#astarion cardan

[urlocalnonbinarybastardwrites]

Can I copy your homework? Sure, just change it up a bit.

[sugairsstuff]

may i request general relationship headcanons for both astarion and cardan greenbriar (separate) 🥺💕 i love them both sm and it’s great to find a blog that writes for both!

it’s double trouble with this pair! i’d love to give you some fuel for your fire <3 here’s some things i think about haha, i hope you enjoy!

also i kept it sfw because i wasn’t sure!

relationship headcanons

astarion ancunín and cardan greenbriar

warnings: very brief sexual mentions

(credit to @cafekitsune for the divider)

astarion ancunín 💫

🌙you and astarion share playful banter. a lot. naturally, he’s always the winner of your little battles of wits- or so he claims- but you both leave each other laughing by the end of your back and forth teasing. it’s another way for you two to flirt with each other apart from the more traditional ways.

🌙of course, your relationship doesn’t involve sexual intimacy for however long of a time, if ever, astarion needs. but that doesn’t mean you two don’t enjoy holding each other close. after the first hug you two shared, you become able to coax him into your arms time and time again late at night when the rest of your companions are sleep (because how dare they see him get all sappy and soft, of course), engulfing your gentle lover in the warmth his body lacks. neither of you need to speak, most of the time preferring to enjoy each other’s company quietly, listening to whatever idle ambience is stirring about beyond your tent’s walls- whether that be rustling bushes in a breeze, the rushing water of river or cave, or the hoot of an owl.

🌙it’s these moments that ground you both. those quiet ones, where nothing is said but you both hear what the other is trying to anyway. astarion is both an elf and a vampire, his body doesn’t need to sleep, but he still finds his eyelids growing heavy alongside yours as you two remain tangled together, his head resting against your chest as your fingers sleepily stroke those springy cotton curls atop his head. it’s only from gale’s babbling one day that astarion learns that people feel sleepy around those they feel safe around, and that thought crosses his mind a lot whenever he gazes at you from across camp.

🌙and when he’s not thinking of these sappy, heart wrenching thoughts, he’s (im)patiently waiting for you to forget whomever you are oh so busy with and come pay attention to him- especially if it’s gale. sorry gale.

🌙his eyes are almost always searching for you, too. and yours for him, as well. whether it’s him peering up from his book just to see you stride into camp after another one of your silly little heroic side quests (or murder sprees, if you’re dark urge), or in the midst of battle ensuring you’re not caught in the cross fire- and if you are, you best bet this rogue is sweeping in to give you back up. he does remember you once told him that if he had your back, you’d have his, too. astarion learned this meant a lot more than just protecting each other from enemies as his relationship with you progressed, finding that you two could lean on each other in emotional times of back-up, too. being so vulnerable started off difficult with him, but he reminds himself that you mean safety, you mean love, and you mean happiness to him- and these reminders help him show you those pieces of him he thought cazador buried long ago.

🌙we all know astarion is not shy when it comes to his words, but once you two become something real this act of his is broken down noticeably. don’t expect him to not crack a dirty joke, though, but do notice how- since having you at his side- he has less of a tendency to flaunt himself like a preening peacock, he becomes more comfortable with casual touching and non-sexual intimacy like mentioned before, and you even are able to render him speechless time to time with your kind, honest words to him.

🌙the kisses you two share are gentle and slow. kisses on the knuckles, wrists, cheeks, and nose before either one of you reach the other’s lips. they never last long, not long enough to tempt either one of you into something more, but they’re more than enough. your little butterfly kisses seem to settle themselves in your chests and beat their wings alongside your heart- and in astarion’s case, they beat in place of his.

🌙you two become nearly inseparable. while you were close when your relationship was just a friendship, now that it has evolved into something new, rare, and hell of a lot foreign you both can’t seem to get enough of each other. more often than not, when one of you is going out for some task, the other is close behind (and only the partner with the fanged teeth is dramatically complaining about having to go). as well, you notice that astarion begins to set up his tent closer to yours as your camp begins to change locations the closer to baldur’s gate the lot of you gets.

cardan greenbriar 🐍

🪷his tail subconsciously finds any available limb of yours- preferably coiling itself around your thigh, where it’s not noticeable enough to any who spares a meaningless glance in your direction but evident enough that someone properly looking at you would surely see. he would tell you it’s simply to give a message to wandering eyes, but that would be a half truth, as the subtle touch brings the prince turned king new blossoms within him- not the ones he bleeds, but rather those of comfort.

🪷 if you are a faerie, you most likely were apart of cardan’s friend group before he became a king, and knew him since longer. lounging about with him, locke, valerian, and nicasia, the young prince was disinterested in the rest and favoured bothering you. having to be around him so often made it difficult to ignore his clear attempts in getting under your skin, and so you eventually took it upon yourself to return the ‘favours’. and as you two spent more time together- time you both claimed you despised but in actuality you both sought it constantly- your relationship slowly grew into what it is now.

🪷 cardan would not love a hero, it is too late for such a character in his life. he does not need a person to peel away the walls he built around himself which have the words ‘the cruel prince’ carved into them. he’d rather love someone who instead saw what is beyond those walls, and take it selfishly for themself alone- he’d rather not share the sweeter sides of him with anyone but you, which means those walls must stay standing. he would fall in love with you for your ability to understand him, to not expect so much from the young prince, and he would fall in love not only with your virtues (as he would not love a villain, either) but also all your flaws that make you real.

🪷 perhaps that is why, if you are a human, he confuses his curiosity with disgust for you. humans, who live so imperfectly, so little, and yet so freely- creatures who do not look back before they jump because they do not have enough time to. people who live among the Folk and yet have no care for being good enough for them. and then cardan learned that he loved every single thing that made you human, every single thing about you that set you apart from those he was surrounded with- all equally as cruel and manipulative as him. every dimple, curve, scar, and line were all like breaths of fresh air for the forgotten prince.

🪷 either way, your love for each other crept up on both of you, until you both snapped and suddenly found your bodies entangled and lips interlocked as the world around you turned to a blur.

🪷 his kisses taste like fruity wine, only encouraging the dizziness you feel once he finally lets you escape his passionate embraces. and they have never been shy, and you have never cowered from them. he pulls you closer, you push closer, he kisses you hard, and you kiss him harder. you two challenge each other, relishing in each other’s playful competitiveness and bantering over who’s the better kisser.

🪷 for every important event cardan must hold as king of elfhame, you are there at his side. although the stubborn fae probably wouldn’t admit it, he wobbles beneath the heavy weight of the crown he didn’t even want, and still needs to learn to take these responsibilities seriously. you are his anchor, his partner in crime, the only second opinion he wants to hear- and also a good option for ruling in place of him when he slacks off.

🪷 if you are human, he tells you that you have somehow defied the laws of nature and glamoured him under your spell. he’s joking as usual, but there is really no other way he can explain the dizzying, storybook love he feels for you.

🪷 he will continue to bother you, tease you, and get under your skin even deep into your relationship. you learn that it stems from a desperate need to be seen and heard. you indulge him always, but not necessarily with snarky snips back all the time. whether you fight fire with fire or douse his with your water, the interactions are never serious and usually end in the two of you entangling your limbs together and lounging on some random velvet couch in an embrace.

[thedomesticanthropologist]

If you love Astarion I honestly believe you'll adore Cardan from The Cruel Prince 🤴 trilogy by Holly Black

He is very Spawn!Astarion coded in ways that I could explain but am tired and don't want to

No their stories don't have any direct parallels, no they aren't exactly the same, I'm just saying like, loosely, based on vibes, if you like Astarion I BET you'll like Cardan

They're both just pathetic little wet cat men who are both stunningly beautiful and absolutely ridiculous

[terezis]

if there is one thing about me it is that i am not immune to the weird mean elves. sorry. that is my burden to bear. i think they are so neat. i want to study them under the microscope and put them into the situations.

[bonnie-from-multiverse]

[strafepanzer]

wait wait, im moving out of my hater era, and im gonna try acotar (again)

[oneofmanyblogs]

I forgot the absolute chokehold the folk of the air series has on me omg

there must be a cardan to astarion pipeline theory out there somewhere

[local-redhead-bookworm]

Astarion Ancunin and Cardan Greenbriar are the exact same character, just in different fonts

[neonsbots]

Making a crossover bot just for fun.

[voicestm]

@cruelprincae

A life at court is not something he wished to experience for any great length of time, the games, the politics and yet he finds himself tossed back among the wolves more often than not. His master apparently wanted even less to do with the fae court than he did and so Astarion was sent in his place. To clean up his messes or answer for his crimes when needed. It's only by some sort of grace he wasn't punished in Szarr's place. Maybe they thought him boring, outrageous of course, but what did these spoiled princes and princesses know.

There is one that always grabbed his attention. Prince Cardan. He wasn't like the others. His charm was sweet, honey roughness and a bitterness that sang through the air like a balm on the vampire's soul. He knew, he understood, why he faced his world as he does. He doesn't hide but he uses the mighty shield of his anger like a weapon.

Astarion approved. Even if the prince never knew. Perhaps it was enough that someone had some pride in the way he handled him. Even secretly.

Those eyes were presently on him as he slipped between the throngs of fae. He was as removed from the celebration as possible. Only here so his master was pleased and so.. He could have a taste of freedom. For even a few hours. None of these people cared for him. He was other. A fae but changed. No longer as shining, beautiful. His paleness wasn't the paleness of some fairy but something not before seen and certainly not accepted.

Usually it's his own tool of protection but tonight.. His eyes had strayed too long or too often on the prince and he knew.. He had arisen some interest. He could feel him the moment he stepped away from his throne and headed towards him. Wonderful. Just wonderful. But he'd handle himself as was his custom. He glances over his shoulder, coyly and smiles. "Good evening, your highness. As always.. You do throw the best parties."

[highking-cardan]

Okay but Astarion from BG3 gives Cardan Greenbriar vibes in a way I can’t explain…

Jude is like, a mix of karlach and Lae Zel.

I do not understand a single word you just said

[sugairsstuff]

hello! i know i’ve been gone for a bit of time because i’ve been busy with education, so i’d just like to say that requests are still open!

here are some of the fandoms i will write for:

🪷 acotar

🪷 baldur’s gate 3

🪷 throne of glass

🪷 the cruel prince

🪷 lord of the rings/the hobbit

🪷 harry potter

🪷 the hunger games

i’m currently working on an x reader request for kili and an x reader request for rhysand. <3

[wetcatspellcaster]

people i want to know better (the knowerrrr)

I was tagged by @eraserspiral via my main account, but using context clues I think this might be better here! Thank you for tagging me, it's nice to write something today that isn't a job application :)

1. Favorite Ships

Tav/Astarion (bg3) Spike/Buffy (BtVS) Jude/Cardan (The Cruel Prince by Holly Black) Howl/Sophie (both film and book incarnations for different reasons!) Garrus/Shepard (Mass Effect)

...I think these are the top 5? I could go on forever though lol.

2. First Ship

The first media pairing I went feral for/ first thing I read fanfic for was Spike/Buffy, but my first ship that I remember fundamentally altering my brain chemistry is Kaye/Roiben from the Tithe series by Holly Black (shout out to Roiben for being my first sad tortured man with white hair, we all have to start somewhere).

3. Last Song

Pretty Girls by Renee Rapp

4. Last Movie

Oh my god this is so cringe, yesterday I watched 'Ticket to Paradise' (the divorced parent film with George Clooney and Julia Roberts) to try and cure the black mood depression (very fun film tbh, so not *that* cringe!)

5. Currently reading

Last week I finished my mindblowing/soul-cleansing reread of The Wicked + The Divine Comics by Kieron Gillen. I sobbed my little heart out, fell in love all over again with both the art style and the insanely good worldbuilding concept.... i'm not currently reading anything, bc I'm still processing the high of binging all 9 in 2 days.... not to be dramatic, but it was like mainlining cocaine.

6. Currently Watching

Look, I *was* watching jjk for the first time and had just reached the Shibuya Incident before I got my bad news this week... and I have therefore made a very sensible, sane, and self-aware decision, and swerved wildly into watching the v. cute 'Sign of Affection' instead :')))))))

7. Currently Craving

I am about to go eat Thai food with a friend and just need to walk to her house BUT OH MY GOD I'M SO HUNGRY AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 4PM. so... 'thai food', I guess. as well as, idk... some fucking rest plz god plz.

tags for pals and mutuals: @violacae, @imscissorbladez, @pricemarshfield, @blarfshnorgull, @dededrabbles x

[harrycollins]

If she where a companion, what do you think her personal quest would be and what types out outcomes would she have to her quest? What kind of actions would she approve of and is she easily swayed/convinced?

okay, so

I think her personal quest would be killing her boss and seizing his influence <3

Tamsin is fired by Cardan (her boss) when he learned she had an affair with Gortash (he doesn't like him and was considering marrying Tamsin so their offspring would inherit her powers... it was also pettiness because how dare she would keep secrets from him...)

He took all of her possessions, threw her to the street, smeared her name by saying she tried to kill him -so her life among Baldur's Gate elites would finished- and shortly after she got kidnapped by the mindflayers.

Now, Tamsin is spiteful... she never forgets any slight made to her and takes her vengeance no matter what. Her aim would be to reach the city to end his life and restore her image while usurping his fortune if possible.

I think there would be three options 1. Help her brainwash Cardan and marry him so Tamsin would be his Lady wife and rule through him 2. Kill him, restore her reputation, be done with it and 3. Convince Tamsin that vengeance or money won't make her happy and let her be content with restoring her reputation.

about her approval... Tamsin is not a cruel person, she would approve decisions like aiding the Grove or saving the Owlbear... I know she would disapprove if you save Mayrina (because she thinks you shouldn't help idiot people after they suffer for their idiotic choices) or free the Pixie in the Lantern (she could experiment on it to make more lanterns!).

You would have to pass a persuasion check to convince her about lifting the Shadow Curse for certain reasons... she would also disapprove if you slept with Haarlep and aid Raphael because she. doesn't. like. him...

Tamsin would LOVE it if you make your way through deceiving people like convincing the convoy that you take a moon lantern from.

Considering Tamsin wouldn't romance Astarion in this scenario and get to know him- she would approve if you let him be the Ascendant Vampire or convincing Gale that he shouldn't sacrifice himself just because Mystra said so.

In addition to your ask, I think she and Gale would have an enemies-to-friends kind of relationship; after bickering about the magic they would get along well! She would also be friends with Astarion and Shadowheart lmao.

[memoiandy]

ppl you'd like to know better tag!

Tagged by @madforhoran - thanks!

Three ships:

Not a big shipper in general but I like it when an interesting heroine is paired with a bad boy who is much more complicated and less bad than it originally seemed. Like Cardan/Jude from The Cruel Prince or Buffy/Angel. Oh and my fav fucked up ship is Negan/Maggie from The Walking Dead.

Last film:

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (it was so much fun and emotional than I expected!)

Currently watching:

Rewatching Castelvania, after then probably The Fall of the House of Usher

Currently reading:

Several Ascended Astarion fanfics because I think the angst is amazing! And the authors don't shy away from the fact that Astarion is just horrible like this.

Currently consuming:

More like being consumed! Astarion has had my heart and soul for the past two years. I will move on my love but not yet.

Currently craving:

Sun and warm weather, sand between my toes and a Mai Tai in my hand.

Tagging @brekkie-e @lucrezianoin @fangsandfeels @lirotation and whoever would like to do this!

[tons-of-fandoms-trash]

I'm pretty sure that my headcannon about my Tav's story and ther relationship with Astarion is just basically Jude and Cardan in a different font

Not that I mind tbh