Sep 5, 2023
I have scientifically created the most mutually uncomfortable dynamic in my fucked up little lab that the world has ever seen. I'm being arrested for unsound character keeping practices
#shut up river#so. it does get better by the end dfjhgk#but in astarionmance timeline the whole start of the relationship was. um#well you already know the fucked up reasons why astarion pursues tav#but add on to that Alfhart's side of things. where for backstory reasons he's already rejected the entire camp because something something-#doomed by the narrative something something wouldn't be a baldurs gate oc if there wasnt a looming time bomb right.#And he doesnt want to fall in love with someone and subject them to (gestures vaguely at backstory thing) but by the time Astarion asks..#he's uh. worn down. And though he sees through the act -contrary to popular belief he was in fact not born yesterday- in his mind he's like#'well i guess better he does this to me and not someone else whose feelings actually matter lmao. and HE's not going to get hurt-#when the inevitable happens so win-win; kind of'#neither of those bitches are happy about the arrangement in act one djkgdh#things kinda get better from there because they get attached to eachother against their will and by the end there's genuine love there#confetti noises#now good luck explaining to him at the last moment that you have maybe 1-2 years max left until you're mysteriously dissapeared dipshit!!#skjfdh anyway yeah#[oc] Alfhart#i realise for some mutuals this is not extreme in the slightest but LOOK- LET ME LIVE FNGDSJKG
