#gilded shadows

[steamberrystudio]

Would I take up a life of crime for the chance at interacting with Ari?Let's just say it's not a no... Mr. Lady Killer can slay me anytime, among other things 😏 Also that sprite with the cocked eyebrow is my 2nd favorite, 1st being his absolutely precious blushy face 😍😍

Ari would like to encourage you NOT to be a criminal for that purpose.

And yes, Ari's eyebrow is very powerful. The blushy face is healing. And his laughing face is practically mythical. LoL

[grumpy-nyks]

Caleb Zheng, my beloved barbwire marshmallow from Gilded Shadows, created by wonderful @steamberrystudio 💖🥹

[findinganne]

Every chapter update I have to sit and try to re-think my favorite character from When the Stars Collide. It's somehow even harder than Gilded Shadows was/is. Though with GS there is one 'gets played less' route, but only because I'm a big cry baby & not because of the LI himself. ( It's Magnus. The... environment... in his story-line just literally makes me ugly cry every time. So, I love him, but I just have to be willing to get out tissues. ) back on topic, I think Noel jumped back to the top this chapter for me, but Raif is still a close second. The top 3 like to play tug-a-war between each other for top spot.

[videogamepolls]

Have you played Gilded Shadows (2022)?

Yes

No

I watched someone play it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onJan 31, 2025

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[justanaspiringsomeone]

Gilded Shadows Pole Dancing headcanons

Ari 

Man’s is not flexible

He can bend and touch his toes and that’s about it

Now i will say he’s not hopeless but

Flexibility is not his strong suit

Van makes fun of him for it and he pays no mind to it

Caleb

He’s very flexible

Back in the day, Jack betted that Caleb couldn’t do it and Jack could do it better

Caleb took the bait

It’s one of his most embarrassing memories as he ended up doing better than anyone thought

Ari knows tho and Caleb almost strangled him

Jack

The one who introduced it to the others

Most likely knew how to before them

Likes doing it to show off, so sue him

Agile and flexible, keeps him nimble

Magnus

Either he is shockingly amazing at it

Or he almost broke a bone in an attempt

No in between

He has fun regardless

Caissa

Nope.

And he doesn’t want to

Yes, he has the looks and ability

But he wants nothing to do with the pole, be it exercise or fun

Jack calls him a killjoy

Reuben

Wasn’t going to do it

But was egged on to do it by Wynter

So he did it

He was bad at it at first but he couldn’t bring himself to not continue

So now he knows how to work the pole and he’s not embarrassed by the face

Lance

You know that video of the ballerino doing pole dancing?

Yeah that’s him

It's so beautiful and for what

Like it's so elegant and graceful???

Love that for him

Actually really likes doing it

Yuu

Definitely will break his hip

He aint built for it

He’s just watching over for Ari and Magnus in case they break something

Quill

Does it and likes it secretly

Never shuts up about it i think

Very energetic

[small-birdie]

i love visual novels but very rarely do i get obsessed enough with a visual novel guy to draw him

which is to say go play gilded shadows right now, and also i would die for magnus

(shoutout also to the picrew where i got the pose reference)

[animeomegas]

Gilded Shadows is one of my favourite games ever, and it's on sale right now just saying.

If you love S-tier worldbuilding, excellent characters, and immaculate mysteries, all mixed with romance, I'd really recommend it!

You can get it on Steam (Windows only), or Itch.io (Windows and Mac) for £17.49, which is incredible considering it's over 1 million words of content.

I genuinely can't sing this games praises enough. I think I'm going to start writing some stuff for the game over on AO3, because it's tragically lacking fanfic.

If anyone does like this game, send me a message or ask! I'd love to talk about it! And if you have any question about the game and are wondering about whether to give it a try, feel free to ask too!

[indigofoxpaws]

couldn't stop rotating this au in my mind, so: Magnus Ulrich, the King Undying

"the one time she asked him what he had really done out there in the Wastes, all he'd said was that he 'devoured god for the sake of everyone else.'"