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A lil Astarion WIP I lost steam on, maybe one day I’ll finish his clothes. Trying out colours in procreate for the first time.

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“You keep me going.”

My first fanart, please be gentle! Made for @cweepa and @dumptruck for their fic Afterlife which I spend most of my time thinking about tbh. Thanks for your wonderful fic, it keeps me going ❤️

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Gonna tell y’all what I can hear now that I got my hearing aids

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A list of fic recs I have been meaning to share. these are in no particular order.

Modern AU

Dirty old bastards https://archiveofourown.org/works/59946652

Still breathing https://archiveofourown.org/works/53309143

Wrong number https://archiveofourown.org/works/56629519

The chosen aquatics https://archiveofourown.org/works/59097124

Crack AU 

Blowmance https://archiveofourown.org/works/58492081

Killer queen https://archiveofourown.org/works/57725209

cinematic AU

Afterlife https://archiveofourown.org/works/56939380

Post canon

Stay though my arms shake https://archiveofourown.org/works/51069400

The other shoe https://archiveofourown.org/works/52187455

I’d give you the sun if you asked me https://archiveofourown.org/works/54100765

A fine and jagged line https://archiveofourown.org/works/54828604

Canon divergent/in canon

Self same https://archiveofourown.org/works/54046228

Your echo in my scars https://archiveofourown.org/works/54375748

The color erupts https://archiveofourown.org/works/55192240

One shot

A night for the ages https://archiveofourown.org/works/55816450

Good food and better company https://archiveofourown.org/works/59617603

Invitation to come inside https://archiveofourown.org/works/55136812

The time of his life https://archiveofourown.org/works/61134103

Recommend Series

Dirty dining

Deprecation

Honorable mention-non Bloodweave 

A blazing star https://archiveofourown.org/works/51898384

Perfect slaughter https://archiveofourown.org/works/51265138

All your missing parts https://archiveofourown.org/works/50705977

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100 Bloodweave Fanfic recommendations

As there are over 3,000 Bloodweave fanfics, I have been wanting to do a fanfic rec list for a while. To share some of the works I enjoyed and to offer support for the talented writers in the fandom. I opted for 100, as it is a nice number for a rec list. It was very hard to narrow it down, and there are many good fics that, unfortunately, didn't make it too the list. This is not meant as a 'Top 100' list.

The recommendations will be shared in 6 parts over 6 days as it is too much for one post and I don't want to overwhelm the tag.

Part 1: In Universe Canon Multi-Chapter - 15 fics.

I'd Burn Through the World by thisis_V. Ongoing. Slow Burn, Angst, Hurt/Comfort. Follows the events of the game as Gale Origin. A very canon exploration of Gale and Astarion's relationship throughout the game. One I would recommend to those who do not understand Bloodweave. Includes original art from the author.

Burn out Fade Away by Newperspective20. 112,500 words. Slow Burn, Time Travel. Astarion ascends, Tav takes control of the brain, and Gale sacrifices himself to save everyone from being under Tav’s control. Only he finds himself back at square one. Will he be able to change the course of fate this time?

Stitches, Threads, and the Strings that Bind us Together by Newperspective20. 136,235 words. Hurt/Comfort, Smut, Fluff. The events of the game as Astarion Origin as he learns that not everyone is out to get him.

Ash and Stardust by badmarilyn. Ongoing. Slow Burn, Trauma, Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining. When the orb starts to play up, Gale is forced to confide in Astarion. They start to gravitate towards each other, realising they’re more alike than they originally thought.

Broken Together by sparklypanda98. 61,872 words. Slow Burn, Fluff, Angst. A long-form Bloodweave fic about Astarion and Gale's relationship forming during the events of Baldur's Gate 3. Plenty of fluff, but some darker stuff too.

Your Echo in My Scars by shadesofmidnightsun. 76,421 words. Angst With a Happy Ending, Suicidal Thoughts, Smut. Astarion needs blood and protection. Gale just ... needs. They're both full of cracks. Where Gale and Astarion each have their own mess to work through. Will they make each other better?

Ancient Books and Horror Stories by eternalscout. 107,796 words. Slow Burn, Canon Typical Violence, Backstory Relevant Themes. What starts as a tentative friendship between Gale and Astarion, bonding over a shared love of reading, turns into the alarming realization that they may just have caught feelings for each other.

Through the Fire Together by Aria_Lerendeair. 16,646 words. Angst, Healing Together, Falling In Love. After defeating Cazador and releasing the Spawn to the Underdark, Astarion finds himself in the graveyard, waiting for whatever retribution they want to visit upon him after what he did to them.

Old Wives Tales by neo7v. 8,030 words. Mystra related content warnings. This fic explores the exploitative and grooming nature of Mystra’s relationship with Gale.

If the Cross on the Door Doesn't Scare You by Aylwyyn228. 19,113 words. Hurt/Comfort, Starvation, Found Family. Astarion gets outed as a vampire in the shadow-cursed lands. 

embracing the sun by vannral. 16,095 words. Mutual Pining, Friendships, Smut. In which people see whatever That is between Astarion and Gale and wonder. Meanwhile Astarion and Gale are oblivious. Set during Act 3.

Stop Kicking Gale (Please) by Yassha. Ongoing series. Hurt, Comfort, Fluff, Backstory Relevant Themes. AU where Astarion gets to process his emotions a bit earlier, and Gale is a bit more volatile, and those two things match up quite well.

Keep To The Shadows (your light can’t reach me there) by beepbeepsan. Denial of Feelings, Flirting. Trapped between a rock and, well, more rocks, Astarion has nowhere to run from Gale and his own feelings. But damned if he won't do his best to find a way out.

Bliss and Ignorance by ultranerdyandiknowit. 17,195 words. Dubious Consent, Hurt, Comfort, Angst, Misunderstandings. While sharing a moment of intimacy in the Shadowlands, Gale gives into the temptation to read Astarion's mind. He wants to feel their pleasure shared, to feel it amplified.

What he finds when he opens the link is nothing short of horrifying.

Shades of Romance by ClaireinSorcia. 139,829 words. Romance, Fluff, Getting Together, Drama, Backtory Relevant Themes. Astarion’s always been a flirt, so what happens when the new victim of his attentions, Gale, falls for it and takes it seriously? With Tav having turned Astarion down it should be fun to see how far this game can play out. But then what will Astarion do when he catches feelings he doesn’t even understand?

Part 2: In Universe Canon One-Shots - 17 fics.

Part 3: In Universe Canon Divergent - 16 fics.

Part 4: In Universe Post-Canon Multi-Chapter - 20 fics. 

Part 5: In Universe Post-Canon One Shots - 14 fics. 

Part 6: Alternate Universe - 18 fics.

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Booooored.

1) Anything you want? Money. That would help with a lot. 2) If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
Anyone from history, Oscar Wilde. Anyone alive now, Markus Zusak. 3) Siblings? One brother. 4) What do you think about most?
Stories. 5) What does your latest text message from someone else say?
"Bye, bye. Be good, drive safely." - From my dad. 6) Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
Depends whether there's someone else there ;p 7) What’s your strangest talent?
Don't know if it's strange, but I can solve a Rubik's cube. And I know a LOT of really random general knowledge. 8) Girls…. (finish the sentence); Boys…. (finish the sentence) Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money? Boys will laugh at girls when they're not funny? Don't really get this one... 9) Ever had a poem or song written about you?
A poem, yes. I had a drink invented for me once :p 10) When is the last time you played the air guitar?
Years ago, probably. 11) Do you have any strange phobias?
Needles/pins/nails in the hands and feet. Nowhere else, just in the hands and feet. My other fears are heights and cockroaches, but I don't think they're strange. 12) Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
No. 13) What’s your religion?
None. 14) If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
Walking somewhere, or going for a jog. 15) Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
Behind. 16) Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
Green Day is an old favourite, but I also love Florence and the Machine. 17) What was the last lie you told?
That I'm not interested in a certain boy. Hint: I actually am. 18) Do you believe in karma?
Yes. 19) What does your URL mean?
It's a Doctor Who reference. The numbers don't mean anything. 20) What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
Weakness: Stress/anxiety/self-esteem
Strength: I'm generally really nice to and accepting of everyone. That can sometimes also be a weakness. 21) Who is your celebrity crush?
Aiden Turner and Jennifer Lawrence. 22) Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
Yes, many times. 23) How do you vent your anger?
I don't usually get angry. But writing my thoughts down helps when I do. 24) Do you have a collection of anything?
Books. Over a thousand now. 25) Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
Neither. 26) Are you happy with the person you’ve become?
Generally, but there's always room for improvement. 27) What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?
Hate: sizzling, like meat cooking or anything burning
Love: laughter, rain 28) What’s your biggest “what if”?
What if I don't achieve anything in my life? 29) Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
Yes, and I think just scientifically there has to be something/someone out there. 30) Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
Paper; my bed cover. 31) Smell the air. What do you smell?
Don't have a sense of smell. I would imagine petrichor. 32) What’s the worst place you have ever been to?
Certain Western Sydney suburbs, haha. 33) Choose East Coast or West Coast?
Are we talking America? Don't know. East Coast of Australia though. 34) Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?
Man, I dunno. Lenny Kravitz is pretty hot. 35) To you, what is the meaning of life?
Being happy. 36) Define Art.
Anything you can create, that has beauty or meaning for anyone. 37) Do you believe in luck?
Yes. 38) What’s the weather like right now?
Not-quite-but-almost-raining. 39) What time is it?
5:40pm 40) Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
No and no. 41) What was the last book you read?
"And So It Goes - Kurt Vonnegut: A Life" by Charles J Shields, and now I am halfway through "Non-Fiction" by Chuck Palahniuk. 42) Do you like the smell of gasoline?
Can't smell. 43) Do you have any nicknames?
Koala, Coco. 44) What was the last movie you saw?
At home, Dodgeball. At the movies, The Wolf of Wall Street. 45) What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
Tore a tendon in my foot. I've never broken a bone. 46) Have you ever caught a butterfly?
One has landed on me. I felt like a Disney Princess. 47) Do you have any obsessions right now?
Vegan baking and true crime stories. 48) What’s your sexual orientation?
Pansexual? Not sure. 49) Ever had a rumor spread about you?
Hasn't everyone? 50) Do you believe in magic?
I do, I do! 51) Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
I recently let go of all my grudges, but yes, I do, depending on what they've done. 52) What is your astrological sign?
Aquarius. 53) Do you save money or spend it?
Spend it. 54) What’s the last thing you purchased?
A train ticket and a banana smoothie. 55) Love or lust?
Love. 56) In a relationship?
No. 57) How many relationships have you had?
Don't know, because I'm not really sure what counts as a relationship. 58) Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
No. 59) Where were you yesterday? At my parents' house on the Central Coast. 60) Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
Post-Its, hair dye, a mushroom-shaped pencil sharpener. 61) Are you wearing socks right now?
No. 62) What’s your favorite animal?
Tapirs. 63) What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
Boobs? I mean, "personality". Joking, I just generally try to be nice and hope others will too. 64) Where is your best friend?
Not sure I really have one. 66) What is your heritage?
English, Scottish, Australian. 67) What were you doing last night at 12 AM?
Lying in bed thinking of stories. 70) Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
Yes. 71) You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
No-brainer, save the dog. Take some photos after if I really need proof that badly. Go to Fair Work if my boss really tries to fire me. 72) You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
a) I'd only tell my family/closest friends. b) Go to all the parties, do all the drugs, try anything I haven't tried before and give any money I had to charity (if I had any - I don't now). c) Yes, very. 73) You can only have one of these things; trust or love.
I think they kind of go hand in hand, I only love people I trust and I trust the people I love. So.... 74) What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
Greatest Day - Bowling for Soup 75) What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?
1923 76) In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
Taking time to know what each other wants, being able to trust each other (whether in an open relationship or not), communicating, similar sense of morals and humour, laughing together, knowing when to be together and take time apart, taking time for other friends outside the relationship, supporting each other's dreams/hobbies, and I guess great chemistry doesn't hurt either. 77) How can I win your heart?
See me for who I am, and generally be a nice person. I am also a big fan of cleanliness, so if you don't look presentable, it's usually a turn-off. 78) Can insanity bring on more creativity? Yes. 79) What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
Getting a breast reduction was a pretty good decision :D 80) What size shoes do you wear?
6 - 8, depending on the brand. 81) What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
Probably just something about how rad I was. 82) What is your favorite word?
I really love exsanguinate (to drain of blood), fester (it's just a great word and sounds like just what it describes), and Ebonics (black -talk, a word I only just learnt). 83) Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.
Love and bravery. 84) What is a saying you say a lot?
Literally. But I use it in the correct way. 85) What’s the last song you listened to?
A song called "Infraworld" by Lorne Balfe, produced by Hans Zimmer. It's from the Beyond Two Souls soundtrack and is beyond amazing. 86) Basic question; what’s your favorite color/colors?
Yellow and red. 87) What is your current desktop picture?
An origami butterfly made of book pages. Super cute. 88) If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be? Not sure. Vladimir Putin? Tony Abbott? Richard Murdoch? It wouldn't solve anything. Probably just the guy who sexually assaulted me three years ago. 89) What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on? Nothing, really, I'm a pretty open book. It would depend who was reading. 90) One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?
Hmm, don't know. Mummies don't freak me out, but a few surrounding my bed in the dark would. Try to talk to them? 91) You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
Reading minds if I could turn it on and off at will. If not, then time travel? 92) You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
The time I tried to kill myself and ruined a very good thing I had with friends and living in Sydney. I'd go back and not be an idiot. 93) You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
The sexual assault, because then the suicide attempt might never have happened. 94) You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
Sia Furler is super-hot, or maybe Rihanna just to tell her she can do better than Chris Brown. 95) You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
Barcelona. 96) Do you have any relatives in jail?
Not that I know of! 97) Have you ever thrown up in the car?
Yes. 98) Ever been on a plane?
Yes, once I remember and once I don't. 99) If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?
Treat everybody equally and fairly. Treat animals the way you would humans, because they do feel. Big corporations and the media are fooling you. Climate change is real. If you can help others in need, do it. And everyone, just generally stop being dickheads. It's not a good look, humanity.

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Yep. Exactly what it sounds like to me.

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model: Fairyworld costume and headdress: Jumeria Creations picture and editing : Atelier Simone Richter  Welcome to Gothic and Amazing

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rain

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Which path to travel?

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The Fault In Our Stars movie - I can't wait! I LOVE the casting for Hazel, but am not too sure about Gus... No judging till I see it though, I'm sure it will be amazing and I will be bawling all the way through :(

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Pokemon starters underwear, I want all of these so bad!

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Amazing Dr. Seuss cake!

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So I went to go to the bathroom and I found this. The best part was she seemed genuinely surprised like, CAN'T YOU READ IT'S OCCUPIED.