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This screenshot I took cracks me up cuz he just looks straight up dead.

It's from him laying down for the Volo surgery, but I managed to catch it when he was blinking.

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Astarion and Phalar Alive

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as a doctor i think the plague doctor costume is an important part of our history. as a gamer i think the plague doctor costume looks super cool. either way anders deserves to have one.

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This Was A Mistake, I'll Take My Leave

Astarion/Reader(Tav)

Summary:

For a typically upbeat cleric of Lathander, the Shadowlands are proving to be more difficult than you had imagined. You keep it together the best you can.

Astarion is not so convinced.

Notes:

Not exactly posting the story in order but this is a Lathandrian cleric that is struggling through the Shadowlands. Part of a larger planned story. PLEASE MIND THE TAGS.

(Also screenshot is mine from Astarion origin run, when Gale shows main character the Weave)

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I downloaded the Xbox app so I can show my friend screenshots and videos I have from BG3, and this one made me laugh

Idk what the heck I was trying to screenshot but this is just peak

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I made an Astarion playlist because I am a little more than a little hyperfixated on this game and him.

Astarion, The Pale Elf Playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HsZxHcyCzhRBAHLoJ6LFX

It's a mix of his romance plot, his two endings, songs I feel catch his vibe, and songs I feel like could be sung to him. Oddly it IS in an order but absolutely can be played in shuffle.

((Some highlights from the list)):

White Dove- Koda

I've got a bone to pick/ Somebody showed you all of the horror/ You weren't born with it// You're a silver tongued jackboot thug with/ White skin but you're no white dove/ And you're scared of us 'cause we show you love/ Until there's none of us left to love/ None of us left to love//I had this feeling that you'd betray me/If I gave too much and you took too much

There's so much to say, but this is just Astarion in general. He's true commitment avoidant, got this way because Cazador, and uses the people he's around. This song is a lot of his flaws.

Dr Sunshine is Dead- Will Wood and the Tapeworms

Well, who should I be then, if I'll never be the same?// I will be my sunshine, I will be my moon at night/ Who else could I be, when I can't fucking see?/ I will be my sunshine, I will be my moon at night/ I'm nowhere now, here's no one now to be// And if dreams can come true/ what does that say about nightmares?/ I'll stay awake tonight

This speaks to Astarion's strengths. He is strong willed and will do anything he can in order to succeed and survive, even if it's not something good for him. He'll depend on himself. The lyrics seem tame but that part of the song is so raw and emotional it gets me everytime. It fits him, as a lot of Will Wood songs do.

Good Looking Boy- Suki Waterhouse

You stop for breath and I sped up/Just to impress you// The skyline falls as I try to make sense of it all/ I thought I'd uncovered your secrets, but turns out there's more

This one is singing to him. For those that fell for him and found out he was just using you. Open to either him eventually reciprocating or not, but it reminded me of Act II romance conversations.

Hail To The King- Avenged Sevenfold

Hail to the king/ Hail to the one/ Kneel to the crown, stand in the sun/ Hail to the king// Blood is spilt while holding keys to the throne/ Born again, but it's too late to atone

This one is steeped in Ascended route imagery. Like those lyrics? For real. The obvious, he's in power and can stand literally in the sun and will make people kneel in his victory. But also the last two lines I included, he achieved it through irreversible sacrifice. It's such an easy song to attribute.

Habits (Stay High)- Tove Lo

You're gone, and I gotta stay high all the time/ To keep you off my mind/ High all the time to keep you off my mind// Spend my days locked in a haze/ Trying to forget you, babe, I fall back down/ Gotta stay high all my life to forget I'm missing you

More towards the breaking up with Ascended Astarion route. Not meaning he'd be on drugs, but just trying to distract himself and high with power and conquest to try and ignore the fact he won't move on as easy as he says he can. Also covers some of the constant fear he now lives in, from what the subtext says of he now is more fearful post-ascension than pre.

Oleander- Mother, Mother

And if you leave me/ Rest assured it would kill me// Like an oleander/ White, white leaves/ Of an oleander/ White like me

This one I feel like is after he's really truly fallen for whoever he's with. Him singing to his love interest. Also he's pale white and snow white hair so theme and literally like oleander.

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I could go on, because I could seriously write a long character analysis based off each song. But this post is long enough lol.

Will make one for Wyll, and my specific Tav at some point.

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Keep forgetting to post the Spotify playlists I made inspired for Donnie's Lab Jams. Totally just me messing around with themes, but all three have specific theme. I add to them on occasion.

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Donnie Lab Jams I

Darker and heavier beats. Little to no singing.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0c3LrBuw4Sa8zvUBZIVJS3

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Donnie Lab Jams II

Lighter and upbeat/faster paced. Some singing.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UPnYOOPvzz53COUIWaxgY

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Donnie Lab Jams III

Honestly? Kinda weeb. Lots of singing.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/346hyISx4oQyBzoOGPYQuh

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Return to the Shadows.

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@sketchy-panda​

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Have you heard of the tragedy of the Champion of Kirkwall?

+ Bonus

The og post that made me go insane

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How I feel talking to other TMNT fans sometimes

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Hello turtle fans I come bearing gifts <3 as a spiritual successor to the dinosaur ones from last year, I've made turtle valentines!! feel free to use as you please!!!! :)

Bonus:

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Future Donnie and Casey sketches for my comic You know the thing that I really adore? It's the fact that even tho Donnie is basically the only character we haven't seen the future version/concepts of, but the fandom has 2 things about his future self that is most common among the fandom: 1. He's BUFF 2. His skin marks would spread the way that it makes it look like he has a beard.

And I love it

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Marry Christmas!!!

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                                      ❧  Merry Christmas ❧

My contribution to this year @santa-age! My giftee @lilmissrandom asked for a Christmas scene with the DA companions from any Dragon Age game, so I opted for my favorites! 

Hope you all like it and I wish for you the best for the next year 🎉🎄