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@errantgoat

Alex/39/Poland
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Astarion's slowly making his way through Act 3

still have a few loose ends/ companion questlines to finish up (his own included...though I can easily imagine him procrastinating on that one so I'm keeping it for desert)

tactician difficulty is not too bad, though it did put me in my place when I thought I could go fight Ansur without proper preparation beforehand

Shadowheart's romance grew on me...I still think Karlach would've been better for Astarion for a 'redeemed' playthrough, but miss Princess isn't too bad either... Her romance definitely takes more shape in Act 3 so you have to wait a while.

#bg3 playthrough
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braxiatel

I honestly and truly believe all good AUs should be a little “”””ooc”””” in the sense that good characterisation involves understanding that changes a characters backstory and circumstances will have an effect on how they respond to the world around them

Good characterisation isn’t about creating a perfect 1:1 canon replica it’s about understanding why a character is different in your work and about grounding the changes you do deliberately choose to make in canon character traits

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texasdreamer01
#yeah I think it's the main reason I keep dragging my OCs#through other settings#you put one thing in but what falls out might surprise you
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Astarion playthrough thoughts so far (finished Act 2)

The original content is there (mostly in Act 1), but I'm not sure if it warrants doing an origin run, considering what you lose when Astarion's not in the companion role. Basically you get a Tav with Astarion reskin, pretty much.

One thing that made it a little worth for me so far is that with all the small comments he makes, it did make me notice how eloquent and proper his speech patterns are...there's definitely some old- timey english slang in there as well. It's adorable.

but other than that

Someone summed it up better than I could.... Without Tav being there to give a damn, Astarion's playthrough feels super lonely. There's no reactivity with his questline when it comes to companions, they make no comments or even acknowledge any 'milestones' of his personal quest. (And they DO SO when he's a companion, seems like a real oversight.) Everything is handled so very privately, scars on his back are an inner dialogue starring the narrator in Act 2 for ef sake. At this point I'm not sure why he should choose the redemption route when nobody seems to care about anything concerning him at all, the LI included. :( It just makes me feel like he pretends to be a better person that he is, which in turn feels super sleazy, because he doesn't even try to canonically do that as a companion. :P

I'm planning on finishing Act 3 because my completionist soul wouldn't let me stop. BUT at this point I'm just doing it to be free of this game. XD This is it. The end. Next playthrough in 1-2 years time I SWEAR to GODS.

#bg 3 playthrough#shadowheart's confession at the end of Act 2 was more of a deer in a headlights moment for him#than a heartfelt confession#of course he cares about her he said#he did get that far with her there would be no benefit in ending it there#that man learned NOTHING during this playthrough and I'm in Act 3 now#these two are not a good match I walk everything back#I love Shadowheart as a character but it's the second time her romance is a fail for me#there was no spark with Harv and there is no spark with Astarion#i wonder if she would work better for me in a f/f relationship#i know all of the companions can be romanced no matter what but you can't tell me they have no types/preferences#the way Shadowheart flirts with Karlach is shameless and it surprised me a lot#Karlach was mostly ???#i think this was the first playthrough when i had both of them in my party for an extended period of time
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