#does cazador know this?

[pinacoladamatata]

[malacandrax]

Sex worker/Charity worker Halstarion AU ---

AU TAG To read them in order: [Part 1- Meeting] [Part 2-Embellish] [Part 3-Theory] [Part 4- Number] [Part 5- Bruise] [Part 6- Scenic] [Part 7- Nice Things (that's this one!)] [Part 8-Pizza]

[wormy-business]

Elves live such long lives, and I can't help to think about two high elven residents of Baldur's Gate, ever left wondering what happened to their son? Where did he disappear to? Did he run away? Was he kidnapped? They'll probably never know. Maybe they had heard whispers of an elf with their son's name, who looked almost like their son, now lurking around the Szarr manor. Was it their Astarion? They could never get close enough to tell. Maybe they're still looking for him, hoping one day he'll come home, or be found. He was so young when he disappeared, which makes it all the worse. He had so much ahead of him that he'll never get to experience...

[inhaleaaaaaaaa]

I don’t know if it’s already been said but istg romancing Astarion as Durge is just giving him scary dog privileges. You should’ve seen me siccing my massive sorcerer Dragonborn on anyone who manages to hit Astarion. Like always in dialogues I’m looking over at him and being like ‘bbg what do you think about this?’

[lucrezianoin]

Okay, I wanna pick your brain a bit. What do you make of Astarion’s “There’s nothing more desirable in the world than a vampire, is there?” comment after the Blood Merchant thing?

It makes me wonder exactly how many of his targets knew he was a vampire and if that fact alone appealed to them. But! It’s also pretty clear that Astarion and Cazador both are wary of people discovering their nature.

Anyway, I love your blog! Have a lovely day!

OHH I was thinking about it just two days agoooo I am honored!!

So the first thing that comes to mind is that this is a meta-line. I mean, in any case it needs a meaning in world too, but I think that it was added as a way to directly tell the player "Hey, this is about the seductive vampire trope, and we are flipping it on its head". Other similar lines, imho, in Astarion's story are:

This is just a game for you, isn't it? (when you ignore his words and coerce him into having sex)

If you don't like it, maybe this is not for you (I am paraphrasing it, but basically this is what ascended Astarion tells you if you say you wanted him to love you):

So I think this might be part of it.

But of course, in game it will have to have a meaning. Given that people pretty easily tell he is a vampire (Araj, Z'rell) it is possible that some of his marks thought:

a) He was a vampire

b) He was playing the part of a vampire (like a fantasy)

I tend to agree with you that everything was mainly dedicated to hiding their natures as vampires, so it is possible that it was more of a vague game (like "ohh surely he is not a vampire, but what if"). There is also a line about how there is a small number of people Astarion slept with who are still alive, plus his comment about Cazador's pleasure chambers - so I suppose it is possible that he used to entertain for Cazador's guests? Guests he was not supposed to bring to him?

When you ask Astarion about your relationship in act 2 he kinda divides the possibilities in: victim, target, a night better to forget. While these could all be overlapping, who knows, maybe there were some nights better to forget who were not his targets or victims.

In this case it is possible that there could have been more expectations (or even knowledge) about the whole vampire fantasy, than someone he had to quickly seduce and bring back (or also slowly seduce... just someone he had to bring back).

[brekkie-e]

How fucked up would it be if Astarion's Gaurdian was Sebastian?

[tombware]

probably not intentionally written like this but felt sick thinking about this in the context of AA living in the palace where he got his ass whipped for 200 years

[myrkulitescourge]

i do love how no one in game ever spares more than a single thought about the other vampire spawn being able to misty escape if you walk too close with something like the light of lathander equipped. astarion has ONE line about it

and then… nothing. should we not be a little more worried about the teleporting vampire spawn? or even wonder why they can teleport suddenly?

did cazador grant them a new power so that they can hunt during the day, like we see there in the flophouse? why would he try to have the six spawn left speedrun the last few victims needed for the ritual if astarion went missing with the final necessary component?

and is this why they’re all so willing to believe cazador will keep his word and set them free when he subverts undeath? because he’s just given them a small token of freedom, the ability to navigate during the day so long as they stay out of direct sunlight? and how did he do it?? much to think about.

[swordmaid]

my hag romance murder mystery au turning to magistrate astarion working with executor shri’iia we kind of like that development

[deadrlngers]

hm. i actually really like cazador (<my last words before getting executed)

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

Oh you're going to be IRRITATING, aren't ya?

EYUP HE IS.

[forcedhesitation]

exhalted vampeeric maaastah

[esterigermaine]

Sometimes I wonder about the limits of vampire spawn healing and then I remember Cazador and get really sad for all of his spawn.

[firstspawn-moved]

i cannot emphasize how important it is to always ask ast*rion for permission when it comes to anything revolving touch. it's always been this big thing with how i portray him and i feel like i hardly ever touch on it enough. depending on where your relationship lies with him and how he truly feels about you, he'll try his best to comfort his own self without needing to cause confusion the moment he jolts at the slightest feel of fingers on his hand, arm, etc.. and while it will happen. he'll always be quick to defend himself and make up these lies until the truth falls.

he's not always been like this, however. but it feels like this when he's so touch starved that his skin boils at the mere thought. scared to be used again, scared enough that he's careful for others to not bump into him. his scar is another story. he tries to cover himself up as much as he can because the scar is still raw, can still feel the prick of cazador's needle.

[thexgrayxlady]

Murtagh: Kill them with kindness? Wrong. Stabbing. Preferably, at least once for every time he hurt Thorn.

[shimelyasmin]

im really sad about how wyll’s whole story is going in act 3 bc it feels like, compared to the other characters, he hasnt gotten any huge scenes where he’s actually making decisions for himself. like for the scene where mizora forces him to choose between breaking his contract or saving his father, you choose for him and he agrees to whatever you tell him to do instantly like. why. there also just hasnt really been any scenes outside of camp that wyll really gets to shine in even tho theres been plenty of opportunities for them