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Just a joke based on the implication made about the dark urge's hobbies and this scene in brooklyn99.

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I'm turning 28 next monday and don't live in a state that offers these services (my nearest library wants to charge me $50 for a card because im outside city limits) but you guys have fun

public libraries in the usa offering free digital library cards to people not in their areas (as of october 2023):

brooklyn (13-21yo us residents)

seattle (13-26yo us residents)

boston (13-26yo us residents)

los angeles (13-18yo california residents)

san diego (12-26yo us residents, not the whole collection just commonly banned books)

these books unbanned cards (except san diego's) get you access to each library's complete libby collection (or cloud library for la county), no hoopla/kanopy/physical copies included.

ebook collections are expensive to maintain (many american libraries have annual fees for non-residents because of this) but because of an uptick in book banning (particularly brutal in mississippi last summer) larger libraries have opened their doors more, which is very kind of them!

i've used my seattle card for the last several months and their libby collection has about three times the books that my local library does, which is wonderful for accessing more niche titles or skipping a waiting list. would love to hear of similar ebook initiatives internationally!

i use library extension (firefox/safari/chrome compatible) to check all my collections (+ the internet archive) at once, works for several different countries highly recommend it.

spotify seems to be offering 15hrs/month of audiobook listening to premium subscribers and while that does seem useful if you're already paying and are after a new release with a long library waitlist, libraries are better for everything else.

#slinks back to internet archive #i love stealing i love taking things

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Baldur's Gate 3 Companion!Tav Ask List

What if your Tav was a recruitable companion, instead of the main character? (contains major spoilers for the game, and for some dark urge runs as well)

General

Where can your Tav be recruited?  Are they first encountered on the Nautiloid, or in the Nautiloid crash region?  Or are they not recruitable until a later act?

Do the other companions have special comments or reactions upon recruiting your Tav?

Does your Tav have any comments or advice when you recruit other companions?

What sort of general actions raise or lower their approval?

Are there any instances where your Tav can permanently leave the party, depending on player character actions?

Do they have any secrets that can be revealed?  What are the prerequisites for this secret coming to light?

Do they have their own personal quest that spans the course of the game?  Can it take different branching paths depending on the choices the Player Character makes?

What do they say when the Player Character asks them to stay in camp?  How about when the Player Character asks them to come adventuring again?

Does your Tav have any escalating conflicts with one of the other companions, like Lae’zel and Shadowheart’s knife-fight?

Are there any unique NPCs associated with your Tav that can show up during the course of the game?

Are there any moments in the game that trigger unique dialogue for your character? (Like Gale’s anecdote about the barfight after you save the goblin prisoner) 

Story Specific

How does your Tav advise the player character when it comes to the Dream Visitor?

How do they advise the player character on Raphael?

How do they react to Astarion biting the Player Character?

How do they react to the Player Character letting Abdirak whip them?

How do they react to the Player Character taking their first tadpole power?

Will they stay with the Player Character regardless of siding with the goblins or the tieflings, or is it possible for them to leave the party permanently?

What can they be found doing at the tiefling/goblin party?

Do they have comments on who the Player Character chooses to spend the night with? 

Do they have unique dialogue if the Player Character lets them die when they steal the Blood of Lathander?

How do they react if the PC licks the dead spider in the Gauntlet of Shar?

What do they say if the PC tries to force them to go up on stage with Dribbles the Clown?

Is it possible for your Tav to be kidnapped and replaced by Orin?  How is Orin's deception revealed?  How do they react to the PC rescuing them in the Temple of Bhaal?

How do they react to the PC either allowing Astarion to ascend or convincing him to spare the 7000 spawn?

How does Tav react to the PC becoming a mind flayer?  Can they offer to become one themselves?  Does their reaction change if they’re romanced? 

How do they react when the Dark Urge first reveals their amnesia and murderous thoughts to them?

How do they react to the Dark Urge killing Alfira?

If romanced, how do they react to the Dark Urge trying to kill them in Act 2?

Romance

Is your Tav a romanceable character?  Are there any specific requirements to romancing them?

Does your Tav need to be flirted with to start the romance, or will they approach the PC themselves if approval is high enough?

Are they a polyamorous or a monogamous option?

Do they have a special romance scene at the tiefling/goblin party?

Does the romance have different branching paths, or just one route to take?

How do they react to the player character breaking up with them, or choosing another character over them?

What questions can Zethino ask the PC about Tav in the Love Test? 

If they’re poly, do they have a reaction to the PC engaging in a relationship with Halsin?

How do they react if the PC has sex with Mizora? The Emperor?  Haarlep?

Will they join in with the PC and the Drow Twins, or no?

What are Tav’s plans for the future?  Do they propose to the PC, or is marriage not something they’re interested in?

Free space! Share anything from your companion!Tav au!

#oh so fun #bg3 #ask meme

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Some misc. Astarion facts I collected while browsing his dialogue files like a madman

Cazador fed him the blood of rats and flies; just enough to keep him going, but never more than that. If Astarion tried to refuse, he was flayed.

Astarion is approximately 5'11" tall.

When Astarion reads the other party members and imagines what their blood tastes like, he says Gale makes him think of well aged brandy, Wyll like sweet cider, Shadowheart like vintage port, and Karlach like fiery whisky.

After Cazador bit Astarion, he left him to be buried dead in a graveyard by those who found him. Astarion then woke back up of course, and had to punch a hole in the coffin and claw his way through six feet of dirt, while Cazador waited an watched.

Leon calls Astarion "the runt of the kennel who always whimpered while he got beat".

In the first decade of slavery, Astarion once refused to bring back a man he found to Cazador, and tried to run away. When Cazador found him, he sealed Astarion inside a tomb and buried him alive for a year. When he was finally released, he vowed to never disobey again. This is Astarion's worst memory.

Astarion was one of Cazador's first spawn. Cazador insisted that he and his seven spawn were "family"; that the spawn were all siblings and he their father.

Astarion used to dream of marrying a prince when he was thirteen, and Wyll reminds him of that prince-type dream.

Astarion sees Vlaakith as Lae'zel's version of Cazador.

Astarion uses perfume of "bergamot, rosemary, and a hint of aged brandy" to disguise his undead smell.

#the parallels between Cazador/Astarion and Max/David are really starting to pop into focus #im sorry it's October my latent lost boys obsession is starting to bloom #astarion #bg3 #all megalomaniacal vampire lords obsessed with imposing a traditional family unit structure onto their coven must die

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Vampires don’t have heartbeats. Is this a controversial statement?

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Latest ancient tome just dropped

#hot damn he’s so sienese school i love him #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #bg3

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I was digging around the Ruined Temple and found a book that has my Drow very worried for Shadowheart.

#she’d immediately dismiss it as Selunite propoganda im sure #forgotten realms afterlife is so fucked up its probably true though #bg3 #shadowheart #bg3 spoilers

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Is there are a mod that unlocks faces for other races?

I just want to use some of the half elf faces for my drow 🥺

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 mods

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silence

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I love wizard sorcerer beef so much

#yes!!!! #“my daddy didn't fuck a dragon for me to have to know stuff” #bg3 #this would be Lamb if...well 'everything' didn't happen

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Spamming sneak attack and invisibility whenever I can with this MVP 🧛🏻

#ok 7 of assassin + 5 of vengeance paladin #you get vow of enmity so you can use sneak attack every turn until you can get the risky ring in act 2 #stack that with the killers sweetheart ring so every kill your next hit can be a critical #add to that the surgeons necklace so a crit can paralyze #on a crit he can either paralyze-smite-or execute and then immediately go invisible again

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CLOTHING REFERENCE → ASTARION.

#no color blending! goldwork and leatherworking only #texture and light #i have another much larger post on the level of insanity you'd need to create the goldwork velvet appliques with the materials he had #i will post if one(1) person asks but im too embarrassed because its just needleworker autism ramblings #im not knowledgeable about costume design so im probably wrong but i like to believe he added the appliques onto an existing outfit #astarion #embroidery talk

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So many people today just refuse to accept they've fallen for Enlightenment propaganda about the Medieval period and it make me want to bite

#medieval history #no i promise you medieval bathed #yep yep they actually did not through human feces out of the window #also jesus christ no places other than europe dealt with the black death #no europe was not devastated because the people there were “dirtier”

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Very Serious Astarion Topic:

Do you need extra blankets to share a bed with him?

He's like ice right? That's great in the summer and all but I can just imagine what it's like in winter.

Those frosty little hands leaving goosebumps all over you. Sometimes he does it just to hear you help so he can tease you. You start telling him he needs to come to bed well fed, so he's at least a little warm for a few hours. But you wouldn't ever deny him a cuddle, no matter how much it chills you.

#Maybe you take a page from Pirates of the Caribbean and invest in a bed warmer #astarion

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Dark Justiciar Shadowheart sipping night orchid gimlets on the House of Grief's veranda :

Ascended Astarion, Chosen Durge, and Gortash would have the most Real Housewives of Baldur's Gate relationship and i need it

#bg3

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Message received: No whore knee. Yes Drama

Okay please help me

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I'm declaring it now, I'm gonna write a drabble about Astarion spending every moment he can laying on your chest listening to your beating heart because it's the most soothing and comforting thing in the world to him.

#and deep down he knows the last time he will hear it will come far too soon #what who said that? #astarion #bg3