I saw a post once that said if Wyll and Astarion’s physical appearances were swapped (ie. If Wyll was white and Astarion was black) they would absolutely switch in terms of popularity (and probably the amount of content they got in-game, Astarion has like 12 hrs and Wyll has 6-8 iirc)
Bloodweave (Gale/Astarion) is my OTP. They’re like….Old Man jayvik coded to me, kinda. It’s tragic childhood w/ no bodily autonomy Grump X yearning to be a good boy & love & be loved unconditionally Sweetie Pie.
wyll/karlach was my forbidden yaoi...... (bc of that ending) but shadowheart/laezel and astarion/gale are cute too. in a way i was good friends with everybody but couldnt rly get invested in romances
Sooooo there are lists and stats somewhere of both Larian's player data of most common choices and what people write about on AO3, but my instinct is to roll in as the outlier 😉 I'm an avid rare pair shipper.
2 characters have barely any screen time and never meet? They're lovers now~
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To me there's no right or wrong way to ship as long as you're having fun with it~ But here's some of my personal favourites:
Abdirak x He Who Was
Dribbles the Clown x Withers
Raphael x Haarlep
Quil Grootslang x Fist Orvil
Volo x The Emperor
Abdirak x Brother Donnick
Wyll x Shadowheart
Ulder x Zevlor
Bloodweave (astarion x gale) has the good narrative foil energy and Astarion teases him a lot yet also gets pissed when Gale does his self-sacrificing schtick 😗👌
I feel like Karlach and Wyll also have a lot of in-game chemistry, and Shadowheart and Lae'zel (tbh Shadowheart and every woman)
Shadowheart/karlach is so where it's at imo, fun and flirty. Karlach/Wyll is also great. People love Gale/Astarion, I'm kinda soft on Wyll/Astarion personally but I see it. Me/Rolan. Durge/Gortash. All the usual suspects
I love a lot of combinations!! Bloodweave is my fav, but also
- Astarion/Durge
- Lae’zel/Shadowheart
- Karlach/Wyll
- Karlach/Shadowheart
- Astarion/Halsin
its bloodpact (wyll x astarion) and shadowlach for me. wyllstarion especially because i find it healing to see how abuse survivors who have similar pain can find happiness in each other
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Dark urge + Astarion has a LOT of in-game content because the same writer worked on both and they knocked it out of the park
2 characters have barely any screen time and never meet? They're lovers now~
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Abdirak x He Who Was
Dribbles the Clown x Withers
Raphael x Haarlep
Quil Grootslang x Fist Orvil
Volo x The Emperor
Abdirak x Brother Donnick
Wyll x Shadowheart
Ulder x Zevlor
Gale x Gortash
Minsc & Halsin (QPR)
Isobel x Aylin (obvious, canon, but perfect)
...the lists are so long!
The great thing about the fandom is we all have so many ships and we're happily sailing them with all kinds of flags too~
Jump in, come aboard, all are welcome 🥰💙
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https://archiveofourown.org/works/63462502/chapters/162611170
The second chapter features a little art to go with it~
It's on the lighter end of my NSFW but I'll still add a good old "check the tags" as always 🥰
I don't do Tav/Durge ships at all since I'm not interested in OCs. I'm def in the minority with that though.
I feel like Karlach and Wyll also have a lot of in-game chemistry, and Shadowheart and Lae'zel (tbh Shadowheart and every woman)
- Astarion/Durge
- Lae’zel/Shadowheart
- Karlach/Wyll
- Karlach/Shadowheart
- Astarion/Halsin