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I saw some posts speculating why Raphael looks the way he does. Not only he does not look like Haarlep (don't tell him that), but also cambions are not supposed to age past their twenties according to DnD 4e lore. Not sure about 5e tho, but that' irrelevant.

Some people supposed that Raphael's look is an illusion he puts on to make himself seem more mature and imposing. While I like this theory, let's be real: Raphael is exactly that type of person who claim they look so unbelievably young they have to show their ID to buy alcohol.

Like this man will have a meltdown if you call him daddy.

And then the truth was revealed to me in a vision.

Headcanon that lives rent free in my head

Part 1 Astarion x Lev

Part 2 Minthara x Maia

POV you saved the Baldur's Gate, all of your friends and yourself. You even get some pretty shiny diadem. Ah, everything is just great.

Me playing act 3 of BG3 a year ago (sane): lol why would anyone side with Raphael when you can just side with the Emperor with little to no consequences?

Me playing act 3 of BG3 a year later (delusional and insane):

Why would I not take Raphael’s deal? It’s the only rational choice. I can’t trust the Emperor since he’s hiding things and don’t get me started on Stelmane. Who would I even give the Crown to anyway? Mystra? Don’t know her and frankly the little I know, she’s an asshole. Gale? Oh yeah giving a stupid amount of power to an already power-hungry man after his redemption arc seems like a great idea. Leaving it at the bottom of the sea? Pffff talk about being irresponsible. I don’t want it either, so why shouldn’t I give it to my helpful devil pookie? He has asked so nicely. What’s the worst that can happen? He either loses it and it collects dust in the Hells as it has done for millennia or he becomes the new Asmodeus. The latter honestly won’t change much anyway because he won’t win the Blood War even if he did. Raphael should have it. No one has put as much work into it as he has. Pookie deserves it, as a little treat for being so good and helpful and trustworthy to us 💕✨😌

I give it to him just to get that awesome end scene (or don't, so I can get the Disney villain song 🥰). I love how he has, like multiple camera angles, and it's so goofy. Yeah, he might eventually come to bother the material plane, but babe has stuff to do, and with the blood war and all the rulers of the 9 levels... I may be dead by that point anyway, so meh. 🤷

Squirm, squirm, for now down here come the claws! 🎶🎶

I just realized I never posted this, the silly laptop wallpaper I drew a few months ago 😆😆

here it is, Disney villain Raphael's musical number and some close-up of his smug face(s)

Ottomouse was everywhere 👁👁

As if my standards couldn't get any higher

His favorite colour is blood 🖤

I’ve been busy working on some other fanart and almost forgot to share this one, Raphael at his greatest glory 👑 ✨

The Devil You Know 👑

I've been thinking about drawing his card for a while. Here he is, Raphael dressed in his finest silks ...

This is so stupid but it has been on my brain ever since I recently realized that you can abbreviate it like this.

Meme from twitter, original post here.

Gortash might be too busy contemplating the minutia of death cult office politics to kiss, but Raphael is not.

That bastard has time to write extensive fan fiction about himself and hang out in a brothel for days while waiting for us.

That babygurl has nothing but time to kiss. Let my Tav stick their tongue down his throat please.

Wicked Embrace

Painted in Rebelle 7 and run through Nightshade, an anti-AI filter

High quality and printable version

Tumblr art

Living with Raphael

Because I’ve seen so many people do “domestic bliss” posts and similar stuff about other BG3 characters and it made me think. I love him but I would rather go skinny dipping in the Styx than actually live with this man, because I believe he would be the shittiest roommate ever. Here’s why:

Micro-managing: You can’t do shit without his endless sneering and commenting on every tiny little thing you do and it’s all in the name or “keeping the order in his house”. In reality, it has nothing to do with order, it’s just that he has a very particular way of doing things and you’re supposed to just be able to read his mind.

His tantrums: I just know he’s just like his daddy. Calm and collected one second, and literally tearing something apart in unhinged anger the next. How do you know which mood he’s in? You don’t. He can sit quietly doing his business and a simple “how are you” will be enough for him to explode about something that has absolutely nothing to do with you.

Endless yapping or total silence: You’re either forced to listen for hours about something or you literally can’t get him to talk because he’s in his own head. If it’s the former, he doesn’t even care if you don’t want to listen, he will make you listen and don’t you dare pull your attention away from him. If it’s the latter, you might get a “mm” or a ‘yes’ if you’re lucky, but he’s not listening regardless. If you’re unlucky, refer to point two.

Can’t fucking sit still for two seconds: he’s always doing something and it’s all hours of the day. He does not give an imp’s ass if you’re asleep if he decides it’s time to play a fucking symphony on the organ at three o’ clock in the morning. He’ll loudly recite poetry as well and it’s the same couple of verses again…and again…and again…”until it’s perfect”.

‘Mine’: (This is basically Raphael if you’re that age where you remember this show.) Nothing is ‘yours’ or ‘ours’, no no. You’re in his house, no matter how long you’ve lived there or even if you’re goddamn married. Everything is his (you included because you’re under his roof).

Mind games: This one is pretty obvious. Everything will be made into a manipulative mind game of some sort and it would be about the stupidest shit sometimes as well. He’s constantly playing 3D chess and I would resort to, not only eat the pieces to win, but also to maybe just throw the whole board away. Not dealing with your psychological torture, my dude.

Haarlep, I salute you 🫡 No one should be forced to live with him.