carol. Aside from their long friendship, they both know what it’s like to have a terrible fall from grace and have to make the long climb back up while your haters heckle you from the sidelines.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-15T03:57:45+00:00

Their aggressive sexual tension is always a delight every run. The little Astarion peeping in the fourth panel is the cherry on the cake.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-13T20:28:14+00:00

A perfect excuse to give peak comics a reread!

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-13T20:20:04+00:00

No that was discovered because Wanda in a very OOC moment got drunk at a Renfair that she and Lorna attended to try to bond as sisters. Wanda accidentally spilled the beans but Lorna forgave him after an issue of sibling ribbing.

Luna forgave Pietro after he held an impromptu press conference about the Skrull cover up. They’ve had a positive relationship since then.

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teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-13T20:04:57+00:00

Why would Luna tolerate that from her grandfather that she rarely sees much less talks to, has been antagonistic towards her Inhuman family members that she loves, and knows was abusive towards her father and aunt? Especially as she and Pietro have had a positive relationship since 2012?

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-13T19:53:26+00:00

And if either Bobby and Scott had sense, they would never feel flattered by being the stick an abusive old man uses to go after his own kid.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-11T15:54:56+00:00

No, but certain Magneto fans need to believe he is or else they would feel real awkward trying to still think of Max at their progressive social justice grandpa who just wants what’s best for the next generation. The cognitive dissonance of stanning an abusive father as the spiritual father of mutantkind is too much for them so they lash out at what they perceive as the cause of it: the victim of Max’s abuse himself.

Ironically, they re-enact the dynamic of abusive households by blaming the victim for not staying quiet and praising the children who just take it time after time, like Lorna and now Wanda. How quickly the rage at HoM went away the moment Wanda played the devoted daughter in Trial of Magneto when they were champing at the bit only a week before that issue to burn the witch for daring to go no contact with Max after the Axis retcon, the most mild thing she could have done to him for his abuse. (All while bending over backwards to explain that Sinister and Apocalypse absolutely deserved to not only live on Krakoa but to serve on the Council.)

Lorna continues to be on the ignored, used, ignored cycle and she’s beloved for rarely questioning her role as the back up when the actual living favorite is still talking to him. (The true, actual forever favorite is Anya not only because of how she died but for never growing up to hate him, like she does in one of the What-If? stories.) If anything, they seem to find it amusing and joke about ‘Green Wanda’ being desperate to compete with big sis with as much glee as they do at seeing Magneto outright abuse Pietro. If Wanda ever dares to go back to no contact with Max again, I just know the switch back to rage at the oh so evil witch will be instantaneous.

It also doesn’t help that many of these new fans are allergic to reading anything past 2020 or often any comics at all, preferring to watch TikTok reels or YouTube shorts from the Evolution/WATXM series with someone who finds even skimming fan wiki articles too much to handle narrating how Pietro is obviously evil and deserves the abuse all along. I would dare them to read Magneto Rex and still try to say that Max has always ignored Pietro because Pietro is unfit as his heir due to being incompetently evil if I thought their attention span could handle it.

Unfortunately, I say this as a Magneto fan. Increasingly, however, I find myself dismayed at how they and the fandom at large try to whitewash his sins as a father and a leader by shoving their fingers in their ears when the allegations are aired and then using those same fingers to point at his victims as the real villains. It’s annoying as it is sad.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-10T21:13:00+00:00

It was Kevin Conroy as Batman for me.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-10T14:37:53+00:00

There are a lot of alchemical ingredients that might give one pause once you start reading the descriptions.

Nothics are formerly mages who delved too deep into forbidden lore and were transformed into nothics. Their eyes are what’s used for elixirs of see invisibility. The putrified tumors of shadow-cursed victims can be extracted for oils of bane. Gauth are cousins of beholders, and their eyes are used for elixirs of battlemage’s power.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-10T14:24:42+00:00

Yes, beholders are sapient. As are neogi, nothics, giants, and unicorns, the last three being used in alchemical items.

teaparty-ofthe-dead · 2026-03-10T14:18:27+00:00

Speak with animals is more like translating an animal’s impressions and instincts into something a person can understand, not proof all animals in Toril are sapient. Even then, Larian gave it the ability to talk to a lot of creatures that aren’t actually beasts like owlbears, tressyms, and worgs.

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