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OUT OF CHARACTER: CONTACT: PM! Plurk or Discord upon request. :u BACKTAGGING: Please! I'm a relatively slow tagger but I'll keep a thread going forever so long as we're both still interested in it. THREADHOPPING: If it's appropriate! FOURTHWALLING: Nah. GENERAL: For the most part, I'll default to a "good" playthrough of the game, but if you wanna go the ol' "everything is bad for everyone" route, I'm down! CANON POINT: Flexible, but, unless we've explicitly discussed it, probably pulling from somewhere in late Act Two/early Act Three. SHIPPING: tl;dr: yes, with the caveat that he's not particularly easy to get close to! Totally down for any other companions, open to player characters/OCs with some prior discussion. Hard no to shipping with Cazador. That said, while I recognize that Astarion is flirtatious, I'd prefer that a romantic relationship/intimacy with your character (or other characters!) is not assumed if not previously discussed/on a gen meme, considering the reasons behind his behavior. Also extremely open (for shipping and in general!) to crosscanon with other fantasy properties, e.g. Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon, Elden Ring, The Witcher, The Wheel of Time, Divinity, Dragon Age, The Lord of the Rings, Demon Slayer, Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda, etc. Yeah, I've thought about a Howl's Moving Castle AU, so what? Also totally happy to try to figure out modern/sci fi/what have you AUs! Star Wars/Andor, hello. WARNING: Astarion's backstory deals with themes of consent, mind control, enslavement, and torture. These likely won't come up immediately, but be aware! IN CHARACTER: PHYSICAL CONTACT: If he does not know you, it's kind of 50/50 as to whether or not he'll be receptive to it. He has lived his life using intimacy as a tool (both of his own will and at his master's behest) so he has a bit of a complicated relationship with it all. FIGHTING: Sure! TELEPATHY/PSYCHIC ABILITIES: He is telepathically connected to others who've been infected with an illithid tadpole, but otherwise does not possess psychic abilities. On the other side of the coin, if you try to poke around in his head, he will not like it! FLIRTING: At your own peril. 😘 INJURIES/DEATH: With discussion!