your focus is empty, tunnel vision then dead me

❖ ooc

player: lyra, 30s, EST, they/he/she
backtagging: yes! i tend to prioritize whatever threads are flowing easiest, but if i've dropped something i'm often happy to pick it back up (or start a new/continuation thread with you).
threadhopping: ask first.
fourthwalling: nope.
contact: not really on plurk these days, but if we’re vibing feel free to ask for my discord! PMs here are cool too.
18+: please don't tag me if you're under 18. characters under 18 are fine for gen threads, 18+ only for shipping/smut.

❖ ic

flirting with this character: tell him he’s beautiful
fighting with this character: he’s very good at stabbing and biting
using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: he is capable of reading you right back

❖ misc

canon point(s): acts 1/2/3 are all gravy. somehow i’ve logged like 160 hours in my main run and still have not completed act 3 so no endgame spoilers please but i HAVE completed cazador’s manse. default to “spawn who is learning he is capable of exiting the cycle of abuse and doing some good (but fuck them kids),” might be open to ascended/Bad End for funsies but i’d probably rather play that off of other companions than a romanced tav.

i am also generally familiar with dnd 5e canon/mechanics/etc.

shipping prefs: gale, halsin and karlach are faves but probably open to most companions/tavs! devastatingly have not recruited minthara or done a durge run yet and am trying to avoid spoilers until i do so theoretically i love you i just don’t know what to do with you yet, i will update this when that has changed. i would give my left arm for a jaheira even just for gen stuff bc i love her, she is Mother.

hugely favor slowburn/ramping up tension over established relationship. if we click on a meme i’m likely down for psls!

smut/kinks: super happy to write smut although honestly i enjoy the build/foreplay/aftermath more than the actual deed these days! also love both sides of the unhealthy/cathartic spectrum for sexual AND nonsexual bdsm for him. the eroticism of vampire bites/bloodsucking is very hot even when it’s not followed by sex imho. love power dynamic/pain play stuff, safewording/otherwise tapping out of sex due to not fully grasping his own limits/triggers and working through the aftermath of that.

astarion has a very fucked up relationship to sex (and relationships in general) due to literal centuries of abuse, and he’s in many ways a subversion of the Sexy Vampire trope. i prefer exploring the messy edges over perfectly-mimed consent protocols in fiction, but we can ofc oocly discuss triggers/reds/etc if a thread goes down that road. sex has historically been transactional for him and it’s likely to be that way by default unless there’s established CR/emotional precedent otherwise.

i personally can’t read/write anything with needles*/bathroom stuff/emeto and despite loving this game, parasite-related body horror is a huge No for me. that aside, my actual kink list is pretty varied and adventurous. if you want to try something with him just lmk and we can talk about it!

*permanent piercings are hot, can’t do medical syringes/play piercing/suspension piercing