#Wyll Ravengard appreciation post

[thechaoticdruid]

Tav: *breaks up with Astarion or Gale for someone else*

Astarion and Gale:

Tav: *Breaks up with Wyll for someone else.*

Wyll: Understandable have a nice day.

We don't deserve Wyll. He's just too good. Fucking takes it like a champ. What an absolute Chad.

[peachcott]

[ bg3 ] choose your party ✨

[tytoalbatross]

god damn i do not post often but can i talk about intentionality for a second?? one second please

i'm gonna be talking about bg3 but this really applies to any fandom space. people will, surface-level, agree that a Black character is not getting enough content compared to their white counterparts because it's. obvious . take wyll, who is several hours behind on voiced lines compared to other origins despite being one of the original five (before they added karlach and whiteified her too but that's another post). it's hard to deny cold hard facts

but then instead of engaging in content that uplifts Black characters and creators, they'll go right back to pumping out more and more content of just their white faves. on its own, it's not actively harmful, but here's what the implication is, whether they acknowledge it or not: yes wyll has less in-game content, yes his writing didn't get the attention it deserved, therefore i don't like him as much. it only perpetuates wyll's lack of content by contributing to his sidelining in fandom spaces

what i would love for fans who claim to be allies to do is to step out of the comfort zone of their initial favorites (which can, in fact, be biased!) and start pursuing content centering Black characters with intentionality. like all things, anti-racism (actively pushing back against racism rather than simply "Not Being Racist") takes practice and effort. you can't really agree with us that wyll needs more content, then in the same breath say that it's because of that that he's not interesting to you . the point was right in front of you doing a jig and you still missed it

[ohmywyll]

If I say that Wyll has the best body, who is going to stop me? If I say he has breedable hips, who is going to check me?

LOOK AT MY BABY! GIVE HIM SMOOCHES!

[apocketfullofhobbits]

a genre of bg3 posts that are like 'larian did wyll so dirty!!! here's what they should have done instead and that is basically change everything abt his personality bc i personally can't understand how anyone can find him not boring as he is! larian get ur shit together!'

[loonyoz]

It is so easy to make me care about a fucked up character. Someone who's mean and immoral. To make a character that is kind and wants to do good, who is good despite their human flaws? To get that complex balance right and make me care about it? That impresses me. Aka another reason why I love Wyll

Some context/info about me: Im a gremlin who in my heart of hearts is the kind of stinky dnd player who just wants to be a murderhobo. Overly heroic types usually make me bored or annoyed. So imagine my surprise when I actually loved Wyll so much. Like on paper his lines about helping people and doing what's good should make me roll my eyes and go, you're full of shit. But no??? The way Wyll says it is so genuine and earnest and endearing that I actually care and begrudgingly agree??? Theo Solomon is a spectacular voice actor for that reason imo. He made me genuinely believe Wyll cares about what he's talking about, he made Wyll seem so genuine and in a way that was so endearing too

[naughtybg3confessions]

I genuinely love how many of the Wyll Appreciation Day posts weren't just horny, they were horny and affectionate. Horny and loving. Horny and treating that man RIGHT. Fandom believes Wyll deserves the world(-shattering orgasms) and we're so correct.

[blackjackkent]

The Hellraisers - Chapter 1

Pairing: Karlach/Male Custom Tav, Tav & Wyll, Karlach & Wyll Characters: OC Male Tav (Hector Carlisle), Karlach, Wyll Rating: E (Fic), T (Chapter) Warnings: None Descriptors: Post-Game, Action/Adventure/Romance, Eventual Happy Ending Chapter Word Count: 4.5k Chapter Setting: Avernus, immediately after the end of BG3 Summary: Hector Carlisle, a Selunite monk turned adventuring warrior, follows his lover Karlach and his friend Wyll into the depths of hell after the fall of the Netherbrain. Together, they take on an even greater foe - Zariel, the Archdevil of Avernus. The Hells won't know what hit them. Chapter Summary: Hector, Karlach, and Wyll arrive in the Hells after a panicked flight from Baldur's Gate - and the weight of what they've decided to do starts to sink in.

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Hector Carlisle’s journals of the Absolutist crisis provide one of the most comprehensive summaries available to modern historians of the events leading up to what is now called the High Hall Shattering. There is not a single day for which Carlisle does not account in detail between Alturiak 10 1492 DR (when he first obtained pen and ink after the crash of the nautiloid which kidnapped him) and Uktar 24 (the night before the Netherbrain’s public attack on Baldur’s Gate’s Upper City). However, after the defeat of the Netherbrain, his own records of his activities abruptly become much more intermittent and rather staccato in nature, lacking the level of detail common to his so-called “Tadpole Chronicles.”

There are multiple theories regarding this sharp change in Carlisle’s record-keeping tendencies. Some of these theories incline towards the conspiratorial - suggesting that the monk’s disappearance into Avernus was associated with some sort of nefarious activity which he was unwilling to commit to paper. Some even go so far as to accuse him of sacrilegious behavior, though this is rendered unlikely by records of both Carlisle’s own Selunite convictions and opinions from all who knew him.

A far more probable explanation is that Carlisle’s thorough record-keeping in his pre-Shattering travels emerged from a sense of obligation. As a monk at the Silverlight Monastery, he had primarily occupied himself with transcription and scholarship of historical texts, and his training placed considerable emphasis on self-reliance and emotional reserve. As such, he considered his own journals to be necessary documentation in the same vein, and he prided himself on impartial and factual chronicling. 

His departure to Avernus with Wyll Ravengard and Karlach Cliffgate would ultimately prove no less impactful to the world at large. However, it is clear that he considered it a far more personal endeavor, as evidenced by the remarkably succinct entry from Uktar 25 1492, his first entry after his departure from the Material Plane:

Uktar 25 1492

She’s alive. She’s going to live. Thank the gods.

~ Excerpt from “Raising Hell: A History of Zariel’s Fall” by Harlow et. al., Blackstaff Academy Press

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"Hec, look out! On your left!"

Hector dodges to the side just in time to avoid the imp diving towards him; its claws skim the side of his head and score a painful line along his temple. Pivoting onto his heel, he spins, bringing his right fist around to slam heavily into the imp's thick torso. The evil little creature’s spine snaps and it screeches with pain. He takes no satisfaction in it, but watches with blank exhaustion as the imp falls to the rust-red dirt and is still. 

"Nice one!" Wyll calls. He withdraws his rapier from the body of another imp and points past Hector’s shoulder. "Looks like another wave coming in - off to the west." Hector follows his gaze and groans; sure enough, another band of the imps is closing in on them, surging over the horizon like a swarm of bees.

It’s been like this ever since they arrived. They’ve had no chance to orient themselves, no time to get a foothold after their panicked flight from the Material Plane. Avernus rose up to meet them like a body driving out an infection; the first wave of defenders appeared within minutes, closing on this raw strip of hellish wasteland to which they brought Karlach to save her life.

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[fourthousandbutterflies]

say his name wyll ravengard boutta make that wyll ravenhard

[hurkules]

A night in the bath with Wyll

He closes his eyes and lets out a content hum. “Thank you for this, my love. It’s almost perfect.”

You look up to see what’s wrong and find he’s already looking at you. He’s leaning back with both arms propped on the edge of the tub. His head cocked to the side and with small smile, he adds “it’s far too cold. Perhaps due to the distance between us?”

He reaches his hand out, and, as much as you’d like to play coy, you don’t have it in you to deny him. So, you eagerly indulge. He grips your hand gently and pulls you into his lap. “Ah, much better,” he states planting a kiss on your shoulder.

You wrap one arm around his neck and bring your hand to his face. “Something the matter, my love,” he asks, scanning your face.

You smile. “No, nothing at all. I’m just…admiring you. You’re lovely, you know.”

“Am I?” A kiss in the palm of your hand. “I’ll have to take your word for it.” A kiss on the back of your hand. “You’ve always seen the best in me.” Kisses trailing up your arm. “Of course you would,” he chuckles. Gentle kisses on your neck. “You’ve the most beautiful heart.” A passionate kiss on the lips.

[thechaoticdruid]

Hats off to Wyll for being the most mentally stable and secure of the tadfool men.

Honestly I feel like this cinnamon roll probably gives the best hugs and probably always knows what to say when you're sad. Also his camp attire is the most stylish of all the companions.

[amnestria-the-elf]

In battle, Wyll always covers Dew's blindside (thank you SO much, Volo.) It doesn't matter that it also happens to be his blindside; the Blade won't hesitate to throw his body in the way of danger if it means keeping her safe. She hasn't picked up on the pattern yet, but once she does, she'll try to switch things up and cover Wyll's blindside for once, but they'll end up tripping over each other while their friends are screaming at them to get their shit together.

For her part, Dew is ready to Smite anything that comes within 5 feet of Wyll. I think she has to stick her butt out like that because that giant sword she wields is so long and heavy that it's the only way to counterbalance, but I can imagine that particular stance being very distracting to Wyll.

[bhaalswyrm]

My new phone theme bc he deserves it. 🤍💚

[sauronpilled]

everytime i look at wyll ravengard discussion or appreciation post, and see one of those comments that went "WELL ACTUALLY I PREFER (insert character that is Not-Wyll)" and completely steer the topic away, i lost a few years of my mortality. i am here to talk about the topic of the subject, which is WYLL RAVENGARD.

[toads-treasures]

Love and appreciation attack <3<3<3<3<3<3

Tell me some random Wyll thoughts you have. I need a pick me up (A Wyll-me-up?)

Omg funny you should ask!!!! I just finished a doodle of him!!!

This is a random Wyll thought I just had (I was trolling my notes app for something more profound but alas) I fully believe ten year old Wyll wrote essentially self insert fanfic where he saved Baldur’s gate along side Minsc. Or other adventures featuring Minsc and Jaheria or Baldurn (idk how to spell his name). Wyll loves stories, and post adventure novelist/bard!Wyll is real to me.

I’m also deciding right now that Wyll knows how to knit. Nothing fancy but the basics. There’s a post somewhere (I will track it down and link it later) about Wyll traveling the countryside saving people, and in turn learning things from them. I can totally see some village grandma teaching him how to knit once she learns how many holes his socks have in them.

Also I’m fully incorporating the term Wyll-me-up into my life because my god, the instant rush of serotonin I received just drawing him again???? Unparalleled. I wasn’t depressed I just needed to think about my beloved Wyll Ravengard again.

[arrenkae]

I'm not seeing nearly enough Wyll content out there so can we just have a Wyll appreciation post?

(contains spoilers)

Honestly not every day you can see the developers just go "this character is not as popular as the others, let's totally redo him and his story"

And man, I really love that they did this (I know that not everyone did; sorry, old Wyll fans). Like, I understood what they were trying to do with old Wyll, it was a potentially interesting character concept, but it just wasn't quite working for me for whatever reason, and then it just. Clicked. His new badass introduction, Karlach quest, earlier Mizora appearance, THE HORNS

...well, maybe part of the appeal to me is his ties to Duke Ravengard, who was an important and beloved (although childless) NPC in our own d&d game set in Baldur's Gate that we played very recently

But it also gives him such strong ties to the main story, especially once you get to Baldur's Gate. It just felt wrong not to take him around with me in the 3rd act, the same way it was with Shadowheart in act 2. Doing his quest and helping him save his father and reconcile with him gave me so many feelings

LOOK AT THIS JOURNAL. I'M NOT CRYING

I also feel like he'd be such a fun origin story to play, very fitting for a heroic protagonist (now, if I ever get to playing origin stories is another question...)

And he is such a bro. Him and Karlach are the ultimate bro team for a good-aligned character. I also remember how people were worried that his "hunting Karlach" quest meant that you won't be able to have both of them in the party, or that you'll have to spend a lot of effort mitigating the conflict between the two; and then you do the quest, and he instantly goes "oh shit, she's not a monster, I've been duped" and this was the moment his character finally got to me

And idk, it also doesn't feel forced? You can tell Karlach at this point that he helped her just because he is a good person, "maybe the best of all of us" - and gods know our party of fuck-ups really needs someone like that. I understand that for some people, he might feel like too much of a "generic human good guy" to be interesting, but come on, so many generic human good guy companions in RPGs are SO MUCH more popular than Wyll, and he deserves more love.

Also I admit I wasn't taking him with me as much in the first half of the game bc I couldn't quite make use of him in combat; but man, what a fool I was. Warlocks RULE. Give him pact of the blade, repelling blast and some good magic items and he's an absolute beast (and that's WITHOUT multiclassing)

Also he and Karlach have such a great chemistry and I totally ship them. I mean, I started shipping them before the ending, and then I god THIS ending for them and I just nearly cried

Goodspeed you horny bastards, hope you tear Avernus apart together