#do it Gort

[bakuliwrites]

Archduke of Baldur's Gate? Oh, you mean my big tiddy goth girlfriend? My Final Fantasy villain reject? My 40 year old gamer who subsists off of mountain dew and doritos? My skrunkly little tyrant? My struggling actor in an early 2000's hair product commercial? My ride-or-die Durge simp? The man that proposed to me with a Taco Bell hot sauce packet? My precious Gorty? My wife? My-

[potato-lord-but-not]

Arthur n Parker (✨in color✨) and some ep 45 doodles WUGH

[steelandmayhem]

The other day, I saw a non-fandom text post along the lines of:

“What we had was so special you’ll look for me in every new person” (sorry I haven’t been able to find it again)

And I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.

Because to me this perfectly describes Durgetash + romancing your companions.

I can’t help thinking about amnesiac Durge missing something, always searching, but can’t remember what.

They find echoes of it in Gale’s intelligence, his enthusiasm and knowledge when he speaks about magic. And yet, it doesn’t fit entirely.

They find it in Lae’zel’s easy superiority, her ruthlessness and determination. And yet, it’s not quite enough.

They find it in Astarion’s deception and easy charm, the way he manipulates a situation to his advantage, the way he doesn’t need magic to have people literally bare their necks to him.

They find it in Shadowheart’s snark, her secrecy, her dark goddess. They find it in Karlach’s rage (though she burns hot instead of cold which is odd..), in the smell of sulphur and hellfire that clings to her. They especially find it in her mechanical heart, that makes them want to reach out, bury their hands in it, just to see if it feels as familiar as it seems. If maybe owning her heart will fill the hole in their memories, their chest even.

And yet, surprisingly, they find it in Wyll’s pact, Wyll’s past, but also Wyll’s manners and they way he dances, his stories, that make them feel closer to a city they don’t much care about otherwise.

They find it in the deep possessiveness, maybe even hatred, when Raphael first comes to camp.

And yet none of it is enough, none of it fits quite right, and while maybe eventually they manage to look past that familiar feeling and find new things to admire about their chosen partner…deep in their heart they know.

In the end, they’ll always look for something none of them can give them.

Not until they first encounter that handsome young man with an easy smile, and all the jagged broken edges click together like horrible little puzzle pieces.

[hauntedliz]

I think we should treat Gortash's original letter to Franc like TMA's "apologies for the deception" or a Rick roll. We need to just start slipping it into everthing.

[meziniart]

gortmit :}

[notjustdrwhoboards]

BG3 moodboard: Enver Gortash

[anonymouscreampuff]

scribble page :)

[iedistis]

Cleaning out my wips folder bit by bit and its just gortash after gortash i will not lie

[sankttealeaf]

how about a halloween gort event... gortoween... lets play dress up with him... put him in a silly costume... trick or treat.... hmmmmmm

[flymmsy]

When all this is over, will you stay with me? For good?

[stinky-toons]

Did an art trade with @budlikeyou ‼️ (two versions under the cut, one with my grain filter one without.)

[vialae]

Usually when I imagine durgetash being soft and cuddling, it’s usually w durge resting on gortash. However if it was the other way around, idk if gortash would be able to deal with it.

The little tyrant has forced himself to be in control for years. He is the one that held others with a false smile and promise. In his climb to the top, Gortash quickly learned that there is not a single scrap of sincerity in the Upper-City. They are all pieces that can be played off one another for his own gain. All it takes is an evening or two, just smiling and holding another.

He is good at making people believe he is genuine. He’s done it for a long time.

So much so that he perhaps forgot what proper affection was actually like.

But when Durge comes along, it’s all so different.

He finally gets solid arms wrapped around him, a warm chest to rest his tired face on. And for once, it feels genuine. No payment or deal is expected afterwards. Gortash doesn’t know how to relax into it, though. A part of him definitely wants to, but it’s a part that has been easily ignored for so long. The drive to succeed far outweighs any base human desire.

His eyes remain wide open as he is just taking in the feeling of being held by someone he genuinely cares for. They are currently looking after him; Gortash has someone he can properly rely on.

The thought probably scares him briefly. With arms dealing and politics, you probably get burnt a lot when genuinely trusting people. With a childhood like his, there was nobody for him to even try to trust.

To be held genuinely feels so foreign, and Gortash isn’t sure if he likes it. He is always anticipating something to happen.

But with the warmth and security which comes from it, he falls asleep faster than he ever has before.

[kawareo]

Do you have any headcanons about how things would go down with Strike and Gort in the 3rd Act?

Oh baby not only do I have headcanons but do I have half a fic drafted out already, so i won't get fully into spoilers for how things resolve, because I know I'll lose interest in actually writing it once it's revealed

But! Gortash is way more delusional than he is canonically, and he has a reason for it - Strike lost his memory and then named himself the name Gortash gave him, not Durge, or The Dark Urge. So Gort is way more convinced that Strike is still himself and that they can go back to normal, as soon as they deal with the Brain

Tbh ideally, Gort would plan on finishing the job with the Brain, and then taking all the time he'd need to get Strike to come back to the way he was, eventually killing off his new 'friends' or enslaving them, if he'd feel merciful. Of course, that is if Strike can kill Orin and get the Netherstone, but Gort isn't doubting that that will happen. Essentially, the guy's convinced that this is proof that they're meant for eachother and that Strike came back to him, he returned because of the Absolute, because of Gortash, not because of Bhaal, and to Gort, that is basically confirmation that soulmates exist.

Meanwhile Strike is dealing with a lot, emotionally, Karlach is standing right behind him and suddenly the thought of killing the tyrant is making his hands shake. It's such a familiar feeling, even if he doesn't remember.

[pixie-in-a-moonlantern]

Gortash can easily be pansexual, too. Why not? I can headcanon everyone in bloody Faerûn pan and you can't stop me.

[slayerdurge]

song that almost made it onto my durgetash playlist but it got cut

[daemon-in-my-head]

Crazy that durgetash has been rotting my brain for well over a year now. So to celebrate, lemme show you the concept I put down for them over a year ago and what it’s become.

This was me playing around with my durges concept (and brushes don't come for me) a year ago and my desire to give Gortash a big ass hammer manifesting.

Vs how my ‘im sorry I gotta break canon’ creature ended up looking (pre-lobotomy anyway). I kind of wanted to preserve the OG Bhaalists vestments, aka purple robes and red sash (yk, the one DnD lore uses, not the BG3 lore version), but with a bit of a twist, since this fucker was not fully on board with Bhaals bullshit even back then.

Anyway, I wanted to include a piece featuring your dearest tyrant and him originally, but the precise idea I’ve had in mind isn’t done yet and it’s his post bg3 fit anyway. Soooooo, I’ll post it once it’s actually done on its own cuz if it works out how I want it to it deserves it.