#gale of waterdeep

[waterdhaviancheeses]

Single Mages are dying to meet you!

[julientel]

Emotional support tressym

[itspapillonnoir]

GALE DEKARIOS — [6/?]

[laurenwalshart]

The Weave

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I’ve had a couple people ask for prints so I made a preorder! I’ll have prints with me at c2e2 as well but the shop will be stocked next week! Shop link is in my bio.

[finnautica]

Such beautiful eyes, it would be a shame a tadpole crawled inside them.

[irrelechan]

waterhalington lmao

YOU JUST ATE

[artsywarden]

[litsenn]

Fun fact: In EA, elves don't need to lie down to trance.

And sometimes Astarion keeps his book while trancing.

And Gale falls asleep while reading.

And this is my new favourite bug.

Those two really should have a bookclub.

[raethanbhanneth]

If I were Gale I would have activated the orb like night 3 of camp. I would have been so tired and so sick of everyone’s shit.

[violet-dekarios]

The Wizard of Waterdeep

[merulaturdus]

One day I was like "damn Gale you're SO difficult to draw I'M SICK OF IT" and ended up with this bunch of studies omg It's always such a challenge to depict his cuteness, masculinity and handsomeness at a time ,_, drawn somewhere in april

[nabexis]

Guess who's back on their bloodweave bullshit?

[kalidels]

it's july 2 in my timezone now so my shop is updated! :D

tell your rpg friends, everything will be available until july 20th!

[dekariosclan]

Thoughts on mystra leaving Gale in the fugue plane if he sacrifices himself in act 3 during his origin run? I only did it to see what the ending would be and, it broke my heart and made me so mad.

(I already hated her but oh man)

Anon, you are a much stronger person than I am, because I could never go through with sacrificing Gale, even to see an ending that I otherwise would miss! But if my research is correct, you are referring to Gale ending up in the fugue plane and speaking to Withers, who says:

Withers: “I feared I might not find thee here—that Mystra would have already plucked thy thread from the tapestry of fate. But she may wait awhile yet.”

Ah, yes. Once again, Gale is bluntly shown that he is of little importance to Mystra. Even after following her instructions and sacrificing himself for the good of humanity, AND directly benefitting her by destroying the Netherbrain, he’s still not high on her list of priorities.

This isn’t shocking to me, because Mystra stays impressively on-brand throughout the game in regards to how poorly she treats Gale.

I know that there are still occasional debates on timelines, ages, how Gale’s ‘folly’ played out, etc., as well as Mystra’s treatment/abuse of mortals in her past (and WOW some of that is…a doozy to read) but I’m just going to focus on what happens in the game. And in regards to that, when it comes to the phrase “All my homies hate Mystra,” I am one of the homies.

Because of course Mystra would leave Gale waiting in the fugue plane. Just like she leaves him waiting in his origin run if he returns the crown to her and says he’d like to be lovers again. She doesn’t even care enough to give him the courtesy of a ‘yes’ or ‘no’—she simply says “All in good time,” and then just…leaves.

(If Gale is an illlithid and returns the crown, Mystra does actually take him to Elysium in order to save his soul if he so chooses, but I don’t exactly get happily-ever-after vibes from that ending, either.)

All Gale has ever wanted was to be with someone who loves him. To ‘live in a wizard’s tower with a sweetheart’, as revealed in the Act I Ornate mirror scene. But his dealings with Mystra invariably end with him being left alone, waiting, and/or being told to be ‘patient.’

Even if he were to become her Chosen again—which is mentioned in Tav’s dialogue on the pier, if Gale agrees to return the crown—he’s essentially back to where he started in his relationship with her, minus the sex and the Archmage title. That’s a very sad ending for Gale, because it means, despite everything, he still hasn’t learned that he is worthy of a better life.

And so Anon, to your question about my thoughts: Even if she had been waiting to collect him in the fugue plane, I simply cannot imagine any scenario where Gale would be happy with Mystra. Gale is happiest when he’s PARTNERED with someone, when he has companionship with someone who is equal to him. Someone who will be there for him, the same way that he is there for them, always. He won’t ever get that with Mystra. That’s what happens when you have a gaping power differential in a relationship, and it’s why a ‘romance’ between them should never have happened in the first place. Say what you will about God Gale, but the very first thing he does when his beloved agrees to join him in the Heavens is to make them a god, too. He doesn’t want a lover who is a follower, or someone he can control or dismiss on a whim. He wants an equal partnership—because that’s what real love is.

So, here’s what I propose as the best ending, to help cleanse your palate from that awful fugue plane one: Gale doesn’t sacrifice himself, he leaves the crown in the river, and he marries his beloved Tav. And moving forward, if Mystra is desperate for a booty call, she’s in luck! There’s a wholeass pantheon of other Gods whom she is welcome to f*ck. If she’s so desperately in need, she can send a scroll to Helm that says “U up? WYD?” and go from there. Or, she can ask Selune if she’d be up to Astral plane & chill sometime. She can see what it feels like when one of them dismisses her.

Most importantly, she can stay the hell away from mortals, and away from Gale and Tav.

[messiahzzz]