#gale/ofc

[cozzybob]

Silhouette - 16

The sky was black with birds.  Every species and color swirled together in a torrent over the city. They flapped and screeched with a terrible cacophony, the mad flock visible long before Velora and her friends reached the park. They circled like vultures, creating the illusion of a twisting black tornado. Rodents scurried up from the sewers in packs, racing towards the eye of it with a rabid gleam in their beady little eyes. Hounds still leashed to the trees and trapped by fence posts gnashed at their bonds, desperate to join them. Others raced down the walkway with their leashes still attached, a primal hunger spilling from snarling lips. Across the street, an older woman chased after a large, fluffy black dog that had darted free of her grip. A winged cat swooped down above the woman’s head and mewed at her with clear intent. “A druid? What does he want with Vecna?” The woman stopped abruptly in her chase, hands on her knees as she doubled over, trying to catch her breath. “Well, tell him to come back!” The flying cat hissed with sharp, pointed teeth, her ears flattening back.  “Apologies for the order, Tara dear. I’m just terribly worried! Are you susceptible to the spell?” At the cat’s response, the woman continued, “I would very much appreciate it if you could follow him, then. Please be careful! I’ll return home and see about contacting my son.” Another mew. “Yes, I know he never responds. One can always hope, however…”

[cronchy-baguette]

happy late birthday to bg3!!! here's the tadpookies (and their Little Guys) in their red carpet bests!

[slumpsnail]

Gale sketches for my next render, I might try a new paint style and will definitely add more details later.

Lately, I’ve been thinking about Gale as a necromancer, who's body is rotting from the orb and only keeping his appearance up with the Weave. My inspo is from the Sandman comics, @/GarnetDawn's rendition of Gale's arcane hunger, and Eternals from Divinity.

[lunian]

still thinking this moment in the morning after Astarion tried to bite Gale for the first time was so damn funny

[galedekarios]

gale romance + greetings in act ii

bonus:

[alsoika]

Y'all

Omelum greets Astarion as 'child of the dark':

And Gale as 'child of the sun':

... I am unwell.

[oflights]

me: never pays attention to AO3 ship stats, generally doesn't care about trends, glad everyone's having fun, will just write what i like and hope it finds an audience somehow 😌😇🥰

also me seeing bloodweave in the top 50 on this:

[invinciblerodent]

do you have any idea how obsessed I am with this fucking line right now

like I can't be the only one who thinks this sounds like it could be a callback, right? Like the words "cuddly Astarion" were said at least once before???????

[cats-obsessions]

I’m sorry. It’s so fucking funny to me how secretive most of the party THINKS they’re being when they’re absolutely not. Astarion obviously looks like a vampire. Shadowheart WEARS the symbol of Shar. Another wizard or sorcerer might even have heard about Gale. 100% if Durge had even half of their memories, they’d be able to clock every single one of them.

[saveskum]

BG3 combat visuals pt 3.

[druizard]

[wild-magic-oops]

Durge vision™

[mcnicecream]

high school

[alienoresimagines]

Bucky: *on the phone* Hey, Buck, do you know my blood type? Buck: Of course, it's AB. Bucky: Oh, I guessed wrong. Excuse me, nurse-

[lunian]

oh this silly wizard and his silly vampire bf with his new silly kiss animation

[galedekarios]

it will never not be funny to me how delighted gale is at the prospect of breaking into another wizard's tower and snooping around.

although i do also wish there'd been more to this than the small window into gale's past the protag gets when gale recounts a story from his first year as a blackstaff apprentice.

there should be so many things that hit too close to home for gale. not just the outward, with lenore's love for literature and poetry, the magic still scattered around, but also the vast sadness and loneliness clinging to this place. the loneliness that made lenore give bernard the ability to hug. all those things that he himself faced and speaks of briefly during the tiefling party, as well as the boat scene in act 3.

i'm happy we got at least something - and that it was a memory that made gale laugh - but there was potential here too, to speak of loss and grief and isolation.

i think the loss scene that was sadly cut in the full release version of the game - either as it is or slightly edited - could have worked very well here.