Darn, tumblr. Yesterday tumblr showed me the @augustofwhump challenge and now I am so gods darn tempted to go with this one and do it with the BG3 characters once more. Because they are quite whumpable.
Even though another part of me would also love to do another round with Castlevania and stuff.
And even if I did BG3. Which characters should I take? There are just so many - and sadly, they are all quite whumpable.
These are the prompts:
I mean, my first instinct is of course to just go back and whump Astarion and Tav for the most part, because they are my blorbos. But I also really, really wanna write a bit more about Halsin and about Themberchaud, and if I am totally honest: Also about Lae'zel. And frankly... I also, also would love to write a bit more about Araj and Aurelia and stuff.
And... Ugh. I am not sure if I do it all, it would become too chaotic.
But man... I... I am so tempted.
Anyone has any wishes for either prompt and a particular character?
Hey Astarion lovers. So I deliberately avoided getting rooms at the Elfsong before fighting Cazador because it was cool to see the camp-related cutscenes in different locations.
When I long rested in Baldur's Gate for the graveyard scene, it opens at the docks then proceeds to the graveyard like normal.
BUT
When I rested in Rivington, the scene stayed at the camp in Rivington.
His grave just pops up in the hay pile behind Halsin's tent.
So I got-
Beautiful shots of Astarion in nature
And their decision to have fun behind Halsin's tent.
OK. These quotes are giving me major Astarion x Tav feels and I’m posting them so they don’t become more forgotten magpie trinkets in my camera roll. They’re heavily influencing my fic ideas.
YES. This is exactly my headcanon. Like they would both be super "WTF you can make babies like this????"
Well fed vampires LMAO. Between Tav and all the baddies he's primed and ready.
Speaking of vamp babies, I've seen some be like, "Oh, don't do that. He'd be a horrible father."
But like... Bold of you to assume that that child wouldn't be a Surprise! baby. Because, like. My Tav would assume he's shooting blanks and I feel like Astarion would also assume he's shooting blanks.
Still super obsessed with the idea of Tav being part of the og party that killed Strahd and they just… dont mention it. At all.
Like, you’ve got:
Gale: Archmage of Waterdeep, wizarding prodigy, Chosen of Mystra herself
Karlach: frontliner of the Blood War and escapee from Avernus
Wyll: The Blade of Frontiers and son of Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard
Astarion: Vampire spawn of Cazador Szarr, and former magistrate
Shadowheart: Priestess of Shar, Lady of Loss
Lae’zel: Badass githyanki and proud servant of Vlaakith
And my Tav’s canon: Slayer of the Dread Lord Strahd von Zarovich, currently trying to find a way to bring it up to the party and is 100% awkward about it because they died *after* killing Strahd and only because they tripped off a cliff and their old party thought it’d be funny to cast Reincarnate instead of Revivify.
The story everyone knows is that (Tav) died in the fight against Strahd as a “final heroic sacrifice for the greater good.” When in reality, they’re too embarrassed to correct anyone so they’ve picked a new name and literally made a deal with Neferon or Exethanter for completely different magic to what they used to wield and now they’re committed to the disguise/new life/fake backstory of being tricked into a Warlock pact. At this point, they’re neckdeep in this awkward situation where everyone believes they died a hero’s death, their old party is kinda just laughing about everything, and their BG3 party is completely oblivious.
Astarion: “It’s near impossible to kill a true vampire lord. Cazador is almost unbeatable.”