Silly Little Bard 🎵

@sillylittlebard

🩷💜💙 she/her, 38, writer, musician, chubby Gale truther 🔮 #bg3 #gale #rolan #thunderweave #alfira #lakrissa #tieflingqueens 📌Tags/OC: #bardfics | #bardcomms | #SiobhanGreenbottle | #MuseWeave ✍️ sillylittlebard.carrd.co 📸pfp @buriedgalleon.bsky.social

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Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jun 24

I’m over summer. It’s time to be a spooky bitch. So excited for @blastingcompany.bsky.social #overthegardenwall

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jun 2

Happy Pride, y’all 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Gambit as depicted in X-Men 97. Top image is Gambit wearing his classic trench coat outfit, with “May 31l in the corner. Bottom (oops) image is “June 1” with a pride flag emoji. Gambit is standing in a kitchen, holding tongs and wearing a slutty little crop top.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· May 31

AWOOGA

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Apr 5

I’m back in the fucking building again #bg3 #gale

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Mar 17

Saw the snowdrops blooming on my walk and thought this little fic deserved some sunlight as well ⛅️ 📓 Determined to Hope 🏷️ Gen, F/F, Fluff 🌱 In the midst of Alfira’s anxiety attack, Lakrissa and impending spring offer solace. archiveofourown.org/works/76903176 #bg3 #bg3fanfiction #tieflingqueens

Writing snippet from Ellipsus, navy text on a blue and green gradient background:

Alfira pressed her lips to Lakrissa’s forehead and laced their fingers together. For a long while, she was silent, listening to the distant sounds of the farmers’ market coming to life. Despite the chilly spring air, she basked in the growing warmth of the sun, which twinkled off the last sheets of ice at their feet. And then she saw it: shoots of green and white pushing up through the snow. All around them, the first flowers of the season defied the slurry of frozen mud.

Alfira pointed out the clusters of delicate, bell-shaped buds. “Do you know what those are?”

“Mmm, ‘fraid not,” Lakrissa murmured.

“They’re called snowdrops,” Alfira said with a hint of reverence in her voice. “They’re the first flowers to bloom in spring, when it’s still cold and icy. They’re a sign of the end of hard times. Renewal of hope. A little triumph over a hard winter.”

She felt Lakrissa shift and sit up to view the flowers properly. “Pretty,” she said simply. “Like you.”

A photo of snowdrop flowers. Green stems ending in hanging white buds are covered in rain droplets and push up through fallen reddish brown leaves.

Alfira the Tiefling bard with a friendly smile and a lute in her lap.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Mar 10

#tavqotd Siobhan is a mandolin - small, curvy, and plucky 😅 Capable of joy and melancholy, versatile, at home in many settings, loveable solo, shines w/ a supportive ensemble. Art by @buriedgalleon.bsky.social 💜 and @corinthianrm0.bsky.social 🩷 #bg3 #bardtav #SiobhanGreenbottle #bardcomms

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Mar 6

Unironically how I had to hype myself up for today’s bullshit. #youarearegularguy #dropout

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Feb 17

20/10 would add her next to her mom:

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Feb 17

Tech execs and billionaires didn't get emotionally scarred by Disney's Smart House in 1999 and it shows.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Feb 9

Spent the weekend writing them and I feel like I finally found their chemistry. And it’s based on Siobhan occasionally telling Gale, lovingly, that he’s being an asshole. #bg3 #gale #SiobhanGreenbottle

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Feb 5

#tavqotd "No Children" by The Mountain Goats. In a God Gale ending, Siobhan exacts petty revenge on the God of Ambition by spending most of her days drinking on the steps of his temple, singing loudly and bitterly to dissuade would-be followers. #bg3 #gale #godgale #SiobhanGreenbottle #museweave

Album cover of The Mountain Goats' "Tallahassee", with the title of the song ("No Children") beneath.

Siobhan (half-elf bard with red hair) plays a lute, wearing an angry expression

Gale in God of Ambition form at the epilogue party. Why is his nipple so pointy?

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Feb 1

Horse girls continuing to have an incredible year, omg

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 27

Part of a WIP for the "cozy" prompt. #BG3SapphicWeek inspired me to make some progress. I love the dynamic I've ended up with for #Alfira and #Lakrissa over time. They're my absolute comfort couple. Writing Alfira always helps me work through anxiety. #TieflingQueens #bg3 #bg3fanfiction #bardfics

Lakrissa laced her fingers with Alfira’s. “Break a leg, Alfie.” She leaned in and gave her wife a light parting kiss on the lips. “Right beside you, gorgeous,” she added, with a squeeze and a shake of their joined hands — a small jostle, at first from the wrist, that escalated into a pronounced, full-arm wiggle.

The combined phrase and gesture had started as a piece of practical reassurance during their ordeal in the Shadow-Cursed Lands — a physical confirmation they were both still together and firmly planted on the ground. Now, the little ritual, either combined or separate, stood in as a shorthand for so many sentiments in their relationship: I agree with you but can’t say so in present company. I think what you’re doing is stupid, but I support you anyway. You’re way too tense; shake it out! I know you’re scared, but I’ve got your back.

Alfira smiled — like a happy cat by the fire, Lakrissa noted with affection — as she reciprocated the squeeze, until Lakrissa’s pronounced shake sent her giggling. “Okay, okay!” Alfira pleaded through laughter. “Right beside you, gorgeous!” Lakrissa could feel Alfira’s nerves ease in the kiss she returned before undoing their fingers and stepping out from behind the proscenium arch.

Ultimately, Lakrissa had known everything would turn out all right. All the same, it was not only a joy but a relief to hear the applause of hundreds of people and watch how Alfira’s eyes lit up in turn, the last traces of her anxiety melting away. Alfira always sparkled on stage, and tonight, under the warm glow of Dancing Lights, it was no different.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 27

Having a garbage day (month?) but I found this and it’s kind of helping.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 27

Never has a musician or band scratched my exact itch quite so accurately. Small Fools might have even surpassed Sufjan Stevens’ “Illinois” with how laser-focused they’ve targeted my soul. #bardcore #cosmicbardcore #bg3 #gale

Spotify screenshot of the album cover for “Voices in the Atmosphere” by the duo Small Fools. The song playing is “Come Along for the Ride”. The album cover is primarily black and dark purple and looks similar to an illuminated medieval manuscript, with floral and avian details in light purple, maroon, and gold. At the center of the cover is a doodle that looks a bit like a woman in a religious habit holding a bright violet sheet across her body. On the “sheet” is the painterly image of another woman in black/dark gray with sketched lilac elongated star shapes where her eyes should be.

Lyrics of the song:

[Verse 2]
Twenty-seven miles or more
By the golden [?]
Surface on another shore
Somewhere in the astral plane (this line is highlighted in lilac, with the reference to the Astral Plane reminding me of Gale)
Memoriеs imbed my soul
[?]
Show me how to lose control
Tеll me how to carry on
Going on and on (on and on, on and on)

A screenshot of Small Fools’ Bandcamp page, with the label “cosmic bardcore” circled in citrus green with an arrow pointing to it.

The ghostly images of Siobhan, a half elf woman (and a bard) and Gale glowing blue-white against the dark blue and purple background of the Astral Plane.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 26

Siobhan would spend a spell slot every day just to be able to talk to Scratch and the owlbear cub. #bg3 #bardtav #SiobhanGreenbottle

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 19

Stark that I happened to pull these two books out of storage at the same time today 😰

A photo of two books stacked and fanned. On the bottom - “The Politics of Culture: Policy Perspectives for Individuals, Institutions, and Communities” a collection of essays edited by Gigi Bradford, Michael Gary, and Glenn Wallach. The cover is of the bottom of a tree trunk with roots below. Top: “100 Plays for the First 100 Days” by Susan-Lori Parks. This book functions as a diary of mini plays connected to the first 100 days of Trump’s first presidency. The cover features a photo of a light tan hand holding up a mini American flag on a tiny wooden dowel, raised only to “half mast”, against a white background.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 17

#tavqotd Siobhan doesn’t have a ton of contact with her parents, since they’re all in different parts of Faerûn. But her mom and dads are happy she’s happy and has a steady, loving presence by her side, given how inconsistent her family had been in her early life. #bg3 #SiobhanGreenbottle #gale

Camera from behind, looking over the cloudy, blue-black landscape of the greater Baldur’s Gate environs on a moonlit night. In the foreground, Siobhan rests her head on Gale’s shoulder as he stands to her left, hands folded behind his back. They stand atop the watchtower outside Rivington and stare out at (midfield) the fortress of Wyrm’s Rock and its candlelit windows and Duskhawk Hill beyond it. In the far background, the lights of Baldur’s Gate are on the distant horizon.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 15

Controversial yet brave take: In Gale’s Act 2 romance, I quibble with “I’m IN love with you.” The phrase feels like infatuation rather than real love. Which I guess makes sense in Act 2, and it becomes and unqualified “I love you” in Act 3, but…I’m still going to quibble. #bg3 #gale #galedekarios

Gale’s Act 2 romance scene. Gale looks sideways at his love interest with anxiety in his eyes (“big sad cow eyes” as they are often called). He sits in the midst of a leafy, wooded background at night. He’s dressed in the blue (and purple) Solemnity outfit with a high collar.

Gale’s Act 2 romance scene. Siobhan (a half elf woman with white/pink-undertoned skin, freckles, red hair, and giant ears) sits to Gale’s left, looking on at him sadly with moonlight shining in her eyes. She wears a purple, puff-sleeve top.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Jan 7

My husband is an INTP 😍 Also, I find this quiz rude and I feel attacked (never beating the INFJ allegations):

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Dec 19

Your last meme Is your moral philosophy.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Dec 14

Okay, holy shit, I hate to brag, but I’m very proud of this. I didn’t realize how much progress I’ve made. Blue pencil, drawing boxes, flour sacks, paper sheet face method. Also never mind that I didn’t think I knew how to do foreshortening?? DAMN, GIRL. (We’re not doing faces yet, bear with me lol)

A sketch in blue pencil tiefling woman straddling someone. She braces herself with one arm in the foreground.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Dec 13

Drinking whiskey and digging into Siobhan's life in Waterdeep pre-Nautiloid: a working musician with a strained mother-daughter relationship 😬 #bg3 #siobhangreenbottle #bardfics #bardtav

"Siobhan! Siobhan!" Ash hissed.

"I'm not here, Ash, I've got to go." Siobhan darted around the small apartment, gathering sheet music and pieces of finery.

"It's your mother!"

Siobhan froze in the midst of hooking a pearl earring. Her voice dropped to a whisper. "Then that goes double, then! I'm not here!"

"Birdie, is that you?" Teagan's ordinarily warm voice sounded tense on the other side of the door. Siobhan noticed with a pang that her mother sounded gravelly with age. Even in her moment of sympathy, Siobhan leaned out the window to eye how difficult the jump would be.

Ash snapped her back with a frantic wave and a pointed jab of their head at the door.

Siobhan puffed her cheeks, rolled her eyes, and resigned herself to the interruption. She plastered her face with a forced smile and opened the door. "Heyyy, Mom…"

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Dec 12

Siobhan's human shortness bothers her when she visits her elven relatives. She mostly embraces her build as part of her bardic charm and stage presence. Appearing small, warm, and huggable has fooled a few enemies and hooked several lovers. (credits in alt text) #tavqotd #bg3 #SiobhanGreenbottle

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Nov 25

My companions have arrived 😭😭😭 the core companion set is now complete. (Shads and Astarion are sulking in the back.) #funko #bg3

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Nov 22

Humbly crawling into your comments with Siobhan and Gale

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Nov 19

...and a final moment to appreciate the stunning details @woeart.bsky.social poured into this background and clothing! The BELLS! 😍

A bright white crescent moon against stars and purple night clouds and the pointed tops of towers.

A glowing musical staff twisting around Gale's waist with purple and orange light.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Nov 19

Before she knew what was happening, as the song pressed on, she couldn't hold it in any longer; she burst with ecstatic laughter. For the first time in over a year, she felt safe. She felt whole.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Nov 19

As if nothing had changed, the pair fell into step with the lilting, tender song...An electric thrill ran through her spine as she fit against Gale, encircled from behind by his waiting arms. She grasped the left hand he offered, delighted by the warm press of his right over her waist.

Silly Little Bard 🎵@sillylittlebard· Nov 19

Under the magic and lights of the midwinter Grand Revel, in Gale's arms, surrounded by friends and joyful music, Siobhan started to remember who she was and why she fell in love with "plain old Gale Dekarios" in the first place.