#gortash asks

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Hypothetically, if Gortash was revived by Tav after being completely annihilated by the Brain do you think he would continue being the same old Gortash or would be changed? Not necessarily for the better but many just how he treats others, etc. How do you think it would be different if he was revived by Durge vs non-Durge Tav? How would it be different if he was assassinated by Tav vs Brain make him go brrrrr. Sorry for such a long ask

I think especially Tav reviving him might send him into a small midlife crisis. Why?

Tav shares no history with him. They've just met. There's no proper interest for Tav to keep him alive – they don't need him. But still, they bring him back. Somewhere deep down he would know that this was a selfless act, one of which he's likely the recipient for, for the first time in his life. Maybe he wouldn't want to admit it. Wouldn't want it to be true. Because it would mean that there are people not only willing to do good in the world – they'd be willing to do good for him.

It would mean there's something worth redeeming in him. Worth honoring, keeping. It would likely raise many questions about his self-worth and acceptance and self-love, all of which he's been suppressing so successfully.

He might try telling himself that Tav only brought him back because they needed him. But then, seeing them in action, he slowly realizes they don't... and then what? They just brought him back because they genuinely care for him? What?!

If he died to the Netherbrain's command and Tav brings him back, oh, man, yes that's already one thing. But then consider: Tav killing him to remove him/put him in his place and then they bring him back? Just like that? Not because they need him?

I think Gorty would have a crisis of faith. Especially if he spend even a short amount of time in Bane's realm and sees how his god would treat him, how he would speak of him, and so on. I could see Gorty drop the Bane worship, if only because he's questioning everything. Lost puppy vibes.

Would he suddenly be good? I guess initially he'd probably be worse. Compensating. Proving Tav wrong: I wasn't worth saving, this can't be, I'm not loveable, I only have value if I succeed, because if you brought me back because you intrinsically think my life valuable enough to do so, even if I failed, does that mean that I don't have to control everything, win at everything?

Shit, it would completely change the story he told himself about his life and his self-actualization.

For Durge... honestly it might be similar but in truth I doubt it would hit as hard. Because they have history, and Durge reviving him thus seems logical, they had a plan together after all...

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You ever think about the fact that Enver doesn’t look much like the Flymms at all? Like how they have sharper features compared to his softer, rounded ones? Especially Dravo looks nothing like his son despite saying otherwise if you ask me.

I do, but not in the way you mean.

Ever since I saw @bladders-gate-three's posts about his nose and eyes being the way they are due to severe and repeated facial trauma (and Nubaldin admitting as much when you talk to him), I honestly think he got his family resemblance quite literally beaten out of him in the House of Hope. Not to mention his time as a gang member!

Orin calls his face "poxy" too, he has some scars, so maybe a childhood sickness was in the books as well. He looks tired, his face looks puffy. This is the face of a man who is not living a healthy life.

Give Gortash three years of therapy, a normal sleep schedule, some sunlight, and a diet that is more varied than cigarettes and whatever scraps he eats at night, and I'm sure he'd look much closer to his parents than he does when we meet him.

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What do you think are Gortash’s top kinks and do you think he’s into anything he’s ashamed of/wishes he wasn’t?

That man has so many kinks in my head, not only because I've already given him so many different ones in my fics, but also because he's a WHORE

I’m trying to limit myself here but let me know if you want me to add more, because I can. Easily

Pain Play

Anything that hurts you. Oh, or him. Slapping, scratching, maybe even biting? Oh yeah. He's into that. He delights in you whimpering before him, and it fucking turns him on if you respond in kind.

Power Play

That man has an ego and he constantly tests you. Can you keep up? He's going to dom the fuck out of you, but it's only interesting to him if he has the feeling you're his equal. Oh, you're bratty? Shit, he loves it. Oh, you're a switch? Damn, he's into it.

Fucking him is like a battle, constantly fighting for who takes the lead, always renegotiating the terms of your encounter.

Choking

Gortash loves feeling your airways constrict underneath his hands, loves the sensation of you swallowing against his palm. He’s down so bad for you when you close your eyes, breathlessly begging, at the mercy of his hands. But it’s not only his hands that he likes to choke you with… not when his cock fits so perfectly into your throat. Not when your eyes turn glassy while you’re trying to breathe around him.

Oh, and if you should happen to choke him back? Well he won’t mind. Not at all…

Dirty Talk

That man can’t shut up, nor does he want to. He calls you a slut, a whore, pathetic, dirty, needy; and fuck, he’s right. He loves describing what he’s doing to you, or about to do to you, loves making up scenarios to tease you with. What if he fucked you on the town square? He likely won’t but he loves watching you react to that idea. He fully knows the effect of his voice. And should you behave, he might throw some praise your way.

As for what he’s ashamed of – there isn’t a whole lot, he’s way too confident for that. But…

Kissing

It gets him going – making out in the dim light, seeking your mouth while he’s buried in you, tongue swirling against yours… It’s intimate, too intimate, and while he loves it, he’s fully aware that kissing leads to other, softer things. Things he won’t let himself explore. Not yet, at least…

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Hi, I love your bg3 ideas so I propose the question of how do you think Gortash escaped the house of hope? Have a lovely day or night <3

Heyy! Thank you for the question :) I have a weird theory on that.

We know Raphael says in a note that Nubaldin let Gortash escape. I know that hints at him using the portals to just teleport out of the HoH. I do think, however, that it is a bit more complicated (careful: crackpot theory land!!)

Raphael also has a side comment about Zariel where he says she doesn't forget (or forgive?) easily (paraphrased) and that sounds to me like something he noticed from experience. Like the intonation made it sound like he had first hand experience with pissing her off.

So to my weird theory!

I think Zariel noticed Gortash's talents. The HoH is in Avernus, after all, and we know from the guestbook that she sends people to check up on Raphael there. So. She heard about this little genius kid/teen/young adult. And she makes a deal with Gortash: She helps Enver out if he helps her later on.

I think that’s why he managed to leave Avernus in one piece AND why Raphael never followed up on getting him back (after all he can just appear anywhere, huh? Korilla spies on Tav/Durge the entire time but you can’t get Gorty? sounds sus). Like as if Raphael came to an understanding with Zariel not to.

Maybe Raph hid Enver’s ideas/contributions from Zariel and that pissed her off enough to set him free. I doubt using the portals is as easy as it looks – and leaving Avernus requires help from the top (see: Karlach having to fight her way out and only getting out through the nautiloid – Enver was hardly a fighter when he got out).

So maybe she simply did not pursue Enver after he escaped under Nubaldin’s nose, and then denied Raph’s requests to do so, making Raphael realize she’s protecting Enver, leading to Raph rethinking pursuing him. Basically she extended her favor to Enver and Raph was smart enough not to mess with her.

Gortash escaped the HoH and then years later made good on that debt to Zariel by giving her Karlach to experiment on. What else would he have gotten from that? The plans for the Steel Watch he stole, and he easily found a new way to break into Mephisto’s vault (and the HoH).

Anyway thanks for reading more about my conspiracies!

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Do you think Gortash was always a little shit? His mom said something that made me get the feeling before she sold him she thought he was a little shit and evil. Before that, I believed he became the way he is now after everything he went through as he in wanted to climb the ranks so nobody could take advantage or hurt him ever again. What do you think?

Two things can be true: The Flymm’s changed the narrative over time to justify their actions AND Gortash was a boy who was a little shit and did bad things.

I do not believe children can be evil. I do think, however, that they can live in circumstances that make them resort to behaviors that get them what they are not getting enough of.

We know the Flymms were starving. We know his parents weren’t the loving family a child needs. Maybe on top of the physical neglect there was emotional neglect too? Picture a little boy, hungry, too smart for his own good, constricted to the cobbler’s shop, not getting the attention or love he needs. Maybe little Enver stole. Maybe little Enver was a bully. Everything he does is so that his needs are met: attention, food, safety.

His parents though, they see him act out and they feel justified in ignoring him, not wanting to deal with him (easier to blame it on him than to say “we can’t put enough food on our boy’s table”), maybe they even send him to bed hungry because he needs a punishment, no?

And what does little Enver do? Not having learned healthy forms of self-regulation? He acts out worse than before. Sharp tongue cuts his parents, lays their failures and shortcomings bare. His mother starts calling him evil. The cycle spirals.

He probably was a smug child, and he might have done bad things. Evil? Ugh. Neglecting parents bullshit.

The answer will certainly change if you believe children to be capable of evil. From my view kids are still learning how the world works and how their bodies work and who they are. That, to me, means they don’t even have the emotional or mental capacity to be evil. Bad? Yes. But it’s their caretakers job to guide them.

And then here comes Raphael. Gods, can you imagine what a number that did on Enver? Morally? Emotionally?

Of course he learned that everyone is out for themselves, that control and absolute power is the only way to be safe. To survive.

Still… the fact that he never grew out of that. Never reflected. Never changed. That’s on him. He’s making the choice every day to be bad. To be cruel, dangerous, selfish. That is on him.

A self-fulfilling prophecy. A tragedy.

Both things can be true.

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Not a request, but I really hope you'll write some bratty sub Gortash.

I still felt like filling it so I did haha.

Bratty sub Gortash x Afab!Reader

“Make me”, Gortash spits out, sweat rolling down his temples. His hands are cuffed behind his back as he’s kneeling in front of you, naked.

You chuckle, pulling at the leash that’s connected to the collar that he’s wearing. He looks so pretty in leather, you think and he gasps at the yank. He’s pretending not wanting to eat you out, the smirk forming on his mouth so teasingly giving the act away. No matter what you do, he enjoys provoking you nearly as much as you enjoy putting him in his place.

“Fine”, you sigh, and you shove his chest, making him fall over backwards. He grunts in protest but it’s no use, and as you step down on his chest, his eyes sparkle with excitement.

“If I had my hands free I’d bend you over that desk and spank this nonsense out of you”, he scoffs, and even more heat pools between your legs.

“You’re cute when you’re delusional”, you chuckle, and then, strictly and confidently, you add: “Now shut up.”

Gortash bites his lower lip, struggling to submit, but he also wants to be good for you, no matter how much he pretends otherwise.

Positioning yourself so that your cunt is in his face, you kneel and lower your body down until his mouth presses into your folds.

“Get to work”, you command, starting to grind into his face, and you hear him sigh as he breathes you in, his tongue immediately lapping at the wetness that had started to gather. He’s helpless underneath you, lying on his back with his arms locked tight. You ride his mouth carefully at first, but then he sucks your clit so tenderly you almost lose it, and you pick up the pace.

Your movements get greedier as Gortash groans against your cunt, frustrated he can’t touch you, can’t run his hands over your body, but he’s there to serve you and he couldn’t be trusted to comply. You told him that when you cuffed his hands, and the string of curses he had let out in return would be a memory to go back to for many years to come.

His mouth is eager to please, tongue dipping into your entrance, teeth gently pulling at your folds, and you feel him push you closer and closer to the edge as his clever mouth devours you. When your movements become jerky and uneven, he mumbles a frustrated “Hold still” into your wetness, and you put your hand to his throat in response.

There’s an inaudible groan, probably another curse, but you can see his erection clearly, knowing exactly that this is what gets him off. Speeding up, you take from his lips what you want, and when you fall over the edge a gush of your juices spurts down his cheeks and chin, eliciting a long moan from him.

“Good boy”, you praise him breathlessly, and he moans once more, his deep voice vibrating against your folds before you pull away.

Looking down, you’re greeted by a glorious sight: Gortash’s lips are bruised and reddened, his eyes are hazy, half of his face is covered in your juices, and he stares at you with a mock in his eyes.

“Took you long enough”, he grunts, and despite yourself, you laugh.

You know exactly what you’ll do to punish him for that silly display. Last time you edged him for an hour before he begged you for release, and you’re wondering if you can set a new record tonight.

“Don’t pretend, little tyrant. Don’t pretend. We’re just getting started.”

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I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THE TEDDY BEAR QUEST AND MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR

GORTASH JUST ACTUALLY GOT PEOPLE TO PUT BOMBS INTO TEDDY BEARS

oh my gosh he is beyond awful

that will not stop me from being horny for him

If he told me to take one of those teddy bears I would say yes sir o7

yeah he’s bad bad

“I never had a teddy in the House of Hope why would refugees need one”

can’t you just hear him talk to himself at night

“weak who needs a teddy bear”

very healthy normal human! it’s why we love him!

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Genuine question were Karlach and Gortash a thing? She said she loved and trusted him but he sold her :( I still love my boy but :(((

A thing as in romantically involved? I don't think so. I've always read that more like: He hired her, they became friends, she made him better and he made her worse, until one day he decided his own personal goals were more important than her goals.

So he sold her to Zariel, and I think he's bitter about the fact that it took her so long to get back (what a disappointment it must have been for him – disappointment because if he can't blame her for not getting out sooner (thinking: I sold her there but she'll be back in no time), he would have to blame himself for Karlach's decade in hell, and he can't stand that)

What the Karlach storyline tells me is that Gortash was in denial about his own feelings and the impact of his actions on others long before any Dead Three plan. Long before he met Durge, if you want to throw in Durgetash, too. To me, this is why he was so susceptible to and why he actively sought out Bane.

Bane, the god of tyranny but also law and order, the authoritarian belief that if you work hard you can make it, that's Gortash selling Karlach to Zariel, that's Gortash creating the Absolute plan, that's Gortash turning refugees away at the city gates.

For Durge, that's also Gortash saying "we agreed not to meddle in each other's affairs" even if that meant Orin tries to kill and then proceeds to torture Durge (I really question Gortash's actions here with major sideeyes. Really. But that's for another ask or HC post, lol)

Anyway, you can platonically love and trust someone. In many ways it hurts just as bad (or even worse) than anything romantic. Sigh.