Average Iron Throne Thursday

average Iron Throne thursday

Some Gortash headcanons for the fics I'm writing...

Gortash is older than much of the fandom that ship him like to think. I've given him a birthdate since Larian failed to do so: the 6th of Alturiak, 1447 DR, making him 45 years old during the events of Baldur's Gate 3.

Gortash wasn't a 'hateful child.'

Highly intelligent children have special needs, even when they aren't neurodivergent with insecure emotional attachment, which he was/is. I see him as on the spectrum and extremely high masking. I think he was told to shut up enough times shortly after he learned to talk that he went almost completely non-verbal for a while, and his parents didn't notice or care. When he stopped talking as much, he got into more trouble because he went looking for answers to the questions he wasn't allowed to ask. He started talking more after years of watching Raphael make people magically do what he wanted, sonetimes using nothing more than words.

Gortash can NOT handle rejection.

There are no instances in-game of Gortash being needlessly cruel, of his actions having NO purpose other than the suffering they cause. There are two in which he is excessively cruel, however, and based on the first one I mention, I suspect the second had a similar motivation. His parents rejected him completely, sent him away, and he sentenced them to a fate worse than death. They were probably not happy when he returned, deepening the rejection. They still have a use, promoting him, but Sally is trapped inside her own mind, while Dravo is just a shell.

The other instance of him doing something 'with extreme prejudice' is the Gondians. He's horrible to them, wants them unhappy about everything he has them doing. For this reason, I think that brilliant little boy with a penchant for tinkering dreamed of being a Gondian one day. I think he kept that dream all the way through his enslavement at the House of Hope, and when he was finally free, he tried to join them. And they refused. They rejected him, so he doesn't just use them for his purposes, he ensures that they suffer, too.

DO NOT REPOST

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In chubby Gortash we trust 🙏

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Im proud of this drawing because it’s been itching the back of my mind for months. I’m wanting to practice more varieties of body types and Gortash was the best candidate ❤️

Look at his tummy!!!

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The gauntlets stay on 24/7

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My tav and durge need to get away from his ass. I also added a version without them for viewing pleasure

right in front of his dead daughter salad

People used to comment on web comics.

People used to comment on fanfiction.

People used to comment on fanart.

People used to comment on OCs.

I hate "content" culture.

I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.

People used to be excited about the art that other people created.

People used to want to share that excitement with creators.

I hate this future.

ITS MY BOYSSSSS 😭🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 once again thank you SO much for drawing my dudes!!! They look awesome, I’ll be posting my Attack to insta on my sketch account soon!! ^^

took a brief downtime to reorganize everything I own. we return to our regularly scheduled programming (art fights on @augustchimera , @ ravenvanguard, @artxenith and @jmorpart )