#I tweet some updates of my playthrough on Xitter but maybe I should post some here as well?

[takofukkatsumi]

So, a cool story about me and my desperate romantic attempts in Baldur's Gate 3

Warning: this may include spoilers but only for Act 1

Another warning: to say I'm a pro at the whole "romancing game characters" thing is like to say the water is dry. My datesim experience narrows down to The Arcana, and my RPG experience - to The Wild Hunt, so...

My crush initially started to play BG3 like we usually play our games: one of us (mostly him, but not always) plays it and streams it in Discord, and the other watches, comments, has a vote in making choices and so on. But with so many content on the web and watching him play I decided I also want a copy. So I got one, created a character - Veulu, a drow druid - and joined the party about mid-Act 1. Here she is btw (I love her):

While my crush - I'll be saying Tellur, that's what he called his character, cause I don't wanna let out his real name - was trying to romance Lae'zel at first (and then Karlach after we met her), I got into this specifically for Astarion. After learning mild spoilers about his personality and backstory I decided that I NEED this silly sad rat for myself.

But since I've joined too late, I think that some bugs happened. E.g., Tellur (without me yet) found the boar and discovered that Astarion is a vampire; then Veulu discovered it when we met the monster hunter - but neither of us got the bite scene (which I have learned about from a friend, specifically @nadiasna7). The party progressed, I was trying to win approves and do at least something, but nevertheless this was Veulu's rating earlier tonight: neutral, and even a bit lower than Tellur.

It's very strange, but nevermind, said Nadia, I think you should still be able to start a relationship at the tiefling party?

So here comes the tiefling party. I try to talk to Astarion, carefully treading through the dialog... and he slaps me in the face with "Not you, I have standarts".

What the fuck, I say out loud.

I ask Tellur to try - maybe it's gonna be better for the game host who spent more time with him. He chooses other options and fails too.

I'm angry now. I angrily walk around the camp. I angrily flirt with Halsin and angrily kiss Wyll because there's nothing left to lose, right? Then the last of my patience runs out and I ask Tellur to reload. He obliges.

I initiate the dialog again. Tellur mentions that I have more options than he had? Thinking I have nothing to lose, I choose a silly answer.

He flirts back?

I tell him to ask for it??

He says pwease???

Good boy, says Veulu. What the fuck, say I out loud once again.

Did I have to act a prude this whole time or what? What's going on in his silly traumatized pointy-eared head?!

So I got myself a man but I still don't understand how.

Hopefully now it would at least be easier to get his approvals???????