#I LOVE YOU GALE DEKARIOS

[recitedemise]

Gale's ambition is a result of his hunger for affection — or simpler yet, for approval. Upon meeting him, it might be easy, too easy in fact, to cast him as haughty and far too proud. And he is, don't get me wrong, eager to highlight, present, and parade his genius, but gallivanting merrily for the sake of vanity? Heaven forbid. In truth, it's more an attempt to wrangle praise.

Growing up, Gale Dekarios, a prodigy, was valued primarily for his vicious intellect. In that way, he was few in his companions and fewer in his friendships that would hold for years. Still, as he was only just a boy, he had learned to mold himself in a way they'd favor. In time, he grew to advertise it all, plastering his intelligence like a some gaudy ad. It's what they fancied, he had decided, never sought for his company or his too-spirited rambles, so why fumble through the legwork at having them grasp his quality? This way is far kinder — and far more painless.

It stands to reason then, unfortunately, why being chosen by Mystra only made this worse. Again, she had sought him for his mind. She had kept him in her cradle for his aptitude at spellcraft. Their love had been paltry, so vacant in a flavor as to toe on spartan; however, starved for affection and a tentative kindness? Gale, a stricken fool, couldn't see the truth.

To summarize, Gale was obscenely insecure, absolutely a strutting peacock for better opinion. Through some encouragement, however, he can slowly — and very carefully! — begin to curb that habit.

As a closing note, I think some dialogue at the end of the game captures this perfectly:

Who cares [what people think of you]?

Gale (at the party, content): Not me, of course. Gale of Waterdeep might have craved such attention, but Gale Dekarios does a heroic deed purely for its own quiet satisfaction — and the occasional hearty 'thank you.'

We love a more anchored, self-assured king. :)

[lancer1234]

CHAT IM NOT OK CHAT HE'S DRIVING ME SO INSANE I AM VERY DOWN BAD FOR HIM CHAT I AM GOING INTO THAT PART OF THE FIXATION WHERE ITS BECOMING CARNAL PLEASE HELP ME

[honestlyitsjustsam]

favourite moments of bg3 -> (5/?)

[raintides]

the only guy i know how to draw

[theoldkyokodied]

The Allegiance of the Ascended Vampire and the New God of Magic

[thewizardhole]

happy pride u vile sickos

[namarikonda]

a lover's eye for each romanceable companion in bg3 ♡

[gale-force-storm]

Thinking about the fact that, to pull Gale from the stone and get him in the game at all, you have to decide to try to touch an extremely dangerous looking swirling mass of unstable magic. Something that is, objectively, a terrible idea

Like, the options it gives you are to either touch the sigil or leave, and if you leave you just... don't get Gale in the party

You have to take the risk. You have to let your curiosity override your common sense. You have to look at this unstable, possibly dangerous malfunctioning magic sigil and go "...Ok, but what if I poke it?"

In short, to get Gale in your party, you have to do exactly what he would in that situation, and indulge in a moment of reckless curiosity. And I just think that's delightful

[dekariosclan]

That rooftop scene with Tara where Gale invites you to dinner, and he’s trying SO hard to entice you. Talking about a sumptuous home-cooked meal, Hundur sauce, his impressive wine collection. The works.

And the whole time he’s looking at you like this:

…sir, with that look you could offer me Tara’s half-eaten pigeon and an expired ramen seasoning packet for dinner and I would still show up.

Screenshots from NiceTry_Lena’s video on YouTube

[dr-demi-bee]

Galemancers:

Gale:

[galedekarios]

#would you still love me if i was a worm?

[lazylittledragon]

it’s being normal about dad gale hours again

[honestlyitsjustsam]

favourite moments of bg3 -> (1/?)

[anon-nee]

There's something like the anticipation of a Kiss...

Purple magic nerds kissing. That's it. That's the post.

[madbalalaika]

Based on "Sauced" by dirty_whorchata. Very wholesome and has just the right amount of spice :>

Requests and (urgent) commissions | Buy me a ko-fi ☕💗

[saturdaysky]

we'll be alright, love. we'll make it through, you'll see.

just a doodle of my gnome tav, mayhew, and gale sometime in the long, dark night of the soul that is act 2

line version:

used a photo ref for the general pose. refs are amazing ✌