#shadowheart is just living it up 🥰

[eliteseven]

Please can we get some autumn headcanon for Shadowheart in her cottage?

Aww sure! 🥰 idk if these are specific to autumn per se but they are cozy!

Some Shadowheart Cottagecore

🍁Autumn🍁 HC’s:

-The animals playing in falling leaves! Big trio of Buttons, Owlbear, and Scratch taking turns jumping and zooming between stacks of raked leaves. Shadowheart watches with such delight, until Tav yanks her into a pile herself. She laughs with such childlike delight, and it makes Tav’s heart sing, bc she deserved this happiness her entire life 🥺💕 so she takes it upon herself to be the one to give it to her. They play in the leaves like children. Arnell and Emmeline get emotional watching from afar.

-Shadowheart enjoys cuddling with Daphne in the warmth of the barn (they give her some extra bedding for the cold) and all the animals like to cuddle up beside them 🥹 they probably make some blankets and maybe even sweaters for their animal crew, too.

-Hot cider! Spiced wine! Warm drinks that get them pleasantly buzzed and swaying together on those cool autumn nights. Shadowheart getting tipsy and her boisterous laughter making Tav feel warmer than any fire ever could

-Shadowheart likes watching Tav cut firewood. Something about her girl working up a sweat and those arms holding an axe…. 🥵 but lbr Tav enjoys watching Shads doing the same things so they’re probably splitting the duties fairly 😅

-Well, we have to talk about their crops, right? It would be harvest time! Arnell, Emmeline, Tav, Shads, and a legion of animals in their gardens, reaping the benefits of a fruitful season! Plus food storage for all these crops- they’ll have their hands full! But it’s rewarding ☺️

-also: sharing their surplus harvest with the local families/kids? Shadowheart and Tav getting hardcore baby fever when they host a little dinner at their place for their closest neighbors? Shadowheart especially warming up to the idea that the kids love her??? 😭

-colder weather means warmer clothes and Emmeline’s scarves!!! They buy a lot of their clothes from the city but Emmeline takes so much pride in feeling useful 🥹💕idc if ugly sweaters don’t exist here, they do now! She makes matching ones for Tav and Shads.

-staying in bed longer bc it’s cold out 🥰 reading books, talking, just cuddling together under the furs. Shadowheart increasingly likes the animals on the bed the colder it gets. There is no room for Tav to move even an inch. She looks at Shadowheart’s absolute grin as she’s buried under a mountain of fluff and she wouldn’t trade it for the world.

-bringing each other tea on particularly chilly days and stealing each other away from chores for a moment of peace 🥹

- this is a bit wintery but the lake freezing over? Something in my heart tells me Shadowheart would be SO graceful in whatever the BG3 equivalent of ice skating is. Gliding so gracefully over a frozen body of water, the same kind that used to terrify her? While Tav does her best impression of a slipping and sliding baby deer? 🥹😭 she’d be so proud. And when baby Jen comes? Oh, the three of them would simply have the best time together.

[demigoddessqueens]

So many of the BG3 players I know go around collecting every animal they can manage (especially me I’ve named the baby owl bear truffles and would die for him) could you write the party reacting to a tav who acts like that

Aww!! A whole menagerie for Tav 😄 truffles 😭🥰

Halsin

He just lauds all the praise to you, admiring how nature and all her living creatures follow you

Gale

Gods darn it you’re adorable! Extra bonus points if they get along super well with Tara and she cozies up to you too

Wyll

Noble as he is, it’s always a good time to indulge in some fun and he would have it no other way than with you and all the new pets

Shadowheart

She already has a fondness for the owl bear but eventually comes around to the other critters that have joined your troop over the days

Lae’zel

It takes some getting used to your “army” of fluffy and cuddly critters, but they make you smile so there’s always the exception for you

Karlach

Your best buddy and partner in crime in loving them all and cuddling them too!!

Astarion

He’s just started growing fond of Scratch and the Owlbear cub, so the menagerie you’ve gathered is really testing him in that he has to compete now for your affections

bonus (because he’s my new fave)

Rolan

He’s so over the train of animals that follow you in and out of the Tower. Yes you’re so gentle with them, and Cal and Lia adore the animals, but do they have eat and tear his tomes??

[jinxxedmisery]

I did a quick little sketch (by quick, I mean it took me like 2 hours lol) I still struggle with feet and shoes...

I just saw a pose on pinterest and thought omg, what if Astarion and my tav... but he's biting their thigh 🤭

Ofc, I had to name it.. thirst... and I added the "Happy" symbol to kind of cover a sketch I did on the same page... You know... it wasn't originally supposed to be just one piece, I was practicing poses and I liked this one way too much to just leave it or risk messing up when I redrew it.

This is entirely self indulgent.. and intended to be Spawn Astarion because he's so babygirl 🥰😘😍

🤣 also I don't think I posted but I got through the Cazador fight not too long ago.. and

Spoilers and dumb ramble ahead:

For most of my day, I sat there wondering how the fuck I would beat that bastard... he was one shotting Shadowheart with his fucking lightning bolt, then sending his gas minions after the survivors. Astarion being in the ritual made it 10× more difficult.. so... I cheated... and fuck... It should have been obvious...

I LITERALLY FORGOT FOR THE ENTIRE FUCKING DAY THAT VAMPIRES ARE WEAK TO SUNLIGHT.. I blame Astarion and his parasite as well as Alucard for that one honestly.. the day walker thing kind of made me forget that omfg immunity to daylight is an exception, not the rule..

So I felt stupid.. once I got that, it was so much easier.. oh and almost constantly had Astarion in stealth kill mode until Cazadick was gone.

Also side note.. the VA for Cazador is perfect.. Like they really sells the "I'm a pathetic little worm, and your worst nightmare, fear me while I bitch and cry" LOL and again that's a compliment.. Larian really succeeded in making an evil character extremely grating and hatable which again, a good thing, not a bad thing.

The heartbreak I felt though afterwards when Astarion screams and cries.. God.. the second I got to this scene, I KNEW I couldn't let him ascend, doing so would be so cruel.. and yes.. this is ascended Astarion slander, I don't like my men too domineering.. maybe a little bit, but not enough to like kill innocent children and eat their hands or some shit lmfao (Doing a durge run too.. where I'm going to ascend Astarion and be a horrible bastard that eats babies) and I don't like that he loses the genuine feelings he has for tav/durge and becomes what he sought to destroy, an abuser.

Now.. the graveyard scene... I had tears in my eyes.. Honestly, the reason I love Astarion so much is because he is quite relatable. I will not go into detail, but I was.. SAed and abused as a kid. And honestly.. Seeing the bit where he scratched out his death date, made me feel hope.. for myself... For my own healing.. it truly meant so much seeing another survivor of abuse begin anew, find themselves again... even though I have done that already myself for the most part, I've found purpose, passions, love, heartbreak, etc and I've found some level of beauty in the life. I related quite a lot to the line about sex feeling tainted.. I am at a point where it no longer feels as terrible, I feel genuine enjoyment in it... (Can't do casual sex though.. That would trigger me into a ptsd attack) And I think part of that was letting myself go at my own pace, making sure my partners knew, and having control and the ability to consent and revoke consent at any point. Emotional attachment helped a great deal too.

I've rambled on enough.. but... Let me end this off by saying, If you went through unspeakable horrors at the hands of those who you thought were supposed to protect you, You are not alone, Even if you do not see it now, there is light at the end of the tunnel, keep on living, keep trying to find joy in little things. It does get better, what was done to you was horrible and you did not deserve it. I promise, you will see better days. You will be happy again, even if you feel like the pain will never end, there is always moments of calm.... live for those... live for your pets, live for your friends, the people around you, live for that cute thing you just ordered, live for that movie or TV series you're excited about watching... even the next patch for bg3.. or more Astarion content if that's your reason right now... and take it one day at a time. You will be okay.

If you need to vent out some shit, I'll listen, I may not know what to say or be able to offer comfort, but I will always lend an ear, even to a total stranger if they need it.

That's all from me, goodbye, until my next post.. whenever that will be ❤🖤❤🖤

[fandomchokehold]

ok I finally made Samson's card for @bareee @tav-dex !!!!!

These are his starting lvl 1 cantrips and spells

Class Action - Bardic Inspiration

Race Cantrip - Chill Touch

Bard Cantrips - Vicious Mockery & Blade Ward

Spells - Cure Wounds, Healing Word, Speak with Animals, & Dissonant Whispers

with each level up the cantrips, spells, and abilities he gains fall under healing and necromancy

Screenshots and summarized backstory & fun facts below the cut!

and some cute screenshots from his and Gale's weave date 🥰

Short Backstory:

Samson was born in Elmwood, south of the Moonsea, to a sun elf woman named Thalia and human man named Lonán. His father was a nature domain cleric of Lathander and his mother was a light domain cleric of Kelemvor, but by the time they settled and had Sam they were just simple village bakers. When Samson was 7 his father succumbed to his lifelong battle with a chronic illness (in modern terms it would be autoimmune vasculitis), and after 4 years of grieving him, Sam's mother decided to follow Lonán into the afterlife.

After his mother's death he was sent to Calimport to live under the care of his maternal Uncle and his wife; they weren't horribly abusive, never raising a hand at him, but they did not approve of his desire to study medicine and necromancy and instead tried to force him into the family business of heavily corrupt politics. Sam obviously was not thrilled with this life prospect and decided, after a year of living with them, to make a mad dash for Waterdeep.

At age 12 he stowed away on a ship in the harbor and was allowed to sail with them for 3 years, departing in the City of Splendors at 15 after making lifelong friends of the crew and gaining the necessary skills that enabled him to survive alone on the streets in Waterdeep. After being a transient for half a year he met Odette, the cranky duergar monk who let him crash on her couch as payment for healing up her infected amputated leg. It was always supposed to be a temporary living situation but, whether she wanted to admit it or not, the kid lit up her dreary life like nothing else and she basically just kept him as the younger brother she never had.

It was just the two of them for 15 years since meeting until one night when Samson happened upon a roughed up noble in the alley outside his and Odette's flat. Wren, a human sorcerer who couldn't have been older than 21, was more than happy to let Samson heal them and assured the half-elf and duergar that they would be paid handsomely if they allowed the noble to stay with them for just a week as there were some "unsavory types" looking for them... unsavory types who happened to bear their family's crest. Sam and Odette did not bother questioning it.

So a week came and went, then another, and another, and Wren just never really left. Samson was thrilled to have made a friend and roommate while Odette was just happy to have extra help with the expenses. They were an unwavering, unbreakable dynamic trio for five more years until they got snatched up in the street by the Nautiloid.

*so basically in my head Samson, Odette, and Wren were all out in Waterdeep when the Mindflayers attacked and all got snatched up at the same time, escaped together with Shadowheart & Lae'zel, and are running around the world as the wavering falling-apart-at-the-seams dynamic trio

**sorry if the inclusion of Wren and Odette in this was confusing it's just cuz they play an important role in Samson's life and I would be posting about them a lot like with Sam but I just haven't played as them or my dark urge Lior yet cuz I'm still rocking with my slow af first playthrough

***if anyone cares cuz they all exist together during the events of the game Samson is romancing Gale, Odette romances Karlach, Wren romances Halsin, and Lior the dark urge is aroace in game but in my mind him and Gortash get to have a Good Omens season 2 Gabriel and Beelzebub style romance ending where they just kinda fuck off to the Caribbean post Netherbrain

Fun Facts About Samson Silversten!

he's a really good baker but can't cook for shit

he's ambidextrous

his dad Lonán was Irish so Sam has an Irish accent; he sounds like Hozier both speaking and singing (lemme live in delulu land okay???)

he knows four languages: Common, Elvish, Gaelic, and Common Sign Language

can usually be found engrossed in a necromantic tome or copying medical illustrations into his personal journal

he's autistic (me when I project onto my OCs) in a resting bitch face, deadpan, lackluster reactions unless it's something he's really passionate about way

can get frustrated with tasks easily and go temporarily non-verbal; he never lockpicks, it's gotten to the point if they happen upon something locked Astarion will just rifle through Samson's bag and take his thieves tools without asking to avoid him getting upset

he's tall and thin and gangly as hell (think Julian Devorak physique)

he has heterochromia, his right eye (your left) is brown while his left eye (your right) is a golden hazel

he's demisexual homoromantic (i.e. can only feel sexually attracted to people he knows well and is romantically attracted to, only feels romantic attraction for men)

he loves going for early morning swims and can hold his breath for a concerning amount of time

the skills he picked up on The Daybreaker (the ship he stowed away on) were knot tying, star navigation, fishing, sailing, and basic sword fighting

he has several nicknames; everyone calls him Samson or Sam, Wren calls him Freckles (affectionately, they love him so much), when they're married Gale calls him Sunlight or Sunshine, Captain Aamiina of The Daybreaker calls him her guri dambeys, but the only person alive allowed to call him Sammy is Odette

he's not as hairy as Gale but he has body hair on his arms, legs, chest, and happy trail

he's absolutely covered in freckles, the ones in areas often exposed to the sun darker than the rest; has 100% said something cheesy along the lines of "you shouldn't kiss me, I don't need more freckles" to imply the person he's saying it to is an angel

wow that sure was a lot I am so sorry have these screenshots of Samson looking directly into the camera like he's on The Office as a departing gift!

[naughtysalamander]

BG3 ENDING SPOILERS //

YAAAAY GALE PROPOSED 🥰🥰🥰

Summary: Karlach became a mindflayer, Lae'zel rode off on a dragon with Orpheus, Wyll became Duke, Asterion didn't ascend, Shadowheart gave up Shar, Gale is going to give the crown to Mystra and get rid of the chest orb (which means me, him, and Tara can live that wizard tower life)

Given the variables I'm pleased with this ending for the most part. At least my version that I crafted. I wish there was more epilogue... Cutscenes, companion dialogue, god I'd take a slideshow. It feels, well, not bare bones, but waaay too slim at the end. I hope there is more stuff added in patches. It feels like our stories with all the characters just get dumped at the ending in a way.

[eliteseven]

What I love about the epilogue hug and kiss are the adorable implications 😭

1. Tav and SH always kiss before leaving and now it’s expected and a habit that she anticipates

2. SH falls asleep while cuddling/hugging Tav

she’s a softie and it kills me

I KNOW 🥺

The fact that she just clears her throat and Tav knows she's asking for kisses?!? 🥰 The implied fact that they do this every time they part (even to just go do other chores around the house???)

2. SHADOWHEART FALLS ASLEEP IN TAV'S ARMS. It's canon! Tav holding her during a group gathering, or after a long day of work, and she feels safe enough to just tuck her chin in Tav's shoulder and doze off??? Knowing Tav will just carry her wherever she needs to go??? On the rare night that Tav isn't home for any reason- Shadowheart having trouble falling asleep? my heart...

I love how happy she is when you offer to bring home the owl bear, too. She lights up like a little kid, and I imagine it's what little Jenevelle was like, too. Epilogue Shadowheart has my (And Tav's!) entire heart and soul- it's the reason I wanted NLS in the first place. Just to explore what her life might look like, now that she's finally happy and at peace.

Bonus that absolutely no one asked for but I am also obsessed with Jen and Serena cuddling in Consonance:

Late nights spent staying in together and watching movies on the couch, Jen always falling asleep and snoring gently into Serena's neck, and then swearing she was up for the whole movie 😅 Shar never carried her to bed, and I think she kinda lives for the romance a little bit.

Or Serena playing with Jen's hands idly while her head rests in Jen's lap. Jen loves to stroke her hair, and to steal the occasional kiss when Serena's least expecting it.

...Or the way Jen likes to drape herself against Tav and put all her weight on her if they're out at the bar late and her shoes are hurting her.

I'm just a sucker for how they go out of their way to make each other comfortable. Jen stealing kisses from Serena's shoulders while they're out with friends, or Serena holding her hand under the table at dinner... Jen massaging Serena's free hand while she drives and bringing it to her lips...

Just the little touches that scream "I love you" in their simplicity and sincerity.

[eliteseven]

Good god the make-up sex they'd have at the end of the redemption arc 👀 the tension cause they're both so pent up after all the years without each other, SH expecting Serena to be rough because she feels like she deserves it but shes still just as soft and loving as shes always been, SH crying because she forgot what it felt like to be loved so gently, the light touches and kisses on the wounds SH might've put on her (intentionally or otherwise) and the miserable looks of regret that Serena just has to kiss away, absolutely devouring each other like theyre starving (which they were)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!

I KNOW!!!! 🥵

Redemption AU will definitely have the spiciest dynamics between Shadowheart and Tav.

The years spent apart? Shadowheart sending her spies to observe Serena and report back periodically and they tell her she’s got some new company 👀 jealous mother Superior Shadowheart who has no right to be jealous and is frustrated beyond belief??

The physical aspect of their reunion? If Tav infiltrates the cloister, gets caught, and Shadowheart has to strike her to sell her cover at that point? Serena refusing to fight back???

All of Shadowheart’s would-be lovers!!? Shadowheart frustratedly trying to sleep with Serena?? Serena being jealous of Shads’ bed warmers and acolytes chosen to tend to her physical needs?? Refusing to be another one night stand, telling Shadowheart she wants all of her- heart, mind, body, and soul- and could never settle for anything less? It’s the opposite of what Shadowheart told her; She could ONLY call it love.

Shadowheart going to wherever Serena lives and realizing Serena kept Shadowheart’s favorite books, the ones pressed with flowers, everything she abandoned when she became mother superior?? 🥺 like she never gave up on her in the first place….and seeing signs of Serena trying to move on but just…failing? Someone else in Serena’s life but she just…can’t commit to them and Shadowheart sees she’s the reason why.

Make up sex would be out of this WORLD. Some kind of mix between wildly passionate, tearing off each other’s clothes, kissing till they can’t breathe sort of passion….and then, inevitably, it gets SO intimate so quickly because it’s them. Like, Serena HAS to kiss the furrow of her brow, the little dimples when she smiles…NEEDS to re-familiarize herself with every inch of Shadowheart, all her favorite qualities.

And the way she makes love to her? 😭 whispering how much she loves her between every kiss? Laughing as she fumbles with Shadowheart’s fancy cloister dress and Shadowheart starts crying because she hasn’t laughed with a lover since….well, Serena 🥺🥰

Shadowheart tracing over a bruise she gave Serena and moving to heal it, but Serena catches her wrist and kisses the inside like she always used to, because she forgives her- there’s nothing to even forgive, anyway. She understands it was for show. She just wants her Shadowheart back.

Serena settling between her thighs with a determination to make her forget every other hand or mouth that’s ever touched her, save for her own. She wants to outdo them all, wants to prove that is her place and hers alone. 😮‍💨

Shadowheart just crying into the crook of Serena’s neck as she’s fucked slow and deep, trying to feel her hands everywhere because she is STARVING for her?? 🥵 And she can show emotion here, in the safety of Serena’s bed. She can feel. Serena will kiss her tears away.

And afterwards oml. Shadowheart almost forgot what it’s like to be held after sex- she usually doesn’t let her acolytes touch her after the fact. But they are CLINGING to each other. An inch apart is far too much.

[eliteseven]

I know this isn’t enough to make a request but is there any way you can share some domesticity headcanons but for Consonance?

I mean there will definitely be domestic moments in the next part of Consonance! But sure, I know what you mean

Consonance Domesticity HC’s:

-This one is obvious but Tav and Jen spend like…all of their time together. Even before they’re officially moved in- Tav is living with the Hallowleafs, and when she’s not, Jen is at her apartment 🥰

-Serena loves going through Shadowheart’s baby and childhood pictures. She loves seeing Isobel and Shadowheart’s friendship, from when they were little girls. Shads eventually begs Tav to show her a childhood picture- of the few she has. Tav finds one, and it instantly becomes one of Shadowheart’s most prized possessions. That little girl in the photo, smiling cheekily and missing a tooth, is just about the cutest person she’s ever seen. Tav looks so innocent, so pure. Shadowheart aches with her over her tumultuous past 😔

-Tav being somewhat afraid of thunder storms and Shads knowing this, constantly distracting her with little touches on her arm or wrist, kisses to her cheek, or just holding her tight. Words aren’t even necessary, she just knows how to read Tav and be there for her.

-on drives to the city: Shaddy is a passenger princess, I think. Tav ends up driving everywhere. Shadowheart likes to thread their fingers together and distract Tav with little kisses. She’s a menace.

-they swim together a lot more now 🥺💕 Tav’s heart swells when she sees Shadowheart dive in, so carefree and confident. It’s a world of difference from when she’d told Tav about the near-drowning incident. Buttons likes to join them.

-The two of them cooking together with Emmeline ❤️ Shadowheart learns to make Tav’s favorite dish, the one her mother used to make for her way back when, as best she can. Tav cries profusely into the crook of her neck.

-Shads singing for Tav around the house, and Tav melting every time she hears that voice. She has hearteyes all the time, she’s down so atrociously bad for her gf 😅

-Tav is still Tav in any universe: she’s shy about PDA in front of Emmeline and Arnell. Shadowheart is still Shadowheart. So she lives for slipping her hand into Tav’s rear jean pockets or whispering something positively FILTHY in her ear and then watching Tav flounder and squirm for the rest of the day, thinking about it. It is Shad’s guilty pleasure. There’s something about the innocence Tav wants to maintain in front of her gf’s parents, while Shads knows what she’s capable of in the bedroom…idk she just loves turning Tav into a flustered idiot 🥰

-Arnell and Emmeline are just…so happy now. Knowing their daughter is so beloved, protected, no longer with Shar…they see something so simple as Jen laying her head on Tav’s lap while they watch TV in the living room….with Tav softly stroking her hair, smiling down at her from time to time….and they just bask in the warmth. To know their daughter has found someone so gentle, who adores her more than life itself, is a blessing.

-Sneaking out to the Jeep, parking it in some wooded area, and having at it like teenagers. Shads is a bad influence on Tav. Tav loves it- loves seeing that almost child-like joy in her eyes, in her expression.

-on the subject: Shads will send Tav some very risqué photos if she wants her to come home immediately. Tav drops everything. Every single time. Those photos make her brain and heart stop. She isn’t bold enough to send her own but I do not doubt Shadowheart has warmed her up to the idea 😅

-Also: post sex lazy bed discussions. The two of them gossiping and making each other laugh like best friends after such passionate intimacy… it’s something Shadowheart never had with Shar. Tav truly is her best friend. (Isobel is a close second 💕)

-Them being each other’s lock screens is the cutest thing in existence and kills me to think about.

-sharing a closet. I’ve said this before but it’s just so cute that they share a closet when Tav moves her stuff into Jen’s place. She steals Shads’ Reithwin hoodie! Shads loves seeing her in one of her sundresses when it’s hot out. And of course, Astral Prism merch. And they do each other’s makeup before events. They often get distracted…but happily so.

-Tav, who used to fear wolves, napping amongst the pack in a pile of fur and fluff. Shadowheart melts whenever she sees that. Tav was meant to be hers- what with the way she’s integrated so perfectly into their lives. 🤍

[eliteseven]

I’m so so intrigued by all the WIPs you shared! I found the Vet AU particularly appealing because in my mind if Shadowheart was a part of today’s world, she would absolutely be a veterinarian 🥰 I imagine her to be one of those vets that literally travel out of the city to check up on horses that live on ranches or farms and I imagine her just catering to animals that are considered more “unorthodox” just as much as she’d treat the typical cats and dogs. Sorry for the ramble but I just wanted to share this little headcanon haha

P.S. You (and by extension your writing of course) are such a gift to this world. Keep sharing your brilliance with us!! :)

That makes me so happy to hear, thank you!!! 🥰 You are FAR too kind, thank you so much for the sweet words of encouragement!!! I loooove the idea of vet Shadowheart, and I really like your idea of her being a specialist! I’ll try to incorporate a more rural town setting to flesh that idea out!

It wouldn’t be a long fic, but my premise is something vaguely along the lines of this:

Tav moves to a new place (I’m thinking firefighter or paramedic for Tav this time, for plot reasons 👀) and finds herself the neighbor of a lovely older couple, and a rambunctious pup named Buttons, who are quite fond of her.

She rescues baby Scratch 🥹 off the road one night and rushes him in to the (locally) renowned Dr. Halsin’s 24/7 vet clinic. There she finds Dr. Jen Hallowleaf (with glasses! 😃) , a shooting star in her industry but forced to stay and work under her mentor because of “family reasons keeping her in her hometown”. They bond over a late night coffee and snack and maybe, just maybe, Jen patches her up a little bit too 😅

Meanwhile Jen is absolutely jealous of this new “stranger” who she never sees, working the oddest hours, that her parents cannot seem to stop gushing over, whenever she goes to drop Buttons off there in the morning. (All her pics in the Hallowleaf family home are baby pics of her with dark hair. Tav never puts it together either.)

It’s just them being idiots in love in a new setting 😁 with animals!!

[eliteseven]

"And that pretty much floors Tav because she never imagined Shadowheart would want that" Serena Tavyndír pleeease that woman loves you i'm going to cry

Yeah…☹️ she wasn’t good enough for her father to love her, wasn’t enough to save her family name, and she deeply believes Shadowheart might want better for herself, especially now that she’s a Selûnite and living a respectable life. She has her own share of damage. It’s part of why she gives so selflessly- she doesn’t think she’s lovable otherwise? 🫠 I think I just wrote a very similar line in Consonance- it’s the same principle in a different setting.

But yeah…Shadowheart loves her to death 🥰 how could she not? this woman never gave up on her, showed her kindness even when she was cruel. She risked life and limb for Shadowheart, for her parents, plenty of times.

So Shadowheart proposes. Shocks Serena to her core, but also makes her the happiest girl in Faerûn!!! 😭 her dreams come true. Shadowheart helps her unlearn those vicious thoughts, just like Tav helped her unlearn hers. That’s what their love is all about: making each other better, and happier 💕

[eliteseven]

My reasons why Shadowheart would actually be a very good cook: 1. She would have to cover up the taste of poison she put into people's food. 2. She had a lot of undercover identities and probably learned good taste in food at wealthy people's homes. 3. She has a fancy taste in wine so we know she has expensive taste. 4. Shadowheart doesn't remember how to make foods but she would remember how they taste.

Lmaoo okay, these are fair. I don’t want to be nitpick-y here but I can maybe counter your points a little? (Although I totally support you HC-ing whatever you feel is right for her character ofc 🥰)

1. Fair, but there are so many other ways to get info out of someone or kill them. I don’t think she was cheffing it up in a cloister kitchen just to throw some nightshade in her freshly baked bread loaves 😭💀 but tbh who knows lol

2. Loving good food ≠ knowing how to make it. I would know 💀

3. See (#2 but apply to wine)

4. This one actually hit me in the heart 🥹💕 you’re so right. She would know a good meal if she had one, because I think some part of her remembers the taste of Emmeline’s cooking. While I don���t think that automatically translates to her having cooking ability, I do think she’d have a natural talent and inclination!!!

Anyway these are just my thoughts!!! I love my disaster girlfailures in the kitchen together!! I love that they’re two grown women in their 30’s/40’s who are fighting for their lives to make a basic stew. I love their incompetent asses, both could kill you in 3865 different ways, and they struggle to make bread. Phenomenal.

I do think Emmeline teaches Shadowheart and it’s their absolute favorite thing to do together. Not as much strength required from Emmeline, and she gains like 10 years on her life every time Shadowheart grins and squeals with delight when she remembers the taste of a classic recipe.

But that’s just my AU 😅 I would honestly looooove to read a Chef Hallowleaf AU or something like that!! 👀 i would eat anything of hers who said that????

[eliteseven]

I REALLY like the idea of this new arc for Serena and Shadowheart. Shar is the worst and it makes sense that she may have been waiting for the perfect moment to retaliate for Shadowheart turning away from her. When Shadowheart gets her hands on whatever poor, misguided disciple acted on Shar’s orders it’s going to be BLOODY.

I like angst when it furthers a plot and develops characters and I can already tell with the way you set it up it’s going to be both.

I just need everyone to live 🥺

Ahhhhh this makes me so happy!!!! 🥰 thank you! You get it!!! Shar is petty af and has been waiting to try and hit Shadowheart where it hurts: Serena. What better time than when Shadowheart finally thinks she has her all to herself?

Shadowheart will have to break the news to Amelia, ofc. And after the talk they had about Shadowheart being a protector to her too? She can’t afford herself a moment of weakness.

Expect to see a very determined (if not unhinged) Shadowheart leveraging her very unique skillset at any cost. She doesn’t even know that Serena only left to get the warding bond rings for her 🥺

She doesn’t like who she was before Serena’s influence. But if that’s who she needs to be to get Tav back safely, so be it.

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Screaming crying throwing UP at them having their own baby Jenevelle 😭😭😭😭 I just know Shadowheart will be watching her family one day and get overwhelmed because never did she think she would have this (a family, friends, a cottage, a mini zoo), let alone deserve it and yet here she is, living her wildest dreams

I know!! They could call her baby Jen 🥹 (she probably can’t say her own name for a while lmao)

Shadowheart realizes she’s living a genuine fairytale. Some mornings, she’s afraid to open her eyes- afraid she’ll wake up back in the cloister, memories fading, back to doing Shar’s bidding.

Then Tav’s arm pulls her a little closer under the covers, or the sound of bright giggles fills their room from the window as a little baby Jen plays with Arnell and Emmeline outside. …And she just smiles to herself bc it’s very real. I think she wishes there were a way in which she could go back and reassure her past self that everything would work out beyond her wildest dreams…but she’s so blissfully happy now 🥰

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On a less angsty note, Shadowheart falling asleep on Serena and now she cant move because god forbid she wake this beautiful woman who was clearly exhausted to begin with, but now she has a pretty lady sleeping in her lap and even though this log they were sitting on isnt that comfy she cant really complain. Meanwhile anyone who walks by and sees her “predicament” they just chuckle and give her a amused look. Can totally see lazel asking Serena to come over here even though shes clearly trapped and rolling her eyes at her unwillingness to move. Even funnier if Shadowheart knows and is staying "asleep" on purpose. lol

Aww 🥹 love this! As we know, Shadowheart is prone to falling asleep in Tav’s arms.

Would it be wild to say that’s probably one of the first times Shadowheart realizes she might love Serena tho?

Think about it. They’re still in their frenemies stage. Exhausted, and with few enough seats close to the fire on a cold night, Shadowheart reluctantly cozies up to Serena, and against ever fiber of her being, falls asleep on her shoulder.

The way Serena would still, fearful to move a muscle, moving only slightly to adjust her arms around Shadowheart so she doesn’t slip. And this is after she and Shadowheart have spent the day hurling insults at each other 😅 everyone can see, plain as day, that Serena is just a pathetic mess for her. Many laughs are had at her expense lol

The way Karlach would offer to carry Shads when they all retire to their tents and Serena whispers a vehement protest, because she’ll do it, even if her limbs are aching and her shoulder aches from Shadowheart’s weight. The way Shadowheart would smile into the curve of her shoulder because she’s a trained Sharran operative and has been awake for the last half hour…. But she’s smitten and enjoying the ride 🤭 I think she’s secretly so touched. She feels safe with Serena despite their bickering.

And when they’re an established couple??? Shadowheart routinely falls asleep on Serena’s lap. It’s her safe space. 🥰 She does pity Serena’s cramping muscles from holding the awkward positions and heals her accordingly, often with kisses. But the girl lives for being carried, and Serena is the bleeding heart romantic type and will never not carry her to bed.

Bonus: the reverse is true if Serena rests her head in Shadowheart’s lap. The instant Shadowheart plays with her hair, its lights out for her 🥹 girl will doze right off through Shadowheart’s prayers

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We know Tav likes to collect small objects from their travels. What about SH? What would she like to collect now that she has the opportunity?

Here are a few options for Shads’ collections:

-Animals 😅

Only partially kidding here. I think she’s the type who sees an animal in need on their travels and just…brings them home. They have so many to care for but her heart is so big…Tav doesn’t take much convincing, either. Shadowheart bats her eyes and Tav is at her disposal. (And really, Tav lives for how giddy she gets when she connects with a new animal and is able to aid them).

She also never got to keep her cloister mouse 🥺 it’s why they call Baby Jen their little mouse later on. She finally gets to keep all her little friends 😭

-smut novels and novels in general

I feel the cloister was a restrictive space. Shadowheart probably had to sneak in books or texts that weren’t in line with the teachings of Shar. I could see her taking great pride in building a library room at the cottage. No censorship. Books of all sorts- the fun smut Wyll puts her onto, the romance novels she and Serena love, historical texts, scrolls they kept, books on flora and fauna, books of pressed flowers from their journeys, Serena’s letters to Shadowheart….

I think Shadowheart would love the equivalent of a cozy, warm, night-orchid cave type of space in their home, dedicated to reading. No mother superior to scold her for wasting too much time, no one checking the content of the books over her shoulder. Just Serena bringing her tea and kissing her cheek, and her cats curled up on her lap. 🥰

-Different flowers

I think Shadowheart’s love of night orchids begins to extend to other plants, over time. She has books of the pressed flowers Tav gifts her during their travels. (She started that before they were even together). Sometimes they’ll bring seeds back of more exotic plants to grow in their garden, if it’s feasible. Spring rolls around and the place is in absolute bloom. I think the diversity of flowers would be a nice sign of how she’s grown over time- the night orchids are still there, still her favorite, but she has so many others to appreciate now, too. Plus, she loves bonding with Arnell and Emmeline about their vast knowledge and green thumbs.

-Art 🥹💕 (and decor in general)

This one is special to me. For the first time ever, Shadowheart has a place of her own (and Tav’s ❤️). No shared dorms like in the cloister, no one stealing her things, no one vetting her possessions! She can express herself how she likes, with whatever she likes. Their travels are leisurely now; they have time to shop, to bring new things home. Shadowheart loves to make the space her own with these pieces she picks up.

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Help, I'm obsessed with SH and I dreamt about her last night. It was really nice, and I'd like to adapt my dream with Serena because I think that dynamic works for them :)

(It probably fits better in Consonance) **clears throat**

Serena wakes up before SH and realizes that, for once, she’s the little spoon. And although she loves holding SH while sleeping, this new feeling is… strangely pleasant (perhaps the fact that they’re both naked helps).

She knows she should wake SH up, but she’s so comfortable that she just buries herself deeper into the embrace. When was the last time she felt something like this? Pleasure, safety, vulnerability, trust, and of course: love. So many emotions she melts into them, feeling like the luckiest person in the world.

And when she hears the rain tapping against the window, she’s convinced there’s no need to wake her girlfriend up, plans can wait (which is funny, because it’s usually SH who throws plans out the window).

Later, when SH herself wakes up confused (more by the time than by the position), she leans in to wake Serena up until she sees the absolute look of bliss on her face as she sleeps. Naturally, she decides she won’t be the one to disturb that peace, and pulls Serena closer to fall back asleep.

(They end up staying in bed all morning).

🥺💕 not them playing a roundabout game of “better not wake my sleepy girlfriend” over and over again and staying in bed till noon 😭

This is so sweet. Tbh I see Jen equally taking half the big spoon responsibilities. She loves to wind herself around Tav from behind and snooze in the crook of her shoulder 🥰 Tav LIVES for it. Jen’s arms sling around her and sometimes she brushes her lips against Jen’s knuckles or pulls Jen a little tighter around her in her sleep. She doesn’t move other than that- she doesn’t want to jeopardize a perfect moment. (Jen’s soft little snores give her life ok)

Jen is so soft with Serena. Despite the sarcastic front that Shadowheart puts up, Jen is soft. She knows she’s Serena’s home, her comfort, her only family atp. She adores her. I think she lives for those sleepy, rainy mornings where Tav is fast asleep in her arms. She is usually the one who cancels their obligations, despite being the band leader and the go-getter. Nothing is more important than their time alone ❤️