Baldurs Gate Three - Tumblr Posts
For anyone worried about missing anything in BG3 or replaying the game and wanting to find something they missed there’s a ton of checklists available online and I’m just gonna post the ones I’ve been using for all the acts in case anybody else wants to reference them!
Good evening hot babes, gays, and theys I am cooking
(This is astarion + my tav Scarlett :3)
Yippee
Good evening hot babes, gays, and theys I am cooking
(This is astarion + my tav Scarlett :3)
Finished product of the drawing I made of my tav Scarlett and Spawnstarion inspired by the painting by J. Frederick Smith :3
CW: light blood
Seeing other astarion fans talk about him is wild sometimes. Like fym you use "-starion" as a suffix for whatever kind of topic or situation you put him in? I love you, let's kiss (platonic)
So yeah, I tried to make something for the Magstarion week, but it quickly became the story of my life: too little too late.
I'll probably finish it, someday. At least I'd like to. I'm trying to finally learn digital illustration, so I'll be on the lookout for some coloring techniques & tutorials.
For now here's the lineart WIP, before I lose the file in the depths of my SSD.
P.S. Yes, this is Cersei's wine cup lmao
I’ve been seeing a lot of people posting about the BG3 fandom burning out or being disappointed that artists they love have moved to other fandoms - so I just wanted to post a little update from my corner of tumblr.
There is a TON of BG3 fan art and discussion still going on. My queue is like overflowing, even more so than it was several months ago. Like, normally I might see a post and it would be scheduled for reblog within 3 hours, now it’s more like 7+ hours with how much stuff I have in queue.
So, even if your favorite artist has been lured way by Dragon Age, there’s tons of other fabulous artists out there worth checking out for your BG3 fix!
Fandoms grow and change, that’s healthy! It’s also healthy for artists to draw what excites or inspires them! And there are plenty of people still inspired by BG3 right now, just give some new or smaller artists some love 💕 My blog is full of them if you need help finding any 😉
I love this sm OMGGG
fuck it, bg3 companions shower routine
Shadowheart: Shar hates self-care, but a Shadowheart does take pride in her hair, and a Shadowheart who has learned to be kind to herself can indulge. Long, complicated hair routine, very specific water temperature, and a tendency toward long-ass depression showers. LOVES a bubble bath and will make a whole event of it with flower petals and candles just for her. Will bring a book with a little book tray and a glass of wine.
Astarion: Similarly complicated hair routine. Gotta hydrate the curls, and being dead does not do nice things to your hair. Less prone to standing there staring at nothing while the horrors set in, but prone to scrubbing too hard. Similarly fond of a bubble bath, although without the book or flowers, although he will fuck with an essential oil heater and likes to make his own blends.
Lae'zel: Queen of the 4 minute shower. She has been accused of not even waiting for the water to heat up, but she likes it blistering. Does not actually use 3-in-1, thank you. Having fairly short hair helps. She finds the other companions baffling. Would get bored in a bubble bath unless she had company (rubber duck counts).
Wyll: Sings. If someone called him on it, he would be embarrassed, the first time, for about a minute. Neither wildly efficient nor inclined to standing there for ages and ages and prefers to shower in the morning. Washing his hair is a chance to relax and take care of himself, although before he has his family back, it can be a bit melancholy. He has fallen asleep in the bath before. I feel like he'd love a bath bomb and he'd love the full romantic evening with candles and flowers and music.
Karlach: Please, please someone boil her. Once she gets her engine fixed all the way, she tries a cold shower just to remember what it feels like and keeps up a running commentary about how much it sucks while also not turning up the temperature. Absolutely loves sharing a shower with someone and will also sing. Should not attempt her little jig on wet tiles. May try anyway. Someone should introduce her to proper hair/skin care because if anyone is using 3-in-1, I'm sorry, it's Karlach. Genuinely cannot sit still for a bubble bath unless she has company to cuddle.
Gale: Voted Faerun's Most Likely to Relitigate Arguments in the Shower, Even if He Won Originally. Loves to pamper himself, canonically, loves a spa day, also canonically. You simply are not getting the bathroom back for a good hour, although not all that time involves running water. Plays around with different products and researches the living hell out of everything. Loves a long soak. The only person with a feline in their house to ever bathe in peace. Constantly torn between wanting a book with him when he has a bath and not wanting to get the pages steamy and damp, much less actually wet.
Minthara: Her ideal hair wash involves someone else doing it for her while also having the utmost certainty that the person will not attempt to murder her. If her partner washes her hair for her, she turns into a puddle. She has an incredibly specific lineup of products. If she shares, understand that she has bestowed upon you a great gift. More about bath salts than bubbles and could be persuaded to a sufficiently elegant bath bomb (it would not be a difficult check).
Halsin: Low-flow showerhead user. Hell, he might be the kind of person to turn the water off entirely when not soaking/rinsing out his hair... However, he is not immune to the "shower together to save water" line even though he KNOWS it doesn't work that way. He needs low-scent soaps/etc considering his heightened sense of smell. And listen, this man does not fit in a bathtub unless he goes somewhere special or finds a particularly large one. He made everyone floaty ducks, properly sealed against water damage, and he has one for himself that holds his soap.
Jaheira: Understands that having a chair in the shower is just being kind to yourself and proceeds accordingly. Will revisit arguments she had that day, but despite that has a quick and fairly simple routine. She needs the water pressure to pound the everloving hell out of her back. Loofa on a stick user. Like Wyll, she has fallen asleep in a bathtub, in part thanks to having and using a bath cushion. Truly, the expert on bath-based comfort.
Minsc: Also sings in the shower. LOUDLY. Boo is allowed to sit a shelf out of the way. The best way to get him to use lotion is to give him something that smells yummy. He has similar problems to Halsin regarding fitting in bathtubs. He tries anyway. He has been banned from at least one hotspring for doing a cannonball.
YES!!! sure he's very handsome but HES EVEN MORE SILLY!!! I FUCKING HATE THIS BUFFOON (I'm gonna smooch him) 😻😻
Ok now that I've come off from my high phase I can finally love that Astarion is an idiot. Fuck his romantic alter ego, this man is a goofball, a buffoon, a theater kid and it's the best part of his character. He doesn't know shit about the world, would throw himself in the fucking flames just to see if they're hot, he's absurdely vain for someone who can't see his reflection, like he's SO convinced he's the most beautiful thing in the world it's actually hilarious (you're right pookie but PLEASE you can't even remember your face), his parents probably spoiled him shitless and constantly told him he was the most beautiful kid ever and he holds to that memory for dear life and he stands like his head is empty and he's constantly staring at some invisible loophole like a fucking hypnotised cat, he runs like Naruto and replies "mh?" if you stir him up and he probably missed the entirety of the conversation you were having with Mr. NPC.
He's literally such a menace and such a little piece of shit I wanna squeeze him until he squeaks.
Genuinely thought he was just going to show me a magic trick but then he said "cocky want boing boing" :(
*Old man voice* Back in MY day, Gale romanced YOU
Mystra literally sent one former liver lover to another former lover to say that the latter should kill himself.
Okay was no one going to TELL ME that
MYSTRA
ALSO FUCKED
ELMINSTER??
I can’t believe I had to read that with my own two eyes without any warning
Won’t lie I’m tearing up a little
always thinking of wyll. just everyday.
you are seventeen when you must leave everything behind. you go without word because you are still a good son - though you aren't sure you qualify as one anymore. you have a devil on your shoulder. the intimacy of manhood, of growing up takes place under the perverse watch of a devil. you build a life for yourself with nothing but a rapier and you travel the outskirts of your homeland. you find yourself looking over your shoulder, wondering if the skyline of your home will be in the horizon burning away in your absence, or if worse - they haven't missed you at all. you fight, you save, you defend, you hunt. it is your obligation. it is the only memory you have left of your father, a ghost of a ghost - the instinct to become a blade for those sicker and needier and weaker then you. you become a hero, the blade of frontiers. you become who people need because you don't know where you are wanted. no one can discard you if you are needed. maybe life would've been different if you had learned that before seventeen instead of after.
you do right by the world when it has only done wrong by you. you still love it. just like you love your father and want to forgive him. you want to forgive the world. so you do good. you chase a devil and lose your path. when you meet her again - you can't bring your sword up to slice her throat. she's no devil but a tiefling. her name is karlach. she wants to be your ally. she's kind and strong and bright. you can't kill her. you pay the price for the world a second time. you lose yourself again. you lose the heroism you've worked so hard for all at once. you lose being the blade and take on the image of the very monster you've hunted. you lose yourself. you've lost your footing, again. you can't decide if everything has been taken from you or if you had any of it in the first place. you avoid mirrors. you try not to anguish. when they find you at the edge of the river, saddened an - you brush off of the concern. the comfort is agonizing. you have to get used to this. there's no going back. there's no undoing it. you know that there is always a price. you make it your duty to pay it. duty is who you are.
you are reminded that it is unfair, and you forgive it all again. it is all you can remember to do and you are too exhausted to be angry. the world has laid you bare again so what is there? you pick up your rapier and continue to fight because that is who you are, who you've always been.
you are the blade of frontiers, a hero. even when the world condemns and punishes you for it. you are a hero. at least that's what you tell yourself.
Literally sobbing this is so pretty RAGHHHH
Long hair wyll? Ponytail? Or just hairstyles you think could be fun for him. Love how you draw him!!
Thank you! I’ve always imagined him with twists. He could pull off anything, though.
💗💗💗
You don’t understand, he’s everything to me
Um sorry guys just accidentally fucking killed Rolan
So was doing the lorroakan (evil(?) ginger wizard guy) thingo quest and the ginger was like BRING ME THE NIGHTSONG
said no cause she’s a person and like bro was being creepy about it
Anyway got back to camp after getting the quest told Dame Aylin and her girlfriend that ANOTHER dude wanted to enslave her to gain immortality and we went to beat him up
So took Karlach, Wyll, Gale and Aylin to beat this ginger wizard but Rolan joins the fight and fights against me
I was gonna try and just knock out Rolan cause I sorta wanted to keep him alive but Aylin hit him like twice and he folded
Felt bad but not enough to reload the save
RIP Rolan
😔😔😔
DIDNT HAVE TO MAKE ME CRY THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING
AHH 😭😭
Still on my Ulder & Wyll bullshit but like
I keep thinking of Ulder Ravenguard, sending away his only son at seventeen, and years later hearing of a hero with a fine rapier and mismatched, kind eyes and manners from a storybook, and thinking, demanding surely not. that cannot be my son. my son is a devil's servant. it cannot be. i have no son.
and then after seven long years meeting Wyll again, at Wrym's Rock through a mindflayer's thrall, and feeling something like relief, not at seeing him but at this cold surety that this boy, this man, this hero of the frontiers could not be his son, because his son was not this tall and old and sure-footed, and did not have curling horns and a devil red eye, and the rumors must be wrong, and this Blade must be a stranger.
And then Wyll looks at him, with such kind eyes- his mother's eyes still, even devil-tainted- and calls him "father", and he knows, he knows, and his son is here, so much older and wearier and stronger, too, and he's a hero and a man and by gods he's a monster and by gods he's his son.