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fandomchokehold · 4 months

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Musical Songs I Think The Boys™ Would Do a Burlesque Number To

*obviously these are only ones I've listened to, I wasn't a theater kid and don't really know much about plays and musicals, please don't be weird or mean in the notes 😭 and YES as a huge ABBA fan I know all the songs in Mamma Mia are just ABBA songs*

also this is way longer than I intended so there's more under the cut

Solos

Astarion - "Sweet Transvestite" from Rocky Horror Picture Show

this one is pretty obvious and expected but like !!! yeah !!! that's just him !!! he'd do the full routine, coming up in the elevator, throwing the cloak off to reveal the slutty lil outfit he has on underneath, throwing his drink at the audience while Gale Brad is talking, lounging on the throne, and then leaving mysteriously in the elevator OH BABY !!!

Wyll - "Land of Lola" from Kinky Boots

he would absolutely slay this routine, the lyrics are practically about him - "with arms as hard as steel" "with the moves of Fred Astaire" "I'm black jesus, I'm black mary, but this mary's legs are hairy" ??? I need this man to absolutely let loose and I NEED to see him in those cunty thigh high boots 👏 RED 👏 IS 👏 HIS 👏 COLOR !!!!

Gale - "Toucha Toucha Touch Me" from Rocky Horror Picture Show

I honestly just think he'd be really good at playing the part of the "innocent shy reserved man who does a complete 180 after being exposed to pure unbridled sexuality"; we all know he's not actually like that it's fully an act because he knows he has the looks of a tired english professor but the soul of a whore I just- you don't know how badly I need to see him doing a slightly desperate unhinged strip tease on stage on a garrish four poster bed OKAY ?!?!

Halsin - "Toxic Love" from Ferngully

I need him in his pretend villain era, I think he'd be cartoony like if he's gonna work a stage he's gonna werk a stage m'kay; he is actually using this performance to raise awareness about the climate crisis and donate the money he makes towards more accessible clean energy and environmental conservation efforts and would love to provide more info and resources while still in his g-string to all interested parties in the lobby of the venue

Duets

Astarion & Gale - "Planet Schmanet Janet" from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Astarion as Dr. Frank N. Furter, Gale as Janet; we all know this is a trademark Astarion ruse to get to chase a scantily clad Gale around menacingly and torment him in front of an audience, I mean c'mon who wouldn't want to do that 👀

Astarion & Wyll - "Does Your Mother Know?" from Mamma Mia

Astarion as Tanya, Wyll as Pepper (I had to look that up apparently his name is Pepper); I feel like Astarion would identify with Tanya on a spiritual level, they're both wine aunt cougars who love luxury, and after seeing that Wyllstarion interaction where they flirtatiously talk about their age gap this song just really is about them huh

Astarion & Halsin - "I Can Make You a Man" + "I Can Make You a Man (Reprise)" from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Astarion as Dr. Frank N. Furter, Halsin as Rocky; tbh this is just so Astarion can show off the "bounty of nature's gifts" that have been bestowed upon him and Halsin just finds how this twink is climbing him and swinging on his outstretched arm like a jungle gym too amusing to not participate

Gale & Wyll - "Horny Angry Tango" from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

either of them in either role; this is purely for the theatrics and to show off their actual ballroom dance skills, Gale is going to be the one getting dipped though

Gale & Halsin - "La Seine" from A Monster In Paris

Gale as Lucille, Halsin as Francoeur; I can't lie it's purely for the height difference that's totally canon and I didn't make up in my head, the contrast between Gale "Lil 5'8" Wizard" Dekarios and Halsin "The 6'5" Bear" Silverbough is just *chef kiss* 👌

Wyll & Halsin - "Lay All Your Love On Me" from Mamma Mia

either of them in either role; they're lowkey almost fucking on stage, Wyll chose it for the drama and Halsin went along for the overtly sexual choreography

Group Numbers

"Lady Marmalade" from Moulin Rouge

Astarion's favorite and Halsin's least favorite for the same reason: it's extremely flashy and dramatic

"Rose Tint My World" which transitions into "Don't Dream It" from Rocky Horror Picture Show

Astarion as Janet for "RTMW" but Frank for "DDI", Wyll as Columbia, Halsin as Rocky, Gale as Brad, with special guest Elminster as Dr. Scott during "Don't Dream It"

"Haus of Holbein" from SIX

tbh I don't have an explanation for this one I've really only listened to the corsets part and think it's kinda cunt, idk they'd all slay in corsets

"Big Spender" from Sweet Charity

ok just imagine any of them doing Fosse choreography

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" from Mamma Mia

ok just imagine there's stripper poles-

"Cell Block Tango" from Chicago

with special guests Minsc and Volo; no one knows how they got here, Minsc is a bit too uncoordinated but he's got the spirit and Volo was recording everything from the audience for research purposes but saw they were short a character and thought to himself "what better way to learn than through participation?"

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all-pacas · 7 months

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Did anyone else spend their formative years writing fanfiction and therefore come away utterly traumatized by the mere concept of a Mary Sue? I'm afraid to talk about OCs, to describe them and their looks, to make them ever be cool or capable in any way. The only characters I can create are useless bumbling idiots with plain looks and barely average abilities. This is a BG3 post. This is about Tav.

I want to write a story about Durge. I want to write it to counter some tropes I've seen in the fandom. Specifically: I don't like the prevalence of second person stories, of utter blank slate Tavs or Durges. This is admittedly just a preference, something I don't like. It's fine if others do. But I also have noticed... a writing of Durge as very good, very sweet, very pure. "I crave violence," and yet no intrusive thoughts outside of story beats, no moments that really convince me Durge was ever a evil cult leader, even accounting for amnesia.

(I also see this with Astarion shipping. Where he sleeps with Tav, who immediately notices his trauma and refuses to have sex. We know this isn't how it goes: Tav doesn't notice. Durge doesn't notice. We also know that if Origin Karlach can't sleep with him, he lashes out and blames her. And it's a complicated situation, because Astarion is dubcon central and no one wants to coerce a person into sex. But if he insists he wants it, if he lashes out cruelly when he can't do it, if canonically he and Durge/Tav/whoever have a sexual relationship for months before it starts to dawn on him he doesn't like it... I don't know. The sweet "uwu we won't, I can Tell you're not into it" take is nice, but I want to see the messy version. The canon version. Where maybe Tav hasn't seen the act 2 cutscenes yet and just assumes this pretty boy wants to sleep with them.)

Anyway. So I want a Durge with flaws, who doesn't just shrug and snap out of their past because they have amnesia now. But to do that, I have to write an actual character, and try to make them likeable despite their flaws. And my every instinct is just. No! You don't! Mary Sue! You can't make a self insert a main character!! And that is why I have been staring at the same WIP for two weeks now.

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not-so-lost-after-all · 9 months

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Hi. I have been struggling if I should let my romanced Asterion ascended or not, which has been a huge dilemma that many of us so stressed about. But after 2 days of serious consideration, I decide to let him ascended, because I know how much Asterion loves to be in sunlight.

See how he enjoyed bathed under the sun after he shared a night with my Tav after the goblin camp victory. The scene is too beautiful. All I want is that he can walk in sunlight freely and without the eternal hunger as a spawn after the tadpole removed. So, even thought of the “personality change” after ascension, I still want to support him ascend.

So my point of view is, even thought after his ascension, he has the absolute power (he claims) to take everything, do whatever he pleases and has nothing to fear about now.

But hey, deep down he is still the little boy who is so scared of not being loved or wanted. So scared that he is willing to enforce himself to join the disgusting, degrading sex, just to make Tav happy. Or by his word, to make his prime consort happy.

Sounds so familiar? It's the same scenario in the Moonrise Tower. He could not help be enforced himself to something he doesn't want to if Tav, the one he loves so much asks of it

His interior doesn't change. He is still that vulnerable and loving Asterion who is so reliant to Tav.

Just that he is now ascended, well…. a lord has to act like a lord.

And from my point of view, he is just like a boy who is firstly given a huge piles of money and allowed to buy whatever he wants in mall. His head spins in happiness that his childish cockiness spilled out. "Muahahahaha I am the Lord of the World!!! Kneel to me!!! Bow to me!!! YEAH!!!!" And… well… it makes me happy to see that he can finally has some childish happiness. Too long he has been denied that. So my Tav will play along to let him has his joy. "If just kneeling before you can makes you happy, then why not?" :)

And in concern of whether he will truly turn Tav into a true Vampire, my guess is very optimistic.

And OK, maybe~ he will let Tav stay a spawn so "he can manipulate her" "become Cazardor himself" but hey whats good for him to makes Tav unhappy? If he only wants spawns and power, he can create as much as he wants

I am still so far away from reaching the ending. But i have already taste the sweetness in this route. Ascended Asterion romance has to be chewed carefully to taste the little sweetness hidden within. And it's also a trial of faith for Tav.

Does she believe Asterion's love and confession before his ascension be true and valid?

Does she always thinks that Asterion will love power over her despite all the soul talk and times spent together?

Does she has no faith in their relationship or the one she loves and choose to be with?

There's so much for Tav to answer too. If the faith is strong, from my point of view, there should be no fear to take the leap.

On the surface it seems that Tav is the weak and manipulated party. But well…. my point of view is, the one truly holds the power is the one who goes deeper into another's heart. And from this case, it's Tav who holds more power.

Nonnie, I've been thinking about how to answer that. You're not even asking anything, you're explaining something I did not judge you for. Anyway, I disagree. Larian explained that we shouldn't do whatever our love interest wants - this is exactly it. If Tav loves him, they should be the voice of reason when Astarion was not able to think clearly. Now he's forever defined by his trauma.

I suppose you didn't hear what he had to say when you break up with him for good? He doesn't love Tav, he's playing a game and admits he would ruin them. He thus had no intention to make them his equal. He likes Tav as a cherished property but even those are replacable and he gets over it quickly. You can't stay with him unless you're his spawn - he doesn't take no for an answer. It was carefuly crafted to mimic the worst case IRL scenario where the abused becomes the abuser in a new relationship.

I'm going to let him ascend when he's not my character's romance to see for myself what it's like. But as a romance, I cannot stand his evil self, he's like in Act 1 except now he became the mask. I even hated how he acted in a video where Tav cheated on him with Mizora - "how delightful, more depravity, wanna join next time".

Of course you can headcanon there's still something to be fixed in him but the game doesn't exactly support it.

#astarion #bg3 astarion #astarion spoilers

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nqgmx · 5 months

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✧ ASTARION: BALDUR'S GATE 3 - a character analysis

this essay contains HUGE spoilers for baldur's gate 3, specifically astarion's questline! you have been warned lol

so baldur's gate won game of the year and for me that was my sign to finally buy it and try it out; i'm a pretty big dnd player / enthusiast as well as a crpg fan so i honestly have no idea why i didn't buy it sooner. i think like many other players, i was immediately drawn towards astarion's character: he's charming, enticing and he's literally a vampire so... who doesn't love vampires. i've become so hyperfixated on the game and astarion that i decided to watch all of his cutscenes, and one really caught my eye: the scene where you refuse to help him with ascension and he kills cazador. however, rather than being focused on the story of this scene, i was focused on something else...

astarion cries like a child.

and i don't mean that in an insulting way, like 'oOh, asTaRioN cRiEs LiKe a cHiLd', no he actually cries like a young boy, scrunching his face up and just weeping and weeping (and may i just say neil newbon did an INCREDIBLE job during this scene, like he did that in one take?! holy shit!?). it also really makes me think:

astarion is the oldest party member in the game, why does he, of all the characters, cry like that?

like you'd assume wyll or even shadowheart cry like that, but astarion? he's literally a 239 year old charlatan that flirts with you at every chance he gets. the reasonable answer is that the game directors / animators wanted to make the moment as emotional and effective as possible, however i'm an autistic teenage girl with a problem with overanalysing things so guess what i’m going to do? overanalyse it. i do truly think that despite everything, astarion saw cazador as his rock. he was his master, captor and abuser, yes, but he was the only other vampire he knew - he taught him everything. like, picture this, you get turned into a vampire and the only other vampire that you knew was the one who turned you. of course you'd look towards them for support despite everything, like you're a vampire what the fuck else are you supposed to do? i find their relationship so fascinating as on the surface, it's a heavily abusive dynamic with a severe power imbalance, however you look a little deeper and realise the trauma bond that astarion had with cazador. but again, that's just my take on it as somebody who only started playing the game two days ago and hasn't even finished act 1 soooooo

another thing about astarion's character that i really really love is during the cutscene at camp where, after making the correct dialogue choices, he confides in you that for the past 200 years he has sought company through sex, however after meeting your character he realises that he just simply wanted somebody there for him. being hypersexual as a trauma response is fairly common in real life, so adding it to him makes him seem like such a deep and complicated character. i find it so interesting that astarion is the only character in the whole of the game that you can have this unique 'not platonic yet not romantic something inbetween' relationship with. it's a really sweet moment as he's removing his tough persona and is just being honest with you, and it shows how complex of a character he is.

i finally want to take a moment to fangirl and just talk about neil newbon and how be ABSOLUTELY deserved performance of the year at this year's game awards. he's so incredible as astarion, like everything he says makes me feel an emotion (whether it's heartbroken, humoured or flustered as hell) and i have never gotten that in a va performance before. also, the fact that when he was recording his voice lines the crew had to tell him to calm tf down is so funny, and like i mentioned earlier the fact that he did the crying cutscene in one take is so ?!?!?!?! like SIR oh my god?? he 100% deserves that award, and his acceptance speech alone proves it. plus i love him so much for coming up with the goosetarion meme i love it so much it makes me want to explode

apologies if some of the points that i made aren't accurate, like i mentioned before i haven't played too much of bg3 so i could be completely wrong with everything i just said, so please feel free to let me know if i'm incorrect at all!! this is just my yearly tumblr post, i want to start posting more but also i forget about my account and then remember every like six months or so lol

#astarion babe come home the kids miss you #i love vampires so much it's becoming a problem #my hyperfixation is out of control please spay me #somebody save me from myself #astarion #baldur's gate 3 #dnd

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fangswbenefits · 6 months

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I never know if I should ask or just send a direct message. But here I am. Hope this is okay!

I was going to comment on your last post, but I had too many words. So, behold! Here are my words!

This is the Astarion/Tav I've been waiting to see. An after game fic where they have to build up from what was started in the game, where they are still working through all the feelings from that traumatic life changing event they all went through. I love this angle of the friendship route, because I too think that he needs friendship and not someone putting any demands on his body and just be there for him. Buuuuut I also see his need to make his own choices and that he may want intimacy, even sexual intimacy, at his own pace. Hell, he obviously wants cuddles and companionship. And the thought of depriving him of that makes me sad. Like big sad.

Also, I want to mention something specific that I feel you are doing so well with Astarion's voice. And it's the ability to turn off his charismatic facade wording he uses and talk in a more comfortable/vulnerable 'him' way, but without making him sound weird. Sometimes, when authors do this, they lose his charm and he doesn't sound like himself anymore. He would still be sly and charismatic and impatient, but not trying so hard as we see him most of the time with his 'honeyed' words. I like how you voice him so much. Is this really first fic you've written? Because I'm floored by your voices and pacing and sexual tension? It's all so good!

Uhhhh, I'm not sure where I was going with this. I just really love your fic. It's great, I can't wait for more.

PS. I hate using honeyed words all the time to describe the way he talkes, but poetical fuck boy words is the only other way I can think of to describe the way he speaks. Maybe I need more coffee.

First off! Thank you not only for this amazingly thorough feedback, but also for dropping a reply on ao3 🥺🩷 usually people will do either one or the other!

Isn't it wonderful how you can just explore the want vs need dilemma with Astarion? It's a common theme throughout his journey with Tav. What he wanted never mattered, and he often mixes what he wants with what he needs, which I find to be very realistic. It happens quite often in real life, too. Sometimes, what we want is not what we need and vice versa. Also, the scars of his trauma are still very much present and since they remained friends, he never really got to heal in terms of intimacy, so it's still very easy for him to slip into that mask of using sweet words and physical contact to establish intimacy. It's all he's ever known, after all.

Oh, that is such a specific and wonderful praise! Voicing Astarion is a challenge, and it's really up to each person to try to write him in a believable way. I am trying my best, but I still feel insecure at times 🥺💔 so thank you so much for saying these reassuring words. It's not my first fic 😅 I was writing for Miguel O'Hara just a couple of months ago and have been reading/writing fanfiction for over 13 years 🥸

"Poetic fuck boy" sounds about right 😅

Again, what an amazing ego booster that just made me open google docs and continue writing the next chapter 🤭🩷

#answered ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾#woah....... amazing feedback 😭😭😭😭#I'm at a loss for words

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ghost-proofbaby · 3 months

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hiii, hope your well <333

so i got all the way to the very start of act 3, romanced astarion (or so i thought) just to have him reject me !!!!

for added context, he propositioned me at the celebration (i obviously said yes), helped him get raphael to explain his scars AND let him drink my blood. it says his approval is very high aswell. so i have no idea where i went wrong :|

hello love!! im doing pretty good <3 and oh nooo.

(spoilers for games. y'all have been warned.)

did you get a confession scene towards the end of act 2? to solidify the romance with any companion, there will always be a cut scene where the explicitly say "hey, we're doing this. we're a couple." there's specific things you have to do in order to trigger them. (and if you're doubting if you got that scene, once you have solidified the romance, you will have the dialogue options to ask for a kiss and ask what you are to that companion! every time you talk! endless astarion kisses if you so please!)

astarion has a few variations, below the cut.

1: you went to moonrise, encountered a drow named 'araj', and didn't make him drink her blood. plain and simple. most people resort to triggering the confession this way. it will be a cut scene that triggers during a long rest, and not an exclamation point. usually within 1-2 long rests, depending on if you have a backlog of camp events since you haven't been long resting much!

2 (my personal favorite and the most popular to be posted online): you completed his quest with raphael and the deal regarding his scars. this one has been trickier for others to accomplish. you can't encounter the drow first, and i usually avoid moonrise altogether to get this confession. it's the iconic "i had a nice, simple plan" confession. cut scene just like #1, where it occurs once you go to bed at camp. if this didn't trigger for you after the raphael encounter and killing yurgir (spoilers lol), then that's the same issue a lot of people have! i've only sought out this confession with exceptional approval. maybe the approval affects it? who knows. also, i have no idea if it's related, but i had friendzoned every other companion when i got this one, to avoid being in a double romance type of situation like the option below...

3: you begin to romance someone else in tangent with him, and are given an ultimatum between that character and astarion, and choose him. i've never done this path. i do not know the specifics to triggering it. i know it's common when you romance both gale and astarion specifically, but from what i've seen, it's very sweet and cute because he gets surprised you would choose him lol (also sometimes it appears to happen in late act 1??? like i said, i've never done it. when i set my sights on my boy, it's over for everyone else. even halsin. which, if you're curious, you can have a poly relationship with halsin and astarion. you just have to talk to him about it, which halsin brings up automatically. it's only available once in act 3).

if none of these works, try long resting back to back like all hell!! it'll literally be the tik tok audio of "night time, bitch! night time, bitch!". certain scenes just won't trigger out of order. <3 #1 has been confirmed by the community as the simplest way to get the confession, definitely used as a fail safe, because it always happens immediately the first long rest after that encounter.

also, some choices will lock you out, but you would know. astarion makes a very dramatic mess of the 'breakup'. usually, it's if you made him drink the drow's blood. higher approval leads to options to talk to him about it and stop the breakup, but also some really fucking awful options (do NOT try and have sex with him after he says he doesn't want anyone to view him in terms of sex, in case that wasn't obvious).

hopefully this helps? i just recently saw this start to be an issue for people haha. also finding the drow is a bit tough, she's in a side room. i recognized her voice from videos i'd seen on tiktok so... that's how i found her. and no, you can't fireball her into oblivion. i tried. multiple times. she won't take damage while at moonrise, fuckin cunt.

#ghost plays bg3 #thank u ily #the drow is in a room to the left of the main room in moonrise #don't fight her it aggros the entire tower :\#even if you get the second confession or third i recommend finding her #there's more interactions with her in act 3!! only really available if you give her *your* blood aha. you'll see

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direwrath · 5 months

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Hey all!

Happy New Year and I hope that everyone is starting this one off right because that last one can go pound sand for all I care.

I know I haven't really been posting and reblogging like I used to, but I honestly had to take a break for my own sanity. It's nothing here in particular, I've just been trying to steer clear of the internet social sites so I could catch my breath from all of it.

During this time me and my daughter have been playing two different BG3 campaigns and here are some things that we have learned:

Never let the druid talk to any animal in bear form if she is not great at conversation. Even if she is an animal other beasties aren't going to want to hear what she has to say.

Sometimes the barbarian may seem like a big dumb oaf, but other times he can be convincing enough to part far more intelligent beings from their loot.

It's never smart to stand on the edge of a large tree root when fighting hook horrors, or anything for that matter. But you can't tell a mage anything these days.

Ice spells are great until you accidentally make an ice rink around the very enemies you have to melee attack.

Astarion just disapproves of us. That's it, he just does not like anything we do.

My daughter is really, and I stress, really good at rolling that devastating 1. Critical Fail!

There are too many hot guys at camp!

You never, ever turn your back on an angry barbarian! (My boy Tal'Ruuk made me proud that fight)

Scratch is a good boy

I am in love with a magic user? Like I never thought I would say those words, but here I am, professing my love for that sweet but troublesome man Gale.

When in smoke form you are pretty much useless in a fight. Yeah, the mage thought it was hilarious though.

Badger form is not what you think it would be. What good is a bear sized badger?

My daughter's character Craylin (the aforementioned mage) is a delusional dragon boy, that's what the guy with the pen and the floppy hat called him anyways. Guess he doesn't believe he is part dragon, lol.

Sometimes the stupid plans are the ones that work.

Oh the adventures that we get ourselves caught up in..

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #baldurs gate 3 #random post #gaming #Ps5

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sipsoftea · 5 months

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I finally got bg3 and now i can draw for it without feeling like a fake fan :D so some first thoughts are in order I think.

1. I'm head over heels for gale. I really thought I'd be an astarion or a karlach kinda gal, and don't get me wrong, i am, but I fell in love with gale the moment I pulled him out of the portal and he immediately started on a rant giving me all the tadpole lore he had available.

2. I cried over how frickin sweet and compassionate karlach is. *spoilers* I don't remember her exact words, but when I told her about how gales ex wants him to blow himself up for her "forgiveness" karlach was so aggressively compassionate, saying something along the lines of "any God who tells you to blow yourself up, is no God worth worshipping" and I love her so so so much, for her compassionate wisdom and for who she is as a person.

3. The music is actually frickin incredible. I hadn't heard any of the music before I bought the game, I assumed it was good because games like that usually have a big emphasis on music, but goodness gracious, I wasn't ready for it to knock my socks off like that. genuinely breathtaking.

4. I don't like to swear, but fuck death shepherds. they are the most obnoxious freaks I've ever had the displeasure of coming across, I hope they step on Legos and trip into the fiery pits of hell, where they'll be forced to fight their own kind without the use of their own magic.

5. Scratch is the best boy. I would die for him.

6. I don't want to hate on anyone's choices in favorite characters, but I cannot stand shadowheart. I'll probably be eating my words once I get to know her better, but I sincerely wish she'd shut up about her goddess. I'm currently in the middle of doing shar's gauntlet, and she keeps bringing up the fact that she was "meant to be here", and that "shar must favor her somehow". Like, bestie... that can't possibly be a good thing. From my understanding, most of the gods in this game are actually trash, like dumpster fire levels of horrid. Like mystra asking gale to kill himself for her forgiveness, or whatever tf the absolute is, or shar taking peoples memories and lives if they stay in her shadow realm without a light source for too long. And I don't want to victim blame or anything. I think she mentioned she was raised in the church, so I imagine all this was forced into her head from a very young age. It just wears on me a little, that's all.

7. Everyone wants to get with me EXCEPT gale. I love him to bits, but man he's a challenge to romance ((and i would like to say, i really do love the platonic love my tav and gale have for each other, it's really sweet)). Shadow heart invited me to drink with her at the party, I ended up having to load a save because I'm terrible at rejection and I didn't want to romance her.

Next, I went to camp and the game immediately forced me into a dance cutscene with wyll, I once again had to load a save because I'm terrified of rejection. And gale is just like "wow, you're such a good friend :))" and I'm more than happy to be his friend, don't get me wrong. I just want to cuddle my wizard under the stars while we talk about our favorite interests, is that so much to ask?

But over all, this game is incredible. I've been playing nonstop for the last three days or so, it's really been a joy. Now I just need to figure out how to draw all of my favorite characters so I can post a bunch of scribbles >:))

#baldurs gate #bg3 #long post #im sorry if i misspelled anyones names or if i got them wrong all together #rant post #i genuinely love this game

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damienxd · 8 months

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So, a little talk about Baldur's Gate 3. A little spoiler warning for the Dark Urge storyline.

I have 2 different Dark Urge runs atm, one good and rejecting the Urge, the other evil and mostly accepting the Urge (there's some exception to his rules, mostly because I don't feel like slautering the entirety of the Tieflings from act 1 or Isobel from act 2 as they are pretty vital for later in the story).

Anyways, I've created a little headcanon story for them that they're (half) brothers, and worked together to lead Bhaal's armies/congregations as his Chosens because Omiros (my good run, the Tiefling Paladin) is better at persuading people to follow their father and enact murderous plots/violence while Torrin (my "evil" run, the Dragonborn Ranger) is better at hunting and tracking down victims.

This then translates over after they lose their memories as they still work well together, while maybe not seeing eye-to-eye, but finding common ground in a lot of their morals and ideas. They do still get into arguments as they are brothers, but for the most part they get along.

I also headcanon Torrin as Orin's "twin". More they were born around the same time and Bhaal has a nasty sense of humor while Omiros is younger than them (his name is still ironic if you read a previous post of mine this one).

Torrin was created far before Baldur's Gate 3 came out. His original character idea had a completely different name at first but I changed it once I actually started playing with people who know how to play D&D. His original character arc was that he was a child soldier who discovered he was one of many children taken from families and placed in a training program to keep up the number of soldiers/guards for the city. Once he was let in on it he got pissed, killed his General that he saw as a father figure originally, and ran. He was actually a very sweet and quiet character but I saw potential in how his story could have twisted him the other way so, yeah....

Here are the boys (and Astarion that Torrin is romancing)

Another little piece: Torrin is 6'5 while Omiros is closer to 5'9

#balders gate 3 #baldur's gate oc #baldurs gate #baldurs gate 3 tav #baldurs gate iii #baldurs gate tav #baldurs gate character #baldurs gate 3 dark urge #baldurs gate dark urge

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ravnloft · 1 month

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i neeeeeeeeeeeeed to write/draw more completely self-indulgent cottagecore trio stuff so i'm making a list. feel free to reply w/additional suggestions or which one/s you want to see (not making this a poll bc the answers would be too long lmao)

gwendolyn wild shapes into a bear to defend one of the guys during the grove battle and astarion goes "okay maybe i've misjudged her. i should apologize. unrelated but i also need to never get on her bad side ever at all"

samson needs to talk more about his backstory....... maybe with nól.... maybe on the way to rosymorn monastery????

something with wyll and nól. now that i've put wyll into how to win friends i am DYING to explore their dynamic. it's gonna be so cute

gwendolyn...... making perfume........... with astarion and wyll..................... my sweet botanically cologned boys......

samson going Full Angel ModeTM in the grove fight and giving wyll and astarion some kind of awakening about it 🥴

#bg3 posting #cottagecore trio

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bleachanimefan1 · 6 months

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Hallowed Fangs Part 8

The Swamp,

The group began to return back to the camp, meeting up with the others and started to unpack to rest for the night. As Vex was spreading out her bedroll, she heard footsteps approaching her from behind. She turned around to see Astarion. "There you are, I was just thinking about you. And that delicious moment we shared the other night."

"When you bit me?" Vex pointed out, standing up. Astarion nodded, smiling a little.

"The very same. I've had this condition for two centuries, but truth be told? You were my first." Vex's eyes widened at what he said. "You mean you've never bitten a person before?"

"In all these years, I've only fed on beasts. Drinking the blood of thinking creatures is a different thing entirely. You were delectable. And now I just can't help but wonder how the others taste." Astarion smirked a little.

"They might not be as open to the idea as I was." Vex told him.

"Alas. It doesn't hurt to ponder the question though. Take Gale, for example. He strikes me as someone whose blood is rich, refined like a well-aged brandy. But the gith? What in the hells would she taste like?" Astarion questioned, wondering.

"Something exotic, surely? And Amnan liqueur?" Vex smirked, laughing a little, playing along with him.

"Ohh, that sounds very appealing. I'm almost convinced." Astarion said.

"This is still all theoretical, right?" Vex asked.

"Absolutely. A mere thought experiment. So-in the spirit of theoretical questions-if you had to take a bite from one of them, who would it be?" Astarion asked her.

"You, of course." Vex immediately told him. Astarion smiled and acted dramatically in surprise.

"Oh, I'm flattered. Who knew you had such taste?" He smirked. "Unfortunately, all this talk is getting me hungry. I'd better find something I can actually sink my teeth into."

"Happy hunting." Vex told him.

"There's nothing that tasty lurking in the woods but I will make do. Sweet dreams." He told her before walking off in to the woods to hunt.

"I think we took a wrong turn somewhere." Vex told everyone.

"How can we take a wrong turn? You're the one with the map!" Lae'zel shouted. They had drifted a little too far from the village and now ended up into some uncharted lands in the wilderness.

"Well, if you're so great at survival skills then you have a look!" Vex retorted. Lae'zel snatched the map out of Vex's hands, glancing over it, muttering to herself. "Well?" Vex asked her. "See anything familiar?"

"No. Nothing's familiar to me." She murmured.

""We'll get back on track. There's got to be some kind of path or sign or something to tell us where we are-" Vex spoke before she stopped hearing noises up ahead. "I hear shouting up ahead."

Everyone quietly sneaked over to see what it was and saw two men, arguing with Ethel, the elder woman from the Grove.

"Lads for the love of all that is holy, I've never clapped eyes on your poor sister." She spoke.

"Drop the act, hag. You was the last to see Mayrina." Johl glared at her.

"Just let her go. Please." Demir pleaded. Vex walked a little closer and Ethel peered over the mens shoulders. The two men now noticed the party as well, keeping them back.

"Thank goodness you're here, sweetie. I-I don't know what's come over these boys." Ethel said, asking Vex for help. Vex could see something in the woman's eyes. She lying. She was hiding something. Something that she didn't want these men to know.

"Stop this! We...we won't ask again." Demir hissed.

"Lower your weapons, I know this lady." Vex told them.

"Sweetie, be careful!" Ethel cried out.

"She's with the hag!" Demir shouted.

"Don't just stand their gaping, get her!" Johl shouted. The two men pulled out their pitchforks and lunged at Vex.

"What the hell!?" Vex exclaimed.

Vex quickly dodged out of the way from their swings and quickly pulled out her sword. Astarion, Lae'zel and Shadowheart pulled out their weapons as well rushing over to Vex to help. Astarion aimed his crossbow at Demir, killing him in one shot. Johl cried out for his fallen brother and charged at Astarion. Vex swung her sword, blocking the pitchfork. Lae'zel quickly darted to the side and charged at Johl swing her sword at him. Johl dodged out of the way and Shadowheart quickly fired a firebolt at the man, incinerating him. His charred body fell to the ground with a thud. Vex turned back to Ethel to see her covering her mouth in horror.

"Oh my stars. I-I didn't mean for this to happen." She spoke.

"What happened? It sounded like a heated argument." Vex asked her, walking over. The others followed behind her wondering as well.

"They're looking for their little sister, Mayrina. She's...staying with me for a bit." Ethel explained. "I promised that I wouldn't breathe a word of her whereabouts. Come look for me at my cabin." She snapped her fingers and vanished into a cloud of green smoke, disappearing.

"It's been a while, but do all ladies act like this?" Astarion asked.

"Only when they're hiding something." Vex spoke.

The party continued following the path until they came upon a small lake. There was a brown basket lying on the ground with a note. Vex walked over to it and picked up, reading the note. "Have one on me. Love, Aunt Ethel." Vex opened the lid to see a couple of juicy red apples inside. She picked one up, examining it.

"Does anyone get the feeling like we're being watched?" Lae'zel asked.

"Nothing seems out of the ordinary." Astarion replied. Vex took a small bite out of the apple. Her eyes widen when she tasted something foul and a metallic. She quickly spat it out.

"What's wrong?" Shadowheart questioned.

"Don't eat the apples. They've been poisoned." Vex said. Shadowheart's eyes widen in shock.

"And you just took a bite out of one!"

"I'm fine. I've been trained to be able to withstand certain types of poison." Vex assured her. Suddenly, everyone saw a glimmer and right before their eyes the lake transformed, the wilderness turned into a smelly swamp. Vex saw several creatures walking up ahead. She hopped over the small broken bridge, avoiding the water. She was not sticking her feet in that diry water. Everyone followed her, hopping over the bridge. As they got closer, Vex saw a diminutive creature sporting a red hat glares then hissed at her. Vex recognizes the redcap-a fey creature known for it's bloodlust.

"Argh. Baaaaaa." The creature is pretending to be a sheep? She decided to play along, so the creature wouldn't be suspicious.

"Baaaa." Vex bleated back at the creature, causing Shadowheart and Astarion to snicker. There were several more redcaps prowling around the swamp. Making to the other side of the swamp, Vex saw a small cliff and climbed up it to see a hunter, sitting near a small campfire.

"Ah, stranger. Forgive the aroma." the man said.

Vex and the others nearly gagged as the foul smell hit their nostrils. There was a smell of something foul-metallic and sickly sweet in the air.

"Powdered iron vine. An old hunter's trick. Most monsters will think twice before making a meal out of me." the man said.

"You're a monster hunter? I'm surprised-I thought all Gur were vagrant cut-throats." Astarion smirked, narrowing his eyes at the hunter.

"Pardon me, but who or what is a Gur?" Vex asked.

"A mystical and dangerous people, we travel the land, never settling in one place. We steal your chickens, curse your crops, seduce your daughters-your friend here has heard it all, I'm sure. I wish I had half the power settled folk think my people possess. Alas, I am a simple wanderer. A simple wanderer and monster hunter. But I am no witch doctor or cut-throat." The Gur hunter explained.

"So what monster are you hunting?" Vex asked him.

"Something terrifying, no doubt. Dragon? Cyclops? Kobald?" Astarion questioned as well.

"Nothing so dramatic. I'm hunting for a vampire spawn. His name is Astarion, but I fear he's gone to ground. I hope the hag of these lands can help me flush him out, if I can afford her blood price." Vex saw Astarion's eyes went a little wide a little, his body tensing up, his back going stiff as a board.

"And when you find this 'Astarion', you'll kill him?" Vex asked the Gur.

"Not this time. My orders are to capture him."

"Oh, and bring him where exactly?" Astarion asked.

"Baldur's Gate. My people wait for me there." The Gur spoke.

"Only a spawn? Pity. Not like it's a real vampire." Vex smirked. Astarion shot her a glance as if telling her to shut up.

"I don't know. I'm sure a vampire spawn could still rip your throat out if he felt like it." Astarion retorted, smirking.

"Or maybe they'll coming stalking and bite you in the middle of the night." Vex prodded.

"You will not let that go will you! I said I was sorry!" Astarion shouted at her.

"Is everything alright?" The hunter asked them. Vex smiled. "Yes, everything's fine." The Gur stared at the two, suspiciously.

"He's right, unfortunately. They are only weak when compared to their masters. During the day we have the advantage. But at night, when they hunt? You will not find a more deadly quarry." He spoke.

"Yes, I'm sure they can creep right on you." Vex smirked.

"We've all survived so far. Let's focus on that." Astarion replied.

"It would be wise to post guards at nights. The threat is real." the Gur suggested.

"Indeed, it is. We should do something about this threat. May I?" Astarion turned to Vex, smirking.

"Be my guest." Vex nodded. Astarion's grin went wider and snapped his head back towards the Gur. Astarion pulled out his knife then slowly began to stalk towards him. The hunter's eyes went wide with shock and started to back away.

"It-It can't be! You're the vampire!" He exclaimed. The Gur quickly grabbed his crossbow, firing it at Astarion. A net flew out, ensaring Astarion inside of it. As he struggled to break out of it, Astarion saw Vex and the others standing in front of him, fighting off the Gur. Lae'zel charged at the Gur slashing at him with her sword. Shadowfired a firebolt, but the hunter jumped out of the way. The hunter fired a few arrows, aiming for Astarion. Vex got in the way, knocking some of the arrows back. Lae'zel swung her sword again, hitting the Gur in one blow, finishing him off. Astarion growled as he tried to break out of his bindings but they were wrapped around him tightly. Shadowheart walked over to Vex.

"To speak truthfully, I'm a little surprised you chose to shield Astarion."

"Let's just hope it doesn't come to bite me later." Vex told her. "Why don't you guys go on ahead and we'll catch up." Shadowheart nodded and her and Lae'zel walked on ahead, leaving Vex and Astarion alone. Vex walked over to Astarion, who was still trying to get out of his ropes. "Need a hand?"

"It would be nice, if you don't mind." Astarion spoke and Vex bent down and cut off the ropes. Astarion stood up.

"Why was that monster hunter after you?" Vex asked him.

"Not anymore. Which is all that matters, really." Astarion quickly answered.

"But why was he after you? What did you do?" Vex questioned him again.

"I didn't do anything! I was kidnapped-just like you. It seems Cazador wants me back." Astarion explained.

"Who is he?" Vex asked.

"Cazador Szarr is a vampire lord in Baldur's Gate. The patriarch of his coven and a monster obsessed with power. He turned me nearly two hundred years ago. I became his spawn and he became my tormentor." Astarion spoke.

"Are you sure Cazador's behind this?" Vex wondered. Astarion nodded.

"It was him, I'm sure. Only he would know to send the Gur after me. It was a group of Gur that attacked me that night in Baldur's Gate. I would've died had Cazador not appeared and saved me."

"He appeared when you needed him? Sounds convenient." Vex spoke.

"Maybe. Maybe he was just drawn to the smell of blood. The point is I have history with those barbarians. Cazador's sending a message. He's reminding me of his power. Even in the middle of nowhere, he can reach me. And he wants me back." Astarion said.

"Don't worry-you're safe with me. As long as I'm around, he can't get you." she told him. Astarion's eyes widen a little before making a small laugh.

"Safe?" He spatted out. "You think I'm safe? Do you know the power a vampire lord possesses? He can change shape, turn into mist; call wolves to do his bidding; shrug off blows like they're nothing. He could walk into our camp tonight and you with his bare hands. And you'd be lucky if death was the worst thing that happened to you."

"You have a point. What do you suggest?" Vex asked. Astarion paused for a second in surprise.

"First, we have to-uh..." he drifted off, thinking. This was the first time he was able to do anything freely for himself. "I don't know. If we kill his lackeys, he'll just send more. We just have to be vigilant. Keep our wits about us. And kill any monsters on sight."

"Okay. We'll be careful." Vex replied. Then she noticed a strange look in Astarion's eyes. Was it hunger or lust? She couldn't really tell. "Is there something else on your mind? I can tell you want to say something. Do you need to feed again?"

"Not at the moment, darling, I was just thinking about you. Remembering our time together, the things we've shared-and I don't just mean that lovely neck of yours. I'm growing to like the whole package, honestly. And you clearly like me too, so..." Vex's eyes widen a little.

"So?..." She played along to see what he would say.

"Don't act coy now. I could feel it as I was getting lost in your neck. Your little shakes of excitement. You enjoyed it, didn't you?"

"Yes, I did. Are you suggesting something?" Vex smiled, crossing her arms.

"A quiet evening for once. Perfect for two people who'd like to take some time to themselves, if you catch my meaning. And I do mean sex, to be clear. We've been waiting long enough." Astarion said. Vex thought for a moment. He right though. Everything has been stressful recently these past few days.

"All right, but where will we go?" Vex asked.

"Let's find our own little piece of nowhere. Somewhere we can lose ourselves and forget all this madness. There's a secluded place nearby that should do nicely. Wait until the others are asleep, then come and find me there."

"I'll see you there." Vex smiled. Astarion smirked.

"Indeed, you will, my love. I can't wait." Just before the two of them left, Vex stopped.

"Oh! Before we leave, I got you a present!" she smiled. Astarion stared at her, wondering what it was.

"What is it?" He asked her. Astarion's eye widen a little in surprise when Vex gave him the Gur's enchanted crossbow that she had looted off of the hunter. She was trusting him with a weapon like this?

"It's a lot stronger than your crossbow. And we're going to need every advantage we can get. Do you think you can put it to good use?" Vex told him.

"Thanks, darling. I'll treasure it." Astarion smiled.

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