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talesfromthecrypts · 5 months
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Your minds join and your two selves become one. You can feel the knife in your hand, see the scars on his back, and taste his hunger for power.
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bhaalsdeepbat · 4 months
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Going to preface this by saying I love Tailor Astarion, these are just some thoughts I'm having tonight
I don't think Astarion would be able to make garments, beyond eying something he owns and replicating it. I think embroidery served a purpose and it was an outlet that took up minimal space, plus easier to store in a chest. The room the...less favored Spawn share isn't that large. It would just feel smaller as more spawn were introduced to their corner of hell.
It's also one of those cases where I'm not certain if he would genuinely enjoy the craft or not, since it less seems a skill developed with love and more like a necessary skill. It doesn't seem he cares as much for it if he's adventuring (based on his doublet having paint instead of embroidery at the epilogue party), but that also checks out for needing a break from something you did that you enjoyed while in a traumatic situation bc it reminds you of that trauma when you try to get back to it.
But he absolutely knows he is not your guy for anything complicated but would want to pull an Emperor's New Clothes situation for anyone who tried to make him do work for them
#bat plays bg3#i mean i learned to sew in a tiny space hunched over a box that my sewing machine was on#but it's a lot of storage space and hard to hide stuff#and even if youre hand sewing#the project cant just be wadded up and thrown somewhere if you want it to turn out nice#and i am leaning towards thinking Caz wouldnt approve of them having creative outlets at all#like he just seems like he would want them to devote their every waking moment to him#and that just isnt realistic so they can like#hide journals and embroidery and small sketchbooks or other things#like they're severely limited to things they can easily store/hide#so like embroidery served a purpose and was a bit of an outlet that could be hidden and could be explained as serving a purpose by making#him more appealing to potential marks#idk why im thinking abt this so much but here we are#i also imagine cazador had strict control over what skills he allowed them to develop freely#and it was best to either make those skills useful so he didnt impose restrictions OR#keep those skills hidden#and that thought is based specifically on him forbidding the spawn from learning about certain subjects#like you have life eternal and nothing but time to absorb all the knowledge in the world#but this asshat puts these restrictions out#even tho your entire existence is tied to the fact that you cannot harm him or betray him in any way ever#like this would only benefit him#the hubris#but also like if they're a NOBLE family#the things he would look down on as being beneath them#having so many feels in the club tonight#also astarion is allergic to work
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hotvinimon · 4 months
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You are his, right ?
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Yandere gym bro x reader
Plot : Inviting casper for a sleepover
Author’s note : The images are not mine. I don not support this kind of behaviour and highly condemn these activities. This kind of behaviour is not tolerated in actual life. Reader is portrayed as pick me girl who is asking for it.
Warnings : MDNI. The images are not mine. Credits to the owner
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Hangouts with Casper were now a part of your daily routines. From your friends to coworkers to neighborhood gossip aunties and even your baker, everyone came to know about Casper. Anywhere you went, Casper appeared suddenly and even matching your outfit. What a coincident right ?
This is what soulmate is, isn’t it ? You are his soulmate right ?
“Hey Caz, I think we should head back it’s getting dark.” you suggested. “ I guess you are right “ Casper smiles silently cursing all the powers who are working to keep you from him.
“Here you go sweetie” Casper drops you at your home in his car. “Cas, I was wondering if you could stay for a while, I have something to show you.” you asked. Casper frowns and acts like having a deep thought. “hmmm… recent studies say that a man should never say no to his cute girl, so of course I would love to stay for ever a while.“ you laughed at his silly joke.
You didn’t corrected him. It means you are his. You are his, right ?? All his.
“YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE YOUR EYES DAMMIT” you shrieked. “My eyes are closed” Casper laughs. You pout and whine. “Fine Fine here. “ Casper closes his eyes as you settle something in his hands. He opens his eyes and found an I-Pad??? “Are you giving me this I-Pad back ?? Do you not like it sweetie ?? Should I give you something else for our 100 days anniversary ???
Yes. you and Casper celebrated your 100 days of friendship relationship. On which he took you out for dinner date and surprised shocks you by giving you everything that you had set an eye on for past 100 days.
“ Cas.. I can’t take this. This is too much “ you relented. “ This isn’t too much. further, I even lost the receipts, I can’t even return them. Wouldn’t it go waste now ?? Do you not like the gifts ?? Do you want me to buy something else for you ?? do you not like me anymore ?? Are you going to leave me ??? “ And you could do nothing but accept them when you saw fat tears rolling down the man baby’s flushed cheeks, not noticing the smirk he had while you hugged and soothed him. It took you all night to make him believe that you are not going anywhere.
Like, you could even do that until he is alive.
“No Caz~. I’m not giving you the I-pad back. I really liked it. “ you blurted out quickly to not hurt the boy’s feelings again.
“I want you to open the I-Pad and see what I have made.” you smiled. Casper let out the breath that he had held for so long. He opens the screen and almost faints when he sees a cute doodle of him and you clicking a selfie followed by other doodles that you had made from your recent pictures. “ I know this is stupid and-” “this is not stupid. This is so good. Can you send me those ???” Casper cuts you of and begs you for the pictures, which you send him immediately.
After an hour
“I think I should leave, it’s quite dark” the male suggested. You looked out the window to witness the light. “ Are you dumb Cas??? It’s so dark and foggy out, you should stay here for ever tonight. “ It’s alright. I don’t want to cause any problems" Casper suggests silently begging universe to make him stay. “ Well, if you don’t know, I would like to tell you that recent studies say that a man should never say no to his cute girl.” you quoted in a heavy voice (imitating Cas), to which you both laughed and Casper got to stay.
“ How about we order a takeout and pick a movie ??” Casper recommended. “ I would really appreciate that, but I think we should change to something more comfy. How about you take a bath first. I have some oversized clothes that might fit you” you suggested. “I like the sound of that” Casper replies.
You hand Casper a pair of your oversized sweats and a shirt ( with acted more like a compression shirt ). Casper enters your bathroom and the smell of your cologne fills his senses and faints him one more time. His breath becomes heavy, mind started melting and legs started shaking. Suddenly his eyes fell to the laundry basket which was tucked in corner only for him to see. He hopes you don’t mind some of your things panties being stolen.
After all you are his, right ?
“How about iron man ???”
“Horror”
“Spider-Man ???”
“Horror”
“Twilight ??”
“Horror.. Casss…… Please… I can handle it” you pout and cross your hand tightly on your chest. Which may or may not have lifted your assets, showing of something pointy through your silky nightwear. And Casper couldn’t argue further. Who was he to say no to your tight hugs during the movie ?? Who was he to say no to you when you asked to sleep with him because you were afraid ?? Who was he to say no when you cuddled him and rested your head in the crook of his neck in the sleep ?? Who was he to say no when you stuffed his face in your chest and traced his back in sleep ?? Who was he to say no when your thigh accidently brushed his bulge in sleep ??
You were really testing him. Weren’t you ??
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zucchichat · 8 months
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(just some sketch i did for the art club-)
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From the post about my art trademark (omg u guys I WANNA HUG U ALL AND SQUISH U TILL YOURE MASH POTATOES U GUYS ARE SO ADORABLE AAAAA💖💖💖)
And the post to imitate my artstyle, i have come to a conclusion:
- you guys see my art trademark as my:
SKULL SHAPE: I was actually surprise by this, i REALLY didnt expect that😳😳😳 is the head shape that unique??? caz i used to see it everywhere- (twitter mostly) actually, there's kinda a reason behind why i choose this shape :) im really bad at drawing skulls, esp when its complicated, so i simplify it as much as possible to avoid an extra hour on the skull alone☠️ (my average time to draw head this style alone is fucking 10-15 minutes, THE HEAD ALONE OMG- just sketching no color NOTHING-)
EXPRESSION/FACES: i never thought ppl will say that too tbh, i thought i draw expression like many other ppl🥹 maybe ppl see Ink as the most expressive tho, since he IS 💖💖💖 when i draw characters, there's nothing behind those expression, i draw them mindlessly and brainless-😭
THE ONE LINE BROW THING: maybe this i can agree lol :)) I've been inspired alot from Japanese and Korean artstyle + itsroxxanex. Sooooo i did that, my friend used to kinda mock me ab it so i change to 2 brows for a while but IDK ONE BROW IS MY THING- it took just less space and i love simple things <3
SHADING: hmmm i dont really know ab this tho 😭😭😭 i think my way of shading is very generic. The only thing i think made my art pop is the highlights. Im kinda obsessed with light so jajdhdjsod I WANT LIGHT EVERYWHERE. Watching too much RossDraws just made me obsessed with color dodge- ...the shadows i just use default brush and mutiply and sometimes at more colors, thats it 🥹💖
JUST YOUR ARTSTYLE!: i dont think i have an artstyle yet 😭 idk i still change my style alot since June and im still growing, i changed my brushes almost every week and overall just utmost chaos. I somewhat still not satisfied with my artstyle, i want to soon find an artstyle that by just a glance you'll know its me😳😳😳 (ik its kinda weird)
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brekkie-e · 6 months
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A thought I have had a few times about the Cazzador nightmare from the Astarion origin is that… tbh I’m not entirely sure it’s a nightmare? For one, we know that Cazzador is an insanely powerful wizard and high level vampire. There’s plenty enough magic at his disposal for him to figure out a way to essentially face time Astarion so he can threaten and manipulate him to come home. And for another, the back drop of Cazzador during the sequence is his ritual chamber from beneath the palace. Which Astarion very clearly says he has never been to or seen. If it were truly just a dream, he could not have come up with that imagery on his own.
It’s not make or break to the experience either way, I guess. However, if it were truly Cazzador that he spoke to and not just a figment of his haunted mind- I think that adds a whole additional level of stress for him during the early game. He’s not being hounded by his memories, he’s being hounded by his tormentor.
I think there’s small lines here and there that do make it less likely to be a real visit from Caz, but all the same that detail about the ritual chamber makes me think. And I do think with how scary Caz is supposed to be, it’s more interesting if he’s actually powerful enough to manifest himself miles away from BG.
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“Oh, yeah, for sure,” Mingri says at once, nodding fast, scribbling something down on the paper. “I mean, that was a lot of material. Thank you.”
I smile weakly. “Glad I could help.”
“Just one thing, though.”
“Yeah?”
Mingri sighs, loud and heavy, and asks, “Do you think it’d be too crass if I also mentioned how much I like his ass?”
I blink. “Um . . .” This time, I have nowhere to look but at Caz. But he’s looking elsewhere, seemingly lost in thought. “Um . . . no. That—if that’s how you truly feel—”
“I do,” he reassures me.
“Then yeah, go for it.” I clear my throat. “Write from the heart.”
MINGRI'S ABOUT TO WRITE A LOVE LETTER TO HIS CRUSH AND WANTS TO MENTION HIS ASS?? 😭😭
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first of all who tf is mingri 😭😭 is this from a book i'm so lost
mingri ass appreciator tho okay we can appreciate that LMAO
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barbatusart · 2 months
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firstly, congrats on finishing de rerum natura! I wanted to ask about kosthus and emin/caz's dynamic... obviously it doesn't seem like they liked each other at all but kosthus took enough pity on him to (attempt to) teach him infernal at least.
also how did you come up with the baby name "emin" for cazador? and do you have any thoughts on why he might have chosen the name "cazador" for himself?
thank you very much!!! feels good to get another beefy book in under my belt after so long! 🤓
wrt kosthus & emin/cazador, honestly i just let the characters write themselves as i paneled & didnt have much script written for them. i figured it would be important for cazador to have had a way to learn infernal in the first place, so it makes sense to have had a tiefling spawn “sibling.” having a deuteragonist was a good opportunity for more character work also, & i thought it would be the most interesting for reading to have kosthus act as a foil to cazador’s characterization - favored, intelligent but not clever, & more than willing to punch down if called to by the master he both idolizes & fears. i hope kosthus comes across as his own man in all this; even if he didn’t get Too too much screentime i hope he was opposite a person enough from cazador to stand out hehe - that & the wrench he throws into the plot leading up to the finale. i think kosthus pitied him for the sole sake of being able to continue to look down on him honestly
for the name “emin” i legit just went on a DND baby elf name generator & kept clicking randomize until something i liked appeared LOL. (did the same thing with kosthus & vellioth’s last name “vildrek” in this!) emin is a cute name & doesn’t sound anything like “cazador” (“the hunter” for folks who don’t speak spanish) which you know he picked for self aggrandizing reasons. dude had “cazador” picked out for himself ages ago & was just never allowed to change it
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wizzardhat · 2 months
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i redid the cazador fight with jaheira in the party and, i thought her line to astarion where shes like "i am in danger of thinking you are a good man" only happened in an astarion origin run, but apparently if you talk to her after fighting caz outside of camp with both her and astarion he'll just cut in and reply to her and she says the line to him. i thought that was very cute.
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bardic-mockery · 3 months
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Random thoughts
Something I think about Astarion is just, how tragic he is, but also how sadly beautiful he is too? Like obviously I'm not the first person to have said this, but, and TW for spoilers here, he was beaten to near death by a group of gur when he was just in his 30's, and gets 'saved' by Caz*dor and gets turned into a vampire, and then is forced to be a slave against his will for 200 years. He had to live through that every single day, for 73,050 days. And when he finally manages to escape he learns that hes at risk to become illithid. But at the same time, something about his story is just.. So beautiful? Depending on how you play the game and take his storyline, you get to wake him heal and cope with that trauma, to learn how to live again with his abuser looming over his every thought, and how to say no and to speak up. Not to mention that theres something oddly poetic about him never physically aging, [even as a high elf, they do age to some degree] and just jsjici.
Astarion, the little star that shines the brightest in his own darkness.
Ya know?
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afoolandathief · 5 months
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Happy STS! I might be bearing my own secrets a little here, but oh well! Your characters are playing a dating game, which archetype are they going for? (ie: the arrogant one, the cold one, the childhood friend, the older man, the shy one, the flirt, etc)
"Old man."
"What?"
Caz looked down at Jade. He was leaning over her and her laptop as she moved the cursor over the dating sim's options.
"I said, I wanna try and bag the silver fox," he went on.
Jade raised an eyebrow at him.
"Is this, like, you relating to someone your actual age?"
"Oh, that's hilarious, Shaw. Look at me, I'm splitting my sides laughing," Caz said drily. "Now, would you just click on him?"
Jade moved her mouse over the cartoon, gray-haired man. A dialogue option came up as the man sneered from her laptop screen.
"Ooh, he's mean too?" Caz leaned far too close to Jade. "Ya know, I don't usually go for guys like him."
"That's what I thought," Jade said. She leaned back in her chair, relieving herself of being in direct line with a vampire's breath. "So, why did you pick him, then?"
Caz leaned over the laptop, using the keyboard arrows to select a line of dialogue.
"Well, I mean, I usually like guys I could break in half," he said. "Sort of the opposite with women. But he was the only option that seemed — I don't know, stern? I always like someone who doesn't take any shit."
He swore in Romanian and stabbed at the keyboard.
"Câcat, how do I pick this thing?"
"Enter key," Jade said. She leaned over the keyboard and showed him.
"Thanks, Shaw," Caz said. "Hey, you've played this before, right? Who'd you pick?"
"It's not important," Jade said.
"Oh, well, if it's not important."
He moved the cursor across the computer screen. Jade shot forward as the phrase "Are you sure you want to quit?" blazed in front of her in bright red letters.
"What are you doing?"
"You can find old versions of the game under 'Saved,' right?"
"Oh, now you're suddenly an expert on P.C. games?"
Jade went for the mouse, but Caz was faster. She tried to think of a spell that interrupted Bluetooth signals, but it was too late. The screen loaded a scene at a nightclub featuring a pale, dark-haired man in a ruffled shirt. One earring dangled from his ear as the animation moved his fanged mouth open and closed. A line of dialogue about only going out at night appeared.
"Holy shit," Caz breathed.
He stumbled back from the laptop with his hands clasped over his mouth. He breathed. He giggled. Then he burst into obnoxious, high-pitched laughter.
"Jesus. Fucking. Christ," he gasped.
"Shut up!"
"Does Violet know about this?"
"I played this before I dated Violet," Jade said, shutting the laptop screen just as the cartoon man lifted his red-filled wine glass. "Not that it matters. It's just a game."
"Yeah, sorry, but," Caz took a breath and wiped his eyes. "It's just funny whenever someone has a thing for vampires. Like, come on, Shaw. You know we're objectively terrible to date."
Jade cradled her head in her hands.
"It wasn't about him being a vampire," she said.
Caz leaned back against her kitchen table. Her cats had wandered over and were sniffing him curiously.
"Oh?" he asked.
"Look, he was the only option that seemed — a little fruity, okay?" Jade said. "I just prefer guys who are also queer. You know how it's easier, sometimes, when someone else is bi?"
"Trust me, Shaw, I'm well aware of that," Caz said.
He opened the laptop and stared at the screen.
"Yeah, I've definitely gone home with that guy," he said.
He shut the laptop and backed away from the table.
"Well, this has been — weird," he said. "I'll, uh, see you when I have to kill someone again, I guess."
"Wait, I thought you wanted to play this?" Jade asked.
"Yeah, that type AB I had earlier isn't sitting right," he said, patting his stomach. "Trust me, it's not gonna be pretty."
He nearly tripped over Ada and Lovelace as he grabbed his hat and jacket.
"Do you need a ride?" Jade asked.
"Nah, I'll just grow wings and fly," Caz said. "Or just — run really fast. Yeah. Used to do that all the time. Before cameras, but — yeah, it'll be fine."
The entire trailer shook as he slammed the door behind him.
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Caz fell through the door of his apartment. He loosened his collar and took another deep breath. His heart felt like it was about to beat out of his chest.
"It's fine," he said, taking his phone out to send a text. "I'll be fine. Just need to get this out of my system."
"We really need to stop meeting like this."
Caz whirled around to find the tiny Norse god he'd run into at the bar standing in his living room.
"How'd you get here so fast?"
"I ripped a hole in time and space, dear," Loki flipped a frizzy strand of red hair out of their face and flashed that oddly scarred smile. "Now, what's the matter?"
Caz reached in his cabinet and pulled out a bottle of vodka and two glasses.
"Just needed some meaningless sex, is all."
Loki clasped their chest dramatically.
"My dear, sweet draugr, I have a wives and family!"
"Vampire, not a draugr," Caz said. "And you're polyamorous."
"Yes, but you're not," Loki said. They strolled up to his kitchen counter and swiped one of the glasses. "We both know you're far too possessive to keep dating a married god. Now, what's actually wrong?"
Caz took a long swallow of vodka.
"I just got this image in my head of my best friend and work associate pegging me," he said. "And it all started because we tried playing this computer game. One where you have to pick someone to date."
"What were the options?" Loki asked.
Caz told them. Loki tapped a set of painted nails to their chin.
"Well, that's an obvious choice," they said. "Old man, of course."
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figtreeandvine · 25 days
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Ceniza and Cazador have a cat tree I made, wrapped in sisal rope. Caz just walked past it, streeetttcchhhedd up it, gave a few lazy scratches, and then walked on. And I thought, that looks like it feels so good, so pleasurable, almost hedonistic.
When I adopted Cen and Caz a year and some ago, the adoption questionnaire asked "What will you do if the cat scratches the furniture?" They gave two lines for an answer. Two! I knew that they wanted "I certainly won't declaw them", but I wrote the teeniest, tiniest version of the scratching post dissertation I could manage.
There are three main criteria for scratching posts: texture, stability, and orientation. No, wait, four: also size. And location, so five. Right: texture, stability, orientation, size, and location.
Texture I've scratched at the sisal myself (gently, my "claws" are pathetic) and the texture really does feel good on the pads of my fingers. I once reupholstered a couch that a previous set of cats were destroying because the texture tempted me to start scratching it. Different cats like different textures, but sisal, cardboard, and bark/cork are good starting places. Cardboard and bark are particularly good for removing the outer layer of claw, cleaning and sharpening them. Sisal is better for a good stretch-and-pull. If none of those work, try smoother and softer for the tenderfoots and the elderly. If they're going after a certain piece of furniture, try to match the texture.
Stability Would you want to pull on an exercise machine that threatened to fall over on top of you? No? Why do you think your cat wants to use a wobbly, flimsy scratching post? One of the reasons cats attack couches is because they're big and heavy and don't move!
Orientation Vertical scratching posts are nice. But so are horizontal ones. Slanted makes a nice change of pace! Different cats like different orientations, and the same cat likes different orientations at different times.
Size Length or height, a cat wants to stretch while scratching! Caz is a long!boy. The first sisal-wrapped part of the cat tree goes from the floor to two feet high. That's high enough--barely. There's a higher section he can jump for, but I may try to figure out a way to wrap the bit in between.
Location Put the scratching posts were the cats are, or in the path between where they were and where they're going. A scratch is good after waking up, so near favorite sleeping spots. Make them convenient! Make them numerous! My bonded pair has five scratching spots in common. If they hated each other, they would have at least three each.
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bhaalsdeepbat · 3 months
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Little Wyll/Karlach/Astarion things
Astarion introducing people all, "This is my girlfriend, Karlach. This is her boyfriend, Wyll." gives him a little narrow eyed look, but Wyll is just like...buddy, my star, you were literally sleeping on my chest last night wtf are you on today.
UGH AND THEN the sun, moon, and stars embroidery. IMAGINE OK. Imagine that being for these three. Karlach and Wyll are the light of his day, and he is their light in the darkness of night. He makes a matching one for Wyll while the three are in Avernus together, but time feels less pressing as it did before. It feels like they suddenly have ALL the time in the world, despite Wyll and Karlach still being mortals. The end to their finite time is just not suddenly there on the horizon, waiting to cruelly separate them when they've had so little time together.
Karlach giving Ulder a piece of her mind and having Astarion drag her off bc he can tell Wyll does NOT want this confrontation happening. She's overheated, he can't even touch her bare skin without getting singed, and Wyll just is like. so struck by the fact that she cares so much about him that she refuses to let Ulder act like he didn't abandon his son. It wouldn't be anything bad, but it would be scathing, and end with how happy she is that Ulder and Wyll have been reunited bc Wyll's a REALLY great guy and if you abandon him like that again you'll be talking to me (and she pauses when she feels Astarion poke her to give her a look, and she can just read it) AND fangs
Astarion just crosses his arms and tries to look menacing...which, to his credit, the red eyes and teeth are creepy af, but mostly he just looks bitchy and like he might eat Ulder.
wyll practicing his dancing and inviting them both one night to dance around the campfire. Astarion sits off to the side, content to watch them. Karlach likes to dance, but not in the way Wyll does, so it's awkward at first, then after a few times where her big feet stomp on his toes, he decides to follow her lead instead. He's never danced like that before, but enjoyed every second of it. Before the evening ends, Astarion allows him one single dance just so he can show Karlach what he had been practicing. None of them talk about Astarion dancing with Wyll again. It's a treasured memory, but the two know that's a barred teasing topic (they bust his balls a lot and he just. begrudgingly accepts it, but some topics they KNOW to avoid)
wyll feeling suffocated by mizora one night and just. he's calm as hell, but Astarion notices him sulking first (I hc our resident vamp as the most perceptive at the camp bc of all i think he was doing for Caz). He tries to talk to wyll, but astarion isn't good at not bristling and it's one of those times where wyll just. he's being scathing. he's meeting astarion at astarion's petty level, and astarion is downright impressed.
he's like ????? like he's not even mad. he's just all "who knew the famed blade of frontiers had this nasty side" and he's smirking and it isn't a sexual comment at all but it accidentally does. and him being impressed rather than bristling is what leads to Astarion being the one to be like "ok now that we've had our dick measuring contest, just tell me wtf is going on"
Every time Mizora shows up, Astarion starts running his mouth like an attack chihuahua. Insults, barks, bared teeth, he does NOT like her. Karlach joins him, they play off each other a lot, actually. Like Karlach IS the attack dog, which makes Astarion feel a little more ballsy when he's mouthing off bc he knows any fight he cause WILL be ended with his beautiful gf knocking their ass out.
Wyll spends that night just. completely distraught. he can't even be with karlach and astarion, he asks for time alone to deal with his thoughts, and they respect it. Astarion keeps an eye from a distance, but he and Karlach allow him the space until he's ready for them, then they both move in to comfort him.
Karlach is great at hugs. She holds him and it's so comforting that Wyll finds himself believing it when Astarion is PROMISING that they'll figure it out. Astarion isn't soft in this moment, he certainly isn't kind while comforting Wyll, but he's genuine. Wyll knows Astarion means it when he promises that him and Karlach will be at Wyll's side to help him fight his battles, because like it or not, his battles are theirs to fight as well.
They'd go after Cazador first after Astarion is nearly (or successfully is) kidnapped. Karlach is PISSED, she's raging, ready to burn down the entire palace just to smoke Caz out. Wyll, equally angry, but actually comes up with a really, really good idea. Like he sits everyone down, goes through the battle plan, and Astarion is just so silent the entire time bc he cannot believe these two would rally so hard around him.
This is the point where every time someone is the least bit mean to Wyll, it is ON SIGHT for Astarion. Before, he'd butt in if someone crossed a line he felt shouldn't be crossed, or if it was Ulder or Mizora, but now it's ANYONE. Only he gets to insult his beloved Wyllyam.
Karlach on the docks, saying her goodbyes, holding her heart, her eyes welling with tears as she sees Wyll and Astarion look at her with just. the amount of grief in their eyes. She can't take it. it's the first chip in her resolve that allows them to swoop in and convince her to keep going.
Wyll moves first. Tells her she doesn't have to be alone, she'll have him AND astarion to watch her back. this isn't a convo any of them have had. astarion and wyll both know she'd rather die than go to avernus, but wyll KNOWS Astarion would go there in a heartbeat, and vise versa. they just know each other very very well at this point
So, Wyll is talking to her, Astarion is hiding under his cloak AND Wyll's bc the sun is threatening to burn him alive, but he can't leave Karlach alone. His own skin is cracking with the threat of turning to ash. Wyll holds onto Karlachs' hands, stares into her scared eyes, and she can SEE that he means the promise he makes to her. He will NOT let her be alone in Avernus, if she chooses to return.
Astarion, despite trying to hide from his own imminent death, gives his points. they're quick, not as nicely said as when he has a one on one with her bc he's also trying not to die, but he's more worried about her than he is himself.
Karlach, assured that the two men who vowed to love her to her dying breath, agrees to go to Avernus with them. They have one hell of a bloody time together. It's one of the best chapters in their life stories, after they get Karlach's heart fixed and they're all able to leave Avernus.
All three of them finally free of the bonds of servitude, they're able to explore the world. They're free to go where they wish, free to love who they wish, and free to finally choose their own paths and futures, though their choices will always involve being together.
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buzzy-bee-117 · 1 year
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Ok so I saw a post made by @caz-teeb about how Scott is an omen of victory. And it's got me thinking.
Because canaries are a symbol of death that's why Jimmy is a canary. But because Scott is an omen of victory I was thinking he could be a crow. And hear me out! I'm pretty sure according to Chinese beliefs crows are a symbol of good luck, fortune, and protection.
I just feel I'd be kinda cool. I was thinking I'd be too similar to Jimmy's concept but then I thought of Watcher Grian and Listener Martyn so I think I'll stick with it. I'll probably think of another thing 5 minutes from now.
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omoghouls · 7 months
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Oh GOD last night I had a dream Astarion and my Tav were in the city and my Tav REALLY needed to pee. But since he's a druid who has never been in a city before, he doesn't know the etiquette.
The tiefling has seen some city folk peeing on the walls, so he assumes that's what you do. So, he's about to unbutton his pants, but Astarion catches him and rips him away from the wall like, "What the hells are you doing? Do you want to be arrested for public indecency??"
Ofc Tav didn't understand/know that'd be the consequence, so now he's shifting from foot to foot. Astarion sighs and says he'll help him find a proper place to go. But, a thought runs through the vampire's mind-
He's got control over this situation. Astarion is the deciding matter if Tav makes it or not. He's got control over another person's body instead of it being the other way around.
God, he shouldn't be thinking that way. Tav had been nothing but kind and caring to him.
But, the vampire still can't help but think about what would happen if he was to pull Tav along, prolonging the poor tieflings relief, maybe even to the point where he can't hold it and he wets himself on the cobblestone as the city folk gawk in surprise and disgust as Astarion stands by, a little smirk as he's in a fucked up way, getting revenge on the way /he/ was treated by Caz-
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me1och · 5 months
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For the Tav asks 👀
7, 14, 26, and or 30 ????? (am indecisive so now you get 4 numbers lmao)
I don't have an in-depth answer for 26 (Does your Tav have a treasured item with them? If yes, what is it and why is it special? If no, how do they feel about item sentimentality in general?) but suffice it to say Eike does, including mementos from their family/community and their Runs on the surface. As per the other questions...
7. What circumstances led to your Tav becoming their Class/Subclass?
Eike is a descendant of a group of deep gnomes who had been liberated by Eilistraean drow several generations ago and lived with them/under their protection since. Eike was a part of clergy but they were more interested in the hows and whys of magic entire and started dabbling in wizardry, letting their divine gifts fall by the wayside.
However since being infested with a tadpole and rashly accepting Illithid Powers without really knowing what it'd entail (due to good old Wizard Hubris) they began to doubt their judgement and in search of guidance and hope they turned back to Eilistraee. (they never really left but they've not gone the extra mile in their worship in a long while before the events of the game)
(also, while mechanically their cleric domain is Knowledge, if i were to play them in dnd i'd ask the dm to have their domain be more of a hybrid between Knowledge and Arcana)
14. How does your Tav feel about the city?
It's Big. Eike is no stranger to surface settlements but they used to stick to villages and towns on their Runs, they haven't been anywhere this populous before.
While they sympathize with Halsin's disheartened thoughts on the injustices of the city, they find a lot of his thoughts on nature and balance too black-and-white and somewhat naïve because they don't see people as separate from nature. Ultimately though, they don't think that city life is for them and would prefer living in a smaller scale community.
30. What are your Tav’s intentions/goals after the end of the game?
I should pre-face this by saying that i have not yet finished the game or even dealt with Caz but i do have a rough plan on how to approach it all.
They're gonna end up with a lot of vamprire spawn on their hands and helping with them will be their top priority. The ethos of Eilistraee is helping others, particularly helping drow to return to the surface. They find that the predicament of the spawn resonates with that and hope that other Eilistraeans see it in the same light, so their plan is to contact their temple (and through them, others) and ask for aid. That in itself is a hefty goal so i don't imagine they've thought much further ahead.
They also try to keep in touch with the party even after parting their ways (pardon the pun) and in their free time do research to solve Karlach's heart troubles, as well as being in a book club with Gale (by which i both mean that they use him to learn more wizard spells since RAW you need spell slots and not class levels to scribe those and that they genuinely are in a book club).
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illyrian-dreamer · 7 months
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I just finished reading part 4 of our girl and lemme tell you i was so saddened by the ending 😭i had hoped that she would be mated to Tamlin and i still hope that she’ll reject the bond and move on with Tam because Cazriel has proven themselves unworthy tbh they disrespected her wishes more than once and broke so many boundaries by chasing her all the way here and ruining the progress she had made AND THEY STILL HAVEN’T LEARNED FROM THEIR MISTAKES OH MY GAWD 💀💀💀tam gives her the space to blossom and be herself and he loves her for it. Cazriel trap her and think that’s love and can’t handle the thought of her being her own person. I don’t think she should forgive them or succumb to the bond. I mean it’s your story you’re free to do all you want I’m just expressing myself 😭 i love you and your writing is so good and emotional and it made me feel alot of things thank you sooo much for this💕💘💖💞💘💞💖💘💕💖💘💘💖💘💞💖💞💕💖💞💖
Omgoshhhh thank you so much for sharing and caring about my fic!!! 😭😭😭💕💕💕
I know, Tamlin has been so damn good to our girl it’s so hard for me not to seal and deal it with the bear-man 😩
But I will say that we’re not done exploring the grovelling by any means - and we’re also not done exploring Cazriel being better males to our reader 👀
There’s going to be a good few time jumps in the upcoming parts, and I also really want the reader to continue to find her own path without any romantic influence 🥰
But I totally get it, as it stands now Caz are AWFUL. BAD CAZRIEL, BAD! 😂
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