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[bardmink]

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[jadolega]

By my own rules

[ph-arrt]

Cazador/Astarion comic. It took me more than a month to plan and draw it. Likes and reposts are so appreciated ❤️

[murdergoreviolence]

Bro can't even say "I missed you, sonwife" without turning it into a roast.

Compliments his eloquence

"Fondly remember"

Bothers to learn and retain the knowledge of Astarion's personality

Knows he's vain and is amused by it

Secretly finds him hilarious

Chatted with him seemingly on the regular

Just say what you mean Caz, you tsundere bitch!!!

[revolutionarywig]

BG3 Yakuza AU continues

[drmace]

Sudden Cazador!

[brambeag]

they wer talkin abt karlach under hellboy gifs on twt and i blacked out

[murdergoreviolence]

I'm fffffffffucking FERAL

[odiolisk]

CAZSTAR SECRET SANTA 2025

Welcome to this inaugural event post!

If you are reading this and would like to join, welcome! Even if you aren’t participating, I’d be very grateful if you could signal boost by re-blogging!  I’ll also be cross-posting to my Twitter *here* so RTs much appreciated if you’re on there ~

What’s a Secret Santa?

For those who have never done a Secret Santa before, the way it works is you submit a gift request, which goes into a pool which is then randomised. The randomised requests are then handed out to the participants.

So basically, its Mystery Gift! Everyone draws/writes a gift for someone. You won’t know who it’s for, and you won’t know who is doing yours! Then at the exchange, the completed gifts are handed out anonymously to whomever they belong, via email.

Sounds good, where do I sign?

Send your email applications right here!   ->  [email protected]

What do I write in my  application email?

1. Your name / tumblr tag / most used social media - a link to your blog would also be helpful so I know who you are and can contact you if emails are not working or something. A link to examples of your work (art tag, etc) is also appreciated!

2. Preferred gift rating.  Feel free to be as truly unhinged as you want with NSFW requests considering this pairing LOL however please also provide a SFW alternative request alongside. If you don’t mind receiving NSFW but would prefer not to submit it, please tell me and vice versa.

3. Your actual request!  If you have specific Do Not Wants or triggers, please specify these in your application email. There's no specific request format, feel free to submit a one sentence prompt or something more detailed, however please try to word your request so that it can be filled by either an artist or writer, as your gift-giver is randomly assigned!

4. Whether you would be able to pinch-hit (fill an extra gift if needed).

5. Whether you would like to remain anonymous to your gift recipient and/or on the master-post of entries (which I will aim to post up on Tumblr a few days after gift exchange, or we can have an AO3 event collection - tbc.)

———-   DEADLINES   ————–

Applications Close:  17th October 2025, 00:00 GMT

Prompts Sent Out to Participants: by 20th October 2025, 00:00 GMT

Gift submission: 19th December 2025, 22:00 GMT

(Please submit your completed gifts to [email protected])

Gift Exchange: 22nd - 24th December 2025 (TBC)

Masterposts: around 30th December 2025 - 1st January 2026

———-      RULES/GUIDELINES     ————.

Open to both artists and writers!

Please submit completed works only. Your gift should be fully coloured if it’s art (unless you are specifically doing a monochrome / inked piece), and properly formatted, spell-checked and at least 1,000 words if it’s a written piece.

For written pieces, google doc links/word documents are fine for the email exchange, but if you want me to include your fic in the tumblr master-post please bear in mind you need to post it somewhere link-able such as AO3.

If you are submitting NSFW art, AO3 hosts art too and can be a good alternative to tumblr/twitter restrictions.

Please don’t post any completed gifts on your blog before the gift exchange date!

If the deadline is approaching and you know you won’t be able to submit your piece in time, please tell me as soon as possible so I can arrange for someone else to fill your assigned prompt.

If you’d like to remain anonymous, please tell me (there will be master-posts of all the submissions a couple of days after exchange)

I’ll be tracking the tumblr tag ‘cazstar secret santa 2025’.

There’s also a Discord group - please let me know if you’d like an invite!

[nightmaskart]

Astarion

[sonkuki]

[visenyaism]

astarion baldursgate being a nepo baby corrupt magistrate before his death is a deliberate narrative choice meant to highlight that in the tradition of The Vampire being an incredibly transparent metaphor for class dynamics of feudalism (evil lord living in a palace demanding the blood of the peasantry,) the category of the Vampire Spawn exists as a clear analogue to the bourgeoisie and their role in perpetuating the power of the aristocracy. in the rest of this deranged fucking text post i will

[visenyaism]

forever subservient to the vampire nobility but a class above the peasantry. the mechanism through which the aristocracy gets their endless supply of blood (random peasants from flophouses) not though brute force but by convincing them to want to go into the evil castle (manufacturing consent) therefore maintaining class structure. not allowed to partake in the blood of thinking creatures (exploiting peasants) IS allowed to eat animals (exploiting natural resources.) treated horribly but mainly stick around due to promise of future ascension (class mobility.) and what do corrupt magistrates do? deny the poor the rule of law in order to remain subservient to the aristocracy in order to personally enrich themselves. vampire spawns to capital. astarion’s arc is actually about the choice between righteous class traitordom (resisting ascension) and self-interested bourgeois revolution (going through with the ritual) and you people were too horny for the twink elf to even realize it. and the tadpole? that’s class conscio-*i am forcibly shoved into a chasm*

[coyoteralyn]

Ascension

[coyoteralyn]

A cozy family evening 🥰

[psych00-mantis]

Shar’s Favorite Princess 🌙🖤

[detectiveneve]

not gonna say it. but he popped into your head didn’t he

[tadfools]

[sweetmalice26]

Laying in bed thinking about how, in DND lore, the feelings that a vampire had as a mortal become twisted after they are turned (love turning into obsession, etc.) , and how Cazador's insistence that his spawn are a "family" feels like some twisted manifestation of his feelings around the loss of his own family in the fire that killed most of the Szarrs.

Alright, night y'all.