#on Wyll and Karlach both

[lazylittledragon]

dO THE OTHER SKATERS/HOCKEY PLAYERS LOVE KIT. is he their communal child. does he grow up with a million auncles. please say yes

yes absolutely he’s the reason nobody gets anything done

[hirodraga]

Tarim Timberfine, once a maker of fine instruments, now an unwilling adventurer absolutely fed up with the damn worm in his head!

[astralleywright]

spent like an hour trying to find a post abt the disparity of origin companion's content in bg3 and couldn't so, hey, this fucking sucks

[paarthursass]

genuinely love how the whole gang is like "fuck this guy"

[watercups]

style test: wyll & karlach

[iicaru2]

i may be wrong but regardless i think its silly that, out of the origins, i’m fairly certain the two most good-aligned characters (karlach and wyll) are the ones that cuss the most— with an honorary mention to lae’zel’s various gith curses. karlach drops f-bombs left and right and wyll arguably says the word “shit” more times than most other characters in the game. i like to think wyll’s increase in cursing (esp towards/about mizora) is in part due to spending so much time around karlach. i adore them both

[rainbow-femme]

Of all the companion pairings, I hadn’t expected Wyll/Karlach being my favorite but I just love the dynamic

Because obviously you’ve got the whole thing of him wanting to kill her because he thought she was evil and then realized she was also a victim and was willing to be turned into a demon because he wasn’t willing to sacrifice an innocent person for himself, and her then being willing to stand up to the devils who want her dead on his behalf

But I also feel like as far as a relationship dynamic they would be a Prince Charming/damsel thing except they both think they’re the Prince Charming and the other is the damsel

Wyll lamenting how his endlessly kind wife who only wants to live a simple life where she is treated equally kindly was tricked, sold, had her heart replaced with an infernal engine that keeps her trapped in basically hell, and was forced to be the first line of attack for the devil who did this to her. Meanwhile behind him Karlach is looking at a locked metal gate and just decides to open it by bending the bars with her bare hands, melting the iron as she does because she has flames inside of her body

Karlach talking about her poor husband Wyll who gave up a comfortable life as the son of a duke to be entered into a devil’s pact and made into a homeless hero who would always protect people but never really get to exist as his own person outside of his pact and his folk hero perception. Meanwhile Wyll is eldritch blasting a demon in the face behind her with an entirely casual and unbothered look on his face

They fix Karlach to the point where she can leave Avernus and Wyll goes to his family and friends to prepare them for meeting her, telling them that she can be very sensitive and has gone through some rough times and grew up on the streets so she’s going to be more rough around the edges than they’re used to and it would probably upset her to come back home only to be made fun of, so please be kind. And in walks his 7 foot tall wife who is as wide as the door with her big giant muscles, battle ax strapped to her back, slapping Duke Ravengard on the shoulder and asking “How the hell are ya?”

Karlach goes to her old Baldur’s Gate friends and says she wants them to meet her husband but he’s the son of nobility and spent a long time living in that more polished world so he talks very formal and polite and isn’t really used to how they talk and interact so please don’t make fun of him if you think he speaks funny. And in walks the Blade of the Frontiers with a suspicious amount of not quite dried blood on his pants

They both think they’re the “They said no pickles” part of the relationship but actually if they asked for no pickles and were given pickles they would make eye contact with the person who did it while using their biggest two handed weapon to scrape the pickles off onto the floor

[a-drama-addict]

also my little bird of paradise

[ryorue]

I'm obsessed with the idea of a mischief maker Astarion. Like, that man has spent so long without autonomy that he uses all of it just to be a chronic little shit. Imagine this: Astarion, bored, simply needs to cause mischief. His hands are twitchy and he simply cannot keep them to himself.

So he randomly gets up, walks over to where (probably Wyll) is like preparing vegtables for the night while Karlach stands beside him giving him terrible cooking advice. And Astarion just. Nonchalantly walks over, picks up a carrot, and walks away with it. Bites into it, too. Makes sure they see him do it. They know he doesn't need to eat it. He knows they know he doesn't need to eat it. He's a fucking vampire. But he does, and they can't do shit about it. Or like. He just walks up to Gale, plucks the book from his hands, and starts reading. Stretches out, gets comfy, makes sure to make use of all of Gale's one pillow (because you know Gale is the type of man to have only one pillow) And just. Doesn't say anything.

And what's Gale gonna do about it?? Get mad? Astarion doesn't care. It's funny.

[givemeafish]

[laloward]

[Image description: a drawing of Wyll and Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3, posed like they're taking a selfie together and showing off their location, which is in Hell with a skeleton burning behind them. They are both grinning and holding cigars between their teeth. Overlaid text reads "on vacation" followed by a heart emoji. End ID]

[chocodile]

Baldur's Gate 3 x Animal Crossing (kinda)

Which villager will you befriend?

[bg3-npc]

PLEASE THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIONS

[normal-thoughts-official]

karlach can easily fluster wyll by very openly saying everything she finds hot about him and everything she wants to do to him

wyll can easily fluster karlach by saying his usual heartfelt romantic thoughts

and in both cases they fuck nasty about it

[karlachsnosering]

one thing I absolutely adore about the bg3 companions is the thematic connections between them. Karlach and Wyll mending fences over a shared history of conscripted violence. Wyll and Shadowheart and Gale coming to terms with who they are instead of who they pretend to be. Karlach and Astarion finally free and revelling in the time they have left. Astarion and Gale recovering from toxic relationships with omnipotent creators. Lae'zel and Shadowheart examining their deepest most sacred beliefs. all of these disparate people are seeking self-determination and freedom but in their own ways on their own paths and you get to come along with them!! what a fantastic collection of stories and characters I love them all so so much

[99thpercentile]

every single one of the origin companions is a beautiful, complex individual with a compelling story. and also hot. how the fuck is my bi poly ass meant to cope with only being able to romance one of them at a time?