#the barbarian will still LOBE you no matter what you are

[doublegoblin]

Man, Astarion got the short end of the stick as far as good endings go.

So I was on a walk and talking with the partner about BG3 (because good gamer very fun) with an emphasis on how the (arguably) poster boy of the game really kinda got screwed over.

This is going to involve some VERY HEAVY spoilers for the game so I will be putting the rest under the cut petals~

So I won't go too in depth because time on earth is limited and I'd rather not write an entire dissertation so I'll try and keep this brief and to the point. Also this is only going over the "good" endings for the Origin characters.

So huzzah you defeated the Nether Brain! Good job Tav or Whoever! We are all bathing in the setting sunlight! Oh no! Astarion no longer has his tadpole and is burning in the sun! Aaaaand he's ran off.

Wait what?

Yeah here's my issue with this ending. Everyone else, while maybe a tragic ending (see Karlach), gets one that is full of some hope at least! You have Shart overcoming her brainwashing and learning to live for herself. Lae'zel going off to fight a fascistic lich-queen, Wyll out of his contract (without DYING) and finally being able to tell his dad the truth, Gale no longer worried about the bomb in his chest and fufilling his (shitty fucked up) misson to Mythra, Karlach is in Avernus again yes but she isn't alone (either with you or Wyll) and is taking charge of her own life, Halsin saved the shadow-cursed lands and reunites with his best friend, Jaheira reunited with Minsc who is no longer a statue! Hells even Durge gets something nice in becoming their own person!

And poor Astarion, like I know you can't cure vampirism (I could go on how there should have been a counterpart to the ascended ending for him where maybe not cure but help), runs away and becomes alone again (unless you romance him but c'mon man that won't be everyone's play-through) losing all the connections and found family he has made. Like this guy was juuuuust on the cusp of having something he hadn't had in over 200 years, friends and some positive influences in his life and it is snatched away.

Like I thought I did something WRONG when that scene started playing! And like, yes, he is wasn't the greatest of guys when you meet up but can you blame him? Like this man has had to endure 200 years of no true freewill of his own, his body literally being puppeteered by the whims of his Pimp. He became a monster to survive. Does this make up for his past deeds though? Hells fucking no. But, like, he was on the road to not redemption but rehabilitation.

Idk like I said I want to keep this short but damn, he is the ONE character to not have an ending with even a crumb of hope.

ALSO WE CAN JUST STAY IN BALDUR'S GATE AND HIT HIM UP, WE KNOW WHERE HE LIVED! Also like, you've made good with the Guild, you can have that favor and figure out where the guy is...just so he doesn't have to lose the few people who he may care about.

Okay okay now I'm good. Trust me though, THIS is short compared to the thoughts I was having and very loudly proclaiming on our walk. I know a lot of the nuance is being lost by keeping this short but yeah. Bleh, they did my stupid sexy vampire dirty and he earned a smidge of hope imo.

[venndaai]

this beautiful, beautiful fic was just gifted to me today- read it immediately if you’re at all invested in Sphene and Minask and Sphenask! and I got inspired and wrote a bit of Minask character work. Her first meeting with Sphene.

"This isn't nepotism," my mother said, taking the tea bowl Contemplation of the Eye of God handed her. "And it's not going to be a cushy assignment. Gems are good ships, of course, some of the best, but this one is very young and it's bound to need a bit of a firm hand at first."

"Ah," I said, and took a gulp of my own tea. Dark, black stuff, the way Arit Nenkur liked it, the way she'd taught me to like it. I wanted to say, Don't they all get programmed from the start with everything they need to know? but clearly they didn't and questioning would make me look foolish. I did not want to look foolish. 

Five years studying for the examinations, five in military academy, then ten years as Lieutenant on a large warship- not Contemplation, of course. My mother would never have it be said that my path had been smoothed by my family connections- of course it had been, but certainly no one would say it. And ironically, serving on my mother's flagship would, I was sure, have made things more difficult for me, not easier. When I was a child she would constantly push me to my limits. She still often did. 

But, two decades, to get to where I was now, about to be handed my own ship. Some of my fellow officers back on Flower of Enlightenment had expected me to be disappointed at my new assignment. Gems were perfectly respectable middle-weights, but in their opinion, the daughter of Arit Nenkur might have expected captaincy of a Song or Meditation. I hadn't been disappointed. I was nervous enough as it was. Let me try to captain a younger smaller ship of no reputation. I would do the job to the best of my ability, and hopefully build up Sphene's reputation, for as long as I served aboard it. I wouldn't throw those twenty years away.

"You've been given border duty," Arit told me. "The Araai border. Some of the barbarians have started raiding shipping around the Inarat Gate. Put a stop to it."

I put down my tea so I could give the appropriate sitting bow. "Sir," I said. 

I raised my head to see her smiling, and almost fell out of my chair in surprise. Contemplation would have caught me, but it still wouldn't have been a dignified start to this new chapter of my life.  

"I have a gift for you," my mother said. "It's at the estate. Come back after your tour, and I'll give it to you."

"Sir," I said again.

Sphene was waiting for me at Contemplation's primary airlock: a shuttle, my first lieutenant, and three ancillaries. All bowed to me. "At ease," I said, feeling awkward about towering over everyone in the lock, even my mother, who didn't have quite my height. 

My mother clasped my hand briefly in her strong grip. "I have every confidence in you," she said, shocking me again.

"Good luck, sir," said the Contemplation segment that had accompanied us. "Thank you," I said. I turned. "Lieutenant Tisaatr," I said.

"Sir," she replied. 

"Ship." 

"Sir," said the Sphene ancillary closest to me. 

I was, of course, very accustomed to ancillaries, but I found myself taking a closer look at this one. It was thin, tall, and perfectly dressed in its spring green uniform, the pins that designated its identity aligned perfectly on its collar. It had an aesthetically pleasing face, but wasn't one that I recognized, which wasn't surprising. Infamous criminals from well-known houses were rarely made into ancillaries. They were generally reeducated or executed, depending on the exact nature of their crimes and their social positions. Ancillary bodies were provided by the lower classes. Something I didn't especially like to think about. I realized at last that what made this ancillary special was that it was part of my ship. My responsibility, now. I was momentarily overwhelmed, and glanced to the side rather than step back and show weakness in front of my mother and my new first officer- though of course Sphene would see my moment of anxiety no matter what I did. In that moment I desperately missed Flower of Enlightenment, who would have moved to my side to silently steady me with its presence, had I still been its officer.

I took a breath and forced myself to calmness and stillness, as best I could- I'd never been a good student of inner tranquility. I reminded myself that just as Sphene was my first ship, I was its first captain. It was probably more nervous than I was.

Lieutenant Tisaatr was considerably older than me, but that was almost traditional. She'd probably be promoted to her own ship a few years from now, after I'd settled in. I met her eyes, and though she didn't smile I thought I felt her encouraging me. 

"I'll see you in a year," my mother said. "Captain Nenkur."

I bowed once more. 

"This way, Captain," Sphene said. Not in a deferential murmur, as Flower of Enlightenment would have. Crisp, clear, and without emotion, of course. It really did stand very straight, which was a striking look on the segment that was nearly as tall as me, and still made the other two catch the eye. Tisaatr stood and walked like a middle-aged human, though a military one. 

We went through the airlock. I didn't look back, or pause, just strapped myself into an empty shuttle seat. Tisaatr sat across from me. One of the ancillaries swung into the pilot's seat. The other two sat on either side of me. 

"Captain," said a voice in my head, "one of your pins has come askew. Would you like me to straighten it?" 

I took another calming breath, and twitched two of my fingers, go ahead, Ship. The segment to my left leaned over, our faces close enough that I felt its breath. It touched my coat collar, gloved fingers skipping over my house pin and coming to rest on the triangular sphene inset in graven bronze. Turned it so it pointed upward again. Sat back.

My hand rose and I touched the pin, just the lightest touch, with no chance of knocking it out of place again. It was new, too. The replacement for my lieutenant's pin, an eight-lobed platinum blossom. But already, the new one felt right. I touched it once more, and then folded my hands in my lap and idly wondered what present my mother had waiting for me, a year and a day from now.

[mikermontoya-blog]

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