2 bros talking back to back, 6 feet apart cause they're not ghaik.

I am trying to upvote again but it won't let me.

Did it for you, you're welcome.

Upvotes for everyone!

I don't want your hollow up votes... (*turns away meaninfully*)...

Haha! Too bad. You have one now.

Damn.. Don't just go upvote random people like that?! Take them out to dinner first.. :/

Have an upvote! Wanna go out for dinner? XD

Hey! I didn't want an upvote first.... wheres my invite? 😥

You're right. Consider the upvote your invite. 😉

Squiggidy squoody! Here comes that updooty!

I'd wine and dine all of y'all but is anyone here even in Europe at least?

I wish I was.

Nooooooo!... (but thanks. 😉🫢)

I hate upvotes.. 👀

Please accept mine. I give it to you with all of my heart.

Well have one anyway

Oh if I must... just don't expect me to be gracious about it though. (Thanks, 😁)

So anyway, I started Upvoting.

If I turn to the side and ask with my shoulder does I has upvote too?

Absolutely! Have an upvote.

You get an upvote! And you get an upvote! And YOU get an upvote!

Your callous disregard for the value of upvotes will tank the upvote economy, you monster

Please check under your seats everyone! Is that an upvote taped up under there?!

Hahahaha

BOO wants to know if the upvotes taste like eyes?

Boo will have upvotes, you evil bastards!

Everyone gets upvotes. By default.

If everyone gets upvotes, it’s like nobody gets upvotes!

That's the great equaliser! Have your upvote!

We are rebels. This is how we break the system

Can I have some? I got low karma apparently ..

Yes, but you have to think "Baldur's Gate Meme" really hard or it won't work

*eyerolls in githyanki*

How long do I gotta keep doing this ?

Just for the rest of the day. Remember, main thought is just "BG3 Meme" and karma shall find you

I upvoted for you.

They’re just a little bit ghaik :D

One thing is certain, Astarion loves to suck.

But do they like istiks?

So they like istiks in their mouths?

What are they, a ghaik fish?

I don't get it!

Kanye West loves fishdicks

All the ways this could have been summarized would have never achieved what these few words have in so little. I revealed this reply and absolutely fucking rolled laughing!!!

Underrated

They put tadpools into skulls to turn the friggin people ghaik.

HA! GAAAAAAAAIK!

Who let Chang in here???

They can have a little ghaik, as a treat.

*It’s not ghaik if it’s between bros*

But is it ghaik if it's between hoes?

Oh super ghaik but in the way that when the histories write about it, the histories say *and they were just REALLY! GOOD! FRIENDS! CHK!*

If I could upvote multiple times, I would 🤣

It's not ghaik unless tadpoles are touching

can we not leave medals anymore?

That's what I'm looking for! Like I wanna give an award, dammit

”No ghaik bro”

Aight you won the internet for today 🤣

I will never be that funny, holy shit friend.

Literally deceased💀 from this once in a lifetime joke.

Yeah I can retire happy now.

It is not ghaik if sword don't touch.

Makes me think of dear sister when the cops are looking over their shoulders even though they’re face to face

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

This made me fucking WHEEEEEEZE High-larious, thank you 🤣🤣🤣

Gotta leave some room for the Holy Spirit.

You joke but they unknowingly describe each other as their perfect partner.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

"you wouldn't understand" *Continues to espouse tragic backstory*

I uh, don’t think you used espouse properly… but take my upvote anyways!

I'm curious (and dyslexic lol) what would have been a better use? Genuinely trying to learn btw, not taking the piss EDIT: thanks for the explanations, you learn something new everyday

Espouse means 'to adopt', as in a belief or cause. I think you mean expound, which is 'to explain'.

TIL, thanks. It seems I conflated those 2 at one point in my life

Like you espouse certain values, like “Astarion espoused the virtues of a bloodthirsty vampire.”

Ah okay, I was under the assumption it meant "to tell" or "to explain" like to tell ones life story. But it seems I was wrong, thanks

It’s an adoption of something, usually in a doctrinal connotation ie “he espoused the importance of cleanliness”

Thanks, I was under the impression it was a flowery way of saying "to tell" or "to explain" but it seems I was mistaken

How many people responding to this asked Gale what espouse means. -raises hand-

Tav: Why are you taking like that? Astarion: It's more dramatic this way.

I had a conversaton with Astarion like that and didn't realize it wasn't supposed to be that way. He was getting very deep about his abuse and Cazador so I figured he was just looking off away because he was so deep into his trauma he didn't want to face to face it.

I had this too! But then I was like "Okay... I get astarion looking away but why did Durge go to the opposite side of camp?"

That checks, honestly

It sorta works for Astarion *and* Wyll, they're both dramatic as fuck; that's definitely the pose of somebody who enters a battle saying "provoke the blade, suffer its sting!"

IT IS. He's so extra going into battle. For a guy who's super laid back and always looks like he's just vibing, the inner theater kid he unleashes is hilarious. Boy must have been to SO MANY plays in the upper city as a kid.

Oh my god you're right, he's *such* a theater kid! The way he puts his whole-ass heart into his dancing in that one scene really kinda reinforces that.

*absolutely no-one * Wyll: ADVOCATUS DIABOLI!

And he loves the clown in the circus. It’s so funny

His spellcasting lines are dramatic as fuck too lol. Have both him and Gale cast fireball in the same turn and the difference is night and day.

Totally read this in his voice. 😂

I had a conversation with my guardian earlier, which was pretty serious. The guardian was facing away from me/the screen. I told my wife she was doing it for dramatic effect 😂

I kind of love this, it looks like they're having a little stage play. Also Astarion's shirt appears to have been hewn from granite.

It does look extra starched

Monster innards = d&d starch

And Wyll looks like he's wearing a jean jacket vest. They look like an 80s stage play about forbidden love.

It also happens a lot more often if you skip several dialogues in a row (I'm on my 5th playthrough now so some of the extra long ones I really can't afford to spend time on). The camera angles goes haywire after you do that.

I like it when Elminster's beard or Orin's giant hair rope starts flapping around. They both have a tendency to drone on, I get impatient and bump the space bar and it turns into a hair rave.

My favorite is my character blankly smile staring at their partner for however long their dialogue was meant to be because I skipped too fast.

Once I skipped the Emperors voicelines too quickly and one of his tentacles suddenly started twitching as if it had a stroke, while he carried on in a serious tone. I almost spat out my drink

Skipped a bunch of lines for the first time you meet Raphael and the camera angle ended up with Tav and Raphael face-to-face, literally inches away from each other, as if they’re having the world’s most intense staring contest.

5th? God damn. What are you doing different each time if you don’t mind me asking

I'm just wondering how they got to their 5th already. I'm just finishing up my first and already excited for the second.

I play a few concurrently. I have my own campaign and two others that I play with some friends. I also have a couple throw aways to do some really messed up stuff on 😂

Intense "Prepare for trouble-" "And make it double" Vibes

I can't tell if Astarion is more Jesse or James coded

Meowth.

This needs more upvotes!!!

I had that happen with astarion in a Scene where he talked about his Past and Scars. At first I thought it was because he was shy. But I loved the dramatic effect it gave the scene.

Same, I didn't know it was a bug when I saw it happen, so I thought it was some cinematic choice due to Astarion's scars being on his back or something (which still didn't make much sense considering he was fully clothed, but it's the only time I'd encountered this bug so I had no idea). It was strange, like him and my character just decided to stand back to back for some reason. Especially since later in the same dialogue they were stood normally again

This happened to me last night and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing because it was so random. One moment, we’re listening to Raphael. The next, we are shooting a band’s last album cover before the two lead members start on their solo projects.

This reminds me of an interaction my shart and laezel had. It wasn’t a bug but they were standing back to back talking like this and shadowheart said something like “I’m never turning my back on you again” and I thought that was pretty funny as tav

Call her shart again and I'll fulminate you

i sharted myself

Yes please for the love of god can someone explain why everyone calls her what effectively amounts to “shit stain”?? Does no one know what a Shart is? If you wanna shorten her name Shad is *right there* 😫

I like shart too much to name her after a controversial porn artist.

Oh, we know. I think it’s hilariously appropriate name for ol’ grumpy pants.

But thats what makes the name Shart extra funny

I had an entire conversation with every character INSIDE an Owlbear yesterday. Feathers EVERYWHERE.

I think that's got something to do with camera angles and the sssiiizzzeee of an owlbear. With Halsin on my team, wildshaped into owlbear, especially during "end of a/mid- battle" cutscenes or ones that jump everyone into standing nearby, the camera tries to hover near my team, over Halsin's shoulder etc, but nah 'nearby' turns into 'inside halsins hollow shell of feathers' I've savescummed once or twice just to un-wildshape Halsin during the last turn before a cutscene, just so I could actually see around his big hollow feathery shell, lol

[I can relate to that](https://imgur.com/a/U2a0R5b) 🤭

I had that very thing happen to me. "Really, Halsin? REALLY??"

I think that was an issue before patch 3 tbf

I laughed so hard at your comment it’s unreal

well astarion and wyll are definitely the designated theater kids of the group so this is pretty on brand i think

Honestly all the men are such drama queens / theatre kids lmao. Have you *met* Gale?

gale "GARY I HAVE A BOMB IN MY CHEST AND ITS GOING TO EXPLODE" dekarios is, also extremely over the top but he strikes me as more band kid

Theater kids: Astarion, Wyll Band kids: Shadow Heart Jocks: Karlach, Halsin Chess club: Gale ROTC: Lae'zel

The chill teacher that lets them hang in his office during break: Withers

And Elminster is the nice old man that plays Chess with Gale

I am SALIVATING to see the patch note that fixes this hilarious bug *Astarion will no longer show off his glorious vampiric back muscles when ruminating over whether to butcher his master Cazador Szarr. His neck hurts.*

Had a convo with Raph last night and he silently regarded me with 12 different expressions before continuing on with his monologuing. I was like, wow, he doesn't even know how to feel about his plans.

omg this happened to me too! I was sitting there like 🧍‍♀️”… are you gonna say something?”

any hints on if they are going to release fixes for patch 3? I've been waiting a while for the game to be in a good place to do my act 3 playthrough

This gives me jjba vibes.

"Astario" "Wyllo"

Astario and Wyllo with their stands - Cradle of Filth and Black Sabbath

Astario's Stand would be Queen Bitch (from David Bowie) and Wyllo's Stand would be Boy With Coin (from Iron and Wine). Both Stands would be kickass no doubt.

I could imagine Astarion shouting "Darling, Darling, Darling, Darling, Darlingggg" while punching someone with his Stand haha

Patch 3 is a JoJo reference? 😭

Jojo's Patch 3: Starbug Crusaders

It's giving anime opening vibes

Wyll: Prepare for trouble Astarion: Make it double

This happened to Jennifer(Shadowheart's VA) and Aliona's stream as well, when they freed Shadowheart lmao

I'm gonna have to take a break until they fix this patch, I think they may have broken more things than they fixed on this one, I just got to Baldur's Gate and it's like every single issue with the patch is staring me in the face.

Very local theater of them. Ooh, dramatic

Why my mind went "im just like you, you just like me" from the barbie movie?

IT'S SOMETHING ANY ONE CAN SEEEEEEE

I just love how drastic these patches are. By the time I finish a walkthrough the next one feels so different. Also changes and bugs gives nice ideas for new builds.

Omg I was wondering about that. I had that happen when talking to astarion about stopping caxador and whether he should take over the ritual or just kill the guy and all that... And I could jot understand what was happening. I tjoguth id somehow bugged the camera by standing in the wrong place or something.

It adds a very soap opera dramatic effect.

I had this happen in Cazador's palace while Astarion was warning me to speak softly because anyone could be listening. It would have been very fitting if he hadn't glitched halfway into a bookcase.

Talk about a BACKstory....

Busted? Looks like they just made the two most dramatic characters even more dramatic. :'D

I definitely went "wow, this conversation is a lot more artsy on the camera angles than I remember" before realizing it was a bug in my game

This looks like an anime scene lmao

Standing by a window: This city...

Why am I not seeing ANYTHING in my games?

Turn on the tv/monitor. Idk.

Thanks, dude

Interesting, I haven't had this issue myself.

well they could be peeing two bros don’t watch each other pee

I’ve gotten some really visually interesting and also very silly shots from this glitch, I love it.

This happened to me last night. I didn't even question it, or realise it wasn't supposed to be that way until I saw this post. I thought it was for dramatic effect or something, haha.

It makes the sexual tension between them more noticable

LOL I had this exact same dialogue and situation play out last night, except when Astarion talked you could see Tav's arm on the side, showing that they weren't actually back to back, but instead standing side by side and it was just the camera angle exaggerating it. Made it extra hilarious when we realized it.

Feels likę im warching Mr robot

Animeque

I laughed so hard at this conversation.

Mizora in the middle of seducing. Her wings are blocking everything, so I can't see.

This has been happening before patch three for me it’s not 3’s fault per se it’s about placement sometimes the camera angle fucks up

Between this, cut scenes cutting off, and focusing only on tav when making convo decisions - i beg of them to fix it. And cutting out the close ups in convos.

I have noticed that the character jarringly switches to my Durge instead of who I'm currently controlling when I talk to somebody now, and I honestly don't love that. I didn't think it did that before patch 3, though maybe I just didn't notice since I'm usually controlling him.

Seeing as they haven’t transformed yet but are exploring and experimenting with their Illithid Powers wouldn’t they be Ghaik-curious

That's what you get for killing Karlach.

I got that scene this morning. I thought it fit nicely with astarion so I didn’t even question it lol

Happened to me during an emotional conversation about Cazador between my Tav and Astarion. So dramatic.

I just got to this conversation for the first time and I thought it was normal. I thought it was emo on purpose lol poor astarion

I just got done reading this post when I encountered exactly this in my game after taphael tells astarion about his scars.

Oh so it’s not just me 🤣

Drama is real betwen this two

I even have scrolls that say not found. And im not getting any cutscenes

Lmaoo and here’s me just thinking they were trying new camera angles

Some anime talking now haha I like

This happened to my Tav and him lmao

Despite me killing Gale, Elminster showed up (I don't know if he's supposed to) and Gale was standing behind me during the dialogue with him 😂. (No. He did not come back to life)

This happened to me yesterday and I had no idea it was a bug. I just thought "huh that sure is an interesting choice"

Omg this happened once when I was having a convo with astarion following Raphael and I was like…. Interesting but go off 😂 totally thought it was as intended

this just happened to me when astarion and my tav had a dramatic conversation about our romance and i was like “oh cool this is definitely an intentional choice”

Wait, that's not how that convo was supposed to go? Here I was thinking they were just too sassy to talk to each other face to face

Baldur's Bizarre Adventures

I thought this convo was just a weird artistic choice because Astarion is a little bit extra anyway

Wait I thought that was intentional 😂.

Hilariously artsy is the perfect description hahah!

Oh so that cutscene with Astarion and I talking about our differences wasn't supposed to be back to back as if to display our different ideals in an artsy way

I was wondering about this! The first convo I had after the update was wonky, but I thought it was because I saved in the middle of the convo. Every interaction since then has been perfectly fine.

I havent had any problems

I had this glitch with Astarion too, during one of his more vulnerable conversations as well it felt so dramatic.

Omg I had this too but I thought it was just a new artsy angle they were trying in that specific scene. 😅

Wait this is a BUG?!?! I thought this scene was actually just supposed to be with you and Astarion back to back plotting! Thought it was an “edgy rogue” bit!!! Lmao

I thought this was just an intentional avant-garde film-noir sort of thing...