#that's it and nothing else just Astarion

[venvellan]

you're a vampire? oh yeah buddy i know don't worry. well it's just that you spent two days pretending to eat food. you were "biting" things and throwing them over your shoulder. it wasn't very subtle. i also caught you trying to stare directly into the sun like, multiple times. i'm glad the sun doesn't hurt you anymore! but you're not supposed to look at it. yeah, really bad for you. oh and that collar doesn't really hide the bite mark. it's very stylish! but it draws attention to your neck and only covers about half of it. no it's okay, you did a great job! can't exactly check in the mirror, right? heh. hey, you almost had me! keep trying i'm sure you'll get better at it

#i dont actually know if astarion eats food or not at this point #cause the parasite lets him be under sunlight and not need to be invited into places #which is definitely just for the sake of gameplay if nothing else #but he also still has to drink blood #and cant see himself in the mirror #i'll either find out eventually or i wont #baldurs gate #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #astarion

[treasureplcnet]

bunch of bg3 sketches :)

#real time trainwreck as i booted it up for the first time at jane's place #who had convinced me to romance astarion and then i pulled gale out the stupid rock and he is my everything. #my silly rabbit.... #and tiefling w astarion is in fact jane's tav LOL #some of these are like from when i was just starting i have drawn like nothing else. this has been my life for a month #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #tav #gale dekarios #who is the guy thats featured most here.. #couples who will hyphen their surnames. LOL #not pictured here is frankie (tav)'s little brother . left alone to my own devices i will spiral out of control giving my ocs siblings #i want to do a run with her brother but considering he'd make virtually the same choices i dont think i can dedicate a playthrough LOL #my art

[eff-plays]

I have an Astarion-shaped hole in my Astarion-shaped heart.

Based on these beautiful gifs.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #astarion ancunin #my art #artists on tumblr #digital art #etc etc i can't be assed with tags uwu goodbye<3 #DO NOT look too closely at the clothes simply do not #just look at his beautiful face and nothing else uwu

[arinmoss]

He's mostly done, i'll probably add more to this piece next week :3

#but for now since i have nothing else to post u get to see him again lol #i plan to add some more details later i just dont know exclty what #but hes mostly done so posting nyow hehe :3 #wip #work in progress #art #astarion #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 fanart #fanart #painting #my art #arin moss #arin moss art #astarion fanart #astarion bg3 #astarion baldurs gate #astarion ancunin

[faarkas]

#I JUST TOOK THIS AND IM RETIRING ACTUALLY. GOODBYE EVERYBODY THIS IS IT EXPECT NOTHING ELSE FROM ME BYE 🙋‍♀️ #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion #astarion ancunin #hil.png #nsft #ish......i just. omg. omg omg omg omg omg.

[ode-to-fury]

Friendship Astarion is so important to me. Like I know everyone is horny for the sassy elf but like… what if he learned to care for someone without sex? What if he tried to manipulate Tav into bed and they told him no? And then… kept being nice to him? Kept taking care of him and expecting the same in return? What if he doesn’t have to fall in love to realise he wants to live a life where he cares about things and makes his own decisions? What if he tells them about how he used his body anyway? What if they tell him he never has to again? What if they hug him and expect nothing back? What if they put their head on his shoulder and nothing else? What if, for the first time in 200 years, he felt safe enough to joke and laugh and not put on a show because it’s obvious they don’t feel that sort of attraction to him anyway? What if he just had a best friend?

#i’m sorry but I’m so soft for friendship soulmates #because friendship is weird in the sense that the only thing youre getting is companionship #nothing else #you just keep choosing each other over and over and I think that would be such a novel concept for hi #and he’d fuck up and learn consequences cause tav isnt a lovesick puppy and friends can get angry with each other #because there’s not that other aspect of romance thats involved #god i just- friendship astarion #and they’d be so annoyingg cause my tav is a chaos gremlin too and just as tired and jaded #astarion #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3

[y-rhywbeth2]

While it might be an interesting enough topic to explore, personally I don't think attachment issues are going to be much of a problem for Astarion, ultimately. This particular angst is sort of a non-issue to me. He's most likely going to have them, yes, but he will work through it.

Player: "I care for you a great deal. That's never changing." Astarion: "After all this, I've realised it's all right if it does change. If anything changes."

If you break up with him obviously he's upset, but as he tells you, he is living again and will continue to do so. He can and will dump you, and has multiple opportunities to do so and be perfectly fine on his own afterwards (assuming Cazador isn't still alive, which has nothing to do with his potential romantic attachments).

Nor does he appreciate the notion of relying on somebody for anything, including his lover. He appreciates the sentiment of wanting to keep him safe, but he's clearly irritated by the notion: "It would be nice not to have to rely on you as my great protector". He wants his freedom and his self-determination and he's going to have it.

Note that if you fail to convince him not to ascend and then try to stop him, which he perceives as robbing him of self-determination/freedom, he either tells you to "die screaming" and walks out or tries to kill you himself. No amount of approval will stop him: Your love is not more important to him than his freedom and ability to determine his own destiny. The only reason you can talk him out of it is by pointing out that he's being ruled by fear, that ascension will rob him of that and turn him into someone he hates. The fact that ascension is not on the table anymore might knock that drive back a bit while he takes the time to recalibrate and find his feet again, but I highly doubt it will stick: He didn't suffer 200 years of misery, come out the other end ready to fight, and then claw back his freedom, then decide it's time for him to reclaim his life only to sell it to somebody else, no matter the pedestal they might stand on.

If he does ascend and you leave him he gets over it in a few days. He might think of you from time to time between schemes and blood orgies, but he considers it beneath him to seek out your attention. If you turned illithid then the dev notes will happily point out that he didn't think of you or miss you at all. Possessive as he might be of his property, you're not actually that important to him compared to himself.

He tells you he will be fine without you, and if he loses you he demonstrates that he will be fine without you. He's a very self-interested person, and imo, at his core remains so when romanced (people can talk about how sweet he is with Durge all they like, but as a durgestarion enjoyer I find he's actually incredibly insensitive a lot of the time. It's a bonus. Get the feral ending and he flat out tells you your relationship is doomed because you'll remind him too much of the aspects of vampirism he hates the most and he's going to prioritise his wellbeing. Sure, he'll carry you in his heart forever and grieve your horrific ending, but he's clearly ok enough in life to go to the party, dressed up nicely, and share a toast with other people he cares about: He'll live). Selfishness is a flaw and a strength of his.

Astarion wants his partner: he doesn't need them. If he identitifes co-dependent behaviours in himself he will want to unlearn it. He sets boundaries and he expects them respected, and he will enforce them - as he does in-game. The lover is not that important in the grand scheme of things.

#I mean it would be interesting in an “I want them under a petri dish” way if he WAS that unhinged over them but nah we're really not special #I'm still going for immortality but that's more for eternal shenanigans that piss off the Planes themselves #And not my concern over what will become of Astarion when his SO dies - which is nothing; he'll grieve and move on with you in his heart #and sappy shit like that #I just don't want Vel to die: He's too deranged for something so panifully common #They will live forever and it will be everyone else's problem #/astarion #babbling

[gunpowdercarousel]

It's weird that Larian seems to show Astarion a lot of favoritism in terms of content and yet his companion storyline is such a side quest compared to all the others. As far as I'm aware he has no real connection to the mindflayers/Absolute other than the initial kidnapping/parasite insertion, which is - like - the bare minimum needed to have a connection at all.

His conflict with Cazador is such a random aside when you're in Baldur's Gate. It's like yeah I need to stop the other two Chosen, I need to solve this murder conspiracy, locate the Elder Brain, deal with Raphael, figure out what to do with the Crown of Karsus, and... oh yeah, I guess there's Astarion's thing to deal with, too.

It's hilarious, really, because it means while this one huge, world-ending event was going on there was also - by complete coincidence - an entire OTHER world-ending event happening just down the street that wasn't connected in any way. Not only is the Absolute's army on the march, but Cazador is trying to become the Vampire Ascendant at the same time and only ASTARION knows about it. Cazador is literally just some OTHER bbeg whose centuries-old plan happens to be coming to fruition the same week as the Chosen's.

I literally almost forgot to do his plotline because it had so little to do with the overarching conflict of the story. The only connection he ever really makes is with Raphael, who he needs ONCE for ONE minor thing and that's it. And Raphael isn't even that important to the Absolute plot, himself.

Astarion doesn't really have any connections with the Chosen, any other characters, any other antagonists, he's just kind of his own thing. Once you deal with Cazador he's just kind of along for the ride. Meanwhile, Wyll's father is integral to the Chosen's plan, Shadowheart has the plot McGuffin that can foil the Absolute, Lae'zel's people are sworn enemies of the mindflayers, and Gale wants the Crown of Karsus for himself, not to mention his Goddess is literally tasking him to deal with the Absolute.

Everyone else has a good reason to be there EXCEPT ASTARION. Like he's just there because he has a worm.

Anyway, rant over.

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #bg3 memes #astarion #anyway just read about how astarion got a bunch of extra content written for him that other characters didn't get #so i'm a little salty #and needed to rant #i'm sure astarion stans will find some way to interpret his lack of plot relevance as tragically beautiful and poignant #also i'm sure karlach has some connection but i haven't gotten her story far enough to see what it is #if nothing else she cares a lot about wyll so that's something

[lemongogo]

me admitting that i dont hate ast*rion after all .

#like him.even . maybe. #i just drew him and i was like teehee~kicks feet and giggles and thenni remembered who this was and #my face morphed in2 thousand yard stare guy #IM SRYYY IM SRRYYYYY #IM FALLIBLE !! #wat do u want from me. if its good taste in characters wwll. u r in tha wrong place . #though i do think its bc like . like tell me why he has 90x the content of anyone else #if i hear wyll say well met one more time im gna blow up our camp.IM SOOOz give me something anything pelase please #like he’ll have nothing for 30 long rests save for a line here or there #but astarion will just want to chat u up every night like can u equal it out please pls ❤️ karlach even . #anyways . i hate gale tho HATE GALE . GALE HATERRR ☝️☝️☝️☝️ #idk if its because i found him last or what but atp i dont care to get to know him #this game is legit saur fun . the exploration especially #like i spend 90% of my time opening every vase and crate and reanimating the dead on every1.talking to all the animalz #speak w the dead* i mean #also just rhe potential 4 the funniest mistakes ever #when auntie ethel disguised herself as mayrina in fromt of my eyes i didnt process it and killed her indtead of ethel HAHAAGAHAHAHAHHA #like the sjock of messing smth up so badly but u cant do shit abt it like ok!i guess ! #karlach pushing 1hp shadowheart in2 firepitcon accident and killing her . happy family❤️🫶 #bg3

[soldier-poet-king]

I'm experiencing existential shrimp emotions and yet still expected to play nice and go to work and it's just. Man. Man. I wanna sit around and think and feel until I reach some sort of tenable equilibrium. Not just crush the intensity under my heel into apathy, or at least the false facade of apathy. I care too deeply! Let me care about every little thing intensely and consumptively! I don't WANT to not be like this.

#work is good work can be good work is a worthy task #this isnt anti work #this is just anti work right now while im Experiencing Things #anyway sleep did NOT remedy yesterdays emotional time from finishing my durge run in bg3 #just. i cant think about it without going wild again #all new emotions unlocked #i cannot stop thinking abt astarion and durge and shared monstrosity and autonomy and freedom #and choosing to grow and be better and how awful and scary and terrible it is #when there is nothing left. you have nothing of yourself left #and you sitll have to go on and choose what you want to be #and that's so terrifying and so good #im kinda. like. the most insanely jealous ive ever been in my life #u know the sea longing? the soul deep ache for smthn you know you wont ever have? #because it's not for people like you. or that the acquisition would destroy you? or smthn else #but it's just. yeah. yeah. i am experiencing things #partially just maybe that dopamine crash. y'know the post concert blues #except not a concert. just a really good game. a really good story #i havent felt this intensely abt a game in awhile #or not for this long. it didn't linger to this extent. #alas. work to do.chores to do.etc etc etc #im so ready for vacation next week. im tired. #like on the one hand i need long term direction. i need a goal. a purpose. a duty #yes i risk the perception of the self as a non person and simply a tool with a use #but i already see myself as a thing with no value but use. at least with direction id have a purpose #on the other hand. i fear it. because i dont want to lose the intensity. i dont want to #i dont want to be even keeled and calm. i dont want to give up my anxiety and sadness if it means also losing the highs of joy and elation #is the dramatic swing of moods healthy? perhaps not. but how else am i to experience the breadth and depth of human emotion. of the soul? #i understand the poets. the romantics. i lack their skill. but i understand the heart of it. #the most important thing there is. maybe.

[dankovskaya]

I know there needs to be a conversation abt racism in bg3's writing too tbh and not even just the dumbass fucking incessant fantasy racism I mean like. Wyll.

#First of all the fact that it basically completely disallows you to express any sympathy or understanding or anything outside of the range #of annoyance to violent outrage when you find out about the pact that he is clearly trapped in and suffering for and does not affect #literally anyone other than himself? Like was that not insane to anyone else? #It allows you be ALARMING aggressive and hateful towards him extremely early on regarding things that have almost nothing to do with the #player character? #Like not even just a token 'asshole option' its like its actively encouraging you to be furious #with him its very fucking weird. #It clearly doesnt even expect you to be that mad at ASTARION when he reveals his vampirism #by essentially attempting to kill you in your sleep. #bald

[devotedlystrangewizard]

hey can we talk about how astarion, despite having the least connection to the main plot of bg3, still has the most content of all the companions

#ramblings #this isnt even specifically about wyll though the thought did get sparked BY wyll's lack of content #gale has the crown karlach has gortash lae'zel has the gith shart has the artifact and wyll has baldurs gate #what does astarion have. cazador has nothing to do with the main plot of the game. #astarion's questline is entirely just an extensive sidequest #astarion kinda reminds me of how in p5r & p4g they added a character that initially wasnt there but was now the devs special princess #idk the history he was probably there from the start but thats just the vibe to me #the tadpole freed him. thats it. but thats basically already the durge's arc #and when you consider it thats the arc *for most companions* #none as physically as astarion SURE but they would never have gotten the opportunity to grow without the tadpole #this isnt a slight on astarion btw i personally dont care that much for him but you do you #its almost 3 am can you tell #i mostly stick to my quiet durgetash & gale brainrot corner occasionally pulling up to wyll lae'zel & karlach nations #but ive been vocally critical of astarion's amount of content compared to everyone else on discord for over a week now #& felt i had to say SOMETHING here

[corvigae]

Thinking about AU where Page and Lunarae are in the same campaign again and...Page/Astarion/Lunarae throuple real, perhaps? 👀

#i do actually think they'd all work really well together #and let's be real lunarae wouldn't last FIVE MINUTES around page without her 'i can fix her!' drive kicking in lmao #i'm just thinking through the mechanics of how i think the romance would develop. turning it over in my head #for simplicity's sake i don't think in this au that lunarae would also be in a relationship with karlach and shadowheart #if nothing else than to save my sanity logistics-wise #i do find it rly funny to imagine poor astarion getting the #'wait shit wait fuck oh goddamn i wasn't supposed to *actually* get feelings for them fuck wAIT-' reaction #not just once but TWICE in *VERY* quick succession lmao #anyways regular reminder that if anyone ever wants to ask questions about either of these goobers #i'm more than happy to indulge #robin plays bg3 #page turner #lunarae #personal grumblings

[brittapcrrys]

ok just watched a little video of the main BG3 characters (and some ?? others i’ve not seen u guys blogging abt) & their voice actors and like............ that was Not At All how i thought most of them were gonna sound oh my godddddddd

#i like shadowheart MORE now i think hearing her voice tied the vibes together in a way that finally Works for me #i was very 'BEYONCE???!!!?!' to see jk simmons in there but yeah okay that works #karlach and lae'zel are Fine i just expected....smth different. ig i was expecting any/all gith characters to have like... #idk they're meant to be from a totally ''alien'' plane of existence and also they're built Like That like. what do u mean they sound the sam #*same as everyone else ?? idk anyway #uhhh Halsin's voice is Fine but i kinda expected that sort of tone from Gale (but with the arrogance to it) #OH. Wyll's fit nicely too #I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR there's nothing 'wrong' or 'bad' abt the voices im ??????? abt i just. they don't Fit for me #i didn't think THAT voice was gonna come out of Astarion. i didn't know Jaheira was gonna be SO Scottish nnjdfjksdjkf #i also didn't know jaheira was gonna Look Like That like it's not bad but i just they made her paler right they did some whitewashing there

[aeoniumgarnet]

Gentle smiles, gentle [REDACTED AND NOT SUITABLE FOR THIS WEBSITE]

#baldurs gate 3 #astarion #bg3 tav #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate oc #bg3 astarion #bg3:art #baldur's gate 3 tav #catnip does art #they just smoochin #nothing else 👀 #oc: haedir

[kommunisti]

i'm never getting out of the bg3 trenches

#i've literally done nothing else this weekend and i only stop when i get so sick from hunger i have to eat 😭😭 #played maybe 12-13 hours yesterday until almost 4am.... #just unlocked halsin polyam romance (my main/first being w/astarion) i feel so alive #trying to calm down so i can sleep #txt