#kluh'taq

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Eeeee!! I got art from @maddcatart of Glinmuin and Kluh'taq, and look at how dang cute it is!!!! We can all tell you secretly love it, Kluh'taq!! You knew what you were signing up for!!

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we had some good clear hot weather for a bit and so i took a brief detour from working on the initial meeting cycle to bring you family hammock naps, because Why Not. A definite perk to being so tall is that you can gently push the hammock back and forth, heh.

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I did promise, and here they are! Inspired by the vintage photos from that previous post (see source link), some of my fave poses redone with Glinmuin and Kluh'taq! Additional notes below the cut, haha.

1 - I do so love a good fainting couch. That pinning-in pose! And that lil nose touch!! How could I possibly resist? Glinmuin loves taking Kluh'taq's hair down because it's surprisingly silky - it's his one major vanity point. (Though Kluh'taq will maintain it's just another facet of proper warrior discipline - 100 strokes every night keeps your arms strong and limber!)

2 - A little spicy but so very sweet. After all, what's the point of a big square neckline if your partner doesn't take advantage every now and then? I love the idea that Glinmuin was just sitting and working on something and Kluh'taq just settles in behind him and tugs his shirt to the side, sliding his hands down to capture Glinmuin's and pulling him close, unable (or at least unwilling) to resist.

3 - Post-handfasting soppiness, ahaha. I do love that Glinmuin on his knees is still up to Kluh'taq's chest level. Kluh'taq loves fluffing up Glinmuin's hair, too, as though Glinmuin's is much brushier naturally it de-fluffed over the course of the evening chase. Funnily enough, even though Glinmuin is somewhat suggestively helping Kluh'taq out of his handfasting vestments here, it's late enough and they're tired enough that as soon as they're both down to the purple undershift I think they just curl up together for bed proper.

4 - Kluh'taq still has a tendency to be a bit shy about public affection for quite a while after they get together. I imagine Glinmuin has also just used some sort of terribly cheesy line, too - "A daisy is nice, but you could replace it with... tulips?" - so he totally deserves getting face-smooshed away.

5 - Oh the melodrama~! "Alas, there is simply nowhere safe to sit for I am but a weak, frail bard - if only there was a big, strong warrior about to protect me!" Kluh'taq is equally flattered and exasperated, but he does love Glinmuin ever so much, so he only occasionally dumps him on the floor instead, hahaha.

6 - A mid-morning coffee present! Kluh'taq doesn't ever retire, really, but he does end up more frequently on the paperwork side of adventures as he gets older. Glinmuin certainly doesn't mind as it keeps him home and in easy smooching range, haha. Just a very soft domestic morning. I'm also weirdly proud of the tree outside the window in the background? Good shape and adds texture without being too distracting, I think.

And, well, that's it for the vintage cycle! While I do like a lot of the other photos' aesthetics in and of themselves, I don't think they feel quite right for these characters. So that's all for now! These handsome tols live in my head rent-free though so there will, of course, be ever more art going onwards, heh.

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and just in time for their six-month debut anniversary (again, what the hell, it's only been six months?!) i present their in-universe meet-cute! Glinmuin is having fun singing a reel and bein oblivious, and Kluh'taq is incredibly dismayed to realize he has caught feelings, oh no. Featuring guest appearances by Hyuva and *her* eventual love interest (who still hasn't told me her name so all I know about her is she's a drow Echo Knight), and Satsuma - the dwarf with a shipping penchant.

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Kluh'taq gazed down at the sleeping firbolg, eyes softening as he gently lowered himself back onto the bed, head propped up against one fist as he reached out to brush his thumb across the slightly parted lips, pressing a little more firmly as he toyed with the base of one ear, leaning in for a brief kiss as his fingertips scruffed into the ash blonde hair at the nape of his neck. Glinmuin stirred, humming slightly as his eyes fluttered open, still somewhat unfocused as they met Kluh'taq's. "...mmmhey..." he murmured, voice still creaking with sleep, a slow smile spreading like molasses. "....hey." Kluh'taq's own voice was as gravelly as ever, as Glinmuin reached up to cover his hand with his own, holding it in place as he turned to nuzzle kisses into his palm, his wrist, his forearm. "Good morning, beloved. Ready for breakfast?" "Mmmmffive more minutes?" Glinmuin wheedled, glancing up hopefully. Kluh'taq's smile twitched up on one side, and as he leaned over to kiss the firbolg again he stole his hand back, ruffling Glinmuin's hair to an approximation of his usual sticking-up fluff. "It's never just five minutes, and I'm not burning breakfast. Come on," he coaxed, rolling off the bed. Glinmuin blew out a sigh, but began to stretch in earnest, back arching slightly off the mattress. Kluh'taq turned quickly for the kitchen, fully aware that if he kept watching, no amount of burnt breakfast would keep his resolve.

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*fwomps in* it’s finished! and chrimmas isn’t over yet!!! I WIN!!

so i cracked myself up thinking about an “office christmas party” except it’s just all my DND characters hanging out.

Part one is inside, with Namfwick and Fizzgig Nigel, chilling with Glinmuin and Kluh’taq, who’s holding Mitzi’s familiar, Archibald. (Which, my brain went “haha, it’ll be funny to have Glinmuin leaning on Kluh’taq to annoy him.... but... Kluh’taq isn’t annoyed... Why isn’t Kluh’taq annoyed?? OH MY GOD IS GLINMUIN KLUH’TAQ’S TYPE?!” whiiiiich yep. YEP. YeP. Now I’m just dying and blessed and so so *chef’s kiss* about it, ahahahaa! you can dEfiNITely expect way more art of them soon.)

Part 2 is Hyuva yeeting Mitzi into Madya’s snow centaur, while Dannil and the mechanical version of Horse he has as an artificer bring in the presents!

Part 3 is Vikelki and Boris versus Augreal in an epic snowball fight. Missile snaring vs sorcery, START! (”It’s over! I have the high ground, Vilkeki!” “Yes but I have Boris and he is great assistant! You are outnumbered, friend Augreal! Prepare to be eating snow!!”)

(ok ok ok bonus of when Kluh’taq REALLY felt that good old fashioned Gay Panic, after he helped Glinmuin up off the couch:)

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The Hoist. Aka, when Glinmuin gets HIS “O-oh!~” moment of Gay Panic (tm). At this point, they would have been dating for a month or so, with Kluh’taq gradually getting more comfortable with being affectionate and especially being openly affectionate, because Glinmuin ain’t the kinda guy who does things terribly subtly. Honestly after blowing up and then kissing Glinmuin in front of everybody, it’s not like Kluh’taq can pretend that the others don’t know about his feelings for the firbolg so trying to be sneaky about the relationship NOW doesn’t make any logical sense anyway. But still, old habits are hard to break and he’s pretty stoic by nature, so it takes a while for him to initiate things and also to just... be playful about it!

So Glinmuin is probably teasing him a little lightheartedly about being shorter, oh what a delicate flower Kluh’taq is, et cetera, and Kluh’taq just basically shoulder-checks him as he bends down and scoops him up under the legs and hoists him up with total ease and "OH you can just... you can just DO that.. you.. woW OK THEN, I uh-!" Glinmuin just sputters uselessly as Kluh’taq carries him off with half a smirk, half shy smile on his face and Glinmuin feels that first real feeling of wanting to be with someone in particular. And that’s not to say he didn’t love Kluh’taq before then! But I think if I had to pin him down, Glinmuin’s probably demisexual, so while he enjoyed getting to shower extra affection on Kluh’taq and it was certainly nice having it reciprocated because hugs and cuddles and kisses are nice...

...up to that point, honestly, if Kluh’taq had called it off and just wanted to be friends instead after all, Glinmuin would have been totally fine with it, like... Glad he got to help Kluh’taq feel more loved for a while and if Kluh’taq knows more about what he wants and it’s not Glinmuin, that’s fine! Of course we’re still friends! Just shrugged his shoulders and been fine with it, he was just happy to make Kluh'taq happy, and if he was what made him happy, great, and if not, that's fine too, go get what does make you happy!

But after The Hoist, Glinmuin’s willing to fight for the relationship. Now he wants this for himself, too. At that point it becomes "No, I want to be the one making him happy, because he makes me happy... for me." Kluh'taq probably doesn't really pick up on it, but that's about when Glinmuin starts sleeping on his back a little more, stretching out so Kluh'taq can snuggle but also stretch out, instead of curling up around him in a ball... because Kluh'taq makes it ok for Glinmuin to be big. Glinmuin’s allowed to take up space with Kluh’taq, because even though he’s already heard it, that’s when it starts to really sink in - he’ll never be too big for Kluh’taq. And wow. That feeling... he wants to keep that as long as he can.

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"Take responsibility!"