#I appreciate it A LOT

[galedekarios]

What do you think of their decision to make Gale a teacher in his good ending? Earlier in the game, he says his attempted students’ ineptitudes irked him. Do you think he’s made enough of a change to make a good professor?

thank you for your message, anon! 🖤

i'm of two minds about it:

i am going to be transparent here and say that i am a teacher myself. i studied, i did my teacher training, and i have been teaching for a good bit now - and some people are meant to be teachers, and some are not. it's one of those professions that you have to be born for, imo. it requires an immense amount of patience and perseverance, a certain intuition when it comes to your students, among many other things.

i have said before that i can see gale as a professor, but less so in a teaching position and more in a sort of research role.

so looking at this, i think what larian is trying to convey is that gale has settled into this new life he leads, that he's found his place in life. that he's finally worked to salvage that life instead of reaching for the stars.

he's content now, more than he's ever been before. he has returned to the home he missed so very much. he's spending his time surrounded with the people he loves. tara, morena, the player, his friends. and he's dedicated himself to the study of magic.

that feeling of being content, happiness and security and love, as well as the journey he's been on, too, may have quelled the things that caused him to feel so irked by his students prior to his journey, perhaps it has given him a new perspective on things, the low lows and high highs he experienced.

but i also think that larian does listen to community feedback - imo too much at times - and this was a intensely popular headcanon for gale.

i have taken a look for you at the files for the epilogue and the notes in it seem to echo my thoughts overall:

His default state is that he returned to Waterdeep and became a professor of Illusory magic at his former school, Blackstaff Academy. General vibe here is that this a Gale who's found peace with himself - he's a great teacher, one his students are mostly in awe of.

[zara-renata]

im gonna be honest with you, the way you encapsulate Caleb's character in your work changed how I look at him as a character.

I'm stun-locked every time I see little nods to his in-game lore throughout your fics and it just works so well with your story??? TT TT TT

great work, I'm dying to see more of it TT TT ✨✨

Haha ahah i read ‘i’m gonna be honest with you’ and then braced myself for a verbal beatdown, so aaah what a relief, thank you so much, this is a huge compliment— I appreciate it so much because I honestly spend a lot of time shivering like a chihuahua worried that I’m making him wildly ooc and too dark, and then i have to go back and watch his myth and some of the main story chapters to reassure myself that, yes, yes he is this nuts, and also this sweet, and also this playful, and also this scary from a certain perspective, and then i double down with writing him this way while slurping up every new crumb of info about him that people generously share as they far outstrip me in gaining affinity so i can reference it in the fic😭 but i have a much harder time pinning down caleb than sylus, so to hear that you like what I’m doing with him and look forward to more is so encouraging, thank you!! I’m glad it helped pique your interest in his character!

[nuzlight-mia]

ohh its munday!! ive been thinking enough i could toss in a theory ^-^

rn the biggest theory ive got in my mind is about what arias so pissed about- i think it has to do with mias wish. initially id thought it was something to do with him not being able to communicate, but given the surprise about that fact when he was let out from him and mia, that's probably not the case.. that matters probably a factor of game mechanics now that there's onlookers. though im still betting that we'll be able to talk fully eventually- just not right away! i think he'd definitely tell us too much too soon that way..

hazarding a guess, its probably something to do with mias other, pink-eyed form... knowing how desperate she is to stay in the nuzlight, at all costs, i do wonder if its some kind of measure to further ensure that? the ability to turn the game off and boot someone from it is very good if you don't want them to lose against you... but then again, im not all too sure yet- there's definitely more information to be found before i can fully draw conclusions. whys it come with negative emotions specifically? what WAS mias wish? what does tec have to do with everything? how important is tec to the entirety of the nuzlight? how much does mias team know? is that why arias mad, or is it something else? grabbing you by the shoulders WHAT DOES THE MIA ANGEL IMAGERY MEAN !!!

this is more spewing questions than actual theorywork, im just rotating them in my brain violently and frequently ^^" mia clearly has something to hide and is doing everything she can to do so. at the very least, we know she has something to run from- her real life. i think a lot of her actions are taken to do everything she possibly can to avoid ever going back, so a lot of these questions probably lead back there...

in the end, i feel like there are three less-acknowledged chekov's guns right now that i can't speculate much on yet, but i feel like they WILL be important:

The Nuzlight became unstable with a split audience.

Someone other than Mia made a wish.

Tec has one wish left, and doesn't know what will happen when it's used.

If these "guns" fire? Shits gonna get FUUUCKED. Something is gonna happen with the Nuzlight, that wish WILL be important, and that last wish WILL get used and there will be consequences. i guess thats my actual theory!

uhh as for a lighthearted headcanon to end things with ... i feel like mia would braid and unbraid (and generally play with) her longer pieces of hair as a bored fidget :]

im also typing this quickly and from memory so im sorry if i got any important information wrong. Hrnghf

SORRY IT TOOK A WHILE TO REPLY, I READ THIS AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING ON POSTS AGAIN I WAS SO EXCITED SJKBJKSGKJBDFGF

i am evily rubbing my hands together... wish i could respond to everything but in time ...... eventually.......

THE MIA ANGEL IMAGERY MADE ME LAUGH THO SDJFSDBJKFDBJKS fer anyone who doesn't know i often doodle her with like angel themes outside this blog, like this:

not my fault she's fun to give wings <33 /lh

also im stealing your light hearted headcanon nowwww <33 yay -yoink-

[meltedbluecaterpillar]

Oh my, and just before New Years too… You are all too kind.

[glassofpumpkinjuice]

everybody else has said it much more eloquently already but i really have enjoyed losing it over fall out boy with you all so much. and i will definitely continue to do that. but this tour has really been magical and ily all of you

[rebka18]

Wow 8 years here(sheesh thank You all for tolerate me xD) 🥳

[ambrosiagourmet]

All your analysis are so smort... You do so much to improve my experience as a consumer of Dungeon Meshi/any media really and make me reconsider my relationship with my own writing

Ah wow, thank you!! Think about stories is cool I'm glad I can improve your experience of this one (& maybe even others!!) <3

[oldpeepawleo]

OI!

ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW COOL YOU ARE?!

Hello!

Yes, yes I know just how awesome I am, the fabulousnous never left me and I aged like good wine

[milkytimsuu]

Thank you for sending asks, that made me quite happy.

[crazylittlejester]

Nah, you can't go out here saying you ain't an artist then drop one of the prettiest drawing of Wars I've done seen 🧍‍♂️. He's so pretty in your artstyle Jess!!!

I did NOT except that post to get the positive feedback it did 🧍‍♂️

I’m so glad you like it!! He deserves to be pretty

[pigswithwings]

you have absolutely amazing character and creature design

THANKS!!! it's really. uhh its really a work in progress all of these characters and creatures have been revamped and revamped so many times over the course of a few years but!!!! we improve

[ray935sworld]

Ray hello, I love your fics btw

Thank you, the flowers for you 🌷

And you have the best timing, was just having another wave if frustration. Thank you very much ❤️❤️❤️

[pardonmydelays]

Wasn't sure if you'd like an Eras/Taylor themed bracelet so I present to you:

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i need you to know this made me laugh and sob and scream and giggle all at the same time, this is the best thing ever omg thank you so much, i love you M 😭❤️

[soulfire-of-void]

hey, doing alright?

doing fine so far! i have not checked the numbers and will not until after i sleep just in case things go really bad. whether we get hell for the next month or hell for the next 4+ years i'll have a chocolate muffin in the morning tomorrow and i'm trying to focus on that

[dressycobra7]

My assumption for your ask game - you’re beautiful 🩷

You can tell me if it’s true or false, but I’m already sure if the answer

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😳 the blush I had on my face when I first read this omggggg I had to like put my phone down for a sec 😂 I wasn’t expecting that! This is so sweet Nonnyyyyy 😭😭😭

and uhhh personally I’d probably give myself like a 5 on most days, 7 if it’s a really good day so take that as u will. Umm I do show my face here on TikTok so I’ll let u be the judge

[thegoldenshi-shi]

An Art Update of Sorts

I don't normally do announcements, but I thought I would let everyone know what's going on in my little art world.

I'm working on something tiny (emphasis on tiny) to put up for sale on my Ko-fi page, and on a few original comic projects also to go up for sale. When the comics will come out is up in the air, because...you know...life happens...but I really want to get them up and share them with you all sometime in 2024.

The big thing right now is that I'm currently wrapped up in a large Calligraphy/Watercolor project that may take me a while to get finished. I have never done a large Fraktur before, and this one is cover 200 years worth of names in a family-tree style layout. It's gonna be BIG and DETAILED, which is exciting, but also makes my hand hurt to think too much about. Fraktur is also an old style, so I really want to take my time with it and do it justice.

Fanart is slow coming as a result of all my projects (every time I look at my lack of Transformers I cringe a little), but I just don't have the time to work on everything at once. I'm going to keep drawing fanart, don't get me wrong, but I just wanted to tell you all that my slow slow updating probably won't get any better for the next few weeks.

Thank you all so much for your patience with me, my ask box is still very much open and I will always try and get back to you in a timely fashion.