Bg3 Astarion - Blog Posts

My experience with this twink got me ☠️

Singing a little song for him 💖

Loving this camp dynamic

(My character's name is Akira btw)

Astarion and my Dark Urge, Akira (alt bellow)

Too much BG3. Too much WWDITS.

I spent way too long drawing Astarion.

In my playthrough, these two had this conversation at the very bottom of the Temple of Shar, among a pile of bones, rubble and giant feet 😭 So my first thought was to question their sanity 😭😭

Sleepy little vampire all tuckered out after a long day of mischief 🦇

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First acrylic and oil painting I've done in a while, I enjoyed getting back into it!

This? Oh, it's just wine 🩸

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The Brain rot is going hard this week 😎

I've been Baldurs Gating a bit too much--

And honestly- romancing Astarion sometimes feels like this 🦈 AND ITS SO FUNNY TO MEJFKSBDIDB

Im so obsessed with the trolls 3 soundtrack and this song is so astarioncore I can’t

this is also a present for my best friend bc he loves astarion and im a broke bitch this year

the duality of man

A small tribute to BG3 :)

Writing a Baldur’s Gate 3 Fanfic of the whole game with my Tav (Tavian) and his misadventures with the whole bg3 crew. Though it might seem like it in the first few chapters he will not be romantically involved with Astarion but they do become besties who look out for each other. It warms my heart as I’m writing it because they’re both helping each other out because they care, but they don’t *have* to be in love. They’re supportive and get really close and can read each other so well. He’ll be going through and exploring his childhood of losing his parents to a devil pact they made with a certain poetic devil. It’ll also just generally be a lot of fun I think because I’m having a lot of fun writing it and having the characters interact so freely. It won’t be centered on romance but the adventures and bonds these idiots grow together.

Anyway, is this basically an ad for my new fic? Yes. Let me know if you guys are actually interested in reading it i already have 2 1/2 chapters written and the first chapter comes out on AO3 on the 19th of this month :)

I absolutely love my Tav and Astarion. They just so yes.

(Apologies now for the shit picture quality)

My Tav is a druid and a wood elf. He’s the sweetest boy on the planet. He always does whats right, but isn’t afraid to make a sarcastic comment to someone who pisses him off. He’s just trying to be a genuinely good guy.

While Astarion hates Tav thinks there’s always room at the camp, he can’t help but be amused when Tav slings shit in the goblins’ faces because they were being assholes. Or when he tells Absolute followers to get stuffed cause he doesn’t have the patience for them.

Did he think that the twink treehugger he tackled when they first met and held a knife to his throat would be ever so understanding and sympathetic with him being a vampire? Did he expect that Tav would be patient, and affectionate in a way that didn’t matter if it was romantic or platonic? Of course not. But he’s happy it happened.

Poor Tav didn’t mean to even romance Astarion but when he found out how Astarion felt? Hoo BOY did it make that poor demisexual have some gay panic.

And the best part about them is it doesn’t matter if their relationship is romantic or platonic. They love and care for each other. They’re sassy and just love eachother’s company, no matter what.

Oh yeah; and they like to let Karlach in on them making fun of Cultists and collectively going “oh, let’s smite this bitch.”

Has this been done yet

He’s giving me brainrot

“Every time you think about the fruity vampire, your lifespan decreases 10 seconds.”

So... I got freecam and now I feel like a God lmao also used a emote mod for the one in the bath and the one in the bell tower...

Can someone please write a cute fluff (maybe even fluff and smut) fic about Tav and Astarion bathing together? If not, I'll do it lmfao

(I already have like 10 different Astarion fics in drafts RIP.. side note, If you have requests for Astarion related fanfiction, feel free to send me an ask! I need to edit my rules for requests though nsfw is now allowed and I'm no longer relying on my character list.)

Is my account slowly turning into an Astarion account? Maybe...

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 ❤🖤❤🖤

Helios ☀️

(Astarion Fanart)

More info under the cut if you enjoy insane rambles lol

I posted the sketch yesterday, I finished in the same day, took me like 4 hours.. which is about average for my art...

And well.. it didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted and there are some things I wish I did differently (namely the eyes being just a bit too harsh.. wish I did them in brown and not the dark purple..) but overall, I like how it turned out..

I tried a new painting technique the wet on wet method.. well in the beginning.. and I quite like it. I used both gouache and watercolors...I will 100% be doing rim lighting again.. it gives an ethereal quality and I looove that tbh..

And ofc being an overexcited dumbass forgot to tape down my piece initially so it warped.. but I taped it down shortly after and it's less um.. crazy looking now..

And idk why... but painting his ass was the funnest part lol.... I used many different colours in his skintone.. mainly purples, oranges, browns, yellows and hints of blue.. And it really stands out on that one cheek closest to the viewer.. I may have accidentally made it the focal point... unintentional, I swear,😅

Admittedly my shading is still absolutely shit.. making a note to practice that.. the light source and shadow placement doesn't make a whole lot of sense.. but it still looks alright I think..

Anyway..if you read this stupid ramble, I'm deeply sorry. Have a wonderful day or night ✨

Well hello there~

info and a long ramble about this and why this exists under the cut if you're interested

So.. I'm experiencing the most intense obsession with a fictional character I've ever experienced in my entire life..

I started playing Baldur's Gate 3 two weeks ago.. why did I pick it up? Because I saw a clip of that scene where Tav kills him by shooting that lazer and dropping a building on him, and the dialog after you get Withers to bring him back.. you know.. "Somewhere between a nice summer's day and THE FULL CONCENTRATED POWER OF THE SUN" and I was like.. daaaamn who is this character and why does his VA sound so damn passionate? So I bought it...

And I have clocked well over 100 hours in game now and it's safe to say I'm completely, hopelessly obsessed with this game. Now...

Onto the actual explanation of this piece

The idea for this art piece came from right after his first sex scene with Tav (the only one I've seen as of yet... and um.. like damn... DAMN) when he stands in the sunlight and you see his scars on his back for the first time.. The moment I saw that, the gears in my head started turning and I imagined big huge angel wings on him... then.. um.. well.. I heard a song which brought that image back into my mind.. (Helios by the Crüxshadows.. It's good go listen to it!) which yes.. music is a huge part of my creative process most of the time.. My imagination can run wild when listening to some songs not certain why.

But anyway.. Astarion with big ass angel wings was born.... and I'm probably going to go in and paint it with watercolors and pray that I don't hopelessly fuck it up.. If I don't, I'll post the finished piece when I'm done.. (really wish I had metallic watercolors.. I feel like gold paint on the halo and maybe the scars would add a lot to this tbh)

I guess the unofficial title of this piece is:

Helios ☀️

Side note... I think I gave him too much ass... (as if that's a bad thing lmao)

He really puts the ass in Astarion... Ok.. Ok I'll stop 😅

Mornings After

OMGGGGGG FAV GAME AND FAV MOVIE. it’s so over i’ll think about this for days

Gale’s Moving Castle

When a young elf named Astarion was cursed by a Vampire Lord, he decided to pay a visit to Gale—the most powerful wizard in Waterdeep, rumoured to be stealing hearts.

Original: Howl's Moving Castle (Studio Ghibli, 2004)

Cazador: My (512M) spawn (239M, 367M, 349M, 402M, 371 F, 302 F, 363 F) have unionized

my jaw has disconnected from the rest of my skull. i’m going insane, chewing on the walls of my enclosure

— So, do you like my neck, my love? Lean over to me and I'll show you how much I like yours.

i always think about this scene when astarion’s inspo comes up 😭😭 astarion is everything ron swanson HATES about the government employees (he was a magistrate or whatever) yet i think they would chuckle at each other’s sass

this game has no right to be as funny as it is

just utterly gorgeous

A moments embrace |25022024 - | based on "Perfect Slaughter" by asterdurge

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Catching some rays

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Astarion's first good morning hug in 200 years

A fun 3rd attempt at Drawing Astarion! I wanted to draw his scar so I thought this would be a cute moment~ The OC is my Tav, Her name is Briar~ She's a blue Tiefling with white/gray vitiligo and she loves ice spells~ 💙

Astarion attempt #2~ 👀