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Cyris and Astarion drawing I refuse to finish 😳

Epilogue doodles (finally finished the game after 400 hours in it)

Cyris and Astarion explored most of Faerun, and Gale and Sylvius decided to start a family- haha the mlm couples are having the most chill domestic relationships ever while Silvana and Shadowheart go on action packed adventures after the events of bg3 muwhwhahahaha.

Is your Durge REALLY dating someone if they don't draw them in blood occasionally?

Anyways, Mordriel drawings of Astarion

And an "eyeless" version! I think I kinda like it

Mordriel likes to give his companions... "gifts". Usually bones, parts of their enemies, etc.... but sometimes he just draws them something! In blood of course, he's never THAT normal. He has to be a freak, always.

Drawing his lover's FACE though is mostly an Astarion-specific thing for Mordriel, because Astarion spent so long NOT seeing his face. And also especially since he knows Halsin is... not exactly as keen on these gifts, Mordriel puts all of his creepy gifts onto Astarion, so he's only ever drawn Astarion's face like this. He grew a slight artistic flair from his hunts with Orin back in his prime, but I don't think he ever really grew beyond Bhaalist symbols until Astarion came around. Then, he started studying Astarion's face. Then animals that reminded him of Astarion (deer and cats especially). I feel like Mordriel would learn to draw faces REALLY well just to be like "look what I made you!!! It's you!!" to Astarion, and then wipe it off the wall/surface he drew it on so that Astarion doesn't get pinned for a crime.

Always thinking about how my durge Mordriel (or durges with high intimidation rolls in general) somehow attract Astarion. Like he is ALL OVER durges. And Mordriel and Astarion's romance is so wildly unlikely and funny to me.

Like Mordriel, a hulking half-elf with solid black claws, spooky eyes, and no memories, only the urge to kill, somehow got Astarion to fall in love w him. Mordriel, the man who's muttering "all is ash and meat" under his breath, who can't get away from his chronic pain and takes it out on others, who threatens people by saying "Do you have children? Yes? I see. Do you want your children to continue having parents? Or do you want them orphaned? You don't want them as orphans, do you? Then, do as I say." and constantly using his illithid authority, who's covered in explainable scars and tattoos, who is literally murder incarnate, who has killed THOUSANDS and has no remorse except for like a couple of his kills, who can't take a joke, who doesn't even acknowledge or understand flirting and actually gets annoyed at flirting until act 3, who has nearly killed all of his party members at least once including Astarion (who actually, has nearly been killed the most amount of times out of everyone), who thinks "Gods, I can smell our last kill on you. I love it." and "Will you hunt someone with me today?" and "Your teeth are so sharp. You could crush someone's windpipe with ease." is FLIRTING and GOOD flirting at that, etc etc.... That man. That man somehow caught Astarion's eye, PAST MANIPULATION. Past "oh gods gotta buddy buddy with the monster in our group because he's been designated leader and now he has the power to exile me, kill me, or worse, send me to Cazador". Past all that. HE LIKES HIM. He actually likes him. Worse, he loves him. Loves the murder incarnate. Feels SAFE with the murder incarnate. Do you see the irony in that? The first person he's felt safe with probably in 200 hundred years, is a man who's been seconds away from killing him, multiple times and hated his guts for a good amount of time. But now, that man is protecting him, projecting all of that murderous energy onto others, others who have wronged Astarion. And somehow that's romantic to Astarion. Which, in a way, sure, being protected by a horrible monster who's all sweet and lovey dovey towards you is romantic. But also what the fuck.

And even funnier to me, is that Mordriel and Astarion... out of all the people in the camp, is one of the most unlikely pairings for Mordriel. Mordriel, if he hadn't slept with Astarion first, would've ended up with Gale or Lae'zel likely. Lae'zel had the "you've been looking at me differently" option so she was feeling it too, and Gale was like "well Astarion has a certain charm about him. So does a tiger when it purrs" so he did too, and Mordriel was all over those two and really enjoyed their company. Even Wyll, he actually admires Wyll quite a bit, and it actually wildly hurts his feelings when Wyll begins to think of him as a monster. Astarion is like his... third to last choice, behind Karlach and then Shadowheart. Karlach is "his sister's Tiefling", so off limits. And then he and Shadowheart are just kind of neutral until act 2, then they're best friends and she's like a sister to him.

And the only reason Astarion and Mordriel ever slept together and showed Astarion the "plan was working", was because Astarion was just... persistent. And in Mordriel's mind, the more persistent someone is on something, the more nice it is, right? In Astarion's mind, Mordriel's all over him. But Mordriel is like. kinda curious about sex? Kinda? And that's it. The plan is not working.

Also, Astarion is just about the opposite of Mordriel's type at first. The first time Mordriel even begins to tolerate Astarion, is during the bite scene funnily enough. He nearly kills Astarion in that moment, but his "must get the whole story first" type view urges him to press on first. And then their minds link, and Mordriel gets to see the first bit of Astarion's vulnerability, which Mordriel actually sees as a strength (because, in his eyes, surviving 200 years on rats is impressive. He partially pities Astarion for the moment, but it's replaced with almost... admiration. He's impressed, and willingly lets Astarion bite him, and even waited until the very last second to persuade him to stop. Even said "I trust him. He won't hurt us" the next morning, although that was said with a silent threat of "Because if he does hurt us, I think he knows he'll be dead by my hands easily", but still. He starts standing up for Astarion and his affliction because he now has some respect for the "weak, flirty, annoying thief" he once hated). And then they bond over their shared hatred for Cazador. Cazador angers the urges because he has power, so even without Astarion being around, he likely would harbor a good deal of disdain for Cazador. Astarion takes Mordriel being like "we WILL kill him." as the plan working. Again, it is not. Mordriel's merely added another powerful being to his kill list.

The way that Astarion caught Mordriel's eye, is in the moments that Astarion was not preforming and being flirty, but instead being like "Can we kill that guy over there?", or being demanding and such, or when he's giving Mordriel his "doe eyes". The performative mask Astarion has created is..., well, annoying to Mordriel. But when Astarion gets sassy, silly, soft-eyed, or bloodlust-y, THAT is endearing to Mordriel. And so, it is insane these two ended up together. Everything Astarion does to attract, annoys Mordriel. And it is a wonder Mordriel HASN'T killed Astarion because of that. So, for these two to end up together is just. insane. I guess the shared interest for other people's torture really makes you fall in love.

Also GOD did this get so much longer than I meant.

my boygirlthingfriend who doesn't know how to express love in a normal way so they just blurt out the weirdest shit ever (and i am really into it)

DURGE use genuine CARE and AFFECTION on ASTARION: It's super effective!!💘

PERCEPTION FAILED ❌

Amnesiac Jacq need a direct approach, more obvious or he doesn't understand when people flirt with him. lol

I’m obsessed with the idea that Durge and Astarion knew something about each other before nautiloid. They’ve walked the same streets, lurked the same dark alleys, spent their nights at the same taverns.

Maybe they were in the same room, too busy with their targets. Maybe they’ve heard vague rumours about each other that sounded more like city legends. “Bhaalspawn? Yeah, and I’m an archduke, my ass” sort of thing. Maybe they’ve even saw each other across the ballroom, hiding their faces behind the masks at Cazador’s party. “Don’t touch that one, Astarion. No need to make enemies with the cultists”.

How tragic that they’ve never really met. Even more tragic, if they would have met, it wouldn’t change anything in their lives at the time.

I’m cackling every time I think about my half-drow Durge Jaezak right after nautiloid crash bc post-lobotomy he looked like a floor mop with greasy hair full of knots and a fuck-ass beard.

Astarion thought he’s an ugly stinky mf and he didn’t believed his eyes when he first saw Jaezak clean and shaved. It was the ‘Oh’ moment.

Understandable though, his face card declines only if you lobotomise him.

Do you think Durge and Astarion sometimes so high on adrenaline after the battle that they just licking blood off each others mouths as they making out with ugly sloppy wet sounds

pookies are smooching. quick sketch for my mental health while I’m working on a big durgestarion piece (it’s killing me)

Astarion🩸Dark Urge

doodle dump of my durge tav and astarion (yeah i'm weak i romanced the vampire like all of the damn internet i dont care anymore)

who are they shit talking about wrong answers only

he's a princess !!!

Velania, redeemed Bhaalspawn. War Cleric of Tiamat, with a 23 strength and 21 wisdom. Chaotic neutral. And her silly little vampire spawn wife, Astarion.

Art by ARTdicoi.

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I've rejected affection For years and years Now I have it, and damn it It's kind of weird

She tells me I'm pretty Don't know how to respond I tell her that she's pretty too Can I say that? Don't have a clue

If murder hobos were in love

Astarion ascends...

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“Oh great Master, what do we call you?” the Kuo-toa interrupted Astarion’s thoughts. 

“It would seem they are going to worship Astarion now,” Gale said to Tav, joining her among the Kuo-toa before the altar. 

“Oh, Hells,” Tav sighed. She sheathed her sword and crossed her arms, watching Astarion cradling Rosary on the altar. Astarion glanced over the gathered crowd. If the Kuo-toa worshiped him, it would give him a little extra power, and he needed every bit of power to kill Cazador and keep Rosary. Astarion seized the opportunity. 

“My dutiful subjects, how keen of you to recognize my might!” Astarion announced to the Kuo-toa. “I am the god Astarion!”

WIP Whenever

Thanks for tagging me, @xxnashiraxx! This is from the same fic that I shared from earlier this week, a flashback to pre-BG3 events to not spoil too much of the plot. Post-coronation angst for ya:

Henri was shaking, one of her hands anxiously swirling a glass of wine that had yet to touch her lips, the other anxiously tapping away at her kneecap. Astarion covered her frantic tapping hand with both of his own, picking it up and cradling it much like he had the night he confessed he had feelings for her. “Sensed my dislike of this Gortash figure, did you?” Astarion softly teased, slowly rubbing her hand between his two, trying to summon warmth from his dead flesh to gift to her living that desperately needed it in the chilled evening air. “For all his talk about missing you he certainly didn’t look for you all that hard.” “I was down the hallway being sliced apart and put back together by that necromancer. Whatever it was that Gortash and I had...it wasn’t enough. I wasn’t...” Henri didn’t finish the sentence, her gaze intensely focused on the deep purple of her drink spiraling inside her glass as Astaron wrapped an arm around her, drawing her in closer, “With hair like that, Gortash did not strike me as a man who makes wise decisions.” That earned him a small snort of laughter from her. “Did you see his shoes?” “Good gods, those shoes. I suppose the circus he got them from is close by.”

No pressure tags: @tealfling, @roguishcat, @inkymoonbunny, @bardic-inspo, @bhaalsdeepbat