Astarion is just Balthier Bunansa just 100+ years older and actually a murderer but like that aside there’s really no difference. They both absolute foppish prissy tsundere British cunts that’d I’d give my life for
Fav fav faaaaaaav thing abt Vaan has gotta be that he’s just a cunt
“Oh, gee, that's too bad. You see, it just so happens that your provisioner for the fete tonight... he sent me to pick up a few choice morsels for the, uh, Consul's dining pleasure. He wants 'em quick. I got the writ of transit right here. See? Signed: Migelo. I'd just hate to see the Consul upset because his food wasn't ready on time. And I'd sure hate to see him take it out on you :)”
Like ok whatever you say cunty little orphan! Damn! Sashay away! 😭 y’all sleep on him fr fr I love his SASS
the ffxii cast as a whole mostly did not necessarily choose to travel together, they're more shoved into friendship by necessary proximity, so what im saying is if i wrote chatfic it wouldn't be group chat fic. it would be microsoft teams fic. they're coworkers is what im saying
Really, though, it makes me so sad when people say they only played XII for Balthier or that Balthier’s “sexyness” is the only thing that had them play to the end. I have actually seen people say this and they don’t even say “Balthier’s story was the most interesting part of the game”, which would be a valid opinion, but they say things like “Balthier is so hot, he’s the only reason I played XII!” which is just… kinda sad. And shallow.
My problem with it stems from two things. Firstly, that’s so insulting to the rest of the game, the writers and developers and even true fans of it because apparently the game is so boring and irrelevant that you only care about this guy’s face/voice, not even him, as a character. Secondly, I’m so sorry that your life is so boring that you can sit through a 100+ hour game that you don’t even like for the sake of this guy that you only seem to care about superficially.
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE GAME, THAT’S FINE. Really, this is not me saying how dare you not like this game, this is me saying that playing any game solely for one character’s looks, however attractive you think they are, is, well, kinda dumb.