#corrupted gear

[messiahzzz]

it’s been almost a year now… is the bg3 fandom finally ready to talk about how gale’s “hubris” is the sole product of actively feeding his insecurities further and straight up denying him help & guidance when he was at his lowest and needed it most. it’s not one of his core traits and never was. he isn’t some closeted power hungry monster that is just waiting to be enabled. what he wants is admiration, recognition and acceptance. which is also what he sought from mystra before the orb disaster happened. he had no desire whatsoever to become a god himself or challenge her rule, he simply wanted to be seen as sufficient in her eyes (“to serve her better”). to be as equal as he could possibly be in a relationship with a literal deity. he has a deep passion for magic and knowledge that affects almost all areas of his life and enjoys the display thereof. he wants to be the smartest person in the room and enjoys when his work is recognized. he may be perceived as arrogant when it comes to his skill, but he IS NOT hubristic. it truly takes so little for him to be wholly content.

[glutko]

[gearoxbutabox]

Doodles I made from today's whiteboard session with my buddies

[sholmeser]

abt halfway done w this game i think. ilikehim

[ubububububusgoround]

clockworker's doll

bonus

[mycardinalromance]

clearing up a misconception i’ve seen way too many times today !!

people keep saying ^these^ are the same gear. they are not. the shape is clearly different, look at the size of the holes in their centres

the gear viktor drops is actually the one which he picks up from the fountain when talking to jinx. that’s the same gear.

of course, this doesn’t change the symbolism of him picking up a gear when the hextech dream is established and dropping one when it’s eviscerated..

but they’re different gears!

[nebulacritter]

corruption stockpile doodles

[ggstcorruptionau]

drawing

I've been a tad scared to post art since I do that a lot on my main. but I decided to not be scared

heres some art I did of the first three corrupted

originally I was going to do more detail but I decided to do something simple

again, my asks are open if anyone wants any more detail on anything

[kotonni]

The gear fell on the corrupted side

[m43d4y]

Mfs be like "Ky can't be gay he's married to Dizzy!!!"

My brother in Christ that bitch is

8 years old.

Which is worse? Some old man gear tiddie in his face every once and a while or BEDDING A FUCKING 8 YEAR OLD?

I get that she's not human and ages differently but still I wouldn't see Sin like that either. Man doesn't know what sex is.

Sooo like Idk I'm gonna take Sol Badguy. Plus they got a better relationship. ❤️

[jamlabs]

More ultragear(?) doodles. Yes machines are a standin for gears in this universe and I couldn't resist making ky an angel...

[glutko]

[gearoxbutabox]

Magma doodle of this guy I hate so much

[golden-stag]

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Gggahh… It’s still so sweet seeing characters support Dizzy like this and seeing more of Testaments soft side ;v;

[sparky-is-spiders]

The thing I love so much about Jonsasha dual archivist AUs is how easily it becomes a "them against the world" situation. Falling into the Beholding at almost exactly the same time, developing similar (although perhaps not identical) powers, having the same inhuman diet, driving away their coworkers...

And yeah that last one IS super vital to Jonsasha because I think they would. Jon's paranoia combined with Sasha's stalking skills? Their intelligence and reckless knowledge-seeking? It would be a mess. Tim losing both his close friend and his (work friend? acquaintance?) at the same time, right after a traumatic experience? The others watching as they start withdrawing into each other more and more (even as they're each monitoring the other for signs of betrayal). Do you think Sasha "lets hang with my creepy monster stalker at midnight (without telling anyone)" James would catch on to the blink-and-you-miss-it reference to the possibility that the web table traps the Not-Them? I am not totally convinced she would even bother getting a weapon before investigating it (which is... exactly what she did in canon, actually??).

I want them to hear the Jurgen statement together. I want them to go out and share a smoke and a charged conversation while Elias does his thing. I want them to go tearing through the London supernatural community with reckless abandon. I want Elias to have to frantically restructure his plans while he tries to figure out how the hell having Two Entire Archivists might mess with his plans. I want them to rack up marks shockingly quickly. I want Sasha to encourage Jon to hop over boundaries with her. I want them to drag each other down. I want them to be feared and hated by the remaining archival staff because Sasha keeps Knowing deeply personal information about them "accidentally" and Jon can't stop compelling people and they have the same freaky eyes and they're chasing each other down the same destructive path.

I want Jonsasha taking solace in each other, exchanging statements about their respective supernatural encounters (look it's cute ok?) and coming to Know each other in a way nobody else ever could. I want them to anchor each other. I want them to make everything worse forever. I want them to always defend each other, even as their own guilt keeps piling up and their friends keep getting angry and hurt. Dual archivist Jonsasha is two sides of the same coin, coming together even as they drive everybody else away. It's so juicy and I think about it constantly.

I think Elias finds a way to pull off his plan and when he does they slowly give in to their natures and enjoy their apocalypses after a lovely and long mutual corruption arc. That is all.