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[WIP] I got the saddest ask in history and decided to revisit/redo some old art because of it.
🕑 Added 2025-05-09 15:24:54 +0000 UTCEDIT: Final art added!
Some cruel soul decided to drop that bomb in my inbox, and it reminded me of an old comic I did where Astarion woke up from a nightmare and went immediately looking to see if DU drow was still alive while sleeping next to him. In that older comic a few people asked what he had dreamed about - and since this so perfectly answers that question I figured I would revisit the concept in its honor, LOL.
Also I'm just not such a huge fan of the way that other comic looks anymore, this is a lot better!
I really liked how this anon framed the event, with Astarion fleeting between practicality, detachment, humor and grief. I understand the desire to see the vamp showing complete and unadulterated emotional vulnerability, but the guy has centuries of disposable "lovers" behind him - partners that came after Cazador would be a little different, of course, but I imagine they would still light up similar parts of his brain, if that makes sense. I went a little more into that here if anyone is interested in my ramblings wrt how Astarion views partners and intimacy.
![[WIP] I got the saddest ask in history and decided to revisit/redo some old art because of it.](https://img5.unionfaps.com/storage/5/eu/wu/ba8889-019e8cc1-c054-732a-a5ef-ead17c6e02c0.png)
![[WIP] I got the saddest ask in history and decided to revisit/redo some old art because of it.](https://img10.unionfaps.com/storage/12/bi/lo/ba8889-019e8cc1-c060-7735-9bae-5fb235fa24ec.png)
![[WIP] I got the saddest ask in history and decided to revisit/redo some old art because of it.](https://img5.unionfaps.com/storage/7/bj/nt/ba8889-019e8cc1-c06d-7168-b031-d2bf602e128f.png)
Comments
Olivia Li
This hurts so bad it's so good
Surya Asura
This anon added an extra morsel in the smorgasborg of trauma for Astarion? Poor sweet thing. I can see Astarion being affectionate and physical with touching the "morning" after such a fright.
