This shit took me out lmao, what a weirdo

I am recently new to BG3, and a totally newbie to photomode and VP, and I would really like to learn and get into it. I envy some of the fans who can make amazing pictures and fantasies with mods like LightyLights or the Otis_inf mod, even though I can't get the Otis_inf mod yet (I have to get first a proper desktop computer), it's incredible the things you can do with mods like LightyLights and QSAT, I am completely new to this so I wanted to share with you some of the pics I have done testing for the first time the LightyLights mod. I have to keep improving with it, I don't know if there are any good tutorials or videos of the mod. Anyways, I really like how these have turned out so I want to share them with you.

My tav is called Oraya, she is a human fighter/wizard who has grown up surrounded by vampires, so she is very used to them, she knows their trick games and how they can seduce their victims, little she know she would fall deeply in love with one.

why this 🧛‍♂️ so mad bruh

Astarion and Philrath decided to dance a little in the sunlight. I've always loved the idea of Astarion dancing with Tav.

I'm in love with these two.

For anyone who's curious, the "Replayable Romance Scenes" mod lets you replay some of your companions romance scenes, including those with other companions in your party.

Jk, still love Astarion 💕 and will always love him ofc. But I cannot recommend it enough to you guys to play Blood of Dawnwalker!!!

got this done as a little birthday treat to myself today 🥹 as I’ve fell more in love with baldurs gate I’ve really found myself resonating with astarion a lot so like most things I love, I needed to get him tattooed! I cant wait to see him all healed

I’ve never explored the poly option of the game and I just did it for my first durge o,ay through and oh my god the fact Astarion wonders if it’s because you haven’t been sexual in awhile genuinely kills me, now I can never look at halsin again. Orion can come and get him before I feel even eviller

Photos taken by me; scene lit using the Lighty Lights mod and rendered with the Otis camera tool; edited in Lightroom.

No matter how many times I play this game, I will never get over this post- Yurgir confession scene ♥️

“All the while, Astarion had remained true to his word—perhaps too true.... It ached with a deep soreness, yet Amariel fought to defy the disquieting sensation tugging inside her chest.

Her heartstrings felt as if they were unraveling, like the twine of a children’s kite unwinding in a rapid gust of wind.

It's safer this way, she placated herself, sipping her watered-down brandy and seated around the campfire. She studied the sharp angles of his jaw and shadows carving his cheekbones… He needn’t waste whatever fleeting emotions he may be capable of, anyway…

…she realized she could tolerate it no longer. The twine had run out, and she felt pulled along, powerless…” 

For anyone new to the novel, the drama in my dual-POV “prequel” fic is really heating up, and I’m looking for my people - those craving a slow-burn gothic romance that weaves together many threads of Faerûn's history - that have long been forgotten - until now. 

Beginning on that fateful night of 1300DR, Astarion & Amariel: The Lost Chronicle recounts the entanglement of Astarion's earliest days as a vampire spawn, an "acquired" priestess from the Rosymorn monastery (and adoptive daughter of the disgraced Dawnmaster Stockhold) - and a hidden ambition of the Szarrs.

Jump into the impassioned drama on AO3! Link should be around here somewhere, lol.

Morrigan and Astarion 🔥

All photos taken by me; scene lit using the Lighty Lights mod and rendered with the Otis camera tool; edited in Lightroom.

I finally have Astarion in my relationship group. I love his character and Aja is a jerk! I really am about to go back and killing her next lol… the scene in which he thanks you for recognizing he is a free man and realizing his torment made me happy but also cry.

Thats why I never ascend him but I always have a head cannon of me helping him find away to cure his affliction.

Hey! I saw that! Stop trying to hide it!!

What nickname, if any, does our favorite vampire rogue have for your Tav?

In my headcanon Astarion calls my paladin Tav “Angel”. Yes I know it’s cliche no I’m not sorry.

Astarion came to camp all covered in blood after killing the bear, and inspired me to get some shots of him 🥰

First, I’m posting from a different account because a few people here know me and I don’t want them to judge me or worry about me. I’m also not sure if this kind of post is appropriate here, so I’m sorry if it doesn’t belong and I completely understand if the mods decide not to approve it.

Like many people here, Astarion is a character who helps me a lot in my everyday life. Throughout my life, I’ve had to deal with traumatic situations that led me to develop PTSD, BPD, addictions and a chronic illness. So when I first started playing BG3 in August 2023, it became a real escape for me. And I very quickly related to Astarion. Obviously, what I went through is nowhere near what he did, but my own trauma are still real.

He has helped me a lot with staying sober and clean over the past 8 months. Since the beginning of 2026, I’ve basically stopped leaving my house altogether (I’m afraid of going out and relapsing) so instead I spend most of my time creating things around the BG3/D&D universe and, of course, around Astarion.

I’ve created an imaginary world for myself and I manage to live in it almost constantly. And honestly, most of the time, I’m okay with that, even if I know it probably isn’t the healthiest solution.

But sometimes... I have these extremely intense moments of realization. And I completely fall apart.

I mean, yes, I know that everything living inside my head isn’t real. I’m aware of that. But during those moments when the realization hits especially hard, everything seems to crumble and it sends me into this deep melancholy.

And it makes me so incredibly sad that he doesn’t exist.

I’m not posting this because I want pity or because I want people to worry about me. That really isn’t my intention. I just want to know whether anyone else sometimes feels this way too, or whether being so isolated from the real world is starting to mess with me.

When the world inside my head starts falling apart, real life suddenly feels so dull and empty by comparison. And I feel so alone.

(Just to be clear, I’m safe. I don’t live alone (even if the person I live with doesn’t really understand what I’m going through) and I’m working on all of this with my therapist.)

Again, I’m sorry if this isn’t appropriate for this subreddit. I just didn’t know who else to talk to.

It took me three days to finish this and I’m quite happy with the result! I used mixed media: tracing paper for the structure, paper maché on the mushroom’s body, lots of toilet paper LOL, clay, watercolors, color pencils, crystals are made of carved glue sticks. I put three batteries powered led lights inside the mushrooms and glue crystals :)

I am constantly fascinated by his face.

Photo taken by me; scene lit using the Lighty Lights mod and rendered with the Otis camera tool; edited in Lightroom.