#astarion says but my HAIR

[terezis]

UPUR MIND HI. ELLA ENCHANTED AND THE REST OF THE GAIL CARSON LEVINE VERSE IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME. KEEP TALJIBG

look i think you could make a serious case for turning this into an astarion/wyll fic, like it would probably make more sense to give him the role of prince char over tav... but unfortunately i do not ship it. i'm a wyll/karlach girly at heart. sorry lads i know.

but anyways there is just something so compelling (pun intended) to me about the parallels bt ella and her curse and astarion and his whole (gestures) everything…

ella being a little snarky and a little charming and doing everything she can do twist the orders she's given to annoy or inconvenience the ppl bossing her around. yeah that's astarion babey.

that said there are so many antagonists in (book) ella enchanted it's hard to say where u put cazador. giving him lucinda's role (fairy who curses him) seems obvious but then later in the book you have hattie starving ella for the lulz and dame olga making ella scrub the floor until her knuckles bleed and the dad who literally tries to sell ella to a rich old man for profit.

and that's all a lot more willfully malicious (and mirrors astarion's backstory woes more) than lucinda's well-meaning but nasty gifts.

so i think maybe it's not a 1:1 au. but the bones are there. do you see my vision. compare the beat where astarion confesses his plan to tav bc he wants something real with them and they're like "we can be together without sleeping together for as long as u want,"

—to book!ella breaking her curse and declaring that she REFUSES to marry the prince who she loves even if ordered bc she can't bear the thought of hurting him. something something LOVE and AGENCY. it's good

also the ogres from the book are played by the ogres you find in the blighted village. i think it is funny to make halsin the guy from the kingdom of elves. areida (ella's friend from finishing school) is... my first impulse is to say karlach but i think i want it to be shadowheart. i think i need them bond over snarking and that's how they become friends. they're the only ones there who speak elvish and they're real catty about it. mandy is played by withers

astarion says PLEASE can you use some big magic to help me out here idc about the consequences or about the tapestry of fate or w/e make it stop raining so i can go to the gd ball

withers says... no

[silver-horse]

it's fascinating that those biphobes compare women liking astarion to women liking legolas and they mention a popular post that says "I never understood why so many straight women are into legolas. what do you think he is going to do? top you?" they bring this post up like some sort of proof "haha. so right. so true."

EXCEPT the notes on that popular post are filled with THOUSANDS of women commenting "no. I am gonna top him" and "bold of you to assume women can't top" and a lot of them are bisexual women commenting "I am bi and I only like men who look like a girl lol" honestly relatable Lmao

they act like that shitpost is pointing out some truth about how those women are silly. but the replies on that post show the stupidity of that assumption. people really don't get that feminine looking women don't just want to be rough handled by some masculine dude. and people have varied tastes and sexual desires. there is so much misogyny all tangled up in the biphobia. but it's subtle in a way that they don't notice their views on these matters are flawed because even when we point out what's wrong with these gender essentialist stereotypes, they ignore it and treat it as a joke "haha you all act like we wanted to behead bisexuals"

[theredviper]

SYLUS "THE RELENTLESS CONQUEROR"

— Love & Deepspace (2023), dev. InFold [x]

[bananasfosterparent]

Don't need saving, I'm okay 'Cause you keep me somewhere safe And if the cold winds chase me to the edge I will feel your warmth ahead I'm not scared of darker hours When your heartbeat is my power Just like seeing shooting stars I've waited such a long, long time And now, here you are Shelter - Jason Ross ft Melanine Fontana

🥀🩸🥀🩸🥀🩸

I need to draw them together more lol I have so many WIPs of them in my cloud files but can't ever finish them boy I love them depression hours

But I did manage to finish this one! I had a lot of fun with coloring this one too. I really wish I could give her the leg scar in-game... but maybe with the new mod tools coming out I can figure out how to do it 🥲

[what-is-it-to-be-pk-esque]

Ok I know I'm heavily biased here but like I kinda love that Astarion's romance is one of the few in this type of video game where you basically end up canonically unmarried and childfree in his "good" ending? Just travelling the world??

Like it's honestly the millennial dream lmfaoo cannot believe i chose what would undoubtedly be my favorite option, first try

[utterdrip]

i didnt know there was dialogue where astarion implies we’re together!!!!!

shadowheart: ur friends now with good people, arent u?

astarion: yes but actually i am also in an indescribably tender and fulfilling relationship with a WEIRDO

shadowheart: ok great.

[million-golden-drachmas]

𝖯𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗅 𝖡𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟦 by @percy-and-rachel-events (late entry) 🔹𝖧𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁

A twist to the original 'meme' where Percy calls Rachel a good girl for saving him with that dam blue plastic hairbrush.

Does this even qualify as an entry for the Hairbrush prompt tho😅?

[elfsyellowflowerzart]

i drew this before i even played the game

[foursaints]

saints i was thinking about ludora as not just a blond/blonde ship but both of them also having super long, silky hair too and then i was giggling over how lucius would have like a one hundred step haircare routine, he’s brushing it every night before bed and then again in the morning, he carries a comb at all times just in case etc etc and then pandora like maybe, and that’s a big maybe, brushes her hair once a week? if she remembers? doesn’t use any fancy product except like regular shampoo & conditioner and the like and yet her hair is always still so soft and ethereal looking and lu is so so offended…. anyway i’ve been obsessing over lucius a little recently and ur posts about them have not been helping at all i love them

KARA WERE YOU THE ONE WHO CALLED HIM A PATHETIC CUNT-SERVING WORM?? i cannot stop thinking about that... scream.

you get it! there is something so hilarious about lucius being obsessed with Appearance and Pureblood Propriety and Tailors and 60-Galleon Hair Oil and Having A Massive Stick Up His Ass At All Times and then (maybe because of this) falling HARD for this dirty, half-haunted unearthly porcelain doll of a girl that looks like something left behind at the flea market. she's humming lullabies under her breath, picking twigs from the bird's-nest tangle of her hair, and he's watching this thinking... Oh. I'm in fucking trouble

[astarionfreak]

[wampabampa]

not my photos but this is when i fell for him chat ngl (i didnt ss at the time cause i was uncool and ungamer

[retromimic]

astario~n

[theredviper]

NEIL NEWBON as ASTARION ANCUNIN

— Baldur's Gate 3 (2023), dev. Larian Studios

+ BONUS:

happy birthday, @perotovar!

— SURPRISE! 🎉 i know that when this is posted, it won't be your birthday yet, but hopefully, that's okay. i've tried rewriting this over and over again, but i'm awful with words lol happy 29th birthday, erin <3 i hope it treats you well!! i absolutely adore this quote and i couldn't think of a better scene to gif for you. i'm going to sound like a broken record in this next part, so prepare yourself mentally lol you're genuinely one of the most talented people i know. your gifs are so recognizable, and i smile every time i see them on my timeline. you are so sweet. you always answer my questions, no matter what they’re about. not to mention, you made me a whole tutorial on how to make gifs! well, not for me, specifically, but you let me use it lol and the fact that you send me stuff that you'll think i like? it makes me so happy, even if i always say that i will have no money because of you. anyways, thanks for not getting tired of my yapping 😭

[rawrsatthetree]

I hate when people gender bend a male character and just slap some generic long hair on him. You give that dyke the pixie cut she deserves you cowards!

[redrocketpanda]

Whoa, hold the fucking phone. Since when did I develop the very specific type of "heinously obnoxious white haired man bathed in blood" and how do I make it stop?

[wildtornado-o]

Felt like drawing what i imagined Astarion looking like before he turned into a vampire spawn