#making yenna a

[3surience]

actually i think it'd be fun if Merkoff gnoles were really good dads, really bad moms

#making yenna a #not a deadbeat or absent just #she's a career mom there we go #yenna is. a placeholder name btw. been looking for smth more suiting #actually imma shorten the tag to esu #esu gnoles #esu yenna

[fishysaltine]

I’m going to be so real-

I am SO GLAD for the new Ascended Astarion kiss.

Not bc I like it (or ascended Astarion, the kiss itself is disgusting Imo) but I feel like there’s even less room for “Oh!! He actually cares for you!” But I’ve see a lot more “this makes me uncomfortable” or “this is icky”

Good. That’s the point.

That fear in Gale/Tav/Durges face is intentional and raw. Larian could have put a playful smirk. But they didn’t. It is fear, concern, and uncertainty. Ascended Astarion is lost not only to himself, but the person who loves him enough to get on their knees for a kiss. Spawn Astarion would never.

(Also the body language being so different that you can immediately tell it’s not Spawn Astarion, Neil is an artist, assuming he did the mocap for these scenes. It’s the little things.)

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #astarion #yapping #please please please Larian make Ascended Astarion so awful no one can deny it #I’m tired of Ascended Astarion girlies #idc if he kicks yenna or grub in the nuts if it has to be it has to be

[sweetmctart]

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#shitpost #lookism #good lird #jake kim #samuel seo #park jonggun #kim joon goo #yenna jang #eli jang #vin jin #zack lee #mira kim #johan seong #ryuhei kuroda #gungoo #googun #i was giggling the entire time making this #jake x samuel if u want it to be #idk their ship name

[fruk-choosing-a-username]

dumb headcanon

major BG3 Act 3 Spoilers below!!!

ok so I know when you first have Yenna asking to join camp Astarion can butt in and be like hell no and call her a rat or something you know typical Astarion reaction

HOWEVER:

Later in the act if Yenna gets taken by Orin everyone has something to say, and Astarion will say (without Tav having to say something first or convince him) something along the lines of "hey we should go help her this is really bad". And of course he tries to play it off like "NOT THAT I CARE OR ANYTHING" but I am choosing to believe he absolutely does care

Now obviously Astarion isn't a monster (especially at this point in the game if you went the "good" route with his companion quest), so even if he doesn't actually like Yenna it's not inconceivable for him to agree they should rescue a young child from a crazed Bhaal-chosen assassin. He does say after the "not that I care" line that he just believes kids go missing too much in the city, which is perhaps a reference to what he did serving Cazador, and maybe he only wants to save her as solely just a redemption thing for himself for that reason

EITHER WAY this still gave me a little headcanon that out of everyone at the camp Yenna takes a liking to Astarion the most, idk what it is but she seems like she'd think he's funny and really enjoy his company

And so Astarion tries so hard to act like he doesn't like Yenna and tries to ignore her but she's oblivious and keeps talking to him and asking him questions and following him around camp and hanging out with him, and as time goes on he starts to care about her as much as everyone else seems to (at least in my party ik Lae'Zel and Minthara probably aren't thrilled having her around lol i could be wrong tho i have yet to play with them)

Eventually they become buddies, Astarion would still never admit that outloud but everyone knows it

I imagine he'd get her to play pranks on Gale with himself and Tav, among other shenanigans

#this is so dumb sorry everybody #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #astarion #yenna #disclaimer: EMPHASIS ON BUDDIES. DO NOT MAKE IT WEIRD.

[ride-a-dromedary]

Even though we didn't get official line confirmation, it is my definitive reality that Halsin took Yenna to Reithwin with him as well if she survived the Orin thing (with Grub very firmly in tow, of course). In fact, she was the first one he adopted.

#it's the ending i deserve i think #BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #halsin having to have that important conversation with her asking if she wants to come #that he will not force her but that his new home is open to her #and that he knows he (or the rest of the community) will not be able to replace her mother but that he would make sure #that she was cared for and looked after and safe and loved #and yenna chewed her lip a moment in consideration and in that shaky assertive voice said yes but only if my cat can come #grub's much happier in the commune too - way less people to step on his tail and yenna is happy there #halsin has a little spot under a big tree where he lets the little ones leave flowers for their parents if they need to #because he took comfort in the grandfather tree when his parents died so he figures that the spirits in rethwin #would also make for good comfort - they can sit as long as they want #and they can talk afterwards if they want #and no i don't believe halsin believes in like legal adoption - but he does very much believe in found family #and the strength of those connections #so if he wishes to call yenna his child it is just as valid

[her-biness]

I just think she’s neat.

#cosplay #witcher yennefer #yennefer of vengerberg #yenna #yen #yennefer #the witcher #Witcher cosplay #yennefer cosplay #the witcher 3 #Witcher 3 #this woman makes my brain go brrr #hehehe yen my beloved

[lucrezianoin]

my Yenna fanfic is proceeding

#astarion is teaching how to use violence to make sure consent is respected #laezel is teaching REAL history and sword #wyll is teaching dancing and ONLY bg history #halsin is teaching how to make ducks out of wood #and druid stuff like jaheira #shadowheart is teaching how to poison people and karlach is mainly allowing yenna to play but then accidentally teaches her swear words #mizora is teaching her how to be mean and isobel and aylin about selune #tav is teaching her how to be scary #that poor girl starts to suspect something is afoot #why the hell none of these people are literally normal

[seosamuellovebot]

if she ever looks at you and FROWNS, you're the problem ☠️

shes so small im rcying

#ngl that would make my heart break #yenna jang #lookism yenna #lookism

[stonerzelda]

sussectfully made astarion not angst hate me degrassi style 👌 gave halsin some swag armor too now i just have to kill the sexy bitch anddd id say im good

#orin is like an amalgamation of my very favorite villain design traits however she sucks she sucks she sucks she sucks she sucks #i had to restart to make her kidnap someone that wasnt yenna bc iiii was not about to allow her to do that man. not my kid sorry #orin youre so fucking hot. but i will tear the flesh off of your bone marrow so fast you wont even enjoy it #bg3 spoilers

[poetryqueer]

nothing will beat the tragedy of bg3 mechanics for me rn

#bg3 spoilers #thinking again of my durges negative charisma making it mechanically impossible to #save yenna and how much inspiration I burned and the savescumming to find some way to stop it and seeing it be impossible to save her again #and again #obviously I only remembered I could do a withers respec after killing cazador #and did a bunch of other act 3 side quests so now I need to consider how far back I am willing to go to stop her from dying #which is. not getting to me at all #except really I have to sleep #i am so so normal about this game #bg3

[sky-scribbles]

Thinking about Gale's spellbook.

Not the old one, the one he carried when he was Gale, the Wizard of Waterdeep - a gorgeous, leather-and-silver bound thing that bulged with a lifetime's worth of accumulated knowledge. There were spells in there penned over wine and cheese with Elminster; in a flow state that bordered on the spiritual after a night with Mystra, remembering her instruction, the feel of her soul against his. That spellbook was the testament to his success, the proof that he had excelled beyond the excellent -

And then Mystra cut him off from the Weave, and it all become meaningless.

His own runes, rendered incomprehensible; beautiful spell-glyphs that turned from condensed power and knowledge to worthless pieces of art. He has to start anew, from the ground up - reforging his connection to the Weave without Mystra's guidance (without her, without), relearning schoolboy spells. Humiliatingly easy magic, the kind he used to do like it was breathing, except this time he has to study and work and try and try, Tara urging him on with firm but gentle words.

He learns different spells, now. Mage Armour, Shield, Magic Missile. Not the kind of spells that he'll ever need on a day-to-day basis; spells that'll keep him alive long enough when he makes an exodus to the depths of the Underdark, or the centre of some desert wastes, and goes supernova.

The new spellbook is a plainer thing, small enough to fit in a robe pocket (because extradimensional storage spaces are no longer things he can make with a thought). And then he's snatched by a Nautiloid, and... honestly, he'd swear that the spine just wants to hold onto blood-spatters, no matter how many times he cleans them out. The pages get spotted from all the times he's had to flick them open in driving rain; the corners get creased from being shoved in and out of his robes.

And absolutely nothing can protect it from the unstoppable force of his friends.

Karlach nearly sends the whole thing up in flames one night by gesticulating a bit too wildly. Wyll laughs too hard one night and sprays wine all over Gale's new notes on Abjuration. Scratch picks up the entire thing and runs off with it when Gale's back is foolishly turned, and it's only a stern talking-to from Halsin that saves the whole thing from becoming a chew toy.

Smiley cat faces, doodled on the pages in Yenna's untidy hand. A helpful comment from Karlach on the Fireball page: 'AKA FUCK YEAH LET'S GO!!!!' A few lines of Wyll's perfect handwriting, a memento from a long discussion about how infernal energies could enhance fire magic; a few observations from Shadowheart on warding enchantments. Some terse comments on psionic magic from Lae'zel that Gale finds himself weaving into his Shields, and they do seem to hold up a little better now. (Other hands on his spellbook! Touching the pages he carries close to his heart! The man he was would never have believed it.)

He thinks of them all, as he writes new spells. Counterspell, because nothing will touch them. Spells that will carry his people from danger and shield them from harm. He watches Astarion pace before the fire one night and inscribes Sunbeam with a cold smile of promise to Cazador; he glowers at Mizora over the edge of the pages as he ponders what spells would be best suited to killing a devil.

A wizard's spellbook, Elminster told him once, is a reflection of their soul. Gale of Waterdeep's spellbook was a marvel; perfect and polished and resplendant. Untouched by any hands but his own.

Gale Dekarios's spellbook is battered and beloved, covered on every page with the fingerprints of his friends.

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #bg3 gale #i just have feelings about wizards' spellbooks! yes my shadowgast is showing! #sky's writing

[thechaoticdruid]

I don't know why whether Astarion does or doesn't want kids is such a hot debate. I feel like he could go either way to be honest. Imma be honest as someone who isn't eager to have kids irl I think some of y'all are projecting yourselves onto Astarion when you say he wouldn't want them.

If you pay attention to him carefully in game it's pretty clear he just pretends to hate kids. (Likely as an unhealthy coping mechanism to deal with the fact that he was forced to kidnap the gur children)

You know like how he pretends to hate Scratch, how he pretends to hate kind people, how he pretends he doesn't care about anyone, need I say more?

You know the man bullshits half the time right?

Man is legit concerned if Yenna is kidnapped by Orin, approves of giving her food or money, and approves of saving Vanra from Ethel before killing the hag.

My own personal headcanon is that if Tav (or whoever he's romanced by) wants kids, then Astarion will probably warm up to the idea and if Tav doesn't then Astarion is perfectly happy being child free.

Whether or not he'd be a good dad is a whole different ball game entirely. I personally think he would be far from perfect, (likely he would have no fucking idea what he was doing most of the time) but he'd care about his kid. I honestly get a little pissed off when people say he would be a deadbeat dad, because unless we're talking about the ascendant version of him that is so not true.

I can however definitely see him raising a spoiled rotten entitled brat who gets away with murder though. But him not being interested in his kid whatsoever does not feel right to me.

Basically I'm just saying let people enjoy their little dhampir baby fantasies godsdamnit.

If you don't want kids it's perfectly valid. You do you honey! Enjoy all that extra child-free cash you're gonna have! Take a vacation, travel, buy all shit you want! Enjoy your freedom!

I really don't like the idea of being responsible for children irl personally but the idea of having a sweet dhamphir daughter with long bouncy white curls just makes me feel all fuzzy inside.

#baldurs gate 3 #astarion ancunin #astarion bg3 #bg3 #astarion x tav #astarion my beloved #astarion romance #astarion x reader #dadstarion

[ride-a-dromedary]

Listen I know "Daddy Halsin" has become a tongue in cheek haha wink wink fandom reference, but like...I cannot tell you how legitimately happy it makes me that this great bear of a man, who expresses throughout the narrative that he's always wanted a family but never got the chance, whose lineage ended with him and he sounds endlessly regretful about it, who delights over children and their laughter and happily accepts Yenna into their camp, who wants to protect the vulnerable and help make the world better, and does not want to lead but wants to care for and nurture, finally got what he wanted! And he's so happy about it! He's practically glowing when he says it! That's very important to me!

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #Halsin #and maybe eventually he will move on to something new because he's a free wandering spirit #but honestly? i think halsin's fleeting presence is partially due to the fact that this is legitimately what he really wanted #but never got it and now he finally has what he wants instead of being forced to take things he doesn't due to circumstance #and maybe that's where his roots need to be - maybe he's finally found them #anyway daddy halsin is a completely literal thing in my mind the connotation is not there for me #it's legit just someone who was delighted to finally become a dad being called 'daddy' for the first time

[galedekarios]

this is a personal vent post so please let me just get it all out without trying to come at me lol:

so many ppl saying they respect larian's decision to peace out and not deal with hasbro/wotc, but i have to be honest, i don't respect them at all.

they are leaving a game behind that is unfinished and a narrative mess.

they leave a game behind where everyone paid the same amount of money for it, yet depending on which character you prefer, you get less content.

the disparity between everyone else and their writer's pet ast*rion is insane. he has a half to a third more content depending on which character you compare him to.

they leave behind a sparse act 2, which is already so barren compared to act 1 and all it had to offer. act 3 is a narrative mess and lacks structure.

they leave a game behind where they made promises a handful of weeks before release where they ought to have known that they, in fact, will not be delivering said promises: access to the upper city, consequences for playing certain races across the acts (playing a drow is going to be different in act 1 and gives you advantages vs act 3 where it would give you understandable disadvantages), etc etc etc.

they leave behind a game where content was cut from the companions to make it seem like the origins have something to offer when that system is barely able to compare what origin playthroughs offered in dos2 and it hurts the game and the experience (like tara being cut for companion gale).

they leave behind a game where they promised to much variety and proclaimed in panels from hell how they struggled to show the width and depth of the game, but really? it's about as deep as a puddle. a lot of the choices do not matter. kill ethel? nah, she's alive and well in the city. no sister hags to be angry here. give karlach no infernal iron and never talk to her at all? doesn't matter, she'll survive until the end of act 3 and will still call you her bff. dissuade gale to use the orb? we'll make sure he'll still offer 3 more times just in case. send yenna away from camp bc you don't want her there? doesn't matter, she'll stay. and yes, i'm aware these are all small things, but they are part of a larger problem. almost nothing you do truly matters to the point of where i just skip most things in act 1 and 2 now.

they leave behind a game that they promise to still patch, but some things have been broken since early access / release to the point of where i'm like i'm sorry, but your word that you will continue to patch things means about as much to me as all the other empty promises. the dialogue about morena dekarios is still broken and it's been over half a year now. the astral sea scene has low-res body textures for months. i know from mutuals who love minthara that her romance is still broken. and i could go on and on.

and what gets me the most about this is all is that they have learned nothing at all from dos2: act 3 of that game was so bugged and all over the place that i couldn't muster up the motivation to finish it the first time i played. they neglected a character to the point of where he could have been removed from the game or made a general hireling (beast).

those issues were at least attempted to be fixed in the definitive edition.

with swen saying that there will be no new content anymore and stating that both bg3 and its characters are now property of wotc/hasbro, it seems unlikely we'll even get an attempt of a fix.

so what this boils down to to me is just another game company not delivering on their promises after overselling their product and more or less abandoning it after a year to move onto the next big thing.

i don't think i can respect that ngl.

#vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate #text: personal #larian critical #bg3 critical

[wannaeatramyeon]

The Crew Heads with Reader: Shopping

G/N. (Jake Kim, Eli Jang, Johan Seong, Samuel Seo).

Bro Code | Dinner | Shopping | Television

The general public is split between taking a wide berth-

(Who can blame them? The four intimidating men in your company cast a menacing aura.)

-and ogling.

(Who can blame them? The four striking men in your company cut a very impressive figure.

Figures.

Tall and muscular, pretty and lean, charming and swoonworthy, sexy and brooding... There's someone for everyone.)

Samuel walks a few steps ahead, as if he's too good to be seen with the likes of you lot. He's not an equal, he's the leader.

In his head, anyway.

Yet when you catch up to talk to him, he slows, pace matching yours. Arches down ever so slightly to make it easier for you.

Jake and Eli flank you. Both smiling; one just a small, sweet quirk of the lips, the other a full toothy grin. Enjoying your company, your quips and running commentary.

Johan trails a little behind. Like a petulant teen out with his family. Still, being with you, even here, is better than not. So he follows, pouting and bored.

Yet can't stop the brightness in his eyes, when you turn around and give him a smile. A soft look to just say hi.

.

.

"No."

"It's just a t-shirt."

"I'm not paying for that."

"Workers pay that poorly?" Jake pulls a faux look of concern. Or it could be sincere. Who knows with Jake and Samuel. "You really should come back to Big Deal, we'll treat you right."

Samuel takes one deep breath before yanking the item from Jake's grip, and proceeds to the register with the rest of the clothing you have been interested in.

Some jeans you have ooh-ed over. A couple of jackets you have aah-ed from afar. And now also a stupid t-shirt.

Which is tacky and tasteless, Samuel thinks, mean and a touch childish.

"This one too?" You add a small dress atop the pile as the shop assistant rings through the purchases.

(Samuel pays for everything.

Took it as a personal offence the first time you said no, many moons ago. Now it's just a habit, almost expected. You're grateful, nevertheless.)

"Doesn't seem like your size," Samuel comments and you look up at him. Puppy eyes on full display and bottom lip jutted out.

A little, not too much. Don't want to overdo it.

Samuel sighs. "Fine."

He's not an idiot. He knows what you're doing, yet he's always powerless to resist.

You beam at him, giving his bicep a squeeze, "Thanks Sammy. Yenna will look adorable in it."

Samuel doesn't say anything. Couldn't give a flying fuck if Yenna will look adorable or hideous. Irritated that he even knows who Yenna is. Gives one quick glance over to Eli, who is still looking at the toddler's section, a pair of shoes in each hand.

"It's fine," he mutters as you lean up to kiss him on the cheek.

.

.

Johan perks up when it is time for lunch. The only time he has been anything other than sullen.

"So hangry all the time," you tease, and receive a scathing look in return.

"You've just proved me right," you snicker, reaching out to ruffle his hair as he slurps on his ramen. The glare remains, but there's no heat to it.

"You know," you give your coffee a stir, watching the crema dissipate, "You don't have to come out with me if you don't enjoy it."

Johan doesn't respond. You look back at him and he can't meet your eyes.

He swallows, feels the noodles and broth burning his throat. The tiniest, "I do," leaves his lips.

A ‘blink and you would have missed it’ admission.

.

.

"Y/N. Let's go." Eli whispers urgently into your ear, interrupting you gawking at a bag that costs three months of rent.

"What-"

"No time." Jake says, hoisting you up into a princess carry (effortlessly, you didn't fail to notice) and sprinting out the store.

"Put me down!" You squirm and wriggle to no avail.

"We'll explain later," Eli laughs, matching Jake step for step. Neither breaking into a sweat, neither even out of breath.

They round the corner, joining up with Samuel and Johan at full speed. All with matching gleeful expressions.

.

.

"We stole his clothes." Eli holds up a pair of trousers, Samuel a shirt, and Johan a jacket.

You're speechless. Almost. "How the fuck-"

"This genius," Jake nods at Eli, "saw Gun trying on a new suit. Admiring himself in the mirror. Probably seeing if the bucket of hair gel he usually uses is enough." A fake gag and roll of the eyes. "Johan and Sammy wanted to fight him."

"Samuel-" Sammy corrects, and is ignored. As per usual.

"I suggested the pacifist route," Jake grins. And you know he means he's not going to cause any trouble for you, even if you’ve noticed his eyes clouding over with anger.

It goes as quickly as it comes. He doesn't want you involved with Gun Park at all.

You snort, "Yeah but he can always just buy and walk away in a new outfit."

"Maybe," Eli shrugs, " Maybe not." And he fishes out the phone and wallet from each pocket.

Oh. Oh! 

You think of Gun Park standing bewildered in his undies. 

Left stranded. Clothes gone. Personal belongings gone. 

A victim of a crime committed by the bosses of the four crews and you laugh so hard you think you might never be the same again.

#reader is the true mc uniting the four crews!! #please suspend belief for this scenario #lookism #lookism x reader #lookism fic #jake kim #eli jang #johan seong #samuel seo #jake kim x reader #eli jang x reader #johan seong x reader #samuel seo x reader #wannaeatramyeon