I Have Achieved The Impossible

gonna start saying 'the explanation did not seem to explain' all the time now

who hurt his feelings >:(

thinking

very important comic because i genuinely believe Kerry had a very needed support group and US Cracs girls ships them too okay 

act iii gale has got me feeling things

the way a romanced astarion unpacks everything when you get the good ending for his personal quest is lowkey funny tho

like. he basically sums up the entire point of his journey and confirms explicitly that you did, in fact, make the exact right choices to help him grow????

the writers really drive home this idea of just "that's it! you did it! you uncovered the secret to making him a good person, and it turns out the only requirements were to give a shit about him and believe he's capable of doing the right thing!! literally just those two things and nothing else!!"

first in the graveyard

side note, "you trusted me when that was an objectively stupid thing to do" is one of my favorite lines because it just sums up really the whole experience of his romance gfjdklgjdf

then later in casual conversation

[tav: you saved yourself, i just gave you a push]

it's all really sweet and lovely and emotional but also. REALLY funny to me. because there are all those people who go "astarion is an irredeemable piece of shit with no soul and everyone who likes him is in denial of how much he sucks"

meanwhile astarion's just out there like "thanks for keeping me from becoming the worst possible version of myself by exercising empathy instead of just writing me off as a hateful pile of garbage ❤ love u"

really incredible. absolute masterpiece

I love the camp gossip but do wish companions would interact with each other more... so I'm gonna draw it!!! I think Karlach and Astarion gotta have the most contrasts between their characters but one bit I like especially is touch starved vs touched out.

Astarion's Origin can be a lonely experience sometimes (since none of the companions really react to the same experiences as when you don't play as him. Eg. speaking to Araj) so I wanted to throw my son into this camp scene he gets in act 2...

Also big thank you to @banmitbandit and @paiveus for all the grave metaphors lmao

Bonus: Next Morning