#but my faves are astarion and lae'zel and karlach and minthara (all who do not have round baby faces)

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it's supposed to get dreary here again and i'm like. what if i go get local coffee and do an impromptu closet cosplay of christian girl autumn!orin

i have several long, blonde wigs i could play with and. i certainly could do the creepy makeup alkjfsdkl

[engagemythrusters]

okay here's my fave BDG3 companions, ranked. nobody asked but i was considering my ranking in the shower so I might as well post it.

Gale Listen. He's so fucking useless to me based on how I fight unless I use Shatter, Fireball, Magic Missile, or some form of lightning (not Witchbolt. Fuck you Witchbolt.) BUT HES THE BEST CHARACTER TO ROMANCE. HE IS SO NICE AND LOVING AND SILLY AND DEVOTED AND HE MAKES ME GIGGLE ON BEHALF OF MY TAVS. Ahem. anyway.

Karlach She's funny, she's kind, she's enjoyable... she's just overall cool. Also I love giving her a heavy ass weapon and letting her go to town on gnolls. 100000/10 she's like. the perfect character overall. Gale literally only beats her by a hair. Karlach is perfect <3 I love you Karlach

Astarion I HATE HIM but he's so fucking funny. He's so fucking funny and I LOVE stealing so. Yknow. He's a permanent fixture. Also sometimes I feel bad for him... but only sometimes. Other times I'm ready to hurl him off a cliff and leave him a while before resurrecting him.

Wyll He's genuinely kind. Just like Karlach. And I'm such a fucking sucker for kind people. Also he's the one that I actually consider doing Origin for because I think his plot would be the most interesting to follow in-character. Again beaten only by a hair simply bc Astarion fuels my stealing urges. I'm sorry Wyll <3

Jaheira Idk. I just enjoyed having her on my team. I haven't even played BDG1/2 so it's not even nostalgia. I just like having a druid on my team and I liked how she interacted with my favourite Tav. I hadn't even planned on using her but I used her to recruit Minsc and then I just. didn't wanna swap her back out to... whoever I swapped out in the first place (idk who it was oops) and kept Jaheira the entire rest of the game. honestly contemplating putting her higher on the list but nah i do like the others where they are.

Minsc I'm also a sucker for his type of character, and he can be really fucking funny. I love that about him. It's just that the others have him beat.

Halsin WELL ACTUALLY I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH I WOULD ENJOY PLAYING HIM BECAUSE ORIN KEEPS STEALING HIM. EVERY TIME. But I think he's interesting so WHENEVER I GET TO PLAY HIM WILL BE INTERESTING. Fuck you Orin.

Shadowheart Look. I enjoy her. I do. But my fave Tav romanced her my first time and now its just awkward. Tav and I both politely ignore her now. (except this last time. I accidentally killed her? :( sorry bbgorl)

Lae'zel ... she is very useful when most of your party is based in magic. That is all I have to say.

Minthara Only saved her the once. Wasn't interested in playing her.

[ashes-acedia]

HEYO! For the fandom ask! Either BG or Fallout!

hell yeah!! okay disclaimer... i've only played bg3. and i need to replay fallouts plural-- so i'm a bit rusty on that front.

bg3:

1. The first character I first fell in love with

i saw a clip of astarion's meltdown after being exploded at rosymorn... i was absolutely Enchanted by his screeching so i bought the game.

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now

the conglomerate of tiefling babies you meet at the grove and follow throughout the game. that funky little gaggle owns my heart. mattis swindling your sorry ass. silfy crying!!! mirkon writing you a fucking story?! ide? umi?! DONI?! precious queen mol!?!?

i wish tav could invite them to live at camp. the children need to be housed, dammit!!

@lariannnn let eleanor have her wretched little brood. mol and astarion would be devastating. 🖤

3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t

okay... i might have to go into hiding after this... but... halsin? it's not that i don't like him. i do. but i like him most when orin is posing as him... whew. my love for gale probably makes this hypocritical*-- he just comes on too heavy, like bro i've never once hinted at flirting with you 🥲 i'msosorrytothehalsinstans

*without a doubt i have chosen the flirty dialog with gale, so jot that down

4. The character I love that everyone else hates

trying to rack my brain-- i stay on the fringes of fandom nowadays, so i don't really know this stuff-- UHH he's an asshole but i really enjoy ketheric as a character? his whole backstory with the curse. the battle with him and myrkul is always a good time. and myrkul looks fucking sick. so does ketheric's armor. necromancy. ✨

(but please rot forever for hurting isobel and aylin)

oh and ORIN... since apparently people don't like her. i support women's rights and wrongs.

5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer

honestly? i don't have one. i feel like my brain has the faves on rotation. but nothing's changed much.

6. The character I would totally smooch

gale or wyllym. unless we're talking domesticated astarion... in that case, well

7. The character I’d want to be like

probably jaheira or karlach.

jaheira with her wit and wisdom. when i get older, or even now, i'd like to be that person. come here sweet babies, let this old lady learn you something.

karlach because she's so excited for life. she has no reservations about who she is. i want to be that jazzed about life and not care what other people think, even if it ruffles feathers.

8. The character I’d slap

mizora. a good openhanded slap.

you know what! raphael too. what a bastard. kick him right in the balls. full force.

i say all this with affection and disrespect. 🖤

9. A pairing that I love

i'm gonna list so many... astarion/gale, wyll/karlach, shart/lae'zel, karlach/gale, jaheira/minsc, aylin/isobel, astarion/karlach, alfira/lakrissa, karlach/dammon, wyll/astarion, and now that i thought about rolan/gale it's a real neat concept...

i always thought that halsin and art would be cute.... but.... sad.

i'd like to put each character and minthara under a microscope if that counts for anything.

10. A pairing that I despise

idk, man. you do you... but if i have to say one, mystra/gale. she groomed him. she's gross. in this house we hate mystra.

uhh i'm just gonna... make... another post for fallout. i've rambled way!! too!! much!!

[nightmarist]

ok........ my favorite accumulated bg ships.......

Feel free to send prompts, ask headcanons, etc !

⭐ - Big Faves 😈 - Dubcon OK 💀 - Noncon OK CW Incest (Durge/Orin, Raphael/Mephistopheles)

My Tavs/Durges/OCs:

Tareth - my main Tav. Emotionally repressed warlock drow. Yuta - OC. Tiefling Grave Cleric. Rapunzel/Cinderella trope. Huitzil (x) - Embrace Durge. White Draconic Sorcerer. Blood is Sacred. To Bleed is to Love. Blood is Life. Death is an extent of Life. Sahariel - Resist Durge. Vengeance Paladin Aasimar. He thinks he's better than Bhaalspawn but there are just as many corpses. Aurelio - OC I intended to ship w Astarion. He's an Ixalan Vampire from the MtG Universe, which is within the DnD and BG3 Multiverse. He is a paladin sun-walking vampire whose culture worships vampires as protectors.

I'm really burnt out on Astarion so unless it's a very interesting dynamic, please consider someone else!

I have not had Minthara in my party yet so I apologize for her lacking. I do have some ships with her tho bc she's hot <3

RAPHAEL &/or HAARLEP

Raphael/Haarlep⭐⭐⭐😈💀

"All the Beasts of the Hells" 😈💀

Cazador ⭐😈💀

Mephistopheles 😈💀

Ascended Raphael/Slayer Durge 😈💀

Yurgir 😈

Gortash 😈

The Archivist/Haarlep 😈

Tav or Durge😈

Kith'rak Voss😈

Sorn Orlith

WYLL

Zevlor⭐

Halsin

Zevlor & Halsin⭐

Karlach

Gale

Lae'zel

LAE'ZEL

Karlach ⭐

Shadowheart

Gith!Tav

Tav or Durge😈

Slayer Durge😈

Vlaakith

KARLACH

Gortash (Pre-Zariel)

Zariel 😈💀

Devils 😈

Wyll

Dammon

Lae'zel

Shadowheart

Halsin

SHADOWHEART

Nocturne

Viconia😈

Nocturne & Viconia😈

Minthara😈

Shar😈💀

Karlach

Lae'zel

isobel & Aylin⭐

Aylin (As Nightsong) 😈

Wyll

Halsin

Wyll & Halsin

Kar'niss

Ketheric

Abdirak

ISONEL & AYLIN <3<3

Isoble/Aylin⭐<3<3

Kar'niss

Minthara

Selunite Tav

Shadowheart

ORIN

Durge 😈💀

Slayer Durge😈💀

Ketheric ⭐😈💀

Gortash😈💀

Lae'zel 😈💀

Halsin😈💀

Jaheira😈💀

KETHERIC

Durge😈

Oathbreaker!Tav 😈

Evil!Cleric!Tav 😈

Gortash😈

GORTASH

Ketheric😈

Orin 😈

Durge 😈💀

Raphael &/or Haarlep⭐😈

Karlach (pre-zariel)

ZEVLOR

Minthara 😈

Halsin⭐

Ketheric😈

Tav

Wyll ⭐

Wyll & Halsin⭐

ROLAN

Zevlor⭐

Gale⭐

Larroakan⭐😈💀

Drow!Tav/Nere

CAZADOR

Sebastian⭐😈💀 (esp as a replacement for Astarion <3)

Tav or Durge😈

Slayer Durge😈

Raphael and/or Haarlep ⭐😈

Vampire Spawn😈💀

Vellioth⭐⭐⭐😈💀

Astarion, but on thin ice (im just so burnt out on him man) 😈💀

MISCELLANY

Abdirak/He Who Was

He Who Was/Kar'niss

Minthara/Z'rell

Drow!Tav/Dhourn

Drow!Tav/Kar'niss

Nere/Kar'niss 😈

Orpheus/Voss

Emperor/Orpheus 😈

Cazador/Tav or Durge

Cazador/Slayer Durge

Raphael/The Crown (im joking. but just barely.)