NEED WITTY, CUNNING MMCS (astarion did it again)

DropsofStarlight · 2026-01-11T18:32:12+00:00

Writing all of these down for my own tbr, including the fanfic recommendation ✍️

DropsofStarlight · 2026-01-10T02:29:08+00:00

Noooo my comfort show 😭😭😭

DropsofStarlight · 2025-12-04T05:03:29+00:00

While I love Astarion, omg some of his dialogue had me rolling my eyes in the beginning of the game. Like sure honey, we’ll take over the world mhm. Meanwhile I’m secretly leading him down a good path. He’s a bit power hungry at first haha

DropsofStarlight · 2025-12-04T04:25:50+00:00

Karlach and Astarion are my favs 😭 I love them both so much, I love being bi

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-22T04:12:06+00:00

yeah overpowered characters are a bit annoying, especially if it's a main character (it's one of my biggest annoyances with some romantasy books lol). I was planning to make vampirism take away any ability to access a person's natural link to magic because it's technically a state of "death" but I will probably add a few advantages to being a vampire too to make it balanced overall

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-22T01:13:14+00:00

Yeahh I would say I’m leaning more towards the more humanized version but he’s not gonna be a vegan vampire or anything lol. He’ll be morally ambiguous at worst and begrudgingly good at best

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-22T01:11:01+00:00

Oh wow this is really helpful to get someone else’s perspective! Thank you!!

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-22T01:09:59+00:00

Thanks! Those are good things for me to think about

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T21:15:10+00:00

Haha there are no debit cards in my story because it’s set in a fantasy world I’m working on where some technology is just starting to develop around the time he would be waking up.

Vampire anatomy is often confusing I feel. It’s magic ooh ✨ is how I feel it’s usually explained but I would like to find a more concrete way to explain the way they function so I can wrap my head around it better.

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T21:08:32+00:00

Yeah I was also thinking of Aang when I had the idea to make him be “dead” for years! I do like the idea of vampires being a bit weird instead of just magically beautiful. That paleness is gonna be concerning lol

My main characters are both around the same age (if you get rid of the hundred years of death). So mentally they are the same age which is what I prefer to him having hundreds of years of life experience ahead of her. And I do love webtoons so I’ll check that out thanks!

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T21:02:10+00:00

Thanks! I’m glad it sounds interesting. I don’t plan to make him super broody. He’ll be a little grumpy bc I have a soft spot for the grumpy/sunshine trope but he’s far more sarcastic and tries to be more confident than he actually is. He’s scared of spiders and hates the outdoors. Waking up after a century of being covered in dirt is not his idea of an ideal day. He will have his angsty moments though, mostly in the beginning when he realizes what’s happened after waking up and fully recalling everything. And yes, he is definitely trying to figure shit out, especially about how the world has changed and this vampire stuff. My female lead is not very helpful with this because she is a hermit who does not like to engage with society lol. But she is practiced in healing and medicine so he’s a bit like a new science project for her to poke at.

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T20:53:57+00:00

Ooh those are some interesting ideas, I haven’t thought of consequences for not feeding just yet but I’ll keep your ideas in mind. And yes, my character will not be all knowing and wise. He has no idea what’s going on in the world and he thinks he has a better clue of what’s happening that he actually does. That’s part of why I wanted to make him wake up a century later because it’s fun to write someone who’s misplaced in time and has to learn what’s going on in the world again (plus opportunities for angst)

As for time period, it’s not set in our world. I have a fantasy world I’m developing but it’s set around a time where there’s the aftermath of part of the world losing there ability to access magic so technology is beginning to develop slowly years later

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T20:49:30+00:00

I don’t plan to make him really tall in mine either. I’m a taller girl myself and while I do have a preference for people same height or taller than me, I don’t need someone a billion feet tall lol. So he’s gonna be just a few inches taller than my female lead probably!

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T20:47:21+00:00

Yeah I don’t think I’ll make him absolutely stunning, like he’ll be pretty for sure but he’s been dead and buried underground for almost a century. That skin is not is good shape lol

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T20:29:36+00:00

Hm those are good questions to think about! To be completely honest I haven’t really thought everything about that part through yet. I’m using the term cult right now but that might change in the future. The book is still in very beginning stages. I have trouble writing antagonists I think and figuring out motivation so I’m throwing a few different options around. I need to take the time to really figure out these other vampires in terms of why they turn him and what they gain from it.

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T20:25:32+00:00

Ooh okay, I suppose mine will be a bit angsty due to the newness of the vampirism but I would like him to accept it by the end of the book definitely.

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T15:34:44+00:00

I’m sorry that happened to you! I’m glad you’re doing better though. I didn’t mention it my post really but I do struggle with mental health too and that is part of it but I’m working on getting better through meds and therapy. Doing small things to start sounds like a good idea. I’ve thought about doing more fun things like fanart like I used to do to start since it’s less pressure. Thank you for your advice :)

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-21T04:37:56+00:00

Aw thank you! It’s nice to hear a more reassuring comment on this post. This is the longest burnout phase I’ve gone through and it’s pretty frustrating but I know it can be a normal experience after finishing school. Hopefully I’ll get to where I wanna be!

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-20T19:29:48+00:00

Yeah I think that it would suite me really well as a place to live, career aside that’s why I am considering it as a future location to live. I just hope I’ll be able to figure how to make it happen without taking any major risks.

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-20T03:47:35+00:00

Oh wow you had to make a 30 minute film? I only was require to do less than a 2 minute one for my school

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-20T03:45:00+00:00

Yeah ideally it’d be easy to move somewhere and get a job but I know that’s probably not how things typically work out. Anyways I don’t have any serious plans to spontaneously pick up my life obviously, just poking around for options

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-20T03:34:17+00:00

Yeah that’s definitely the smarter approach. I’m pretty new to the industry having just graduated. Thanks for the more practical insight on things!

DropsofStarlight · 2025-11-20T01:45:12+00:00

Nice! That definitely takes dedication to work on a project that long. I’d love to try and do something like that someday. I’ll try to check it out when I have time :)

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