#anyway I like wyll

[mikaila-orchard]

I haven't even played Balder's Gate 3 and I'm already feeling Astarion fatigue.

Like, seriously. Astarion is who you're all thirsting over? He looks like Andy Dick was left out in the rain before going to the Ren Faire. He looks like he saw Ru Paul's Drag Race once and decided to make that his personality. He looks like the kinda guy my brother would swipe left on.

"Oh but he has that gay Tim Curry rizz!"

I guess??? But what I don't understand is people thirsting over this guy but calling Shadowheart basic or something. Like, my fella! The white twink hasn't been groundbreaking or even spicy in decades. Dude's straight up almond milk.

Also, Wyll is right fucking there! MY GOD!

[sclappin]

Man whose definition of "monster" is extremely flexible.

[artist-rat]

my main party and durge reveal <3<3 i call them the shenanigang

[araneapeixes]

Uh Oh....the ladies have entered their 4th pint stage

[thats-a-lot-of-cortisol]

I know a lot of people have drawn Astarion in the Fallen Angel pose but I think it suits Wyll just as nicely, especially considering his story arc & relationship with his father

[albaharu]

gale holding a sword its just so funny to me

[rookdaw]

[WIP] what if we were character foils…and we kissed???

[ryonello]

bg3 companions !!

[grey-wardens]

I won't lie - losing the eldritch blasts and the hexes took some getting used to. Nothing but void where once there was hellfire. So I stoked new fires in myself using the lessons my father once taught me.

[jeeaark]

The funny thing about not riding off into the sunset (or hell) with one's romantic interests/friends at the end of the game is that it gave Greygold the possibility to help all of their friends wherever/whenever once they discovered their innate ability to planar shift.

Got two castle's worth of supplies in that magic storage chest. Who needs it more than the two companions continuously fending off Zariel's army?

[lemongogo]

[kawareo]

Thank you lovely people for giving me a chance to ramble more about something (this is genuine, i mean no shade)

I find it really cool how every character has a parallel with Durge! In general every single romance pairing has reasons for why i think "yeah i could see them being good together", but I love those for Durge especially since I think about Durges way too much

Gale. Prodigy, Chosen of a God(ess) with a relationship that went far past god/Chosen, with him and Mystra being 'lovers' and Durge and Bhaal being 'family'. They were also both groomed to a degree to fulfill a role and have since fallen from grace of their gods.

Lae'zel. Raised in what is essentially a cult, having her entire world fall apart when she learns the truth about Vlaakith and Orpheus (while Durge's world falls apart when they learn about who they are in act 3). Cult has harsh and merciless punishments for those that disappoint, with death and beatings for githyanki and... Well. You know what, for Durge (looking at you, deleted bad ending).

Shadowheart. Having an equivalent of an electric collar on you that her God(ess) can punish her with (for Durge, that punishment isnt so immediate but Bhaal can literally stop their heart if he wants to). Amnesia. Having to choose between leading your cult or leaving everything you thought you knew and being an outcast. Depending on what you do with Shart, they also both kill their parents.

Karlach. Having your body changed without your consent, in drastic ways that you have no control over; the engine for Karlach, lobotomy + Slayer form for Durge (slayer in a more minor way but i will say that even in evil route you dont get a say whether or not you transform the first time). They both hurt people that get close to then without meaning to. They both have someone more powerful who sees them as property. Also, ties to Gortash.

Wyll. Daddy issues! And being rejected and outcast by your Father, wanting to prove yourself that you're still worthy. They were also both given shitty fucking names by their dads. They both at some point chose between power at the cost of freedom and freedom at the cost of literally everything; Wyll when he made a deal with Mizora, Durge at multiple points through the game when it comes to Bhaal. They both struggle with being tied to an evil, manipulative being that wants them isolated and weak and alone. Similar with Karlach, unwilling body modification, but specifically one that turns you into a 'monster'.

Astarion. 'Father'. 'Siblings' that you are in constant and brutal competition with, for momentary approval of your Creator who will never have enough of anything short but the world. Creator who's end goal very much includes you dying for him. Having no bodily autonomy as your Creator can literally violate your mind whenever. Sexual abuse. Struggling with bloodthirst! Your existence itself is violent, you can't live without hurting someone! (Bloodthirst for Ass, Urges for Durge)

Halsin. (Potential) guilt for something you have done, being pushed in a leadership position (Halsin at the grove, Durge with companions) that you may or may not be unsuited for. Being so, so alone, without anyone to care for your feelings. They both also have sides of them that they sometimes can't control, with the Bear and Urges, or more literally, the Slayer.

Minthara. A proud and efficent warrior that got one upped by a person they underestimated. Ties to Orin. Living as someone with the highest social status in a brutal, cruel society. Fanatic worship of an objectively evil god(ess) and then the betrayal that follows, waking up from quite literal brainwashing, seeing how your God(ess) turns against you.

And I could go on! Theyre all so good and interesting and depending on what path you decide to take, there is always something that Durge can relate to on with any companion! I tried to avoid repeating points or talking about my Durge specifically by just talking about what is set in canon for them, and there is still! So! Much!

[obsmiechujek]

Hello Gale x Astarion community

[backfliips]

I illustrated a scene from my latest Wyllstarion smut fic --- in which twenty years after the fall of the Netherbrain, Wyll returns to Baldur's Gate to slay the one monster he left behind.........

RATED EXPLICIT - NO CONTENT WARNINGS APPLY

[araneapeixes]

fuck it. sketch poast

[anders-hawke]

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