#i cant even play bg3 btw

[scalpelsister]

well i cant play palia lmao because my computer SUCKS lmao

[zoneofsmites]

Ok, here we have the actual Gort-guardian im going with. Inspired by these two posts that have been living in my head rent free for weeks btw.

hmmm but we're missing something... a little element of wrongness.

Ah, I got it - eyes are the window to the soul, aren't they?

and the guardian does not have a soul. And this is not the soul you are seeking.

[mcpicklebreath]

questions I have about astarion romance storyline, I have lots of thoughts about him and want help from people who have played already, uh spoilers for his early romance plot below

does anyone know if you have to have sex with astarion for his romance scenes to lead up to you both working together to figure out what you both really want?

haven't gotten to play yet, and while he's undeniability charming (like he's trying to be) I'd like to refuse him without it shutting off the romance if that's an option? I'd still want to pick flirty options when I think they'd be fun but the character I have in mind would see through the more performative bits and wouldn't really be interested in sex with someone they think is lying to them, it would fit the character more if they refused.

I'm okay with mild spoilers if it relates to his story.

I feel like the answer will be no, and given the story stuff with him I've seen I could understand why, but this game has a lot of branching options so thought I might as well ask!

and if it is possible and because of everything astarion is dealing with we don't end up fucking ever that's totally okay with me

[kimmkitsuragi]

me exploring the lower city thru sewers first (very normal thing to do) so i dont know where things lead to on the surface, going through one "exit" and ending up in a cursed looking "ancient lair": wait, is this cazador shit ?????

[crowlore]

wrt the last reblog it’s not really relevant to the exact point op was making so ill say it here but..

idk i really like larian games mechanically! they’re my exact kind of tactical rpg and they’re insanely fun to play and i loved so much of the humor of divinity original sin back in uhhh 2014 when i first played it. i was obsessed! it didn’t need to break ground or anything it didn’t have to be revolutionary it was just FUN. and i was pretty excited to hear they’d be making bg3…of course the file size is a crime against game design and there’s no way i could afford to build a computer that could actually run it smoothly..

like even before getting into the fanbase’s atrocious racism when it comes to wyll (CRAZY to me btw. like he is such an insanely sweet and likable character it is literally JUST bc he’s black that people talk about him the way they do) i cant sign off with how much the studio has bent to the whims of the popular fan opinions it feels so. not scummy but like..hm im not actually sure what word im looking for. i guess i think it threatens the integrity of the story they wrote? i understand tons of writers worked on the game but again why so much favoritism even after launch why don’t they go back to fix bugs that completely break certain characters quests while constantly adding more interactions to others? man

[andrewknightley]

OK SO I FINISHED BG3 thoughts and stuff under the cut (spoilers obvs) . Pals and mutuals that played feel free to comment it with me, and also wyll enjoyers pls do interact fkfkdk

SPOILER about the ending

-Ok so i was playing a good tav dwarf paladin romancing wyll, got my team of wyll/lae'zel/karlach, but lae'zel felt like the real main character of this story and honestly its what she deserves.

-got orpheus and turned him into a mind flayer sorry bro. and then the emperor gets angry and fights with the baddies. like gosh this guy sucks

-saved the day yadda yadda and lae'zel went away to guide her kind and LOOK SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER i was so sad but i knew it was what she wanted but IT PAINS ME

-then gale leaves me to become a god, and then astarion gets attacked by the sun and runs away and im like wow this ending is such a downer everyone is leaving me

-AND THEN. KARLACH.......

-Ok so i cried like a baby like. i fucked up i dont know what i did wrogn i cant believe karlach is gonna die im SOBBING

-But wyll is like "WE CAN LIVE ALL FIGHTING DEMONS IN HELL" and got the coolest shit ever of these 3 going on adventures like you dont know HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS ENDING!!! im so happy aaah TOT

-then there is the epilogue and it's the cutest thing i can hug shadow heart and halsin and karlach :_) tried with astarion but i dont know if its impossible or i had him too low (every companion loves me but he finds me acceptable fgoihdgfjiodgio) anyways i wanted to hug all my friends

-gale is a god and like good for him but im like ??? damn we dont see his mission or anything he does this all off screen?? i wanted to see his struggles and stuff idk i wanted to see the FEELINGS

-anyways idk if i got a bug or something but when i get to talk with people about what i am doing is just me and karlach and 0 mention of wyll idk why TOT let me talk about my romantic companion pls

-also i had like 2 options to talk with romanced wyll and way more conver with astarion wich again i didnt even have very high on his love for me (i do love him and my chara frienenemy status tho) but why only 2 options for wyll i wanna talk with him moreeee at the end

-he did blow me a kiss it was the cutest thing tho

-Again idk if i got a bug but i never get anyone commenting on my relationship with wyll and i know the companions gossip about karlach and probs other charas >-<

-i heard a friend who had to kill karlach to get to see her gale ending so i tried in another save to see what happened (it was awful btw) and that was the only way to get an extra scene of wyll telling me to go for mizora and having other people aknowledge him in the epilogue (just with jaheira it lets me say wyll, with astarion and shadow heart they gave me answer like "oh im with my lover" and such instead of by name)

-i am a big fan of wyll but not so much of wyll missions, like they are fun to play but gosh i wanted the cool FEELINGS moments like lae'zel, shadow heart, astarion and karlach had, i feel he is straight up a classic hero tale and i want to see this man overwhelming with feelings of all the stuff he suffered. also more stuff with the dad idk i couldnt even tell him im with his son that could had been cool

-gale also feels like ???? he didnt have a proper mission and was like off screen wich is a bit weird to me ??

-my fav chara is wyll and then second lae'zel who is perfect 0 notes on her 100% increible. Then Do Not Make Me Choose for the other origin companions i cant. I love them so much. I didn't like astarion at first and i was like "really this is the man all my friends and everyone is obsessed about??" but then act 3 arrived and i was like Ah. I Get It Now. I would say my less fav is gale but because i didnt bring him anywhere so next game im def paying him more attention.

-anyways i could have some notes but in general i fucking loved this game so much TOT

[caps-clever-girl]

had a dream last night where i was in bg3 andni was doing the storyline, and i was like.... an hour into the game id say? (which i have never played btw. so god knows if it actually even looked like bg3) and i was like 'i cant wait to add astarion to my party! :)' and remembered that i already fucking missed him since he was right at the start and i ZOOMED back. (still missed him)

[kimmkitsuragi]

i thought i would have Even More Fun when astarion started to like me. now he wont stop saying things like "my dear" or even worse. "lover". help