aryashi:

So Taako has a pretty bad charisma score, right? Bad enough that his bluffs totally depend on the dice. But Justin is a smooth ass talker, see Taako rattling off a totally believable story for Roswell after one loop and his (considering the stress) plausible reasons for keeping the mannequin around in Reunion Tour. If Taako’s a performer with a fast tongue and a kind of magnetic personality, what’s the In Fiction explanation for that bad bad Charisma?

I offer a solution. Taako’s ears are tells. GIANT tells. The elf can barely hide a thought to save his fucking life. They droop when he’s sad, perk up when he’s interested, pin back when he’s pissed, and worst of all twitch when he’s lying. Not subtle twitches, oh no sir, huge ticks like a horse flicking away flies. So whatever Taako’s face and mouth are saying, his ears are telling the truth. Only reason he lasted as long as he did performing was because Taako honestly loved it, and that love was clear as crystal to every audience.