"That was hysterical. Your masculinity is so fragile that MY nail polish upsets you? That's why I wear it all the time now."
- Neil "not a therapist" Newbon
I've seen a lot of fanart of Astarion dressed like this. This is from the BAFTA Games Awards 2024 event where Neil Newbon, his interpreter, wore this costume. 🖤
I have so much work left to do on this, but am posting it unfinished because there’s a halfway decent chance it won’t get finished for awhile. Wanted to try a different style than I normally do.
...update - finished. This was a fun project! Crammed a ton of symbolism into the tattoos;
the flower on his tattooed tombstone is an asphodel, which is perfect for him for about a thousand reasons. I'll do a post on it.
koi tattoos represent a struggle or the fight against challenges
that's his dagger through the heart wrapped in thorns
there's a little star on the D20
I had to create a font for the elven text under his headstone (it's Thoras - the font is available online now)
the rogue symbol identifies him in the game
...But "Bloodless (You) (Me) Happy?" might be my favorite part.
'Means test' is conservative cruelty. Cutting funds, programs, and assistance for the most deserving of care/stability is the religion of the Right. Punch down. Think small. Act small.
UPDATE: recent patches and the parser are here! See the newer post.
A friend who wanted to stay anonymous datamined BG3's dialogue, alongside with tags, approval, roll requirements, dev notes... 9300 files total! I'm sharing it now.
Make sure to have both Dialogs and jscssetc folders to have proper formatting. The Link lines have the Jump function - click them to jump to the associated line. The rest of the tags can be shown/hidden as per the header.
The files are separated by acts, but be warned that there might be spoilers in the tags and game files.