#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.

[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

[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

[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.

[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)

[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 🧘‍♀️

[braisedhoney]

Take that time off, Captain! Even the sentient molds and hell-cows agree, you deserve it. You do so much for all of us. We'll keep the ship mildy operational in your absence. o7

#0505

well it's always a relief to know we can find common ground with the random oddities that show up on board—i'll leave things up to you guys for the time being then! o7

[seaside-lovers-archive]

I honestly love seeing you fawn over The Dealer! While it's a relatively popular game currently, it's always nice to see people give love to characters others don't really expect. I bet he's so happy and appreciative to have you be his partner 💖

@milks-shake-cafe

thank you. 💟