#the emperor x tav

[magmethius]

the dreams inside my head, they make my heartbeat move again the real me tries to comprehend... everybody needs a love that's understanding and if you want me to, i can show you how to be-gin~

[leafy-yezi]

I was reminded of Ophelia when listening to 'Down by the river'(BG3 song)

[teem-boo]

compilation of shitposts featuring my freaks 💞 i swear ill draw a proper piece one day

[ju-liczka]

That was a very hard choice for my naturally ass gifted Tav...

After all, those are some important assets.

Sacrifices are needed my dear.

[saturdaysky]

You may resist, but it's too late. You already embraced the powers the parasite gave you. You leveraged them to manipulate, to dominate, to survive. Your nature is no longer your own.

Mayhew failed the save to resist the Emperor's offer, and I have never been more pleased at a consequence! What an amazing moment.

Timelapse, line drawing, and character musing beneath the cut.

This choice!! Or rather, this lack of choice!

I love, love, love how failing the save made Mayhew's own will ambiguous, even to himself. He didn't want to be changed, he didn't want to forfeit his humanity (gnomanity)...or did he? He resisted. He opened his mouth to say I will not, but the door to his mind was already unlocked, power welcomed in. Mayhew will never know who unlatched it.

Also, while this is a Gale run -- Mayhew and Gale make each other worse in the most devoted, well-meaning way; the heavens will rue their names -- it also kind of feels like an Emperor run. A subtextual badwrong not-romance.

The Emperor and Mayhew are allies of circumstance turned intimate enemies. The Emperor listens to Mayhew's every thought, gives protection which Mayhew needs, offers advice and temptations which Mayhew takes. Mayhew likes the Dream Guardian; Mayhew cannot shut the Emperor out. Mayhew would see the Emperor dead, if he let himself think about it, but he would miss him after he was gone. And, of course, Mayhew is too curious for his own good, and the Emperor is full of answers.

For the two of them, partial ceremorphosis is a kind of consummation: what could be more intimate than shaping someone from within and without? Metaphorphosis is a gift, by one telling, and a horror story by another.

You are exquisite, the Emperor praised. Mayhew will never know if he became so by his own will.

(He failed the save by one (1) point.)

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Timelapse! It includes all the silly things I drew for my friends, including: 1 tonsure, 3 neon signs, 2 cat emoji, 1 crotch face, and the emperor's armor drawn with my left hand. Spot them all!

Lines!

I don't usually work primarily with line, but I love it. In some ways, it's easier than painting, and in other ways much harder. I find I can't fudge things as much with linework as I can with paint; because the stroke is smaller, I have to be more specific. Even if I abstract details away, I need to understand the underlying form until I know what I am abstracting. It was fun having to be so rigorous.

[sasuke31]

Custom Emperor Epilogue

I'm working on a mod (very much still a work in progress) that allows the Emperor to come to the epilogue party if you are in a relationship with him and gives him a post-battle scene in the Elfsong Tavern like the fleshed out romance options have. I hope to have this work for both illithid and non-illithid Tavs.

I just finished the first draft of all of the dialogue. This conversation (animations to be added) is at the party and includes a path I added in which Tav and the Emperor use Orpheus's power to free illithids and make a renegade colony. Its currently using the automatically selected camera angles and seems to favor the close-up camera; it really shows off how glowy his eyes are.

[madbalalaika]

for your silly bg3 art requests - i don't suppose you'd ever be down to draw some squids? perhaps something romantic/cute with emps and tavflayer...? ;w;

(i'd honestly buy a commission if i could, your art is so beautiful, but i live paycheck to paycheck and can't afford that much so i figured i'd throw my hat in like this anyway ;-;)

First time drawing something other than humans. That was actually very fun haha

Also, fun fact I just learned: apparently, mind flayers sleep on beds made of damp moss!

(Honestly don't worry about that. As desperate as I am for commissions right now, I would feel so bad if someone gave me their last money :"))

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[thefloatingstone]

Putting them into a jar and shaking it.

[perryabbott]

You continue to surprise me. Your mind is... truly something special.

[magmethius]

squiddy forehead boops, a commission from @venacoeurva the emperor's just another babygurl who doesn't have time for kisses vena's linework is so unbelievably gorgeous ;o; thank u so much

[leafy-yezi]

shh…

[teem-boo]

.•｡ﾟ MEMORY 彡 INTIMACY  ﾟ｡•.

Day #6 and #7 of @theemperorweek !!!

THIS TOOK ME SO LONG 💀 sorry I'm this late I bit more than i could chew. First time doing a proper comic like this.

Some silly stuff from the process below ▾▾▾

idk when ill be able to do another comic like this. gotta find a way to do em but not accidentally make it as detailed as this 😭

[ju-liczka]

Squid flootin

Or at least he tries...

How long would it take a skilled bard to relearn how to play the flute with tentacles instead of lips???

And I think that with some more practice it could be possible 😤

Original sketch~

[bladeofthewest]

Sometimes I felt like we were dancing our way towards something deeper.

[thedawner]

More Baldur’s Gate 3 fanart

The Emperor and my “dragonborn” idling about.

I have made this huge (around 7000 pixels in width) by accident so here be some close-ups too:

[xdraonarts]

they will have a spring wedding <3