Lartana

Well...

I was forced to post this. 😭🙂‍↕️

It’s getting hot in here 🔥

because some reunions don’t look like healing.

💔 Sometimes love looks like violence wrapped in velvet.

💭 Sometimes you haven’t seen someone for so long that even suffocation feels like relief.

She’s furious.

He’s ecstatic.

Because he finally sees her again — and it doesn’t matter what she does.

It’s her. She’s back.

And now… he knows what to do.

Their story is:

✨ messy

✨ bitter

✨ intense

Full of:

• untold stories

• missed moments

• wounds never stitched up

But in this moment, all that tension just exists.

—

✖ No forgiveness yet.

✖ No peace.

🔥 But damn, how brightly they burn.

—

🎨 I drew this as a way to process the idea that

love, guilt, anger and longing can exist in the same breath.

Here’s the result.

💬 I also wanted to reflect on what happens when you don’t speak.

When you leave things unsaid.

When silence festers.

When you don’t process.

When love turns silent — and silence turns sharp. ❞

— Astarion & Octavia

Not everything is healed just because you’re together again. 🩸🖤

Oh, how that line made my blood boil—especially after my paladin lost her faith at the end of Astarion’s quest. And mind you, I had never lost it before that moment! 😭🤬

Tell me I’m not the only one who wanted to throw those words right back at him after witnessing the Ascended romance scene for the first time! 😈✨

P.S. Just to be clear, I love both versions of Astarion. I’m just so bitter about my lost faith! 😤😔

Thank you! 🙏 I'm so happy about this!🥹 Especially... You were my first... (I can't help myself not to use this line)😊 It's the first time someone asked me something on Tumblr! Not exactly a question, but still! 🤭Thanks again, it means a lot to me, especially coming from a such a creative person as you (I peeked at your page)😎😎

Octavia has been living in my head for so long, but seeing her on the screen for the first time was like meeting her in person. I started with her as a vampire, after she had came through some tough times😫😫. But something was missing. To really understand her, I needed to see her alive.

She’s a high elf and a paladin of the Oath of Vengeance🗡️… though vengeance is a bit of a complicated matter for her. She doesn’t like excessive violence, but she’s damn good at it.

Octavia has little patience for aristocrats, moralists, and bards. In her free time, she enjoys reading novels, gambling, and engaging in long debates with her companions—whether they want to or not.