Poor Enver had enough.

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐄𝐒, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐧.

I'm going to write the obvious things now, but I need to remind myself (and those who need it): It's 𝙊𝙆𝘼𝙔 to look at the same character from different angles. Analyze and interpret his actions and words in different ways. Have your own vision of a romantic relationship with this character.

What I'm trying to say is, it's 𝙊𝙆𝘼𝙔 if you see Astarion as a lost and vulnerable character or just a damn charming manipulator. If he actually has a complex personality or just an arrogant and sassy vampire for you. If you like the more vulnerable or strong sides of him. If you see him as a victim or as a villain. As a bad guy who has a chance on redemption, who can become a better version of himself, even a hero perhaps, - or as a magnificent bastard who doesn't need and doesn't wish to change anything about himself. Or you can see 𝘢𝘭𝘭 that in him at once! (and still love him for it.) :D

This also applies to the relationship with Astarion. If you see a character as bisexual/pansexual, or perhaps in your opinion he is more into women/man/other, that's fine. Ascended or spawn can love your tav or durge, regardless of their race and gender, because the game still allows to romance him. In your headcanons, Astarion can also have a unique interaction with your character. For example, they can be cheeky and insolent, have more 'hot' type of dynamic, or on the contrary - they can be more tender and soft with each other, because Astarion can behave unusual with his partner when he opens his heart. Astarion can have wild passionate sex with your tav/durge 24/7 if you wish, so they won't get out of their tent/cozy chambers any time soon. Or maybe in your story he still needs time to adjust and has yet to learn how to make physical contact without unpleasant feelings and memories of the past hunting him. Perhaps in your headcanon Astarion doesn't need sex at all (for a while or permanently). Or maybe he's not against polyamory and intimate experiments. Your Astarion can be the top. Or he can be the bottom. ( just like he can be big or a small spoon in your relationships :) ).

AND YES. If you prefer Astarion's ending as Ascended vampire or as a spawn... 𝙄𝙏'𝙎 𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙊𝙆𝘼𝙔! If you want a luxurious life with your Ascended Vampire Daddy (sorry couldn't help it ;D), you can have it. If you see AscendedA as a man who hides his vulnerability and insecure behind a display of power and dominant behaviour, who still in love with your tav/durge and perhaps scared they might leave him one day or that they fond of him only for his charms and power, then this is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣. But if you see AscendedA as a manipulator and a liar, a cruel tyrant who has become the worst version of himself, who does not know love and would just use/abuse you, this is also 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣.

Same for the spawnA ending. You can see different type of progress in this path, how Astarion breaks a vicious cycle of violence and abuse, his personal growth and how he is overcoming his fears and weaknesses by trusting you in the moment of choice during the ritual. You can see this as a way of story where Astarion had sacrificed the sun and power, but where you saved him from himself and opened another door - the one where he will learn another meaning of freedom. Where he will discover other possibilities in his future, where his personality/behaviour remained unchanged or even improved in the way he couldn't even think of. And he will certainly find other values in his life, as well as he will learn more of himself, like 'what he is' now, when Cazador gone. He can enjoy adventures and dangers just as AscendedA enjoys ruling from the Crimson palace. SpawnA can love your durge/tav because he 𝘊𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘌𝘚 to, because you are equal and have a deep bond built on trust. Not because he clings to you as you were his lifeline or a safe blanket. Or on the contrary, you can see like spawn completely dependent on you, sacrificing everything just for you. Perhaps without your tav/durge, he will never feel happy and free again, perhaps his world is currently limited to you. Perhaps in your opinion, this ending actually is not best for him and his future seems rather pathetic and poor.

So my point is. These are 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙨 and 𝙮𝙤𝙪 have the right to fantasize as much as you like, 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚. Just remember: 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮. Baldur's Gate is a roleplay game, damn it. No one has the right to judge how you play it, either your choices or opinions in the different matters. Or your headcanons. We all looking for comfort in something specific for ourselves, we all need different things to escape from reality, and that's why we here. We have our own experiences and traumas, own worldviews and own understanding of what's right and wrong. During the interaction with other people, we can feel them on different levels, as well as perceive and analyze same characters from certain angles. And simply as that, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩. And it's fine.

For me, Astarion is a complex character who you can discuss and talk about endlessly, because - honestly? - there is NOT ENOUGH content in the game to make an unambiguous verdict on all issues related to his personality and story. A lot of ideas and scenario stuff for Astarion has been cut from the game even before the release, a lot has been changed in process and a lot of content leaved unfinished. But we have what we have, and I'm still happy with that, because I still get to enjoy character, and it also thanks to modders and people who makes headcanons, screenshots and all kind of friendly content with that charming brat.

I sincerely believe that everyone has the right to interpret Astarion in their own way, as well as to have their own imaginary future with a fictional vampire, damn it. Every tav/durge can have their own happiness with him, whatever it may be, no matter how they see it. Everyone chooses and goes their own path with Astarion. And it is precisely these different headcanons that makes your couple and this vampire unique. <3 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡. *drops the microphone*

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐔𝐆 𝐌𝐎𝐃… 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒. 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒!!! (screaming noises) I mean if author of this mod wanted to give me everything that larian did not and make me happy (although when it would seem what can make me even happier after 𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐒???), they succeed … I honestly don't know how u guys do it. But please continue to make mods for bg3 romancers, you are wonderful people….. q.q p.s. I don't even wanna play this game now like normal ppl do I just wanna make stupid screenshots with my elven mans for hours instead

found that gorgeous Astarion cosplay and my friend literally said it is worth to buy a dog.

Have you often thought about the mirror scene? I did it a lot

...and why, as soon as you compliment him, he seems so acting again.

Oh, very good

And now tell me i'm beautiful and we can call it a day

None of the answers seem to come to a really satisfying conclusion for him. so...

Maybe he's not looking for compliments about his appearance?Cause when you ask him what do you want to know he doesn't say - what does my nose look like or something.

He asks u what the world sees when it looks at him, what u see.

That brings me to the conclusion that it must be clear to him that he looks good, otherwise why should he lure people.

He is looking for himself.

Another thing I've lost

Another thing that Cazador took away from him. Another sign that he acts as he is asked to do, as Cazador asks him to do.

And through the adventure he not only has the opportunity to free himself from him, but also to find who he actually is when the cazador disappears from his life (behave)

astarion - i'm so smart they're never gonna find out i'm a vampire - ancunin

mood.

this couldn’t be said any better

HUG MOD IS WHAT I NEEDED

𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙨, how 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 I've waited for 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎. I'm just so happy I can finally 𝙃𝙐𝙂 my vampiric friend instead of kissing. DON'T GET ME WRONG kisses is good and all, but this... I needed that kind of contact with him. And now I finally can enjoy watching two elves simply holding each other... and embrace so trusting and tight... 𝓘𝓽𝓼 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷. One day I will try and make beautiful hugging screenshots with them, but for now I only managed to quickly capture these two as I was simply too excited to bother... 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙙.

it genuinely upsets me when I think about how the Dark Urge can choose to defy their father, sacrifice their life for the safety of their friends and lover, rejecting who and what they are, and accept that maybe the world is better off without them and they'd rather die a hero than continue to live as a villain...

only for your companions, who have been with you this entire time, encouraging you not to kill people... to basically have no reaction at all.

which is why I regularly fantasize about how Gortash would fucking never.

If he was there, he would've been so fucking proud.

You never needed Bhaal to be powerful. You don't have to be his Chosen to be my equal.

I am honored to remain by your side, as your ally, and I admire you even more now. My fearless friend.

You bow to no one. Not to me, and not even to gods.

You are magnificent.

Fine, Larian! Fine! I await Durgetash kisses in Patch 8.

This is actually what the inside of my brain looks like

My hc is that Durge is an unstoppable killing machine but also a total himbo

𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨 (𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭)

Hello! If you're here, you've probably seen some of my screenshots from tw3 or bg3, and I'm happy that you decided to open this page. :^) 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠, 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐩𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭.

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The Chosen of Bane - bg3 Gortash comic

It's just a short one but I had the storyboard for like 2 months since I was never happy with it. It had many changes haha~ I hope you enjoyed!

old gortash sketches bonus. I'm starting to get used to drawing old men (lol)

Just some emotional Astarion doodle fanart