#my two major hyperfixations are colliding help

[svarttrost]

I hear you and I agree! Sugar and Give are definitely great for Astarion.

I don't know how much you Know, but I assume you've played through his story without the romance before or seen/read analyses? I'll try to not spoil anything very major regardless.

Beware, I have been enabled.

So, I raise you:

Rain

100% THE spawn Astarion romance song for me right there.

For so long, I have waited So long that I almost became Just a stoic statue, fit for nobody

Astarion not seeing himself fit for anyone anymore aside from maybe 'a little fun' and nothing serious or 'real'.

But I finally think I can say That the vicious cycle was over The moment you smiled at me

Him starting to fall for the player.

And just like the rain You cast the dust into nothing And wash out the salt from my hands So touch me again I feel my shadow dissolving Will you cleanse me with pleasure?

The player helping him come to terms with his past and to move forward.

I'm coiled up like the venomous serpent Tangled in your trance and I'm certain You have got your hooks in me

It starts with him casting the line to hook the player, but he ends up getting caught himself.

I know, I know, the way that it goes You get what you give, you reap what you sow

Very much in line with his views on how things work in life.

And I can see you in my fate

He wants 'something real'.

And I know, I know, I am what I am The mouth of the wolf, the eyes of the lamb

Man with the wettest roundest eyes ever, who could also literally rip out your throat with his bare teeth? Sound familiar?

So darling, will you saturate?

Bonus points for 'darling'.

Nobody can say for certain If maybe it's all just a game When I open my eyes to the future I can hear you say my name

Still uncertain about the future, but hopeful, that the player will be there with him.

Yeah, just, pretty much the whole thing, really.

******

Telomeres

This one also screams Astarion romance to me.

You guide me in To safety and silence, oh As you breathe me out I drink you in, oh

Safety is a big thing for Astarion, also, 'drink you in'? Yeah.

And we go beyond the farthest reaches Where the light bends and wraps beneath us

I could go into his relationship with the light/sun in literal and metaphorical sense and all that, but, y'know.

And I know as you collapse into me This is the start of something

Catching feelings maybe? Wink wink, nudge nudge.

Your eyes and your limbs Are instruments to pick apart The distance within

Filling in the gaps within him, so to speak, without going too much into it.

Through death My arms are open

Well, he is an undead vampire after all.

And I know as you collapse into me This is the start of something new

This relationship, as well as this safety he's found with the player is very new to him.

******

Ascensionism

It's in the name! The man spends half the game talking about Ascension as soon as he learns what it is! Kinda spoiler-ish, since it's definitely more ascended leaning, and that's quite a tone shift compared to spawn.

Well, I know what you want from me

He does have a tendency to know what people would want, doesn't he?

Who made you like this? Who encrypted your dark gospel in body language? Synapses snap back in blissful anguish Tell me you met me in past lives, past lie Past what might be eating me from the inside, darling

I can just hear these lines being used as a tool of seduction by him. And a little glimpse into his past. Also, more bonus points for 'darling'.

Tell me you guessed my future and it mapped onto your fantasy Turn me into your mannequin and I'll turn you into my puppet queen

Also feels fitting in certain ways.

Won't you come and dance in the dark with me?

He's calling you into the dark, will you take his hand?

Blood stains on the collar, please, just don't ask

Vampire, need I say more?

You're gonna watch me ascend

You are, aren't you? Isn't that what you want?

And I know what you want from me You want the same as me My redemption, eternal ascension Setting me free So I'll take what I want then leave

This whole passage is just it.

******

Hypnosis

Sink, sink your teeth Split my skin, no Just make me bleed

Extremely Astarion coded, just look at this.

Yep.

And you make it more

Than I

Could ever feel

Before

Not much going on in Hypnosis lyric-wise, but what is going on fits very much.

******

I honestly think that people probably went: Astarion = sexy; that last bit of The Summoning = sexy; therefore Astarion = The Summoning. If that makes sense? The song does work for him, but there's so much that fits him just as well if not more in Sleep Token's discography and I had to scream.

bg3 astarion's sleep token song

(astarion spoilers and kinda nsfw)

hello sleep token and astarion community, i know yall are very horny but why did you assign the summoning as the astarion song when sugar literally exists? when these are the lyrics? i may only be on act 1 of my astarion romance playthrough but i Know some things about his story sooo. let me convince you with the lyrics of the song (under the cut)

sugar

[Verse 1] And you play a twisted little game But I know in a way You need to complicate Believe that though we never eat We still know how to feed We still know how to bleed (Oh) <- he's literally a vampire, come on, this is clearly his song

[Chorus] Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now <- thinking back to his first spicy scene in the camp in act 1? yeah, he mentions being tasted right?? you see the link!!?? Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now

[Verse 2] My arms keep you in the room Barely let you move Show me what you do (Oh) Tonight, we're second-guessed again Let me wrap the chains Addicted to the pain <- pain of being bit?!!

[Chorus] Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now

[Bridge] Do you wanna see how far it goes? <- i've seen plenty analysis of astarion that he wanted to seduce you at first to grant himself safety in the party so you wouldn't turn on him and that he wasn't meant to fall in love!!! Do you wanna test me now, my love? <- yeah because astarion doesn't totally call you my love, darling, beautiful, my dear at every given moment.... /s You must be crazy if you think that I will give in so easily Things we buried low Comin' to the surface now, my love You must be crazy if you think that I will give up the game

[Chorus] (Oh, whoa) Sugar, I've got a taste for you now Sugar, I've got a taste for you now Sugar, I've got a taste for you now Sugar, I've got a taste for you now Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now (Do you wanna see how far it goes?) Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now (Do you wanna test me now, my love?) Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now (You must be crazy if you think that I will give in so easily) Sugar, I've developed a taste for you now (Things we buried low, comin' to the surface now, my love) (You must be crazy if you think that I will give up the game)

i haven't analysed every verse and line but it should be obvious that sugar is astarion's song.

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the summoning is a great song too, don't get me wrong and it does fit well but sugar fits like a glove. and i know people only really edit him to the last bridge and refrain but here are the lyrics to the summoning to convince yall.

the summoning

[Refrain] I've got a river running right into you I've got a blood trail, red in the blue Something you say or something you do The taste of the divine

[Pre-Chorus] You've got my body, flesh, and bone, yeah The sky above, the Earth below

[Chorus] Raise me up again Take me past the edge I want to see the other side See the other side

[Pre-Chorus] You've got my body, flesh, and bone The sky above, the Earth below

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus] Raise me up again Takе me past the edgе I want to see the other side Won't you show me what it's like? Won't you show me what it's like?

[Bridge] - astarion edits start here Oh, and my love Did I mistake you for a sign from God Or are you really here to cast me off? Or maybe just to turn me on 'Cause these days I would be lying if I told you that I didn't wish that I could be your man Or maybe make a good girl bad

[Refrain] I've got a river running right into you I've got a blood trail, red in the blue Something you say or something you do The taste of the divine You've got my body, flesh, and bone The sky above, the Earth below Nothing to say and nowhere to go The taste of the divine

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i would even say that give is a worthy song choice too

give

[Verse 1] You take the dark and carve me out a home I picture you when you are all alone I know how we got here I know how we got here I am the shadow, you're a passenger I am the intake of breath so sharp and I know you better Just wanna know you better

[Chorus] If you wanna give Then give me all that you can give All your darkest impulses And if you wanna give me anything, then give Give in again

[Verse 2] I'll tear the fibre from the filament I'll be the limit of your light again I wanna taste you better I wanna taste you better I will be watching for your enemies To let them know that they contend with me I wanna know you're out there I wanna know you're out there

[Chorus] If you wanna give Then give me all that you can give All your darkest impulses and If you wanna give me anything Then give, give in again I just wanna give Wanna give you all that I can give All my darkest impulses And if you wanna give me anything, then give Give in again

[Bridge] In this open warfare I won't fight fair No, I won't fight fair And in your waking moments I will be there I will be there

[Chorus] If you wanna give Then give me all that you can give All your darkest impulses And if you wanna give me anything, then give Give in again I just wanna give Wanna give you all that I can give All my darkest impulses And if you wanna give me anything, then give Give in again

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i'm sure there are other sleep token songs that go very well too so feel free to add them!! sugar and give were just the first two that came to mind