#tadpolycule WHEN

[gothyanki]

That time I was still dithering between Karlach and Lae'zel as Vin's canon romance option and then... A SURPRISE CONTENDER APPEARED in the form of Wyllyam (surprising in that while they were bezzie mates, they hadn't had any romantic interaction up to that point). Look at themmmm! Rude of Vin to be compatible with so many people, honestly.

don't get me started on the matching/mirrored cheek scars I will SHOUT

[ruushes]

> pull her into a hug

[shadowstarion]

daddy halsin • part 1

ships: halsin/astarion, halsin/shadowheart, general tadpolycule with a sprinkle of bladeweave

tags: explicit sexual content, daddy kink, dry humping, cock warming, subspace, kink discussion, exhibitionism

i mentioned this briefly in my tadpolycule headcanons post but i wanted to expand on it so have a few halsin daddy kink drabbles!

Halsin nagging Astarion about his well-being and Astarion getting prickly about it. The Druid is really starting to push his buttons, riling up the vampire’s temper because how he dare he suggest that a bit of rest, a bath in the stream, and a warm meal might help him feel better? Astarion’s coping mechanisms are just fine, thank you very much.

“Why, of course I’ll do as you say, dad.”

It’s meant to be scathing but it makes Halsin’s expression soften with curious interest, taking Astarion by the waist and bringing him close.

“I don’t mean to push you, little one,” he hums, kissing the vampire’s forehead, brushing his hair back, lips finding his ear. “Would you like me to take care of you instead?”

Halsin’s question is as sweet as it is erotic, an open-ended offer that Astarion can take a run with in any direction he’d like. It’s a little overwhelming and words fail him, but he wants Halsin to keep touching him, to keep talking to him like that. It makes him feel small and delicate and safe, Halsin pulling him closer and stroking his lower back, peppering kisses all over his face until he can’t possibly maintain that pout a second longer.

“Good boy, always such a good boy for me,” Halsin babbles against his neck at some point when Astarion rolls his hips forward, grinding against his thigh. He encourages him along with kisses and low whispers of praise until the vampire is outright rutting into him, chasing his relief with labored moans.

“That’s it, come for Daddy.”

Shadowheart knows exactly what she’s doing, but doesn’t quite have the language to describe this particular kink of her’s. What she does know is that Halsin is a brutally doting lover and he encourages her to relax into that submissive space, to let him care for her and reduce her down to something small and helpless.

He’s holding her against his chest, thighs spread over his lap and soaked cunt stuffed with him. Halsin’s hands stroke tenderly through her hair, lacing the unbound locks into an intricate braid while she mewls and weakly rocks her hips.

“Hush, sweet girl,” he chides, “hold still until I’ve finished.”

Shadowheart whines but her squirming does stop as she leans forward, pressing her face against the muscle of Halsin’s chest. Her hair slips from his fingers and he huffs with annoyance at the loss of his place in her braid, but he’s quick to return to the task at hand. Always so calm and collected, it makes her want to rile him up even more.

“Are you almost done, Daddy?” She asks, voice innocent and small against his skin. She can feel his cock twitch where it’s buried inside her, feel the pleased groan reverberating through her body.

“Oak Father, preserve me,” he mutters, losing his grip on her braid once more, his hands circling almost entirely around her waist, “I am nowhere near being done with you, little dove.”

Karlach, though much smarter than most give her credit for, can be incredibly oblivious to innuendo and lacks a basic verbal filter. If it comes to her mind, she will say it without much consideration for double meanings or potential interpretation. So, when they return from a very successful mission, indulging in some celebratory wine and a bit of cuddling around the campfire, she speaks without thinking.

“Y’know, you’re some real solid Daddy material, big guy,” she’d remarked, clapping a hand on Halsin’s shoulder.

A stunned shock passed over the rest of their companions, her statement silencing the buzz of conversation. Astarion gawks at her from where he’s sprawled over Halsin’s lap, Shadowheart is biting back a wine-drunk remark, and Gale goes entirely red in the face, hiding against a stunned Wyll’s shoulder.

“What? You all saw how well he did with those pipsqueaks,” Karlach continues, looking to Halsin for reassurance that she hadn’t said something egregiously offensive by referencing his skill in soothing the group of scared children they’d encountered.

The tension breaks when Halsin laughs, rich and warm, readjusting his arms around Astarion’s waist.

“I do have some experience fulfilling that role,” he agrees with a hint of that gorgeous, wholesome grin stretching his features, “isn’t that right, little one?”

Astarion stammers, at a loss for words, cursing the way his face heats up with the remnants of his feeding, a generous helping of Halsin’s blood yesterday with a side of Wyll to tide him over just before their mission.

“Daddy asked you a question,” Shadowheart chimes in, her tone taunting and utterly bratty, unbidden and flushed by the wine she’d drank, “you really ought to answer it.”

Karlach only really begins to put the pieces together when Shadowheart worms her way into Halsin’s lap and their evening of celebration devolves into the cleric and the vampire taking turns choking on the Druid’s cock. She’ll ask Gale about it later, and he’ll spend an hour explaining to her the sexual implications and eroticization of the simple familial term.

“Is it the same for… other words?” Karlach asks, serious as a scholar. She’d taken to calling herself Mama in a joking, unserious way, but she’d noticed her goofy remarks along the lines of ‘come give Mama K some sugar’ always seemed to have an effect on Shadowheart.

“There are some who enjoy referring to their partner as Mommy or variations of it, or being called such by a partner—“ Gale starts and Karlach burst into laughter.

“By the Hells, Teach, that sure explains a lot!”

[arach-tinilith]

I write about naadja being poly and her relationships in that but like, not so much anyone else because Naadja is obviously the lens through which i view my mindmap of the fanon.

Yes i ship character x character. I ship my other ocs with different characters as well. Its moreso a passing thought that i have cataloged in my mind. The tadpolycule is expansive and complex so i don't even bother to explain it entirely. In my mind its pretty organic, the characters have preferences and dislikes about other characters.

I just kinda roll with it though. I don't want it to seem like Naadja is the only person benefitting from that lol i just only have so much to say on it

I do also fully believe her messy complicated relationships suit her character and a lot of the canon lines about those sorts of apprehensions (like Minthara’s line about not sharing or Astarion's feelings on tav sleeping with someone else) would either not come up at all or would be worded very differently based on her story.

Id love to get into what that'd actually be like but it's a hard thing to explain. Which also seems like a cop out bc well, yeah im not super interested in fine tuning relationships so things fit nice and easy. Sometimes it doesn't, sometimes there's still resentment, and thats something to grapple with. But i don't necessarily have to when im just having fun.

[autistichalsin]

I just want you to know, every time you post / answer an ask about bottom Halsin I get the inspiration to write down another idea for a fic. its like you're my muse! specifically for writing about Halsin being a sloppy pig bottom, I mean

I WILL TAKE THAT DUTY SERIOUSLY TBH. I want to be the fandom bottom Halsin inspire-r.

Assorted bottom Halsin ideas, free to a good home:

Omega Halsin as the recipient of a loving, tender gangbang when he goes into heat at the epilogue party

(Smut and angst) Halsin agreeing to play Haarlep's little game for the party because he thinks, if he loses, that it won't be as big a deal for him as the others; after all, he likes sex far more than them, so it can't hurt him, right?

Araj Oblodra tests a custom potion on Halsin. Unfortunately, it acts as an aphrodisiac(/heat inducer if omegaverse). With possible Astarion guilt since he didn't let her feed on him.

The tadpolycule making a game out of things; who can make him cum fastest just by fucking him, who can make him moan loudest, etc

Halsin using Alter Self, a reduce spell, or what have you to become Smol for once, and getting to subsequently enjoy being manhandled by his partner(s).

[asidian]

Sharing: Chapter 3

by: Asidian

Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3

Pairing: Astarion/Wyll/Gale/Lae'zel/Shadowheart/Karlach/Halsin tadpolycule

Warnings: Consent issues of the Act 1-Astarion-is-himself variety, with a side of everyone doing their best to accommodate him even when he is bad at communicating

Excerpt:

"I believe we have something to discuss," says Halsin at last.

"Desires, is it?" says Astarion, lightly. "I'd have thought we had this one well and truly settled, darling."

"Some of us did," says Shadowheart, tone very dry and very flat. She's peering at him from around Karlach's shoulder – has the same sort of unblinking intensity to her stare that Lae'zel does. Astarion wonders, idly, what she would say if he pointed that out.

"And some of us," Lae'zel rasps, as Halsin hands her a portion of breakfast, "did not."

Astarion's gaze flickers around the circle. He discovers, to his horror, that that they're all watching him, now.

[serregon]

idk list of my bg3 ships (i mean I'm a tadpolycule cursed eightsome truther and I like basically every combination but like these are my specific pairings)

Wyll/Karlach — Wyll Ravengard the man that you are, walking hand in hand into hell with the woman you were supposed to kill

Shadowheart/Lae'zel — classic toxic yuri. they immediately want to rip each other's throats so naturally they should fuck. but also the story parallels what with the whole I devoted my life to this goddess who never cared about me, my entire world and sense of reality has been turned upside down. let's fuck about it. also like Lae’zel finds out Vlaakith is a fraud before Shadowheart finds out about Shar and for a few weeks of their journey Shadowheart is like “haha at least my goddess is real—shit nvm”

Halsin/Shadowheart — as much as Halsin sasses the hell out of shart while she's still sharpilled justiciarmaxxer, he's so so proud of her when she resists Shar. also if Larian weren't cowards they would be were4were

Shadowheart/Isobel/Aylin — sometimes you need a good threesome before you fully commit yourself to a new religion

Shadowheart/Karlach — shart is just. really fucking thirsty when you meet Karlach

Karlach/Halsin — you know what's better than one big bisexual beefcake? but also Halsin trying to be the healer that Karlach needs and the angst where he can't heal her

Wyll/Halsin — “thick hunk of an elf” Wyll is there something you’d like to share with the class. also pov you’re Duke Ravengard and your only heir left to live on a hippie commune

Karlach/Minthara — good girl with big weapon x evil girl with big weapon. and she can follow Karlach to Avernus??

Wyll/Astarion — monster x monther hunter, literally straight out of a vampire romance. and Wyll canonically reads bad smut you know he’d be so down for a vampire boyfriend. let’s be real they would be in the top 3 ships on ao3 if Wyll was white

Shadowheart/Nocturne — we all know they smooched in that little hidden spot with the orchids

Gale/Rolan — you know what's better than one autistic rizzard? they tried to have sex but in the middle of undressing they got distracted talking about magic and oh would you look at that it's morning already

Gale/Raphael — the girls are fightingggg over the crown. I only like god!Gale in the context of god/devil hatesex

Astarion/Sebastian — ok listen we only got to know Sebastian for like five minutes but those five minutes hurt

Halsin/Minth— *Larian sniper takes aim towards me*

[sharoscylla]

60% of the reason the tadpolycule falls in love with ripley is because she stays up all night to run ahead with a pitchfork to set up the "fork in the road" bit for when she's singing "movin' right along" for their morning walk

20% of what endears halsin to ripley is the fact that he 100% unplanned does the Kermit deadpan "Oh, I don't believe that." response to seeing a literal fork in the road when she gets there, beating her to it

meanwhile the Ripley/Gortash relationship is unfortunately built almost entirely on trusting one another not to misuse their terrible traumas against each other

[gothyanki]

I adore Vin/Karlach, but sometimes I go back to look at these Vin/Lae'zel screenshots (taken before I went back to an earlier save and broke up with her at the fling stage so nobody would get hurt) and think about what might have been. The look on Lae’s face in that second shot…

Also, the story behind how this duel ended: Vin'ath was standing in front of Lae'zel’s tent right next to the campfire. Lae jumped to close the distance and THREW A FLASK OF ALCHEMIST’S FIRE that exploded all over both of them and presumably hit a lot of flammable materials as well. Average githyanki date night in.

[gothyanki]

FUCK I just realised Vin/Wyll's shipname WOULD be "Win"

[shadowstarion]

ahem ahem aheeem..... ermmmm as a poly party enthusiast, would youuuu possibly have any more headcanons on the tadpolycule? 👀👀👀 thank you so much!!!

YES I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS. i’ll go character by character for headcanons and how i imagine different dynamics.

tadpolycule headcanons!

shadowheart is basically programmed to be non-monogamous and extremely repressed at the same time. it’s just sex and physical attraction with astarion and karlach until it isnt and then things get complicated. the idea of casual openness throughout the camp is comforting to her— clearly if they were interested in pursuing other partners that meant whatever they had with shadowheart wasn’t anything serious, right? she’s definitely closest to astarion and karlach but not at all opposed to fooling around with anyone else (maybe even aylin and isobel if they’re into it)

astarion isn’t sure about all this, but the lack of exclusivity is similarly comforting. he can make his own decisions about who he wants, what he wants, and when he wants it. he can decide that he’s craving a particular partner or type of play and he’ll have it damn near guaranteed. he’s showered in love from head to toe in every way he could possibly want it. the additional benefit to having flexibility in partners is that he never has to go without blood again, but he does have his preferences. shadowheart, halsin, and wyll are his top 3.

karlach has big feelings for everyone. shadowheart is her primary partner in the sense that their relationship is both romantic and sexual. when it comes to the rest of the group it’s usually one or the other; she has strong platonic bonds with wyll and gale that seldom cross into sexual territory, and sexual attraction to astarion and halsin thats more of an undefined grey area between romantic and platonic. she is also the group nicknamer; she will call you things and they will stick. shadowheart is shaddy or princess, astarion is fangs or stars, halsin is big guy or boss, wyll is prince charming, gale is teach

gale my absolute autistic legend does not even realize he’s included in whatever this is until it’s far too late. he can flirt yes, but being flirted with almost always goes over his head. gotta push my bladeweave agenda here by saying he’s ultimately closest to wyll, they’ve got some real friends to lovers/same trauma let’s kiss about it dynamic going on. as for the others i think he’s down horrific for shadowheart and halsin. has some weird sexually charged rivalry with astarion that’s mostly one-sided on astarion’s part. and karlach is just a solid bro

wyll is the group goody two-shoes without a doubt. he gets so easily flustered especially when it comes to astarion, karlach, and shadowheart. astarion flirts with him and poor wyll is a trainwreck, karlach is majorly physical once she’s able to be and it makes wyll’s heart race every time she hugs him, and shadowheart is so pretty it leaves him tongue tied. wyll’s a gentleman about everything too, he’ll give gale his coat as soon as he notices the wizard is shivering, insists that halsin take a rest and let him finish up chopping their firewood, etc.

halsin is the poly expert!!! he would absolutely be the one to give everyone else they language they need to discuss their relationships and boundaries. he’s the most sexually open of them all and doesn’t have any particular setbacks when it comes to sex; he’s happy to indulge anyone who wants him and let them indulge in whoever else they’d like. with halsin everything is super casual but intimate at the same time, all about pleasure and connection and enjoying life as nature intended. he’s the group service top and has definitely been called daddy at least once by everyone.

[autistichalsin]

I’m still thinking about free use maid Halsin. I feel very strongly that he should be getting fucked by several different people. that way when he begs to be bred there’s plenty of people to fill him up with cum. maybe they can even say that they’ll put the plug back in after, to keep it in, help him get pregnant. I wonder if he’d beg for relief or for them to do it…

DEFINITELY the entire tadpolycule, that's for sure!

Oooh, excellent question. Maybe they lie a bit and tell him that being edged a while longer will help him get pregnant and he's so deep in subspace he doesn't question it. :D

[asidian]

Sharing: Chapter 2

by: Asidian

Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3

Pairing: Astarion/Wyll/Gale/Lae'zel/Shadowheart/Karlach/Halsin tadpolycule

Warnings: Consent issues of the Act 1-Astarion-is-himself variety, with a side of everyone doing their best to accommodate him even when he is bad at communicating

Excerpt:

He's a pretty face and a charming smile – a set of clever fingers and a very talented mouth.

He's an actor on a stage, accustomed to playing his part so that he can end an evening with something in his belly, instead of screaming until his voice gives out.

And so Astarion misses all the signs, for a time. He isn't used to taking the same lover more than once – doesn't know to watch for it.

But the changes filter in gradually all the same, whether he's looking for them or not.