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galedurge: two grown ass men bullying each other

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A revamp of an old art I did of them a couple years ago :) the old art in question

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This situation I have going is fucked lol

Imagine you're Gortash. You were just about to be crowned Archduke of Baldur's Gate. You have a really hot on again off again elf girlfriend who happens to be Bhaal's chosen, the plan for world domination is going smooth, life is great. But then your girlfriend gets attacked and a tadpole put in her brain AND she doesn't remember who you are or what you did together when you finally find her again. To make things worse, now there are other infected people who are hanging out around you two as they scramble trying to figure out what happened to them. You can't say shit or they'd kill you so fast. They can't know the reason they're in this mess is because of you and said amnesiac over in the corner. So you just pretend you're infected too while trying to get your girlfriend to remember you.

And now you're in the middle of nowhere, making soup.

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The ONLY reason Gort has the pushed back version of his hair in this run is because #1: his cool artificer monocle thing needs to be visible, and #2: Valerie would not stand for whatever emo vibe he has going on in act III normally lol

I'm still in the camp that his hair is like that because he has no time/does not care to keep up appearances now that his beloved durge is gone.

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modernbat: academy

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“Prove me wrong”

I was thinking about how when we meet Astarion he is all about survival – performing and hiding behind a mask to keep himself safe.

He is being flirty and friendly, often even when you disagree with him.

And I am thinking – logically, shouldn’t he also try to appear good-aligned to you?

He doesn’t know who these people in the camp are, if he can trust them, or what they’ll do if they learn he’s a vampire. One wrong move, and he could end up dead.

Meanwhile Astarion openly and proudly throws around all those cold, sometimes cruel, opinions about using, abandoning or killing others.

I suppose with evil Tav it would be fine, but if he doesn’t know how you’ll react, why risk showing that side? Wouldn’t it be safer to pretend kind?

Of course, Astarion wants to look strong, so no one would think to mess with him, and this is how he believes strong people should think like.

But in this group, he’s not the leader – he needs to win the leader over. Someone to protect him, not cast him out. So is he assuming Tav also thinks like that, since they are strong? That they’ll respect the same kind of ruthless survival he does?

And yes, there are other companions with strong opinions that they don’t hold back, like Lae’zel and Shadowheart, for example.

But in case of Lae’zel, she isn’t trying to prove anything to anyone, and she believes she’s strong enough to shut up anyone who has a problem with her. Shadowheart is also masking, but it’s not about survival, it’s about belonging – trying to be a good Sharran.

Astarion’s approach, on the other hand, can seem almost counterproductive.

Unless… When he states things like that, it almost sounds challenging. So what if he is? Challenging you.

Come on, disagree with me, try to argue. You can say all those pretty words about being kind and helping others, but we both know, that’s how this world really works, isn’t it?

And what if, deep inside, he wants to be proven wrong?

What if, by voicing the worst assumptions about the world he’s daring you to disagree? To show him a different way. Because otherwise you’ll prove what he believes – what Cazador made him believe – is true.

So maybe there’s a secret hope behind his cruel remarks and cold pragmatism – not that you’ll nod and agree, but that you’ll look him in the eyes and say: “No. It doesn’t have to be that way.”

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Can't remember if I've posted some of these shoots before. Sorry if these are some summer repeat episodes (winter for those of you in the southern hemisphere, I suppose!)

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i don’t like this song but raphael definitely would have

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embarassing! you were processing your trauma a little too intensely and a nearby telepath heard the entire thing

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modernmac

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Raphael & young Gortash

Ai No Kusabi redraw maybe I'll draw a couple more pictures in the future…

Original screen In the original the dark-haired guy has a softer expression. But Gort must be rougher. Babygurl didn't become Bane's chosen one for nothing!

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Back muscle study! Uncropped version is up on my patreon 😘

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the babe of frontiers 🫶

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Karlach's old "friend", Florenta the Garrotter 🚬

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“Oh, didn’t you hear? It burned. Every sin stained furnishing, every last trace of Cazador… It all burned.” - Astarion Ancunin

Thrilled by @pankadoll on twitter for bringing this fiery scene to life, can’t recommend her enough for all your storytelling needs 🔥

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some bg3 sketches

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"What am I to you?"

"You are the red of the sunrise, the yellow of high noon, and the orange of sundown. If you were a song, I’d never stop singing; if you were a psalm, I’d never stop praying."

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Thank you again Xen.

happy birthday luv!!!!!!! @crys-sp