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punkscowardschampions · 2 years ago

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Buster & Rio Pt.3

Buster: [‘I’m so close to cumming inside you’ could not be more obvious but he can’t believe this is happening so he’s gotta say it, impossible though every word is to get out coherently and we all know it’ll take him forever, still not having his freakout about that yet tho because too in this moment and feeling too much else]

Rio: [‘you have to, I’m yours’ whilst doing more to get you even closer because it’s mutual and you’ve honestly outdone yourselves lasting this long ‘you own me’ using his hands to grab you wherever he wasn’t already because we’re feralling now]

Buster: [permission to be feral has been beyond given at this point so he’s likewise being and doing the absolute most here now, but taking a second to grab her hand before it’s gone and doing a pinky swear as if either of you have any need or anything left to promise to each other, before y’all are back to grabbing saucily again]

Rio: [we would swear to anything and everything right now and you can tell that by how we are making INTENSE eye contact with you during this pinky promise and then after because let it sink in]

Buster: [kiss her throat and then bite her necklace so you don’t say ILY boy, you have from the back before but not the front or side so gotta and if you accidentally break it being feral that’s subtle and not something the fam would be connecting the dots over but you’ll also be buzzing you get to buy her a new one]

Rio: [actually seeing you do this and THAT close will be everything and we’re not okay ‘you could hurt me’ as a statement like you’re strong but also like you could and that’d be okay, we love a double meaning moment]

Buster: [‘All you have to do is ask’ because he’ll only ever hurt her in ways she wants not sad ways]

Rio: [‘You’re so good to me’ because always giving us what we want 😍]

Buster: [‘because you’re so fucking good’ like full stop in every way we love you]

Rio: [you’re gonna have to cum, we cannot keep doing this]

Buster: [and her doing it will make him because it’s everything]

Rio: [on these stairs, trying to wrap your head around what just happened, you think you’d be used to it by now but no, not at all]

Buster: [he’s as much in a shooketh daze but nevertheless redressing her unthinkingly, even if it’s literally just the dress and his jumper with underwear and bra temporarily forgotten, because that’s the sort of gentlemanly bitch he is and he doesn’t want her to freeze to death in this cellar]

Rio: [just letting him baby you entirely, being very unhelpful, hopefully one item of his clothing is within reach so you can at least put that on him]

Buster: [soz there’s no fucks given about moving again once he’s got her dressed and sat on him because there’s holding her and stroking her hair to do and that’s a bigger priority atm]

Rio: [just looking up at him with so much love, playing with the fingers on his hand that isn’t in her hair, getting our breathing and heart rate slowly back to normal, doing a final shaky sigh with a sheepish smile ‘I’m going to stay with you’ not clarifying what and when we mean by this]

Buster: [‘good’ with his own massive heart eyes and low-key a sigh of relief that he’s trying to bury in her body and hair to hide it because if either of y’all had freaked out after that it would be understandable so he was expecting it from her can’t lie ‘I want that’]

Rio: [‘you better’ like it’s all chill and bants, and would not be so awkwardly devastating if you just fucked off now, which with how fractous it all was before, we also wouldn’t be totally surprised, just gutted ‘you promised’ quietly but poutily, like you must look after me forever bye]

Buster: [an amused smile to play along like it’s bants but he’s so so serious as he cups her face and kisses her pout away as if it’s in her expression fully too not just her voice and does another pinky promise mid kiss like yep I did and I promise again ‘you know I mean every word I’ve said since the day after my birthday’ forgetting in this loved up moment any he said in anger that he absolutely did not mean lol and only remembering the feelsy important ones]

Rio: [keep smiling into this kiss because we’re too happy, making cute noises at your cute antics, putting our own hands through your curls ‘why would you lie?’ because we know that you aren’t, even if we’re both caught up in our feels right now, still not untrue ‘and you know, what I mean too, yeah?’]

Buster: [‘There’s loads of reasons I could and perhaps would’ve, but a more important reason why I’m not right now’ because if she was anyone else there’s a chance he would be exploitive and manipulative, we know what he’s been like before and how he’d been living but she’s her and he cares too much about her obvs ‘Yeah, I know exactly what you mean to me’ as if that’s what she meant by that]

Rio: [‘You hardly need to’ like the deed is done, and was gonna be done, whatever spin you put on it, shrugging yourself up slightly]

Buster: [‘No, I don’t’ because matter of fact about this as he is about most things, put her down so you can actually get dressed and not freeze to death]

Rio: [find your bra and pants, even if you’re pocketing them more at this point, check your phone momentarily]

Buster: [have a mooch through this cellar and see if there’s any booze you wanna steal, not that either of you really need to get any drunker but hey, bring back whatever you deem worthy]

Rio: [sit back down on a step and put your hand out like go on then]

Buster: [give her the bottle of whatever and pick her broken necklace up from wherever that fell off and just be playing with it for a sec]

Rio: [watching him and going red at the necklace reminder ‘doesn’t matter’ like he’s said sorry for breaking it]

Buster: [‘I’ll buy you a new one’ but dropping this broken one into her palm and closing her fingers around it like an unspoken but you should keep this because y’all are both sentimental af]

Rio: [hand him the bottle after you’ve had yours and shake your head ‘don’t need to’]

Buster: [shaking his own head because he does need to and he will, taking a drink looking at her like you know me better than that gal]

Rio: [‘that’s not all I care about’ like an FYI, just in case you think that, now playing with the necklace yourself]

Buster: [‘I know that, and I’m not saying it’ because not calling you a gold digger clearly when he hardcore supports her career success]

Rio: [make a non-commital mhmm sound ‘what do we do now?’]

Buster: [getting even closer to her than he was and doing a little nudge when she makes that sound like oi/come on ‘What do you want to do?’]

Rio: [‘I don’t know, what if it’s weird?’ as a blurt out moment]

Buster: [‘weird with them or weird with us?’ looking at the cellar door when he’s referring to the fam and back at her when he means y’all, cos needs clarifying what she means]

Rio: [‘well, both now’ like how do you think it might be weird]

Buster: [pulling her onto his lap and kissing her dramatically ‘did that feel weird to you?’ said against her lips how they do]

Rio: [shake your head as dramatically and then kiss him again ‘cos no it did not]

Buster: [have a lil makeout sesh because the novelty of that still hasn’t worn off yet ‘I don’t think there is a what if with them, things feeling different when we go back up there is the price we pay for this’ when he can bear to pull away, because the tea is things were worse than weird between y’all when you weren’t acknowledging this vibe between you so it’s one or the other weirdness between y’all or the fam ‘and it’s worth it to me’]

Rio: [‘I feel like your name really is written all over me now, you know’ like it’s THAT obvious, how could it not be to the fam when it’s all that we can think or feel ‘I know I’m just freaking out because if it was then it’d stop everything again’ because we do not wanna go back to how things were between y’all aka nasty or non-existent, we cannot ‘of course it’s worth it’ brushing his lips with your fingers ‘you know what I want’]

Buster: [pulling her even more into his lap and closer to him than she already was ‘We’ll stay together until it’s time for my flight, by then the ones left standing won’t be any state to notice anything, except what a good night they’ve had’ giving her a look like do you trust me but not giving her a chance to answer because he knows she do ‘I’ll prove it’ and ferally doing a lovebite that looks as much like a B as possible somewhere that isn’t blatant af but is visible if you weren’t too pissed to 👀]

Rio: [‘don’t even tell me when your flight is’ because we know you won’t be hanging about long at all, and never long enough for our liking but moping about that is not an option when you go in for this move, dying in your lap and doing our most inadvertently to kill you too with the movements we have to make about it ‘take a picture for me’ because you can post that on your private accounts anyway, no fam 👀s should be there lol]

Buster: [the confidence of this boy at all times with everything meaning he’ll take a single pic of her and know it slays despite how distracting she’s being, send that to her and remember you never saw those profiles properly because she wanted to show you in person which never happened, so waiting to see if this is the moment]

Rio: [‘does it suit me?’ not at all casually, like should I be covered in your initial yes or yes lmao, LOOKING at him for his reaction to the photo instead of looking for yourself]

Buster: [LOOKING back at her as always because we know how into it he is, hence doing the slowest and most dramatic nod because YES, as he draws his last name initial on her wrist with his finger not at ALL casually because gotta take it up a notch which really hits different now that it’s the same as hers]

Rio: [staring at your own wrist, that breathing getting heavy again]

Buster: [I’m assuming she has at least one tattoo at this point because she’s had her 18th so touching and kissing it/them wherever they are/it is because thinking about her getting his name or initials tatted on her cos how could he not be]

Rio: [Yes I’m sure you’d have a few, won’t commit to which or where but for sure so go ahead boy, we’ll be here having the same thought of course and DYING, nudging him with our head like stop it you 😳]

Buster: [Can’t and won’t stop so kissing her 😳 now as well]

Rio: [just be saying his name in the most indecent way now ‘you want it’ accusatory but not not true lmao]

Buster: [‘I want what you want’ because she always says it, it’s like their catchphrase at this point, one of many lol]

Rio: [doing your own dramatic nod in reply because only appropriate response ‘always’]

Buster: [manoeuvring her rn immediately to bring back that face sitting vibe of the OG convo because he would as it’s his fave thing and this time we can bring the added trying to spell his name with it so that’s a fun added little detail]

Rio: [always caught by surprise and then killed by it in the most dramatic ways, audibly and physically ‘you want me to fall in love with you’ like I swear]

Buster: [we all know he does want that so doing everything possible and being beyond extra as per]

Rio: [gripping onto his legs so tightly so you don’t fall because you’re that overwhelmed]

Buster: [don’t let her fall that wouldn’t be a mood lol, it’s fine, we know you’ve got this sir despite all your concentration being on being feral]

Rio: [we’re just showering you in all the praise in as feral a manner]

Buster: [he’s always gonna love that, shamelessly living his best life rn and being as loud as he can be whilst not chilling out on his antics for a single sec]

Rio: [‘You’re gonna, I can’t-‘ pushing away slightly but not moving far enough away to really stop you]

Buster: [the tiniest pause to say ‘you can’ because that’s like another catchphrase of theirs at this point tho tis usually we but you know, using his strength to v easily move her back to where she was and keep her there and carry on killing her]

Rio: [so SO into it and the entire energy of that ‘daddy’]

Buster: [he’s into that word always as well as how into it she is when he’s acting like that so being even more feral somehow idk how you have the energy but I respect you for it, try and spell that out too like you did your name earlier]

Rio: [we’re leaning into it and just riding your face now because it’s clear that you love it]

Buster: [excuse us fam, they gotta do this, if you hear anything, no you don’t]

Rio: [y’all stay partying this is none of your business because we’re having to scream rn ‘I’m going to…if you don’t stop’ knowing damn well he won’t]

Buster: [will pause long enough to go back over a lovebite he did when he gave her oral before which would feel like forever ago but then he’s right back at it obvs though first gotta say ‘I’ll never stop’ for how his voice sounds]

Rio: [‘don’t’ so definitive like we cannot and must not ‘I’ll do anything to keep you’]

Buster: [kill her for that please, you’d love hearing it so you simply must hun]

Rio: [soz not soz for the absolute mess being made, you know what was coming boy]

Buster: [likewise soz not soz that like in the OG he isn’t giving her any recovery time at all before he’s initiating another hookup here because he’s too turned on by everything that just occurred, we know that about him]

Rio: [kiss him to hold onto some sanity because we’re feral af right now and have no chill ‘you’re fucking incredible’ through a mess of kisses all over]

Buster: [he has NO chill either so I cannot stop him saying ‘fall in love with me’ now that he can speak because really does want that and doesn’t count as an ILY so it’s FINE and we can’t talk about how utterly feral this hookup immediately is compared to y’alls first]

Rio: [STARING at him with the most intense energy and your mouth open because we all know]

Buster: [STARING back at her and saying it again in an even more indecent way, going even harder with this hookup like he needs to emphasise each word as it comes out of his mouth]

Rio: [‘you know’ 🥺]

Buster: [‘Tell me’ because he wants to hear that L word, ready or not]

Rio: [say it against his lips so you can close your eyes because one thing at a time ‘I already love you’]

Buster: [obviously kissing her in such a dramatic way because !! about this]

Rio: [lose yourself in this dramatic kiss lads, even if you’re moaning so much into his mouth ‘cos casually can’t shut up once you’ve started syndrome]

Buster: [thank god it’s mutual and he’s also being a noisy bitch because imagine if he was like um shh please, but he’s just lowkey throwing her around this cellar as well as, making even more noise about that because feral o clock]

Rio: [it must be extremely awkward and I’m sure has happened to both of y’all, just getting with someone with entirely the opposite vibe, thankfully that is not the mood and y’all are on the exact same wavelength, as is v obvious rn]

Buster: [Winnie says knock the bottle over from before because he’s an absolute chaos bear and we know y’all won’t care or even notice so]

Rio: [he loves the drama and the mess]

Buster: [he does, I stopped him from fully having y’all destroy a case or shelf, that is too loud and too much mess]

Rio: [that would be bad, they’d know you were banging someone when you inevitably had to pay for all that lmao]

Buster: [mhmm, take it down a notch lil bear, I say as I have him say ‘I could fall in love with you too, you know’ because close as I’m allowed to get to that L bomb]

Rio: [‘it’s rude that you haven’t’ with your own hot lol because can’t be too serious and FUCK YOU about this, not the vibe at all, but it goes without saying that we’re doing more to challenge you to fall for us, duh]

Buster: [can’t help joining in and doing his own hot lol even as he’s giving her the biggest heart eyes for hers which turn into a LOOK when she’s doing what she’s doing because it’s getting to him exactly how it’s supposed to, of course ‘I don’t have your manners, if I did…’ are you leaving it there because there’s no need to finish that sentence or because he’s moaning and can’t or both]

Rio: [‘can’t you behave?’ A LOOK of our own to match the energy ‘just once, for me?’ doing more to elicit more moans from you and ourself tbh]

Buster: [‘don’t you like how I’m behaving for you?’ as he uses whatever hot moves are necessary to switch up their position into an even more feral one]

Rio: [‘I love it’ emphasising the LOVE by then giving him a love bite because it’s been a while, wherever we can reach in this position we’re now in]

Buster: [the SOUND coming from him 1000% emphasising how much he loves that, giving her a matching one wherever it is like when they did proper twinning with it earlier, hopefully you can reach too or find a way to]

Rio: [pressing on his hard because you want it to bruise for longer nbd]

Buster: [of course he loves that, telling her what a good girl she is in every possible way however incoherent that is rn as he is once again throwing her all about because all the bruises 5ever thank you so much]

Rio: [so here for it, it always makes us feral so enjoy because we’ve had no respite so we were fully off the edge before we even started ‘I wanna make you cum, I need to make you happy’]

Buster: [‘you love me’ his tone making it clear he doesn’t mean that in the well duh of course kind of way he could and is instead just feeling the full effects of her saying it before and him getting to say it now cos never gonna be over it or more into anything she’s ever said, which she’d be able to feel as well as hear in his voice because cannot possibly be thrusting any harder than he is and is back doing the most to pull on those nip piercings at the same time ‘make me’ frantically since he’s so close to losing it, not elaborating if he means cum or happy or make me love you too because we know it’s all of them nbd]

Rio: [pulling his head closer to yours despite the fact you’re gonna be headbutting each other with the force of everything going on currently ‘I love you, Buster’ in his ear, barely audible because we’re so close as well and everything is heightened to fever pitch ‘it’s what you want’]

Buster: [she said it again in an even more !! manner so we all know what that’s gonna do to him and thank god because y’all can’t keep this up forever, he’s basically gonna collapse onto her with the force of this anyway so don’t accidentally crush her to death please with your body or millions of bottles of wine]

Rio: [lying here on the cold hard ground because now y’all need to take several moments]

Buster: [mhmmm they do, recover and calm yourselves down slightly]

Rio: [making no effort to move you though, squashes or otherwise]

Buster: [it’s fine, he’s too much of a gentleman to not move as soon as he’s physically able, but he will pull her close to him again immediately in a non squashed manner because not trying to have any distance between y’all ever]

Rio: [just be looking at him sneakily, nudge him in the side like you okay babe]

Buster: [looking at her not at all sneakily like ? as if she’s nudging you because she needs something or has something v urgent to say]

Rio: [shaking your head and smiling like I’m good ‘you just fucked the shit out of me’ like he’s not aware and you need to state it to believe it yourself]

Buster: [you can’t not smile at that and you should be proud of yourselves tbh lads, smugness is allowed]

Rio: [😍 at your smile, tickling you like you’re remotely offended]

Buster: [immediately must use his strength for evil and easily pin her and win this tickle fight before it has even started]

Rio: [again, the lack of a fight being put up because we wanna be pinned by you]

Buster: [we all see him going from tickling her to kissing her so fast]

Rio: [climb on top of him to keep kissing him]

Buster: [biting her lip as if he’s fuming she moved from being pinned but gently because he isn’t really obvs]

Rio: [pouting into it so you can bite it even more]

Buster: [needs no encouragement so y’all are just having a lovely time with this]

Rio: [pushing down against his crotch ‘I’m never getting tired of you’]

Buster: [‘you're not allowed to’ because gotta be a dad about it always]

Rio: [‘tell me what I am then’ laying our head down like it’s a story]

Buster: [telling her about feral antics y’all haven’t done yet tonight but will wanna as things she’s allowed to do]

Rio: [just giggling like oh okay ‘we’ve still got time’ picking up his wrist to look at his watch and see what time it actually is]

Buster: [when he knows what time his flight is obvs but she didn’t wanna know so just deliberately not looking and giving her heart eyes]

Rio: [‘You’d not be sober enough to get on a flight for ages yet’ like lol, your parents aren’t that keen to be gone ‘It’s good, that they came’]

Buster: [giving her a look like excuse you because who is drunk this boy but who’s the kind of drunk that says they’re not drunk also this boy ‘Of course I’m sober enough’ simply not true but I respect you for lying like this because that was me too hun, a shrug to the second bit because yes it is for many reasons but we’re not trying to think about how sad baze are atm again rn or ever if he can help it ‘I’m glad to see you too, babe’ playfully like yeah glad you don’t regret me being here after all this, that’d be rude lol]

Rio: [shaking our head like no, you are not but in a guess you’ll have to stay playful manner, as well as it just being true lmao ‘I wasn’t talking about you’ for the bants of maybe I’m not glad to see you but also because we know what we were saying]

Buster: [can and will be tickling her again for all this sass that’s happening ‘you’re thinking about me though’ because always true]

Rio: [escaping the tickling by lowkey throwing yourself into his arms like he isn’t the one doing it ‘yeah’ whilst giving you hearteyes from within this snuggle because no lie detected]

Buster: [snuggling her protectively also like he wasn’t the one doing it lol]

Rio: [‘I’ll be thinking about you for a long time’ like how am I getting over this, I’m not]

Buster: [A nod because hard same, likewise never getting over this, forlornly sneaking a glimpse at his watch when she’s in the snugg still and cannot see because tonight does have a time limit on it sadly and he doesn’t wanna know but also simply must it’s that dilemma, but then he decides fuck it and puts it on her because now is a good moment to be giving her this even though he’s not leaving yet, while they are on the subject of time and missing each other]

Rio: [just be twisting your wrist around in the light to look at this watch and give him a sad smile, without moving your face towards him so maybe he doesn’t fully see it either but of course we know what’s being said here ‘Easter isn’t far away’]

Buster: [just staring at how adorably big on her that watch also is because it looks so cute so it’s making him happy and sad at the same time lowkey ‘Be here before we know it’ as convincingly as he can manage to say that when it already feels like it’ll be forever before you can see each other again]

Rio: [get on top of him again so you can force eye contact regardless ‘I promise’ because so serious ‘and I won’t do anything but study and work and miss you the whole time’]

Buster: [holding that eye contact because always ‘Me too’ as seriously ‘Well, except for the suggestion I’d go out and get a job, obviously’ making a face like who me, lol no ‘I’m not promising that’]

Rio: [smirking like oh you ‘You have to get into Trinity, I don’t’ with a shrug]

Buster: [‘I will’ with his own smirk that once again can’t help but become a more genuine smile at the idea of it because still as buzzing as ever about this ‘and you have to be there to wake up and go to sleep next to, so I can start and end my days right’]

Rio: [when you know he’s so in love with you and you can’t handle it !! start kissing down his body because you can’t even look at him you’re that overwhelmed now, just like you’re showing him how he can start and end his days]

Buster: [being as !! with his noisy and enthusiastic responses to this like y’all have never done this before because never over any of it]

Rio: [‘I’ll look after you so good’ as you’re going to the effort to prove it as enthusiastically as he’s responding]

Buster: [‘I know’ sincere af because she’s putting that effort into everything she does and he sees and loves it]

Rio: [‘You want that, don’t you?’ it is a question despite being pretty sure, we still wanna know and hear it from you]

Buster: [‘We aren’t going to be a perfect couple if you don’t’ just saying you wanna be a couple here nbd]

Rio: [‘we’re going to be a couple?’ after a NOISE because unexpected but beyond into it]

Buster: [‘I can’t think of anyone else I’d want my first girlfriend to be’ how cute and how true]

Rio: [‘I love you’ as a reason she’d be a good girlfriend as well as the only response we can blurt out other than starting to cry or whatever else emotional mess]

Buster: [kissing her because he has to but in between all of said kisses telling her that he’s never called anyone baby and angel before and that he’s never said what other extra shit he’s said as if that wasn’t blatantly obvious because have to let her know how special she is without saying ily yet]

Rio: [‘I want you so badly’ fully said against his lips because we can’t remotely try to move away or stop]

Buster: [1000% instigating the most loving hookup of all time rn as if y’all didn’t have a really feral one not at all long ago because of course he is]

Rio: [the way we’re not looking or moving away from you at all this entire time, no matter how much we have to moan and bite and suck and say whatever unhinged emotional thing comes into our head]

Buster: [unhinged and emotional is clearly the vibe for this one, which is harder to get across for a boy, even though you’re clearly an intense af one lol]

Rio: [we all know what’s going on here ‘be my boyfriend’ with the same energy as his love me from before]

Buster: [‘You’ll never want another one’ literally ever because he’s gonna be the perfect bf forever is the vibe]

Rio: [‘I only want you’ ‘cos that’s already so true]

Buster: [‘As soon as we’re living together in the same city you won’t want for anything’ always just letting her know he’s gonna give her everything like she could forget]

Rio: [‘be a part of each other’s real life’ instead of this fantasy dreamlike moment of just seeing each other on holidays and then not for ages]

Buster: [‘We’ll build a real life with each other, you at the centre of mine and vice versa’ because yeah that’s what y’all both want already however extra it is]

Rio: [‘It’s like I made you up, I swear’]

Buster: [‘I’d have to have made you up’ as if he’s SO much older than her when it’s like a month haha, but also the he’s god/you’re mine vibes that we’re always bringing to the table with our giant ego]

Rio: [‘fine, it still means we fit perfectly’ because we’re down, obviously]

Buster: [doing the absolute most to show her how perfectly y’all fit together rn ofc like yep we do]

Rio: [just nodding exaggeratedly to agree ‘yours’ as the only vaguely coherent word we manage]

Buster: [giving an ‘all mine’ back as coherently as he can manage]

Rio: [‘no one else can have me, not whilst you want me’]

Buster: [‘they can’t ever have you then’ not at all casual]

Rio: [please kiss his neck dramatically so you don’t say anything else because there’s no word to describe how far gone you are]

Buster: [me like please shh your damn self sir but he can’t and won’t ‘I’ll put a ring on every finger, no one else can compete with that, there won’t even be room for them to try’ because I like when he said that in the OG convo it was so extra and I’ve somehow made it more so because y’all haven’t even mentioned weddings in a bants way like you did before he’s just saying this out of the blue]

Rio: [it was everything and is shamelessly going to get us in this moment because even more extra and even more unexpected like you said, just swearing and getting progressively louder and quicker with the stream of profanity casually, holding onto him for dear life]

Buster: [you did not need to say that boy but we all know you don’t have a single regret and especially not when he gets that reaction, doing his own ‘Jesus fucking Christ’ with all the feeling]

Rio: [there are no regrets here, just trying and failing to catch our breath and regroup a little ‘you’re better’ soz shit nan]

Buster: [the hottest hot lol because he can’t catch his breath either and what a compliment ‘you bring out the best in me’]

Rio: [making a little satisfied noise like I know that ‘nothing but’]

Buster: [a nod like yes exactly, before he’s burying his face into her neck like ily but accidentally on purpose breathing on her skin so dramatically because the nature of how much y’all have not had a sec to calm it yet]

Rio: [pulling him closer to you and cuddling him ‘til you start to feel almost normal, for tonight’s standard, anyway]

Buster: [mhmm, what a fever dream this whole fam function would feel like, but y’all have gotta chill out a bit here and now or you’ll pass away]

Rio: [find another drink because the other bottle went RIP, as dramatic as you’ll be about untangling yourself and moving away at all]

Buster: [he’ll be pulling her back to him as soon as she’s found one before she’s even had chance to open it because it’s clingy o clock]

Rio: [doing a little lol like hey ‘you missed me?’ as if you went anywhere]

Buster: [‘yeah’ as he opens the bottle for her like the gentleman he is]

Rio: [offer it to him first like you better have some of this then]

Buster: [have some yourself and then pour some into her mouth purely because you can]

Rio: [just drinking your way through the pub’s store, nbd lads, don’t worry about it, y’all are having a nice time and that’s all that matters ‘bit rude no ones looking for us’ like lmao okay fam]

Buster: [immediately pushing her up against this cellar door with a hot move like maybe we need to be even louder and closer to this fam haha, please don’t also spill the 2nd bottle of stolen booze thank you ‘now say it’ as if they’re gonna hear you this time and be so offended, but he’s saying it in a hot way too, obvs]

Rio: [widening our eyes and flashing you a mischievous grin because we know how you feel about this, take another swig of this bottle before tentatively banging your fist against this door, like hi, anyone there?]

Buster: [shaking his head like ugh y’all suck when nobody reacts to her lil knock as if they would, kicking his foot against this door but barely because it’s just a move designed to play footsie with her again actually and also we’ve all seen his outfit and his silly impractical prada slip on shoe, that’s not making a loud sound]

Rio: [looking down at y’alls feet like oh no, as if you remotely want this to work and to be disturbed ‘Buster’ in a faux-appalled-at your-behaviour type way just so you can say it, louder than you need to but still, no one is hearing]

Buster: [taking off her shoe and throwing it at the door to make a bigger bang that still blatantly won’t attract anyone’s attention in this rowdy af pub but we know it’s really cos he wants to do the most to and with her then bare foot because he did a bit of that when y’all were hiding behind the bar but he couldn’t go fully in kissing it and being indecent af when there were peeps around]

Rio: [if it didn’t feel good enough now in the moment, the memories of being behind the bar, that somehow feel forever ago, have us squirming ‘that tickles’ but not at all in a stop sort of way, fully the opposite]

Buster: [doing even more than he was and also lifting up her foot even more so she’ll really have to lean against this door to not fall because the you almost could fall through this door like when we fell in and out of that bathroom earlier of it is a big mood]

Rio: [making a big deal of falling against this door to steady yourself, being as loud as possible about it, the ‘fuck!’ being part of it]

Buster: [likewise making a big deal of grabbing her waist as if to steady her when really he just wants to do that hard enough to leave marks behind and also shamelessly push her harder against this door with it]

Rio: [making so much noise about it, pushing our foot further into you as if we also need to to steady ourself rn]

Buster: [0 hesitation in starting to touch her like he did the first time except so much more indecently somehow because they aren’t at a party this time and there is nobody else here and we have peeps behind the door we’re acting like we need her to be screaming for]

Rio: [‘you’re gonna get caught on your knees for me’ so insistently like it really will happen, with how we’re reacting to you]

Buster: [‘one of us absolutely will’ like idk sis it might be you, only time will tell]

Rio: [‘alright’ but giving full challenge accepted vibes with it]

Buster: [could not be making more noise because he’s also using his body to try and push her through this door rn whilst still touching her v hardcore, hello? fam where are you tbh]

Rio: [the way this door is rattling, there’s no way it’s not rickety af down in the cellar, doing the minimum of pushing back against his force so you don’t fully bust it down but you’re still clearly giving in to what is happening here]

Buster: [it’s ghosts everybody, lord knows there’s enough dead fam members who could be haunting y’all and we’re not done killing peeps off, soz, saying her name and every other nickname he’s given her so far tonight because simply must]

Rio: [and I oop lollll but for real, god bless parties for just being that loud consistently that no one is clocking anything, despite your best efforts being put in, obviously have to d word you now in response]

Buster: [god bless is accurate because he’s being TOO loud in saying ‘cum for your daddy’ like that’s in any way acceptable, sir you stop it]

Rio: [‘I want to cum for you again’ just gotta put it out there how many times you already have, casual]

Buster: [doing everything possible to make that happen and her to say the most dramatic things very loudly ‘because you love me’ not a question at all, absolutely a statement]

Rio: [‘so fucking much’ with 0 control of how loud that is, or how indecent it sounds]

Buster: [biting her as if she’s not already a giant walking lovebite at this point because can’t cope with how into that we are]

Rio: [‘I want to kiss you’ because you can’t reach by being still standing, barely]

Buster: [you know the boy do be whipped by how quick he moves so she can, will be on your knees just like she said hun, we all see you]

Rio: [we’re kissing with all the urgency in the world, as if you’ve been waiting forever, never mind the barely it really is]

Buster: [giving that same intensity and drama back always, matching it to how feral his hand is still moving of course]

Rio: [moving yourself as ferally against his hand ‘you’re such a good boyfriend’ punctuating between every syllable with equally feral noises]

Buster: [‘I couldn’t ask for a better girlfriend’ because she’s perfect and he’s always said that]

Rio: [‘what do you want?’ very much with I will be the best and give it to you energy]

Buster: [‘I want it to be Easter tomorrow’ because the levels he wants to stay with this gal forever]

Rio: [‘I don’t want it to be tomorrow though’ like don’t go]

Buster: [kissing her again and putting EVERYTHING into it because he doesn’t wanna go ‘we’ve still got time’ with entirely different energy to the cute and carefree way she said it before because tis running out and y’all gotta make the most of every sec]

Rio: [‘we’ll make it’ as if you can conjure more out of thin air just by wanting it badly enough ‘we don’t have to stop, ever’]

Buster: [proving that by not stopping kissing her ever, even though he’s doing the thing of trying to so he can take a breath or say something extra but then he’s just immediately kissing her again like nope gotta just keep on, soz]

Rio: [not mad, definitely matching the energy, even if we inevitably keep clashing teeth because we’re smiling too big about it]

Buster: [it’ll make him smile big too, it can’t not he’s as happy as she is and it’s that contagious]

Rio: [the most loved up loling is occurring rn]

Buster: [agreed because that’s adorable and I love it for y’all]

Rio: [‘you’re so handsome’ and kissing your face some more about it]

Buster: [‘I’m running out of words for what you are’ because he gets speechless when he’s feelsy and the feels could not be higher]

Rio: [‘you can just show me’ actually whispering instead of being as loud as possible for once because necessary]

Buster: [‘Can I?’ also whispered]

Rio: [nod as you’re moving your body closer to him ‘I know’]

Buster: [such a dramatic breath as he presses his body even closer against hers if they haven’t been ridiculously close to each other this entire time]

Rio: [doing the intake so you’re that in synch about it, wrapping your arms around him and squeezing so tight]

Buster: [‘you really do make me want to break every rule’ like he’s emphasising it from when he said the same thing earlier because can’t believe how true it is and how unlike him it is]

Rio: [‘when I know how good it will be for you…’ like yeah, I do, not soz ‘you should, we should’ as if you’re not currently but you know]

Buster: [‘I should…?’ like he’s waiting for an instruction from her rn of what feral antics he should initiate, getting even closer to her somehow as he says it]

Rio: [‘You should be inside me’ because always going to be the answer to that question]

Buster: [barely letting her finish her sentence before he is, with a !! GASP because it always feels like forever ago since he was even though it’s literally been no time at all y’all are just insatiable]

Rio: [the satisfied ‘yes’ that is just coming out because damn ‘this, always’ like please and thanks]

Buster: [doing his own ‘yeah’ like an echo because agreed]

Rio: [‘I don’t wanna cum without you’ so seriously]

Buster: [‘you won’t’ as seriously ‘I’m inside here too’ kissing her head as he says it ‘so much of me, now’ as if you were gonna run out of thoughts of him before this feral evening but I know what you mean hun]

Rio: [‘we don’t need to imagine now’ ‘cos before it was all guesswork and now it’s legit memories to look back on]

Buster: [‘I didn’t do you justice then anyway’ could sound vaguely shady but we know he means however good it was in his imagination this is even better]

Rio: [‘how could you know how good I would feel wrapped around your cock?’ like it’s okay, some things need to be experienced]

Buster: [the most dramatic MOAN about it as if he’s experiencing this for the first time]

Rio: [‘I never knew dick could be this good’ as we’re shamelessly tracing our fingers over your teeth when you moan, STARING at you]

Buster: [it goes without saying that her fingers are going in his mouth because if we can be more extra we will, doing the absolute most with all of them as usual, and maintaining eye contact as usual]

Rio: [doing your own moaning ‘show me what that tongue can do, baby’ because we all know it’s your fave]

Buster: [it is his fave and he never needs any encouragement so here we are, putting on a complete and utter show purely for her benefit and the love of]

Rio: [it’s beyond obvious how turned on we’re getting watching this ‘you treat me like a princess’]

Buster: [as turned on as he’s getting doing it which is why we love y’all ‘you are a princess, my princess’ no need to say that but he can never shh]

Rio: [but we’re buzzing off it so worth it, taking your fingers back and using them to touch yourself]

Buster: [still not shutting up and calling her ‘daddy’s little princess’ now which I hate thank you but we get it, you’re saying you approve of this behaviour]

Rio: [doing even more by touching yourself and him within the same movement, obviously working with the thrusting that’s happening like yes, so good, see, praise me]

Buster: [kissing her, also in sync to everything, because who is he if he’s not overstimulating this poor girl as much as poss at all times, but obvs all the praise ever being said as coherently as he can in between the kisses]

Rio: [just dying and now entirely unintentionally making all the noise ever against this door]

Buster: [the way y’all weren’t actually trying to be setting up the haunted cellar vibe and yet are somehow being even more loud is sending me]

Rio: [can’t be helped, can’t be tamed lmao]

Buster: [I also love that he could be saying cum with me or come with me like get on this plane with me and come and live at the baze residence for the foreseeable and we’re not clarifying which one we mean in this moment]

Rio: [whether we understand or dare to dream the double meaning there, the former will definitely be happening, loudly and forcefully because it’s been A LOT]

Buster: [mhmm y’all are really using this cellar to your advantage, we love to see it, there’s no way he’s not also gonna die because of how !! she did but that’s okay you’re allowed to be overwhelmed too sir]

Rio: [yet again, thank the LORD that it is this exact day at this exact time and place because you can get away with all this feral behaviour and you really need to when you’re this overwhelmed by everything you’re finally able to do]

Buster: [it’s not happening at easter lads, whether we decide to cockblock you with a baze fam hol or not, this level of feral is for a very specific set of circumstances only and you’re welcome for them during all these firsts]

Rio: [mhmm honey]

Buster: [picking her up anyways and going back to get comfy as y’all can sat on a cellar step before she falls through this door for real because gonna pass out if you don’t stop overstimulating her like this mr, really wrapping her up in his jumper like she’s a tiny bub]

Rio: [allow yourself to be cradled and snuggle into this jumper, obviously smelling it and rubbing it between your fingers for comfort, look up at him to check he’s okay, of course]

Buster: [for the love of god actually allow yourselves some time to just snuggle and don’t get feral again in like a minute’s time, I beg you, he’s gotta give her heart eyes and run his thumb over her wrist how he do and again die about her wearing this watch while avoiding looking at the actual time and play with her fingers how they do in such a soft manner in direct contrast to how extra he was being when they were in his mouth before]

Rio: [do a happy sigh but a sigh nonetheless ‘sorry it’s not very comfortable down here’ as if it should be and it’s not storage space lmao, cuddling him some more so this jumper is being shared more equally ‘I could get us blankets from upstairs’ because when you do the whole shut-in vibe for the family who cba to get home, there’d be some going spare for this]

Buster: [‘I’ll get them’ because you know damn well if she ventures anywhere she’ll get talking to the fam and won’t be able to escape for a thousand years and we’re not trying to waste precious time like that]

Rio: [just nod because it is true, tell him where they are likely to be, probably in the hall bit before you go up to the flat vibes]

Buster: [go get them because the sooner you do the sooner you can properly snuggle which 1. Is adorable but more importantly 2. We need if we’re ever gonna end this convo]

Rio: 🍀🤞☘️💛

Buster: I’ll be right back, baby

Rio: Good

Rio: I miss you

Buster: Don’t, tell me about your necklace

Buster: Do you want an exact replacement or another surprise?

Rio: assuming you won’t listen if I say I don’t need either

Rio: I like surprises, you know that

Buster: You’ve assumed correctly, but I didn’t want to make one that the necklace you decided to wear tonight didn’t mean anything, or as much as a gift from me, at least, when I know you must’ve picked it for a reason

Rio: You’re cute

Buster: I just know you well, that’s all

Rio: No, you’re definitely cute

Buster: Definitely?

Rio: 100%

Buster: I can’t argue with how good you are at maths, as it’s something else I know about you

Rio: Is that a subtle way of asking for tutoring? Idk if we have THAT much time 😏

Buster: I definitely don’t have that much subtlety at my disposal when asking for something I want

Rio: I know that about you, more than I already did before

Buster: Good, I’d hate for you to doubt how badly I do and will always want you

Rio: 🥰

Rio: how is it up there, feels a whole world away

Buster: Our world doesn’t have any competition from it, I can say that with total confidence

Rio: You won’t get distracted then

Buster: No, not unless you’re planning to distract me

Rio: Tempting…

Rio: I’ll behave

Buster: It’s as tempting to dare you not to, but I’ll behave as well

Rio: 🥺

Rio: now I don’t want you to

Buster: What do you want?

Rio: You know

Buster: Ask me, you know that’s all you have to do

Rio: Please come back

Buster: [do, with these blankets and wrap her up whilst giving her the biggest hug ever as if it’s been a thousand years]

Rio: [set up this nest around y’all, casual sleepover moment you’d have 0 explanation for if anyone came down, pop off]

Buster: [tbf y’all had 0 reason to be as snuggly as you were under blankets at christmas but it didn’t stop you and nothing is now either, soz not soz fam, it’s cosy and loved up time]

Rio: [it’s more the cellar of it all, not a cosy vibe, so we all see you wanting that privacy but it’s fine, everyones too busy to come and find you so enjoy]

Buster: [we’re letting you live tonight and not being evil for once]

Rio: [it had to happen eventually honey]

Buster: [can’t relate to y’all falling asleep in an uncomfy cellar but I’ve never been as feral as y’all in a saucy or partying manner so, you do you lads]

Rio: [we can leave y’all here snoozing and snuggling until the notification/texts that it’s time to go start popping off]

Buster: [he’s v organised so he’d had set a million phone notifications up that’ll wake y’all it’s fine, except NOT fine because he doesn’t wanna leave, but you know, untangling himself anyway and having to take his jumper back off her because can’t be explaining to anyone why she’s wearing that whereas a watch is at least hideable in her bag and thus slightly more discrete]

Rio: [meanwhile, we’ll just be sat here in a sad sort of daze, don’t mind us]

Buster: [it would definitely look and feel like he’s doing a middle of the night/morning after sneak out because he’s just getting re-dressed etc in silence since there’s so much he wants to say that he doesn’t know where to start and nothing is coming out]

Rio: [find and put on your clothes if you need to, I’m not sure how dressed you are right now but I’m sure you need to to some extent lol]

Buster: [just doing his trademark gentle wrist grab and pulling her to him despite the fact she’s in the middle of that]

Rio: [‘hey’ v soft and as an are you okay?]

Buster: [looking at her because he doesn’t know how to verbalise that it feels 1000% more real that this is the end rn seeing her get dressed than it did when he was in a daze doing it himself so he simply had to stop it for a sec like no no]

Rio: [actually looking up at him because you were trying to not but you’re not going to ignore him when you can feel he’s attempting to make eye contact ‘its-’ but fully cracking after that one word so just shrugging for the rest, the least convincing its fine ever]

Buster: [‘fine isn’t the word’ as if she said it because we know what you meant, but nevertheless smoothing her hair and clothes for her because both helpful and meaningful]

Rio: [shake your head like no ‘but it has to be’ on a sigh, tilting your head into his hand on your hair]

Buster: [‘not yet’ because it’s the first thing he said therefore I must but also we don’t have to pretend it’s fine and we’re not gonna be gutted before I’ve even left esp when he’s still here to comfort her and he’s doing that with his soft hair and face strokes]

Rio: [shaking your head still, slowly so you don’t look insane ‘I can’t-’]

Buster: [‘I know what you’re capable of’ because he do, he knows she can handle this and pretty much anything]

Rio: [‘I’ll just get overemotional and pathetic’ abandonment issues coming out lol, thanks Caleb and shit boyfs]

Buster: [shaking his head because even if she had a literal breakdown here and now he wouldn’t view it through that lens as much as he can be a asshole sometimes ‘There’s no such thing, unless you’re my sister and everything you do is designed to provoke the biggest reaction possible’ she is very much not Nancy nor a flop so]

Rio: [do a little lol ‘not the memory I’m going for though’ like I don’t want you to think I’m that dramatic]

Buster: [‘You love me and I’m temporarily leaving you, neither of us are likely to forget that’ because be sad if you feel sad hun it’s okay, he gets it and you both know who the other is and who they are not + this is undeniably a dramatic situation]

Rio: [‘but it’s only for a bit, I’ve waited longer to see you again’ shaking him off you casually in a pulling-self-together type of vibe ‘we’ll be good’]

Buster: [‘I don’t care about any of that and you don’t have to act like it’s especially relevant to you right now either’ because he really does not, it feels like forever and we are gutted]

Rio: [‘but I do or I’ll cry’ an exasperated laugh as we’re blotting our eyes so we do not]

Buster: [using the jumper he’s back wearing again to do the same gesture, so softly ‘we’re the only ones here’ like you can cry in front of me it’s okay]

Rio: [just hug him so your face is hidden so we don’t know either way]

Buster: [hug her back and either let her or just have this moment regardless]

Rio: [just allow yourselves this moment, lads ‘who’s going up first?’]

Buster: [‘I am’ obviously volunteering to go first because he’s a gentleman and she can stay and get her shit together emotionally down here for as long as she wants, he’s the one with a looming flight]

Rio: [nod because it’s practical as well as it is a gentlemanly gesture as per ‘I’m not saying goodbye’]

Buster: [‘Of course not, this isn’t goodbye’ so sincerely because he means it with his whole heart and we need you to know]

Rio: [manage a smile about it ‘alright, you better go before they’re looking for you’ giving him the smallest push towards the stairs and the door]

Buster: [a nod because true, and actually moving for the same reason even though that push alone would never have done it he’s too big and tough and it was too halfhearted, but we know he’s getting to the literal first step and doing such a dramatic look back as if they are miles apart now]

Rio: [the cinematic way we must run this miniscule distance to kiss you goodbye dramatically]

Buster: [it HAD to be done or who are either of you honestly, I don’t even need to say that he’s kissing her back as dramatically but I do need to let everyone know that he’s saying ‘I’m sorry’ so quietly and breathlessly when they break apart for a sec because of how rarely he ever says it and how much he means it for having to leave]

Rio: [‘it’s not your fault’ between the kisses also because it isn’t but we do appreciate you saying it hun]

Buster: [kissing her harder because he knows that logically and he also knows that there isn’t anything else he can say or do even if it was entirely his fault, so giving this final makeout his all is really it]

Rio: [we are likewise going in, running our hands through your hair that has invariably been fixed, pushing you against the wall so we don’t fall down this step]

Buster: [aww his cute cute curls, god bless, he do so love when she pushes him against things even though she’s so smol, what a glorious cinematic throwback to when she did at the party right at the beginning of things, hence saying her name for the final time with as much !! as he’s ever said it because CAN’T DEAL]

Rio: [that’s why I did it baby ‘you have to go’ because we do not want you to and there is no time for this, obviously still being said through kisses]

Buster: [‘Yeah’ said while he makes no attempt to leave and every attempt to keep this makeout going]

Rio: [say his name back]

Buster: [not this boy fully biting the inside of her mouth rn like she do when she needs to shh because needs her to now that he’s absolutely dying about that]

Rio: [the noise we have to make about this, soz about it when it’s the opposite effect]

Buster: [he’s the opposite of mad about it though, we all know that, even if I’m fuming because of how many times I’ve had to stop myself writing ILY, especially at this point, swear with all the feeling instead because of how hot that was and how he could not be doing more to try and make her make more noises like it instead of leaving]

Rio: [my boo says shut it please, meanwhile we’re pushing you against the wall again like we mean it as go when really we just like that you like it]

Buster: [he can’t and won’t shut it, saying ‘I should be inside you’ in an even hotter way than she said it earlier because he’s that !!! rn even though there is no time for this]

Rio: [‘please’ moving very deliberately to show how easy it could be initiated]

Buster: [y’all are gonna have to have the quickest quickie I can’t stop you and he definitely isn’t ignoring a please]

Rio: [we know you’re both emotional so it will be insane]

Buster: [permission to be the most frantic and feral you’ve ever been because the clock is ticking here but we know you’ve gotta do this, and he will be taking her underwear as a memento after the fact so mind your business about her not wearing any everyone]

Rio: [simply gotta, soz everyone but not at all, casually the most turned on we’ve ever been]

Buster: [but then you have gotta leave and be in shock that all of that happened and is now over for the entirety of this flight and lowkey until you see each other again]

Rio: [lol nbd my boo says]

Buster: [like, how would you just leave? I die]

Rio: [we all die, truly, probably have to go home or somewhere because you can’t just stay]

Buster: [Somehow he’s gotta just walk out that cellar as if it’s nbd and I’m sure the reason is more notifications popping off like okay really gotta go this time, but still, it’s wild, just like k then bye]

Rio: [I mean you literally have to at a point but still, headfuck]

Buster: [soz lads but I am proud of us for making it to the end and not giving up because we did do some good work here]

Rio: [slay]

Buster: [we know he’s sending her a replacement necklace so that can be the next jumping off point when he wanna do them again so we’re not being totally evil and making y’all wait for an IRL easter convo/cancelling Easter plans convo, even if it won’t be a long one because keeping busy and not distracting each other is the vibe]

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Part 2 below!

So, about that mod I linked previously, I went to the comments section and turns out it’s a little buggy for now, which is a shame, since I think it would be really fun to hear more companion comments as you’re wandering around. I spend a lot of time picking stuff up so it would be a cool way to interact with all the objects.

Also, you were right about there not really being many dresses around. I am mourning my fantasy of being a Faerun fashionista. 😪 I downloaded a bunch of clothing mods, but I don’t really like the ones that function in the armour slots. I want to use in-game armours, I’m just interested in cooler camp clothes. Alas. Maybe I’ll give the makeup mods a go, but I wish they wouldn’t act like replacers and just add more makeup options. Messing with Unique Tav seems too complicated atm.

"This is why it’s crazy for me to hear that some wives will accuse you of being ‘ableist’ if you’d want to find a cure for Astarion’s vampirism and that you should just 'accept’ him the way he is. Those two things are not the same at all! Let alone any kind of situation which leads to bringing more vampires into the world. " 100%

"Gods above, I did it for the morbid curiosity and it was just awful. Not even Gale deserves that, so I reloaded. I figured that it would be absolute blasphemy for the Beholding to take out one’s eyes, so Mirta would not be on board with this." Yeah I don't like doing the eye thing either and would never choose it in my playthrough. I do like how the fake eye looks on Astarion though and I wouldn't be surprised if that was his original eye color. (Mirta as a sort of avatar of the Beholding sounds fun!)

Indeed, I’ve seen some pictures of Volofied!Astarion and the colour did suit him. Any kind of cool shade would, I think. But, in all honesty, he wouldn’t look bad with any eye colour. The man is a Ken doll.

As for the TMA-infused playthrough, I’m thinking of the deities of knowledge like Oghma kind of like superpowered Beholding avatars themselves, like it’s the entity from which they derive their own abilities and act like sort of intermediaries. Playing fast and loose with canon, but I can do what I like, so. :)))) I just think it’s fascinating to use acute, intense experiences as sacrifices or gifts for a godlike being governing knowledge and surveillance. Wouldn’t matter if these events are good or bad as long as they’re “interesting”. So, in a way, Mirta would let Astarion bite her also because the Eye would find it funny. Nothing like morbid curiosity making you experience death and revival as your morning cup of coffee. :)) I think that’s why she’d let Abdirak whip her, too, or why she would entertain Shadowheart’s Shar delusions. A little tricksterish, as well, I suppose.

I honestly never messed around with the wizard subclasses and left Gale to the default one (Evocation) but I do intend to respect him at some point to try something new. Perhaps I'll try the Abjuration one. I also heard nice things about Divination. Initially I thought about Necromancy but I feel like it doesn't really suit Gale as a character. And yes, playing as a bard is very fun! I admit I had more fun as a storm sorcerer in my first playthrough because the class is simply more effective, but from a roleplaying standpoint bards are top tier. Fun fact, but in my first playthrough I initially wanted to choose the Wild Magic subclass, but I got discouraged after reading and seeing some of the random effects that can happen…I mean, transforming into a sheep or a cat during battles isn't very pleasant. I saw a streamer whose entire party got transformed into cats and dogs because of a wild magic surge.

Cats and dogs? That sounds crazy, I had no idea that could happen. :)) I’ll be honest, like with Warlock, I don’t really understand how to play sorcerer so I’ve steered clear of that class. But I agree with you, the bard dialogue options are insanely fun. I have the Phalar Aluve sword and I love the fact that it can sing. (I have that mod that gives you a feat every 2 levels instead of 4, so I chose Weapons Master for one of them.)

Unfortunately, I don’t think all wizard classes are made equal. I really like the concept of Enchantment but I’m finding that I can fit the theme more efficiently using bard spells like Vicious Mockery or Dissonant Whispers, honestly. I didn’t really experience many benefits from being an Enchanter, at least not for levels 1-4, and I was playing on easy mode, too. Enemies always ganged up on me, something to ridiculous levels, because I was so squishy. Like it didn’t really matter where I positioned myself sometimes, they’d still make a beeline to hit me and just jump over frontline fighters like Karlach to get to me. The only real benefit was that enchantment scrolls were cheaper, but that’s not really so important. Whereas straightaway with Abjuration class it’s so satisfying to see how my Tav just shrugs off blows now. It even works when you try to jump in an area with -2 or -3 HP, you’ll be fine. Also always having the Shield spell as a reaction is a game-changer.

And I did end up respeccing Gale as a necro cleric (Necromancy Wizard with 2 levels of Mystra Cleric for the heavy armour LOL), apropos of what you said. :))))) I got inspired by Astarion’s comment that his blood tastes like poison, so I’m giving him everything to do with necrotic damage, acid and poison (he also got the wand of bitter divorce in his inventory so he can summon zombie!Connor). He is a ticking time bomb at the end of the day, so death must be a constant thought in his mind.

"He gets more infuriating the more I learn about him! I watched some romance scenes with him from Act 1, out of curiosity, and, gods above, he is SO smarmy. I could never. 😂" You should see his act 2 sex scene, the version where he takes your Tav and has sex with them in the astral plane. It's by far the most bizarre scene in the game for me and it genuinely makes the idea of fucking Halsin in his bear form more appealing. I mean I'd rather do that than whatever this shit is. Here, I found one video with that part (the whole thing is a bit spoilery): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6LJVaTJcJ4 Like???? He even multiplies himself. It's so cringy. Mystra showing up is the only thing missing...

My boyfriend showed me this last week and I got the ick SO bad!!! It burnt my retinas!!!! 🤢 He was somehow unaware this was a possibility, as well (he romanced Shadowheart and said he just had conventional sex with her). Speaking of which, Shadowheart is slowly growing on me, but I just can’t with Gale. Tantric sex makes me gag!!!! 😭 Turns out an acid/poison build for him DOES make sense as he can make our enemies feel as nauseous as this made me!!!

And can you imagine Mystra showing up, too? The last nail in the coffin! I’m making Mirta a firm anti-Mystra wizard, from the sect of SHADE and SIDE-EYE.

He gets his own tent after you officially recruit him as a companion in act 2 as long as Minthara isn't in your party. If she is, she takes his place and installs her own tent. He will just hang around in your camp with no purpose whatsoever.

Fr!!! 😭

He will have party banter with all companions except Minthara but other than that, no specific quest other than his romance, which was added late in development and is very half-baked and poorly implemented. Which is another big, constant topic for discussion in the fandom since a lot of fans kinda hate it (for good reasons, mostly). I mean, when you as a writer do stuff like this purely because of fan service for frankly a lout minority of horny fans you're bound to receive a lot of not so positive feedback.

More on Halsin's addition: https://www.thegamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-developer-reveals-halsin-bear-druid-almost-wasnt-a-romance-option/ +

In a way the character himself got turned into meme material and wasn't taken seriously even by his writer. He leaned way too much into all of this bestiality crap and I do not mean the bear sex scene. He heavily implies in one banter with Lae'zel that he fucked a chimera and the origin of his facial scars? Well, a female bear mistook him for a real bear when he was in ursine form and wanted to fuck him. He rejected her and that's how he got those scars on his face. Come on, he could've obtained those in battle (and he participated in some) instead of…this. Even his voice actor doesn't care which fair, it's just a job for him. He jokingly wrote one tweet a while ago and he basically said that if Halsin doesn't manage to fuck anyone he will just carve a hole in a tree instead and stick his dick in it. :O =))

I can see why he’s a meme character. I’ll be honest, it doesn’t really bother me, as I’m all for some insane comic relief so I’m not taking it too seriously. But him just standing in the middle of camp and just hitting on me does feel cringe, ngl.

Also, this pic is just hilarious. Good Lord. :))))))))))

There's another party banter between them and she says to Astarion he would've fallen in her web had he been in Menzoberranzan, that she would've gotten her way with him. He's like "I can't tell if you are joking. She's joking…right?" And yeah men are basically treated likes slaves. It's a matriarchal society. They are mostly used for sex (which is why Minthara says to Astarion he would've been as a pleasure servant) or for breeding.

Nere had so much potential it's crazy. He could've even been a companion, at least in evil playthroughs.

Yes!! I have to say, his voice actor was so good. He was only on screen for a few minutes but he did make an impression on me. Exploring him renouncing Lolth for the Absolute, also in relation with Minthara, adding in Astarion’s own prejudices and fears about drow society, would have been such a juicy playthrough. Imagine the dialogue options! I’d have been watching with popcorn.

Speaking of gnomes, I wonder how those who are romancing Astarion with one of them are managing to do it without getting angry.

You’d think so, no? My friend suggested they play as a gnome because they want to humiliate him lol.

He actually has a different face in his sex scene when he is with a gnome vs a tall race (humans, elves, etc.): he looks indifferent, grossed out even and can't fake a smile. Here: https://imgur.com/a/SyXcWdv it's quite amazing they thought of this (not my screenshots, by the way)

Wait, is the first one a gnome? I can see he has a different expression, but she looks like a drow to me?

But, yeah, seeing him barely hide the disgust from his face would be crazy to sit through. :))

That's mostly all there is to his fandom's "he is autistic" diagnosis which is very far-fetched since many people who aren't on the spectrum can and do have specific hyperfixations or special interests, and tend to ramble didactically like you said. So yeah I don't see it either and I doubt his writer intended for him to be neurodivergent at any point. There would've been more hints in his writing had it been the case, similarly to how Helaena was written in HOTD…

Agree. A lot of people are self-absorbed and think they’re the smartest person in the room, too. You have to account for that, as well. It’s just such a tall glass of copium to excuse any possible character flaw with “but he’s autistic!”.

although given what they did to her character in season 2 where they turned her into a walking spoiler who's apparently now helping Daemon, the one who got her son killed, I don't even know what to think about her anymore. Or Alicent, I get so angry thinking about the character assassination she received in S2 and at this point I bet she'll be the one who will poison and kill Aegon in the last season. For Rhaenyra. Or whatever.

Ooooffff, I’m with you on that. The BG3 writing so far has been miles above, at least.

"!!!! I thought he was going to die on the road if I didn’t give him money?? 😭 You can’t trust no man!!! ☠️" Trust no man should be this game's motto, frankly. Sorry, but the guy is a jerk. I can't wait for you to meet him again in act 3 because he WILL make you even more angry.

I did hear he is a massive arsehole, but my reasoning was to keep him alive, reaching his destination, so that I could get another quest later on. Oh well. :)))))))))))

Wyll is the victim of being rewritten late into development. He was way bitchier and different in Early Access, this whole he's a good guy stuff was an act to some extent, but the players back then complained and sent negative feedback over him so he got rewritten by Larian in response to that. You'd think the son of Baldur's Gate duke (in EA he wasn't the duke's son though) would have more content given how important he is (he can become the next duke in one of his endings) but it's very clear they didn't know what to do with is character after his rewrite. It's a pity and many fans are accusing Larian of racism over it. I don't think that's true, but it's startling how the only black origin companion has the least amount of content especially compared to Astarion.

I did watch some Early Access scenes with Wyll out of curiosity and, yeah, he seems more of a goblin-hater with a good guy front. The thing is, I don’t mislike his current personality, I think he’s really rather sweet and I don’t even mind him being a properly >>good<<-aligned character. He just doesn’t seem to have any conflict going on. The Karlach thing was so easy to resolve, it was just a misunderstanding and, as soon as it was cleared up, he was ride or die for her. Which I didn’t really mind either, but it feels like there is no moral dilemma to weigh now. He regrets the Mizora deal, wants out, has no beef with his father (who apparently banished him?), is very accommodating with everyone, even with potentially-nefarious companions like Astarion or religious extremist Shadowheart. It’s SO easy to get high approval with him, you just have to literally talk to him and not be a jerk and he’s your bff. I really only brought him out for the Burning Inn and the fight with the Duergar on the beach because, like I said, I don’t particularly enjoy playing warlock and I’m still sitting very high on his approval scale.

It’s not difficult to get high approval with Shadowheart either if you have patience with her and hear her out, but she feels more present in my camp, idk. She has her own goals, clashes with Lae’zel, is tricky to navigate with her Shar-worship etc. Wyll does seem to have some funny quips in him, I’ll give him that.

I watched some of his romance scenes out of curiosity and they were very sweet, too, but the man will only have sex with you if you agree to marry him? That’s a little extreme, like they leaned way too much into this gentlemanly thing, maybe in an attempt to not cause any offence or give anyone a reason to dislike him. That’s why I don’t think it’s racism either, but rather that they tried their best to make him as inoffensive as possible. The result is pleasant but ultimately uninteresting, though.

His writer did say in one interview he wrote him as pansexual from the very beginning, so yeah, you are right. Moreover, Larian always had pansexual companions and characters and there's no indication they wanted to assign other sexualities to the BG3 companions. People are being stupid, nothing more. They do this with other companions as well. There are lots of Minthara fans who get angry if you ship her with a male companion and romance her with a male Tav because she's allegedly lesbian coded. Some say the same thing about Karlach who by the way, if you sleep with Astarion at the party she says she would ride him to the Feywilds and back if given the chance.

IDK if it’s a bug or if I’m doing something wrong, but I didn’t get these comments after I slept with him. None of my companions commented at all on my brave and stunning decision to romance the peevish bloodsucker.

Even Shadowheart got the "she's actually a lesbian" treatment. Which is extra funny given the fact that she's very much into Halsin and even dreamed of having sex with him (eeeeh, this part has a long story behind it but I'll just say that some of her incel male fans got so, so angry over this to the point where they sent death threats to their writer - she and Halsin were written by the same guy - for allegedly having Shadowheart and Halsin cuck their Tavs). Gale and Wyll are also considered straight by some in the fandom even if they have no problem getting with a male Tav.

If these people put their thinking caps on, they would realise that, for logistics reasons, it’s way easier to make all characters pansexual so that they could romance any Tav. They’re not the only ones playing and giving their money to Larian. Bigoted incels complaining that a male companion hit on their male Tav are so ridiculous, I do not have time for them. A few months ago in a random conversation, I heard some girl at my work saying her bf tried playing this game but that it was “too gay” for him and I just… what a small little man. I don’t respect these people.

"Yeah, I have done my fair share of complaining (hello lucemond and Rhaenyra’s daughter LOL), but, like in all things, I have always been of the opinion that moderation is key here." Gods, the Lucemond thing…thank you for reminding me of that horrible, horrible ship. I still remember some of the smutty fan art with Luke's actor face on it. He was a minor during filming, FFS. >.<

I do agree with the rest of your message. It's fine to complain about things you don't like and it's healthy to do so! We shouldn't have to censor our thoughts and opinions, but if hate posting is all you're focusing on then yes, we have a bigger problem...

"Speaking of goofy HotD tropes, I was browsing the Astarion/Tav tag on AO3 and, of course, I found Tavs named Rhaenyra and Visenya, if you can believe it. I noped out so quick. 😂" I did see a Visenya as well!!! Probably the same fic, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are more. Honestly, I can't even get into most Astarion/Tav fics. Most are basically a rewrite of the game's romance which is boring. You'll end up reading the same thing all over again. There's also the fact that most authors don't even care about Astarion's characterization and twist it all the time, but that's always been going on in fan fiction (see how the team black girlies wrote Aemond in their Rhaenyra's daughter fics). Again, a lot of them are young and going out of my way just to bitch about what they're doing wouldn't be a mature thing on my part. They write for themselves, not for me. I just ignore what they write and move on...

Yeah, at the end of the day, RPG-ing is kind of like writing a self-insert fic, if you think about it. And, like with any other fandom, I have to contend myself with the fact that I will just not like the majority of fics and that there are only a handful I vibe with. Maybe not even fully, I will like some elements of it and some not. But everyone is writing for themselves and if I wanted an experience 100% catered to me I should just write my own lol. So, yes, a lot of Astarion/Tav fics are really very silly, with a few sprinkled in written in prose of a higher quality. Nothing revolutionary here, but the Rhaenyra / Visenya tavs did take me out. :))

Speaking of which, imagine an Aemond/Astarion fic or Astarian as a Targaryen for your brainrot. 😂 Astarion with Alicent as his Mummy.

Frankly, the same people complaining over the Veilguard being woke did the very same thing about BG3 one year ago. They complained about the game being woke for letting you choose your pronouns and allowing you to be trans (like they do with this one for letting you have surgery scars). Or for having the male characters trying to hook up with you because how dare they not know their self-insert Tav is a heterosexual male. I'm not kidding but some of these people even killed Astarion over this for example. They staked him when he tried to bit their Tav. Why? Well, he looks, acts and sounds gay and tried to fuck me. Sure, he's fictional, feel free to play the game as you want to but if this is your reaction when you meet a supposedly gay character…well.

Yikes. I know the gaming community is trash, so this shouldn’t be a surprise but I can’t stand this kind of thing.

Related to wokeness and BG3, I guess you probably know about this mod that removes all LGBT content from the game. I'll put the link to their forum (obviously you won't ever see this shit on the official mod manager or on Nexus Mods): https://rpghq.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1122-no-alphabets-5-2-0-1-baldur-s-gate-3

There is one lesbian couple and they turned one of the women into a male. Fucking insane lmao. Two minor trans characters got the same treatment because how dare you have a trans person in a medieval setting. Sebastian, a guy Astarion had to seduce and bring back to Cazador got turned into a girl…I'm wondering, what is even the point here? Astarion had no choice in this matter.

Of course they also turned black people into white people and every minor gay NPCs (like some of the gnomes in the Grymforge) straight.

They also have mods turning Wyll white...no comment: https://rpghq.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1461-wylls-of-toril-2-0-baldur-s-gate-3

I didn’t know about the anti-gay mods (yikes), but I did hear about the white Wyll one and it shocked me for real. Just so incredibly shitty on a human level and for what? What pathetic, fragile little egos. I have no words.

Or check this Dignify mod out: https://rpghq.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1580-dignify-3-1-0-baldur-s-gate-3

"Restores dignity to noblewoman in the game Separate mod for Gale & Astarion to have them wear normal leather pants." =)))) The give Gale and Astarion normal leather pants took me out for real. These guys have probably stared at Astarion's ass and dick more than the Astarionwives themselves if they really had to create a mod to replace his pants to something less slutty.

:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

I was just about to ask what’s even slutty about Astarion’s pants, but then I saw that they meant the bulge and the fact that they are too tight, omg. Astarion is a Millennial man confirmed. :)))))))))))))))))))))) Skinny trousers king!

But GALE? What’s slutty about Gale’s clothes??

There's apparently an user on that forum with an Astarion avatar who is also a fan of his character and from what I've seen he (??? I think it's a guy) gets accused of being gay for liking the vampire. Of course.

What the hell is this forum?? “Wokeless Wrath”??? “List of woke and non-woke role playing games”?? Oh, I just saw the T-slur. Ah.

Now back to the Dragon Age Veilguard. I did see a lot of footage from the game and frankly, yes, they are lecturing the player way too much. That one non-binary character could've been treated better. What's the point of having other characters doing squats as a way to apologize for misgendering them? Just have them say they are sorry for doing it. Also, what the fuck is this codex entry? It reads like a Tumblr post and not something you'd find in a supposedly mature game: https://x.com/laureanojgv/status/1853463155944431730 Yes, it really is in the game. Like, I have no problems with having non-binary characters but this is not the way to write and implement them. They went overboard with this and unintentionally gave a lot of ammunition to all the incels and culture warriors on the right.

“Meeting Shadow Dragons to Talk Gender Stuff?” “Writing notes to work through gender crap”? Who talks like that in-game? :))) Is this suppose to be some character’s diary or…? I don’t understand the utility. You’re right that it sounds like a tumblr post written by a 13-year-old.

However, other than that the game and the gameplay itself seem fine. Considering many DA fans are also BG3 fans, I did see a lot of criticism from them over the writing. I just can't say how legitimate it is since I haven't played the games.

You are also apparently right, you can only play a good guy in the game...

I heard people say it’s repetitive, boring and unlike previous DA games, that’s all I can say about it. Whether it’s true or not, I can’t tell because I haven’t played any and I don’t really think I’d enjoy live combat either (even though I understand you can pause throughout).

The companions seem a bit boring and annoying…Except one who did catch my eye from the very beginning and had already started to cause discourse in the fandom from the moment he got announced as a companion back in the summer: Emmrich. He's a necromancer (who is afraid of death...) in his early 50s which made some weirdo fans say stuff like you are creepy if you intend to create a younger character to romance him. Funnily enough, it turned out that his romance was actually pretty much written with an age gap in mind. I've now seen people say it is predatory for him to be fine with a younger partner and all the stuff you hear about age gaps, like the power imbalance (which doesn't exist in the game) and so on. You even have the option to tell him he's your first partner, so you can imagine how much this added to the discourse lmao. Like, how dare the game let you play a virgin. Creepy! I did see the scene where this happens and he is like :O :O :O and says we'll take it slow and is glad to be chosen. Nothing about it is portrayed negatively whatsoever. Now, you can technically make your Rook (the Tav equivalent) older in the character creator but the game won't take it into your consideration. The rest of the companions will apparently comment on your age difference no matter what, as will Emmrich if you decide to pursue him further. Criticizing this is valid, don't get me wrong, I don't think those who want to play an old character should automatically be pushed into an age gap relationship with him but to remove it entirely like some people want? No. Just don't have all the stuff about the age gap trigger if you play an older character. It's not that hard to fix it and make people on both sides happy.

He also has a bad ending and although it isn't evil at all (he is a goody two-shoes guy overall), it's apparently not the good one for him. Similarly to Astarion's ascension, you've got people saying "it is his good ending because he wants to do it"…

Oh, so of course there are people criticising the game for not being woke enough, what did I expect? :))

I have to say, I did see a scene with the character you’re talking about and he seemed fine mostly, but the scene itself was so goofy and cringe and at the kindergarden-level of “let’s resolve our differences peacefully”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDKGq_UV-4 I cannot stand the character of Tash, though. Just incredibly obnoxious from the material I’ve seen. The scene where they throw a tantrum because their mother asked them to chop vegetables (even though they are the one who brought a guest over for dinner without announcing her) is just insane. Is that supposed to make disgruntled, misunderstood teenagers root for them or what? :))

Another stupid discourse relating to this guy is...okay, this surprised me. It's so, so stupid but it appears that some fans are being weird and wonder how he can still get it up? Geez, he's not 90 years old man, what the hell...All I'm going to say to these people is: y'all can have Astarion suck your blood and drain you dry, I don't care. Meanwhile I'll be getting my hands on Emmrich and I swear he'll get it up in no time, despite his age. ;) If he can't it up for you perhaps it's a skill issue on your part, darling. (not kidding, it looks like he also uses "darling" as a pet name a lot, just like Astarion does)

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Astarion himself is an “old” man, lol!!! Even in his mortal life, he died at 39, no? But there’s no age gap discourse surrounding HIM, at least not what I’ve seen.

There is another companion called Lucanis who actually was dubbed to be the Astarion 2.0 when people first saw him. He's got the Latino/Spanish/Italian vibe and accent and many, many assumed he was going to have a spicy romance and be this daddy dom who will ravish their Rooks. Turns out he's far from being that. He's no virgin I think but is inexperienced when it comes to relationships and kinda awkward which prompted some of the girlies to complain about it…clearly they were genuinely expecting more lmao. It's their fault though, they essentially assumed all of this based on his appearance and got duped. Now it's really hard for them to project their kinks onto his character and pretend he is some daddy dom like they do with Astarion. Although, I maintain that to some extent the lack of experience when it comes to (romantic) relationships DOES very much apply to the Astarion as well, even if many fans ignore this aspect in favor of portraying their Tav/Astarion ship as the best and healthiest thing ever. The only difference being is that Astarion knows and can do everything sexually speaking since he was forced to learn and do it all unlike this other guy.

I mean……… Expecting THIS game to offer the player a daddy dom romance option is so goofy, especially when the age gap option is apparently controversial enough. >)))))) Is this the guy who’s obsessed with coffee? I can’t imagine being horny enough for a bodice-romance and deluding yourself into thinking you’d get one with the coffee man. 😭

Yeah, agree with the Astarion parts.

Now, if I do end up buying this game I'll definitely romance Emmrich. I do love fictional age gaps of all kinds, so the fact that I get the option to ropleplay one is a bonus for me. I'm kinda salty now this wasn't a thing in BG3, but perhaps it's for the best because can you imagine the discourse you would've gotten over having the possibility to roleplay an age gap with Astarion? LOL.

But…. I mean. Isn’t there already an age gap, though? He’s 239 years old! So, if you play as a human, which I’d think would be a popular choice, you just got yourself a huge age differential right from the start, not to mention the problem of reconciling differing life spans (which you already pointed out in a previous message).

Anyway. It will take me a while to get to play the Veilguard because I do want to start with the other DA games in order (I've already bought them months ago)...I did see that a lot of Astarionwives who are DA fans are romancing Emmrich (and so are many Galewives) so it's better for me to play that game later. I want to avoid seeing their shitty takes in yet another fandom for as long as possible.

It could be a valid strategy if you don’t mind absorbing spoilers via cultural osmosis, that is.

"Daddy’s “home” - what home?? He doesn’t have a house. ☠️ He’s jobless." I just saw the video. Lol. Cringe. But so are our Tavs? For hooking up and romancing a guy with no house and job, I mean...What do you call the opposite of a girlboss? Girlfailure?

Girl, fr 😭😭😭😭😭 You ate and left no crumbs with this one 😂😂😂

Imagine what Mirta’s noble dad would say when she brings the unemployed undead popinjay back home……….. if he’s anything like Otto Hightower, he WILL pop a vein. (“but, dad, he’s hot!!!!”)

She’s definitely forcing him to go through law school again and take back his old job :)))))) his ass is NOT staying at home

Hey it's not so late to change course and romance Gale instead. He has a home, is rich and I'm sure he'll have no problems getting a job.

If only I could stand to hear him open his mouth 😭……………. Maybe I could have chosen future Duke Wyll if they made him a tad more exciting

This got way to long yet again. Again, no problems if you don't feel like responding!!

A pleasure talking to you, as always!

bg3 anon, you know the drill :)) Part 1 here, Part 2 when I'll get the chance (this got very long, as usual) :))

Anonymous asked:

I haven't done a lot of stuff in the game myself with my Dark Urge bard lately as real life got in the way…

I hear you. I haven’t progressed myself much lately, but the game isn’t going anywhere and, in any case, it’s good to take a break once in a while and do other stuff.

As of last night, I am at the Creche and managed to get Lae’zel out of the zaith'isk. I have to admit I save scummed to get past the guards and to be able to deface Vlaakith’s portrait (because it’s too funny an opportunity to pass on), as the checks were quite difficult and I wanted to keep my 1 inspiration roll for the zaith'isk. Then I allowed her to get in the chair and I got hit with an insane 30 Persuasion check. Fr. Of course I failed the first check, but I rolled again with my sole inspiration point and, to my shock, I got a perfect 20 and with my other bonuses it was enough to hit 30. Phew.

I searched online after my first try because the checks were really difficult to pass and I was sort of underwhelmed to find out that most people chose to get inside the machine themselves, as the checks become easier this way. But for RPG reasons, I really insisted on it being Lae’zel, because she really wanted to and it’s something Mirta would not impose on. But the debuffs she receives if you don’t get her out of the machine are so cruel, I couldn’t go on knowing I’d lobotomized my poor girl. She’s my ride or die – if my companions were in a burning building, I’d save HER. MY CHILD.

Anyway, she was extremely pissed by the whole experience, which, while understandable, was also kind of funny, I have to admit. :)) One thing I would have added, though, is that it would have been nice to have some dialogue with Astarion telling you he’s not exactly keen to remove his parasite before he deals with Cazador, which I don’t think would be an unreasonable take. This ties in with how he’s apparently so eager to consume more worms, yet doesn’t do anything if you don’t actually give them to him, just mewls like an angry cat.

Also, courtesy of the wives subreddit, I’m thinking about installing this mod perhaps? https://www.reddit.com/r/OnlyFangsbg3/comments/1gtc8fp/the_greatest_mod_that_everyone_should_know_about/?share_id=pxnAo20qclKeI4rNG3M2_&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=5 It would be fun to have companions react more to their surroundings, especially since I am not going to do playthroughs with every origin character as my Tav. I have the feeling that some of their interactions just don’t show up for me. IDK if it’s a bug or whatnot.

but I've dealt with pretty much everything in act 1 except all of the Underdark and the Rosymorn monastery. As you may have guessed…I sided with the goblins this time and massacred the grove. It was really horrific, especially seeing all those children's corpses. :(

My goodness, anon, you went all out! One of my friends also said that some of the stuff she did as Dark Urge keeps her up at night. :))

I also defeated Ethel in one attempt with Astarion, Lae'zel and Shadowheart (I took her offer and gained +1 CHA, now I'm at 20 CHA) and immediately after I dealt with her Lae'zel was so impressed my fighting skills that she confessed she wanted to fuck me as soon as possible…I said yes. She dominated by bard throughout the act and left in him pain afterwards. You do have the option to dominate her instead if you wish, but you'll need to pass an intimidation check in order to do so.

This game is unhinged, wow. :))))

By the way, Astarion has unique dialogue after you sleep with her where he tells you "I heard you did the deed…" and asks you how was it. I told him to fuck off and he disapproved! (I doubt he spied on us, but due to the tadpoles it's pretty much implied everyone knows what the others may be up to…including having sexy times). There was also a very funny bug a while ago in Early Access that's been fixed: if you slept with Astarion and offer him your neck, you used to get a "Shadowheart disapproves" message. =)) Here's a meme about it: https://imgur.com/a/qyOKUM3 Oh and he also offered to sleep with me the day after I was with Lae'zel. Nope. Not this time!!!!

Cockblocked!!!!!

Since I told you about Astarion sleeping with Lae'zel at the party if you don't romance either one of them, well, there are some Astarionwives out there who have recently confessed they choose to sleep with him in act 1 even in playthroughs where they end up romancing someone else (they'll choose to friendzone Astarion later on) because they want to protect him from...Lae'zel being rough and hurting him during sex. These people I swear...I absolutely hate it when innocent female characters are catching strays because of insane male character fangirls. This debacle is even funnier when you know he also sleeps with Tav under false pretenses and doesn't really enjoy it (except the bite if you let it happen), so acting like Lae'zel is some sexual predator to poor Astarion is crazy. If she is, then so are your Tavs. Sorry.

Gosh, I did actually hear about this, courtesy to me discovering that wives subreddit. It popped up one day on my Reddit page because I had been looking for mods. Yeah, that’s a peculiar sort of rationalization because of the crazy discourse that accepting to have sex with him is equal to Tav raping him or however the hell they elect to woobify him. Despite the fact that he is the one who initiates and is doing it under false pretences, like you said.

So I guess some of them are trying to twist it in a sort of “it’s better if it’s Tav instead of Lae’zel because Tav would be gentler with him”. Even though, like any Tav, in-story Lae’zel would absolutely not be aware of his backstory to that extent. I get that it’s kind of iffy to think about – where I do agree a little with them is that Lae’zel is quite bad at sensitivity and handling feelings and I saw that she has dialogue about sleeping with Astarion where she says that “he served his use”. I get why people would be uncomfortable with her talking about an SA victim like that; it’s objectifying and a little mean. BUT!! Like with Tav, this was Astarion’s decision and, as bad for his psyche as it is, it’s still something he has agency over. No one is forcing him in this scenario. And it’s not on Lae’zel to read his mind or have responsibility over his healing journey. I would imagine him going through with this for the same reason he decides to seduce Tav – because Lae’zel is powerful and he craves security.*

Although, I would argue that Lae’zel is not truly leadership material. She couldn’t really succeed in gelling a group of divergent individuals together as she lacks the persuasion skills and emotional adaptability. But, in the absence of Tav, I guess Astarion is shooting his shot the best way he can, lol. Come to think of it, I don’t believe any of the origin companions would have the people skills to coagulate this group around them, if they were interacting naturalistically according to their own personality (not played as someone’s Tav).

* And, also, it’s disregarding how Lae’zel would feel about this whole interaction, too. Maybe she also would only want to have sex with people who desire her, think she’s hot and match her energy in bed, instead of pretending and going through the motions – she is allowed to feel that way even if it’s just casual sex!

Back to our business: Gandrel got killed this time. RIP. I really wanted his crossbow but to be fair I haven't used it so far.

Oh, you can’t pick up his crossbow from his dead body?

I’ve been thinking about the Gandrel side-quest and I can’t decide if it’s a storyline that’s a little not-completely-thought-through or if it’s meant to be this way. But I understand Gandrel came looking for Astarion because he and his spawn siblings took some Gur children to give to Cazador (details are a bit iffy as I’m only reading diagonally to not spoil myself TOO much. I’m really bad at this LOL). But this begs the question – why not go after the other spawn who are still in the city of Baldur’s Gate and prowl the streets at night? Why go to the middle of nowhere to ask a hag about a missing spawn? Seems needlessly complicated. Also, why not go after Cazador himself? He is the actual perpetrator here, as vampire spawn are forced to obey his will. You’ll understand why I’m wary of accusing an already marginalized community of being arseholes – a community who have already been victimised by Astarion in the past and who are still a target of his racism. But I have to ask if it’s intentional or if it’s just a storyline that wasn’t completely developed – and they just needed to engineer some scenario for the player to show their trust in Astarion. I obviously can’t fault people for wanting revenge over their missing children but it does seem a bit misplaced.

Anyway, way to overthink this whole thing. :))

Who else did I kill? Karlach. I still feel bad about it but she along with Wyll will leave the party no matter what if you raid the grove so I figured it's better to let Wyll kill her…simply because you also get a pretty good robe for spellcasters (Infernal Robe) from Mizora as a reward, which I put on Gale.

Damn… poor Karlach! She is truly such a sweet soul.

The evil playthrough sucks a bit because you lose a few companions and potential content. Even Gale will attempt to leave and if you don't pass a check he will go, feeling very guilty over having to participate in the carnage. Halsin obviously won't join you if you massacre his grove and if you don't kill him in the goblin prison he will attack your camp. At least you used to exclusively get Minthara if you played evil but since they "officially" made her recruitable in good playthroughs…you even lose that. It's obvious they didn't focus on balancing the good vs evil playthroughs by offering an equal amount of content. In a way it's understandable because most players will play the hero and investing a lot of resources just for a small number of players isn't worth it, but it still feels lacking and takes a way from the game's potential of replayability.

Yeah… But there is probably a limit for how much content a mid-level (?) company like Larian could introduce in a game, sadly. And definitely fewer people would be interested in a true evil playthrough.

I'll also have to decide soon but currently I'm very positive on romancing Lae'zel, surprisingly. I started this playthrough thinking I'd end up with Shadowheart but frankly, her romance doesn't seem so so impressive from what I've seen. I also thought about Minthara but I don't feel like she has any chemistry with my bard which is unfortunate since I want to romance her sooo bad. Well, since I do intend an Astarion Origin playthrough after this one, perhaps I'll romance her then. It may be a crackship but honestly I don't think Astarion is truly compatible with any other companion either and I also don't want to do a celibate playthrough so anyone will do in his case.

I know what you mean, I think Astarion would be kind of lost without a sympathetic Tav, since none of the other origin characters’ given personalities would vibe that much with him, especially not in a romantic way. Minthara would be an interesting choice though, for anyone interested in exploring Astarion’s bratty sub side. :)))

Perhaps I could get persuaded on Ascended Astarion/God Gale for the toxicity...could you imagine it?

Good Lord, I’m gagging just thinking about it. :))))))))))))))))))) It would definitely be funny, I’ll give you that, but without outside intervention (as in, you’re playing one of them as your Tav) to string them along, I don’t think they’d ever realistically get close in that sense. Doesn’t Astarion make fun of Gale the most out of any companion? I heard he has a lot of jibes to throw out in casual conversation. But, you know, when has any of that ever stopped players? Where there’s a will, there’s a way. :))))))

Relating to your playthrough and current progress: make sure you save Githyanki egg in the Githyianki Creche. You may want give it to Lae'zel! Just keep it in her inventory and don't worry about it for the rest of the game. Also, don't forget about the Blood of Lathander for Shadowheart. It's truly one of the best weapons in the game. The Knife of the Undermountain King is also a must have for Astarion, there's a merchant in the creche selling it.

Oh, yeah, I gave Esther the owlbear egg and refused this quest. The githyanki are arseholes, but stealing a child and displacing it from its own culture and people seemed needlessly cruel. I am still looking for the Blood of Lathander. Haven’t found the knife or the egg yet, but I’ve only just got there.

I also suggest taking the elevator in the Grymforge when you finish exploring all of the Underdark and the Rosymorn monastery to then progress to act 2/Shadow-Cursed Lands. You can go back there, no worries. It makes a bit more sense to follow that path (I think that's what Halsin suggests as well) in good playthroughs since it places you closer to the Last Light Inn, a location you'll want to get to before going to Moonrise Towers. But it's also fine to choose the alternate path.

Hmmmm…… thank you for the tip, I hadn’t considered this! I do want to go to that inn very much. But I thought I could reach it on the top-side, too? Or is it only accessible via the Underdark? I don’t want to skip the shadow-cursed lands either, they’re intriguing. They kind of remind me of the Shadow Fold from Shadow and Bone.

Oh no, not the "you should side with Rhaenyra because she's a woman and women are never wrong". And if you don't you'll get accused of misogyny even if you are a woman yourself because why else would you disagree? Yeah, I think you explained it much better. Not all of them would make the same choices if given the opportunity in real life. It's more like a wish fulfillment type of thing where they imagine themselves doing it or fantasizing about it, and maybe genuinely think they would do so, only to change their mind once confronted with the actual choice in real life…I do guess some would probably accept being with a real life equivalent of Astarion because unfortunately many people end up with bad partners thinking their love can fix them (men included, I don't want to claim it's only women doing it), but for sure others will realize how such a thing wouldn't necessarily result in anything good. Thinking you can fix someone is a dangerous mindset to have in real life.

Yeah, definitely agree. Some do end up with bad partners like this, unfortunately. You can never truly tell when you encounter anonymous users discoursing online, but it’s definitely a mix between wish-fulfilment people and people with true blind spots when it comes to red flags.

Honestly, the game does lean a bit into the "I can fix him" trope with Astarion in his good path, which unsurprisingly is not acknowledged very much by his fandom. Most fangirls (not the Ascendedwives this time) are like "He fixes himself! We only helped him and showed him the good way." Well, yes, but the fact that you need to push him up until the last moment in the right direction doesn't suggest that he is fully capable of making the best decision for himself. If you need to convince him that sacrificing 7000 souls to the hells is bad…well, then I rest my case. I'd actually wager that in an alternative timeline and if left to his own devices, Astarion would most end up ascending.

Indeed, this is very much an “I can fix him” type of story, no doubt about that. And, while I never would recommend this to anyone asking for advice in a romantic capacity in real life, credit where credit is due, it’s a fun storyline for a game, what can I say. I have to emphasize the acute need to separate real life from the medium of gaming here in a different capacity, as well, because what works in real life doesn’t necessarily translate to game mechanics in the best way. For example, it makes sense that your Tav would have tremendous influence on their companions and that you could shape their story to a huge degree. Here you have to sacrifice the characters’ agency in favour of a more entertaining gaming experience. Like, no one would enjoy playing if their companions did the same thing no matter what choices you make, you know what I mean? So here I can see why it kind of HAS to be an “I can fix them” story, otherwise it would be a frustrating playthrough.

This is where analysing the companions as real people or even as characters in a book or movie kind of breaks down because you have to account for the medium. An RPG is always going to sacrifice on their free will in the player’s favour to make it for fun for them. Tav is the one who gets to play God a little and direct their story. This wouldn’t translate the same if these people were actually real, because, even though you can talk some sense into those around you and help them make a decision, they’re still beings endowed with reason who have responsibility for their own actions. And, needless to say, real life functions way differently and you have different objectives and desires for yourself and your social circle. To be honest, it's terribly goofy that there are voices in this fandom that don't perceive these elements naturally and behave as if their vampire bf has a growth arc predicated independently by his own moral compass. (like that anon you sent me who referred to Astarion as their "partner" lol)

That being said, I do agree that the game suggests that Astarion would be the kind of person whose hand you’d have to hold because they’d be incapable of making the right choice on their own. And that can be very infuriating to think about!

Sure, the same can be said about the other companions. Without Tav's influence they will all end up in a bad place, but at least in their case you can generally trust them a bit more to make the good decision, unlike Astarion. If you have a high approval number with Shadowheart and showed understanding towards her person, when you reach a certain pivotal moment in her quest you'll have the option to trust her and depending on your previous interactions with her she will almost always choose to do the good thing (you can also choose to do the persuasion check if you don't have faith in her). Same for Lae'zel, you don't really need to push her very hard in the right direction. It's largely the same for Gale, although as I pointed out previously it's easy to fuck his result up as he can end up ascending to godhood if you don't push against his stupid ideas really hard.

Yeah, with all the caveats I described previously, there are little ways to suggest that some companions make good decisions on their own a little easier and without needing to be swayed so much. It’s not a perfect system because the medium doesn’t allow for it but these things are still data points.

I know I'm being facetious a bit because I do hate it when fans don't acknowledge the not so pleasant aspects of Astarion's character even when he stays on his good path, and choose to flex against the Ascendedwives for choosing the good and moral option, but he still doesn't transform into a good person overnight. And who's to say the matter of ascension won't come in in future arguments with Tav? If you break up with him in the epilogue he gets angry and yells "how dare you, after everything I sacrificed for you" (hinting at sacrificing the ascension for you)…unlike AA who doesn't let you break up with him he catches himself accepts it of course. Yes, it's an overreaction because he got hurt but the scene does show up the matter of ascension is still on his mind, in a "what could've been" sort of way. It's a worse case scenario for sure, personally I doubt he will come to resent Tav for convincing him not to ascend. I do like the fact they didn't turn him in a totally good guy though. He is still a bad person who still kills people (just the ones he deems to be bad). Whether the fans accept it or not, he's still the same person who just weeks ago was fully capable of sacrificing 7000 people for his own benefits. He's not suddenly fixed by Tav's magical genitalia.

Oh, absolutely! A person with his backstory would have a long journey ahead of themselves when it comes to overcoming their unscrupulous impulses in any case. I do like that he’s not fully evil or fully good either, I always think it’s a more interesting story this way. Him just being one way or the other would feel reductive, if you ask me. I don't think I would enjoy it as much if someone with authority on the subject (the gods of reading comprehension 😂) confirmed to me that Astarion is 100% evil, just as much as I wouldn't enjoy it if they told me he was just a poor little misunderstood meow meow.

I also like thinking that one is not entrenched in their past mistakes, that one’s choices matter and that being “good” is an active choice you have to make against your baser nature. It’s a more attractive scenario to me than needless cynicism.

I agree and I also did the same thing and told him he could have as many tadpoles as he wanted to. But yes, you do actually need to consume the tadpoles on his behalf because on his own he won't do it even if you give him the permission to do so in dialogue. This goes for any other companion who accepts it. Gale does, I think? The others need convincing. Minthara you'll find out when you recruit her that she had already eaten several tadpoles once you access her illithid menu and you can feed others to her if you want more powers. Halsin and Jaheira are the only potential companions in your party who don't have a tadpole.

There is a consequence though. I'll keep it as spoiler free as possible: at the start of act you'll be given a special tadpole that will supposedly grant you special abilities if consumed. If you've eaten the regular ones, you won't be able to refuse the special one unless you pass a Wisdom check. You can also convince your companions to eat that special tadpole. Funny thing is, Astarion will refuse to do it this time, for good reasons though…but you can still force him to do it if you want to be an evil bastard.

I do have to point out that a significant part of the whole Mindflayer plot got rewritten (and partly replaced) quite late during development and this is why the whole thing feels very lacking and there are no really massive, unavoidable consequences for eating tadpoles. I can't say exactly which part because it's a massive spoiler, but remnants of it can still be seen in the art book that comes with the game.

It does feel like this part of the game could have benefited from more work, but, alas, nothing is perfect, I suppose. And it’s a massive game as is. So headcanons are the way to go here!

"Anyway, this is also just a game at the end of the day and its complexity is limited in that it can mimic real life, but not truly represent its quagmires, because character development is not linear for living, breathing people. […]" I'd argue there are some specific cases in this game in which they should've and could have done a better job to mimic the real life equivalent, I do largely agree that in such setting it's very hard to showcase all the complexities a similar real life scenario entails, but the fact that AA lashes out whenever Tav goes against him is in my opinion definitely meant to be a red flag, that he's now too far gone. If the writers intended to achieve the opposite result, that he's a loving and healthy partner well, then they failed to make the case.

Yeah, can’t disagree here, the wives choosing the appeasement option is just sweeping the problem under the rug. Like with any of the other companions, I imagine, there is a good ending and a bad one, and pretending Astarion’s bad ending is good is just… who is this helping? :))))

Your instinct is right, we don't find anything about his parents or anyone from his former life. We don't even know for sure if he was born in Baldur's Gate or in another place and traveled to the Gate for whatever reason. I think it's possible he had a distant relationship with his parents (it looks like he also comes from a noble family, as in Early Access his background was Noble some point), but I still imagine his loss must have been quite significant considering elves in DND aren't very fertile and elven couples having a child is rare. There is also a limited number of elven souls that reincarnate all over again and vampirism/undeath apparently disrupts that cycle so Astarion will likely not be able to reincarnate when he dies… Speaking of gods, you'll want to have Astarion and Gale in your party when you reach the lower city in act 3. They have a party banter together, a very sad one, where Gale asks Astarion if he ever prayed or felt the call of the divine and Astarion replies that he tried and prayed to all gods to save him but none of them answered… :(

I'll try to keep it spoiler free but on his good path (and if romanced) you'll be able to go with him to the graveyard where he was buried in. His gravestone is unkept, with vines covering it. If there was anyone who cared about him still around in the city (his elven parents, perhaps siblings or even a former elven lover), I imagine they would've visited the cemetery from time to time and leave some flowers or tend to his grave? But there's no suggestion of it happening. They either moved on centuries ago, thinking his soul went on to reincarnate or…they didn't even care for him. Or maybe he was an orphan and forged his way into being a noble and getting that magistrate job (it's a fun theory). It's also possible, like I said, that his family is from another place and it's the city officials who buried him given his position as a magistrate. I imagine they wouldn't leave a public servant to rot on the streets. Needless to say, Astarion himself says he person he was lays dead and buried. He doesn't seem to dwell on his former life anymore.

I also suspect he might have been of noble stock because he talks like one for sure and his fashion sense indicates the same thing. I harp on him a lot, but I do get sorry thinking about his sappy backstory! Clutches right at my heartstrings, damn. :))

Also, fun fact, but Astarion was supposed to be a tiefling initially and not a high elf. https://www.ign.com/articles/astarion-was-a-tiefling-in-an-early-version-of-baldurs-gate-3-gdc-panel-reveals Honestly? He could've been a human instead and nothing would've changed as there aren't really any interactions in the game that feeds into the idea that he thinks like a high elf, except maybe the elitism and racism towards other races and people (like the Gurs and gnomes) but even that isn't exclusive to his race. There are also several subgroups of high elves (moon elves, sun elves, star elves - the fandom consensus is that he's a moon elf) all of them with several differences between them. And you also have the wood elves who are culturally and socially different than their high elven counterparts…It would've been fun if the game offered more lore about it but it's already massive.

You’re right about him being an elf not really having that much to do with his story. Like, perhaps it could have been integrated in the discussion about his parents, his lifespan, maybe the way he would interact with other types of elves, like wood elves or drows. He could have had different prejudices and reactions to Halsin or Nere, for example, IDK. He’s already racist, but, like you said, he could have been a human racist, too, you don’t have to be an elf for that. He does very much look like what I imagine a moon elf would look like, though. I find it kind of funny that, for some reason, humans are not a race he’s particularly prejudiced against, just on principle I mean – except the Gur obviously. You’d think a racist elf would have beef with humans, too. But, when discussing his diet, you can get him to ask you what you’d consider a “thinking creature” and he enumerates elves and humans as fitting the bill, but not goblins or gnomes lmao.

Speaking of which!! Another criticism I’d have of the game – goblins don’t particularly seem to be “redeemable”, at least not so far. And some of the goblins I encountered in the camp were kind of funny. I thought the children throwing stones at Halsin were kind of cute, too – I felt bad about killing them. I’d have liked to take them back to my own camp. Look at me – I sound like the Society of Brilliance with the githyanki egg. :)))

Exactly!!! When he comes clean about it he will also, in true Astarion fashion, unintentionally mock Tav by saying "seducing you was easy haha" and you can't even call him out on it if you do want to continue the relationship with him. Can you really be surprised that some people got the ick here? He may have not promised anything other than casual sex but let's be real, how would you feel if this happened to you in real life? Imagine having sex with someone and later on that person will confess to you that they did it under false pretenses…it's an enormous breach of trust that it's very, very hard to forgive. That's not to say Astarion doesn't feel guilty about it! He very much does and is aware of what he did and clearly doesn't expect to be forgiven by Tav, but let's not sweep all of this under the rug because of his trauma. Trauma doesn't give him an excuse to do anything he wants.

The whole romance largely starts under false pretenses with him not even enjoying any of the sex he is offering because he is dissociating throughout the act and just goes with the motions. I don't know if you explored the dialogue the morning after your Tav had sex with him for the first time (when you see his back and the scars), but you can ask him "Did you enjoy it? You did not seem fully present" but he brushes it off saying he just didn't want to go too far. Clearly something else was going on. So yes, some players legitimately don't feel the vibe anymore.

I have to say, though, this is one of the scenarios the game puts you in that I find really interesting because it’s so, so messy and kind of realistic, if you ask me, or at least approximating reality in a believable fashion. I keep thinking about this and it IS tricky to navigate or even formulate a coherent reaction to it because it’s A LOT.

I think the game should have included an option to call him out on, what essentially is, him insulting you with the “you were so easy to seduce” thing, because it’s infuriating, hurtful and, boy!! I slept with you DESPITE your janky ass pick-up lines, not because of them. But, at the same time, it’s this traumatised person baring their soul to you in a very vulnerable state and wanting to right their past wrongs, so to speak, so there’s a little part of me that thinks – do I really want to make this moment about me? Then again, he did put Tav in a very uncomfortable position: just thinking that, unbeknownst to them, their sex partner was an unwilling participant would make any sane person feel extremely icky and taken advantage of. And Astarion should start taking responsibility for his own actions if he wants to live as his own person. So, yeah, if this happened to me in real life, I’d nope out so quick, NGL. It’s very easy to activate all of someone’s insecurities regarding their body and sense of attractiveness that way, not to mention the horrible feeling that you’ve been tricked into doing something immoral (even though it’s obviously not a rational thought).

But, as always, in RPG format I’m way more lenient because, from the comfort of my own computer screen, I can blithely choose the toxic option that provides the most amount of angst, so looks like Mirta and Astarion are set for some rocky screaming matches ahead. <333333

I won't lie, others (including some antis) also went as far as saying he should not be a romanceable option due to all of this because you are essentially raping him (LMAO), which is insane because Tav isn't supposed to have all this knowledge, but the point is that I've seen plenty of people getting dragged by some crazy Astarion stans when all they did was to politely express why they didn't like it anymore. It doesn't mean they hate survivors and don't trust them to make their own decision just because they don't want to roleplay this specific scenario due to how it started under false pretenses or agree that Astarion shouldn't be in a relationship at that point in time, even more so in a world where therapy doesn't exist.

Also, not vibing anymore with a romance is valid no matter what the issues it. There are people who ended up not liking Gale's romance anymore because of him constantly talking about his ex (Mystra). It put people off the entire thing. Players self-insert a lot into their characters and many of them don't want to date someone who's still hung up on their ex, to the point where it feels like they are still together and you are the third in their relationship. I don't fully agree with their perspective, but it's easy to see where they are coming from! At least the Galewives don't attack other fans as much as the Astarionwives do.

Very well said!

Most fans identify with him over the fact that he's also SA victim, especially women, and this is the main aspect which in my opinion, has been causing a big part of the discourse because a lot of fans (both ascended and unascended ones), as pointed out previously, weaponize their trauma survival status against other fans who dare to have a different opinion. It all gets very nasty because you'll constantly be shamed and get all the "as a survivor of SA I feel offended/dehumanized" and "you hate/infantilize all survivors for saying this" type of replies, making it it's quite hard to have a mature debate, free of personal attacks. Quite a few of these people have moved on from this fandom currently so you won't get dragged as badly for saying something unpopular but it still happens to some extent. Sure, some people did say nasty and infantilizing stuff about survivors but in my experience most were genuinely polite about everything, quite a few of them were survivors themselves and still got a lot of shit and harassment.

Oh, of course, the sexual assault aspect of his character is also something that could cause people to project onto him and create this intense bridge of empathy and protectiveness. But, like with his vampirism, it doesn’t give him a free pass to do whatever the hell he wants or thinks is best for him and you just have to “accept him for the way he is”. Like in the manipulative sex instance, I completely get why he would do that with his headspace, I empathise and feel sorry for him, but it’s still a very shady thing to do to Tav.

As for the ableism: indeed and this is where the "wanting to cure him equals ableism" people come from. Granted, while curing vampirism isn't an easy task at all in their universe, it's not impossible and equating this with real life disabilities and mental health issues is far-fetched. Just because you want him cured of vampirism doesn't mean your Tav doesn't accept him as he is if he wants to stay this way just like it doesn't mean that you don't accept real persons who are disabled just the way they are. Also, telling someone "You don't need a cure to your ailment, I love the way you are!" is a bit tone-deaf IF such a cure exists because what if that someone does want it?

Now, whether or not Astarion himself would accept to cure his vampirism and return to mortality is another question entirely and frankly, the jury is out on this question. The game focuses more on him (and his partner, if romanced) seeking a way to able to walk in the sun, although you are given the option at the post epilogue party to say to a companion that you are looking for a cure his vampirism. It's really just up to everyone to headcanon what they want to do with him post-game, which is why attacking people over it is crazy.

Absolutely! Curing him of his vampirism is honestly a harmless headcanon, if you ask me, and you’d be performing a public service as well because one fewer vampire walking the earth is a boost to all the communities who wouldn’t have to risk exposure to them.

No one in their right mind in Faerun would agree to be his constant blood donor except for Tav (in the case you roleplay them as someone willing to be his blood bag) and a certain drow lady in act 2 who'll immediately recognize the fact that Astarion is a vampire and will ask you to force him to bite her since he'll refuse. She confesses that she's been dreaming of being bitten by a vampire since she was a little girl…lol. I know I'm being mean but a lot of Astarionwives remind me of her, I'm not gonna lie! While yes, good vampires do and can exist, the general populace views all of them as evil, soulless monsters and killing one of them is acceptable and no one would be second-guessing your decision. Good aligned gods also view undeath as an affront since it violates the natural cycle of life and death, so a paladin or cleric of Lathander is fully within their rights of killing Astarion and any other vampire or undead, no matter how innocent they may be.

All I'm saying is there still are plenty of risks for Astarion in the event he stays a vampire and if certain people become aware of his true nature. So, unless a potential cure to his vampirism comes with risks he will refuse to take, I don't think it would be as OOC for him to agree to such a thing like some fans claim.

I'm personally ambivalent towards this, perhaps I lean towards him staying as a vampire in my headcanon for the angst? I do like how on his good path he learns to make peace with and accept himself, vampirism included. Perhaps this is why some hate it when they see the matter of him getting cured coming up, they perceive this as telling him "you're still not good enough like this", that you can't accept him just the way he is...it's a fair perspective, I guess but I still don't agree entirely with it.

Even with good!vampires who solely restrict themselves to an animal diet, you know there is always the possibility of relapse, because thinking-creature-blood is so much more delicious. And, if you’re living nearby one, as good a person as they strive to be, you’d be aware there is always a risk and that’s just a really unpleasant way to live, with Damocles’ sword dangling over your head and whatnot. So, like you pointed out, could Astarion really realise his dream of security this way? Now, I’m not saying his vampire-acceptance ending is terrible, by any means, though, it’s rather sweet – or more like bittersweet actually – but definitely not something to fight others about and bring ableism accusations into the mix. And I do like they leave the option for curing vampirism open – it was certainly placed there for headcanons and to leave open the possibility of a more hopeful future. In short, it's truly not that serious! Just another interesting thing to think about.

Whew, that got really long. 😊) I’ll post part two of the ask when I get the chance!

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marscoponie · 3 years ago

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Hi there, luv! I'd like to request an NCT127 reaction if u're accepting requests atm 💚

How do u think NCT127 would react when their s/o tells them they're pregnant & what would be the things they'd do to take care of their s/o during pregnancy? You can decide if they're still dating or already married (secretly or not) 😅

Thank u, and I hope you have an awesome day everyday! 💚

PS: ur blog is srsly so lit 🔥

Thank you for liking my blog, I hope you have an awesome day every day too! 🥰

Taeyong

As soon as you showed him the pregnancy test he could not hide his happiness. He had talked to you many times about wanting to have children with you and now it’s finally happening. Taeyong smiles and gives you a big hug. “Ah, I’m so happy y/n. We’re going to have a great future together. I’m already starting to think of names!” As the months went by he stayed dutifully by your side and wouldn’t let you lift a finger, going into full house husband mode. “I’ll do everything for you, I want you to be as comfortable as possible.”

Johnny

You two had been married for a few months now and already had plans to have children as soon as possible. When you missed your period you were ecstatic and told your husband to get ready because he would be a father soon. Johnny was so happy he actually cried (happy tears). He promised to go with you to prenatal classes and learn how to give you the best physical and emotional support during both pregnancy and childbirth.

Mark

When you told your boyfriend Mark that you were pregnant he was pleasantly surprised. “I was going to save this until the anniversary of when we first met, but I will just say it now since we’re now expecting this bundle of joy.” He reaches in his pocket and pulls out a diamond ring. “Y/n, I know I could be a good husband to you and dad to our baby. Will you marry me?”

Doyoung

You and Doyoung had now been married for two years. You two had been trying to conceieve a baby over the past few months and it finally happened. “Doy,” you called him by his cute pet name. “Yes dear?” He responded, looking up from his book seated across the kitchen table from you. “We’re…going to be parents.” You can’t hide the big grin growing on your face. Doyoung blinks as if he couldn’t fully process hat you had said. “Parents? You and me? You mean?” He points at your belly and you nod. A wave of relief washes over the both of you as he rushes over to your side to hug you. Over the next few months Doyoung becomes very protective of you, especially when you both go out. He made sure no one got too close to you, that you were always dressed warmly and that you didn’t skip any meals, cooked for you and gave you foot and shoulder rubs at the end of each day.

Yuta

Yuta knew you were pregnant before you even told him. He kept track of your cycle and when he asked if your period was late you looked at him sheepishly and admit you hadn’t received it yet. He had a drawer filled with pregnancy tests for such occasion (because you two had been planning for a baby). He checked the test and told you you’re going to be a mother! Yuta gave you the warmest, loving hug and promised to be the best father he could be. He helped you do pregnancy exercises so that your body stayed strong for an easier child birth. He also would talk to the baby in your tummy, play them music and read them bedtime stories :)

Haechan

You two were in your third year of marriage when you suddenly found out you were expecting (on his birthday)! At the birthday party, surrounded by friends he unwrapped the gift you gave him and pulled out a toy baby. He looked at you confused. “Honey, what does this mean?” You tell him there is more in the bag. He reaches in and pulls out a used pregnancy test. His eyes grow wide. “It says positive. Does that mean you’re pregnant?”

“Yes, silly!” You laugh at him for taking so long to figure it out.He smiles proudly and says “Everyone, I’m going to be a father!” waving the test in the air. During pregnancy, he rubbed your tummy whenever he was near you and it always made you smile. He helped you shop for all of the cute baby clothes, toys, stroller, crib, etc., making sure you both had everything you needed before the baby came. “What if it’s twins?” He would ask teasingly, but also secretly hoping for twins.

Jaehyun

You were both lying in bed after a late night love session when you turned over towards him and asked “When do you want a child?” He responded “right now.” You smiled and kissed him. “You’re wish is granted.” You tell him as he stares at you in disbelief. You kiss his cheek. “I’m serious. We’re having a baby. I just confirmed it this morning. I wanted to wait until the right moment to tell you. I love you, honey.”

“I love you so much too,” he kisses you sweetly on the lips but is still taking in the wonderful news. It was as if he couldn’t believe you granted his happy wish. “We’re going to have a child?” He asked again just to be sure. You nod and he blinks, unable to express himself so he just holds you close, tenderly the whole night. During pregnancy he helps with all the chores and makes sure you are always comfortable. Every time he saw you and your tummy he couldn’t wait for the baby, his and your baby, to be born.

Taeil

When you told him you were pregnant he was so shocked. “Really? This is good news, after all, I know I will be a good father and you will be a good mother.” He looked at you with the most loving gaze. During pregnancy, he was very attentive and always by your side. You actually discovered it was a big turn on for him to have sex while you were pregnant because of how his seed was now in you which made the bond between you even closer.

Jungwoo

You had already had a child previously through your last marriage. Jungwoo was amazing with your 2 year old even though he wasn’t his biological child. He was a loving step father. When you told him “Baby, we’re pregnant,” he made sure you were serious and when you said yes he instantly pulled you in for a warm hug and kissed your cheek gently. “How do you feel?” You asked and he replied “I’m so happy. I feel like I’m already prepared for another child as well. I’m just so grateful that we are blessed with such a happy, wonderful family. You are amazing.” Jungwoo cupped his hand on your cheek and kissed you gently, expressing his emotions through his lips. During pregnancy he treats you like a princess, with lots of love and care but you were already used to that before you were pregnant.

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rebeccccccaaa · 4 years ago

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Ѕтдсч'ѕ Мом | Рдгт Тшо

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ɴᴀᴛᴀsʜᴀ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴏғғ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ:

sᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: Nat has you all to the herself just the for weekend. And she’s gonna take every second for granted.

ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢs: milf!nat again bc i luv her, so major age gap (reader 21+), pool sex, stacy almost catching y’all, somnophilia/waking the r up with sex, tiny tiny bit of angst

ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ’s ɴᴏᴛᴇs: I’m having writer’s block atm but i did have this in the back of my head. Might do a part three?

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The white sunshine woke Nat from her peaceful sleep slightly irritating her but when her eyes landed upon your tranquil form beside her, she forgot what put her in a bad mood in the first place. She brushed the hair from your face listening to the quiet snores with a small smile on her face.

Last night was incredible for her. She couldn’t stop thinking about how beautiful you looked under her; squirming and whining as she drilled her hips into you. She hadn’t remembered the last time she’d shared her bed with someone she cared about. You made her feel young again. Reminded her what it felt like to be desired, to be craved by another woman again.

She couldn’t resist her hands roaming across your soft belly pulling you closer to her warm body. She kissed the side of your head down to your ear nibbling softly on your earlobe making your stir in your sleep. You turned your head to face her and she brushed her nose along yours before pulling away to see a faint smile on your sleepy face.

A mischievous idea popped into the older woman’s head and before she could dwell on it much longer she moved her body down your naked one before settling between your thighs. She hadn’t gotten a taste like she had wished for last night but this would be the first of many times she was going to get to.

She kissed your hips and gently caressed the inside of your thighs softly. Your knees pushed back subconsciously allowing her to settle more comfortably. She leaned down kissing the inside of your thighs softly pulling sighs and moans from you already. She kept her eyes trained on you as she licked your pussy.

Your hips wiggled and bucked forward into her mouth; your sighs and whimpers grew louder at the feeling. You thought you were dreaming. Feeling the older woman between your thighs felt surreal. You woke up hazy quickly registering the beautiful redhead that buried her tongue deep inside you.

Your hands found home in her red and blonde locks that you spent many nights dreaming about tugging on. Her big green eyes were trained on yours with nothing but a mischievous and lustful glint in them. She inserted a finger past your folds; it felt cold and soft. Your body unable to resist shuddering.

"Nat," you sighed, keeping your fingers buried in her long locks.

"доброе утро," she hummed against your skin making your stomach tighten with pleasure.

She skillfully added another finger stretching you out just a bit but nowhere near as much as her cock did the night before. She spread your folds with her outer fingers before leaning down again flicking her tongue against your bundle of nerves. She moved her fingers quicker in and out you wrapping her lips around your clit sucking harshly.

"Fuck, that feels so good, mommy," you whined, wiggling your hips wildly.

Nat brought her forearm up, resting firmly on your hips to steady your wild movements. She didn't slow down her pace as you got closer and closer to your release. Your moans grew louder as did your whimpers and whines. Your body shook in pleasure as you fell over the edge, crying Nat's name in ecstasy.

You slowly came down from your high in a pan`ting mess. Your skin felt hot and sticky, the sheets clinging on to you. Your tummy flipped and fluttered when you laid your eyes on Natasha. She brought her fingers up to her lips sucking lewdly on them keeping her eyes trained on you slowly crawling back over your body.

"Good morning, красотка," she hummed against your lips before kissing you properly.

"What a way to wake a girl up," you giggled, cupping her face in your hands.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself. You just looked so fucking sweet lying there, practically waiting for me to ruin all over again," she whispered huskily.

"Nat," you breathed out.

"Y/n," she whispered with just as much desperation in her voice as yours did.

Reality struck suddenly. This was the mother of one of your closest friends, your best friend. she practically twice your age and here you were naked in her bed while her daughter was away. This was so inappropriate. What would happen if you were to get caught by Stacy, finding her best sleeping with her mom? She would kill you, never trust you again.

"This is wrong," you turned your head away.

"Then why does it feel so good? So right?" she ran nose along your jaw and around the shell of your ear.

"Fuck," her cold fingers grazed your soft skin making you burst into chills.

"Just for the weekend, please," she begged.

"Let me have you all to myself for the weekend and when Stacy comes back, we can pretend this never happened. I promise."

"Nat," you whispered.

"Please," Nat begged.

"Just for the weekend?"

She nodded with sadness in her eyes. You pressed your lips to hers momentarily before Nat slowly crawled out of bed. She disappeared into the bathroom quickly coming back out with a fluffy white robe wrapped around her beautiful body. She was ready to walk out but stopped in the doorway turning back to you with a coy smile.

“What do you want for breakfast, baby?”

The day went by and Nat refused to take her hands off you. Making breakfast ended with you on your knees, head between her thighs as she patted your head drinking from her mimosa; of course having to put that down and steady herself from how good your tongue felt. Having lunch ended with your hands tied behind your back bent over the couch as she pound her faux cock into you from behind. And it hasn't even surpassed one pm.

The sun shone brightly and you and Nat dressed to spend a couple hours by the pool. She wore a stunner leopard print bikini that you couldn’t help but gock at. She wore a straw sun hat and carried a small book with her. Her curves and long legs on display made your tummy fluttered. You felt unimpressive and somewhat self conscious wearing a simple white bikini.

“Such a beaut,” she smiled, pressing her lips against yours. Well, that certainly made you feel better. She walked hand in yours outside, settling down on a lawn chair. She pulled you on top of her, your knees falling either side of her hips. Her delicate hands rubbed softly over your thighs and hips to cup your cheeks.

“God, I could just kiss you all day,” she grinned.

“Really taking this weekend for granted aren’t ya?” you giggled.

“If this is the only time I get to pretend you're mine, I'll take every second I have for granted,” she whispered.

You looked into her teary eyes, tears building up on your own. It’s not that you didn’t want her just as bad, what will people say if a very popular and successful billionaire business woman in New York City was found dating a significantly younger woman, her daughter’s best friend to be exact, she’d be torn to shreds by the public. That’s not fair to her, or to Stacy.

“I- I’m gonna take a dip,” you smiled softly. Nat could see the cogs whirring in your pretty little head but she knew it wasn’t something to talk about right now; so she didn’t push.

“Kiss,” she pulled you back to her.

You smiled in the kiss before walking over to the pool swaying your hips a little extra knowing she’d be eyeing you up and down. Nat bit her lip and watched you slowly walk into the pool soaking your gorgeous skin that practically glowed under the sun. She knew what game you were trying to play so she shoved her face in her book for the time being.

A few moments went by and you just relaxed by the edge of the pool soaking in the sun and the view that the backyard gave you. You turned your head to look for Nat seeing as this had probably been the longest she’d gone today without taking you in some way, but she wasn’t lounging where she had been for the last twenty minutes.

“Miss me already?” she said walking back outside with two drinks in her hand and a smirk on her face.

“Well, considering you haven’t tried to jump my bones for the tenth time today I was beginning to get worried you might’ve gotten tired of me,” you retorted.

“Hon, I could never get tired of you,” she handed you the glass.

“What is it?”

“Just a pina colada,” she smiled.

“You don’t strike me as a woman who likes to drink pina coladas,” you grinned taking a sip.

“Well, no. I’m Russian. I like vodka; straight,” she said with a thick heavy Russian accent, making you giggle.

“But lucky for you, I’m not,” she wiggled her brows making your eyes widen momentarily before bursting into laughter.

“That was a good one,” you giggled.

“Come here,” she chuckled.

You pressed your lips against hers moving perfectly like two pieces of a puzzle. She pressed your back against the edge of the pool slipping her tongue last your lips. She caged you in her arms and yours wrapped around her small waist pulling her body flushed against you.

“God, so fucking sweet,” she whisepred tasting the remnants of the fruit drink you just drank.

Her fingers dipped in the water tracing the waistline of your bikini bottoms. She curled her finger over them pulling them down and you watched them float to the surface gasping when her finger grazed between your thighs.

"красотка, I can feel how wet you've gotten. And I know it's not the water," she nibbled on your earlobe.

"Oh, Nat," you moaned breathlessly.

She pushed her finger past your folds, instantly feeling your walls clench with need. She circled your clit expertly with her thumb, pressing her lips back on yours desperately. You brought your hands up and playfully flicked her sun hat off before wrapping your arms around her neck, arching your chest into hers.

Your leg wedged between her legs and she slowly grinded on your thigh. Her lips went to your neck softly sucking and biting the delicate skin as her fingers moved quicker and quicker stroking your velvety walls perfectly, chasing your release for you.

That was something you quickly noticed about her. Nat was an extreme giver. She always went out of her way to make you come undone for her. You had tasted her already but you had yet had a chance to have your own way with her. As much as the thought alone made you tingle, she always beat you bending you over whatever surface was available, the bed, the couch, the counter, anywhere taking you however she deemed appropriate from behind.

"Shit, I'm gonna- Fuck!" you squeaked.

"Come on, baby. Come all over mommy's fingers. Look at me," she demanded, her hips grinding wildly along your thigh chasing her own orgasm too.

You stared intimately into her eyes as your stomach tightened and your legs shook. If you weren't floating between the wall and her body, without a doubt your knees would've buckled sending you to the floor. You grip tightened around her neck pulling her forehead against yours as you felt yourself topple over the edge. Your body reaches nirvana as you cry her name.

Nat watched you with pure adoration and an open mouth as she came on your thigh. When you both eased back to reality her lips immediately found themselves back on yours. You breathed heavily through your nose and when she pulled away you couldn't help but chuckle.

"What?"

"You're addicted to kissing me," you giggled.

"I can't help it, красотка. Taste so sweet," she bit her lip.

"Let me grab some towels, baby."

Nat went inside leaving wet footprints along the house. She'll clean that up later. She grabbed a bundle of towels for you after putting on her fluffy white robe she usually wore. You stayed in the pool still breathing heavily waiting for her to return with those towels. Seeing as the pool wasn't necessarily as 'clean' as it was moments ago you opted to just get out and wait on a chair instead.

Suddenly, on her way back to the pool the front door opened and Stacy and her boyfriend walked in arguing. Nat's eyes widened and she looked at you who stood butt naked in her pool. You heard the two's sudden appearance, freezing in fear before realizing you needed to get dressed before either one catches you.

You jumped back in the pool treading the water to grab your bottoms that practically floated away and Nat tried her best to distract them for the time being until you were decent.

"Hi, you two are back so soon?" Nat said with a bit of annoyance in her voice.

"Jason booked the hotel room for one night instead of three," Stacy said frustratingly.

"I didn't mean to," he responded shyly.

"Can Jason just stay with us for the rest of the weekend?" Stacy asked.

"Sure," Nat sighed.

"Is everything ok, mom?"

"Yeah," No it's not.

You put your bottoms on overhearing the conversation. Your heart sank. Was it over? Did your glee filled weekend with your forbidden love end already? You looked sorrowfully at Nat who too looked to be in complete frustration and anger.

“Did I interrupt anything?” Stacy chuckled clearly joking but unbeknownst to her she really did.

“Oh, no. We were just tanning by the pool,” Nat shrugged with a half hearted smile. You hesitantly walked towards Nat seeing as she still held all the towels. You could still feel her; her lips on your neck, her fingers between your thighs, her core grinded against your thigh, her breasts pressed against yours, fuck. Fuck Stacy and her boyfriend coming home early.

“What happened?” Jason asked passing by you towards the pool.

“What do you mean?” Nat asked, handing you the towel.

“There’s something gooey, like white slime in the pool,” Jason called out and your eyes widened; you came pretty hard in Nat’s fingers but you didn’t know it was that much.

“We uh… we were having a drink, spilled some in the pool. Hence why we’re getting out,” Nat lied.

“Want me to call a pool guy?” Stacy asked.

“The filter should take care of it,” she waved off.

“Are, uh- are you kids hungry?” Nat redirected the conversation.

“Starving,” Stacy chuckled.

Stacy and Jason went to the kitchen leaving you and Nat alone for a minute. You couldn’t say anything afraid your voice would betray you. You went to leave, accepting that this fantasy you indulge the past twenty four hours, the best twenty four hours you’ve ever had, was over.

“Y/n,” Nat grabbed your arm as you tried to walk away.

“The weekend’s over, Nat. I’m sorry,” you whispered tears brimming your eyes.

“I’m gonna shower,” you said before walking away; Nat letting you go considering there wasn’t really anything else to say.

She went to the kitchen and opened the fridge grabbing some ingredients and placing them on the counter.

“What happened to Y/n?” Stacy asked.

“She’s gonna take a shower. She’ll be back,” she responded, still holding a solemn expression.

“Are you sure everything’s ok, mom?”

“Yeah, everything’s fine.”

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wanderlustmagician · 11 months ago

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Ooooo this looks fun and I need to blow off steam anyways~ thank ya for the tag doll <3

How many languages do you speak?

One (English), I understand a lot of Spanish and am learning ASL… but only fluent in one.

What’s your favorite fantasy creature?

Oooo I’ve got a lot but I think the top of the list atm is the Peryton. They’re very magical winged deer who are the Guardian of their forest. Sometimes they’re depicted with really wicked fangs. I think they’re neat and wanna pet one.

If you could be any DND class, what would you be and why?

Oooo this is fun, I’m usually the DM (disaster master) so I’m usually every class and none. I’d probably choose a Ranger though. They’re fighters but also very nature oriented which I like and enjoy very much.

Song currently stuck in your head

Just a man from the epic soundtrack lives in my head rent free with I’ll Be Good by Jaymes Young

Dream Job (can be anything, no matter how outlandish)

I’d love to be a Game Designer. I think it would be really fun to make a game of my own from the ground up.

What’s your main hobby?

Getting lost in my head jk I don’t really have a main hobby but I guess my main hobby at the moment is baking! I really enjoy making things that I can then enjoy or give to those I love to enjoy. I also like the learn, read, write, draw, watch anime, play video games, and walk through nature.

Do you collect anything? If so, what?

Ohhhh I’ve got several collections. I’ve got a Vintage (Walt Disney’s) Bambi collection, lots of old prints/sketches/figurines. I was a huge Horse Girl™️ as a kid (growing up with Rodeo riders does that to you) and so I’ve got a collection of horse figurines, some zebras as well. Madame Alexander dolls in the Victorian Era Style dresses (there’s only three, I cry). I have a massive collection of Currier and Ives dishware, enough to sit at least 15-20 people - tea cups, berry bowls, plates, etc.

Zodiac Sign?

I’m a Taurus! Means I’m stubborn, caring, and homebody.

MBTI?

INFJ last time I did the test

Uhmmm let’s see I’ll tag @evablueblanket @anime-obsessed and then I’ll tag @estelian-01 @rosehipandroots and @hotcheetohatredwastaken again because I can ;P honestly yall can ignore these tags tho lol

Tag this for people you wanna learn more about! Woooo!

•How many languages do you speak?

•What’s your favorite fantasy creature?

•If you could be any DND class, what would you be and why?

•Song currently stuck in your head?

•Dream job (can be anything, no matter how outlandish)

•What’s your main hobby?

•Do you collect anything? If so, what?

•Zodiac sign? (I don’t believe in them, I just think they’re neat)

•MBTI?

@morganas-simp @david-goldrock @shinekocreator @mikewheelerfan2022 @rainy-sel @oliviartist

Even if I didn’t tag you, feel free to reply!!

#tag games #wander facts #or should I call them magi facts

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gb-patch · 3 years ago

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Ask Answers: July 10th

I really let asks get away from me lately. I was super focused on working on that Patreon Moment. With that done I can finally think about doing other things, so here’s a new collection of answers!

Thank you for sending in questions everyone ^^.

For the new Patreon moment, will you be able to reference it in step 4? Or just like a tiny nod to it if you pick certain choices?

There won’t be. I’m sorry if you were hoping for that! The Patreon moment is meant to be entirely optional, it’s not something that gets you extra content in the main game.

Is the new CG artist the main one now? :0 I’ve noticed theres been a difference in the art style recently. Is the old CG artist still going to make art for the game? :0

The original artist still makes CGs for the game sometimes, but he mainly focuses on character sprites.

Are you going to put the NSFW our life moment on a website other than patreon? I would love to get it but I can't use patreon atm.

I don’t know. I'm afraid we can't release the Patreon Moment on a normal game storefront because we can't mix 18+ content with our family friendly game. If there's some other place similar to Patreon where it's not the normal type of full-scale public content releases we'd consider using that, but I’m not sure if there is another site that’s better than Patreon in that regard. I'm sorry.

Out of curiosity, in all of your games so far, which characters in each were the most fun to write? They obviously don't have to be your favorite characters!

Buffalo Seer in AFA, really everyone in XOD/XOBD is pretty equally entertaining to write, The Guide in LoV, and Cove in OL!

idk if you accept "personal" questions, but is there anything you've been watching/ listening to lately

Mostly, I’ve been watching/listening to Authortube videos as of late! It’s people who talk generally about the process of how books become traditionally published and/or share their own experience as they attempt to be published. I don’t have an interest in writing normal text based books, but it’s really interesting to hear about that world. I’m listening to a video about royalties right now as I answer these asks.

Will one of the desserts we get to pick be fudge? That'd be such a cute reference!

Haha, yeah, it should. Unless I completely blank on it and forget when trying to include the various referential food options.

I don't know if this has been asked previously but what would be the approximate heights for the presets MC can choose from Step 2 ~ 4? Are there any measurement you had in mind? Sorry if I didn't make myself clear kk I've been struggling with my English lately 💀

I don’t know, ahah. I didn’t have any numbers in mind for that. So it’s whatever you imagine it is!

I noticed a bug with the Patreon moment when it comes to what your character wears. When Jamie and Cove are kissing while my character only had dresses selected, I had both the option to remove the dress or to remove the shirt... Picking one of the options to interact with Cove, after he removed his shirt, it had Jamie remove their shirt followed by ther pants despite only having dresses picked.

Thank you for reporting ^^

I keep refreshing steam to see when the new doc for xobd will be released. I noticed you haven't posted anything about it in quite some time. Would it be possible to ask about a timeline/potential date? (If it's even this year—) I know you and your team are probably working super hard, I'm just super curious! ~Thank you!~

There are more stories done, I just haven’t gotten around to publicly releasing them. Hopefully I will have a chance to spend the time on that sooner rather than later!

hello!! i’m not sure if it’s an update but i’ve just replayed our life and at the end i can’t propose to cove anymore? :(( i’ve actually tried playing twice but the options are not there anymore, did you guys remove the options? i’m sorry if you’ve answered this before!! thank you and have a good one :)

I’m afraid things haven’t been changed or removed, so I think you might’ve accidentally picked the wrong things somewhere along the way and locked yourself out of being able to propose by mistake. Sometimes you meant to say you want to get married but instead you mis-click and have it so the MC isn’t thinking about marriage or something. All I can suggest is starting from the beginning of Step 3 and making sure to follow the steps listed in the FAQ. I’m sorry for that.

Did yall remove some of the options for when youre making out with Cove in the charity moment? I could've sworn you could grab his bonkadonk and its not there anymore

This is the same situation as the above. We didn’t remove things and you’re not wrong that there are sometimes those options. But there are various choices you have to make to get those options and it sounds like you accidentally missed something. If your relationship isn’t long-term, you can’t do it for example.

HI IM SO EXCITED I CAN FINALLY GET THE STEP 3 DLC

Thank you for getting it!

Is Shiloh super totally straight bc I’m very gay and a huge Shiloh fan, would my man make an exception?😩

Sadly, he is one of our super straight characters. I’m sorry.

Hi, I have a very dumb question. In Step 2 does Cove not wanna share his drink with us at the mall (or rather why he stops drinking it) because it's an indirect kiss? Or is it like ...weird to him to share? Because if I remember right he eats off our spoon in the birthday scene right?

Yeah, he’s awkward about it because he likes the MC and it feels very personal to share a straw with his crush.

Hi! If you don't mind me asking, who is the artist for OL2? Their style is so pretty!

Thank you for saying so! This is her Twitter- https://twitter.com/redridingheart

Do Beginnings & Always and Now & Forever exist in the same universe?

Yep! XOXO Droplets also exists in the same universe. It’s one big GB Patch world, haha.

Do Pran's parents regret the way they raised him? Do they feel ashamed of it?

No. They’re the type of people best cut out because they’re not gonna change. Which is why Pran does go very limited contact when he’s an adult.

Hi! I just wrapped up my second playthrough of Our Life, and I absolutely adore it, but I had a question. I went to the gallery and found I was missing 2 CGS (specifically Step 1-3 and 2-3) and I had no clue where they would've shown up. Which moments are those found in?

You get it by telling Cove about his dad offering you money to be his friend in Step 1 and Step 2. You can’t get both in one playthrough, since you can only tell Cove the truth once. I’m really glad you liked it!

Hi hi! Please, how tall is Baxter and Derek? Love the game so much and I can't wait to see more!

I don’t know, aha. I think Baxter was around 5′10 and Derek was like 5′8/5′9, maybe. I really am not one who has specific heights for things in mind.

is adult cove a bottom, top, or switch?

A switch, though would choose the top if he had to pick.

I was wondering if there is a way to transfer save data? Even if through the game files. I wanted to be able to transfer my save data from my desktop over to my laptop so that I could continue playing right where I left off from but I'm not entirely sure how to go about that.

If you save the save folder/persistent data of the game from your desktop and put it into the game folder on your other device, that could work.

Hi! Is it possible for us to know the date when our life: now and forever comes out on steam? Sorry if you've mentioned it before but I haven't seen it and I'm looking foward to that happening and just wanted to know :)

It’s gonna be a long time, I’m afraid. There’s no estimate right now.

I started playing Our Life with my sister a while ago, and I think you guys should know that we discovered your secret. >:)

L from death note and Cove are clearly the same person, and this whole game is just an origin story!!

I’ve never seen that show so I’m sorry to say I don’t understand the connection/reference you’re trying to make. I’m pretty out of the loop when it comes to media. I don’t watch movies or TV.

Will OL2 have options for disabled MCs?

I understand if it's too complicated, just curious

Unfortunately, it’s not really something we have a plan for. We couldn’t finish the game if we tried to include every disability and have it be meaningful. It’d just be too much content to create. But if we decide to only include a few, how would we choose which disabilities get to be represented and which are left out? I don’t know. It’ll probably have to be something we don’t include as an option again, sadly. I’m sorry.

playing our life > anything else

Haha, I’m glad you’re enjoying it.

Honestly, I would like to thank Our Life for helping me come to terms with my sexuality. Before, I never would've actually thought that it was possible to like boys romantically and still be asexual. Almost all of the BL visual novels I've read had unskippable sexual content in them and it honestly just didn't click with what I feel. I'm glad I found Our Life. I love the game, the developers, and this fandom so much. Now, I can safely come out as homoromantic AND asexual (at least anonymously here anyway; my parents are still huge homophobes 😂).

Aw, it’s great to hear you felt comfortable being yourself in the game! That’s wonderful. I’m really sorry about your parents, though.

Will the demo for OL2 be on android? Really not sure if I could wait any longer than I have to aha

Yeah, it’ll be available for Android once we eventually release a demo!

Do all these reveals perhaps mean development is progressing ahead of schedule? Please let that be the case I'm already obsessed with Qiu

No, sorry, aha. Art comes along much faster than script/programming-work for us. It’s gonna be a long time before the game is a finished thing you can actually play. But at least we can look at the beautiful images.

Hey! First of all I wanna say I reallllllyyyyy loooovvveeee Our Life and XOXO Droplets! I have over 300 hours of playtime on Our Life… Anyways, I was just wondering, are the Derek and Baxter DLCs going to come out at the same time? If not, which one do you plan to release first? :3

They will come out separately and Derek will be first! Glad you like the game.

I keep replaying Our Life to get every possible iteration and I am loving it <3 I was wondering if Cove gets locked out of his confession because MC was talking to Lee, would it be possible to confess to him in step 4?

Yeah, you can avoid the confession in Step 3 and then get it in Step 4.

Hi, my Cove wears bracelets through step 2 and 3 but I still don't get an option to give him a bracelet? I didn't even know that was possible until I seen someone else ask about it lol

Hm, did you use the Cove creator? Maybe there’s a bug where using the creator to add bracelets doesn’t fulfill the requirement to give Cove a bracelet in Step 3.

Wait, I'm dense, when does Baxter appear in step 2? Is it from big park firework? I feel so bad since i really love Baxter and waiting to buy his dlc.

It’s in the Soiree Moment. You have to be just friends with Cove, indifferent, or crushing but not ask Cove to the dance at all. Then while there you can find someone new to dance with. But if you bring Cove to the dance while crushing, the MC won’t wanna dance with anyone else so you can’t get the scene.

In step 2 when we go to the soiree I made my mc go alone and baxter chooses the mc to dance, i'm curious, why did he pick the mc? sorry if this has been asked before!

Because the MC looked to be around his age, seemed to also be searching for a partner, and had nice legs. A perfect option for him.

I read some of the FAQs, and I saw that we could tell Baxter about the condo that he rented there was previously the mean old grandparents. how do we get the mc to tell him that?

It happens in the DLC Moment “Late Shift”. If you don’t have a job you instead get a longer scene with Baxter.

I don’t know if you’ve addressed this or not, but are you planning on paying voice actors for our life: now and forever?

Yeah, we pay our VAs in all our projects.

hey can i ask how you did the moments thing in ol? im trying to get into making visual novels and while im VERY sure its out of my comfort zone and all that atm i kinda wanna know just for the future, bc im p sure it would work well for something i wanna do :O but its also fine if you cant say for other reasons :>

I’m afraid I’m not sure what you mean. Are you asking how we programmed the screen or something script related? Adding Moments like that is pretty straightforward, though. You just have buttons that open to different labels and then the scripts are essentially individual short stories/vignettes. Good luck with your VN!

Since Autumn becomes gender fluid later in the game, will there be a character who remains as he/him to romance in game?

OL1 has the he/him LIs, OL2 is all about other genders.

I don't want to impose on your creative plans, but a parrot could possibly make a good pet in an OL-type game? They're pretty long-lived and likely to still be thriving by the end even if the MC got them back in step 1.

I do appreciate the suggestion, but I’m afraid it’s not likely going to happen. I understand there are technically some animals that could theoretically live long enough to last the whole game that or we could have the MC only get a pet after some years have already passed. But the many things that would have to be considered/accommodated for makes it just something we probably can’t manage adding. I’m sorry.

As time passes will we be able to see Qiu and Tamarack's other stage arts as well?

They are both so cute i can't wait to be friends with them!

Yeah, we’ll show content from other Steps in the future. It’ll be a little while from now, though.

Can you date Cove and still have your family comfort you in the car?

You can’t get Cove’s Step 3 confession scene if you have the family comfort you in the car. But that’s not the only way to date him. You can get together with him earlier in the game or later on in Step 4.

Is Mc always going to be the one walking down the aisle or could Cove do it? Also could you choose to have one of your moms walk you?

No. Cove wouldn’t want to walk down the aisle like that and the MC automatically respects that. And the MC also gets to have their preferences respected, so it’s up to you whether they want to do an aisle walk or not. You also can pick who, if anyone, walks with you.

Once step 4 is out, will you be able to go the whole game on crush/love without either of you confessing?

Yes, as long as you tell the game you don’t want to progress the relationship. Even in Step 4 it won’t force you to officially get together.

Howdy, so in Step 4, there will be any Romance with Derek that is not part of any dlc?

He’s only a friend unless you get his romance story.

Will the step 4 in OL2 be one big step or are you considering moments?

Step 4 is just an epilogue in both games.

hi kind of a weird question but!! we know tht cliff doesn't start dating again but. wht abt flings? like does he ever do 1 night stands or anything? thank u!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope. Cliff has a very small interest in sex. If he’s not in a real relationship with a partner he’s crazy about it simply isn’t something he feels a need for, so one night stands wouldn’t even cross his mind.

sorry if you've already answered this, but i was wondering if there were plans for there to be bonus love interests in OL2 like how we have derek and baxter in OL1.

Maybe! There are side characters who could be given romance stories, but whether or not it will happen depends on funding and how long everything else takes to finish.

I don't know if i'm allowed to ask about ol2 here yet, if not u can ignore this or answer it later. My question is can you date one of them and be good friends with the other? I don't want to be strangers with the other bcs i love them both a lot :<

Yes you can!

what patreon level do i have to be to unlock the nsfw moment? im on the $5 one right now, will that give me access to the moment, or just access to the moment progress?

That’ll give you access! Tier 2 and anything higher allows the player to download it.

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