i lied im still thinking and like. There are a Billion reasons why Astarion is fucking furious when he's in his stupid evil vampire palace and he learns that no, Angelique will not be crawling to him begging for forgiveness and to be turned anytime soon like he assumed.
Bc she has become a lich. Firstly bc that makes her an insane hypocrite. She said she didn't want to live as an undead anymore. She swore that was half the reason she was rejecting him- denying him- TURNING. His gift down. He doesn't want to phrase it as anything but what it WAS <<< guy with a bunch of insanely weird siscon shaped hangups. Which people still occasionally hassle me about waaaa why do they have to be siblings. Well it's a gothic okay. Astarion spent a billion years playing evil incest vampire house far be it from me to deny him his particular flavor of torment once he escapes the crimson palace however briefly.
Anywho he's fookin fuming bc he had snatched at her arm after the brain blew up to taunt her right like you think you can deal with the pain forever but you're weak and you can't and you'll come BEGGING for me after long. And you'll be lucky if I say yes after you humiliated me in front of our friends. And Angelique ofc was like they aren't your friends. They're clearly- barely even my friends. My only friend is gone. But you never had any, did you? Not gale. Certainly not me.
And he like dropped her like she burned him. Probably rubbed his palms on his pants for good measure and SQUARSHED that initial agonized sting of rejection bc they were they were close they were friends they were siblings again in the shadowlands they laughed they played it was good until the gate. And he's just like no I'm literally evil. I'm evil and I'm a vampire lord and Im the idgafer. So he's just like YOULLLLLL BE BACK. You'll be back and you will be sorry. You will regret this MORE than you've ever regretted anything and. What. She what. What do you mean she. What.
