Baldur's Gate 3 - Blog Posts

I think Raphael and Sorn Orlith should spend some time together; Raphael is canonically fucking awful at sex and Sorn is canonically into that

So there's a prissy evil drow that's hated by all of his allies, is terrified of failure, is from a noble background, everyone thinks he's an idiot, he lashes out violently to compensate for his own inadequacies, and you can shatter his belief system in one (1) conversation and you're telling me I can't recruit him to my squad and bully him at my camp every damn day?? Like fr??

okay, no shade, but youre missing out on SO much good characters moments if your girlbossify the bg3 women too much. i get it, they're big, strong, badass, but they are, like all bg3 companions, incredibly cringe in their own ways that i think we could stand to appreciate more.

lae'zel throws the worlds biggest meltdown anytime you do anything not directly related to the githyanki creche, only to almost get her shit immediately rocked. lae'zel on modern day stan twitter would be a shitshow and you cant convince me otherwise. and thats before we even mention her fighting you in act two and then immediately crying about it. babygirl its okay, we were only playing. AND TRYING TO KISS HER IN PUBLIC?? she acts big and bad in act 1, fighting rough with you the entire time, but as soon as you ask her for a little kiss? immediate embarrassment. she could absolutely wreck my shit, but shes still a meow meow.

shadowheart is just fantasy catholic. she gets mad if you pick up a statue of selûne bc shes just that catholic. dyes her hair white in a desperate emo crisis of faith moment. recites smut in public. makes jokes that land incredibly flat. is acting way cooler and more chill than she actually is to hide the fact that shes scared. SHE CHOSE THE NAME SHADOWHEART. need i say more?

karlach may be cringe but she is free, i will give her this. she gets the zoomies. she almost blows up a firework shop with her in it because shes so excited. she has a teddy bear called clive. she hasnt read a book since secondary school. she does a little dancy dance if you leave her alone for too long. her inner monologue is just about how horny she is for most people. bisexual failgirl. i love her.

and then the biggest cringefail of them all, minthara. the fact that she absolutely cannot see that every companion at camp actually does grow to really like, love, and respect her bc shes expecting treachery (bc thats what SHE would have done) is as sad as it is just a liiiiittle bit funny. darling. my wife. people like and care about you. not to mention the fact that shes been poisoning you the entire time shes been travelling with you???? cant communicate for the life of her. regularly threatens to kill you but then gets mad if you die. emotionally stunted loserbabe. we will have a july wedding........

what im SAYING isnt that the girls ARENT badass and compotent and cool, what im SAYING is that the lads shouldnt have a monopoly on complexity and depth. you get me?

okay, lemme go on a tiny rant here that might piss some people off..

I’m a tad bit annoyed at the way pronouns for Tav are used in the BG3 fandom, because the more I look through BG3 related posts that mention Tav, it’s just like IMMEDIATELY assumed that Tav is female and therefore most of the time, Tav is referred to with she/her pronouns and it’s just like HUH??

you guys do realize, that men and nonbinary folks play this game, right? and that the concept of Tav IN ITSELF basically means “player insert of no specific gender that lets the player choose which pronouns and name are used for them”

and you just assume, that everyone has a female Tav?? What??

it’s just really frustrating to me, that we have this character in the fandom that is BY ALL MEANS entirely unspecified in basically ALL DETAILS apart from the fact that they go through the story of BG3, in however shape or form they may do that

maybe only I personally am pissed off by this, since I’m a person that only uses they/them and he/him pronouns and gets pretty strong dysphoria from imagining myself as female, but I’ve noticed that I’m not the only non female person that gets annoyed at this

sure, if the author of, for instance a fanfic, clarifies, that Tav is specifically female in the scenario that they wrote, then I (and everyone else that feels this way) don’t have any right to complain about that, it was specified

but very often, the she/her pronouns and all kinds of feminine features are just randomly thrown at the reader, without the gender of Tav ever being discussed before and that just frustrates me

I’m not saying that I have anything against people writing fanfic or scenarios with a female Tav in mind, but it would just be nice if they could clarify that in the description of it, before I go and read it only to be disappointed by the fact that they were writing about a female/afab Tav the entire time

yeah sorry this became really long, but it’s just something I’ve noticed recently and it’s been annoying me quite a bit, so here you go

again, I don’t mean any disrespect towards any writer, I just personally think that it would be way easier to either 1. just use they/them pronouns for Tav or 2. specify the gender of Tav in the description of the fanfic beforehand

bg3 romance woes

just got the scene with talking to Gale under the night sky in act 2 (beautiful scenery btw) and GOD. HOW in the HELLS am I supposed to romance anyone BUT him now??!

On the other hand, I want to romance Astarion and as much as I CAN NOT for the life of me find it easy to reject Gale, hurting Astarion in any way, shape or form would immediately reduce me to a pathetic puddle of tears.

WHY can I not romance both of them UGGHHH this is torture.

not to mention the fact that I have the hots for like EVERY romancable AND unromancable npc in this GODDAMN game.

like Lae’zel (she’s so endearing for some reason what the hell??), KARLACH oh my GOD (Shadowheart knows what’s up, I NEED her to carry me and OMG she calls herself Mama K I CAN’T), Wyll ugggghh (he’s underrated and I WON’T stand for it) Shadowheart (fuck, god’s favorite emo princess I love her so muchhhh). That motherfucker HALSIN (what a HUNK of an elf they had NO RIGHT making him so glorious) even Minthara who I finally got in Act 2 now.

and when it comes to the UNROMANCABLE people. Don't even get me STARTED. Raphael you god damn majestic asshole. Haarlep (I’d feed him, that’s all I’ll say about the matter), Alfira (the REAL reason why I’ll never do a Durge playthrough, I CAN NOT ever lay a finger on her). Larkrissa (I love her and Alfira plus them TOGETHER so fucking much), ROLAN (stupid prickly wizard), Dammon (he’s just SO everything, don’t make me explain, I’ll go on and on for hours)

this game is a bisexual NIGHTMARE and on one hand I LIVE for it, on the other, I’d like to sue

I know, the quality of this pic is horrendous (I have to find out how to screenshot on my pc instead of taking a picture of it with my phone) but I just wanted to photograph this because I was so surprised to see that I have 100 approval with the lovely vampire. Especially when you look at the fact that I’m playing as a good character (can’t ever bring myself to do an evil playthrough, sorry) and I did NOT think he’d approve of me this much. For reference, this was taken in Act 2.

haha thanks <3

gale???

I recently (two days ago lol) started to FINALLY play BG3 and omg. I get the Gale thing now.

Before, when I spoilered myself endlessly online, I didnt really understand why people like this magic blabbering nerd that much but I get it now.

Started understanding it from the moment I pulled him out of the portal I think..

That makes everything more complicated now bc I don‘t know who to romance lmao

gale???

I recently (two days ago lol) started to FINALLY play BG3 and omg. I get the Gale thing now.

Before, when I spoilered myself endlessly online, I didn’t really understand why people like this magic blabbering nerd that much but I get it now.

Started understanding it from the moment I pulled him out of the portal I think..

That makes everything more complicated now bc I don‘t know who to romance lmao

It's always a pleasure to see you sauntering over.

this is fucking hilarious lmao

i saw said posts, and they are gold

I‘m sooo normal (feral) about them

The thing that Baldur's Gate got right is that each companion is both extremely cool, tempered with an appropriate dose of cringe.

Gale is a powerful wizard. He uses the phrase 'pish posh' unironically.

Lae'zel is a badass. She asks you to fight her and then gets emotional because you're fighting even though that was her idea.

Karlach. Badass. But we've all seen her idle dance moves.

Wyll is this swashbuckling vigilante and he has a pose he does whenever he says his own superhero name.

Shadowheart. Dark backstory, still striving so hard for the light. Makes a joke about poisonous flowers that falls incredibly flat.

Astarion. Capable rogue and a dangerous vampire. He practises his one-liners ahead of time. Within earshot of the people he wants to use them on.

a MUCH better love story than twilight

Astarion’s simple plan

this is your reminder to give Shadowheart all the pretty armor

A young Wizard’s best friend.

real men let their bros have a little squeeze

based on this tweet

faerie fire

Wyll, my beloved, for the V-day Echoes of Devotion charity zine on bsky I participated in a while ago! You can find the full zine on the Last Light Inn bsky.

Your average meeting of the Dead Three

I think I talked too much about just how grossly they kiss but did not make it clear enough. Right in front of Ketheric's salad, too.

I’m trialing posting my TikToks on here so please enjoy my wyll/ karlach video

An Eve of Frivolity [Erik (Tav) & Wyll Ravengard]

A last minute decision to join in on Redelice's BG3 Halloween Ball event with Erik & Wyll~

As my first BG3 romance and full campaign, they deserved it! Also in time for Wyllvember! Love these boys so much~

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someone said he prob bumps his head thru doors or bend over AHHH

I just get so silly haha with them🥹❤️‍🔥

“Babe don’t put that 🥺 face If you don’t want me to kiss that pout away”

Again, Karlach wip❤️‍🔥

i want to live (all origins)

"Another Dekarios"

A tiny comic of Gale's daughter (Adelaide) meeting Gale's goddess ✌

Astarion knows an easy mark when he sees one 🤣

Bonus Gale reaction:

I've been thinking a lot about forever. Moreso, I've been thinking about everything that comes before - and who I want at my side as it passes.

WYLL RAVENGARD | Baldur's Gate III (2023)

This mans got me in a chokehold ahahahaaa 🫠

don't tell him I said that