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How a relationship got infinitely more complicated in one night
#my art#malady#lapis#comic#the mad dog and the devil#this was comic that went through so many variations because i couldn't figure out the direction I wanted#till i eventually ended up with this#please enjoy lol#suggestive
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Dso claire au post spain greif.
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yk how in re4 leon loses his jacket, and turns out the villagers took it when you play seperate ways? well, still happens to claire but instead of some random bomber jacket, claire wears her red leather jacket that chris gave her. shes very upset she lost it. (dont worry, immediately after the call chris goes out and buys her a new one. and when he gave the new one to claire she cried)
#dso claire#tulishrimp art#resident evil#tully-re#claire redfield#re claire#resident evil 4#re4#chris redfield#redfield siblings#shitty comic i made in 30 minutes#please enjoy LOL
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Writing's on the Wall (4068 words) by Violet138 Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Damian Wayne & Everyone, Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Damian Wayne & Bruce Wayne, Batfamily - Relationship Characters: Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Alfred Pennyworth, Tim Drake Additional Tags: Damian Wayne-centric, Damian Wayne is a Little Shit, Batfamily Dynamics (DCU), kind of a crackfic, Homework, The struggles of heroing, Good Grandparent Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent, Damian Wayne struggling to be normal, Good Sibling Jason Todd, Good Sibling Dick Grayson, POV Damian Wayne
Summary: Based on a Tumblr post. Damian doesn't see the point of school, struggles to catch up after falling behind, and finally, at the 11th hour goes to Bruce for help.
One of my most cherished batfam headcanons is that Damian comes to Bruce for help catching up on homework. The second Bruce gets stuck, Tim, Babs, Dick and Steph get involved, all of them but mainly Alfred trolling Bruce for dropping out.
In the end, Damian goes to see Jason, who puts up a big show of being irritated but then excitedly explains the Twelth Knight.
#now a fic!#Idk if it's any good but I had a blast writing it#please enjoy lol#ao3 author#violet138#batfamily fic#batfamily#damian wayne centric#batman#dc comics#myfic
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#—creating.#crusty hands asf after not drawing for days and enduring stress but i miss my husband#so please enjoy some warmup sketches#i know i should be writing instead please don’t remind me </3 needed to switch from one creative hobby to another lol#actually this is my debut (again) posting art along fics on this blog so i will appreciate not being mean <3#jiaoqiu#hsr#honkai star rail
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The Creator's Guide to Comics Devices is OPEN!!! comicsdevices.com
An online library of visual-narrative devices that are used in the medium of comics and other sequential art.
Happy Halloween! I'm really excited to be finally launching* what is maybe one of my most ambitious, largest work yet. This online library is the next phase of a research project that began in May 2020, when I first mused on how comics as a field doesn't have a resource that catalogues devices used in the medium. Like, theatre has devices, so does literature, and film! So why shouldn't comics? I always had an interest in comics studies and analysis. I love reading, making and thinking comics. However most of my knowledge was intuitive - I learned comics from osmosis and experience. This is true for many of my peers. Speaking about comics as a creator is hard, because we don't have a robust system of language. When we had to speak, many of us tend to reach for the language developed for film by film practitioners. If there is language specific to comics, it's either scattered in multiple blogs or hidden away in academic journals. The Comics Devices library is meant to aggregate everything and everybody into a single hub! After exploring some multiple resources, alongside some original, independent research, here is the first edition! * The Comics Devices project is still a work-in-progress! It's not final, nor will it ever be. This is why I am seeking contributors to help build this library. Translations, comics examples, etc. There is a lot of work to do! If you are interested, reply to this post or submit an expression of interest on this page. Have fun everyone!! (Now time for me to melt x_x)
#webcomics#comics#comics devices#resources#good god there is still a lot to clean up even in this public state fhskjfhsd#anyway hope yall enjoy reading through this!!#also please help me build up the library lol
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Nice night 🌘
#fuyuhiko kuzuryu#hajime hinata#kazuichi souda#akane owari#sonia nevermind#sdr2#super danganronpa 2#danganronpa 2#danganronpa#an art#Me drawing this at 8 in the morning:#I was drawing this after working on the fic a bit. I'm struggling....but trying.... !!!!!!!#Please for the love of God don't focus on the hand size changing. You think u can keep track of that???#Edit: the final chapter is almost done. I drew this as a comfort before All That lol so. Enjoy#Me after writing: ...... and then it was all a bad dream the end :)#Vi if you see this. I'm waving. Tysm for your hard work#Polyremnants
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your krakoa era cherik art has altered my brain chemistry
more krakoa era is to come from me my friend so i worry for your brain
#xmen#xmen comics#krakoa#house of x#cherik#charles xavier#professor x#erik lehnsherr#magneto#erik magnus lehnsherr#max eisenhardt#snap sketches#THANK YOU SM !!!!! i hope :) i hope your brain chemistry being altered is good ..... if not ermmmm oops </3#everyone ignore the fact i started to rush this at a certain point i have to go somewhere today bRLTKBJS#theres an alt ver where erik's wearing the black suit but the black + black suit combo was makign me mad so.#i went with the black suit first cause i just finished reading inferno and i wanted to draw it .... oops lol ....#ima just keep that ver locked in a folder forever thats just for me. ill draw his black suit publicly one day#after all i love his outfit in resurrection ... thats a delicious suit right there ...#anyway !!!!!! thank you again !!!!!!! please enjoy Them
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ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ mimosas? no, marriage!
welcome back lovers to the continuation of your little love with mr. norris 🧡!
content warning; nothing much, just scattered explicit language here and there — used a lot pinterest photos though.
summary; after that fateful dinner post-silverstone ‘23, life went on with you and lando.
here’s part one!
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landonorris welp, let’s hope she doesn’t lose the ring in wet clays anytime soon 😇
to think that this all started because of a packet of gummy bears, i love you mrs. norris yourusername 🧡
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yourusername and i love you, mr. norris 💞!
landonorris im her husband guys 🤭
username may this kind of love find me ✋🏻
mclaren congratulations to our power couple 🥂!
jensonbutton and little lando norris isn’t so little anymore, congratulations to the beautiful couple ❤️.
lewishamilton congrats mate! wishing you two all the best, enjoy the ride!
oscarpiastri best hard launch of the season
username yes oscar, we can tell lando probably blurted it out to you first to bcs he was so excited
yourusername precisely ☺️
username HAHAHAH-
danielricciardo and we thought he’d be single for the rest of his life too 😔 congrats though 🥳
username THE FACT THAT YALL WERE AT HIS WEDDING TOO
landonorris tell me abt it 🙄 ungrateful asses 🙃
username con 😭 grat 😭 ula 😭 tions
carlosainz55 he finally found a girl- sorry, wife you guys!!
username our condolences carlos, your wag chose an even cooler person, sorry 😔🙏🏻
yourusername yes, says the man who was shitting tears whilst lando read his vows to ME 😍
alex_albon wait, we thought you’d take her last name??
landonorris … she’s only a few inches taller than me
georgerussell63 what’s your exact excuse really? shes older than you too
landonorris BY A YEAR 😭
username THE WAY HIS OWN FRIENDS R CLOCMIG BBIM ON HIS WEDDING POST CMON 😭😭😭
username EXACTLY 💀
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September 10th, 2023 — Wedding Day
It was the day that you had dreamed of for as long as you could remember, yet nothing could truly prepare you for the flood of emotions that rushed over you as you stood there, facing Lando at the altar. He was grinning like a giddy schoolboy, as if the world had stopped just for you two. The sunlight poured in through the grand windows of the venue, casting a golden glow around him, making everything feel surreal.
You never imagined your wedding day would look like this, but standing before him, with the life you’d built together in the background, it was perfect.
“I do,” you whispered, your voice barely above a breath.
“I do,” Lando echoed, his voice full of love and certainty, his hand gripping yours as if nothing else mattered.
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yourusername yes, i got married to a man who drives a papaya coloured car 🥰 i love your mr norris landonorris
i’ll try my best not to lose the ring 😬
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username CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEST CERAMIST AND HER PAPAYA GUY 🥂
charles_leclerc congrats to lando and démone 🥳
yourusername why thank you chicken 🥰
username NOT HIM CALLJNG HER A DEMON— whats the story here 💀⁉️
username apparently she used to terrorise him on the karting tracks when they were kids 🤠 hence the name demon ✋🏻
yourusername and he used to squabble like a chicken when he lost, so hence the name chicken ❤️
maxverstappen1 congrats!! still cant believe you guys were together and managed to keep it from us of all people 🙏🏻
sebastianvettel congratulations to the happy couple 💐!
yourusername thank you so much for the flowers, seb 🥹💞
kimimattiasraikkonen ❤️
username i absolutely love how the only chaotic comment is from charles while the others r congratulating her
username the stark difference from landos comments r killing me 💀
georgerussell63 you shouldve threatened him into taking your surname 😔 yours sounds way cooler
yourusername yknow what they said, we have to prioritise the little ones ☺️
danielricciardo youre too generous babes
username 💀💀💀✋🏻
landonorris … MY OWN WIFE GANGING UP ON ME
carlossainz55 ill crash your honeymoon ❤️
yourusername alexa, play the other woman by lana del rey 😇
username OH FFIHT FIGBT DIFB
username “there were three of us in this marriage” 💀💀
landonorris GUYS SHES MY WIFE NOW YAAAYY
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May 5th, 2024 - The Miami Grand Prix.
The moment everyone had been waiting for. Your heart raced as you watched Lando on your phone from your hotel room, feeling that familiar tension in the air as he crossed the finish line.
You weren’t there. And it broke you.
But there was a reason. You had been told to rest, to stay in bed, and most of all, to take it easy during the pregnancy’s more delicate stages. You hated that you couldn’t be there — you hated that you couldn’t be the one to throw your arms around him as he celebrated. But you knew Lando. He would be okay. He had this.
When the podium ceremony came, you were watching it all unfold on the screen, your hands clutched to your chest as you saw the familiar flash of cameras and heard the roar of the crowd. Lando was beaming, trophy in hand.
And then, with a wink, he pulled out his phone. A post.
You gasped, tears welling in your eyes as you took in the words. You were so proud. But more than anything, you were over the moon with joy. The world now knew: the Norris family was growing.
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landonorris WWE FUCKIJG DID IT. P1 🏆 also, swipe for a lil’ surprise, thanks to everyone but especially my girls at home ❤️
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username DILF LANDO UNLOCKED????!!
username GIRLDAD LANDO IH MY GOD
f1 p1 and a baby girl on the way 🥳
username CONGRATS LANDAD 🌟🌟🌟
username baby norris on the way!!
username DIBS ON GODPARENT
username EY BACK OFF 🤺🤺
username NO YALL BACK OFF 🤺
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September 3rd, 2024
After months of preparation, late-night baby name debates, and countless check-ups, it was finally here. The moment you’d been waiting for. Your baby girl was on her way.
Lando was by your side through it all, his hand never leaving yours. Every contraction, every breath, he was there. His excitement was contagious, his nervousness endearing, and you could see the future unfolding right before your eyes. He was ready for this. You both were.
The room was a whirlwind of movement, but in that chaos, there was peace. There was love. And there were you two, together — now, with a little one in your arms.
When she finally arrived, you felt like you were holding the world in your hands. She was perfect. Small, wriggly, with a little tuft of dark hair and tiny fingers that gripped yours immediately.
You and Lando shared a quiet, overwhelmed smile.
“I love you,” Lando whispered, pressing a kiss to your forehead. “And I love her. Our little girl.”
You nodded, your heart full. “She’s perfect, Lan.”
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landonorris the best parts of us came together in you, and now our hearts are full in ways we didn’t think possible. eden norris, edie, you are the most beautiful blessing to mummy and daddy. welcome to the world, sweet girl ❤️.
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Edie became the center of your universe. Life was a little more chaotic, a little more unpredictable — but it was beautiful. Lando would rush back from the race weekends just to kiss you and hold Edie close. The little girl, just two weeks old, had already captured his heart in a way that made you fall in love with him all over again.
You were a family now.
And although things had changed in ways you couldn’t have imagined, there was one thing that stayed constant: Lando’s love for you, for her, for this new life you were building together.
It wasn’t always easy. There were sleepless nights, endless bottles, and days where you felt like you were running on fumes. But you never once doubted that this, right here, was everything you had always dreamed of.
The world watched as Lando took the podium again, this time at the Singapore Grand Prix, the first race after Edie’s birth. You were there, cheering him on from the pit, Edie sleeping soundly in your arms. It was almost like a full circle moment: from wedding day to fatherhood, from your first win to this.
But this? This was your biggest victory yet. And as you watched Lando embrace his daughter for the first time in front of millions of people, you couldn’t help but think:
This was just the beginning.
soooo, SORRY FOR THE DELAY 😭✋🏻
y’all, i’m still emotionally recovering from the fact that max is going to be a father, so— this one is a bit half assed but i plan on re-editing some things when i get over this ☹️.
anywhos, i hope you all had a wonderful holiday and merry christmas to those who celebrate, hope y’all ate lots of good meals 😋!
i’m lowkey dipping my toes into smau as well so please be nice 😞✨.
anywho, please enjoy this lowkey dumpster fire 😛!!!
#f1 x reader#lando norris x reader#x reader#f1 fanfic#f1 smau#pregnancy#still havent emotionally recovered from max’s post LOL#PLEASE ENJOY THIS DUMPSTER FIRE#fifty’s fics 🐇
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veilguard is maddeningly racist and we have got to have this conversation outside of "fantasy racism" terms. we are not talking about fantasy elves. it is anti-indigenous racism, the elves are intentionally indigenous coded as previously stated by Gaider (and it honestly doesn't matter if it's been "confirmed," it is obviously true, no matter what Weekes tries to argue now) and insinuating that your indigenous coded characters 1. are deserving of their oppression, 2. are in any way responsible for it, 3. should feel guilty about it, 4. are foolish and dangerous for wanting to reconnect with and preserve their history, and 5. are "stuck in the past" and "too traditional," (why don't they just assimilate already?) are all insidious, racist ideas that this game perpetuates. and there is very little pushback from the narrative that the player can engage in, which is what a lot of the criticism is discussing. we're not talking about "fantasy racism" or fantasy slurs, we are talking about the real world racism this game is perpetuating.
#my other posts were a mistake i truly regret not being more specific bc ppl in the notes are being intentionally dense#like. it's racist to depict any oppressed group this way lol no matter how many layers of fantasy you try to hide it under#like can we be serious please#and none of this is saying you cant enjoy the game but you also. cant just dismiss the criticisms because its ‘fantasy racism’#it is not fantasy racism#datv critical#da posting
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is this anything
#hazbin hotel#alastor#vox#radiostatic#staticradio#vox is so fucking stupid#this isnt a hazbin blog i just didnt want to post this on main there's too many haters lol#i just want to enjoy family guy for tumblr sexyman enjoyers in peace please and thank you#anyway did you know ms paint has layers now? we fucking won
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listened to a new podcast and i dont think ive seen anyone do this yet. where r all my malevolent podcast fans at
#really enjoyed drawing kayne#hes like a freak fr#also please notice arthur holding the bloody music box lol#commissions open#mrspronouns art#malevolent#malevolent podcast#kayne malevolent#kayne fanart#arthur lester#arthur lester malevolent#arthur malevolent#malevolent fanart
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Just a small boy and his giant hammer <3
#linked universe#lu wind#lu fanart#I pretty much finished this like three months ago but I was overthinking the embroidery xD#I don't usually write my @ but the space felt too empty lol#I felt so big brain for adding the blue water-like thingy until my friend pointed out he looked like he was about to trip on paint 💀#Still not great at coloring but I think this is the only drawing with colors I don't hate so that's a win :9#Anyways sry if the legs look wonky I messed up while doing the lineart#buuut I hope you enjoy to see the wimdy boy#the hammer was so hard to do please stare at it directly for 20 mins#I hope the spiral being on the right doesn't feel wrong. it didn't look right the other way around :s#offmozzart
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late morning
#fairy tail#nalu#lucy heartfilia#natsu dragneel#killamonart#could've held back just a lil... lol#tho don't think he really has self restraint like that#mf always doing as he please LOL#also is this a controversial thing to say but like i think that mashima lowkey ships gray and lucy just a bit...#bc of the amount of times he got them paired off and he's taking care of her-- AND I KNOW IT COULD BE JUST HIM BEING A FRIEND#but his actions at times are so... strangely intimate...#even tho he got that whole thing w juvia but sometimes i just think he ended up w her bc.......... she's there#ALSKDFJASL THAT'S A CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT ISN'T IT...#but like WHY WAS GRAY CHECKING THE INSIDE OF LUCY'S MOUTH WHILE HOLDING HER CHIN LIKE THAT--#you gonna see him do that shit w erza?? no way LOL#anyway ya i'm watching the 100 year quest rn#always catching her when she falls or you see him also shield her...#then again this is also just me enjoying the drama of it all so don't mind me#this aint about him!! this is a nalu post! LMFAOOO#art#fanart#natsu#lucy
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here's a playlist of (mostly) historically accurate love songs that twiyor has most definitely danced to on vinyl: youtube, spotify, apple music
some fast, some slow, some made for dancing, others probably not (but i still like them so i included them anyway), i'll add songs as i think of them
#the job i had through most of college was working for a music professor who was OBSESSED with jazz#his specialty was the golden age of captiol records#especially stuff from arrangers like billy may and johnny mercer and such#my boss introduced me to so much great music#he was such a genuinely good person. the very definition of good.#well i mean he's still alive so i should say he IS a genuinely good person lol#anyway#i've really enjoyed listening to jazz and doowop and stuff like that for a while#and now i have an excuse to share it#a lot of twiyor fanart of the two dancing is usually of them slow dancing#which is cute dont get me wrong but i also want them dancing so goofy like idiots#so here we are#also please check out the playlist i went through the trouble of putting it on three platforms#sxf#spy x family#loid forger#spyxfamily#yor forger#twiyor
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shipping chart thoughts
(billford always happens and they always break up. ford was obsessed when bill was his muse, then bill is obsessed after they’re no longer together and he realizes what he lost) (this dynamic is just canon, really)
(fiddauthor is always present at some point but in one route they end up together after canon events, and in another route fidd moves on) (it’s possible that they had a thing in college but consider it “typical college experimentation” because it’s the 70s and denial is strong. they still go through canon events)
(fiddlestan only happens during the fiddlestan route. otherwise canon events stay the same and they barely actually interact with each other. in the fiddlestan route they work together in the 80s and grow old together)
(billstan isn’t really romantic but it is a one-sided obsession. bill just can’t stop obsessing over the stans… for very different reasons…) (dare i say an unrequited kismesis dynamic?)
(ford and stan are brothers. that’s it. leave them out of the shipping dynamics.)
(fiddlebill isn’t really included here but i feel like the only way this would happen is if bill was possessing ford and wanted to fuck with fidd by using his crush on ford against him) (this one’s basically only possible if it’s fiddauthor-adjacent)
#do u see the vision#i can’t choose between fiddauthor & fiddlestan so i just have 2 different versions in my head where they both get to be endgame#also i enjoy billford but specifically when they end up in a terrible divorce#bill redemption and billford getting back together is fun and all and i enjoy content about it but. to Me that isn’t how it goes lol#i want that triangle to suffer. amen#billstan and fiddlebill have no shot at getting together in my mind sorry#bill being miserable and hating stan so much he becomes obsessive & being jealous of fidd are funny to me though#anyway. to me both fiddauthor & fiddlestan get to end with them as happily gay old men#lowkey don’t remember if i’ve posted something like this before so if i did then pretend i didn’t#😇😇😇#gravity falls#billford#fiddauthor#ford²#fiddlesix#fiddlestan#billstan#??#fiddlebill#????#i guess?#sorry 😭 not really but i’m talking about those 2 so i’m tagging them#i’m not tagging the brothers though. stay away please#stanford pines#bill cipher#fiddleford mcgucket#stanley pines
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Imagine Gale as a talented and impressive young man, able to compose the Weave at will, skilled in a way that few can match, and favored by the Goddess of Magic herself. Imagine that because of these accomplishments, he’s caught the eye of a few up-and-coming magic adepts, and he falls in love with one of them—his first real love. Gale isn’t one to toss the ‘L’ word around lightly, so when he tells them he loves them, he means it; he gives himself over to them completely.
And in return, they love him for his potential. For his status. For the magic he can command. They love the wizard they see on the surface, but not the man underneath. They are attracted to his power, but not to him.
So of course the relationship fails, after the thrill of his magic wears off. But because Gale is a resilient young man and he’s caught the eye of so many, he soon falls in love with another.
And then it happens again. And again.
And each time Gale’s heart is ravaged, his ambition to become a better wizard grows, because he’s being shown time and time again that his magic ability is all that matters.
So much so that, by the time Mystra decides to elevate him from Favored to Chosen to Lover, he welcomes her with eager, desperate arms. Because if all his worth is in his magic, and that’s all he has to offer, and that’s all anyone wants from him, who better to love him than the Goddess of Magic herself?
Except…there’s a nagging voice in the back of his head that whispers she doesn’t really love him. There’s anxiety in his heart as time passes, and he reaches both the limit of what his talents can do and what Mystra will allow him to do. And most troubling of all: a growing panic that, just like his other lovers, she will soon grow tired of him and discard him if he can’t improve his magic any further.
He tries pouting, and pleading, and begging her to let him take more power, to let him be more for her, but she refuses. Smiles patronizingly. Tells him to be patient. But Gale can’t be patient when his power is tied so closely to his self-worth; he can’t be patient when doing so in the past has only ever lead to heartache.
So he does what he believes will be a Grand Romantic Gesture, one that will finally put him on equal footing with the woman he loves. Instead, it turns out to be a folly that dooms him and destroys his talents. And just as he’d always feared, Mystra tosses him aside the moment his magical gifts are gone—because what’s left of him holds no value for her.
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Imagine Gale in his tower, alone, afraid, the ever-hungry orb in his chest, with only his tressym there to help him. No other friends to speak of. His colleagues forced to keep away for their own safety. His magical talents utterly stripped down, so that even when he does try and distract himself with illusions, he’s bitterly reminded of what he used to be capable of. Waking every morning wondering if it will be his last, ending every day full of loneliness and disappointment.
…and then he meets Tav.
At the lowest point in his life, at his most vulnerable, when he knows he’s going to be considered a burden, he meets this stranger and their group. So he does what he can to be useful—assigning himself to be camp cook, offering up his (now meager) magic skills, turning the charm up to 11—as he desperately hopes this will somehow work out. He’s pleasantly surprised when, after providing only minor details of his condition, Tav agrees to help him. He’s even more surprised when they actually follow through.
Imagine how Gale feels as Tav treats him kindly. As he grows to trust Tav, and then grows to like them. Imagine his surprise as he opens up and shows them more and more of himself, and they don’t turn him away.
But then his condition worsens. And he has to reveal everything: the foolish mistakes he’s made, and how dangerous he is as a result. He clings to Tav’s hand as he shows them his folly. He’s at their mercy now, and he knows this might be the last time he’ll ever feel the touch of another being, if they decide—and Gods, why wouldn’t they decide?—to cast him out.
…but they don’t. They don’t. Instead, they tell him to stay.
Imagine the relief Gale feels. The gratitude. And perhaps…just a hint of something more. Something that he dare not name, but that flares to life every time he thinks of how warm their hand was in his. Something that feels dangerously close to jealousy, when he’s had too much to drink and sees Tav smiling at another…
But he knows these are all foolish thoughts, because he has nothing to offer Tav. They are wonderful just as they are, but he…he is an empty shell of a man, a discarded husk of a wizard, and while they might tolerate him, he could never believe they might actually want him.
And besides, he still thinks of Mystra. He still longs for Mystra. She who cast him out, but to whom he still feels tethered. Sometimes he needs to cocoon himself in the weave, just to try and calm his fears and bring some joy back to his life, because magic is his life. And sometimes he just needs to see her face, even though that hurts as much as it heals.
One night he’s lost in thought, having conjured Mysta’s image after settling down at camp. Thinking that even if she hadn’t ‘loved’ him—certainly not in the way he’d loved her—she’d given him enough otherwise, hadn’t she? She’d amused him and been amused by him, they’d shared countless pleasures, why hadn’t he been satisfied with that?
Gale is so lost in thought he doesn’t realize Tav has come up behind him. Until they ask a question, startling him out of his trance. He’s a bit shaken, so he tries to turn the conversation from Mystra to the weave itself. And then a wonderful idea occurs to him, something that he’d been toying with already: what if they were to conjure the weave together?
He can show Tav how important magic is to him, let them experience what he does, perhaps even impress them a bit. But most importantly, share a moment with them. As friends would do…
He’s elated when Tav agrees. He leads them through the steps effortlessly, and they’re a surprisingly good student, following his instructions correctly (if a bit clumsily). He’s as excited as they are—perhaps even more so!—when they succeed in channeling the weave.
It’s such a pleasant, familiar feeling for him, like coming home to his tower in Waterdeep. Even as the weave connects him with Tav and makes them one, he’s easily able to hide his innermost thoughts, because he’s done it so many times before.
…but he’s forgotten that Tav has not.
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Imagine Gale knowing every romantic partner he ever had only wanted him because of how he could raise their status, or how he could amuse them, or how he could command magic for them. And, each time, he was happy to oblige them, even desperate to oblige them, because if that was the price of their love, then he was sure it would be worth it.
But it still all came to nothing.
Now imagine Gale connected in an intimate way with someone he likes very, very much—while being what he considers his lowest, most worthless, and most humbled self. As far from the powerful, impressive wizard he once was as he could ever be. And suddenly a vision enters his mind from the lovely creature standing next to him. Only, to his complete and utter shock, it isn’t one where he is providing them with a service, or wowing them with his magical ability, or granting them some kind of power from one of the spells he commands.
Instead, when he sees their desire laid bare before him, it’s a vision of kissing him. Of holding his hand. The two most basic forms of affection and physical connection. The two things that he would still be able to offer them even if every last ounce of his remaining magical abilities were stripped from him. The two things he could share with them even if he was no longer Gale of Waterdeep, and just plain old Gale Dekarios instead.
Imagine the embarrassment and trepidation he feels at first, because surely he is mistaken?…and then the elation when he realizes that he is not. So much elation that his concentration is broken, the weave dissipating as he forgets about channeling it, as he forgets about Mystra. Because all that matters to him now is the image before him—the most pleasant and welcome image he’s seen in a very, very long time.
Imagine how that would feel…and how besotted, enamored and completely devoted he’d be to Tav afterwards. To know that someone finally—finally—just wants him.
Just imagine.
#Please enjoy this huge dissertation about Gale#(which was unintentional)#I originally wanted to talk briefly—BRIEFLY—about why the weave scene is so important to him#And then I….kept writing lol#Please also note that while this focuses on successfully channeling the weave I also LOVE the talk you have with him if you ‘failed’ it!#The same themes apply there because when you tell Gale you still think about being alone together he replies that he hopes to embrace you#It’s all about Gale finally finding someone who appreciates him just as he is and being able to connect with them#gale of waterdeep#gale dekarios#baldur's gate 3#gale x tav#bg3
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