#cyrusXhalsin
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halsin finds durge!cyrus after he's been forcibly transformed into the slayer :,))))))) another wip i've barely started (kind of a theme with my durge!cyrus wips asdpfiojaf i get a Vibe, i crank out a couple hundred words, then i get a different Vibe, and i move on), but the broad strokes are that halsin helps him calm down & transform back into himself, then invites cyrus to help him plant a seed he took from the region before the shadow curse hit and had preserved with the hope that he might be able to return it to its home one day. cyrus discovers his love for gardening and realizes that growth, like many good things, takes time, and that he may take time too, and that the people who love him will be patient.
Edging closer, he sees it: encased in a hollow beneath the tree is a monster. It is crouched, its many spine-laden limbs folded in on themselves to fit in such a tight space, and it reeks so strongly of death that Halsin’s hackles raise instinctively. Not undeath, like everything else in the Shadow-Cursed Lands, musty and dry, but pure carrion, wet and metallic, and the tide of revitalizing magic is not washing it away.
The bear in Halsin wants to lunge, take it by surprise, deliver unto this harbinger a most ungentle of reposes… but Halsin knows his own appearance can be intimidating at first blush.
He cannot move stealthily in this form, but he waits, and he watches, and he listens to the creature keen. It is, he realizes, holding itself. One set of arms grasps at its skull, obscuring the shape of its maw save for a pair of wicked tusks arching out at the sides. The other pair hugs its torso, and when Halsin tilts his head to the side, he can see the scratches on its back. Dozens of wounds, ranging from scrapes to gouges, mark where it has dug its talons into its own flesh, whether to hold itself together or tear itself apart, Halsin cannot tell, but it has bloodied itself like a rabbit twisting against a snare, the wire cutting deeper into its throat with every thrash.
Predator or no, this thing is terrified.
#durge!cyrus#cyrusXhalsin#fun fact when i first started drafting this fic i had an issue coming up with a way for halsin to intuit that the slayer was cyrus#and then the aasimar mod updated with mandatory glowing eyes and i was like '....well! problem solved!'
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“I’ll return soon, my heart.”
“‘My heart’?” Cyrus echoed with a slight, dizzy laugh.
“A bear’s heart.” Halsin kissed one of the piercings that Karlach had given Cyrus just before they left the Shadowlands. “Strong and fierce and protective.”
Cyrus giggled again and would not let Halsin pull away without trying to return the kiss, sloppy but eager. “I love it. I love you.”
#up next is my 90 minute lecture on why cyrus getting service topped is a fundamental part of his character arc#cyrus bg3#cyrusXhalsin#sorry for the 5 million screenshots i just.... i like all the looking and the smiling
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@hexblooddruid while we're on today's theme, i need to share cyrus' tendency to flirt with healers who are trying to take care of him rather than engage authentically with their concern for him.
#this post has been in my drafts since october but i'm sharing it now for bryn acevedo specifically#cyrus hawke#cyrusXanders#cyrusXhalsin
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wait nooooooo my 'cyrus loses it about halsin getting kidnapped' plans :(((((((((
#i mean ill just write it anyway but i had wanted to play the scenario through if only for fic fodder :(#i do have an earlier save i could try to get it to trigger from before halsin & cyrus get together#cyrus bg3#cyrusXhalsin
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cyrus' barbarian piercings were clipping with halsin's face too much but!!
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Cyrus and Wyll: 14, 5, 33
Cyrus and Halsin: 7, 12, 34
Cyrus and Karlach: 21, 26, 36
BG3 Cyrus and Meredith (redacted): 13, 10, 12
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Ship asks :DDDDDD
CyrusXWyll
14. How would they describe one another if asked?
Cyrus about Wyll: Wyll is... gods, where to even begin? He's handsome, silly, charming, joyful, poetic, but most of all he's good. The kind of good that makes you believe in good again.
Wyll about Cyrus: Cyrus is a bit like a blackberry bush: sure, there are brambles and thorns, and even the leaves will prick you, but there's a great deal of sweetness to be found if you've a steady hand.
5. What’s their love language like? Are they compatible with one another?
Cyrus shows love through acts of service and likes to be shown love through physical touch.
Wyll shows love through words of affirmation and likes to be shown love through quality time.
They're immensely compatible, Wyll's words of affirmation make Cyrus blush and Cyrus' acts of service make Wyll swoon, and whether its sparring or gardening or listening to Wyll compose, they love to just be near each other.
The one fault line is Cyrus' desire for physical (and sexual) touch. They both have their hesitations-- Wyll's idealized chaste fairytale romance and worry about Mizora impinging on his intimacy, Cyrus' anxiety about being that vulnerable with someone again, it makes a lot of sense for both of them that they don't sleep together until Act 3, but even for non-sexual intimacy, it takes some time & negotiation & exploration. Very regency-esque. The first time they hold hands????????? woag...
33. Who was the first to say ‘I love you’?
I'm not sure yet, I have to play through more of Wyll's romance first, though I'm leaning toward Wyll, since this version of Cyrus has a much harder time with those words (which is heartbreaking given how readily he otherwise says it).
CyrusXHalsin
7. What do they argue about?
They're both so non-confrontational & default to prioritizing the other's feelings, it's hard to imagine them arguing. Even dealing with Cyrus' martyr complex, I picture Halsin being much more patient about it (if no less firm) than, say, Anders (as far as exasperated cyrusXhealer ships go). I could see them arguing about having children that were theirs in a deeper sense than the communal care for the orphans in the epilogue, as something Halsin might want but Cyrus really wouldn't. And I think they 'argue' about whose fault it was that Halsin got kidnapped by Orin, insofar as they both blame themselves.
12. What would they say each other’s worst quality is?
They'd say the same thing about each other: the impulse to minimize their pain.
34. Who is more stubborn?
Hmmmmm I'd say Cyrus but I think Halsin is uniquely well-equipped to manage that stubborness by triggering Cyrus' 'im not arguing with a thick hunk of an elf whatever you say beautiful' mode (especially when it comes to accepting care).
CyrusXKarlach
21. Who is better at games? Does the loser take it graciously?
For Cyrus, games are more a reason to hang out with people than something he actually cares about playing. For some games, especially those that involve gambling or deception, he'd much rather just be at the table watching his friends play & getting drunk & snuggling than actually participating.
I can see Karlach getting super competitive, and you're 80% sure she's exaggerating & playing it up for fun, but like... maybe she is really going to flip the table. At the same time, she handles losing better than Cyrus handles her losing. He roots for her very hard and (depending on how drunk he is) gets very sad on her behalf.
Also if they're on the same team for like a couples game or something, they get very loud and very excited together very fast.
26. Do any of them have bad habits that the other can’t stand?
Cyrus is much more on the fence about using the soul coins than Karlach is.
If Wyll reinitiates his pact with Mizora in Act 3, Karlach has a line to the effect of "you know, there's such a thing as being too good of a person. Someone should tell Wyll Ravengard." She feels similarly about Cyrus' worst sacrificial tendencies, especially when he's considering becoming a mindflayer at the end of the game.
36. How long have they been friends? Would they consider each other best friends?
Cyrus and Karlach kind of pass over becoming friends and skip right to wanting to jump each others' bones really bad. Especially because in my original playthrough, I ended up recruiting her super late (between defeating the goblin camp and the tiefling party), they hit the ground running with 'now i just need to find me a fire retardant lover' and 'i want to ride you until you see stars' and Cyrus giving himself third degree burns trying to hold her hand
Of course, in the absence of physical touch, they do develop a very close friendship leading up to Karlach's second round of engine repairs, but they'd name other party members as their besties (Shadowheart for Cyrus, Wyll for Karlach).
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I was NOT expecting asks about this relationship, these took me out of left field & hurt a lot (<3)
13. What would they say each other’s best quality is?
Cyrus: her conviction
Meredith: his loyalty
10. How do they make up after a fight?
Cyrus apologies first; Meredith is always quick to forgive him, stressing how glad she is that he did the right thing so they can move past something that was probably her fault. If it's a big fight, she keeps avoiding him until she can be sure the apology will happen while she's seated in her court on her throne.
12. What would they say each other’s worst quality is?
Cyrus: her harshness
Meredith: she thinks he's perfect; even more inconvenient traits for the right hand of a tyrant, like his kindness, can be easily turned to her advantage
#cyrus bg3#cyrusXwyll#cyrusXhalsin#cyrusXkarlach#(no ship tag for [redacted])#speaking of perc'ahlia things that cyrus and wyll can also pull off i considered slipping in a 'he is my heart he is my judgement'#for how they would describe each other#i couldnt make it work but. its on my mind.
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the blissful face of a man thinking about how he's not going to be able to walk tomorrow
#cyrus bg3#cyrusXhalsin#good for him!!!!!!!!#orite i promised screenshots yesterday#ill post the full things tomorrow. im just rlly feeling these very happy cyrus pics tonight.
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ahhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
#cyrus bg3#cyrusXhalsin#bg3 spoilers#truly love love love cyrus tucking into halsin's shoulder.......... where he deserves to be forever
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cyrus, burdened by his failure to protect last light and languishing in his guilt over nearly killing wyll, seeing halsin still put so much faith & trust in him to keep him safe during the portal fight........................
#why must final papers happen when all i want to do is put cyrus through hell & have him still be loved & cared for thru each agonizing step#durge!cyrus#cyrusXhalsin
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so..............................................................................
#cyrus bg3#bg3 spoilers#cyrusXkarlach#cyrusXhalsin#the contrast of it all...................... what is very probably his last kiss with karlach#against halsin's adamant insistence that this is not the end for either of them#while cyrus is at war with himself over accepting the sacrifice to become a mindflayer#versus passing that responsibility onto orpheus#'the only honorable conclusion'.......................... can you not see how pained he is by taking selfish cowardly way out of this
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I’m gonna ask the inverse of the Tav question: What are your LIs favorite physical attribute(s) of Cyrus (all iterations) and Yiseeril?
omgomgomg okay!!!!!!!!!!
Karlach: (pallybarb!Cyrus) freckles for sure, she thinks they're so CUTE and after she gets her engine fixed, she spends a lot of time tracing them & kissing them & making patterns with them, and she is SO delighted to discover just how far down they spread. she esp loves his hand freckles because, well, she's also quite fond of his hands, cradled in her own or caressing her skin or playing with her hair or holding her at night, so strong she knows she never has to worry about Zariel hurting her again
Halsin: (pallybarb!Cyrus) I had to sit and think about this one for a while because Halsin strikes me as a very. Holistic appreciator of the humanoid body. But I think it's Cyrus' stomach as the most vulnerable part of his body, always concealed underneath the metal of his armor and the bulwark of his shield but also always sacrificed to take hits intended for others, as a site of both how he's had to train and harden his body and how readily he softens again under the right ministrations. Thinking especially about Halsin treating the wounds from the Ketheric fight, and it's. Gay. It's gay to have any wound but ESPECIALLY a stomach wound.
Wyll: (ranger!Cyrus) Wrinkles & grey hairs!!! Wyll loves how distinguished Cyrus looks, the evidence of a life long-lived written into his skin, especially given Wyll's own preoccupation with the passage of time. That life may not have been the happiest and its marks may not have come naturally, but Wyll delights in knowing he's the reason why Cyrus' laugh lines are crinkling and deepening with real laughter.
(durge!Cyrus) Mr Fairy Tales and Bard's Songs really does like the things that mark Cyrus as an aasimar: the cracks (how far down do they go?), the red glow of his fingers (what would they look like entwined with mine?), the void of his eyes (grey like the dawn about to burst), even those grotesque fleshy wings and the bloody celestial inscriptions of Mark of the Harbinger are awe-inspiring.
They'd be even more beautiful if they weren't tearing Cyrus apart.
Astarion: (durge!Cyrus) I mean... it feels like an unimaginative answer, but I built this version of Cyrus to be bleeding literally all the fucking time. Astarion has a particular fondness for the not-quite-but-almost-always wounds on Cyrus' back where his wings sprout from, and sometimes feeds from there instead of Cyrus' neck... though seeing all the scars running along his spine from his pre-tadpole blood hunting, Astarion sometimes can't help but think of his own scarred back. Of whether Cyrus came to self-sacrifice willingly, despite his foolish eagerness to throw himself into it now.
Shadowheart: her smile. I think the first time Shadowheart sees it, she is seeing the way Mother Viconia tried to teach her to control her countenance with such effortless disarming charm... but on someone with 17 charisma instead of Shadowheart's 8. There's an instant admiration for Yiseeril's skills as not merely a liar but an expert manipulator, the kind of person Shadowheart was molded to be.
And the more time they spend traveling together, and the more Shadowheart gets to know her, the better she becomes at distinguishing between Yiseeril's fake smile and her genuine one, subtle though the distinctions may be, and it's all the more precious to Shadowheart to be one of the only people who can claim to know something about Yiseeril's true self.
Minthara: the physical manifestations of Yiseeril's fall from grace & partial illithid transformation; the further Yiseeril is from divinity, the more divine Minthara thinks she is. I still really want to write the scene where she pushes up Yiseeril's halo to see the rot in her eyes & loves her all the more dearly for it.
#THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU these were so fun to write & think about#cyrus bg3#durge!cyrus#gods least favorite princess#cyrusXkarlach#cyrusXhalsin#cyrusXwyll#cyrusXastarion#yiseerilXshadowheart#yiseerilXminthara
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one last kiss
#cyrus bg3#cyrusXkarlach#cyrusXhalsin#still wild to me that orpheus tells you to do whatever you have to to make peace with becoming illithid#and talking that decision over with your li is NOT something larian thought should be a part of that process...#but whatever we're not here for criticism we're here for smooch pics#bg3 spoilers#karlach gets one more pic than halsin bc im a lesbian
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@hexblooddruid replied to your post “yeah that uh. that tracks.”:
Discovering bruises cover the whole body is a game changer especially when your pc is a healer, yeah bryn is gonna tenderly ice those bruises on your thighs no hidden agenda here
sure would be a shame if wyll had to lay on hands that bruise on cyrus' chest........ or if halsin had to cast cure wounds by touching his upper thigh................................
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the pallybarb & ranger cyrus timelines do eventually converge on living with halsin after his other partners pass
#lifespan angst is out keeping your partners memory and love alive even as you find someone else to warm your doorway is in#also the initial ships in the night dynamic between ranger!cyrus & halsin becoming a real relationship#after halsin has had time to build a life for himself separate from the initial hero worship/idolization is /chef's kiss/#cyrusXhalsin#cyrus bg3
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slept in late and when i woke up i was immediately possessed by cyrusXhalsin and now it's noon and i haven't gotten out of bed yet but my bad decisions were worth it
#cyrus bg3#cyrusXhalsin#between this and the party fic with ranger cyrus and wyll i have lots to chew on and rotate which makes me happy#even if this month is sucking lots
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I love that karlach has her cigarettes and halsin has his pipe and cyrus doesn't smoke but is at all times like 'please blow into my mouth please please please'
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