Is Your Durge REALLY Dating Someone If They Don't Draw Them In Blood Occasionally?

Is your Durge REALLY dating someone if they don't draw them in blood occasionally?

Anyways, Mordriel drawings of Astarion

And an "eyeless" version! I think I kinda like it

Mordriel likes to give his companions... "gifts". Usually bones, parts of their enemies, etc.... but sometimes he just draws them something! In blood of course, he's never THAT normal. He has to be a freak, always.

Drawing his lover's FACE though is mostly an Astarion-specific thing for Mordriel, because Astarion spent so long NOT seeing his face. And also especially since he knows Halsin is... not exactly as keen on these gifts, Mordriel puts all of his creepy gifts onto Astarion, so he's only ever drawn Astarion's face like this. He grew a slight artistic flair from his hunts with Orin back in his prime, but I don't think he ever really grew beyond Bhaalist symbols until Astarion came around. Then, he started studying Astarion's face. Then animals that reminded him of Astarion (deer and cats especially). I feel like Mordriel would learn to draw faces REALLY well just to be like "look what I made you!!! It's you!!" to Astarion, and then wipe it off the wall/surface he drew it on so that Astarion doesn't get pinned for a crime.

Helldusk armors goes STRAIGHT onto Gale's body the second I have it in Mordriel playthroughs. Because Mordriel's logic: wizards = squishy, helldusk armor = durable and spooky (because it has skulls and makes it look like Gale's been taking trophies from his kills, and makes him look like a super proficient killer!), durable = can take hits, spooky = keeps enemies from going towards it, durable & spooky = the off chance something DOES go for his squishy wizard, the attack gets minimized, attack gets minimized = his squishy wizard has time to run

Also Gale just looks cool as hell in that armor. If you don't have it on him, PUT HIM IN IT. Just to see him in it once. Since it counts everyone as proficient, the squishy wizard can wear it with no issue!! He just looks SO good in it. I usually think he's really pretty in wizardy robes, but in helldusk armor he is STUNNING.

I used to think becoming a writer would make me better at communicating and speaking, but really it just gave me big fancy words to ramble with so I'm over here with a Southern accent saying things like "exquisite" and "truly" and sometimes I go English because I write with a half English half American accent to sound more "proper". So sometimes I just go English mid-convo now if I use too many big fancy words

Anyways this post is proof I ramble too much I love my friends for putting up w me cuz damn I can go on for 20 minutes just to say the sun's bright

I don't know if this is too much nudity but hopefully it doesn't get taken down??? They're y'know naked, but it's not like dicks are out lol and they're not actively fucking or anything. And, I've censored their hips and such just in case it looks a little too nude, y'know? This scene and the context is much more emotionally intimate than physically, in my opinion. They're not screwing to get off, it's way more meaningful than that. In this drawing, they're not even actively banging either actually, they're just cuddling in the aftermath. Buuut they're still naked so I put a little mature tag on it, just in case!!!

Anyways have a (permanently) unfinished Mordriel and Gortash drawing in their AU where Mordriel goes a little (...more) crazy and evil.

This is right after they meet again and have a little reunion! After talking, Mordriel takes Gortash out to the woods and this is after some emotionally-driven, very loving sex. <3

abandoned-child-of-bhaal (not tagging them cuz this post is y'know nsfw, but you should go check her out!!) mentioned the idea of the Bhaalist assassin temple place he and his sister grew up in forcing everyone to have their hair short and then I thought of Mordriel growing his hair out as an act of rebellion and it giving him a much more elfy look and anyways I like it and I've been thinking about that a lot recently. I think he'd grow his hair out down to the floor over time.

Anyways I tried to do a forest background for this, then changed to a bedroom, then gave up and just slapped some random colors down when I got too annoyed lol. I think I liked the lineart more than the colors which really sucks. But whatever, it's okay, it's good practice!! Even if I'm not really that happy with the finished piece, I still think they're cute together

Family portraits -

I think if (when) ascended Astarion would get paintings w his partner, he'd get one for the "public eye" and then one for private, with more of a "vampy" vibe! Was this just an excuse to draw Astarion with glowing eyes and try out a more "painterly" style? Mmmmaybe, but I think my point still stands of him doing two different portraits for every portrait <3

Close ups of their faces because look at em!! I think they're pretty

Veilguard has me thinking about DAI so much and IRON BULL. Iron Bull and Dorian and Sera and- okay well all of them. But it also brought up the "betrayal" part of Iron Bull.

!!!!SPOILERS FOR DAI BELOW IF YOU CARE ABOUT THAT!!!! also MAJOR rant below

I bought DAI for Iron Bull. Like literally just because the bull man was really hot and I wanted to see him more. I even built a handsome, gentle Qunari dude to go along with him in my first playthrough. Turns out when you choose the "romantic" dialogue options, it means it and, trying to comfort Dorian after seeing his dad, Dorian kissed my dude and I was SO shocked. Anyways, they ended up together instead, but I had my whole playthrough formed around Iron Bull at the time.

Only to hear something about Iron Bull betraying you eventually which was devastating because he and my dude were so close!! So sweet together!! I mean my dude whacked the shit out of Iron Bull after Iron Bull got traumatized over the fade! They were best buds, how could Iron Bull betray him??

turns out Iron Bull only "betrays" you if you betray him. I heard something about the Chargers and the Qunari in that article I read about him betraying you, and after reaching that scene and calling the Chargers to safety, searched up "when does iron bull betray you" and google let me know it was RIGHT after that scene. So I was worried, and even more worried when Iron Bull brought me up to a BRIDGE. I was 100% sure he was gonna push me off, only for Qunari to go after HIM instead. I searched up "when does he betray you" again and like. he doesn't betray you. he gets vengeance for his boys? I was so misled into thinking he betrays you, but he RIGHTFULLY gets vengeance after you make him sacrifice the Chargers. Like those are his boys?? That's his family right there?? He thanks you for not making him sacrifice them afterwards too. He basically goes "I don't know what I'd do without them" like making him sacrifice them, would obviously ruin him. And people are saying he betrays you, but he doesn't!! That's his family!! Imagine your friend (or WORSE, your lover) telling you to let your whole family die when you have the option to NOT. Yeah he's fake but ugh!! And it's like, the Chargers trust him so much. They would die for him. They DO die for him if you tell him not to signal them back. They trust him so much, that they don't even turn back if he doesn't call for them. Because he wouldn't possibly betray them, right? After everything they've been there? Of course not. The thought of him betraying them doesn't even CROSS THEIR MINDS. Because he's loyal. Because he's devoted to his team. The only reason he would betray them, is because you made him. It's like. how does he betray you afterwards?? It's vengeance. It's justice. Anyone would want justice for their family, if ALL OF THEM were slaughtered because of their "friend". Or again, worse, their lover. The person supposed to be in love with them, and care for them, and their needs and wants.

anyways i basically tear my hair out every time I hear something about Iron Bull betraying you because they sacrificed the Chargers like those are his boys?? Those are his babies?? His funky vagabond group?? His strays?? His family?? okay rant over now but UGHHHH