#hugging astarion

[casualya]

Hugs

@anacdoce thank you so much, you inspired me to return to this scene and take these shots.

full video scene here (I made this video a long time ago, but maybe someone will be interested)

[galedickarios]

I wish you could hug him and tell him you can be together without sleeping together. I absolutely adore this hug scene, and every time I want to hug him. He deserves that hug. But also .. let me assure him that I don't need this to be about sex.

Now enjoy Evil!Adin hugging Astarion, because even evil couples need snuggles and affection!

[strawbattyshortcake]

Screaming, crying, throwing up, etc, etc ;w; aaHHHHHH

[everchased]

hahahahaaaa get safe and cared for, idiot

[theoldkyokodied]

Really quick doodles of a few scenes from the stream yesterday. Including combat flirting taunting, gale’s magnificently distracting shoes and.. whatever you wanna call gale agreeing to give 15 gold to astarion 😐😑😐😑😐 (that’s me blinking)

[stars-and-clouds]

HE DIDN'T WANT TO LET GO HE DIDN'T WANT TO LET GO HE DIDN'T WANT TO LET GO!!! -screams-

[mysticalfg]

Saw fanart of gale in a robe n went mildly feral, possibly

[lazylittledragon]

alright sadboy calm the fuck down

[artist-rat]

some epilogue vibes (an excuse to draw some hugs. and my durge so many times)

[julsera]

Honestly, I have no idea what we're doing. Or what comes next. But I know that this? This is nice.

My dark urge falling helplessly for Astarion's real side

[raintides]

astarion is either sad or he was caught cuddling and is now hiding his face in embarrassment

[casualya]

full video here ->

[velnna]

Elf sammich

[saddleseatollie]

I've seen a lot of people point out that while Astarion's whole "thing" in act 1 is that he's this sexy sweet talking savant, he only has 10 charisma and actually isn't all that good at it.

He practices cheesy pickup lines within earshot of the person he's going to say them to, and every single time he flirts with tav it's extremely heavy-handed and almost cringeworthy. It's pretty obvious that he's trying to manipulate tav, even if the reason doesn't become clear until his act 2 confession.

But here's the thing: Astarion never actually needed to be all that good at flirting.

He says himself that the vast majority of his "targets" were drunks and brothel-goers. People who never actually saw him as anything other than an object for their pleasure. They were going to go home with him no matter what he said. A few pretty words and his physical beauty would do the rest.

But Tav is the first person to actually view him as a real person, which is why it becomes so glaringly obvious that he's not nearly as charming as he thinks he is. Astarion tells them at the tiefling party that "every part of their body screams temptation" and their response is that he's "sweet" and "silly". They're not buying it for second, because they don't need to be told pretty lies to like him. They like him because of who he really is as a person. They fall in love with him not because he's good in bed or has pretty eyes or a sexy body. They fall in love with him because he's sweet and secretly very kind. Because there is so much pain and sadness and fear in him, and he truly cannot see how amazing he really is. That his goodness never really went away, it just got hidden for a while.

[sevrinve]

Astarion x tav (elora) brainrot

[theoldkyokodied]

Another doodle pile for the peculiar diet duo