Raphael's Archive

Tagged by @neglectedincubus on posting a WIP. Techincally it was a WIP because I needed to fix something haha xD it’s done now though.

(We apologized to the parents and they found it hilarious so it’s all good! I felt so bad bcs the park was empty and I didn’t notice them walking by!)

Picnic-phael below the cut:

Deal? 🔥

So have a gif of the first subtle one and a clip of the second (cause I like his line work). I caught it twice in the very first interaction with him lol.

Bonus clip of him giving you kitty blinks

I’m not even a diehard fan of Raphael, but genuinely, there is no other character in BG3 that BEGS to be romanced more than him. He’s a suave, conniving, handsome, literal devil who exists in the story primarily to PURSUE the Tav/player and persuade them to make a deal with him. He spends basically the entire story just following the Tav around, desperate for their attention, while at the same time trying to play it cool and act like he isn’t basically obsessively stalking them. He flirts with the Tav incessantly, gives them affectionate nicknames, suggestively looks them up and down, and angrily writes about them in his diary like a scorned teenage girl.

Honestly, it gets to a point where the game might as well just be toying with Raphael fans. In act 3, the Tav has the option of sleeping with someone Raphael-adjacent—Haarlep in Raphael’s devil form—but not Raphael himself. It’s even implied later on that Raphael could very well be indirectly sleeping with you—having sex while Haarlep is in your form—and you CAN FEEL IT AS IT’S HAPPENING. But you’re STILL! NOT! TECHNICALLY! HAVING! SEX! WITH! RAPHAEL!

1) Haarlep could be lying because they hate Raphael.

2) Haarlep is an incubus. To them, everyone is bad in bed.

3) As we know, when Haarlep takes the form of someone, the original person with that form feels pleasure through Haarlep. Since Raphael is literally being fucked by himself, he’s feeling twice the pleasure. Wouldn’t you nut in record time too???

No, don't stop me. I'm gonna say it...

I genuinely enjoy Raphael.

There.

Like, do you understand how easily he could become a caricature? Devils are so overdone in modern media in the worst way. Their entire schtick is that evil is attractive because of its very forbidden nature. So devils are portrayed as conventionally attractive-- Hello, Tom Ellis.

And while Raphael is undeniably charming, he has features I would consider an acquired taste. He's not overtly flashy in his clothing choice as a human. He's theatrical, yes. Dramatic, most assuredly. And yet, not as over the top as Astarion, I would deign to venture.

But when you start reading his diaries and notes and bits he intended for his eyes only and quickly realize- it's not an act! He genuinely believes in these things. He honest to gods speaks the same way in his internal monologue. He honestly believes he is that mf.

My favorite were the corrupting of Hope scrolls. And keep in mind, her sister Korilla was the one writing these down. She sat there through all of it. The coaxing. The dirty limericks. Gods, how fucking awkward...to be the fly on those impeccably detailed walls.

And despite all of his peacocking, he's really quite subdued about it at times. Like the chess match with Mol. That genuinely startled me to come around the corner at the Last Light and find him there with her. I have never felt my mom senses triggered harder by a game. I immediately wanted to be like "No. Get away from him." Because it's like, "Yeah, as an adult, I can find your attempts to corrupt me laughable because I know what I'm about, but the minute you start making deals with children? Now I'm not laughing anymore. Now the wizard's gonna have to get involved so that the bard doesn't burn the inn down."

And yet, he's the one that 'saved' her when she got kidnapped.

What is your game, devil? What are you playing at? Because you know I can't honestly let you keep her contract and yet you've not actually acted against my interests. In fact, to an extent, they're rather aligned. And he helped Astarion with his scars. What, out of the goodness of his black heart? And still, his charity does have a limit...

And playing as a bard, I'm not above a bit of my own deception. I think it's to be expected when the fate of the world is on the line. (I'm not a bloody Paladin, for Gith's sake.) But while he withholds information sometimes for his own ends, he's always honest if you're direct with him.

Absolutely fascinating.

finally finished my newest version of crochet devils :3

took me a bit to find a good replacement wool after my favourite one was discontinued T^T I also found fitting chains for leplep

I made these for myself but am offering them as commission as well - dm if interested <3