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Happy Valentine's Day~

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Doodle of Astarion going from starved and newly freed to eating better and getting chubbier

Controversial, but i'm six-pack hater. Out of romanceable male companions only Wyll should be allowed to have defined abs. Thank you for coming to my ted talk

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Wnated to post yesterdays sketch results !!

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ﾟ✧˚₊ Royal Blue ₊˚✧ ﾟ

Painted baby vamp to keep my brain sane 😪

This art will be available as a print at Toronto Comicon 2025 as well as my online store (stay tuned for the grand opening haha)

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astarion’s character development is incredible to me because of the sheer amount of detail and accuracy. he doesn’t change entirely as a person after he kills cazador— he mentions himself that he keeps thinking about it, even though it’s all over. which makes sense, since 200+ years of trauma isn’t going to go away after a night.

but after killing cazador, and giving up ascension, he’s so much lighter. the usual harshness he has in his tone of voice is dulled, if not entirely absent in certain dialogues. he still has a long way to go in terms of healing, but he’s finally secure enough to start that process. he’s still him, but a weight has been taken off his shoulders, so he’s finally able to live without constant hyper-vigilance, looking over his shoulder for danger.

even the way that he refers to cazador changes: in almost every instance prior to completing his personal quest, he speaks cazador’s name with hatred. viciously. afterwards, he says his name like it’s just that. a name. someone that’s gone, and inconsequential, who can’t hurt him anymore.

i think my favorite callback is that, in the conversation you have with him after long resting, whether you romanced him or not, he thanks you for talking him out of it. now that he’s out of that hell, he’s able to see just how much continuing down that pattern of abuse would have changed and ruined him. specifically, the last line he says is “this is a gift, you know. thank you - i won’t forget it.” which is the exact same line he says after you allow him to drink your blood way back in act one.

as someone with ptsd and some pretty specific trauma, astarion means quite a lot to me as a character, so i’ll always admire just how much love was put into the way he grows over the course of the game. and, of course, this is a huge reason i can never bring myself to ascend him. he’s easily earned a spot amongst my favorite fictional characters ever and i cannot stress enough how glad i am that a story like his exists.

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Things Astarion says

Masterlist

Astarion purring, “you look utterly delectable tonight, darling.”

Astarion murmuring, his blood coated lips barely brushing against your ear lobe, “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that you’re aroused by this. I can practically taste it.”

Astarion whimpering in his sleep, soft cries tumbling from his lips. 

Astarion stiffening when he feels your fingertips grace over his scars, growling, “Don’t touch me.”

Astarion rolling his eyes and waving off anyone who isn’t you at camp, sighing “Sorry, darling, I haven't got time for underlings.”

Astarion drawing in shakily breaths, whispering, “I…I don’t know how to be with someone.”

Astarion relaxing into your touch when you wrap your arms around and leaning back against your chest, saying “I love you, darling but you reek of Gale. Did you have to carry him out of battle again today?”

Astarion chuckling, a warm and radiant sound, as he bops you on the nose. 

Astarion curling around you at night and entangling all of your limbs, groaning when you attempt to move away. 

Astarion sobbing into your chest after Cazador dies, weakly saying, “it’s over. It’s over. He’s gone. It’s finally over.”

Astarion smiling when you come home, handing you a glass of wine and leading you to the stunning meal he prepared, “welcome home, darling.”

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my wrapped is here

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Excuse his language, he’s not in the mood today

PHOTO REFERENCE:

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Archdruid Halsin was embarrassed

(No tiefling was hurt tho)

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Guest star on the blog today.

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University Professor Silverbough 🌱 he would teach environmental science or anything ethics I guess 😌

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This is what they’re doing while your game auto saves in the mornings

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This is one of the funniest news titles I have read in a long time.

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This company is so unserious, I love it.

The time has finally come, my console friends! Though I do have the game on PC, I do prefer my nice, comfy console, so this will be great! Thank you, Larian, for everything you've done. And thank you to all the wonderful voice actors and to the modding community as a whole!

Let the chaos begin!