Beginning May 2026 join the month-long BG3 fanworks event celebrating all things floral to bring in spring! From tender bouquets to deadly petals, crack AUs where your tadfools are literally garden plants, and everything in between. Fanfic, fanart, edits, and anything in between are all welcome.
All pairings or no pairings are welcome.
Should go without saying but we are an AI free community event
Run by: @kalaidekalou <3
Where to Post:
AO3 Collection is here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Bring_May_Flowers_2026
Tags: Bring May Flowers, BG3 May Flowers
BlueSky, Instagram, Tumblr, wherever you want! Just be sure to use the tag: #BG3MayFlowers or #BringMayFlowers
Prompt Descriptions Below:
Everything is up to interpretation - but here are a few descriptions to get your noggin runnin'. Looking forward to seeing everyone's works. <3
May 1 & 2 — "Wildflower" — Dealers choice, your floral themed wildcard.
Week 1 — In Bloom
Weeds — Light them up or pull them out but make it yours.
Floral Fest — Bring in spring with a festival: cherry blossoms, tulips, or any seasonal celebrations in full color.
Pollination — The birds, the bees, and the creatures spreading the pollen and nectar… through any means.
Flower Symbols and Representation — Let the flowers talk; every bloom, color and thorn means something,
Week 2 — Dark Florals
Pushing Daisies — Act of dying, grave sites, and the flowers left behind for the dead.
Deadly Petals — Beautiful but lethal; carnivorous, toxic, and dangerous blooms. (Sussur flower welcome!)
They turned everything they did into an art. The art of conversation. The art of taste, time-honored and newly acquired. The art of the body. The exploration and acceptance of the self and the other. The art of the night itself.
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For the version without a modesty cloud, follow the blue butterfly🦋
When playing it, I thought this scene would be the core of any Astarion x Gale fandom that might exist out there. I was wrong of course, but I still love the scene and this concept of love for the two of them.
Many thanks to @topgaleweek for making me ponder the scene again, even though it in the end means I have nothing to contribute - but maybe @bg3mayflowers accepts my humble offering of some flower symbolism. I am very bad at filling prompts.
The main formal inspiration for this painting was C.D. Friedrich's The Cross in the Mountains, you can probably still see it in the colours. Gale's place of comfort is the peak of darkness, Astarion yearns for the sun, so the moment in which they come together can only be the first anticipation of light licks the night sky - The closest thing to a sunrise a vampire can have.
Take a gander, feast your eyes, and get creative! Open to any ship!
As stated before, you can do a mix of your choice as a creator and provided prompt, go with the pre-existing prompt or just do your style! (small edit: this was on me for forgetting - it's omegaverse for the alpha top prompt. I was very silly and forgot to add)
I want to give a big thanks to @kalaidekalou and @queen-of-the-dots for helping with prompts and giving advice as this is baby's first event lol
Here's the AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Top_Gale_Week2026
I can't wait to see what everyone will create! Be sure to tag # topgaleweek on BlueSky for any art and fic sharing! I'll be doing my best to keep an eye in the tags, but probably the best way for me to see art pieces is to simply tag this blog on Tumblr!
It's been wonderful to see the love for this event!
More than excited to share the prompts with you (literally want to share early, but promises promises 🤭)!
Here's how it's going to go for prompts:
There will be the main theme for that day, and a pre-selected prompt and a creator's choice! So if you'd wanna add a bit more to the provided prompt with whatever you want to add in, or want to stick with the prompt, or go your own way, all of that is up to YOU!
Can't wait to see what you come up with once the prompts are released!
Top/Dom Gale needs more love, and it's amazing to see the support! Thank you!
I finished the last piece for #BG3MayFlowers (on my NSFW alt) for the Wildflower prompt.
What do you do with a tense wizard set to explode? You take him to an anti-magic tree, remove any armor, and hope that you cleared out all the hook horrors.
(There's gonna be a comic to go with this >:3, just some fun non-canon stuff for Thorn's story to examine their dynamic when they aren't in love and also aren't aware of the very imminent Nether-brain threat)
Blergh, next piece of #BG3MayFlowers with Lae'zel waking up after a night of passion, with some flowers that fell onto her as she slept, fulfilling the "Adorned with Flowers" prompt.
...every time I have to draw a BG3 character nude, I have to double check bush status.
a slightly late entry to week 4 of @bg3mayflowers for the prompt:
Adorned in Flora
Peonies for resilience and chrysanthemums for endings and new beginnings. This was supposed to be a quick one and then I went a little too hard on the tattoo lol
I can see why Ketheric had so much trouble. Aylin adheres to no man, and that includes me trying to render her.
This piece is based off of Don Bluth's adaptation of "Thumbelina", where a young woman is born from a magical flower, falls in love, is separated from her mother, proceeds to deal with a bunch of men who do not listen, and is reunited with her winged love who she previously thought was dead (EHH???? EHHHH?????)
NSFW entry for #BG3MayFlowers "Folklore and Flora"
This piece is based on the myth of Narcissus (note: this is not meant to be speculation on whether or not Astarion has NPD, moreso the focus on reflection and identity) Also Asstarion, heheheheheheheheh
