#darcy's tav

[dutifullylazybread]

I commissioned the incredibly talented @slumpsnail to draw my Tav!! And I love everything about her!! 🥹

Thank you again, Snail!! She looks gorgeous!

If you haven't had the chance, take a look at Snail's gorgeous art and definitely consider commissioning them!!

[thedarcyarts]

I know i said i was done, but then i thought… what if i wasn’t?

Shadowheart again!! but this time with dramatic celestial like lighting

Maybe i’ll add stardust or smth..hmm…I’m always taking idea suggestions!!!!

[mmothmanners]

It's V-Day and you know what that means?

A screenshot redraw of one of my favourite moments of Pride & Prejudice (jk the whole movie is my favourite).

I had to draw Ris'daer quoting the confession scene.

[demigoddessqueens]

Rolan the type to say something like this to Tav

[ollypopwrites]

Like 5k into this Rolan fic and I realize we gotta split this thing up

I thought Gale was great yearning matierial this dude right here????

I have plans that I cannot share with you right now because the haters will sabotage me

[augusts-sketchbook]

"you must know, surely you must know; it was all for you."

just a quick concept sketch but....regency era baldurs gate might have a current hold on me....tell me I'm not alone in this

[orilaissancunin]

𝐿𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒶: “𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝑒 ‘𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓃í𝓃’ 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒻𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓁𝓎, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎.”

𝒜𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃: “𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔…𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓃í𝓃?”

𝒜𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃: (𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹) “𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓃í𝓃…”

𝒜𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃: (𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓀) “𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓃í𝓃…”

𝒜𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃: (𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝑜𝓈𝑒) “𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓃í𝓃…”

𝒜𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃: (𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝑒𝓀)

“𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓃í𝓃…

𝒜𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃: “𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒸𝓊𝓃í𝓃…(𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓅𝓈)

𝒫𝓇𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒫𝓇𝑒𝒿𝓊𝒹𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓈!!

[mythrae-writes]

Killing Me Softly

Rugan/Darcy (Tav) | 3.1k words | 18+/mdni

huge s/o to @my-favourite-zhent and @fistfuloftarenths for beta reading and just helping me get the words I wanna write out of my mouth!

Chapter One: Stranger To My Eye

After a run-in with the Zhentarim, Darcy realizes that her actions have dire consequences.

Darcy thought making her way through the Risen Road would be easy. Couple of tough creatures here and there, but the loot would be worth it, and her party could head towards Moonrise Towers with ease. 

Boy, was she wrong.

Standing in gnoll and hyena guts, she silently prayed to no particular god that none of the other members of the pack were still alive. She highly doubted it, though. The gnoll leader herself was slaughtering her own kind before she ultimately ended herself, thanks to the tadpoles they had in their brains. Thankfully, the only sounds Darcy heard were from her own companions, recovering from the fight. It wasn’t an easy one, and she knew they’d need to take a short rest soon.

“Astarion, what are you whining about now?” Shadowheart groaned, rolling her eyes as she reached out to the vampire with a healing spell.

“Ugh!” He cried out, “Darcy just got me these boots and now they’re absolutely soaked in gnoll blood.”

“I would’ve thought you’d enjoy that.”

“Not if the blood's old or staining my clothes!”

“The river’s just south from here.” Karlach pointed, “Want to go wash them off real quick?”

“I think we all need a good wash.” Darcy looked at herself, blood splattered all over her clothes. “We’re looking pretty rough.”

But before she could take a step further, she heard a man’s rugged voice calling to her from the cavern.

“By the Gods!” He shouted, a wave of relief lingering in his voice, “You’re a sweet sight.”

Darcy turned around to face him, the gnoll guts squelching under her boots as her hand instinctively grabbed for her bow and pulled it taut, arrow nocked and ready to be released. She feared that another enemy had approached their party, someone who wanted to take advantage of them while they were still licking their wounds.

But as the man fully came into view, she was pleasantly surprised.

Very pleasantly surprised.

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Read Chapter 2 here!

Click here to read the rest on AO3! :)

[voloslobotomyservice]

me waking up in the middle of the night trying to remember if I turned off the stove

[dutifullylazybread]

Tav Character Worksheet: Tav of The Dock Ward

Thank you @faerunsbest and @commander-krios for this tag! It took me a minute (and a century), but I am catching up now!

No pressure tags: @voloslobotomyservice @kimberbohwrites @savriea

Name: Tav of the Dock Ward (in-game, I named her Cassandra, but it's just easier to refer to her as Tav when talking about her online).

Age: I leave it fairly vague, but I'd say late twenties to early thirties.

Gender: Cis!woman

Sexuality: Bisexual

Pronouns: she/her

Tav voice: voice 4

Family: Both of her parents are deceased. Her father was originally from Icewind Dale, and her mother was from Baldur's Gate. She hasn't met her paternal grandparents, and she is unsure if they are alive. She supposedly has several cousins in the Dale, but she hasn't met any of them. Her maternal grandparents lived in Baldur's Gate but passed away during an epidemic. She had an aunt who was an adventurer, but that aunt hasn't been heard from in several decades.

Birthplace: Born and raised in her family's home in the dock ward.

Job(s): While attending Blackstaff, she worked as an (underpaid) research assistant and she was also responsible for maintaining several academy herb gardens. When she left the academy, she worked as a glassblower and a stained glass-artist for the artisans' guild in Baldur's Gate.

Phobia(s): Abandonment, for sure.

Guilty Pleasures: She loves reading smut novels.

Hobbies: She loves reading poetry, cooking, and gardening. She used to press flowers while at Blackstaff--she actually gave her flower presses to Halsin as a thank-you gift at one point. Had she the resources more readily available, she would create more stained glass art pieces for her personal enjoyment.

alignment: Neutral good

sins: Hmm. This is a tough one. She most definitely got into a fistfight with one of the other artisans who worked at the artisan's guild (both of them had to pay fines for damaging guild property). The artisan in question was responsible for balancing the guild's books and had skimmed money off of more than one of Tav's commissions. She tried to report it to the owners of the guild and was ignored.

virtues: She does believe in simply helping people because "isn't that just what you do when someone is struggling?" She grew up in a tightly-knit community that pitched in to help where they could, so being a 'do-gooder' adventurer comes naturally because it is what she has always known. However, when she got to Blackstaff and realized how competitive and underhanded academia could be, she became a bit more hesitant to accept the help of others.

This or That? This?

Introverted or extraverted? Introverted

Organized or disorganized? Chaotically organized. She will know where everything she needs is, but if someone tries to find something with her organization system, they're going to struggle.

Closed or open-minded? Open-minded

Calm, anxious, or restless? She likes to think she is calm, and occasionally, she is. Otherwise, she is a very anxious person.

Disagreeable or agreeable? Agreeable, but sometimes too agreeable.

Cautious or reckless? It depends. While conducting research, she is usually cautious and will expect things to go wrong. But if she feels as if she has been thrown into a corner, she can be very, very reckless.

Patient or impatient? Patient to a point.

Outspoken or reserved? Reserved on most things, but if she thinks someone is wrong, she's gonna let them know.

Leader or follower? The type of leader who is elected to be one and says, "Wait, what? Since when? I just made a suggestion and everyone was fine with it. That's not leading."

Empathetic or apathetic? Empathetic

Optimist, pessimist, or realist? She is an optimist when it comes to everyone else--she wants to assume that people have the best intentions, even if she struggles to ask for their help. She is a pessimist when it involves anything she is doing--the self-doubt is agonizing.

Traditional or modern? I'd say she leans more towards modernity when I consider her character. She wanted to build out the Artisan's Guild to also offer artificing services, which felt like a move away from how the guild had been run for decades at that point.

Hardworking or lazy? It depends. She takes a lot of pride in her work, and she will happily toil into the late hours of the night, scrap designs over and over again. But if she thinks something should be easy or unimportant (laundry comes to mind), she's lazy. She'll wash her clothes, but she is slow to fold and put away, for example.

OTP: Rolan x Tav

BROTP: Karlach and her were best friends. Their dynamic was, "That is a horrible idea. It's going to go terribly wrong. We're gonna do it, right?"

This isn't to say that she didn't have other close friendships with her companions, however.

NOTP: Probably the Emperor. He really fucked with her "assume everyone has the best of intentions" mindset when she found out about Orpheus and Ansur. That isn't to say she still isn't conflicted about him, however.

[thedarcyarts]

The most interesting girl in the world <3

Shadowheart, my girl

Mostly finished! Then again, with me, nothing is ever finished.

Enjoy!!

[dekariosclan]

One of my favorite things in a good romance is when scenes are repeated to show character growth/used to bookend the arc of the romance (Mr. Darcy sharing his feelings with Lizzy, anyone?) and today I’m thinking about the two scenes of Gale getting on his knees and taking Tav’s hand.

How it starts: Gale hesitantly letting Tav into his heart, letting Tav be the first person he’s shared the truth with, the first person whose touch he’s felt in over a year. The way that he clings desperately to their hand, needing their help but unsure if they will give it. The way that his expression is pleading but hopeless, his eyes dry as he awaits Tav’s judgement—because he knows that no matter what their answer is, the orb is growing more unstable, and this is probably the beginning of the end of his life.

How it ends: Gale, having not only let Tav into his heart, but given it to them fully. The way that he no longer needs to cling to their hand, but instead takes it gently, worshipfully, knowing this is the hand that saved his life. The way that there’s no trace of uncertainty in his expression, just fully bared emotion and adoration—because the orb is no longer a threat, Tav has said yes to his marriage proposal, and this is not just the beginning of the rest of his life, but the beginning of the rest of their life, together.

[orangekittyenergy]

A super fun commission for @mrscullen534 ❤️❤️ Of Gale and her Tav, Darcy in a certain mermaid inspired scene! 😘

Close up

[tealfling]

Rolan sitting in that book throne and Tav is riding him. Hard.

Let me tell you Anon: the second I laid eyes on that book throne it has been my number one thought, nay, goal for a Rolan x Tav relationship.

Especially, my Sorcerer Coren. I have all the dirty book throne thoughts. In fact, alot of my story thoughts revolve around getting them around that chair to fuck.

In my long fic I'm writing for Coren & Rolan, after the Lorroakan battle, their relationship hits a point where they either have to admit they have feelings for each other and actually verbalize whether that's something they want to pursue or let their chance slip away.

I literally can not wait to show y'all the Darcy-est fucking confession I could come up with from Rolan. Which leads to them making out on the throne with Coren grinding/dry humping the life out of that man.

Also, a while back someone posted a headcanon where they thought Rolan could not stand for the way Lorroakan basically wasted books by making them into a throne. Which I absolutely agree too. But the only way that thing is coming down for Coren is when she gets too enthusiastic riding the fuck out of Rolan like her life depended on it on the book throne that it collapses under them.

I think for Coren, the Book Throne is her version of a sex chair. It turns her on so much seeing Rolan sit in it.

The Book Throne is the altar at which Coren comes to worship Rolan's body. Which Rolan honestly deserves in her mind.

He has enormous self doubt and feels both unworthy & undeserving of the things he has at that point. So when Coren catches him around the throne she tries to get him on it. He's such a good Master of Ramazith's Tower, isn't he? Such an intelligent, powerful wizard. He deserves to relax, have a break after all he's been through? All he's accomplished? Doesn't he? She associates it solely with being intimate with Rolan. That's probably where she gives him head for the first time. She loves having the powerful Master of Ramazith's Tower needy and wanting under her on his book throne. It's the closest thing to getting freaky in public he'll allow. And while he is itching to dismantle the damn thing so he can finally organize all those tomes, every time he approaches it with the intent to tear it down a memory of him & his lover pops into his head and he suddenly decides he has better things to do and the throne can wait for another day.

[shewhowas39]

July Fic Recs

so last month i did a couple of fic rec posts, and i said i might try to do it every month. so, as promised, here's some bg3 fanfic recs! and not all are Astarion centric this time.

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There You Go by @dungeonsdragonsandlawyers a Karlach x f1Tav oneshot, this is both full of angst and delicious smut. it's also set in the same universe as one of my favorite longfics, but you dont' have to read that to follow this.

Vernal Ritual by @ghostfire okay i might be a couple months late for this Easter themed Astarion x f! Tav oneshot, but i don't care. this is so cute and sexy. probably my favorite Astarion centric oneshot i've read in the last month.

An Empirical Science by @cinnamontails-ff all you need to know about this short (5 chapters) fic is that it features a Mr. Darcy-esque Rolan as our leading man. like seriously, what more do you need? i loved this fic so much.

Feeding Alligators by @atsadi-shenanigans okay so you've probably already read this one, but i don't care. i'm shouting it out anyway. i just started this a few days ago and have been so utterly delighted. i'm not usually into isekai, but the writing here is fantastic, the main character is so well developed, and it's *FUNNY*. I laugh out loud reading this regularly.

It's Always Sunny in Nine Hills by @kittenintheden speaking of funny, i can't have a rec list without including my beloved kitten! and she's got a new AU in which the BG3 gang are in a modern California type setting. this is so unique and hilarious. it's only got one cahpter so far so great time to get started.

interstices by @the-neon-pineapple and lastly here's a little Wyll-centric oneshot. it's a beautifully written character exploration of the Blade of Frontiers, and it - much like it's main character - deserves so much more love.

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and that's it! i'll see you with more next month!

[jin-likes-to-write]

Just saw a TikTok of a Cameo that someone has requested of George Taylor (Roland’s VA) doing a reaction to a love confession in character. It was the cutest thing ever. Like he’s so adorable and sweet. Had me like:

Like it gave me an idea for Tav right before dealing with the end game shit, dropping a confession off at the towers for Rolan. He’s busy with work and sorta dismiss Tav or they sneakily drop it off and he doesn’t read it until later and is all the chaos going around he’s terrified for them as he realizes his feelings and theirs.

Tav comes back all battered and bruised and he’s rushes up them all concerned checking them all over and gently scolding them as he slips out:

“How can the one I love so much be so reckless and brave?”

And Tav is like, “You love me, too?”

“Always my darling.”

Gah why isn’t he a romance option, Larian!? He can be such a Mr Darcy and I love it.