#gabe plays bg3

[serenityfails]

given the fact that all of the bg3 characters can potentially fuck each other i think we're overdue for a good sex pollen orgy i think it could be very good character exploration material and i am not joking

[mattressdemon]

childlike whimsy vs. questioning your very humanity

[gabessquishytum]

Hi Gabe! Hope you're well! This one was inspired by this art

There's a statue in the middle of the woods near the village Morpheus lives in. No one knows from where it came nor for how long it has been there, but everyone knows one thing: sometimes, if you ask and you're lucky enough, it can grant you a wish.

Some people believe the statue grants the wishes based on how worthy you are, some believe it's based on how worthy the wish itself is. Some believe it's pure luck, and some believe it's all a load of bullshit, complete coincidence. Morpheus doesn't know what to believe.

He has seen the statue a few times before, when he was still young - it's a plump man, with thick arms, thighs and chest, a belly that rests confortably on his lap, wavy hair that reaches strong shoulders and frames a face that is so beautiful and serene it has made more than one person cry. The man is sat on a boulder and a single piece of cloth wraps his body in gentle folds, and his position makes it seem like he's offering his hands and a conforting smile to whoever is kneeling before him.

He didn't see the statue for years after he left the village in pursue of a life with Nada - that is, before Nada decided she wanted nothing to do with him. Nor did he see it after Alianora, or Killala, or Thessaly. Even Calliope, the one he believed was his soulmate from the moment they locked eyes, had broken their courting.

Too clingy, they said. Always hovering, always wishing to be close, always offering food and disrupting whatever they were doing, until he himself got lost in his drawings and paintings and they couldn't get a hold of him for days, sometimes weeks. Drawings and paintings in which he poured his love for them, only for them to leave before it was finished - and then Morpheus would throw the canvases and sheets of paper in the fire.

The day after Calliope left, Morpheus came back to the village. He haunted his home for days, and then the grounds when he started feeling too empty. He started going farther and farther from the estate each night, until he happened upon the clearing and the statue. And Morpheus let himself believe, just for a single moment.

He kneled before the statue, placed his hands above the man's, looked into his eyes, and wished for someone who would let him love them, and love him back just as fiercelly.

The next day, Morpheus woke up to a man resting on the settee and smiling at him, a single piece of cloth wraping his golden, furry body in gentle folds.

(is this anything? idk lol Have a good day!)

Hmnnnggg yeH this is something. Still haven't played bg3 btw but I still get very excited when I see Gale art. Esp if he gets to have some tummy.

I absolutely love this. First the idea of Dream kneeling in supplication before the statue and just wishing for someone to love! Someone who will stay! Someone who will understand. He feels a little bit silly but it's actually rather comforting, and he stays a long time with his cheek pressed against the statue's thigh. If nothing else, he's released some pent up emotions.

But the next day his life changes forever. The statue is sitting in his house - except it isn't a statue anymore. Its a real, flesh and blood man. With dimpled cheeks and gentle eyes. Dream can't do anything except stare in complete loss and confusion.

"So sorry to barge in." The man says. "But you did make a wish, didn't you? I heard, and I thought... well, I'm sure I could love you in the way that you're looking for."

Dream sits down heavily, with his mouth still hanging open. He doesn't know what he's supposed to say! This man is too beautiful to be true, he's sure that he must be dreaming. How on earth could a statue come alive, and why would he choose to grant Dream’s wish???

"I'll make some tea. I know it's a lot to take in." The man says kindly. "I'm Hob. In case you were wondering."

And he walks off to put Dream’s kettle on the stove, carelessly allowing his fabric covering to shift over his body as it pleases. Dream gulps, staring at Hob’s soft swaying arse cheeks. If this is a dream, then he never wants to wake up!

[7er1ch0]

this ones just for me

the digital painting to really nice

side note, by the time this is up id have FINALLY finished a single play through of bg3

[awakened-omen-art]

Can we talk about Art growth for a sec?

Sept 2017 and one of the first posts on this account

Aug 2018

July 2019 and my first ever paid commission

March 2020

May 2021 and I'm starting to figure out armour

Feb 2022 - Oct 2022 (time between OG and redraw ~6 months)

Aug 2022 - Oct 2023 (time between OG and redraw ~1 year) and honestly one of the most bonkers art growth spurts I've ever SEEN. I used Tye and Gabe for anatomy and character interaction practice and I thing they were the beginning of my genuine growth because i started using references more for pose practice

Nov 2023 and the start of my BG3/ DND era. More character interaction practice and I'm playing with style

Dec 2023 and I'm figuring out armour and weapons again!

Jan 2024 (literally last week) and one of my fav pieces I've done of them. Every time I draw them I work on getting Rolan's features more accurate. The bump in his nose, the curve of his horns, the way his hair curls around his ear. I've started using references more again.

And finally

Jan 2024 (WIP of something I'm currently working on) And these don't even show how much my shading has improved.

Between these 2 drawings is about 7 fucking years.

It is so CRAZY how your art improves in that amount of time!! 1 year to even just a few months of working you can already see a difference but holy SHIT.

I find that the most growth is found when you draw a lot of the same thing. The year of my super hyperfixation on my OCs Tye and Gabe and the past few months of drawing BG3 fanart is where the biggest spikes are.

Who knew that when the pros say "never stop drawing. practice practice practice" they actually meant it. Lmao

[immren]

4 and 10 for ambrose 15 for immren + a and g (about both of them) for yewwww

How easy is it to earn their trust?

not easy at all. he's extremely paranoid, but he's very easy to talk to and work with despite that. like he doesn't Seem that he's always on edge, but he is. even more so after he becomes prince, because he has a different mindset about the camarilla and anarchs compared to the primogen, who REALLY don't like him, but appointed him as prince since he's naive and easy to control. then they send him across the country once he starts rebelling and being difficult.

the only one person he genuinely trusts is iver. that's why he offered the mutual blood bond lol. and then they divorce every other week. sorry this is unrelated . there's lucien also but they grew apart once ambrose became "more important."

What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?

ambrose lies so much. even when he's telling the truth, he will usually keep the parts of it to himself if it means getting things to work in his favor. that sort of thing, if that makes sense ?

there are lies he's told that DO actually haunt him. idk if you remember, but that comic i drew of him and his brother, gabriel. like ambrose's sire wiped gabe's memory of him. ambrose meets him again years later and catches gabe's attention bc hes just Staring. so he has to act like he doesn't know him. that hurt him a lot. (brief ambrose lore, his parents died before he was turned, and gabe is his only remaining family member. who's basically dead to him now since andrew mindwiped him and forbids ambrose from speaking to him ever again.)

How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

for immren's voice claim, i'm really drawn to jamie bower I think. [Im really sorry for the strangers thing clip, i don't see immren having a british accent 😭] but the way jamie speaks here is really really accurate to how i imagine immren's cadence though. also since his voice also isn't as deep as the voice i used in bg3 (i still love you Voice 3 ).

immren is soft spoken in a normal conversation, almost whispering half the time. every word he says, it's like he says it with purpose. he speaks so eloquently in a way that makes most people Want to listen to him. super easy for him to be manipulative. Looks at his in-game charisma stat.....

also he NEVER uses fillers during his sentences like "um" "uh" "er" etc etc, if that makes sense. though i guess that goes along with "every word he says is said with purpose." lol.. he rarely rehearses because he doesn't need to. he will stay silent if he absolutely needs to think over a response to something. (ex. Gortash asking him to come with him to steal the crown of karsus from mephistopheles, and immren just staring at him for a good twenty seconds before verbally replying.)

he does struggle to speak with emotion, and if he tries, it sounds forced and unnatural. the characters that get to know him on a more personal level can understand his genuine feelings since he's so Direct anyways.

SORRY . I REALLY RAMBLED i hope this makes sense

Why are you excited about this character?

ambrose has a lot of fun connections in his world i love thinking about and would like to eventually draw more interactions of! iver, lucien, his sire, the random human men he won't ghoul but plays with their lives anyways, his former coterie, his new coterie. he's also a fashion model so that gives me an excuse to dress him up like a barbie with fun clothes i find on pinterest. Also vtm in general makes me excited and happy, and not to be biased but i really like my dumbass ventrue lol

immren has a lot of interesting traits to him i like to talk about! not only does he experience the horrors of being a bhaalspawn, he also has that cosmic horror aspect about him too with his eldritch patron. im excited to draw more horror related things with him if im ever feeling brave enough, there are some painting ideas i do have in mind already. there are also things in bg3 i haven't really touched on yet with art so im excited to get around to those too with him

What trait of theirs bothers you the most?

ambrose is really difficult for me to characterize a lot of the time. he's a hypocrite. he's kind. he's twisted. he wants to protect humans yet plays with their lives like they're his toys. he's manipulative. he seeks out the best for his coterie members. im afraid he reads off as inconsistent but maybe that's his charm? 😭

immren is supposed to be a really evil and dark character but sometimes i feel like im woobifying on accident. . does this count . LMFAOO

[aria-ashryver]

cas struggling to pick between karlach and astarion as love interests

gabriel secretly being proud after cas goes good tav route

Awww Cas would be so sweet and heroic, what a dork 🥹

Luca, meanwhile, on their durge run:

Cas would get so excited that there's a whole class that's just "get mad, yell, hit things, nothing can hurt you", and then even more excited that there is this absolute beast of a woman who also likes to yell and hit things 🖤🖤🖤 (and she's so sweet and sunshiney?? He'd love his barbarian gf).

(But i think he'd also be into getting negged by Shadowheart lmao. Actually, Cas's bisexual ass playing BG3? He'd be in heaven. He'd probably struggle to choose a LI at first tbh)

Gabe, meanwhile, I can see rolling a lawful good cleric or paladin and romancing Wyll, before realising Halsin is a LI too, getting very emotional about the bear man and his layers of trauma he keeps trying to "I'm fine, don't worry" his way through, and then being absolutely distraught when he realises while Halsin is poly, Wyll isn't. Cue him closing the game for the day because he tried to break up with Wyll and the breakup scene made him way too sad to keep playing lol.

(Not, uhhhh, not speaking from personal experience on that exact scenario or anything lmao 😐)

Re. Origin playthroughs: Gabe is playing as Gale (Cas is making fun of him for being a massive nerd in every possible world); Cas is playing as Lae'zel on his Shadowheart romance playthrough bc he thinks its funny; Luca never does an Origin run bc he's too busy making about 800 different Tavs

[serenityfails]

okay i am going to bed now for real but

everyone is talking about sex in the game, tits this, penises that, bugbear sodomy etc but nobody is talking about how the first thing that happens in the game is a bug goes in your eyeball and then you pry a big squishy brain out of a lobotomized elf's skull

[serenityfails]

thankful for the groupchat. discussing that i like gale more now but also i think people make him out to be too nice. he's not nice he's this:

[serenityfails]

DAVE THE DURGE!

his Int is too high for me to play him Stupid but he is willfully ignorant. he's shoving all his misgivings into a little box and burying the box. presumably next to all the corpses

[serenityfails]

i think it's so fucking funny lae'zel treats you like a dog that got into the garbage after the murder. she's like DAVE. DAVE IS THAT YOUR CORPSE? DROP IT. DROP IT

it's even funnier imo that like... okay so he tried to go "lalala this isn't happening!" obviously didn't work. then he tried to hide the evidence. failed the roll and spilled innards everywhere. and instead of doing literally anything else he just... left it there and went back to bed. again, covered in blood and viscera. my man is so fucking stupid

[serenityfails]

i can feel myself developing hater opinions about a bg3 ship... pray for me

[serenityfails]

JACKING IN AND JACKING OFF

[serenityfails]

i'm going in

[serenityfails]

my apologies to the raphael bg3 girlies but i do NOT get it. like what if hugh grant were less handsome and had absolutely no game. being a cunt is not the same as serving it

[serenityfails]

girliepop is covered in bruises because she has 1 hp because my new wife celebrated us beating the guys chasing her by hitting everything in the room with her axe and setting it all on fire with us inside and she died and wyll had to pick her unconcious ass up off the ground. i'm in love