#; tarlya talks

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'research' for pt 3 of artistic endeavours so far includes: riding from saint denis to [secret location] to work out how long it would take to get there, looking at all of the buildings in saint denis and taking note of their names to potentially name drop (also running my horse into the sidewalk while doing so and angering some guy to the point where he starts a fight) and finally searching up what travel sized paint sets looked like in the late 1800's because i need to know what reader will bring along to their fun little adventure. and then finally deciding that this really doesnt matter and i can make up stuff because no one is going to fact check me

this is consuming my brain u guys... also thought abt how funny it would be for reader, known resident of saint denis, to talk with arthur about all the shenanigans that's been going on, not knowing he's been involved in them.

reader, blissfully unaware of arthur's true occupation: "so, someone crashed a trolley after using it as a getaway because they robbed the station, that's really dangerous. so many lawmen were injured, and i hate to think about if any civilians were caught in the crossfire" arthur, sweating nervously: "yeah. that is super dangerous. who would do such a thing??"

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ok. i caved and made a second account for my writing ! that way i can keep art + writing separate and nothings gonna get lost in this acc yknow????

it's over at @sankttealeaf if anyone is interested !

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the fruits of my labour (intense 5 days of relearning blender, digging through virtualtexture hell and finally getting to pose them like barbie dolls)

cannot wait to pose them around more. this also might help with drawing references too so the urge to build the companions up to use as refs is very strong... but for now? ruetash 👉👈

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biting the bullet and writing up the classic "we have to infiltrate this super fancy party to gain information about our enemies" fic for bg3 because we are lacking in that department.

i need my winter palace moment from dragon age inquisition. what do you mean we don't get a scene dancing with influential people and gaining dirt on everyone??

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subjected my friends sketchbook to ruetash today (she gave me a page and said go crazy. i said i wouldnt draw gortash yet here we are)

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we have a new kitty!!!! her name is artemis (after the greek god & the artemis space program)

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been playing too much baldur's gate 3 lately and i fear it has infected my brain!!! if u see me writing for any of these characters no you dont (you do. im down bad for that goddamn vampire man) (my type in men are "sad and pathetic" (and fictional but shh we aren't thinking too hard abt that)))

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hello a little update into my 3d rendering adventures below the cut hehe!! its all ive been doing lately and i need to ramble about it.

soon. rue and gortash will hold hands >:)

managed to rig up a rue model!!! made her pose a lil!! taken from my instagram story because i forgot to send the actual rendered image to my phone

i also kept running into a problem where the seam between the body & head would show when rendering in cycles but its fixed (had to update blender from 3.6 to 4.0)

but the best part about this all?

remodelling rue now that these issues are fixed!! look at her!!! i still do not know how to add vitiligo but thats a later problem. can always edit that in after a render is done ykno?

gonna give her a camp/relaxed outfit & then a more practical one too. forces me to streamline the rigging process too

also tackled the gortash model today and i think ive worked out how to actually get his textures to be coloured (manually colouring the base map. theres probably an easier way however im too scared to ask for help / advice on the server i joined which was made for this sort of stuff. anyway-)

GORTASH!!!!!! T POSING IDIOT!!!!!

gonna rig him up tomorrow and hopefully he's poseable!!!

this has been so much fun to do! ive learned SO MUCH from others & also just. messing around & googling obscure things in hopes theres an answer. i cant believe how much i missed 3D stuff. or maybe im enjoying it more because im not in a stressful academic setting. probably that

anyway thanks for reading. i cant wait to start being able to pose them together 👉👈 and also make other characters in this too!!

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@ everyone who has asked for a part two to trapped: i see u and i hear you. however i cannot think of a compelling enough idea for a second part :(

you want me to trap them again? you want me to put them in Worse Situations?? i'm shaking the bars to astarion and readers cages rn demanding to know what they want from me!! what horrors must i put you through????

in other news i do have more astarion fics coming out if that quenches your thirst. keep an eye out + also requests are open i'm collecting them like little pebbles right now<3

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rue plushie photos under the cut but i finished her!!!!! gotta make her some pretty clothes to wear now but shes DONE!!!!

about to order some more fabric and potentially make a gortash one... just for fun...

some of the stitching on the hair is a little eh, could be better but there she is! my goofy lookin gal!!! comes with autopsy scar and everything!!

4 days. all sewn by hand. first time embroidering. (also first time sewing with this kind of fabric too)

shes so silly and im so proud of her<3

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wip wednesday!! [18/10/23]

thank you for the tag @theviridianbunny!!!! i actually have stuff to show today :D some of it are requests, most of it is just shameless self-indulgent writing. i am nothing if not cringe (in the most positive way ever)

if you want an excuse to share something you're working on, take this as your sign!! i tag YOU to share some work!!

WRITING WIPS:

here's a few snippets of what i've been writing lately!

BG3: HEALING HANDS | astarion x gn!reader [requested]

"Either I leave and let slip to everyone how close you are to greeting death, or you let me help you," he says, and you wish your hands weren't so badly hurt or else you would have hit him. You always found yourself butting heads with Astarion, and now he was offering to help you?  Neither option was ideal. On one hand getting him away would be perfect, but then everyone else will swarm and fuss over you and you don't feel like dealing with that. With a heavy sigh, you place the washcloth in his hand.  "See? That wasn't so hard now, was it?" His voice oozes sarcasm and you glare at him. He squeezes out some of the excess water and begins to clean up your face. "Why don't you want to ask for help?" Astarion asks gently, wiping away the dried blood that coated your forehead. "We're a team, aren't we?" "You're one to talk," you snap back, though the intensity of your tone is crushed by the hiss of pain you let out when he presses against one of the deeper cuts on your face. "Ouch! You bastard." "If you aren't nice, then I guess I'll be rough with you," he says with a simple shrug, brushing some hair from your face. "Be good for me, alright?"

hit a slight writers block with this as i do not know where to progress further. hopefully my muse will return from war.

BG3: (currently unnamed fancy party intel gathering fic) | potential poly party x reader

With the threat of Absolute cultists marching on the city imminent, you were pressed for time to try and work out exactly who you were up against when it came to Orin and Gortash. You were well aware of the slippery masks Orin wore, posing as too many people already for your liking, her words laced with a hunger for blood to be spilled, but you knew nothing when it came to the latter. Well, next to nothing.

BG3: A Worse Situation Than A Cave In (wip title) | astarion x gn!reader | sequel to trapped

It's always a welcome breath of fresh air when you could bed down in an actual bed, so when you come across an inn on your journey you've already worked out how much it would cost for a night there than on the road. By the looks of it, your companions also wanted to spend the night in somewhat comfort. You decided to partner up for the rooms, to cut the costs and save your gold on useful things. The old lady at the front desk told you they have three rooms available, two of them can sleep two people and one of them could sleep three.  Lae'zel, Shadowheart and Karlach teamed up together, with Karlach loudly announcing for a 'girls night' while Wyll and Gale claimed one of the two bed rooms. Which left you and Astarion to take the other. You didn't mind, really. After everything that you both went through on that awful treasure hunting lead you suppose it would be nice to spend some time with him away from damp caves. You push open the door, ready to unload your bags onto the floor when your face falls. One bed, big enough for two people. You give Astarion a look as he pokes his head into the doorway.  "Oh." 

what's worse than being trapped in a cave? only one bed. duh.

BG3: let sleeping dogs lie | rue (my durge) x gortash

"Why do you have lemongrass scented soap in your cupboards?" She turns the questioning onto him as he leaves, beginning to light up some candles that were placed along the walls of the bathroom. "You complain when I don't have anything up to your standards, and yet when I do you question me?" He pauses in his tracks for a moment. Rue notices now in the soft warmth of candlelight that he is shirtless and something inside of her feels… angry? Annoyed? Flustered? What was this feeling?  "I'm simply curious."  He laughs and she grits her teeth. "Our alliance is only as strong as the bonds we forged them with. A happy business partner means a happy transaction." When enough light is now in the room he stops, taking a few steps closer to Rue. "Doesn't the idea of lemongrass soap make you happy?" She forces herself to hold his gaze and it's then she realises why she's so irritated at this gesture. The idea that Gortash has been listening to her complaints, her comments for better smelling soaps, her need to hide the smell of murder from her once the day is done makes her feel seen. Exposed. Spread open for the whole world to gaze upon. It irks her and for some reason she cannot stop thinking about what he must've looked like purchasing it. Gortash keeps his eyes locked with hers and tilts his head ever so slightly, awaiting a response. She breaks eye contact first and goes to snatch the bottle out from the cupboards. "Draw me a bath."

considering making this like, a multichapter thing documenting rue + gortash throughout their mutually beneficial alliance. i have many brainworms about durgetash right now,

ART WIPS:

did you know i also draw? i've been posting less art over on my instagram just because i never finish anything and sometimes i am allowed to keep art to myself, but here's some pieces i'm pretty proud of that i've done this past week!

had this idea in my brain to show rue (my durge) pre and post tadpole with the one she cares most about. something something to be loved is to be changed. not sure if i like the posing on the rue + gale one so it may change i just needed to get this idea down. also gale and rue's ship name is chaosweave and i need everyone to know that bc its the coolest thing ive ever come up with

and that's that! i have so many ideas swirling around in my brain all the time it's hard to get them all down coherently yknow?? i also have a few requests i'm gathering ideas for so if you've dropped anything in my ask box just know it's brewing in my brain like a soup!! (also feel free to drop in just to say hi :D)

anyway i am off to plan my dnd session some more and hopefully not get too distracted by other things (thats a lie, i will!)

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if theres one thing thats true about me is that i will make fake social media pages for my modern aus!!!!!

except my modern aus keep the characters looking exactly the same as canon so its hard to find tieflings doing modern things :/

dropping rue's page below the cut <3

soft launching her and gortash by drunkenly posting about them at 3am. top right is definitely captioned with something like "can stare at this view all day 😊" and people go wild about it

going silly mode over this au again yippee!!! she's also the type to have a finsta but it only has 1 follower (gortash) just so she can scratch her itch to post cute photos of them

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gale nation i have SUCH a treat of a fic for u all soon<3

silly wizard man is in my brain and i am going a little crazy at the lack of fics out there for him. pls keep ur eyes peeled im so excited to share it

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you can keep the vampire out of the girl but you cant keep the girl out of the vampire

or something like that. im writing another astarion fic. stupid man grrrr

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rue plushie is turning out SO good i'm considering ordering fabric to make a matching gortash plushie... so they can kiss

dropping a photo of her under the cut. she looks so goofy but thats the charm of it i think.

stupid girl. held together by pins right now. might buy some fabric paint to try & dye the ends of her hair red... hm.

anyway. there she is. havent been writing because ive spent the past 3 days hand sewing her<3

shes naked right now so i need to rummage through my fabric stash to draft some clothes up for her

also considering this is the first time ive ever embroidered something.... i think she looks sweet

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been making a lil plushie of rue today. because i am normal about her and also i need to squeeze her and this is the only way possible