#karlach's good ending

[nucleqr]

so, i'm going feral right now just a little.

bonus: an extremely gratifying achievement to get as karlach

#i'm so satisfied with this ending actually #like it's so GOOD #they deserve to be happy and kill shit in the hells together #me (karlach) and the wife (astarion) going on a cute date (banishing ourselves to the hells) #it's fine they'll be happy together #karlach #astarion #karlach origin #bg3 ending #bg3 act 3 spoilers #astarion romance #karlach's good ending #astarion x karlach #im sobbing #like actually #karlach cliffgate #astarion ancunin #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #john baldur #nuclear.7z #origin karlach

[arinmoss]

i painted Astarion hehe :3c prints here

#i planned on doing a quick litttle sketch based purely on memory than i was like maybe ill use a ref actually and then i ended up making #a painting of that guy lmao #this took anywhere from 2 to 4 hours idk a good amount of tim was looking at his face and trying to remmeber how to fucking draw lmao #like im bad with making drawings look like someone but i tried! #haven't played the game btw i dont have the moeny nor the laptop for it but i have been watching a lets play of it #want to try and draw more of the companions especially karlach and wyll cause i love wylls design and i love karlach #astarion #bg3 #astarion bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion baldurs gate #astarion fanart #painting #art #art work #digital painting #arin moss #arin moss art #also i know his hairs not that curly but i like drawing hair like this lol #im sure theres more i can fix but whatever i fix it lateer maybe but liekly i wont lol #okay i edited his face a little but idk if this version looks better #maybe ill go back and put the old version in but for now i think this looks a tad better but idk idk #baldurs gate 3 #astarion ancunin #fanart #vampire #vampire art

[bhaalble]

in general I need to wrench alignment out of BG3 fandom's hands for a second until we have a talk about how morality is not an inborn static quality where you get one chance to decide to be niceys and if you don't take it its joever forever. Lae'zel queen of Lawful Evil is still stunningly patient with you a stranger, deeply loyal to her kin (enough that this loyalty is what gets her to spit in the face of a goddess she reveres), and genuinely excited to share her culture with people she trusts even a little. Karlach is literally the nicest person you'll meet on this journey and sometimes she eats trapped mortal souls to juice herself up for a fight. We have Capacities please stop being Catholic for a second!

#like i truly do not care if the writers also use the good evil ending language #its silly! #you are all silly! #its genuinely a disservice to the story being written to conceive of these things in a binary! #sorry for being a prison abolitionist about dnd again #but im right #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion #karlach #lae'zel #wyll ravengard #gale dekarios #shadowheart

[myheartismadeofstars]

Imagine Good Ending Origin Characters meeting their Bad Ending counterparts:

Spawn Astarion meeting Ascended Astarion would be horrible. AA feels nothing but disdain for Spawn and Spawn doesn't even recognize himself. His sense of humour is sardonic and warped, he looks down on everyone, even his friends! I can't imagine anything other than AA belittling Spawn, calling him pathetic and weak.

Professor Gale meeting God!Gale might be surprisingly cordial lol. I think that while obviously God Gale is less helpful and and more arrogant but I assume Gale would expect that.

Lae'zel...does Lae'zel have a bad ending other than getting eaten by Vlaakith? Then again, maybe that would be horrible enough. NOT having a counterpart to meet...

Silverheart meeting DJ Shadowheart. Horror. Neither can believe that the other would do something so unthinkable. And they would probably fight over it.

Karlach meeting Illithid!Karlach...I think Karlach would be sad to see herself like that. She'd be nice to her, though. Because desperation.

Wyll's is interesting. Good Ending!Wyll looks like a devil and he fights through the Hell's...but he's made good choices and is free. Bad End!Wyll still looks human, and is probably still under Mizora's contract. GE!Wyll probably is horrified to think what BE!Wyll did to Karlach...

And to round them all out:

Durge. Redeemed Durge is shocked to see the...degraded creature the Embrace Durge has become. Embrace absolutely tries to kill his counterpart and the companions...

#baldur's gate 3 #astarion #astarion ancunin #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #lae'zel #Shadowheart #karlach #karlach cliffgate #wyll ravengard #the dark urge #durge #bonus for my Tav #her good ending has her living back on her mother's farm still close with everyone #her bad ending has her as a vampire #turned by her brother (not Astarion or related) and imprisoned #she's a bird in a cage and miserable

[daybrightsims]

I have finally done it.

The Absolute is defeated (the Emperor along with it).

Lae'zel is leading her people to freedom.

Wyll is the Blade of Avernus fighting hellspawn with Karlach, whose heart can (and will, dammit) be fixed.

Gale is the wizard professor of our dreams with Tara at his side, free of the Karsite Weave.

Shadowheart is roaming Faerun, finding her true self outside of Shar, her parents released to the Moonmaiden's embrace.

Halsin is the father of all orphans in Reithwin, rebuilding from the Shadow Curse.

Jahiera is helping Baldur's Gate rebuild, along with many others (Duke Ravenguard included).

Oh, Minsc is doing Minsc things, fighting for justice with Boo (and ending up in jail).

And Calliope (my Tav), a hero of legend, has seen many corners of Faerun with her vampire spawn love of her life, Astarion.

There will never be another game like this, and I can't wait to do it again.

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 companions #bg3 spoilers #bg3 ending #good endings for all #lae'zel of creche k'llir #wyll ravengard #the blade of avernus #karlach #the hellion heart #professor gale #spawn astarion #halsin #daddy halsin #shadowheart #free from shar #i love this game so much #jaheira #the high harper #minsc and boo

[distressed-devilsitter]

Please Larian...justice for Karlach.

#bg3 #it would be nice #if karlach could get a good ending #it would also be nice if they restored the upper city in act 3 but i won't hold my breath #i know it won't be right away but if it's on the way I'll live #i turned karlach into a mind flayer and i can't finish my game now #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #karlach #bg3 karlach #bg3 lae'zel #lae'zel #gale dekarios #wyll ravengard

[kurosmind]

Fun fact, I was in actual tears 5 minutes later

#baldur's gate 3 #kuro plays bg3 #Orion aster #Karlach #also the smut scene at the end of this encounter proved that Karlach pegs Orion #good for them both

[luxsea]

ITS A GREAT DAY TO BE A KARLACH ROMANCER 😳 IM VERY HAPPY W THE NEW PATCH

#olive.txt #bg3 spoilers #bg3 epilogue spoilers #she had so many great idle animations everything was so dynamic and great #loading up the epilogue w my first save was rlly sentimental. lux 1.0 still has my heart #i was wondering how it was going to work w the avernus ending. the ungodly scream i scrumpt at them rolling up in their new gear #i dont have a pic but the desc for the outfit was 100% written for karlach enjoyers #i was amazed by the amount of dialogue from everyone abt the romance except halsin called karlach and lux friends :) yeah we're just buds #laughing at everyone who thought turning her into an illithid was her best ending LMAO. SHE LIVES. SHES GONNA BE OKAY 😤 #AND I FINALLY GOT THE SHADOWHEART HUG IVE ALWAYS WANTED 🥺🥺🥺 #also glad i didnt bring wyll this time so i could hear all his dialogue abt his adventures <3 he shouldve given the toast #too many good things to mention

[canarydraws]

Portrait 7/7 ~2.2hrs

Final portrait study is my favorite girl Karlach!

#art #digital art #Karlach #bg3 fanart #bg3 #teifling #portrait study #I kept forgetting to post this but I did this last week with my other studies #wanted to end on something fun but I would not recommend trying to study someone made out of game graphics #the hair skin and eyes are all a bit off #def not good for textures and lighting is kinda flat #I mostly did this for design and practice fast and cheap rendering #and for the funzies of course #love Karlach

[petricorah]

i haven't played the game [id in alt text]

#astarion #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #astarion fanart #myart #look. i am not immune to vampire characters im just not #i want to draw him again on model but this is a good first attempt #i donmt have the patience for the fighting part of the game but i want to play it so bad! #i keep telling myself. no. you won't play it you just want it to be a dating sim for #karlach and astarion and you won't end up finishing it #alternate dream world where i draw my character's playthrough #its my first time adding alt text on my phone if it didnt go through properly lmk #baldur's gate 3 fanart

[deer-with-a-stick]

I love how all of the companions' stories revolve around autonomy and I love how some of the romances show the whole "I love you for who you are"

Don't love how so many people are misinterpreting them though

#i think the romances thing really applies to wyll astarion and gale #wyll romance means you see beyond mizora and the half devil thing later #astarion romance means you see beyond the sexy facade and you prove to him that he doesnt need to perform for you to love him #gale romance is him getting over and understanding that mystra was never going to care about him like that #and that he doesnt need divinity to be loved #he's lovable as he is #anyway i feel my 'fuck mystra' feelings coming up again #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate three #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #baldur's gate three spoilers #bg3 spoilers #i dont know if lae'zels romance works for this but i know that she figures out kindness along the way #i really hope they fix karlach's quest we're allowed to save everyone else #i saw someone compare her and gale and yeah sure it works #i tend to compare her and astarion more though #and its a little upsetting that karlach doesn't get the freedom she wants so hopefully larian patches that #astarion might not get the freedom to walk in the sun on the 'good ending' but he's free of cazador and he can finally choose for himself #and seeing as he's not dead and how he's been a vampire for around 196 years (not over 200 yet) there are still ways to help him #harder for karlach because either she dies and ashes are all thats left she goes back to avernus or shes a mind flayer #also its arguable easier to live in the shadows/underdark than it is in literal Hell #easier to reach him too

[nucleqr]

i never posted the full initial conversation that astarion and karlach had before going to the hells, so i'll do that now before i go ahead and delete all my files

"astarion. no."

#it's so strange #because like #i never expected to get so far in an origin karlach run #much less beating the game? #like i did that #and i got this as a reward which like #feels good man #astarion #karlach #astarion x karlach #karlach cliffgate #the woman that you are #astarion ancunin #bg3 act 3 spoilers #bg3 ending #karlach origin #bg3 #john baldur #baldurs gate 3 #nuclear.7z #origin karlach

[aniquinade]

do NOT let this bhaalspawn operate a motor vehicle !!!!

#baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #karlach #astarion #wyll #talon #talonstar #good ending timeline #durge #durgestarion #ani.png

[what-is-it-to-be-pk-esque]

I am so... empty and happy and idk... experiencing withdrawal after that baldur's gate 3 epilogue yall

I can't get over everything around the endgame scenes with Karlach and Astarion (and I mean the "good" endings!), I am literally still processing it days later 😭

Plus Gale being a professor, free of the orb?? Shadowheart being at peace, finding herself and able to adopt the Owlbear?? Her visiting Gale and Tara for tea??? Making her own cider and wanting to do a reunion party every year??? Being invited to lecture Gale's students and bring Astarion too and also stay and chat in his tower??? Halsin gets to be a dad like he's always wanted with all the orphans??? Karlach has hope for a new engine and may return home and might be more than friends with Wyll??? Lae'zel raging her dream, riding red dragons and learning to be more diplomatic? Jaheira being Jaheria and Minsc visiting Astarion much to his dismay (and somehow when he's not with my Tav in the Underdark or looking for a cure lol)?? Just... everyone living their best lives??? All of the hugs!???? My heart is so full the more I think about it but I also want to see it in the game and not my head 😭

Only issue is who gets Scratch??? Where has he been the past 6 months and where is he staying afterwards?? Did I miss this detail??

Basically that epilogue is so so wholesome and hopeful. Got me feeling like this once again

#Karlach's speech after Gortash and the brain battle.... pain #Astarion basically experiencing true happiness in only 6 months... pain #but good pain lol #and im going out of town for a week wtf am i gonna do without this lovely game and these lovely characters to distract me from real life #cant start a new game til mid April 😩 #this game has consumed me fully for 2 months and then crushed me at the end #how am i going to talk to anyone about anything else lmfao #probably not helping that I'm tired af trying to change my sleep schedule for a new time zone #also I would love to see Astarion try to teach anything magic-related lmfao #in my game the man only knows firebolt and dance macabre #wtf is he going to be doing there in that classroom while my sorcerer tav is teaching lol #he'll just be there causing mischief in the apparently already not very studious class lol #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #Astarion #halsin #shadowheart #wyll #gale #jaheria #minsc #Karlach

[cfcreative]

All my fellow Karlach stans—we were loud enough. See the announcement about Patch 2. So happy for our girl! ❤️‍🔥

Edit after Patch 2 Notes: It’s not perfect, but they are listening. I hope we get more, including a Truly Good Ending in the future, but that’s gonna take more than a two day turnaround from announcement to execution.

#justice for karlach 2023 #karlach #baulders gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #the good ending is coming #why the fuck was is missing in the first place #gods be damned it’s a good day to be alive

[forcedhesitation]

Man.

there's just something about the love between a woman whose impending death is inevitable and a man who's an immortal undead...

#bg3 spoilers #thoughts about media #starlach is so beautiful but so fucking tragic #apparently you cannot save karlach as astarion unless you've ascended #you cannot join her in avernus as a spawn :( #bro and it kills me karlach has been unwillingly celibate for 10 years #but that doesn't matter. she loves astarion SO MUCH she just wants to be with him. however she can. #AND THE FUCKING KISSES????? dude she is SOOO gentle with him!!!!!!!! #makes me think of this one short french film. which is obv a bit different from karlach and astarion's romance. #but it's still about valuing the love you have while it's there. because it can be lost so so easily. #basically a husband is cheating on his wife but then his wife falls terminally ill. and so he takes care of her. #and while taking care of her he realises just how much he loves her. he stops seeing the other woman. and stays with his wife to the end. #just the devotion he shows her in her remaining time alive and then the final shot where he's alone and just. dumbstruck with grief.... #I saw this film years ago and it still sits with me. it was so beautiful and tragic. very french! lmao. #just makes me think of starlach in a way though. like the beauty of that limited time karlach and astarion would have together. #and the fucking tragedy that would be karlach dying and astarion...immortal astarion.... being alone again. #ugh MAAAN!!!! starlach and wyllstarion and wyllach are all SUCH good pairs #they offer a veritable buffet of the most wonderful. tender. and tragic romance tropes T____T #I have to give credit where credit is due. thank you larian for two VERY fucking good m/f pairings. #so easy for writers to come up with piss poor m/f romances that have no chemistry but karlach works SOO well with either astarion or wyll. #i wish the fandom wasn't. well as fandoms normally are. you know. 😒 #literally any of these three pairs SHOULD be the most popular imo. #if you disagree- that's your own opinion. I am not here to fight with people. #also one last thing? the youtube poster's icon fucking KILLED me. please look at it.