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1. Public Bookmark 24

   The sword, the shield (the wind, the waves) by SnowKiter

   Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)

   • Teen And Up Audiences, Mature, Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M, Multi
   • Series in Progress

   07 Apr 2025

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Emperor & Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • The Emperor/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • The Emperor & Omeluum
   • Blurg & Omeluum (Baldur's Gate)
   • Blurg/Omeluum (Baldur's Gate)
   • the Emperor & Jaheira
   • Balduran & The Emperor (Baldur's Gate)
   • Illithid | Mind Flayer Characters (Dungeons & Dragons) & Balduran (Baldur's Gate)
   • Us & Tav
   • Us & The Emperor
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • The Emperor (Baldur's Gate)
   • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Balduran (Baldur's Gate)
   • Wyll (Baldur's Gate)
   • Gale (Baldur's Gate)
   • Karlach (Baldur's Gate)
   • Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate)
   • Halsin (Baldur's Gate)
   • Jaheira (Baldur's Gate)
   • Minthara Baenre
   • Astarion (Baldur's Gate)
   • Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate)
   • Omeluum (Baldur's Gate)
   • Illithid | Mind Flayer Characters (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Ansur (mentioned)
   • Belynne Stelmane (haunts narrative)
   • Us (Baldur's Gate)
   • Blurg (Baldur's Gate)
   • Lenore De Hurst
   • Tara (Baldur's Gate)
   • Grub (Baldur's Gate)
   • Shadow-Whiskers (Baldur's Gate)
   • Malta - Character
   • Kira
   • Barsik
   • Myshka (Baldur's Gate)
   • Post-Canon
   • One Shot
   • Baldur's Gate 3 Spoilers
   • Character Study
   • Introspection
   • Good Ending | The Netherbrain is Destroyed (Baldur's Gate)
   • Implied Relationships
   • Comedy
   • This one is just about the vibes
   • Just an illithid chilling in the city
   • With incidental comedy
   • Baldur's Gate consistently voted worst city on Sword Coast
   • If I founded Baldur's Gate and had to live in it I would also feel shame
   • would you love such a place anyways with all that remains of yourself that is able?
   • Anyhow happy emperor appreciation week
   • they're just going to argue the entire time
   • unstoppable CHA meets immovable INT
   • Slow Burn
   • Tav min-maxes for 24 Charisma & he’s gonna romance the Emperor with it
   • Longing?
   • idiots in love?
   • Mutual Pining
   • Eventual Romance
   • Ambiguous Relationships
   • Morally Ambiguous Character
   • Ambiguous Romance!
   • Romantic Comedy
   • Unresolved Tension
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • local bard ropes the narratively tragic illithid into rom com instead (eventually)
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Light Angst
   • Translation Available
   • Interspecies Romance
   • Illustrations
   • Established Relationship
   • but when it's still in that new phase
   • Porn with Feelings
   • Porn with Philosophy?
   • Sex with Illithids | Mind Flayers (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Oral Sex
   • Biting
   • Brief mention of body horror
   • Light Dom/sub
   • Body Worship
   • Orgasm Denial
   • Multiple Orgasms
   • Coming Untouched
   • Temperature Play
   • Blatant Metaphors
   • The great mystery of illithid anatomy
   • Tav attempts to achieve a good grade in fucking the mind flayer
   • Local bard uses mouth to tell corny sex jokes and also for other things
   • Tentacles
   • Tentacle kissing :)
   • Intercrural Sex
   • Mindlink
   • Orgasm Edging
   • Edging your partner by edging yourself
   • Stand Alone
   • But part of a series
   • Alien Sex
   • Alien Biology
   • Illithids | Mind Flayers (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Sex Magic
   • The Emperor gets to bottom
   • Balduring His Gate
   • Inappropriate Use of Mage Hand Spell (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Very Thorough Use of Command Spell
   • Adventure
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Dark Comedy
   • Consensual Mind Control
   • Bothering the local mind flayer while he's trying to save the city
   • Once again they are going to argue the entire time
   • I have decided that ice cream exists in the Forgotten Realms
   • If you squint hard it has elements of dub-con but this one is about weird ethical questions anyways
   • Existentialism
   • Moral Dilemmas
   • Bickering
   • Action/Adventure
   • Friendship
   • Developing Friendships
   • Awkward Conversations
   • Telepathy
   • The Emperor third-wheels and is in disbelief about it
   • Local mind flayer leaves basement to make friends
   • This one is sentimental
   • the Emperor and Jaheira grouse at each other about old age
   • The emperor chills out I guess lol
   • Standalone short story chapters (so far)
   • Tragedy/Comedy
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Body Horror
   • Sad and Happy
   • Domestic Fluff
   • stageplay
   • Vacation
   • Mental Coercion
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Slice of Life
   • Comfort
   • Doomed by the Narrative
   • Intimacy
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • The Emperor Week
   • Are these wildly contradicting tags? Yeah it's like that sometimes
   • Ceremorphosis (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • I decided to write a play because my brain demanded it
   • Tentacle Sex
   • Yapping - Freeform
   • Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
   • Porn With Philosophy
   • Porn with lore discussion?
   • Tav and the Emperor go on a date and then chill afterwards basically
   • Extremely meandering yapping followed by meandering smut
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Appreciation of the Emperor's mouth
   • inappropriate use of the animate objects spell
   • Oral Fisting
   • like an entire arm lol
   • porn with a mild amount of plot and/or a date beforehand
   • Cats
   • Humor
   • Intellect Devourers (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Displacer Beasts (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Flumphs
   • the brain kitty goes on adventures
   • Us is the best kitty
   • Tav and the Emperor share custody of their cat
   • There aren't enough Us centric stories so here I am
   • The cats of Baldur's Gate
   • Slaps fic This bad boy can fit so many Little Critters
   • it pretends to have a plot but
   • sexy sparring
   • BDSM
   • Mild Gore
   • Trust Kink
   • Mind Sex
   • tentacle goes into ear
   • tentacles goes into all sorts of places
   • woundfucking
   • brain eating (sexual)
   • despite this it's pretty chill
   • Safeword Use
   • The Emperor gets to top
   • local bard introspects about having tastes in bed considered moderately extreme

   Summary

   
   The Emperor is entrusted with the Netherstones.

   These center around the longfic but stand alone and can be read in any order, and are currently listed by vibes.

   Words:

   140,568

   Works:

   9

   Bookmarks:

   24

   Bookmarked by Persephone (GuiltyAdonis)

   27 Jan 2026

2. Rec 14

   The Ballad of the Prince of Cats by SnowKiter

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   22 Jan 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Us & Tav
   • Us & The Emperor
   • The Emperor/Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Us (Baldur's Gate)
   • Tav (Baldur's Gate)
   • The Emperor (Baldur's Gate)
   • Tara (Baldur's Gate)
   • Grub (Baldur's Gate)
   • Shadow-Whiskers (Baldur's Gate)
   • Malta - Character
   • Kira
   • Barsik
   • Myshka (Baldur's Gate)
   • Friendship
   • Action/Adventure
   • Cats
   • Humor
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Stand Alone
   • One Shot
   • Intellect Devourers (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Displacer Beasts (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Flumphs
   • Post-Canon
   • the brain kitty goes on adventures
   • Us is the best kitty
   • Tav and the Emperor share custody of their cat
   • There aren't enough Us centric stories so here I am
   • The cats of Baldur's Gate
   • Slaps fic This bad boy can fit so many Little Critters

   Summary

   The first priority for Us, after the sky stops burning and the Enemy is driven out, and matters of survival are put away, is learning how to purr.

   Short story featuring everyone's favorite brain kitty.

   Series

   • Part 8 of The sword, the shield (the wind, the waves)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,556

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   40

   Kudos:

   86

   Bookmarks:

   14

   Hits:

   640

   Bookmarked by Persephone (GuiltyAdonis)

   13 Dec 2025

3. Rec 3

   Think Again by JellyfishForest

   Fandoms: Star Wars: Outlaws (Video Game)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   23 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • ND-5 the Commando Droid/Kay Vess
   • ND-5 the Commando Droid & Kay Vess
   • ND-5 the Commando Droid (Star Wars)
   • Kay Vess
   • Nix the Merqaal (Star Wars)
   • Fanart
   • Scary droid privilege
   • Can be read as ship or friendship depending on what you like
   • mini comic
   • Protective ND-5
   • protective nix

   Summary

   Kay finds herself in hot water after double-crossing the Pykes. But when an operative comes to collect retribution, they discover the meaning of "scary droid privilege".

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   57

   Bookmarks:

   3

   Hits:

   310

   Bookmarked by Persephone (GuiltyAdonis)

   25 Nov 2025

4. Public Bookmark 3

   [ART] Firefly by UnaArista for decant

   Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Other
   • Complete Work

   04 Jun 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Blurg/Omeluum (Baldur's Gate)
   • Blurg (Baldur's Gate)
   • Omeluum (Baldur's Gate)
   • Hobgoblins - Freeform
   • Illithids | Mind Flayers (Dungeons & Dragons)
   • Society of Brilliance
   • Fanart
   • Digital Art

   Summary

   "Such delicate creature! Hold it still for me, Blurg, i wish to inspect it closely"

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   0

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   75

   Bookmarks:

   3

   Hits:

   382

   Bookmarked by Persephone (GuiltyAdonis)

   31 Mar 2025

5. Public Bookmark 7

   [Art] Feel Your Way Through by architeuthis for Koschei_B

   Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Jan 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • John/Arthur Lester
   • Arthur Lester
   • John (Malevolent)
   • Fanart
   • Digital Art
   • Undressing
   • Foreplay
   • objectively nothing is happening but maybe you don't want to have to explain that to your boss

   Summary

   It's different when it's John's hand.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   0

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   17

   Kudos:

   270

   Bookmarks:

   7

   Hits:

   2,088

   Bookmarked by Persephone (GuiltyAdonis)

   25 Dec 2022