“I don’t know, dear. I quite like having you helpless like this. Dangling between consciousness and completely losing yourself.” His finger dug deeper.
Bon appe-tit 🍈🍈
Post-game Astarion realises more and more that sex can be pleasurable for him, too. He learns that he doesn't only have to give - he can also take. At least, with you.
He learns that taking is, in fact, his new favourite pastime.
So he takes you, whenever he...
Clips like these always make me realise that if Astarion was real I would die of a heart attack the second he looks into my eyes
I would not be able to hold a conversation with him
Bastard.
It's two months after the epilogue party. Astarion and you have been travelling all over the Sword Coast to find a way for him to walk in the sun again.
Well, so far you haven't. But tonight you find something else.
A circlet, old and so crusty he almost refused to put it on.
...can, wherever possible.
And when he loses not only control but himself in you, he grabs you tight and he pounds into you without restraint.
He's given himself to strangers for 200 years. It's only right he gets to chase his own highs now, rutting against you, stuttering...
How Astarion manages not to kill you
(Well, except if he drains you, then it's all for nothing)
WHERE TO BITE
Assuming he bites your neck, there are two main options at large: The carotid artery and the jugular vein.
The carotid artery brings your blood to your head. There's..
Holding Astarion after a nightmare
He tries so hard not to cry, but again and again his upper body spasms in a suppressed sob.
You just press him harder against yourself, hoping your warmth will bring his thoughts back home. To safety.
Just saw someone call Astarion "Asti" and let me preface this with: obvs call him whatever you want
But I need you to know: in German, Asti is the name - derived from a brand - for cheap champagne and Astarion would fucking hate that and that's why it lowkey slaps
You're the little spoon, Astarion calmly breathing on your neck. His hand rests on your stomach, your back is pressed to his chest.
As you're both slowly waking up, still half asleep, you feel him stir.
At first it's just his arm, squeezing you tighter. Then it's...
CW AA Spoilers
I ascended him yesterday for the first time and two things were so surprising to me
1. The amount of content!! There's so many dialogue paths you can go, it took me like 2 hours to try them all out.
2. The way the cycle of abuse continues is so blatantly obvious
honestly i cannot wait to get to an ascended astarion ending because i have so many questions about him considering all i know about him are from clips online. like my biggest question is why he had such a dramatic personality shift
Almost. Yet, when he does, he just stares. Into the dusty mirror that suddenly shows a musty pale face. It is framed by unruly white curls and marked by the kind of laugh lines Astarion had insisted he showed no sign of, when you mentioned them.
It takes him a while.
...would always remind him of his horrors. Cheeks that would never blush again. Lips that have seduced thousands of innocent people who only wanted some affection.
He is supposed to be happy. But all he can feel is nausea as he looks at the utterly ugly person in the mirror.
You give him the time he needs. And when his tears start to flow, you sit down next to him and lay a hand on his thigh to show him you are there.
The spawn doesn't really notice. A thousand thoughts are running through his head - and all of them are full of hate.
Godsdammit. This is supposed to be a joyous moment. He should be so happy, to finally get a look at the catch he was - after 200 years!
But all he sees are the eyes of a murderer. Hair that has been stained red much too often. Two scars that...
When you buy that cottage just past the outskirts of Baldur's Gate, you buy it not just for yourself, but also Astarion.
A place to call home. To feel safe. To heal.
And so when you guide him up the small grassy slope, you brim with excitement. You forced him to...
I once again need to gush over Stephen Rooney's writing for Astarion because he captured both versions of them so well and he deserves so much credit because here we all are doing deep dives and yapping about theories and the duality of both sides of Astarion
Astarion and you share a small cottage on the outskirts of BG.
The sun is setting. You're cutting vegetables for dinner, as Astarion comes down the stairs. Big stretch, dramatic yawn.
He pushes up against you from behind and gently drags his fangs down your neck and shoulder.
You know these stories about soulmates that meet/search for each other with every new reincarnation?
That, but it's Astarion chasing your reincarnations everytime you die bc he can't be without his mad love
...his leg, as he puts it over yours. You can feel him getting hard, his cock touching your ass, as he slowly starts rubbing against you.
Astarion's breathing quickens and so are his movements.
Soon his fingers find their way around your throat and as you whimper...
Astarion has you lying face-down over his lap, two of his fingers buried in your already glistening pussy.
He's holding painstakingly still, bending over & breathing into your ear "Can you not behave for one second, little love?"
He has warned you not to squirm so much. "Tell..
...he calls you his needy little slut, the irony all lost on him. He's too focussed on pulling your panties down in between thrusts, rutting against your naked skin.
When he groans in ecstasy, you feel his warm cum sticking to your ass and lower...
You really can't draw.
It honestly takes you years to produce something that wouldn't hurt Astarion's feelings.
But a few years after the elderbrain, you've done it. You can finally show him what he truly looks like. To you at least.
The tears keep coming when you show him.
muscle lies above or right next to it
So in order not to pierce the artery Astarion can do the following:
🩸Feel for the pulse
If you're friends, he'll probably just use his fingers. However, if you're closer than that...lips are quite sensitive.
...
GOOD NEWS FOR ADRENALINE JUNKIES
Obvs there's no guarantee. Even if he knows all this, he could still fuck up and kill you!
Also, a warning for all of you freaks out there: Do NOT bite people irl. I know it's tempting but human bites cause the nastiest infections.
...he had 200 years to study up, he probably researched that shit just to fantasize about what couldn't be.
If he was curious enough, Astarion knows that
🩸the vein lies slightly above the artery
🩸the artery has a stronger pulsation than the vein
🩸the sternocleidomastoid...
..a lot of pressure on it, so bad idea. He doesn't wanna spray paint his shirt.
So the jugular vein it is.
Now here's the problem: They lie *really* close together.
HOW TO FIND THE VEIN
He'd have to know some anatomy. Considering his constant hunger and the fact that...
@alistairswife
No one can stop me from going on about this, ever.
Him smelling you so much stronger than usually when you're on your period and going insane about it?
Softstarion being able to smell when it's about to start and preparing a soothing tea, chocolate and pain meds for you? (1/2)
(I'm not a medical professional. In fact, 12 years ago, I failed biology in high school. I just googled a lot. Do not trust me beyond fantasising about a vampire elf.)
It takes years until Astarion is able to tell you
Tell you about the things he's done as a magistrate. And the thoughts.
Those thoughts, with their claws deep in him, that maybe, just maybe he deserved all of it.
The beatings and flailings. The humiliation. The...
🩸 Don't pierce too deep
If he bites superficially, he should only hit the vein, not the artery.
🩸 Feel for the muscle that can hardly be named
It can indicate the rough location of the vein.
ADDITIONAL MEASURES (if he cares about you)
A few more things he can do:
🩸 Pre-bite compression
Astarion could apply (gentle) pressure on the vein in order to engorge it, making it more prominent and easier to target.
Or you know. He could suck on your neck.
🩸 Use visual clues
Depending on the person, the vein can be visible. This is more likely if the person is lying down and/or under physical stress.
I can come up with a thing or two for him to try and put you under physical stress. Iykyk.
I always assumed it was hard to read between the lines because so many people will say that's not what happens. But they spell it out several times??
(I'm not talking about the people who like him evil, you go girlies. Just the ones denying it)
⚠️ Important notice for Astarion's consorts ⚠️
The biggest news programme in Germany just published a post on male bats. I will translate, since this affects all of you 🧵
...wear a blindfold. He hates it, but he does you the favour.
"By the gods, what are you about to show me, darling? We've been walking quite enough, don't you think?"
You stop to give him a small peck on his scruffled nose, but keep on walking immediately.
Showing him...
You're sitting on the porch of your cottage, waiting for Astarion to return from his hunt.
You lit a lantern in the kitchen window and the flame dances with the darkness outside.
You see your elf on the edge of the forest, strolling towards you with
I'm never gonna be the type of person to say that BG3 saved my life. *I* did that.
But the last year was especially hard for me and at times the game and the characters were the only things that brought me joy without me having to force it.
(1/2)
What a dream role this has been happy 1st anniversary to all
@larianstudios
@LarAtLarian
@baldursgate3
my fellow actors , directors , writers and to all who worked tirelessly on this incredible masterpiece x thanks all to the community for embracing us all x thank you darlings x
It takes him several days to actually tell you what's wrong.
When he does, you can feel your heart tear apart at the seams.
You remind him that it was Cazador - not him - who truly did all of it.
"But is that true for every time? Sometimes...sometimes I wanted to...
It's two months after the epilogue party. Astarion and you have been travelling all over the Sword Coast to find a way for him to walk in the sun again.
Well, so far you haven't. But tonight you find something else.
A circlet, old and so crusty he almost refused to put it on.
...and smiling at each other in the setting dark.
You try to open the front door as silently as possible and his ears perk up a bit.
Just three more steps, guiding him in - when suddenly, his hand is jerked out of yours.
"Ugh. Gods! I sure hope whatever that was...
...the future you imagine for the two of you, full of love and domestic contentment? You can't wait.
There would be early mornings, just before sunrise, cuddled up on the porch. Late nights welcoming him back from the hunt in his favourite negligee. Waking up together...
...was not intended. Because if that's your idea of a surprise, love..."
He is holding his nose in pain, as you turn around and your gaze shifts downwards...
What you don't know is that he found your very first attempts, shortly after you trashed them.
He cried back then, too. You cared so much.
He cries more now. Because Astarion can barely believe you've been working so hard, just to give him the next best thing to a reflection.
do u think Astarion developed ptsd post-game
panic attacks, flashbacks, derealisation
one day you enter a room to find him sitting there, staring off into the distance, not breathing, not blinking, and you have to cradle his face to bring him back into the real world, with you
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...loss of control and maybe even the rape.
It also takes years until you can finally make him understand that, no, he deserved none of it.
That he may have committed some awful crimes - but none that would ever warrant the pain Cazador put him through.
When he understands...
@MeebsEscapades
At first he's too caught up in it all, but the more he calms down, the more he clings to you. You're his lifeline. He is yours. Life is good.
@okami_hylia
I feel like he was the kind of guy that constantly chases after his fathers approval and his father the kind of guy who would never give it to him
Chuck Bass kinda vibes
...a dark chuckle and his fingers plunging right back in. He presses against that spongey spot and his thumb finds your clit.
The moan that escapes you is broken. "Now there's the gratefulness I was waiting for. Good girl." Gods, this is gonna be a long night.
@SecretAgentTree
Yeah! I feel like talking to him afterwards is like walking a mine field (which - good on larian's part, that's pretty accurate with abuse) but you have to notice??
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@keepdriving888
So, as a thank you for 200 followers I thought we could do a lil raffle.
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idk should I do like a raffle? For a 1000 word imagine or something like that? Would you be interested in that or should I just shut up
...me: Will you let me take care of you or will you keep interrupting my generous attempts at making you scream, hm?"
You know he can feel the way you clench around his fingers at that.
"Sorry", you whine. "Not good enough", he replies and pulls out.
Your desperate...