#they're already at 7000 now insane

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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I accidentally wrote an essay so I slapped it under a read more lol whoops

tl;dr i love how everyone can create such unique and custom characters for bg3 that you can really make sense of any ending you pick in the game, even if that same ending doesn't work for someone else's character and they chose different.

See, that's valid! I think it's really interesting how people come up with different ideas/endings based a lot on how they view their character. Mal having that noble background—it makes sense that he'd seek out some return of that! Especially since yeah Astarion can give him better than anyone in the underdark would ever dream with how Drow society works.

For me—Syril becoming the Absolute is the only way Ascended Astarion even words, if that makes sense. Syril is only Half-Drow so he's never gotten to have that sense of belonging. He's too human for the Drows and too Drow for the humans, and the only time he ever found belonging was with the gang he joined as a kid and with Arvanya (his past lover who is now dead). I think, in the right mindset, he would view enabling Astarion to Ascend as the ultimate way to preserve what he's found with Astarion like, doing whatever Astarion wants and not looking any deeper than that. And then, AA does actively encourage you to become the Absolute so you two can rule the world, so of course Syril does!!

And that's the only way Syril wouldn't become a damsel in distress at the whims of an Ascended Astarion like. I think Syril would definitely enjoy being the doted on dark consort for awhile, but by the time it came around and hit him that things are shallow and he really comes to realize that Astarion views their continued relationship as Syril demeaning himself (the game tells you this if you pass an insight check, idk if you've seen that; at the time i think Syril would just ignore it because he doesn't like to see truths that make him unhappy), he's already a spawn and can't escape anymore, so you just have AA perpetrating the cycle of violence in order to feel safe and that wasn't really the ending I wanted for Syril. Obviously not all custom characters in BG3 are going to have Syril's exact history and minset, so maybe they're into what AA does!

Of course no hate you know. People can choose and enjoy whatever ending they want, and I do VERY much enjoy the AA content out there like wow vampire lord kinda hot. I just think specifically for Syril and Astarion to work, they have to be perceived as equals, which means they either both need to be so absurdly powerful that they will inevitable conquer Faerûn or they both have to be little dweebs who just do their best to protect each other.

If you got this far - i am curious, is this the ending you've made canon for Mal? I dabbled in the AA/Absolute (the triple A?) ending just to see the sexy awfulness (and Absolute Syril IS insanely hot i might gif that too) lol but their canon ending is definitely ending up in the underdark with 7000 spawn to corral.

It's interesting to read people's headcanons about Ascended Astsrion and a romanced Tav because I've never even thought about it. If Astsrion ascends, Syril becomes the Absolute. That's what we call too bad idiots enabling each other instead of helping.

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task force 141 + christmas wishlists

Characters: Simon "Ghost" Riley, John "Soap" MacTavish, Kyle "Gaz" Garrick, John Price, Alejandro Vargas, Rodolfo "Rudy" Parra

Warnings: none

A/N: ewww i have finals tmmrw

rodolfo "rudy" parra:

alright so i mentioned this in my stocking stuffers headcanon but we're gonna go in more depth here

rudy's christmas wishlist is really just legos

but like big, expensive lego sets

like i said then, he always compiles a big list of sets he wants each year

this year he's obsessed with the technic/vehicle sets

he got the vespa set for his birthday so that one was crossed off the list

and now he's looking to collect all the ferrari sets

last year he nabbed the ferrari 488 gte "af course #1"

and this year he wants the ferrari daytona sp3

he really likes the technic sets because their like a harder version of the normal lego sets

plus they're a lot more durable which is important to him

he has all his lego sets lined up on shelves around his apartment

and he already has a shelf of lego vehicles

which currently includes the ferrari 488, the vespa, and the lamborghini sián fkp 37 (he bought that for himself after he got a pay raise)

and ofc once he gets all his luxury cars/racecars collected, he plans on moving onto the classic cars collection

john "soap" mactavish:

alright so idk why this headcanon brings me so much joy but it does

but soap really really really wants a dirt bike for christmas

he rode one during a mission around summer time

and ever since then he won't stop raving about how cool it was

if we're being honest he wasn't that good at it

but honestly that just motivated him even more because now he wants one so he can get better at riding it

he wants to be able to do all those crazy flips and tricks they do

and he spends soooo much time researching bikes and watching videos of the tricks

he also doesn't even know when he would get the chance to use it

or where he would practice

since his house is not exactly near prime dirt biking terrain

but he insists he'll figure something out

his dream is definitely the yz250

he just thinks it looks so cool and sleek

but it's like ~$7000 so he doesn't have his hopes up

would definitely implode if he got it tho

john price:

alright so for christmas price really wants a weighted heated blanket

i mean can you blame him?

it gets pretty cold up in his cabin and he just wants to be able to be all warm and cozy

he honestly didn't even realize it was a thing until gaz told him about it

and now he won't stop talking about it

like he keeps hinting about how he wants it

saying things like "god it's cold in here, a nice heated blanket would be great huh?" or "my blanket is getting so thin, one of those weighted blankets would be insane huh?"

what can i say he really wants one

but he also doesn't wanna spend like $100 on one

which is why he's being so coy about it

besides a weighted heated blanket price wants cigars

i mean he always wants cigars but he wants them as a christmas gift this time

he wants really fancy ones that are really high quality

honestly his ideal holiday evening is him on the couch, with warm socks, a tea, a cigar, and his weighted heated blanket and a nice movie on the tv

simon "ghost" riley:

this year (and every year really) simon wants books for christmas

he's a fan of classic literature so he really just wants paperbacks of all the classics

paperback because it's easier to bring on missions

like i said in one of my past headcanons, i think simon was definitely an english literature major in college

so he definitely has a lot of books already

but let's be real you can never have too many books

the books on his wishlist this year include the metamorphosis by franz kafka, journey to the center of the earth by jules verne, and the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

okay we're gonna go off on a tangent here

but simon secretly wants to open up a bookstore when he retires

except, and this is gonna get kinda sad here, he knows it's ultimately just a pipe dream bc the chances of him retiring are really slim

yk since he's more likely to be killed in action...

but he still likes the idea of it in case he does make it out of the military alive

kyle "gaz" garrick:

alright so for christmas gaz wants new headphones and a speaker

gaz just lives his life with a soundtrack in the background what can i say

he loves listening to music whenever he can

whether he's working or training or in the shower

i like to think that he used to actually have a really nice set of earbuds

and he usually keeps them in one of the pockets of his uniform

but when he fell out of that helicopter he lost his earbuds

and he was absolutely devastated too because they were so nice

but this time around he wants headphones so that he can really take advantage of the noise cancelling feature

probably not the smartest option considering he's in the military but yk what sometimes gaz just needs a break from the outside and honestly who doesn't?

he also has a really nice speaker but then soap broke it

gaz had it next to him on the couch while he was watching tv or smthing

and then soap sorta hopped over the back of the couch to sit next to him

and then sat straight on the speaker

and since the couch at the base sucks and is therefore pretty hard

plus the fact that soap is probably like over two hundred pounds of muscle

the speaker really had no chance

so yeah gaz really just wants his music back for christmas

and off topic but he's into a lot of oldish hip hop/rap rn

like the notorious b.i.g., ice cube, 2pac, dr. dre

yk sorta like the classics

(im ngl idk if those are classics music genres confuse me)

alejandro vargas:

this year alejandro wants a ps5

maybe this is coming sorta out of left field but i feel like alejandro is lowkey a gamer

which ik doesn't make sense since we've established he's into self care and gamers never shower

jkjk no hate to any gamers im sure most of y'all have tolerable self hygiene

but yeah alejandro is actually super into video games

he has a lot of consoles but he didn't get the ps5 when it first came out so now he wants it

im gonna go off on a few alejandro video game tangents here so get ready

first off i think he and rudy played "a way out" together with no prior knowledge of the game

and so at the ending they were absolutely devastated

they also play overcooked a lot

and they let the other task force members play too

it's always interesting because alejandro takes it really seriously

and so he gets soooo stressed about it it's kinda amusing

also he's super good at super smash bros

and surprisingly he's not really a fan of first person shooter games (ironic i know)

it's just that he does that so much in real life he doesn't want to do it in games too