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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 13m

feel uncomfortable/offended, or be hit by the "ew, everything from everyone but THAT OC! Couldn't this have come from one of the cool ones!" when I have mine interact, which has happened before).

I'm sorry OCs like yours get caught in the crossfire of my concerns and social anxieties >_<

WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 13m

I shy away from the interactive ones for multiple reasons (my OC doesn't hit the taste of many, many of these tavqs drift into adult rp I don't want to do, sometimes it comes from ppl I don't want to interact with, I don't want to be annoying/accidentally ask sth that makes the handler of the OCs

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Oona [Radiant Hopeful] @oona-lovesastarion.bsky.social · 1h

Hello to all the Spawn Enjoyers out there.
I'm proud to present you our Event. Each week one major topic of the spawn ending. RULES Create whatever you like and Hashtag #SpawNovember and the topic:
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2 LordOfTheUnderdark
3 HereComesTheSunAgain
4 TheGraveyardIsAppropriatelySilent ;)

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 2h

Well done!

Proofreading is a pain, and not the fun kind.

People who enjoy it and manage to actually lower the word count are about as powerful and scary as those who can tell a whole story with characters, plot, and vibes in 500 words lol

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✨CHELLE D☯GGO✨(she/they) @chelledoggo.bsky.social · 6d

i would LITERALLY rather see people ship themselves with fictional characters than to make AI partners.

at least with a fictional character, a human being made the character with care and intent.

an AI partner is 0% human. you're dating something with no soul put into the process of its creation.

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 4h

The two downsides of blocking someone here:

1. Quote-reposting someone who quoted the blocked one appears on the timeline.

2. Because blocked, I cannot see the post and therefore cannot hide it and have it multiple times on my damn lawn by proxy.

Sorry it adds to an already tough day for you 🌻

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Boohdlebrink @doodlebrink.bsky.social · 13d

Wem der #inktober zu stressig ist, wer denkt er könne nicht zeichnen und zeichnen macht keinen Spaß für den gibts den
#hässlichtober bzw #uglytober

Keiner der Begriffe lässt sich schön lösen, das muss aber so. Es geht um Spaß nicht darum wer der/die Beste ist. Jedes hässliche Bild ist erwünscht.🩷

Die Liste mit allen hässlichtober Begriffen

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 4h

I can't tell from the username who you are, and I don't know if you were comfortable with having it shown (hence the artful incognito bars), but just so you know:

You're one of my favourite humans today and I'm your fan ♥

screenshot of today's AO3 notification mail.
Three of my bg3 fics are listed.

Two gave kudos to Mirror Leid. One of those lovely people also gave kudos to the other two fics.

The names are blocked out, but each has its own colour. A sandy yellow and a nice purple because I adore both colours as I adore those two generous people ♥

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 17h

#sanguinesonata #bg3fic #nsfw #bg3vp

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The more comfortable Astarion grows with his body and kinky side (if explored with someone who spoils him instead of torturing), the more he wants to experiment.

Tonight, he asks for a gag.

[!tags!]
archiveofourown.org/works/72202006

Astarion had brought up the gag by bluntly demanding to know when D'ylân intended to finally add it to their playful sessions. It had become his habit to ask to try something new when he was curious enough. Well, new between them. D'ylân had restrained, blindfolded, and gagged many play partners before and Astarion—

Astarion huffed indignantly when D'ylân's hand stopped inches away from his cock. Hard and greedy, slightly curved and an image of pure perfection, it hungered to be touched.

"Impatient, aren't we?" he chuckled, slowly moving his face to Astarion's ear, knowing perfectly well how the tickling of his beard teased the soft, smooth skin when Astarion was in the right mood.

Astarion winced, and a long groan died in his mouth when D'ylân's tongue licked along his pretty, pointy ear. Gently, he took one of the small silver rings that pierced the earlobe between his teeth, giving it a playful tug.

This earned him more than a grunt. A series of curses fought against the gag, to no...

Astarion and Dylan sit on a comfortable bed with red and white sheets. The room is lit in a warm light. Astarion is naked aside from a leather collar. His right ear is visible from this angle and is pierced in several spots. A silver half moon with blue and clear gems dangles from his earlobe. His shoulder blades are visible, and so are his scars that run across them.
Dylan wears black pants. His long hair is tied into a bun, aside from one long braid and a few strands that fall into his face.

Astarion's hair is a bit longer than early in the game.

They sit opposite each other. Astarion looks up at him with a soft smile while Dylan talks to him, looking worried.

Screenshot of the AO3 header of the fic.

Title: The Nuance of Muffled Groans.

Ship: maleTieflingOC/Astarion

Tags:

Established Relationship, Making Out, Gags, Light Dom/sub, Doms Need Care Too, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con,Past Rape/Non-con, Trauma, Enthusiastic Consent, Blow Jobs, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, Bottom Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Post-Game(s), Not Beta Rea

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 17h

#sanguinesonata #bg3fic #nsfw #bg3vp

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The more comfortable Astarion grows with his body and kinky side (if explored with someone who spoils him instead of torturing), the more he wants to experiment.

Tonight, he asks for a gag.

[!tags!]
archiveofourown.org/works/72202006

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Chloë Green @okaychloegreen.bsky.social · 3d

You know what I think we should all do? Just start reply to stuff with positive comments.

Dickheads are so quick to comment, how about we tell people they look good? Their art is cool? The event sounds excellent. Whatever. Fucking hell, let’s just be openly nice for once.

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Nint - Sophiane Enjoyer @sophiane-enjoyer.bsky.social · 14d

I'll say it again, Art is communication.

"Create for yourself" really means "Create art that communicates who you are." And one sided communication feels terrible. Commenting on peoples art/creations can be scary, I get it. But COMMENT. COMMUNICATE. We want to hear it. I want to hear it.

Shisui Glam Enjoyer | @ Dawntrail 7.3 @st4rd1ver.bsky.social · 14d

"Create for yourself" is great and all but no one wants to feel like no one cares and you're just screaming into the void

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Kaisa Kloud @kaisakloud.bsky.social · May 14

"Look at these eyes, see all the lies"

My sweet Haarlep, there are so many Raphael's portraits in your home, but you deserve to have a few too! I spent 2 weeks on this artwork and every brush stroke was full of love, passion and caress. You are adorable!

#bg3 #bg3fanart #bg3haarlep #bg3raphael

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 1d

1. Yes! At least, both are quite incompetent, given how long Yzma yearned for the throne 😁

2. Don't get this the wrong way, but are you, maybe, German?

I don't care about typos, but Kronk/Gronkh specifically is such a typical German typing mishap/autocorrect fail that I gotta ask 😄

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taylor @ date everything! zine @thehanks.bsky.social · 1d

#TAVQOTD GAY!!!!

I love being gay!!!!! 📣🗣️ I love my gay boy Othello!!!

Art by @ourenjiro.bsky.social 🤠

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 17d

#Tavqotd

D'ylân: "Aw, you're fighting my ex to defend my virtue?"
Astarion: "Don't be ridiculous. I just don't want 𝘺𝘰𝘶 to fight him and embarrass us."
D: "Uh-huh."
A: "Also, that 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘤 insulted 𝘮𝘺 hair!"
D: "Such a monster."
A: "Bloody right!"
D: "You gonna cheat to win, yeah?"
A: "Naturally."

In a nice inn room with fancy red rugs and curtains.

Astarion is inspecting his dagger, frowning hard. Dylan stands behind him, laughing, posing coyly as if this 204 cm guy were a dainty maiden.

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 7d

#TavQOTD
As in-game, D'ylân knows he's a spawn. Comes with the territory of being a vampire hunter's grandson.

He also notices that the stranger isn't soliciting willingly. He offers help, to which Astarion runs off, so D talks about it with his mom.

Full story: archiveofourown.org/works/71869641

Inside a busy tavern. People are walking around, chatting, laughing, and grumbling as they do. A cat naps on top of a barrel standing by the wall on the left.

Dylan sits at a table, in front of a dish. His violin and hat are there, too, of course. He's wearing his hair up in a bun and has changed into skimpier stage clothes for this gig.

He looks at Astarion, who has approached his table. He's dressed in his early-game clothes and stands in a coy pose, smiling at Dylan.

The stranger was careful with his smiles, but the delight over the wine parted his lips just enough for D'ylân to catch a glimpse of one of his fangs.

That made this man's smiles calculated, just like his words. To what end, well, that was hardly a mystery.

But he looked pretty, even a little cute, when the first taste of the fruity, sweet wine brought a shine of genuine happiness to his eyes, and D'ylân had a few ales. He wasn't stupidly drunk enough to follow a vampire, spawn or not, anywhere but he was curious to see what else he'd try to lure D'ylân into the abandoned shadows around the inn.

Also, he had noted a few more things that he'd like to confirm.

"That was lovely! I have to thank you!" The spawn put down his empty glass and reached for D'ylân's hand, tapping it playfully with his fingertips. To test the waters, no doubt. D'ylân took the slender hand in his, holding it. It was small and delicate against this, more so with the short, neatly groomed nails compared to D'ylân's sharp claws. The skin was so pale, it was almost translucent, and he had to squint to find any veins. He wasn't surprised by how cold it was, despite the warm late-summer night. The little pink tint on his lips came from the wine; under that, they were almost grey.

This guy was hungry. Maybe even starving, despite being surrounded by dozens of happy-stupid drunk people. There was no need to chat him up; all he had to do was wait outside, in a dark corner, and pluck a swaying boozer from the street like a child a ripe pear from the neighbour's tree.

"You don't need to thank me for a wine bottle. Your company is enough." Gently, he put the spawn's hand on the table, not without noticing the rough seam of his sleeves. At first glance, he looked well put together, a little fancy even. The doublet and the frilly shirt underneath were a bit out of fashion, but traditional families of good standing often still followed old styles.

But this doublet had been carefully mended in several

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 4d

Photo mode math (or: thought process behind a random af pic):

"I want to redo this screenshot as vp with updated hair/hat mods"
+
"I want to redo this bc I like how the background turned out, but fucked up the light with the boys"
=
He's going to summon a really annoying ghost, isn't he?

#bg3vp

Dylan is playing the violin outside, in a field of grass, on a sunny day, with his back to the camera.

He only wears his head.

It's a screenshot I got from a screen recording for a tavqt in March 2025, which is why a tacky frame got edited around it, with an equally tacky "Employee of the Month - D'ylân the Battle Bard" sign slapped on it.

Nighttime. Dylan sits on a stone bench in what looks like a graveyard. Astarion squats on a rocky ledge next to the bench, looking skeptical about whatever's going on in Dylan's head.

There are trees, bushes, and tombstones in the background, obscured by ground fog. Quite atmospheric, if I may say so.

The vibe is ruined because the light that illuminates Dylan and Astarion is a bit too bright and cold. Either I have no idea what I was thinking when I took this as the final shot, or it's another case of accidentally closing photo mode instead of toggling the interface, and being mopey about it.

I seriously need to remap some buttons...

Finally, something with somewhat proper lighting, but rather random.

It's nighttime again, in the graveyard of Baldur's Gate, in front of Astarion's tombstone, many thanks and respect to the snapshot mod.

Ground fog obscures the surrounding tombstones. Two lanterns are floating in the air, emitting a blue light. Technically, there are three but after posing and placing the lights, I slightly changed the camera angle to something I like better, unfortunately, that means lantern no 3 is off-screen now.

Parts of Astarion's tombstone glow in a light-green light. Musical notes swirl through the air. The flower on the grave glows suspiciously red.

Dylan is playing the violin, the tip of the bow glowing in the same light as the tombstone.

His back is turned to the camera. He's naked, except for his hat, of course. His hair is tied into a long ponytail that would almost reach his butt if he stood normally.

Was prompted to use this for a tavqtd the day before and the caption on that is the only potentially canon explanation I can think of: This situation is the result of Gale's current strategy of 'curing' Astarion from stealing artefacts, maps, and such when they visit, by planting ridiculous maps and spells that'll backfire on Astarion if followed, and Dylan, as collateral damage.

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 1d

enough, no, they have to openly look down on others.

For what it's worth, as someone who ships him differently, I say you do not do it wrong. His theme is choice and agency, not "This and only this one type of relationship and sex life or else!"

I get that it's grating, tho. Some ppl just suck.

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 1d

Ironically, I've seen comments that huffed at the thought that Astarion would choose monogamy (according to most comments I see, I ship him 100% wrong anyway).

Just, why? Why do people have to get so defensive about their preferred interpretation of a character that doing their own thing isn't

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 1d

Ratigan is such a great and yet underrated villain ♥

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 1d

The art is delicious, and I need it in my life! (the next time I can afford it 😅)

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WhiteWhispersPurpleBones @purplewhispers.bsky.social · 2d

#BG3Kinktober #BG3NSFW #sanguinesonata

Day 6: Gags

The more comfortable Astarion grows with his body and kinky side (if explored with someone who spoils him instead of torturing), the more he wants to experiment.

Tonight, he asks for a gag.

[mind the tags!]

archiveofourown.org/works/72202006

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𝕭𝖆𝖓 (comms open) @brabblesban.bsky.social · 2d

idk something something beautiful
#astarion #bg3 #3dart

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Ellabfae @ellabfae.bsky.social · 2d

The ever beautiful Astarion. My first attempt at drawing the beloved bg3 vampire.. pretty happy with how it turned out.

#bg3 #astarion #astarionbg3 #baldursgate3 #neilnewbon #digitaldrawing #digitalartist #artist #illustration #fanart #dnd #gamingart #vampire #moody #lighting

My digital illustration of Astarion from BG3

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