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Ship Tournament, Round 3 — Match 4 / 7

Alfira/Lakrissa

"They give the tiefling refugee storyline this little thread of hope. They’re displaced, scared, they’ve lost people, and they still find this warmth with each other. Alfira is carrying grief for Lihala and trying to keep making music anyway, and Lakrissa has that practical, joking bravado. Together they have such a lovely balance. Alfira brings the open-hearted bard feelings, Lakrissa brings the teasing confidence, and both of them are braver than they probably think."

"The banter does so much. Lakrissa’s little smirky comments, Alfira being sweet and sincere but still having a bit of spark herself, the sense that they’ve found something soft in the middle of a completely awful journey. They’re just two women trying to survive and making each other’s lives better along the way."

vs. Shadowheart/Wyll

"I really like the Selunite Shadowheart version of this especially. Wyll’s whole thing is trying to be good even after being punished for it, and Shadowheart’s is trying to find herself after a goddess spent years cutting pieces away from her. They’d both understand what it’s like to have someone powerful claim ownership over your choices. There’s something soft in the idea of them post-game, maybe in Baldur’s Gate, trying to build something ordinary after all that divine/devil nonsense. Shadowheart with her animals and flowers, Wyll with his stories and dancing and stupidly earnest compliments. They’d still have scars, obviously, but I think they’d be careful with each other in a way that feels really earned."

Ship Tournament, Round 3 — Match 4 / 7

Alfira/Lakrissa

"They give the tiefling refugee storyline this little thread of hope. They’re displaced, scared, they’ve lost people, and they still find this warmth with each other. Alfira is carrying grief for Lihala and trying to keep making music anyway, and Lakrissa has that practical, joking bravado. Together they have such a lovely balance. Alfira brings the open-hearted bard feelings, Lakrissa brings the teasing confidence, and both of them are braver than they probably think."

"The banter does so much. Lakrissa’s little smirky comments, Alfira being sweet and sincere but still having a bit of spark herself, the sense that they’ve found something soft in the middle of a completely awful journey. They’re just two women trying to survive and making each other’s lives better along the way."

vs. Shadowheart/Wyll

"I really like the Selunite Shadowheart version of this especially. Wyll’s whole thing is trying to be good even after being punished for it, and Shadowheart’s is trying to find herself after a goddess spent years cutting pieces away from her. They’d both understand what it’s like to have someone powerful claim ownership over your choices. There’s something soft in the idea of them post-game, maybe in Baldur’s Gate, trying to build something ordinary after all that divine/devil nonsense. Shadowheart with her animals and flowers, Wyll with his stories and dancing and stupidly earnest compliments. They’d still have scars, obviously, but I think they’d be careful with each other in a way that feels really earned."

Ship Tournament, Round 2 — Match 14 / 15

Lae'zel/Shadowheart

"lae’zel/shadowheart is THE enemies to lovers blueprint in bg3 idc. they start off genuinely ready to slit each other’s throats over the artefact, the gith/sharran distrust is off the charts, and somehow it turns into this insane potential for two women who were both raised inside brutal religious systems slowly realising they were lied to by the people they worshipped"

vs. Araj/Dalyria

"Araj wants to be bitten, Dalyria wants to bite someone. And together, they can commit science crimes!"

Eager for battle

Redraw of my 2024 doodle:

Karlach 🔥