Selrin, a black-haired half wood elf dressed in black robes in her devotion to Kelemvor, appears draped in shadow as she kisses Shadowheart, a white-hearted half-elf dressed in white robes in her devotion to Selune. The two of them contrast before mausoleums of a cemetery. The image is black and white with a soft glowing bloom to the light with shadows darkened and the white of Shadowheart's outfit glowing brightly.

Shadowheart, a white-hearted half-elf dressed in white robes in her devotion to Selune, holds the arm of Selrin, a black-haired half wood elf dressed in black robes in her devotion to Kelemvor, before she appears to flirtaciously walk around her. Bright sunlight hits Selrin's side sending stark shadows across her face white Shadowheart glows in her white attire. The two of them contrast before brightly lit steps behind Shadowheart and the shadowy graves and stone behind Selrin. The image is black and white with a soft glowing bloom to the light with shadows darkened and the white of Shadowheart's outfit glowing brightly.

#BG3DyeVPWeek25

🖤 Black & White Day 🤍

Featuring @hyperozz.bsky.social's Selrin with Shadowheart. Clerics of Kelemvor and Selune respectively

Their robes in light & shadow bring out the thematic contrast between them

#GraveOrchid #Shadowheart #Selrin #TavOC #BG3 #BG3VP

and that particular flavor of resentment of course gets conflated with all the other complicated emotions that she feels about all that follows and what they could have been but will never be to each other 🥴 (7/7)

#tidbits #GraveOrchid #NightRaven

thinking about the way that Shadowheart and Sel respect each other’s faiths so much and maintain a kind of curiosity towards and interest in their respective practices/rituals/etc…my favorite interfaith couple 😭❤️

#tidbits #GraveOrchid

again // altar - sibilansss - Baldur's Gate (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

day 2: worship

✨ again // altar
✨ M, 315 w
✨ archiveofourown.org/works/64940041

this drabble is a big experiment formally and content-wise for me (i've scrapped and rewritten it like 4 times in the past month), but i humbly offer this crumb of #GraveOrchid religious yuri in honor of #BG3SHWeek25

things are so heavy and serious between them for so long that i think one of the things that flourishes as their relationship evolves is their capacity to and comfort with being silly with one another (2/2)

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

for the archives: big #GraveOrchid yap

Sel and Shadowheart sitting together under a tree on a warm summer's day, Shadowheart dozing off as she listens to Selrin play elven folk songs from her village on her flute...i am unwell

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

speaking of vinyl i fell to my knees imagining modern Sel and Shadowheart slow dancing to soul music in their living room

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

taking the opportunity to reshare this beautiful art of Selrin and Shadowheart from @doricula.bsky.social!! i treasure this piece so so much 🥹❤️

#GraveOrchid #ocdaybg3

love #tavqotd show me your tav/durge looking so in love with their boo(s)!

pls enjoy Sel looking at Shadowheart like she is the moon in her sky (bc she is) 😌 i love them and i love their love so much! happy valentine’s day from #GraveOrchid 🖤🤍

once Shadowheart discovers that Selrin runs pleasantly warm when she sleeps, it's over for them (over as in they don't sleep apart for the rest of the journey)

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

feelings behind the looks that linger too long, the quiet acts of care etc because that's Too Scary!

it's only when they come to understand that they actually need to use their words too that they feel more confident in embracing what they want to be to each other (2/2)

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

placing her hand on the small of Shadowheart's back when she stands next to her; resting her head on her shoulder when they are the only two left at the campfire; gently cupping her elbow to draw her closer when they speak alone (2/2)

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

oops forgot #GraveOrchid

be warned that Selrin *will* kiss you in a graveyard!!

#GraveOrchid

i was gonna say something like "thinking of them" but i am more than 80% of the time so i will specify that i am thinking about late-act-ii-them

#GraveOrchid

act ii is pretty awful for Sel for the most part, but one of my favorite lighter tidbits is that the tension (read: Yearning™️) between Sel and Shadowheart is so apparent that at one point, Isobel only slightly jokingly asks Sel if she knows how painful it is to watch

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

if/when that gets weaponized in a moment of frustration, it feels like a small betrayal of that known yet unspoken understanding of each other (2/2)

#GraveOrchid

i’m doing backflips looking at these beautiful shots of #GraveOrchid in the shadow-cursed lands, courtesy of the amazing @thedaffodilsbard.bsky.social! thanks so much again, Tina! 💕

(and be sure to keep an eye out for when her comms open again!!)

absolutely in love with this beautiful #GraveOrchid piece i received from @radiostacey.bsky.social as a goonies secret santa gift!! ❤️🥹

i think one thing that kind of frustrates Sel when she starts to recognize that she's developing feelings for Shadowheart is that it's the first time in a LONG time that she finds herself not only caring, but *worrying* about what someone thinks of her

#GraveOrchid

#tavqotd

Selrin and Shadowheart, aka #GraveOrchid, aka my everlasting brainrot 🤍

omfg i missed them BAD bad i'm shakinggg

#GraveOrchid

losing it (/pos) thinking about how much thematic sense it makes for Selrin to refer to Shadowheart as "teuivae" (elvish for moonlight) - aside from the connection to Selûne, so much of their relationship develops in the quiet stillness of the night

#GraveOrchid #tidbits

#tavqotd

Sel is 5'10" (178cm), so assuming Shadowheart is 5'7" (170cm), there's about a 3 inch difference! i feel like this picture gets closest to how i imagine it

#GraveOrchid

in the mood to share angsty hcs so here's one: Shadowheart finds a lot of comfort in resting her head on Sel's chest and listening to her heartbeat because she remembers that when Sel nearly died in the shadow-cursed lands, her heartbeat was nearly imperceptible for days

#GraveOrchid