#and the thing is vengeance shri’iia is so whatever about it bc she’s back to square one = where she’s completely disconnected from her own

[swordmaid]

man I can’t stop yapping abt the difference between spawn astarion/oathbreaker shri’iia and ascended astarion/vengeance (or devotion…) shri’iia. I love the idea that oathbreaker shri’iia calls astarion arlurlssrin and other terms of endearment in drowic. even though she’s turned away from lolth and is now an apostate, I don’t think she’s divorced from the culture and she still practices their customs when she can. likewise I think astarion would get her whatever drow related food/item he came across bc he knows she would appreciate it.

on the flip side, I think vengeance shri’iia is completely divorced from the drow culture and ascended astarion probably got her a teacher so she can speak the surface language all the time. the way she does her hair, her clothes, her mannerisms, etc. I like to imagine astarion wants her to look like some noble but still gives her more risqué clothing that looks similar to what drow nobles would wear so she looks more exotic in court. don’t think she’s allowed to speak drowic too … she doesn’t need that anymore, not when she’s going to live in his castle forever by his side. idk if she would call him pet names tbh I kind of like the difference between how she just calls him astarion vs his various pet names for her but he never calls her her own name (which is a drow name too…) just furthers make her feel like an object than a person 🤭

#not to mention the high elf/drow feud. I’d imagine he doesn’t want her being associated with her culture anymore #bc it’s lesser and she’s so much better now … but then he dresses her up to look like what the surface elves imagine drow nobles to look #like (the sexy skimpy outfits) so she stands out in court or in his parties … just objectifying her further #and the thing is vengeance shri’iia is so whatever about it bc she’s back to square one = where she’s completely disconnected from her own #sense of self .. so he can do whatever he wants and she’s fine with it bc she lives to serve him now #that is. until. he decides to get rid of her and she’s like ? lol no not happening 🤭🥰 I was made to be yours remember #and she kills his new lovers bc he doesn’t need others when he has her !! u said forever remember …. #anyway I like thinking abt Shri’iia’s relationship w her culture post oath breaking #just bc she was surrounded by it before and she is so heavily integrated in it #but now suddenly she’s not? and she can’t go back either … so obvs that’s a difficult situation for her #shut up about bg3.