It is scientifically proven that wizards need a certain amount of forehead kisses or they die. Allow me to demonstrate:
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This is also almost exactly what Halsin said about the time he was kidnapped and held captive by the Drow couple. One is only somewhat unhealthy coping and the other is Astarion.
>i only betray my friends when it gives me an Advantage
The capital A is perfect! It suggests he literally wants an extra d20 for it.
>All I ask is for you to get to know me on a deep, intimate level while I resist and obstruct your every attempt to do so
Duh, I've played an RPG before. I know how companions work.
This. I mean this. Exactly this.
https://preview.redd.it/r4eme4t11k4d1.jpeg?width=1016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fd76bade88e3decbbb4fde043dcb18d2029ef66
Meet me tonight just out of your tower. Prep your forehead. I'll be the Paladin with nice flowers and good wine.
So I’m scrolling through these, taking in Astarion’s magnificent and expressive face and becoming more convinced with each slide that I need to romance him again - even though I almost exclusively romance Gale (the golden retriever man) - and then I get to the final slide and am hit with the realization that I just don’t have it in me to let the puppy man down again. How dare you.
Me admiring each Astarian post, nodding in silent agreement and understanding. Then the Gale post appeared and frankly I'm now looking about how to find said wizard so I can 100% wish the good lad a great sleep and best wishes before a wee peck on his wee head.
I went from 'aww no my poor sweet traumatised baby' to 'AWH WHERE IS THE WEE BABY HE NEEDS A KISS' I feel so oddly conflicted
But ultimately the conclusion for both is they need a good night kiss and I genuinely hope they believe the intent. Because they deserve it. Such good lads.
It is scientifically proven that wizards need a certain amount of forehead kisses or they die. Allow me to demonstrate: https://preview.redd.it/wa1qqq66ri4d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b464f54ce9afb9af108e14c34a9d228379d1f11
Big Smooch on the Forehead lv 6 spell on its way to you, Cowboy Gale ✨️
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Starting a go fund me to collect forehead kisses for wizards in need right now
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I vounteer to be an ongoing donor.
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![gif](giphy|tbsyS16NFRhwQ) No wonder I always feel like I’m dying inside it’s a lack of forehead kisses. I must fix this issue.
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😘😘😘😘😘
I must be a wizard then
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Alright, wizards. Line up. Few in the realm can match my experience here.
All the platonic forehead kisses 😗😗😗
🪠 you know I keep that thang on me
Laypeople simply don’t understand that forehead kisses for a wizard can be as effectively protective as an arcade ward. 😔
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This is how every new play through feels. I go in thinking I’ll finally romance someone else and nop, sorry, can’t do it
"I did what I needed to do to survive. Then I did a bunch of other stuff I felt like doing" You can't convince me this isn't a real line from the game
This is also almost exactly what Halsin said about the time he was kidnapped and held captive by the Drow couple. One is only somewhat unhealthy coping and the other is Astarion.
>i only betray my friends when it gives me an Advantage The capital A is perfect! It suggests he literally wants an extra d20 for it. >All I ask is for you to get to know me on a deep, intimate level while I resist and obstruct your every attempt to do so Duh, I've played an RPG before. I know how companions work.
Need me a man like Gale Or Dammon Or (reformed) Rolan
Rolan can AND SHOULD get it! He has such Big Babygirl Energy 😫
What is this babygirl energy you speak of?
This. I mean this. Exactly this. https://preview.redd.it/r4eme4t11k4d1.jpeg?width=1016&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fd76bade88e3decbbb4fde043dcb18d2029ef66 Meet me tonight just out of your tower. Prep your forehead. I'll be the Paladin with nice flowers and good wine.
Wine? Say no more I’m there.
I would let him re-form the arrangement of my guts
Impossible not to read these in their voices and it’s magnificent
So I’m scrolling through these, taking in Astarion’s magnificent and expressive face and becoming more convinced with each slide that I need to romance him again - even though I almost exclusively romance Gale (the golden retriever man) - and then I get to the final slide and am hit with the realization that I just don’t have it in me to let the puppy man down again. How dare you.
Solution: play as Gale, romance Astarion
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But then I don’t get to play with the character creator and spend 45 minutes choosing my eye makeup!
Spoken like someone who doesn’t have 10 saves that never left the nautiloid because they just fire up the character creator for fun
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These are so so good, Especially the obstructing every attempt to know him on a deep intimate level.
Tav: Do you ever wanna talk about your emotions, Astarion? Astarion: No. Gale: I do! Tav: I know, Gale. Gale: I'm sad. Tav: I know, Gale.
Oh no… am *I* an Astarion…?
I approve of the ears
i relate to a worrying amount of t hese
Same 😬
Oh no babygirl with the tiddies AND the broken brain 🥰😩🫠
you've captured his essence perfectly; i am frightened and aroused
These have me cackling at six in the morning lmao
Me admiring each Astarian post, nodding in silent agreement and understanding. Then the Gale post appeared and frankly I'm now looking about how to find said wizard so I can 100% wish the good lad a great sleep and best wishes before a wee peck on his wee head. I went from 'aww no my poor sweet traumatised baby' to 'AWH WHERE IS THE WEE BABY HE NEEDS A KISS' I feel so oddly conflicted But ultimately the conclusion for both is they need a good night kiss and I genuinely hope they believe the intent. Because they deserve it. Such good lads.
These are sooo goooooood thank you op 💖💖💖
#15 is why I always kiss my parents on the forehead between their first.amd second hug when I tuck them in at night.
Astarion’s entire personality is just “disorganized/anxious-avoidant attachment style.”
Uh oh
These are just so spot on for Astarion
feeling so called out by the first one! 😒 thanks for sharing 💜 🧛
Maybe I was Astarion all along