#purpleastersvp

Veda and her raven boy, Irris 🖤

As per usual, @bhaal-battle-beer-bard comes up with the most creative tag ideas, and it's always such an honour to be tagged 💜 Go read more about this tag in the original post.

For this post, I'm basing it on the Netflix series Criminal! It's a series in which a team of detectives interrogate some of the worst fictional criminals to make them admit their crimes. The subject matter is heavy, and the acting is great.

And I had some fun by creating some "Gateflix" adverts!

Of course, the main character is Miss Evil Durge herself, Phaena!

And no, there's no coincidence that her former childhood best friend, Indira and Resist Durge Zailia are a part of the investigation 👀

gentle, no pressure, tagging you lovely people! 💜 (please tag me in a comment if you've already done this!) @the-shadowfell-darkroom @wasteful-sam, @cursed-nyxan, @arlynx, @deianestormborn, @starlit-serpent @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream, @fangedgrace, @avaritia-bg3, @optimisticgrey, @facetheworldbitch, @doomedlamb, @saylofwaterdeep, @bladesingerlily, @goodgirlgonebard, @thesanguinesonnet, @victoria-strangelove & anyone else who wants to join!!

Reference poster below 👇🏻

There's No Party Like A PurpleAster's OC Party 🥳

Additional lore below 👇🏻

I asked the lovely folks in my BG3 VP server: what if it was our OCs who planned the takedown of The Absolute? And they had their own War Table?

Look at these baddddiiiieeeesss!

Go show some love to my pals and their beautiful OCs 💜

Nimriel: @wasteful-sam Lynette & Briar: @faeriiefire Soledad & Mellie: @the-shadowfell-darkroom Tav & An: @ann-bg3-lol Hespiria: @fangedgrace Deia: @deianestormborn Celeste: @optimisticgrey

Location: Crimson Palace by littlehouseofimagination

Thank you for the tags my dears @deianestormborn, @optimisticgrey, @arlynx, @saylofwaterdeep, @the-shadowfell-darkroom & @cursed-nyxan! 💜

This post is long, so I'm going to no-pressure, gentle tag: @faeriiefire, @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream, @bladesingerlily, @bhaal-battle-beer-bard, @elandra-beltharys, @facetheworldbitch, @valannamizarym & anyone else who wants to join!

VP has been such a joy-giving hobby that has really allowed me to do something creative without the weight of needing to meet a company goal or KPI! I've always loved taking photos and have dabbled in portrait photography too, so I was even more excited to dive into it!

Let's go on a wee journey, shall we?

Thank you for the tags, @deianestormborn, @perpetualmaladaptivedaydream, @faeriiefire, @thesanguinesonnet & @the-shadowfell-darkroom 💜 💜 💜

Could not decide between my ideas for Maeve and Indira, so I decided, why not both??

Maeve as Astrape - Ancient Greek goddess of Lightning

Indira as Athena - Ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, strategic warfare, and handicrafts

Thank you for the tag @cursed-nyxan 💜

Prompt: You flip through your work (published or WIP, doesn't matter) and share whatever little section you're genuinely proud of. Something that makes you smile or swoon or that tugs at your heartstrings just the way you want it to. Let's give ourselves a little pat on the back and normalize being proud of our work ❤

I'll share a couple fic-related things, and a small batch of VPs 😊

Fics

AO3 is currently down at the time I'm posting this, so no specific snippets 🥲

I've been loving writing about my Inquisitor Louisa in my DA modern au fic! I'm proudest of the amount of pre-planning I've done and how I've stuck to it with this fic, especially! And I think the surprises/going outside of canon will be really satisfying.

Really happy with how Enough For The Both Of Us is shaping up to be. I think it's probably the strongest, writing/plot-wise, of my BG3 fics!

The fun little smut piece I wrote for #RolanInto2026! It's the first smut I've published, and I'm really happy with it! And the feedback was very kind and encouraging, and I'll be adding more smutty bits to other works too! (Definitely for EFTHBOFU, my Dragon Age fic, the untitled Indira x Zevlor fic, and for Pure Magic spin-offs!)

VP

Portrait-style and playing with lighting techniques will always be my strongest when it comes to VP, just because I've done that the most IRL! Showing off a few I'm particularly proud of, gallery-style, so this doesn't become a long post!

Tagged by the wonderful gem @cursed-nyxan - thank youuuu 💜

Prompt: Take this quiz for your ship of choice!

So, I decided to take it as Maeve and Rolan from the post-tadpole days, as that's where my fic takes place! I only answered the Basic 25 questions, but I may come back to this with the Long 56-question version!

I actually REALLY see this result for both of them! Now, there are certain dynamics of Cora and Robert's relationship that are very much not applicable to Maeve and Rolan (if you know you know...)

But I think their personalities, the mutual respect and admiration, their teamwork, and how they both grow individually and as a couple are similar enough to Cora and Robert!

Some other pairings I found interesting/funny:

Janine Teagues (80.5%) x Gregory Eddie (88.3%) - Abbott Elementary

Elsie Carson (92.2%) x Charlie Carson (73.4%) - Downton Abbey

Jonah Simms (Maeve) (86.2%) x Amy Sosa (Rolan) (79.2%) - Superstore (I don't 100% agree with this, but it did make me laugh lol)

Keeley Jones (72.7%) x Roy Kent (86.9%) - Ted Lasso (10000000% - I love Ted Lasso so very deeply, so this made me happy!!)