#but why does shadowheart???

[daisyeyes-plays]

I can't believe they have an s&m part and my party just stands there watching while my character got beaten and begged for mercyLMAO

[bridoesotherjunk]

Artists who draw Wyll charms and keychains and DON'T include Mizora, I am kissing you on the forehead repeatedly.

[invinciblerodent]

Breakfast in Bed Headcanons

(because why not)

Karlach-

Everything is burnt. To absolute cinders. You cannot reliably tell the difference between the toast and the eggs- not by appearance, taste, or level of crunch. (Well. From the shape, you're fairly sure the leftmost lump of charcoal was once a piece of bread. But you can't really be certain.) But, seeing how she's squirming- or better said, all but bouncing in her seat beside you in nervous excitement, her face split in two by the broadest grin and lit up with love and the sheer joy of finally being able to perform this little act of simple domesticity with you, it's still the best damn meal you've had in your entire life, and you dutifully eat every last crumb.

You don't know how she even achieved this smokey taste in your coffee. But it does taste like her kiss, and you're very happy and eager to compare the two. At length.

Gale-

For him, it's as much an act of love as it is a presentation, a showcase of not only his boundless affection, but also just one of his many skills, and it is -fittingly- flawless. Presented to you on a gorgeous platter is an aesthetically stunning, and downright sinfully indulgent comfort meal, incorporating every single one of your favorite things.

There is also not one vegetable in sight. You can't not eat every last crumb, all but moaning in pleasure at every bite, but it's so heavy and so much that you legitimately want to go straight back to bed afterwards. Good thing that he's beyond happy to join you- both in feeding each other little morsels between kisses, and in spending the next few hours entangled as much in each other as in the blissful languor.

Astarion-

The very thought that it even occurred to him to do this for you is enough to have you all but overcome with emotion. His results are middling at best (oversalted yet underseasoned, somehow slightly burnt and undercooked at the same time- of course, he can't bloody well taste what he's doing), but... not only has he not done this before, but hadn't needed to even think about feeding someone, or actual food in general in over two centuries. The mere fact that everything is at least edible shows that cooking for you is something for which he prepared, something he put infinite care into, and you find yourself having to stop every couple of bites to cradle his face in your hands and pull him in for a kiss, just so you don't start crying straight into your eggs.

He's not pleased with himself (it's a skill at which he's not only not immediately excellent, but also not naturally talented, of course he's unsatisfied) and grumbles a bit about how your reaction is exaggerated, but his big, fanged grin (and playful, teeth-clicking request for his own breakfast) is sweet enough to make up even for the salty dessert.

Lae'zel-

She's... a bit confused on the spirit of a Faerunian breakfast. Which is understandable, Githyanki cuisine is remarkably different from almost everything you can get here- but like in everything she does, she has got the capital letter Spirit and does her absolute best, so she sternly presents you with.... quite a spread. Her skill with the blade -the skill in which she's most confident- is taking center stage in a beautiful display of fruit and veggies with the (nosehair-singingly spicy) Githyanki spread she made, and it's delicious, refreshing, and yeah, she's right, sure to wake you up faster than even caffeine spurted straight into your veins would. But the best part is that from her tired eyes and barely perceptible fidgeting, you can tell she's been up at least an hour, fretting and preparing for this moment.

The pride blooming in her chest at your grateful praise also colors her cheeks a pretty coral pink. That too is the best part. As is waking up to her touch. Really, all parts of the this slow, soft, sweet day with her are the best part.

Wyll-

Wyll is prone to downplaying his skill in the kitchen, but despite what he'd tell anyone who asked, he is fairly competent at a very specific style of cooking. His absolute wheelhouse is comforting, homely meals, prepared from cheap and widely available ingredients that hark back both to his childhood in the lower echelons of Bladur's Gate, and feeding himself however he could in his years in exile. So naturally, the honey-sweet porrige and fresh fruit that he sets down in front of you may be simple, but it is dripping with his love, and presented with a bashfully charming smile, a theatrical bow, and artful poesy comparing you in sweetness to both the honey and the ripe berries.

He also makes a cheeky note (that nets him a playful swat on the arm) about the old adage of the path to the heart leading through one's stomach, and how he'll have to do this much more often as you take his hand, and gently lead him back to bed afterwards. It's much, much too early, and you're much too cozy to think about anything but him.

Shadowheart-

She's fairly competent at cooking, but it's undeniable that her skills are more based on trial and error and built around just getting something warm into your belly than anything more lavish than that. But what she does know how to do, and what she does take some amount of pride in, is how she makes a mean plate of scrambled eggs. After calling her on that particular bluff the previous evening, thinking nothing of it (and with your tongue lodged firmly in your cheek), you didn't expect her to sneak out of bed, and surprise you with a plate while still in her soft nightclothes the next morning. But frankly, even though you don't quite know how these eggs are supposed to be the best ones ever (is it the butter? it's probably the butter), what you are sure of is that she's never looked more beautiful than she does with yesterday's makeup flaked onto her face, a playfully embarrassed, yet devilish half-grin, and the sweet blush across her cheeks as she instructs you to quite literally eat your words.

Her smug preening in your dramatic praise of her unrivalled skill as a domestic goddess is well worth the tiny piece of shell that had escaped her notice and stabs you in the gums. (You choose not to mention it, even teasingly. You're fairly sure you'll take that secret to your grave.)

[completely-legit]

As much as I love the BG3 community on Reddit, stuff like this really bothers me.

1.6k people have so little media literacy they think Gale being Mystra's kept wizard in Elysium after all she put him through somehow constitutes a good ending.

Like seriously wtf. No one would consider sending Astarion back to Cazador a good ending, even if Cazador magically offered to make him a true vampire.

Don't get me started on all the jokes about Wyll having the hots for Mizora. At least those are "jokes".

If nothing else this game has really opened my eyes to how utterly ignored men's abuse at the hand of a woman abuser is. Makes me sick.

[fawnduu]

None of my friends understand my vision of selunite shadowheart wanting to have a fucked up version of sex with you because she doesnt know what vanilla sex is. She only knows death cult blood ritual and pain tolerance.

[gautiersylvain]

don't swallow the cap - the national / sun bleached flies - ethel cain / big god - florence + the machine / dear god - xtc / god's gonna cut you down - johnny cash / crucify - tori amos

[y-rhywbeth2]

I still don't know exactly how it would work but Shadowheart/Durge/Astarion still calls to me, and one of their dynamics is going to be Astarion fighting the urge to bash their heads together until sense gets through.

The other spawn are on a 'Cazador needs us,' 'He hurts us to make us better,' kind of cope. Astarion is Not, and if you play as Lae'zel and remain loyal to Vlaakith he calls it 'falling in love with your chains' (and it's 'painful to watch.')

And then there's Shadowheart desperately insisting Shar loves her and hurts her to make her stronger. We - potentially -seem have finally gotten over that! Just yesterday! And then Act 3 rolls around and now the Dark Urge is potentially on the 'Daddy loves me!' kick.

That or you have a Bhaalist and Sharran zealot knocking heads and a vampire spawn with a migraine whose secondary concern to gaining power and keeping himself safe is using that power to keep his lover/s safe and willing to stay with him ('this world made Cazador so is clearly inherently dangerous and evil', and he does think he has nothing to offer after all.) Which later potentially translates (or is admitted as) to 'I'd like to lock you in a room somewhere, but alas.' Shame they're so brainwashed. And that's assuming we haven't got Ascended Astarion and his blind belief that he's untouchable. Yeah, sell your soul to your evil deities. More power for us/me! This totally won't affect him negatively.

Both the potential for healing and the potential for dysfunction is so delightful.

[demonwebs]

do u ever think abt the fact that to first recruit this man u have to trust the lil twink in a cage who claims to be an elf while visibly wearing drow armor

[riddlerosehearts]

"my favorite fanon hc is gale being the camp cook" noooo you don't understand, that's not a fanon hc, he literally is the camp cook!!

(cut early access scene where gale used to reveal his condition to you during an evening at camp, and he opened the conversation with this)

(dialogue for when you recruit gale with a full party and then tell him to meet you at camp)

(dialogue you can get after saving wyll's father, when he talks about wanting to celebrate with a feast)

[eliteseven]

How about a little more angst? What if the Sharran assassins kidnap Tav and torture her demanding to know where Shadowheart is, all the while Shadowheart is worried sick because she hasn’t heard from or seen Tav for some time

Oof. I like how Tav always takes the collateral in these scenarios lol 😭

I think she’d be well and truly unhinged 🙂 it would be a neat study of her character to see how quickly she’d revert back to her old ways, to get Tav back. What would she be willing to do? How far would she go? The armor is coming out of the display, her spear is taken from the wall hanger, she tells her parents to take care of the animals…and then she goes dark.

I think Tav is her anchor and part of why she believed she was worthy of a second chance, a new goddess, a new life. It’s not that she can’t be these things without Tav- I don’t think she wants to. But she’ll do anything to get Tav back. Would honestly be a fun read tbh. She’s calling on all her experience and Sharran training to strike back at them. Evil/DJ Shadowheart until she sees/touches her wife again. Spicyyyy

[dreadhollow]

Decided to post a WIP so I can establish that this was meant to be a bg3 fanart blog cause I've never posted my art before and wanted to try it, I just draw so incredibly slowly that I literally haven't had any art to post yet. Anyways WIP of Shart drowning or something idfk

[minrathousrain]

does nobody see how intertwined shadowheart and halsin are? the whole shadow curse thing? shadowheart giving up on her "dream" of becoming a dark justiciar so she can fix the shadow curse for halsin? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT

[nerdyunia]

Sometimes internet reminds me that dudebro part of BG3 community exists (ew) and I witnessed an entire discussion that Shadowheart is actually the worst person alive and if she was male everyone hated her +people love her just because she's attractive

Yeah i totally can see pretty_gloomy_mysterious_goth_half-elf_i_can_fix_him being a very unpopular and hated by community character 🙄🙄🙄 no shit 🙄

[lislisbeth]

listening to camp music while studying because I don't have time to play Baldur's Gate and miss my gang so much it hurts

[lelianaslefthand]

i dont know how it keeps happening but im constantly starting a new game in rpgs and being like "oh im so much older and wiser than i was when i last played 2 months ago i know how to delegate skill points efficiently now" then ill be 50 hours in looking at the skills i chose like "what the fuck was i thinking???" but then i keep doing it and seemingly learn nothing

[simaraknows]

to fill the Bg3 filled hole in my heart I started an origin character playthrough as Astarion and the second I had him talk to Shadowheart she just read him to filth. "You seem needy and like you're used to follow orders" girl excuse me I came here to seduce you for protection