Bloodweave shapes. Round. Pointy. Put them together.
I like to imagine Astarion being like, 1-2 inches taller than Gale. Like it's not really noticeable, but he knows and is extremely annoying about it. Honestly, Astarion being safe and secure in a relationship and therefore feeling comfortable being a pest is everything to me.
Which is to say, I like drawing him with a little grinch face. Just an absolute creature. My favorite Astarion is an ex-feral cat being spoiled by his doe-eyed busted-kneed wizard because he can knock over a glass and still get kissed all over his stupid little face MHMM 💜
I've got a long-ass ramble in me about Astarion learning how he likes to love and be loved via bloodweave, but I keep looking up to see this goofy-ass drawing and I simply cannot manage it. I will say there's something about Gale being delighted and accepting of whatever Astarion is willing/able to give him in the moment, and Astarion poking at him like a fuzzy purple soundboard that makes me go bananas. Just climbing the walls. Gale is Astarion's tamagotchi idk how else to explain it.