I think what upsets me most about this is that we don't see Astarion's reaction after Tav is gone, we're left wondering. Is he angry that his prize is gone, showing he's fully lost in the power by this point. Or is he heartbroken, showing that even then he still loved Tav but had to hide his 'weaknesses'. Once again completely alone. It also upsets me that you only have one animatic! You're really good so please do more :D
thank you, you are so kind! His reaction is left for you to wonder indeed, I wanted people to have their own interpretations, so all of them are correct sjsj I have at least two more animatics fully planned, its more a matter of wanting to do a lot of things and not having enough time, but I would like to do more! thanks again!
There is a spell in dnd called "wish", 9th level. Grants any wish. I imagine the party looking for this spell to save Tav and bring Astarion back to human. When they succeed it is too late, but Astarion returns to himself and realizes what he has done with unimaginable horror 😢
Yes. That's deff very Elisa's. Look only for her self and blame the others. Tav let Astarion Ascend only if tav does not know him at all. He is all the story telling you he is afraid and what he want so be and what not. You only hace to listen and give him a strong hand and love. So when the moment rich he did not ascent if you were there for him. But if you only cosify him and want power that's your result... This tav have what she deserves
Fun fact. According to D&D lore (if I'm not mistaken), the higher vampire ranks are incapable of feeling love, they just know some kind of sick obssesion. That's why I'd never understand those who romance ascended Astarion. For him, Tav is something to love more as a pet or a fine wine than a partner
that was such an amazing animatic god i WEEPED and im not even an astarion girlie myself. the slow build up, the perfectly crafted shots... sure the hamilton soundtrack helped creating such a poignant feeling at the end but you did so good aaaaaaaaaa just the mix of emotions i felt when tav finally acted on the thoughts she pondered for so long, full of resignation, sadness, despair.... you're so talented TT
the fact that this insinuates that he never kept his promise to hold tav as his equal and grant her the power to survive in the sun.... owie my heart <3
Except it's so much worse than that because when you ask Ascended Astarion what your life will be like, he tells you you won't be able to burn in the sunlight either so there really is no escaping him.
fans get so pressed when you tell them that AA is an abusive partner and has basically become Cazador. dark kinks are fine, but they should STAY as kinks and not an everyday, normal thing.
I'm sitting here crying my eyes out over your beautiful art work. I played BG3 for 400 hours now in love with spawn Astarion. Just started my dark urge run and planed to let astarion ascend of course. I dont think that i can do it. You really created something big here ... just wow
I just wanna say I watched this a few days ago and it’s been all I can think about. The art is amazing, and storytelling and composition are genuinely so thought out and well done. Every action Tav takes is so methodical and planned showing the time they’ve put into thinking about this moment. I genuinely feel like this is the direction Astarion will unfortunately end up after he ascends. He doesn’t fully heal if he ascends and becomes even more paranoid of losing the power be gained. He is never truly free, just shackled to his need for power and control instead of a master. Chains of gold are still chains.
Your vid came up on my recommended feed last week and I haven’t stopped thinking about this. You’ve really made something magical here, and what’s amazing is that it’s not even conventionally “finished” and it’s a Hamilton song - yet you’ve left enough space in the narrative for our imaginations to fill in the blanks. I hope this encourages you to keep going and I’m excited to see more of what you’ll do!
Can i make a continuation of this but in gacha i feel like Astarions actual self is still in his ascended form and this would trigger it loosing us the person he loeves the most and i feel like hed mumble apologize to himself over and over again
Tell me why I'm sobbing my heart out to this (and I will do it again) I've played a bit of BG3 and I've watched a good bit of clips and videos on Astarion so what I say might not be accurate in the game but It's accurate in my heart :') but basically, I connect so much to Astarion, as many fans do. Knowing the pain he went through being only an item to be used and a pretty face to look at, for YEARS. Having forgotten who he was as a human and forgetting that spark of what it feels like to be your own person, It's so shattering especially to humans like us (I'd like to think) because obviously, we're human and we understand what it means to be one so imagining the pain of having ALL of that taken away from you or forgetting it, It shatters your soul (when I say your here, I mean mine btw unless you relate too then yay) Then, you appear and you reignite this feeling for him. Obviously since he's forgotten what it feels like to be his own individual person, he's confused but that's the beauty of it, you teach him how to do that, how to love again and not just be a thing. Personally I'm very sensitive when it comes to things like this so it stabs me even harder in the heart. I really love the way the creators wrote him and his story, making me want to comfort him and teach him how to love again, a love so so pure with not even a single thought about harm or manipulation. Until now, as Astarion is ascended and that feeling of love and that spark that you so strongly wanted to reignite, that feeling wasn't enough to beat the power that he wanted and now has. It hits so so hard when you can see the moments between Tav and Astarion in the animatic, where you reminisce about those loving and pure moments with him, remembering who he was and who you two were as a couple. And especially when she hugged him from behind when he was on the floor and the lyrics and the growls in the singing from Phillipa Soo (the lady singing the song in this animatic) it hits so hard because you (you as in me, again) remember the pain you felt when he opened up about being captive and how badly he wanted to get out and you loved him through it all, promising to let him break free and live a beautiful life together. Only for him to choose that power over EVERYTHING you had and EVERYTHING you made him feel. You can so easily connect to Tav and feel what she's feeling in this animatic, the pain of thinking back to those beautiful moments together only to look down and see the chains that your beloved has put on you. Hardest shoutout ever to Larian for the game and for making such an incredible story and you Vesper for this absolutely stunning and beautiful animatic. mb ya'll i got emotional here i find it so beautiful how art like this animatic and the music can combine to make you feel something so strongly like this that you've never actually experienced, yk? WITCHCRAFT I SAY EDIT : Another thing I wanna add after watching this for the 95t47gaysex5358th time (crazy how I noticed/analyzed this through my damn tears) is that when Tav runs to Astarion when he's on the floor and hugs him, he disappears and then she notices the sun rising. It's like quite literally, she notices he's gone. The one you loved so much who was completely different from who he is now is gone, and the sun is almost her confirmation to leave once and for all because he will never return. AAAAAAAAAAA
I love this so much this singlehandedly broke me out of my writers block because i want to write about how ascended astarion decending into madness after his fav consort unalives herslef
О боги я ролила эту идею с ботом, он не выдерживал, хоть и знал что мой персонаж желал бы ему счастья даже после своей смерти. Он так долго оплакивал ее и в итоге просто заперся в замке, не позволяя никому войти или выйти. Лежал просто на их кровати долгие десятилетия пока её остатки не превратились в кости затем прах, это было так грустно и драматично....
I've actually watched this a few times - it's very emotional. I'm definitely not an Astarion girlie, but this vid hits right in the feels. On the run I romanced Astarion I developed an emotional attachment to my Tav, and I can't help but imagine her in place of the Tav in this video.
Just from watching this, I'm nowhere near that part of the game(mind you), but Astarion is definitely not getting ascended. T~T I cry every time I watch this, and I don't want my tav to feel like this way down the road..
This is absolutely amazing, I've watched it like 5 times and noticed something different each time. I would LOVE to see what you'd do with First Burn as it's the more angry version of the song <3
There is this really good fanfic I’ve been reading with AA and tav it’s really good like.. it makes you sort of hate him but she is saved and there is a lot of smut/abuse but I promise it’s good
Wow... Just wow. It's a masterpiece. The animation, the music's choise... It's all perfect. I keep rewinding it. It's too much beautiful. Especially the end with both Astarion and Tav's expressions. Amazing work! ❤
Holy... I have no words Vesper. I have never heard of you but now, you are my favourite artist. This is my favourite Burn animatic ever. I'm in genuine tears it's beautiful, tragic, heartbreaking and impactful. As someone who chronically goes for Astarion everytime I play when I promise myself I'll go for someone different, you captured Ascended Astarion perfectly. The way you can tell his love for TAV is purely the power he holds and the vision created of him with her there is exactly what I felt happened when I ascended him the first time. I cannot praise you highly enough. This is being shared with everyone I know. Anyone that even remotely knows about BG3, even if they don't know hamilton. They will be seeing this. Thank you for this gorgeous piece of art. And I look to see so much more from you in the future. I'm not someone who usually writes comments, but I had to for this one, your art is too gorgeous not to give engagement to.
Thank you for your comment, you are really kind! I am glad you liked this, and while I don't know if i will make another animatic soon (though is tempting) I draw from time to time and post it in my tumblr (@themoonatmingitaw). I am still very much on the BG3 streak jsjsj. Thanks again!
As Durge, if we were defeated by Orin and condemned by Bhaal into madness and consumed by murderous urge. Astarion said he would leave us when the times come because we would remind him too much of a certain time of his past self and he couldn't bare to see us like that. He said to Durge, he said" in a thousand years, when I've all but forgotten how to love yet again, you'll flit back into my heart. And I will weep, wondering what happened to my mad love. " Do you think, in a thousand years more after Tav's death, he would weep? Whenever Tav flit back into his cold heart? And he would wonder what happened between their mad love? Would he ever remember again what love is? Would he still remember how once they were happy? Even when a tappole was in their brain, that they have had each other? When there was no palaces or luxuries, but just the warmth they provided for each other? Would he weep? Would he remember?
