#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.

[lossie92]

Had to chime in as another follower who knew you through fanfic first! It got to the point where every time I saw your username pop up I knew it was going to be an instant read for me (and for good reason, I absolutely love your writing style, grasp on characterization and plot concepts) so following you in tumble was a no brainer <3 even if you never write another madatobi fanfic again (though I hope you will!!) you’ve gained a follower for life! Keep doing you—we’re here for it!!

Hi anon 👋

Thank you for this message. I'm incredibly thankful for the words of support and appreciation coming from you, the other two anons and the people who reacted to these messages. It's really nice to know people enjoy my writing! ❤️

I will continue to create content for the mdtb fandom, be it art or fanfiction. Atm I have no intention of quitting, so don't worry, I'll keep on posting even if it's not as often as before 😊

Btw what I mentioned about no longer feeling as part of the fandom doesn't mean I'll stop participating in it in some way or that I don't think I contribute to it.

I have just decided to limit my involvement and to keep my distance due to a number of unpleasant experiences I went through with people I used to think were my friends and/or friendly towards me. It's a decision I don't regret making, but sometimes I can't help but think about what-ifs.

That's all there's to it.

[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

[thebogiscoming]

also i recommend drinking water if you’re feeling shaken after that… i genuinely hope what happens actually hurt you in any way /gen

i should be fine! some time cooling off and not thinking about it every second has been a lot of help

i did drink water about an hour or two earlier, and i've freshly hydrated

it was absolutely the excitement, and maybe looking at bright stuff for a while had something to do with it.. thank you so much for your concern, i really appreciate it ^^

[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

[ianthoni]

as someone who doesn’t ship rpf, i still like seeing ianthony stuff cross my dash just bc they’re cute besties. most of the time it’s done really respectfully and it’s also being done in a place where ian and anthony would never see it (unless they’re actively searching for it ig?) so go for it dude!!

No like i don't even ship ship them like they're trying to portray. I know Anthony has a girlfriend and Ian probably has a gf/bf somewhere. I don't think they're secretly dating I don't think they're in love. I just saw them as platonic besties/soulmates and i find their bond very beautiful.

I don't even consider this parasocial cause i'm not trying to show them my posts or trying to prove they're dating. That's not fuckin 2010 and they're not one direction members and im definitely not a l/rry lmao. I just post stuff that i find cute/ interesting because that's fandom. Fandom literally exists so we can love them and post stuff about them? Am I wrong?

[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.

[chibishortdeath]

Your art inspires me so much. Thank you for sharing your incredible work!

Thank you!!!! These kinds of messages really do motivate me to keep doing stuff, I appreciate this a lot (*´꒳`*)♡

A rare kinda smiling Simon for u :3 (he’s not used to it, so he’s a little embarrassed)

[pardonmydelays]

✨💖Positivity chain! List 5 to 10 things that make you smile and explain why! Then send this to others to let them know they make you smile✨💖

this is so sweet and i just wish i knew who sent me this. ok, i have a little crisis here today, so i'll just try to use this ask as a distraction:

my mutuals - it's funny because everytime i'm here i feel like i am just hanging out with all of you. you are like family to me. you make me smile and laugh and i know i make you laugh sometimes and it's just so awesome to know that there are people who genuinely care even if we all live so far away from each other. ily guys.

coffee - i just always have to start my day with coffee and it's not because it's easier for me to wake up this way (idk if it even still works at this point because i drink so much coffee i can literally just drink it at midnight and still go to sleep), I JUST LOVE THE TASTE. i am an addict, definitely.

twenty one pilots - i know you guys are probably so sick of me because i just talk about them all the time, but they truly make me so so so happy, it's not funny. i see a picture of those two idiots and my brain goes JFBEJHWBFHEBKJ. so, i'm not sorry and this will happen again. LET ME TALK ABOUT THEM LET ME SCREAM I WANNA TALK ABOUT THEM DUBEIBINEMFKEKOMIN

music - like music in general. idk. i open my eyes and i just play music immediately, i can't stand sitting in silence (sometimes quiet is violent), i can stand being alone with my own thoughts, i need music 24/7 so i don't have to listen to the voices in my head. idk. i recently discovered that after 12h at work i'm mostly exhausted because i can't listen to the music when i'm there. ugh. life sucks.

idk nothing else makes me happy these days i'm sorry. but i tried!

[poisonous-transmissions]

I'm sure-! It's quite alright to complain- it's your blog, after all... However, that being said, I await eagerly to see what else you'll post ☺️

(P.S. I lurk quite a bit, as well. You and I are very similar on that front.)

thanks. ill try not to dissapoint then,,

[madame-mongoose]

I can only send 10 images per ask unfortunately, so hopefully this helps!

Ah,,, thank you so much that means a lot to me. I really appreciate you 💖, thank you for considering me as a friend

[woonhakist]

hiii!!! i love your layout sm!🫶🏻🫶🏻

hello!!!! thank you very much user blurryriki 🧘‍♀️