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weird thing to fixate on but the way you did the astral prism is SO good

it's so shape

like it is very simple, but gets across its shape really well

Thought of this pun and had to turn it into a sticker design.... should I do the other companions? 👀

okay, no shade, but youre missing out on SO much good characters moments if your girlbossify the bg3 women too much. i get it, they're big, strong, badass, but they are, like all bg3 companions, incredibly cringe in their own ways that i think we could stand to appreciate more.

lae'zel throws the worlds biggest meltdown anytime you do anything not directly related to the githyanki creche, only to almost get her shit immediately rocked. lae'zel on modern day stan twitter would be a shitshow and you cant convince me otherwise. and thats before we even mention her fighting you in act two and then immediately crying about it. babygirl its okay, we were only playing. AND TRYING TO KISS HER IN PUBLIC?? she acts big and bad in act 1, fighting rough with you the entire time, but as soon as you ask her for a little kiss? immediate embarrassment. she could absolutely wreck my shit, but shes still a meow meow.

shadowheart is just fantasy catholic. she gets mad if you pick up a statue of selûne bc shes just that catholic. dyes her hair white in a desperate emo crisis of faith moment. recites smut in public. makes jokes that land incredibly flat. is acting way cooler and more chill than she actually is to hide the fact that shes scared. SHE CHOSE THE NAME SHADOWHEART. need i say more?

karlach may be cringe but she is free, i will give her this. she gets the zoomies. she almost blows up a firework shop with her in it because shes so excited. she has a teddy bear called clive. she hasnt read a book since secondary school. she does a little dancy dance if you leave her alone for too long. her inner monologue is just about how horny she is for most people. bisexual failgirl. i love her.

and then the biggest cringefail of them all, minthara. the fact that she absolutely cannot see that every companion at camp actually does grow to really like, love, and respect her bc shes expecting treachery (bc thats what SHE would have done) is as sad as it is just a liiiiittle bit funny. darling. my wife. people like and care about you. not to mention the fact that shes been poisoning you the entire time shes been travelling with you???? cant communicate for the life of her. regularly threatens to kill you but then gets mad if you die. emotionally stunted loserbabe. we will have a july wedding........

what im SAYING isnt that the girls ARENT badass and compotent and cool, what im SAYING is that the lads shouldnt have a monopoly on complexity and depth. you get me?

bg3 romance woes

just got the scene with talking to Gale under the night sky in act 2 (beautiful scenery btw) and GOD. HOW in the HELLS am I supposed to romance anyone BUT him now??!

On the other hand, I want to romance Astarion and as much as I CAN NOT for the life of me find it easy to reject Gale, hurting Astarion in any way, shape or form would immediately reduce me to a pathetic puddle of tears.

WHY can I not romance both of them UGGHHH this is torture.

not to mention the fact that I have the hots for like EVERY romancable AND unromancable npc in this GODDAMN game.

like Lae’zel (she’s so endearing for some reason what the hell??), KARLACH oh my GOD (Shadowheart knows what’s up, I NEED her to carry me and OMG she calls herself Mama K I CAN’T), Wyll ugggghh (he’s underrated and I WON’T stand for it) Shadowheart (fuck, god’s favorite emo princess I love her so muchhhh). That motherfucker HALSIN (what a HUNK of an elf they had NO RIGHT making him so glorious) even Minthara who I finally got in Act 2 now.

and when it comes to the UNROMANCABLE people. Don't even get me STARTED. Raphael you god damn majestic asshole. Haarlep (I’d feed him, that’s all I’ll say about the matter), Alfira (the REAL reason why I’ll never do a Durge playthrough, I CAN NOT ever lay a finger on her). Larkrissa (I love her and Alfira plus them TOGETHER so fucking much), ROLAN (stupid prickly wizard), Dammon (he’s just SO everything, don’t make me explain, I’ll go on and on for hours)

this game is a bisexual NIGHTMARE and on one hand I LIVE for it, on the other, I’d like to sue

Selûnite shard from bg3 i drew today

my queen🛐🛐🛐

I'm actually pretty proud of this one :)

SOMEONE DRAW ANGRY GNOME ASTARION N O W 😫

Had a stupid idea of the BG3 group getting magically race swapped Dungeon Meshi style

Shadowheart - Githyanki (pretends she is unaffected, but is actually screaming internally and that close to losing it)

Lae'zel - Human (utterly disgusted at THE NOSE)

Gale - High Elf (the orb is still there, but his glorious beard isn't)

Wyll - Drow (the very drow Baldurian romance novels want them to be, call him Rizz't. but also give him a hug because the poor man is getting tired of all these uncalled transformations)

Astarion - Gnome (inconsolable. defeated. grieving. refuses to leave his tent. the "you laugh you lose your femoral artery" challenge)

Karlach - Dragonborn (smoking hot, soldier!)

Halsin - Halfling (the most ripped, beefiest halfling you've ever seen, excited about the new perspective. climbing Mt. Halsin is not an option, but people want him to climb them now)

I don't blame shadowheart for being a shar devotee

Ive seen her status

Like fuck, I'd want to live in her eternal darkness too

BG3 Companion's reactions to Tav being much younger than they thought

Trying out a new format kinda, let me know if it works, please

Lae’zel is the baby at 20/23 ish but for this Tav is around age 16/17 making them the baby 

Astarion: He didn't really care to know your age when you first met, but as you ventured forth he could tell you where inexperienced, an amazing leader, but you had no idea what you were doing. “How long have you been doing this, adventuring this darling?” He asked watching as you tried in vain to unlock a chest. “Oh well… Im only sixteen so not that long? When we met up really.” He stared into space for a moment, taking in his fearless leader, who was in fact a child. “Well thats… reassuring?” He said carefully moving you to the side so he could pick the lock for you. 

Trust me you wouldn't live down the. “Does the baby need help?” Jokes

No one is getting within arm's length of you though

#his baby *cough* his meal ticket *cough, cough*

Gale: The poor guy has a lot on his mind *and in it*. Forgive him that he really didn't think about figuring out how old you are. “Gale how old were you when you found out you could use magic?” Gale looked up at you watching you playing around with Minor Illusion. “I was about seventeen when Mystra first contacted me.” He said thinking for a moment. “Ohhh that means I’ll be a better wizard than you!” He chuckled hearing You tease him. “You can't be that young.” He jested, his face deadpanning when you admitted you were almost seventeen. 

Giving him PTSD from when he first met Mystra

He feeds you first 

Feels so guilty about you going to get him magical artifacts

Halsin:  Oh he knew, He is over three hundred but he ain't dumb. When you broke him out of Jail he was protective of you, seeing a kid leading and protecting a group of adults broke his heart. “Tav, please rest.” He said softly as he let you sit down. “I have the watch tonight, please get some sleep.” He’s a papa bear. You get hurt, he's there. Can't reach something? Halsins is helping lift you up. He lets you have your respect as a leader but he is always there to be a shoulder to lean on or your own personal Jiminy cricket. 

Guard Dog privileges

Will let you sleep on him

Will not let you in the sheresses caress

Jaheira: Mama knew, when you first pulled up to Last Light she swore she saw one of her kids running up to her. “Cub have you eaten?” She’s already going mama mode seeing you haven't slept or eaten. She tears Halsin a new one for not helping you more with Art Cullagh. After the Last Light is attacked and you are standing by her side helping protect her people she feels proud of the next generation and those who are leading it.

She licks her thumb and cleans your face without thinking of it

Teaches you how to haggle

Feels so sorry for you and the trials you must face

Karlach: The baby girl had no idea, she just knows it's fun to rage with you. During a particularly deep rage section, she was surprised when you started to cry. “Soldier?” She asks having to stop herself from hugging and burning you. “I-I’m just scared Karlach.” She listened to you feeling her own tears forming. “I’m not even eighteen, but… Everyone depends on me.” Gods she wanted to hug you, she was raging for you, and because she couldn't hug you. 

She works 10x harder to cool down her heart, not just for her, but so she can hold you

Lets you hug Clive as long as you need

Knows how you feel from being shoved into Zariel’s arms at age fifteen

Lae’zel: She doesn't care, You are old enough to hold a sword. In fact your young age and leadership skills just makes her impressed. “I will help train you to fight like a true warrior, not like the teeth-ling.” She does in fact start training you. Dear gods save you, shes got you running laps before the sun comes up.

Proud older sister

Has her own special *violent* way for praising you

Talks about when shes a general of Vlakith and you will be her right-hand

Shadowheart: She and Lae’zel were at each other's throats again when you blew up at them. “You two are fighting like teenagers! And I’m sixteen!” She felt like she got hit by a bag of bricks, you were sixteen, but you had pulled her from the nautiloid, and fought with her out of the hells. “You can't be sixteen.” She said chuckling softly in disbelief, hearing you confirm when you were born she definitely needed some wine to get over that.

Don't know how to act around you

Will give you little candies

Mom said I have to take you with me vibes

Wyll: He found out talking about his pact with you. “Yes, I was seventeen when I signed my pact, but I do not regret it.” He said taking a drink from his goblet. “Man I'm almost seventeen, I wonder what I’ll be like when I'm your age.” Have you ever seen someone shoot wine out their nose? Now you have.

Gets very protective when Mizora shows up

Big brother mode

Piggy back rides when you are tired

save me unrendered shart with mismatch armor save me

"Expectations versus Reality" God's favorite princess pictured this happening differently.

Not me romancing Gale so hard in act 1 that even Shadowheart comments about how often our silly sexy wizard is not so subtle about staring longingly in Tav’s direction lmao

My wife 🫶

Reuploaded because I forgot to draw the damn tears

Charcoal practice of God's Favorite Princess: Shart

i got too excited and couldnt wait until i actually coloured it, i feel like a kid coming up to their teacher to proudly show off their finger painted lil drawing (p.s. i love u and ur writing and ur Tav and AAAAAAAAA i cant wait until the next chapter drops)

AAAAAA I LOVE THIS OMG THANK YOU ❤️❤️❤️🥺 I was havin' such a bad day and this made it 10× better

Reposting to add that the Emperor be like hmm I got this cool Sharran lady AND there's a Selûnite on board, let's cause ✨drama✨ and get them to bang

Baldurs Gate 3 is so wild when you realise how vastly different the game is depending on if you choose Tav or Dark Urge

Dark Urge Playthrough: you’re the child of Bhaal, but unlike the Bhaalspawn, you are created solely by Bhaal himself. The first true child of Bhaal. The daughter of one of your father’s previous Bhaalspawn turns on you, attacks you and tries to kill you. In your dying state, she infects you with a parasite so that you’ll die an incredibly humiliating death, and become her slave.

By some miracle you end up on the same nautiloud ship as a Sharron Cleric who happens to to be carrying a gith artefact that contains Baldur himself. Baldur, who was made a mind flayer and is now calling himself the Emperor, realises there’s an incredibly powerful Bhaalspawn on the ship, and that he can use them to his advantage. The power you have will help him destroy Gortash. Of course he picks you, it makes so much sense.

On your way to Baldurs Gate you find out through an unsent letter that you used to be into Gortash. When you get to Baldurs Gate, the man you used to fuck turns out to be an absolute loser and with horror you realise he is still into you. It’s okay though, he’s very easy to kill.

You end up facing off against Orin, your niece, and kill her. Your father appears to you and offers you the chance to become his Slayer. On the high chance you turn him down, he murders you in front of your loved ones, and leaves you to rot.

Then Jergal, the actual Lord of the End of Everything, the original God of Death, who was the very being that turned you father into a God all that time ago, who’s been in your camp for weeks pretending to be this undead scribe called Withers, appears next to your corpse and brings you back to life, basically adopts you, states that he will protect you from Bhaal, and announces that as long as he lives, you will never die. You’re essentially immortal.

Tav Playthrough: you’re a random nobody that was unlucky enough to get kidnapped by Mind Flayers. The Emperor must pick one of the many idiots on the ship to be his pawn. He sees Tav and thinks “ugh, yeah this one will do”.

Anything for bbgirl :)

Reasons I love Shadowheart in no particular order:

Changing her hair bc she's confused and stressed and doesn't know how to separate herself from Shar other than turning her hair fucking WHITE (which is really funny if your Tav is a Selûnite with white hair cuz you just know she wants to be like you)

Bro she got white hair

WHITE HAIR

W H I T E

H A I R

She could definitely kick my ass and I would thank her for it afterwards

She got noodle arms in-game but she's stronger than Wyll, Astarion, Halsin, and Gale

She freed herself from a psycho cult like??? Is that not??? The most??? Badass???

Her dad is a fucking WEREWOLF

You walk up to her with something serious to talk about and she's just like ✨hello lover✨ with that cute little laugh when she realizes she sounds ridiculous

Also no one talks about how flexible she is like did you NOT see the way she bent her entire fuckin leg to pin Lae'zel to the ground???

She is a FREAK

Thank u for coming to my ted talk

WIP: Wake Me Up

18+ for sexual content and violence, this is just a snippet from a future chapter

An alternate universe fic with no tadpoles and just Shar/Selûne bs where Tav and Shadowheart happen to meet up. Stupidity and shenanigans ensue. Probably gonna be a series bc I'm obsessed with the two of them.

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When Anaya spoke, her voice was strained. “Goddess of beauty and desire, allow your most devoted servant to worship at your altar.” 

Shadowheart lifted her chin imperiously, as if looking down on Anaya. This was such a new addition to their dynamic; they'd fucked before, but Anaya had been the one in control. She had done what she pleased with Shadowheart, not allowing or asking for any reciprocation. When Shadowheart tried to touch, she was met with punishing stares and harsh words. Anaya's body was not hers, not in the way Shadowheart was Anaya's. She had relished that at the time, only feeling it was unfair afterwards, but Anaya had assured her there would be ample opportunity to make it up to her. 

She intended to tonight. A perfect idea had already begun worming its way into her brain. 

“I see no devotion,” Shadowheart said, voice thick and low. Anaya's eyes roamed her chest greedily before she spoke, but redirected to her face at the sound of her voice. “Only lust.” 

It was a dark look. One that said if Shadowheart let her, she would consume her all night. 

“Allow me to prove my devotion, great goddess."

The Tav (Anaya) in my current fic, Wake Me Up:

Anaya, before having her hair destroyed by Sharrans (she loves her hair, someone pity her pls):

Anaya, after having her hair destroyed and letting Shadowheart fix it bc Shadowheart hated seeing her looking like a heathen:

People were INTERESTED on AO3, so I wanted to share.

ALSO ALSO:

Shadowheart not having her concept art tattoos is the fattest L I think the bg3 community has taken

She cares about changing her appearance after abandoning Shar enough to bleach her dang hair and change the style, having those tattoos would add so much delicious *angst* I think we all need

also I've had tumblr for like 3 days now and the fact that all their recommended posts and ads are Shadowheart related feels like I'm being targeted when I've posted TWICE

Me, as a baby teenager trying to convince myself I really fuckin LOVE Alistair while watching my brother be utterly obsessed with Morrigan and being jealous???

Me, as an older teenager finally allowing myself to be obsessed with Leliana (me when I was like SHE GOT WITH A WOMAN???)

Me, meeting my gf of seven years shortly after realizing I'm down bad for women

Me, as an adult loading up BG3 for the first time and KNOWING Shadowheart was the only one of these wonderful fuckers I'd romance EVER

Me discovering lesbianism through gaming is funniest (saddest) thing ever ngl

"Would u still love me if I was a worm" energy

Shadowheart

Makes sense tho

Picture it 🙌🏼 Lae’zel gets mad because Gale and Tav keep distracting each other and being cute n fluffy. Shadowheart tells Lae’zel to fuck off if she won’t let them be happy and then they start fighting. Astarion sits back and gets comfy watching the chaos.

Shadowheart

Color study of a photo featuring shadowheart