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"Long rest"

Astarion and Aerral, a little spontaneous gift for @r-i-n-j-i I love her baby boy so much it's almost unbearable 😭

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New wyllstarion smut on my twt 🌚

If the link doesn't work (as twt links often don't) copy and paste it to notes and then try moving to the post. (Tried and worked for me!) If that doesn't work, you'll find the post on my twt acc @ ririsfilthyart

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Sometimes, a family is just an emo goth, an angry space frog, a purple misandrist, a vampire twink, an autistic magician, a golden retriever butch, a half-devil fencer, a furry, a folklore grandma, a bald guy and his hamster, a random adventurer with a weird name, and a psychotic amnesiac with a migraine.

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Durgetash sketchpage by wonderful @mureh ♡!! Scenes of Gortash x Durge Juria before and after "my wife has amnesia" bg3 events (⸝⸝ᵕ ᵕ⸝⸝)

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Just a joke based on the implication made about the dark urge's hobbies and this scene in brooklyn99.

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Unpopular Opinion

An 'evil power couple ruling Toril together' ending for Durge and Gortash is a horrible idea, and I'm glad that it doesn't happen in Baldur's Gate 3. If it ever did, it would not be a happy ending for either of them.

If that's your kink... cool. It's such a popular ask in the fandom that I'm sure someone already wrote it months and months ago.

My kink is redemption, but hardly anyone seems to want that for Gortash, and it makes me sad. I really think it should have been an option.

Here's why I don't want Durge and Gortash ruling Toril:

Durge and Gortash have both been abused, manipulated, and treated like complete shit by their families, their caregivers, and their gods. Bane's treatment of Gortash isn't exactly clear except that he tortures his soul for failure even though Gortash did everything he possibly could to succeed in the Absolute plot. By the time we meet him in-game, Gortash has become as bad, if not worse, than his abusers. Pre-tadpole Durge was a piece of work, too, although Sceleritas does mention that they struggled to stay the course that Bhaal had set them upon even before their lobotomy.

We know that one of the themes in Baldur's Gate 3 revolves around cycles of abuse. Even when the victim-turned-abuser isn't arguably 'as bad' as the one who hurt them, if they choose the same sort of path, they lose everything they were ever really fighting for: themselves.

I know Ascended Astarion stans will stomp their feet and say he hasn't become Cazador 2.0. To them, I say: 'You're right. He hasn't... yet.' However, he has eternity now and a delusional slave of his very own to bring out the worst in him. There's a reason that spawn Astarion mentions how he felt everything he'd learned since meeting his new friend/partner slipping away when he thanks them for stopping his ascension. Because that is what ascension does to him. Astarion loses. Cazador wins. Even dead, he has won. That the fandom doesn't get that boggles my mind.

Some fans like the idea of evil Durge and Gortash taking out Bhaal and Bane, becoming gods themselves. In my opinion, this is so much worse. Killing or torturing their abusers as revenge isn't 'finally showing them' or proving their strength. It is, in fact, a mirror of their abuser's own weakness manifested in their victim. Gortash has already crossed this line. Dravo Flymm is effectively dead, animated only by his tadpole. This is another reason I wish Karlach had the option to forgive Gortash--not for him--but for her.

Gortash intellectualized his own abuse so hard that he actually thinks he was helping Karlach by giving her to Zariel. He has not truly dealt with anything that was done to him. He projects it onto the people around him and makes his own problems into everyone else's. I believe this is why there's no ending in which he survives. That, and running out of time and money to do him and Wyll justice with their storylines.

I don't like Durge and Gortash becoming worse together. A history of abuse does not excuse its continuation. I don't want to watch them be overtaken by their own weakness, to weep as I gaze upon the manifestation of their inescapable cowardice.

I want to see them win, but my definition of winning is not ruling. My definition of winning is choosing to no longer emulate their abusers, to become what tiny glimpses into their back stories show us they once had the potential to be.

The idea of Durge and Gortash enslaving the world and ruling it brings to mind a line from one of my all-time favorite songs: Veteran of the Psychic Wars by Blue Öyster Cult.

'Did I hear you say that THIS is victory?!'

Well... it is. Just not theirs.

Repeating the cycle of abuse is nothing short of ensuring the legacy of the abuser.

Like I said... I want Durge and Gortash to win.

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me: I have made a Resist Durge

Sceleritas: you fucked up a perfectly good Bhaalspawn is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety

(read about Ta'av and her angst here)

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I'd much rather gaze into your eyes than hers.

Yours are capable of tenderness, and feeling.

No god could ever compare.

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Putting the insatiable blood lust to good use

Bonus:

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A list of canonical (to me) things Gale did while pining for Tav.

- Trying to subtly set up dinner seating to encourage them to sit next to him. i.e Notices Tav prefers logs to stools so he sits next to a log everytime. (Annoyed when it doesn't work/Someone else takes the seat).

- Pretends not to hear the first few times he's called, so Tav says his name again (he is conflicted about this habit, he doesnt want to come across as rude).

- Staring (this is all but stated), my heart says specifically with his chin resting in his hand, watching Tav from across the camp a book open in his lap for plausible deniability.

- Mentioning (more than he already does) how much Tav would like Waterdeep. Oh you like plays/food/magic well in Waterdeep... He's determined to at least get them to visit.

- Minor magical improvements to camp, raising the ambient temp slightly, improving the smell of camp. Spells that are too small to really brag about, but he wants credit for doing, but people don't tend to notice. (another source of annoyance for him)

- Bragging to other companions, if he and Tav have a pleasant exchange or moment. "You know I told a very humorous tale earlier, Tav seemed to enjoy it quite a bit would you like to hear it?"

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Keeping things fresh with old habits | Part 2 <- Part 1 | Part 3 ->

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Dragonscales armour concept ✍️ #astarion #bg3 #baldursgate3 #dungeonsanddragons

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My camera roll if smartphones existed in Faerun

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Their facial expressions always send me. The mocap for BG3 never ceases to amaze and amuse 🙀😾

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C0mm for @ajsemprini ❤️