LSRUS INTL - 15 Songs for a Fictional Character

Hi! I extended the swap deadline, since I was late in assigning. <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfgmAvfsDzE&list=PLzqQIoeiD4UxD2lqq75zLrbhFtxZ3ZWb9&index=1

There are so many options in Baldur's Gate 3 that it's very difficult to make one playlist. I wasn't even really interested in the first two because of some elements and feeling much like a typical rpg like Diablo, almost. And I liked Diablo more.

This character playlist is loosely about the Astarion / Dark Urge (durge) storyline + interactions are at the forefront. This interaction storyline is a popular one although I haven't played it.

Astarion is an elvish magistrate who has been given the option to be murdered or turned into a vampire. So of course, he picked 'vampire'. And then... was enslaved by a sadistic immortal for 200 years.

A freak turn of events gives him the opportunity to escape and ally himself with a group that is also running from tadpole creatures called Illithid, who sit in part of someone's brain until they mature. He is a character who is very wounded, covering with theatrics and sarcasm, but he also has no problem with putting a knife in someone and mocking them for being in pain.

Sexual trauma is a theme with many characters in the game. One of the engaging things about BG3 is that each handles it differently. There are no "right" or "wrong" ways to react to trauma.

Astarion's arc shows him starting out by using what he knows works: seduce, manipulate, survive. (You're just my type- you have a pulse and you are breathing...)

Attacking the player character, believing they're dangerous. Still consumed with the fear of being discovered by his owner/tormentor. He fears that he will be found at any moment and then tortured for months, possibly years, for having the nerve to try to escape. (I went looking for blood, and they're giving me bone. I went looking for power, but they're giving me heart. And I wanted an ending, but they're giving me start. I went looking for knives, and I went looking for you.)

Revealing to the others that he is a vampire, waiting for not only the rejection, readying to be killed on the spot for the crime of existing. (It's only slaughter, they're only lions, it's only blood.)

Being desperately hungry and also curious about testing how 'free' he really is: CAN he bite someone and survive? And then, depending on 'roll'/circumstances, ingratiating himself to the character he tried to bite. Seduction again as a surefire way to manipulate. (Desire, I'm hungry. I hope you feed me. How do you want me? / Bring your peace of mind to my bed. Sleep with me tonight.)

Finding he actually likes the Bhaalist offspring character, prone to murdering people now and then. He was going to seduce + emotionally manipulate them into something like a person loyal to him, but then... couldn't. The power hungry, general vampiric lawful evil-alignment leaves him craving murderous lust (and someone who can 'authorise' it,) but he can see their distress and reassures them that he isn't scared off by the Urge. (It's so strange what we're going through. We barely know each other...)

A scene where a weapons maker offers to trade a bite from Astarion for bombs you badly need. Astarion says he really doesn't want to but has never been able to disagree with Anything before. He cannot say no. You can choose to do that for him, or force him to do it anyways. If you protect him, he comes to the realization that he has choices. (You don't own me. Don't tell me what to say, don't tell me what to do. Just let me be myself, that's all I ask of you.)

The Dark Urge becomes more intense. Remaining themselves vs. giving in to becoming 'something else' becomes imperative. (I want you for who you are, so you can stay inside your skin. Oh, something tells me love isn't enough- but how can that be? You're not so evil, I'm not so good, crazy or mean.)

That freedom endears him more. One of the messages in the game, a deliberate message from the voice actor, is that a character subjected to horrors can learn to become a person who seeks healing and endeavors to learn a new life, or who desires power and to repeat the horrors forced onto them. He begins to see this character as someone to trust, which is new since he has never had reason to trust anyone. That's conflicting, isn't it.

The paranoia of Astarion's "siblings" returning for him. Arguments when he wakes up, screaming. And the band is called "Cemeteries," which I find ideal. They are similar to The Cure and ... someone I liked very much in the 90s. Maybe Cocteau Twins? (I will not be growing old here. I cannot fall asleep with you standing over me. What did you see under my window?)

On that note, "I talk in my sleep." (I talk in my sleep, in a language you don't speak. I will finally say that I'm not okay.)

Someone who clings to a person immediately often has severe attachment issues. It's actually really common, it's just more obvious in children. Adults tend to get hurt more openly and learn to hide it better. (They say 'don't open old wounds,' but these are still brand new. They say 'don't open old wounds,' but I'm going to. I think I could love you til the day that you die.)

There's an option for what Astarion will see as betrayal of that fragile trust. (How didn't I see you were trouble? You're not unlovable. I could've avoided this mess if I'd wanted you left, but you got me all to yourself./ I know you tried your hardest, I know you meant well...)

The internal personality flips hinted at, under a good layer of flippance. There are moments where you can catch the expressions of characters if using a freecam mod; otherwise, you wouldn't see it. (You'd never dream you'd have to live your life so guarded. They'll find a way to make you feel discarded. Things have changed- you've become a complication.)

There is an option during an ending battle for him, where if he perceives your actions as betrayal, regardless of your intentions, he will tell you that he hopes you die screaming. He believes you want him to remain powerless, helpless, at the mercy of others- his worst fears. (You won't see me in the mirror, but I crept into your heart. You can't make me disappear 'til I make you. I'm going to make you suffer.)

Since the very end could go a number of ways, I've left it open.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLox7GvUWjICy5RbvIAuyWjJEDhruwLwjR&feature=shared

Sorry for the big delay. My health decided to take the front seat of my life for 2 weeks. I am figuring out this mystery disease in a few weeks.

This is a playlist based on the Good Omens Book and Tv series. I have some songs the remind me of the Ineffable Husbands, [Crowley x Aziraphale]. I picked Crowleys perspective of their developing relationship. My friends would make this a super sappy playlist but I added some cheeky songs in here too.

The first 3 songs are from noticing his feelings for Aziraphale. 1950's to 1970s.How hard it is to hide them when they are not on the same team. The fandom they make their own team. It reminds me of how ying and yang they can be, a little bit of devilish action to keep the good, a little bit of angelic kindess to keep the bad.

Songs 4 and 5 are songs that would remind him of Aziraphale's sweeter perspective of this doomed world. Being in the bookshop talking about the past.

Songs 6-10 are Crowley's life with his car and solo life. It could be some of this pop, rock medley. Song 10 is a Cheeky add to the book, "Admittedly he was listening to a Best of Queen tape, but no conclusions should be drawn from this because all tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums." I can say this theory was true in most cars I was in the 90's and 2000s. Always one Greatest of Queen Cassettes and CDs in the car.

Songs 11-15 are during the hunt for the Son of Satan part of the book. I like the idea in the Tv series of working for neutralizing either Heaven or Hell's interests in the kid. The songs that would play on the radio when they were around.

Songs 16-18 are Crowley's frustration for holding feelings in for centuries for Aziraphale. Keeping his Devilish persona while seeing the magic in this non fallen angel.

Song 19 is a song that feels sad and reminds me of nostalgia and something sad and lost. I think it is part of an album of something who is loosing themselves to Dementia. It reminds me of how angels and demons live so much longer than humans so things blur and bleed together generation after generation.

Songs 20-22 are the bitter sweet of the new world after the apocalypse. End of season1 of the Tv series. The sappy part of the playlist my friends would want.

This could have been 8 more songs but I wanted to keep it. I hope you enjoy.