#but i haven't gotten that far with him

[paarthursass]

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!

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #ask list #oc ask list #bg3 oc #bg3 tav #i've been thinking about this au for far too long now and i've written FAR too much about aurel w it #also i'm sure the durge portion of this is incomplete but i haven't gotten super far in my own durge playthrough yet so. bear with me #anyways. pls ask me about aurel im unwell abt him

[shima-draws]

I briefly considered a roleswap AU where Cora is the one to be enslaved by the Celestial Dragons and get horribly mistreated by them but then I realized it would be over in five minutes bc if Law saw that he would literally burn Mary Geoise to the ground with ZERO hesitation whatsoever

#One Piece #Cora #Rosinante Donquixote #Corazon #Trafalgar Law #Shima speaks #NO remorse. NO second guessing. NO thoughts about any consequences. #Actually exploring a Bonney/Kuma and Law/Cora Roleswap AU would be SOOOO fun #I'm just not far enough in the anime to do it yet nfjandsa #I haven't gotten to Bonney or Kuma's backstories yet;; #BUT GODDDD. If it were Cora. Law would literally go fucking off the walls full revenge mode #GUNS BLAZING. CUTTING PEOPLE APART. LAUGHING MANIACALLY #He would take GREAT pleasure in cutting apart Saint Rosward for treating Cora like that lmao #Meanwhile the Revolutionaries are on the sidelines watching like. Hmm. Well. Did NOT see that coming #Sabo: He did our job for us ig? #Sabo watches one of the Worst Generation absolutely tear Mary Geoise apart with hearts in his eyes #Sabo; pointing: I want him #Haha hey. Have you guys considered Sabolaw because it's actually really c

[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

[crosshatchedaces]

Good game!!! Blue only just barely won by the skin of his teeth! I was checking and rechecking the whole day and we tied with an exact 50/50 and least three times! The lead was going back and forth with a 2% or less difference ALL day, you were actually winning by I think 1.2% when I went to sleep at 2 am I'm imagining they had a super evenly matched fight and went back and forth for hours then at the very end they call it even and go to high five, and the high five is what sends Mikey to the ground. And Blue laughs, but then ALSO falls to the ground

Hold on- I had to draw that asdfjgngorenr

The real ending to ITBOTB Blue vs. Fracturing Time Michelangelo in @rottmntpeepawpolls

Haha, that was totally wild and intense! It was so interesting to hear/watch the poll fluctuate like that lol it was a good time! I'm happy you won that, man, you deserve the win, and you worked really hard for it! I wish you luck on the future polls, I'm rooting for your peepaw!

Also, I think it would've been so funny and great if a team up ended up happening; I even doodled the team up that was stopped before it could get too powerful

#ALSO #I hope I drew ur Peepaw Leo right!! #I haven't gotten far in ur fic yet and went mostly by ur art of him #rottmnt #tmnt #tmnt 2018 #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt movie #rottmnt leo #rottmnt mikey #future leonardo #future leo #future mikey #future michelangelo #peepaw polls #fanart #digital art #rottmnt fanart #comic #am I getting out of hand with my art? #always baeby #fracturing time #wait i had to edit this bc i noticed a glaring mistake a hh

[tales-of-green-hill]

Shadow drawings that aren't directly related to the story

#so incredibly joyful hes my favorite!!! #watch me woobify him 💔 hes honestly a little guy tho ngl #shadow the hedgehog #sonic gijinka #sonic the hedgehog #I'm gonna beat him up!! (affectionate) #he was the first gijinka design I made so basically this probably wouldn't haven't gotten as far w/o him 😋 #ultimate life form more like ultimate victim /hj bro did nothing and got hell upon him

[swiftcast-selene]

been thinking about how hard MSQ must be on the body, especially for someone who isn't exactly in the best shape of their life. must be hard to keep up with the warrior of light! which ended up in a couple studies of how Negi's carried his weight through the whole adventure, with a couple extra mostly-non-spoilery notes on each expac~

#ffxiv #ffxiv art #ffxiv miqo'te #miqo'te #ff14 #negi bloodpath #images should be id'ed ik my handwriting is hard to parse lol #essentially though. i wanted him to go thru a Journey body-wise because i always drew him kind of the exact same and i wanted to figure out #how exactly it would Affect him to have to catch up with the wol because for a time it is Very hard for him to do that. #with Sagra being a seasoned warrior from the Steppe and him “just” being a little herbalist failed conjurer he has like #a hard time feeling like he deserves to be by his side? and feeling like he deserves his place in the Scions #because so far he'd only been assigned to a couple lower stakes jobs #and then to Sagra and then it got. very serious very fast! #but after a while he figures like. well god damn it if no one else will do it. i fucking will. #and i'll do a GREAT JOB OF IT!!! #overpowering his anxiety just out of pure spite #then shb happens and kind of puts a wrench in that but he does get better. sheer force of will he does get better. #but that's too much to get into in tags LMAOO and we haven't rped it yet so it's still In The Air #taking between patch time to cement him before dawntrail comes he's gotten really good after ew but he deserves to be PERFECT by dt!!!!!! #my little fucking man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #my art

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Me: :\ Zant: Me: What the heck am I supposed to do with you? Aren't you in Hyrule Warriors? Zant: I have an agenda to rule the Twili. Ganondorf is a means of obtaining that. Me: Ok. Ghirahim: He's also a bumbling fool who runs around flailing his arms like a toddler wearing an oversized shirt. Zant: *stomping his foot like a toddler wearing an oversized shirt* I AM NOT Me: Ah. Link: Personally I think they're all idiots, but that's just me. Ghirahim: HA! So says the spirit maiden's daughter's lap dog! Link: She has a name, you know. It would take less time to use it. Nabooru: *sighing heavily* I'm surrounded by idiots.

#good ganondorf #what the heck am I supposed to do with zant guys #I've only seen him when he knocks out a light spirit in one punch and is creepy with midna #but apparently despite his foreboding presence he's actually just an idiot? I haven't gotten that far in twilight princess lol

[whos-hotter-jjba]

Jojolion Trio Showdown

#i think gappy is one of the prettiest characters araki has ever drawn #(it helps that his artstyle improved by A LOT) #but yasuho is so pretty and so hot and aaaaaaaa #i'm gay #i still haven't gotten far enough to meet rai :( maybe i'll like him more later on but right now i'm voting yasuho #he looks good and i know that some people are crazy about him #gappy higashikata #gappy jjba #josuke part 8 #yasuho hirose #hirose yasuho #rai mamezuku #mamezuku rai #jojolion #jojo no kimyou na bouken #jojo's bizarre adventure #jjba #who's hotter jjba

[sysig]

Getting up to trouble is his speciality (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #ZEX #The Captain #Mixed set! :D Lots of singular doodles - one-offs or ones that apply to a few different scenes #The kiss is random tho <3 I still haven't gotten to ZEX showing off his uniform to Zelnick! I want them to!! #Him seeing his Captain in his uniform was so lovely tho <3 I love Big Love and that was so <3 Hehe #Smooch ♥ #ZEX does not eat enough ;; He eats like a bird and it's highly distressing #I actually wrote in my notes that I was surprised he wasn't hurting In The Same entry as when he was experiencing hunger pangs haha #It doesn't help that he tends to talk through meals rather than eat - he's so much more interested in making connections with humans! #As far as metaphors go - killing himself for the sake of trying to bridge that gap - I mean it's apt but ZEX please #I think it was while he was talking to Wally at one point that he framed the War in a very flippant light-hearted way which was funny to me #I don't think that's the descriptor most people would use haha #Swearing <3 <3 VUX terminology <3 <3 #I want a VUX glossary of terms so badly hehe I've been slowly compiling a few here and there :3 Direct translation! The dream ♫ #Him getting stressed enough to swear is very endearing haha ♪ What do you mean I'm endeared by everything he does don't be silly #The next one of me deeply enjoying when he's creepy is not proof of anything! Just because I Happen to also like that!! #I do really love when he's creepy tho agh <3 <3 The mental image of him as The Hunter - casually cornering and capturing his prey <3 #In that instance he was interrupted pretty quickly but the setup was there!! And it was extremely good!!! #I love how huffy he gets as well haha ''All these humans interrupting my seduction attempts >O( ...Wait O|'' lol #And finally an exchange on the board between him and Scarecrow haha so many fun faces around!! #I love him being completely baffled by a non-mechanical construct it just short-circuits his brain haha ♥ #He's so intelligent but there exists things unknowable! #The image of him tapping his pen is so Incredibly cute ah <3 Where did he learn such a thing! Does it translate from his VUX form to this ♪ #Anything everything ♥ Learned or known! It's wonderful

[shima-draws]

Wait people don't like Foxy? I think he's a fun villain

#Or maybe I just haven't gotten far enough to start hating him yet. Idk lol #Shima speaks #The concept of the Davy Back Fight is really neat imo! #ALSO insane. But neat. Lol #One Piece #ANYWAY yeah Foxy's fun! He's goofy!! #He reacts just like I do when I get insulted which is to collapse onto my hands and knees like 🥺🥺🥺! LMAO #Is he also an asshole? Yeah! But is he a fun character? Also yeah! #Well. We'll see. I just got past the second game where Zoro and Sanji won #ONCE AGAIN CATCH ME SWOONING OVER SANJI AND HIS JAZZY THEME MUSIC PLAYING WHILE HE KICKS ASS #GOD I love a man who fights using gymnastics. Hot DAMN.

[capisback]

I think it's interesting that they went in different directions for Movie vs Book Boromir. Because from a story-writing stand-point I can understand why the movie did was it did, since Boromir's fall needed to make sense and they did not have the luxury of time and insight that the book does. But it's also interesting that Boromir's demise in the movie is painted as something inevitable, as something that is because he was not as pure of heart as the others are - while the book tells us the opposite. He fell because his heart was good. He fell because he loved too much. And love is strong, and Boromir was strong because of it - and the Ring corrupts those who have strength

#this is. nonsensical #but #but but but #I'm reading lotr for the first time #haven't gotten;;; far #like;;; not far enough to say anything so definitively on boromir tbh #BUT #I have FEELINGS okay #boromir #lotr #boromir loved his entire kingdom #and his family #and wished nothing more than to save them #and this love was so great. this wish so strong #that the ring was able to corrupt him more easily #because his heart burst with a love too great for his body to hold #cap talks

[frostbite-the-bat]

sorry for the wonky brightness on these!! my room has no good lightning. SO! I decided to just draw the stuff i want instead of waiting for my brain to write a fic about it, considering how perfectionistic i am, i'll never get there.

here's an explanation for all that happens! (btw theres more detail but i wrote this specifically to be short and assuming u know some stuff urself already!!) gary adoption arc

#don't tag as ship their relationship is familial #sketches #traditional #club penguin #club penguin oc #gary #guz art #spooky #i loave them #ive been thinking of spooky so much #but like #not letting myself work on art for them bc im working on a fic is like torture i need to tell myself that ITS OKAY for me to draw this stuf #even if the 'explanation' for these things is in the works #hell i may not even finish writing that like. ever. but we'll see!! #it goes into more detail obvs.. so far most of it is just spooky's sorta internal thoughts n' all #i haven't even gotten into what they think of skip yet either #used to admire him but quickly realized he was just. using them and kinda antagonizing the ghost puffles #so that admiration turned into not liking him at all #but also jealousy because hes a ghost who has the power to turn into a penguin disuguise perfectly #and spooky wants to do just that #ALSO DONT ASK ME WHAT HES CRAFTING THERE #I JUST WENT WITH SMTHN RANDOM LIKE #UHH #HE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE HES PUTTING A THING INTO SOME OTHER THING. UHH. WEIRD SPINNY COG THINGIES IT IS ! LISTEN I HAD NO REFERENCES I WAS AT #SCHOOL LMAO SFGUHJGLRJTGTRJHRHRTRG :skull:

[hiskillingjar]

Favorite bidder in TPOF?

celiaaaaa 💕💕💕 she can cut my tendons and keep me in a cage any day of the week

#granted i haven't gotten far with mason. and derek ive just had to kill a billion times #i like the dragons more than him lol #qs #tpof

[oathweave]

Thales of Waterdeep // Wild Magic Sorcerer, Guild Artistan, True Neutral

#tav reveal :) #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 tav #thales #my screenshots #virtual photography #i haven't gotten a scene that really shows off his heterochromia so you'll have to imagine it #i can't believe i haven't posted abt him yet! early access him wasn't too far off him in full release

[lieutenantselnia]

I was scrolling through tumblr in search of Davy Jones screenshots yesterday night, and came to realise there's a severe lack of those on here, so here are some of my own <3

I absolutely adore the variety and detail of his facial expressions💕 Both Bill Nighy's performance and the visual effects on him are absolutely outstanding (also he's handsome whether he's cursed or not and no one can tell me otherwise)

#I really have a talent falling for the weirdest men huh (given they're fictional) #I find him cute and handsome and want him to feel happiness again okay💖 #probably embarrassing myself I hope none of my irls or people from other social media ever find this pff #also these are only pics from Dead Man's Chest because I haven't gotten to take any from At World's End yet #but I will surely take some more #having 100+ pictures of him is far from enough yet😔 #davy jones #captain davy jones #bill nighy #pirates of the caribbean #potc #potc 2 #dead man's chest #potc dmc #screenshot #screenshots #movie screenshots #selniasoriginal

[saiwola]

Choice

"Bring out the storm sails!"

The Draugr were used to chaos. Used to action under pressure. Decisions made the entire world was screaming at them. So while the Shrike was being bounced between waves, though the crew was sliding around the slick deck, they were focused. Confidently darting around the ship pulling at ropes and other bits under the order of their captain. High up int he crow's nest. Soaked to the bone as he supplied the ship with hos own winds to push through the storm.

"Cesar! To the open sea! Away from land!"

The redhead shouted something Zandros couldn't quite make out from where he was before working the wheel. Steering the ship deeper into the storm.

"Mark! Marcus! Get Fluffkins below deck!"

He watched two pirates wrestle a massive lion down the steps. Making sure all three were safely down before returning his attention back to the sea.

Unfortunately, he could only see darker clouds and more turbulent waves ahead. Seemed their target was in the thick of the storm. And they had a deadline. So no finding cover to wait this thing out. Especially when the first motes of light appeared in the distance. The city slowly coming into view as the ship approached the coast. With no sign of the rain letting up.

Zandros' grin widened as the threat of them crashing into the docks became more of a probability than a possibility. Calming the winds that's been pushing the Shrike forward, he leapt from the main mast. Landed on the main deck with a thud that rivaled the thunder around them.

He didn't need to say anything for Cesar to understand. Relinquishing the wheel with little more than a nod before running off to find a use for himself elsewhere.

The captain closed his eyes as he took it. Relished in the feel of it in his hands. Like holding his sword back in the fighting rings. As if his hands were made for this. Taking in a lungful of the sea air, he opened his eyes again. Magic pouring from his body into the ship.

"My brothers!" he roared. "Full speed ahead!"

He was met with the combined roars of the Draugr and everyone scrambled to grab onto anything. As the winds that had whipped around them began to change directions. Circling the ship rather than fighting against it. The shaking calmed, as the Shrike lifted up out of the waves. No longer dodging the rocks and docks by the shore, but instead the buildings deeper inland.

Charging ahead. Flying straight for their bounty.

#{These Secrets We Keep} drabbles #{The Blessings} #Zandros! #Blessing of Choice and Change #big bro! #ex slave fighter #that escaped and became pirates with his former ex slaves #just a group of murderous himbos #what could go wrong? #one. more. left. #did not have time to make icons #:T #especially since I can't remember the fc's name and haven't gotten far enough int he manhwa to find him