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He wasn’t sure when he’d decided that what he needed more than anything was a companion. Someone to talk to. Even if that someone was something he’d created. And to that end, he’d been working tirelessly on an AI companion, carefully programmed to his specifications, built to understand him.
Sometimes, he truly rued the day he’d decided to give this thing a personality, but what good was a companion without one?
And so, AI-STAR-10N - or Astarion, as he’d decided to call him - was supposed to be his companion. It had been slow going; he’d carefully fed it bits of information over the last ten months, building up its memory of the world. History, science, philosophy - he’d left no stone unturned, trying to make sure his companion - his friend - would be worthy of conversing with.
Or : Gale flies too close to the sun.
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21 Oct 2025
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Bloodweave Week 2025, day 6: Aging, Devotion, Impotence.
From the early days of his devotion to God, Astarion was plagued with unchaste thoughts of a certain man he met briefly while studying. Those lapses of thought come back to haunt him when they reconnect years later, and again, and again...
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Gale thought he'd be saving lives when he became a lifeguard, not dealing with whatever this is.
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Astarion was the only thing that had kept Gale alive this long. So Gale felt it was only fair to demand that Tav help them deal with Cazador.
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Baldur's Gate has some peculiar laws surrounding humanoid creatures and their rights. It's something that has never sat right with Gale but he's never been in a position to do anything about it. He's Gale of Waterdeep, not Baldur's Gate, he has no sway there. But moving there has opened up a new avenue for him. Even if he can't change the whole legal system, he can at least help one unlucky person at a time. Definitely. Probably. Maybe. He hopes so anyway. And he'll start with the one who has been at the centre for the longest time and needs him the most.
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Gale Dekarios is wasting away.
The only way to combat his mysterious disease is to study it, and the only way to study it is by examining fresh bodies.
One of them is fresher than expected.
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The longest seasonal job Astarion has held since his release has been, of all places, at the godsdamned baseball stadium. Selling hot dogs. And of all the jobs, it's of course the job that's made him gain the most weight and get the most sunburnt.
Thank the gods there's at least one customer who always purchases, and he even tips well.
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Being turned into a vampire destroyed Astarion’s film career as well as his faith in others. Now the only gig he can get is in a tacky production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express—Waterdeep’s hottest show on roller skates!
There, he meets the show’s nerdy train consultant, who has a few secrets of his own.
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After dropping out of school years earlier, Astarion decides to get his GED. There’s one problem.
He’s ‘functionally illiterate’ and needs to take remedial language classes and get a tutor.
And who is that tutor? Why it’s Gale Dekarios, of course.
A night school AU
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Bookmarked by ayvaines
16 May 2025
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What happens when the world moves on - and you remain stuck in place?
In high school, Gale drags a protesting Astarion to the new Dungeons and Dragons club, building a world of fantasy and friendships that lasts a lifetime.
Or does it?
Ten years later, everyone has moved on - except Astarion.
When the club finds themselves reunited unexpectedly, Gale and Astarion realize that ten years may have not been quite enough to get over the hurt that still burns between them.
A story of growing up, forgiveness, and miscommunications - with a dose of DND. :)
With lots of art from the incredibly talented adsu-shy!
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06 May 2025
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When a handsome 'Lord Dekarios' considers investing in the factory where he works, Astarion makes a bold gamble to get ahead.
After all, some negotiations are best made in private.
And over an extensive, expensive dinner.(It's Bloodweave feedist trash, this time with an Industrial Revolution AU spin!)
Bookmarked by ayvaines
25 Apr 2025
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So good, I cannot fully express my adoration for it in words.
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Gale had desperately clasped Astarion's wrist, preventing him from fully wrenching away. From fleeing. And for a brief moment Astarion was ready to lash out with all of the feral fury a starving spawn had to offer.
The memory of that scorching touch was like a scar. The imprint of his lightly calloused, bare palm on Astarion's slender wrist was an invisible, white-hot brand upon his flesh. It was only Gale's wide, worried eyes and immediate surrender of Astarion's captured limb that saved him from being torn to ribbons by long-forgotten vampiric claws.
He loathed it. Touching and being touched.
People did not touch Astarion and survive.
Astarion did not touch people destined to live.
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Astarion has a complicated relationship with physical touch. It brings up a wellspring of memories best left forgotten, and he doesn't even know if he could enjoy it anymore should he ever let anyone close enough to try... or five times Astarion sees Gale being held and has a lot of difficult feelings about it + the one time he does it himself and knows exactly how he feels about it.
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“Astarion assumes Gale will leave him behind after he takes the crown of Karsis” — he doesn’t assume wrong.
Thousands of years after the defeat of the Netherbrain, the God of Ambition has lost his original identity. He’s a concept, a black hole, but he hears something call out, a familiar voice that he can't resist. It’s a vampire who, while not an acolyte, is one of the most devoted worshippers of ambition in all the realms.
He can’t help but answer his call.
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Bookmarked by ayvaines
31 Mar 2025
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the most devastatingly romantic thing i've ever read
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There's something wrong with the house next door.
Gale isn't sure what. Following his disastrous divorce from Mystra, he spends his days in a self-inflicted prison, watching the world move on from his window.
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From his prison next door, Astarion watches the man through his window. The man spends all day staring at a laptop, with occasional furtive glances his way.
He doesn't even want to think about what he has seen.
A story of escaping what binds you, and what comes after.
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Gatorland is directly on Highway 441, just north of the Orlando-Kissimmee line, 20 minutes from Walt Disney World and Sea World. Astarion’s there for information, not necessarily connections, but he’d also been told to stay open-minded. Specifically, Cazador had told him to keep an eye out for anyone whose scruples are few.
OR,
Forget it, Jake. It's Gatorland.
Bookmarked by ayvaines
26 Mar 2025
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This fic speaks directly to my (ex-)Floridian heart in the sweetest of ways. It's funny, sexy, evocative, and well-written, and I'm kind of obsessed with it.
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“Boo!”
Gale flung back in his seat, heart shooting up to his throat and he nearly flipped back out of his chair.
Astarion’s floating head cackled from the window, soon becoming his shoulders and arms, and then the rest of him as he climbed into the room. “You should have seen the look on your face—”
“You know I hate it when you do that.” Gale fought to keep his voice even, gulping down the sudden dryness in his mouth.
“And yet you always leave your window open.”
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Araj Oblodra's Plasma Donation Center by patheticfangirl
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
21 Apr 2025
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More than 500 years ago, Astarion usurped Cazador’s ritual and became the vampire ascendant. Now he’s broke and waiting in line at Araj Oblodra’s Plasma Donation Center.
This is when Gale decides to check in on his old friend.
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During an unfortunate encounter at the circus, Astarion is turned into a wheel of cheese.
Gale eats the cheese.
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Bookmarked by ayvaines
25 Sep 2024
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Exactly what it says on the tin...er...wax.
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
Bookmarked by ayvaines
03 Sep 2024
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Please don't let "Juggalo AU" scare you off. This is a sweet story about stepping out of your comfort zone. Of letting go and indulging in the hedonistic pleasures of the world with someone you can't help but fall in love with. Magic at the Gathering is shotgun romance at its Faygo-drenched finest.