#faorism plays bg3

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the jannath house fight is one of the worse experiences ive ever had in a game

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absolutely wyll romancing astarion. spoilers below!

as i learned when i noticed someone had options i didn't get during the camp celebration night, there is precise pathing in wylls romance to avoid a bug(?) WHICH HAS YOU NOT HAVE HIM IN YOUR PARTY WTF that had me restart at the door of the underdark

i also definitely missed some subtle dialogue cues for wyll, while it's always very obvious what will seduce astarion let astarion seduce you.

it also doesn't say in the link above, but another person said asking wyll about his eye also breaks the romance. might have been an earlier patch, but i decided not to test it

you miss out on astarions lovely snippy comments and i miss his voice so much

maybe i am just so desperate for wyll interactions, but i feels other companions' reactions are prioritized above wylls? i hear SO much more from karlach, but astarions comments were definitely frequent or at least very memorable

im going to write a post about this, but unlike other companions who have persistent dialogue options, astarion does not until later on the game, and as of post-grove without romance path, wyll doesn't either. what astarion does have is the permission to feed on you. it was a delightful chore to always tell him he can. there was something somewhat transactional about it. and like people in other reblogs shared, it implies that wyll is kinda just relieving some tension even tho he knows (with a passed insight check) there's something fake about astarions approach. i really like this dynamic for how messy it is

astarion calling you darling and dear all the time 😭

wearing the bloodless condition with pride was so hot to me.......

astarion starts off strong in act i, cools off in act ii, and then boy when you complete his quest in act iii it's just so lovely.

people have spoken about wyll being underwritten. not sure for the wyll romance, but comparing astarion romance to wyll as a mainstay companion (during a tav/shadowheart run), it's definitely doesn't have the same punch as astarions emotionally imo. like,, the emotional resolution between cazador and dad/aldur ain't the same. (i personally wished ravenguard was less a set piece for all we had to go thru to find him since act i. because bruh the daddy issues there are SO real. i desperately wish that wyll reacted to the contents of his father's vault 😭)

astarion would absolutely hate being pushed into leadership (def npc in his own life energy, so he can observe others and react rather than being the one to be decisive) while wyll is the origin who steps up to the challenge

imo there is no way to play origin astarion as companion accurate while trying to impress wyll. you are forced into the noble/heroic actions or else wyll absolutely will disapprove.

meanwhile, there was only one thing i absolutely had to do where wyll that felt ooc, which was allow astarion to kill the gur hunter. (in my playthrough, i long rested immediately after the fight and astarion started the romance then. which. was so fucking depressing and wonderfully tragic in retrospect.)

in my abandoned playthrough, i was also flirting with gale and karlach with astarion. it was honestly bizarre to see how sincere, tender, and kind astarion is as origin. wyll, on the other hand, is absolutely that sincere, tender, and kind

THAT SAID i like the rp of occasionally dropping the weight of The Blade Of Frontiers and allowing himself to (as @lesbianralzarek brilliantly described) be a cunt sometimes. this ultimately is one of the biggest draws for me. i adore literal prince wyll and i cannot wait to carry on thru the romance to see him at his peak dreamy. however, im still struck with the line from companion wyll for why he hid his connection to mizora. something like, his is a tale of two men. he wanted you to know the blade, and not the shadow from the past. and like. UHDNDNDKS i really loved rp'ing from his guy who might not usually do something like this and not usually with a guy like astarion, and he doesn't see himself as a full person deserving of letting loose and living outside the grand persona. growing just a tad bit morally gray (or just a touch impolite tbh) on the small things felt like a natural way to allow the shadow to be lit

the other major reason is more ymmv: i am deeply interested in the exploration of trauma, and knowing what i know about astarions backstory, i am missing that as part of the relationship from what ive seen so far with astarion origin. like, the man says "dont touch me" hundreds of times thru a playthrough when you switch to him; having that be reflected in the rp (in terms of him not wanting to have sex after act ii for awhile) moved me. again, idk enough about wylls romance (other than the dance scene on my tav which RIP at me having to break the poor man's heart over rejecting him) so maybe my opinion will shift!

and the most important reason: romancing astarion means playing with wyll, and he is so good and sweet and i just wanna look at that man for hours on end and you should too haha

Wyllstarion people, is it best to romance Wyll with Astarion or romance Astarion with Wyll? Who has the most extra content?

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everyone good aligned until there's a combo jewel and instrument shop minded by only two people with under combined 20 hp

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fuck man im haunted by the find tiefling side quest i didn't finish. i thought it would be addressed when i moved to the tower basement but nope! and i didn't notice it had locked me out until it was way too late. i was willing to walk back about three hours (some of that being cut scenes and me leaving my computer open) but that hadn't been enough. rip babes

EDIT: check the replies because i am no longer haunted because THIS REALLY WASNT MY FAULT. this game just expects people to do things in an order that doesn't work with my completionist brain. fuck this.

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i am consistently doing things out of order in bg3 but the worst was when i STRUGGLED fighting the [Event At The Big Forge] and then only when i got a fknsnsbskaing achievement for beating it without [some fucking weapon i still don't have] DID I FIND OUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MUCH EASIER??

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bg3 is the first game ive played since early ovw, and even that was a break back into games for me. my brother is now desperately trying to get me to try his recs but im like....... or..... i can download another difficulty mod onto this wyllstarion romance simulator and have my boys fall in love again??

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the latest update broke late stage wyllstarion kissing noooooo what is the POINT of this game now

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trying to find the right balance of added difficulty mods is such pain. im breezing rn because ive optimized too hard ugh

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im so despondent re. prev post's tags as i spiralled realzing my wyllstarion playthrough romancing wyll is no longer possible because of some incorrect early inputs. im gonna have to restart my run so many hours into it. (idk how many because i chronically walk away leaving it running and forget to close the game BUT A LOT)

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not me, with a full campaign and an act i playtime under my belt, being today years old finding out that you can throw a health potion to a companion to heal them in bg3.

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…………………….i thought withers' name had an R in it. ive been pronouncing it like werthers

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spoilers for ending rage post

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. I SPEND FUXKONGNS DAYS WORTH OF TIME FIGHTINF ALONGSIDE ASTARION, AND BECAUSE I FUCKONGNSK CHOSE A GOOD SIDE ENDING, YOU END IT WITH A FUCKONG JOKE AND HIM COWERING FROM THE SUNLIGHT, WITH SOME OF THE NPCS SAYING HES GONNA BE ALL ALONE DEPENDING ON WHO SPEAKS. AFTER I SAW THE TRAUMA HE WENT THRU AND AFTER SO MUCH AND YOU DO HIM DIRTY LIKE FUCKONG THIS

fucking GALE who i basically NEVER played with got a more satisfying ending convo the FUCK

can't wait to be evil wyll and romance astarion and give him everything he deserves

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god fuxking dammit. i tried playing darkside wyll and failed. deleted every save but the last and started a new game.

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not me replaying the last 45-75 min several times until i got a satisfying ending.

pure noble ending fucking sucks. sacrificing orpheus is truly the only way to go. i would have loved to squidify astarion for the perfect whump enhancement journey. might have to write a shadowheart/tav fic just to include that...

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ending spoilers

also the final fight is one of the easiest big battles in the game if you stock a bunch of transportation and invisibility bubble scrolls, which i hadn't planned for, i just hoard my shit??

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me legit tearing up over completing shadowhearts side quest the fuck. i agonized over what to tell her to do and then spent several inspiration points making sure my [religion] response passed but the Worth. all i want is me and my chronic pain gf and her family and a ton of pets in a cottage post game