When You Want To Make A Video, But Your Companions--

When you want to make a video, but your companions--

Tav who, due to her tragic history, hates herself and hurts herself.

Lord Astarion, who goes nuts over it. His precious treasure... Turns out in the camp she was hiding it or there was so much incident and fatigue around - it wasn't necessary, there was enough pain. Which explained a few things to him, though. That's what it was...

Astarion worries: she's being tormented by something inside that he can't understand, control or somehow end.

Tav doesn't know how to deal with it, either. She worries that he worries. Tav can do what she wants in Faerun if she feels the need to. His spell will still heal her. They dance at the ball, Tav laughs, it's all right. They share all the pleasures in each other's arms. It's a strange unpleasantness might happen once a month.  

Still why did he do not like it so much? It had to be ended somehow.

Gifts, entertainment and his best caresses weren't working. Astarion was hurt that he couldn't solve the problem himself for the only person he cared about.

One day he came up with a compromise that if, he would do it himself with her. He knows body pain, how to inflict it and how to handle it. Or he'll be around.

Tav insisted it was sometimes and she needed some space at times like this. Astarion agreed. And she came to him very often.

So these two vampire have reached an incredible level of trust.

True. I love him too

I love Ascended Astarion.

🩸 Careful. I bite. 🩸

Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3

I'm back with artwork of another character from BG3 - this game has a chokehold on my life, I stg. I leaned into Ascended Astarion here for the aesthetic and vibes (this is my favourite jacket in the entire game) - but I very much respect and admire all nuances of this character and his journey throughout the game. I know people are deeply passionate about him and his story, so I hope I was able to do at least one facet of this remarkable character justice.

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Speaking of my personal feelings and preferences.

Lord Astarion is my food and cure when he says "hedonistic debauchery".

"What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others". -- An phrase attributed to Titus Lucretius Carus.