I don’t agree with a lot of fandom takes on astarion but some of my favorites are the ones that recognize that he’s such a whiny little bitch. not to invalidate his character, he’s obviously got genuine emotions, trauma, and issues, but he’s also a petty little ass who will moan for an hour and a half about shadowheart healing him two minutes too slow. complains about his feet 10 minutes into a march. discovers mosquitoes and is immediately sent into a murderous rage by two (2) mosquito bites.
that man has a high pain tolerance and an absolute zero mild discomfort tolerance
Can I request headcanons for Astarion, Gale, Wyll, and Halsin reacting to gn s/o telling him how hot it was to them that he came in his pants please?
Astarion
Astarion is humiliated and lashes out because of it.
He is supposed to be the one to make them so flustered and consumed with lust that they cum in his pants. Not him!
He isn’t meant to loose control like this. Be excited this way. Has he ever been excited this way, like a bumbling virgin, it all these 200 years?
Astarion would tell them they are disgusting; even though he doesn’t mean it, he’s just disgusted in himself. Then he will slither off to change his pants and be mortified in private.
Gale
Gale is embarrassed, of course. Cumming in your pants like an over excited teenager is not something that has happened to him since his academy days. But he’s not surprised.
He’s been almost entirely celibate for almost a year. No physical touch at all, and no romantic feelings either. Completely numb.
Meeting them is like having the flood gates not only open but burst (no pun intended).
Gale takes it in stride though. Comments on their beautiful being the cause, and flattered that they think it's attractive. Tells them about his confinement so they understand that this is not a normal occurrence usually. Then sets to prove his worth as a lover by returning the favor thrice over.
Wyll
Wyll is surprised it came on so quickly. Usually he’s not caught off guard.
It’s embarrassing, to be sure, but no use crying over spilled milk. Or, in this case, cum.
Wyll has been the gentleman for long enough. And while he will always put their honor, protection, and affection above all else, he has also waited too long for this moment. He isn’t going to give it up.
So, in true dive in first fashion, he just takes off his pants and they keep going. They have to come off anyway in the end. Wyll calls them a naughty boy/girl when they tell him it’s hot while he takes of theirs.
Halsin
Honestly? Halsin is just relieved that this is the outcome, instead of him shifting into bear shape. Maybe that says something about his two halves coming together again, or the calm his wild shape feels when he is with him.
He isn’t embarrassed, though a little disappointed that he will have to wait now to be inside them. His stamina is high but not infinite.
When they tell him it’s hot that he came in his pants for them, he makes a common on ‘this is why I prefer sky clad’ but also feels the beast in him growl with desire. Maybe it’s not so ‘tame’ after all.
He reaches his hands into his pants to offer his spilled seed to them from his fingers. No use in wasting it. Watching them clean it off sets his cock hard again, and Halsin is ready to go.
Post game events, would Gale offer for your Tav/Durge to give a lecture to his students?
Ahaha! Thanks @elceewunjo! It’s true that I didn’t answer it myself when I created the tag because I was more interested in what you folks had to say 😊
I leave it as an open tag, so if you read this and want to do the thing, consider yourself tagged!
Gale and Ellith keep in touch after the game events. Gale has become one of their closest friends after all, and Astarion appreciates the wizard too. They often visit him in Waterdeep, probably met Gale’s mother a couple of times, even if Tara remains warry of the loud bard. So Gale would probably invite El to give a lecture one night after they’d shared a few bottles of wine... and regret it the next day while remembering what the bard is capable of in front of an audience!
So, he would talk to El right before the lecture just to remind them that they should avoid saying or doing anything inappropriate.
Gale regretting his choices as he realizes Ellith will certainly do something inappropriate.
Would your OC(s) accept?
Enthusiastically! Ellith loves taking the stage, no matter what’s at stake, and they adore showing off, so giving a lecture would be the perfect occasion to brag about their powers and skills. Besides, they’d never miss an opportunity to tease Gale… so messing up with his students would be particularly enjoyable.
What would the lecture be about?
The power of music and how one can weave magic into the notes and rhythm, through theory at first. But it wouldn’t last long because Ellith isn’t fond of theoretical discourses and prefers empirical demonstrations. Using their violin and voice, they’d give an enchanting performance intertwining their sorcerer’s powers to that of their bardic skills, before turning the song into a dissonant melody which would cause the windows and glasses around to explode.
A few students left the room bleeding – one of them almost lost an eye.*
Ellith pretended it was an accident (it wasn’t; they have full control over their powers), but never cared to help with the repairs.
Would they do it alone or with their partner(s)?
Oh, Astarion would definitely attend and sit among the students like he’s at home. He would also regularly punctuate the lecture with a few saucy remarks, uttered more loudly than necessary... Which earned him a few disapproving glares from Gale (who had to keep himself from scolding Astarion as if he were a student), while Ellith managed to remain focused in spite of the untimely urge to snap back with a banter of their own.
Also, Astarion would have guessed about the glass explosion and stoically shielded himself right before “the accident”.
Overall, he had a lot of fun and called it a delightful experience.
*Gale eventually forgave them after El offered him a very rare and precious book they found during their adventures.
Gortash needs reading glasses, he refuses to wear them in front of people and has an appointed staff member to read things to him when in a meeting under the pretense that is more ‘aristocratic’
Another Gale HC! Morena wasn't a Dekarios by birth. She worked hard to provide a life for Gale and gave him his father's name rather than letting him lose opportunities by being labeled as a bastard.
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If he was careful, Gale could reach the countertop without a stool. He heaved himself over the side, wobbling as he stood. He held onto the cabinets for stability, slipping the packet of biscuits off of the shelf. He put it in his mouth, scrambling back down with a thud. Gale looked around preparing his arguments for why he was awake so late with a packet of biscuits in his mouth like a guilty dog stealing from a picnic. No one came. He crawled up the stairs hoping to muffle noise, only to find that the second floor of his home had grown much noisier since he slipped out of bed. Gale's body tensed, he dropped the packet and clutched his pajamas.
"He's six, he's out in the world, Stavros. People are talking."
"They're talking because he set his fucking school on fire."
"He can't control it because he's at the wrong school. They won't let him in anywhere else because you won't sign the fucking paper."
"So he can be a wizard? So he can be The Wizard Dekarios of Waterdeep? Spare me, Morena. You know what, spare him."
"What are you talking about?"
"Everyone tried to tell me you got pregnant on purpose and I told them they were lying. I defended you. Now, when I don't have Dekarios money and won't give him the fucking Dekarios name, there's a problem. It's not enough that I'm here-"
"Stavros, you're never here."
"I'm here right now!"
"You're leaving at the crack of dawn after spending an entire day in silence while your son begs for your atten-"
"That is so low, More-"
"And then you waste the whole night fi-"
"You are unreasonable and you KNOW I-"
Gale slumped against the wall. Father was leaving again, he hadn't been home for very long. He knew about the fireball at school and he sounded so cross. Gale picked up the packet, hiding it under his arm in case they came out of their room. If they saw every naughty thing he did, even one more, it might be the last. That might be the very last straw that makes them stop loving him. He slipped into his room, trying his best to shut the door quietly.
Morena dropped to the bed, "Did you hear that?"
"Yes."
She crawled beneath the blankets, ripping them away from his side as she turned away. Stavros sat down on her side of the bed, searching for the right way to touch her as she avoided looking at him. He settled on a hand on her arm. "Morena, I'm sorry."
"Tell Gale you're sorry."
He sucked on his teeth, "I don't want to fight. I just don't want him to feel trapped like I did. I could have been with you sooner, I could have been a sailor. I could have done so many things but I waited too long. I don't want him to wake up at 38 and feel like he wasted his whole life waiting." He felt her shake under his hand, he pulled the covers away from her face. "Morena?"
She sobbed into her pillow. "You talk so much about wanting to escape your family but you're still doing exactly what they want. I am an unmarried woman raising your bastard, Stavros. You wouldn't give me your name, you wouldn't give him your name. You know what this place is like. You told me as soon as I arrived. Every day, he is a second class citizen because you won't give him that. I don't love having to support us. You know what my job is like, but I'm okay without your family's money. I'm not asking for that. I just want him to have options. I want him to go wherever he wants to without 'bastard' marking his record and slamming doors before he even tries to open them."
It had been a long time since he really looked at her. She was still so beautiful, but her face had thinned. Her eyes were dull, lined with dark circles. Her features were sharp, she had grown severe in the last few years. "I'll stay home tomorrow. The expedition can wait." He kissed her forehead and moved to his side of the bed, falling asleep to the rocking of the bed as Morena violently sobbed herself to sleep.
She strode to the bank in the city and slapped the papers on the counter. A seal was stamped and she signed the very last with the teller as her witness, Morena Dekarios, widow. She ran to Daphne's house, panting as the door opened.
"This is a surprise, I figured you'd be at home."
"Fighting with Stavros? Debating if it's reasonable to leave his son after his grandfather's funeral?"
"I wasn't going to put it that way, but yes."
Morena told her the story, powering through Daphne's many gasps and clarifying questions.
"So it's official. The widow Dekarios and her boy, Gale."
"Yes."
"He wouldn't sign the damn papers and you did it yourself. Good."
Morena shook, the sobs returned and spilled into her coffee cup. Daphne pushed her chair to sit beside her, holding her shoulders. "You don't need him. You have never needed that man for anything other than making that beautiful boy."
She sniffled and gasped, "I gave him his name. I named him Gale Dekarios."
"You did, honey."
"He's going to have a whole life, Daphne. I'm going to give him everything that man couldn't."
Preparations are done, the deal with Helsik coming to fruition. Finally the moment you've both been working towards. This raid on Mephistopheles vault will solidify both your fates and that of Toril.
As Gortash finishes the sigils on the floor, and stands you can see in his face his vibrating anticipation.
And then the portal opens...
... and in that outer planar glow you notice for the first time how the hells have touched him. The subtlest red glow at the center of his eyes.
"Ready darling?" He asks, Bane's corruption and Avernus's brimstone leaking from his every seam. Haughty future king of a dead world.
As he takes you by the hand, gentle as a dove you wonder
Have you loved him any more than you do right now at this moment?
You've never been to the hells even in your many years. You can't wait.
A Dark Urge who is pregnant with Gortash' child and just found out.
A Dark Urge asked by Enver and Ketheric how their plan with the Illithid could possibly work when tadpole infections manifest in a matter of hours to days.
A Dark Urge, thinking of the new life slowly growing inside her. A parasite, growing slowly, excruciatingly slowly, over nearly a year. The potential victim of the parasite caught unawares for weeks or even months. Only realizing something is wrong when it's too late and their life is already ordering around this thing growing within them.
THEN, when the time is right, and only then, then the transformation finally manifests.
A pregnant Durge suggesting they order the Elder Brain to treat ceremorphosis less like a mind flayer factory...and more like a pregnancy.
