#gilear responds

[badkidsofficial]

Gilear! What's it like being in a floating van? Do you get seasick?

[dreamingeyes]

how fantasy high characters would react if you asked them to buy you pads

bonus gilear

[thisisnotthenerd]

incredibly thicc 'sode tonight folks. longest so far of the season. we have reached a point where you cannot watch all of what's released of fhjy in a single day. we've also broken 150 hours in the world of spyre. spreadsheet for more details

starting with the loam farm. something's in the soil. wrapping up the school year. everyone's getting little clues and figuring out their academics. adaine and aelwyn bonding.

landing in fallinel. the return of telemaine lomenelda. seeing wolfsong and everything that's being done with it. all of the secret sylvan gifts for the moonar yulenear. kristen and tracker talking about social vs. personal religion and what that means wrt faith.

emily clocking the hallow spell? *chef's kiss*

figuring out the dead god's name. briefcase dimension. multiple divine interventions. adaine counterspells a god. fig gets uncursed. baron from the baronies is back. they're in fig's bedroom.

also just a ton of nat 20s this episode, especially from riz. some really critical (ha!) moments that moved up the plot advancement.

ok big brain mode. we found out a few things:

the red glass shards take on imprinted emotion, not just rage

people aren't dying from an attack, they're like the rage mages

devil's nectar can produce devil's honey, which grants charisma bonuses but comes with the downside of convincing yourself of your lies

the spy's tongue curse is a voluntary agreement that makes the participants unable to speak each other's names

kalina notably used it pre-nightmare king quest, likely with a fiendish ally

the fig/gilear curse is luck related, with both of them on opposite ends of the spectrum, and it is confirmed related to the pride armor, now dispelled by adaine.

tracker brought winter to fallinel, as a miracle from galicaea, with her declaration that as the moon changes, so too does galicaea invite change

there is evidence of proto-deities and gods predating those we now know in fallinel, in the stone circle that's on wolfsong's site

the dead god who was married to cassandra was named ankarna

speaking ankarna's name immediately caused a chain reaction of deific response--bakur potentially escaped, galicaea went full moon & transformed tracker and started targeting the curse on fig, cassandra responded with a shroud of mirrors, and ankarna maybe came back into being, given the fire.

anyway, i'm excited to see this all come together.

[crestfallercanyon]

Kristen is so fucking relatable as a repressed teenager jfc. I am both horrified and in awe of Ally Beardsley’s playing of Kristen Applebees — Kristen is a MESS but she’s a lovable mess who I’m glad everyone’s kind exasperatedly supporting. I knew plenty of people like her in my school or going through this wild renaissance of new information about themselves (or that they wouldn’t let themselves learn about who they were) and it’s just really uplifting to see Kristen have such good friends through it all (though her speech started sweet and very swiftly needed to be shut down lol) but I know lots of people might like really regard her as frustrating and awful but she’s a teenager who is going through a lot of changes and crises of faith and persona and I just gah. I love her.

Fig and her care toward her two dads is adorable, every interaction with Gilear is gold (also props to Gilear for recognizing Sklonda is too much woman for him) but also the mantras in the mirror were so sweet. I also love how Gilear interacts with all of Fig’s friends and how Fig asserts herself and just wants the best for literally everyone. Yes she is very mischievous (also holy shit her deception skill is so fucking high??) but she’s mischievous on the path of good and I love it.

Fabian makes me sad. Like, he wants to impress his dad but he wants to be his own man. And Bill Seacaster — I still don’t know what to make of him— but being around someone whose mood is entirely unreliable (and assuredly that bleeds into other aspects of him) no wonder Fabian tries so hard to be strong and stable because he’s had to deal with instability his whole life.

Gorgug — I’ve talked about Gorgug a few times now but he’s just such a sweetheart. He called himself stupid and that’s tragic because he may not be the one figuring out all the clues and know what to do but he’s also the one they can rely on to diffuse a situation or just be kind about unknown things and as a barbarian that’s a huge tonal shift that’s so impressive. He’s not the brightest bulb but he may be the sweetest and that matters.

Adaine and her whole sibling rivalry gives me life. I’m glad she’s rebelling against her parents. She became powerful and wonderful and adept DESPITE her parents (whereas Aelwyn always had their full support) and I think that’s something that — while painfully — I hope she’ll learn to carry with pride.

Also Riz? One, he’s such a great like awkwardly confident teenager, and I’m glad he responded to his mom’s hiding of information the way he did (I love that him and Sklonda are like— healthy parent/child relationship) (also love how Brennan plays Sklonda), but he takes this with stride and won’t let all the things dragging him down hold him back and I’m sure for Sklonda that’s both amazing and scary because she wants her son safe but it just warms my heart to see.

And the teamwork here!!! Kristen and Adaine detecting magic and good here? Gorgug trying to find a power source for the palimpsest. THE BIZ REVEAL?? Also Riz’s final move here to take the palimpsest and then pull the gun with Biz!!! That was fucking AMAZING, because of course he’s not cool with what Biz is doing and I also I want Riz and Adaine both to absolutely tear Biz apart.

Adaine and Riz teamups are truly my beloved — like go you angry intelligent kids, go go go!

Honestly all of them — I’m so excited for this fight at the arcade let’s get it.

[jadelion]

I need to know that you're ok

This is my first fanfic, I hope you like it.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53663482

1849 words

Adaine x Fabian

Mostly fluff and a bit of hurt/comfort

Summary: Fabian doesn't want to go home, Adaine wants to help him

(Junior Year spoilers)

"You guys wanna go to Basrar's?" Fabian asked, as nonchalantly as possible.

It was the end of their first week back at school and Seacaster Manor had only felt lonelier day by day. He didn't want to make it obvious, but going back to that empty home was something Fabian desperately wanted to avoid.

Fig was the first to respond, “Sure, I got nothing else to do!”

Each of the others responded in turn, until it came to Adaine. She paused for a moment, knowing that they all did in fact have quite a lot of work to do. However, as she looked at Fabian she saw something in his eyes that convinced her to agree.

As they all climbed into the Hangvan, Adaine sat next to Fabian. She bumped his shoulder to get his attention.

“You good?” she asked with a kind smile.

“Yeah… yeah! I'm good.” he responded, in a not very convincing tone.

She nodded her head, “Alright.”

She had decided to let it rest for now, but Adaine was determined to figure out what was troubling her friend and to help him though it.

——————————

They all sat around a table at Basrar's, sipping milkshakes and eating ice-cream.

“Do you guys think Squeem will make it back here?” Kristen asked.

Fig responded, “I believe in him.”

Gorgug nodded along.

Riz pushed some papers towards Kristen and she picked them up to read with a sigh.

“Oh, is that for the campaign? How's it going?” Adaine inquired.

“Yeah, it's going great. I really think we have a shot at this.” Riz answered.

“We're going to destroy that Kippercopper Whatever-the-fuck.” Kristen said excitedly.

“Hell yes!” Fabian yelled.

The bad kids went on discussing life and school, but every now and then Adaine shifted her focus to Fabian. She just couldn't get the thought of that look in his eyes out of her head. It was lessened now, but it still worried her. She needed to know that he was alright.

——————————

Later, they were all sat around the TV in Mordred Manor. They'd picked out some fun, shitty horror movie to watch. The sun was setting by the time the credits rolled and Gorgug got out of his seat.

“I better be getting home.” He announced to the group, “Fabian, Riz, you two want a ride?"

“Yeah, sure.” Riz responded.

“Ehh, I don't need to go home right away.” Fabian said, leaning back in his seat on the sofa. “I think I'll stick around here a bit longer.”

Gorgug and Riz said goodbye and the others went back to chatting. After a while, Fig jumped out of her seat, announcing that she had just come up with an idea for a song. Without another word she ran off to her room.

About half an hour later, Kristen left as well to do her pre-bed workouts, leaving only Adaine and Fabian in the living room.

“I can leave if you want to go to bed soon.” Fabian said.

“No, no, I actually wanted to talk to you about something.” Adaine responded, turning to face him on the sofa. “What's up with you?”

“Huh?”

“You've been acting weird all week. You brushed me off when I asked about it earlier, but I know something’s wrong.”

“Adaine, I…”

“If you really don't want to talk about it that's fine, but I really just want to help you.”

Fabian sighed. “No, it's fine. It might actually be good to talk about it. So, you know how my Mama and Gilear went on holiday?"

“Yeah.”

“Well, I have no idea how to live on my own. I don't know how to cook, I don’t know how to clean my clothes… I don't know how to do anything.”

“Oh, you should’ve told us sooner, we can help you learn how to do all that stuff!”

Fabian lit up a little at this, but there was still something bothering him. “That's wonderful, thank you Adaine.” He said with some hesitation.

Adaine moved a little closer to him on the sofa. “There's still something wrong, what is it?”

“Well…” He sighed, “God this is pathetic.”

She put her hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eyes. “No Fabian, it's not pathetic to ask for help. Please, tell me about it.”

He looked away from her, fidgeting with his hands. The feeling of her hand on his shoulder made him calmer, yet somehow more nervous at the same time.

“I don't think I want to live alone. Each night in that empty house makes me more and more miserable.”

“I see, well I’m sure Jawbone and Sandra Lynn would be more than happy for you to stay here. Tracker’s old room is free now, or I have a spare bed in my room if you’d prefer that.”

Relief flooded Fabian’s body as he felt as though a weight was lifted. Though, his heart still raced for some reason that he couldn't quite understand.

“Oh, Adaine, you’re far too kind.” He said, but then he took a moment to think. “I thought Aelwyn was staying in that bed.”

Fabian’s question caught Adaine off guard, now it was her who couldn't look at him. She removed her hand from his shoulder as she stared at her reflection in the blank TV.

“Uh, not anymore. She moved out before we got back.” She paused for a moment. “I wish I could have spent more time with her before that.”

Fabian wished he could help her the way she had helped him, but there was no easy solution to this problem. So, he tentatively put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a hug, in hopes to at least comfort her.

His touch was warm and soft, breaking through the brave face she had being trying to put on. She leaned into the hug, struggling to keep her composure.

“We save the world and I reconnect with my sister, only to have to go out and save the world again and not get to spend any time with her. And to top it all off, I'm going to need to get about 10 jobs just to pay for school supplies.” She started crying as she buried her face into his chest. “I feel like we never get a goddamn break.”

“Adaine.” He said softly as he hugged her tighter. “I'll pay for your school stuff if you want.”

She sobbed softly. “I don't want to burden you.”

“It's not a burden. I have plenty of money, why not use it for something good?”

She was silent for a few moments, thinking it through, before she responded quietly, “Thank you, Fabian.”

——————————

They sat there silently in each others’ embrace for about 10 minutes, until they both suddenly became rather aware of their current position. Adaine could feel Fabian's heart racing and her mind wandered back to a memory that it often did, a memory that she was always trying to forget.

It was about two years ago when they had fought at the Durinson Mithral Factory. Fabian was talking to the Hangman and he made a comment about her that she wasn't really supposed to hear, but she did.

"She is rather cute”

It shouldn't have stuck in her mind the way it did, they were just friends. When he started pursuing her sister she tried to completely shove any other possibilities out of her mind. Though, that was extremely difficult to do when so much of what he did still made her heart pound.

At the same time, Fabian was trying to push away similar thoughts. That's what he had always been trying to do, attempting to find distractions that could keep his mind off her. First with Aelwyn and now more recently with Ecaf. He could let himself get caught up in those toxic relationships to keep himself from the possibility of getting his feelings truly hurt by someone who actually mattered to him.

However, he couldn't stop the fact that every time he saw her cast a powerful spell he would get a little flustered. He couldn't deny the fact that so often when he was showing off it was in an attempt to impress her. He wished these things weren't true and that he could just see her the same way he saw the rest of his friends, but they were and he couldn't.

Neither of the two knew the other’s feelings and they were both so sure that their feelings could never be reciprocated.

Adaine pushed herself away from Fabian as she felt her face flushing. His heart sank as he felt the space grow between them, but a part of him was thankful for it. However, as she turned away from him, he noticed something that made him a little worried.

“Adaine, are you feeling alright? Your whole face is red. Should I go get someone to help?”

“N- no no, I'm fine, it's nothing.” She stammered.

She stood up and moved a few paces away from him. He followed behind her, but stayed a little back, not wanting to overwhelm her.

“Adaine, seriously, what's wrong?” He asked softly.

So many thoughts were rushing through her head as she desperately tried to figure out some way to brush this all off. Without thinking, she suddenly blurted out the loudest thing on her mind.

“Do you still think I'm pretty?”

Fabian just stood there in stunned silence, trying to figure out how to respond. As soon as Adaine realised what she had said she began to panic.

“Oh, no no no no no no no.”

She started walking away, not able to face him, not able to face the look of disgust that was surely on his face. But before she could, he gently grabbed her. As she stopped in her tracks, he turned her to look at him.

“Wait, Adaine, I… yes.”

As he looked into her eyes, Fabian knew that he couldn't run from it anymore. Still holding her hand in his, he gently placed his other hand on her cheek and took a deep breath.

“Can I kiss you?” He asked quietly.

Adaine’s heart pounded in her chest as she heard those words and nodded her head. It felt like nothing mattered outside of this moment with him.

He leaned forward and kissed her softly. It was different to any kiss he'd had before. Not as intense, but just as, if not more, passionate.

As he pulled away they both took a second to process what had just happened. They each felt like they had been freed from something that had been trapping them for a while now. However, Adaine was still slightly anxious.

“What will the others say?” She asked.

“That's an issue for tomorrow.” Fabian responded, leading her back towards the sofa. “Let's just enjoy this right now.”

As they sat back down, they kissed again, this time more sure of themselves. They held one another tightly. After a while, they fell asleep in each others' arms, nervous and excited for what this change in their relationship might bring.

[purrassicjet]

We never get an actual explanation of how Sandra-Lynn and Jawbone met or got together in canon so I am curious. How do you think they started?

This is actually the premise of one of the fics I'm currently writing LMAO.

I think they come from very simple beginnings. They first saw each other after the Kalvaxus fight when Sandra Lynn returned with the Seven. They didn't speak or properly meet, but Sandra Lynn was thankful that he was there to look after the kids. (The best thing you can do is be the person somebody's kid needed)

As Sandra Lynn continued to pick Fig up from school, Jawbone saw more of her from afar. He saw how dedicated she was to being a parent and admired that.

They were the last of the Bad Parents couples to get together. Jawbone wondered for a while if it was right to ask somebody so fresh out of a divorce out on a date, but after not-so-subtly asking Gilear if his ex-wife was off limits if they were to stay best friends, and being promised that they could still be friends, Jawbone decided to shoot his shot and pulled Sandra Lynn aside when she was picking up Fig.

At first, it looked like she was going to say no. She had completely written herself off as having a love life ever again (between Bobby Dawn, Gilear, and rejecting Gorthalax, she assumed she had used all her chances), so Jawbone asking her out completely threw her for a loop. After collecting herself enough to respond, Sandra Lynn accepted and they organised to meet up at Krom's.

Sandra Lynn was nervous as hell to start, waiting for it to be some sort of prank or joke, but she found she had instant chemistry with Jawbone. He was interested in her work as a Ranger and asked great questions, and had great stories to tell of his own.

They had a couple of dates before they officially got together, but Tracker, Kristen, and Adaine assumed they were together from the moment he got back from the first one.

They brought Mordred Manor so quickly because a, as stated in canon, they were very much in love, and B, Sandra Lynn was technically homeless (her house burned down and griffin's really can't stay in apartments), living under a magical tarp on the edge of the woods, so after Jawbone found out, he was more than willing to get a house together.

[fallingworld]

fig and gilear both heart tap backing fabian’s message and not responding otherwise… such a dad and daughter duo

[ankh-morporkianpostalworker]

"Gilear learns his own worth" is my favorite arc in D20 history cuz it feels like it's equal parts Brennan and the Intrepid Heroes working on it together.

We first see Gilear at the lowest point in his life, having realized his wife cheated on him and the child he raised wasn't his own (and that he pushed that child away by saying some honestly horrible things, like that she wasn't really a Faeth per their conversation in the first episode). Then Fig gets him a job and starts going to hang out with him, even after Gorthalax comes back. The rest of the Bad Kids kind of adopt him (and Jawbone) as Group Dad and he steps into that role until they eventually get him a job as Vice Principal.

Season two sees Gilear get dragged along on their adventure (kind of as a joke) and two scenes really stand out for his development. First, where he turns down his ex-wife and second (and more importantly to my argument) where Fig admits that, because she thinks she's "the physical embodiment of someone betraying [him]", she feels bad about how his life is going, to which he responds by promising to become a better father. Then he puts on magic armor and saves his daughter in the Forest of the Nightmare King, which is cool, too.

While he doesn't overflow with self-confidence, he comes to value himself because of the belief of his daughter.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk about Gilear. Here's some memes I made about our king.

[dullgecko]

The Bad kids parents definitely have a group chat 💬 It’s the “Good Parents” and it’s usually just asking about their whereabouts, and scheduling stuff like dinner parties and stuff.

It has, Sandralynn, Jawbone, Gilear, Hallariel, Sklonda, Gorthalax, and Wilma and Digby Thistlerspring (previously had Cathilda)

(Here’s just a silly conversation I might leave some more of these here and there)

Hallerial: Does anyone know what time the children will be back from their escapades?

Sklonda: Riz said in a couple hours, ten maybe??

Wilma&Digby: How is everyone doing today?

Gilear: Can someone help me? I’ve fallen down an open sewdrain and 911 has my number blocked.

Hallerial: What dear?

Sklonda: What?

Sandralynn: Give me 30 minutes don’t die.

Lol I love it. Good Parents adventure while the Bad Kids rest after a really shitty day campaign when?

I feel like Lydia needs to be in the chat too. Rahg is an honorary bad kid and she lives at Mordred Manor as well. Her, Wilma and Digby are definitly at the top of the 'best parents' pyramid in regards to having their shit together (Jawbone is slowly climbing the ladder now that his life is in order and it might soon be a 4-way tie).

Cathilda is still in the chat, she just has it muted and doesn't respond very often. Fabian is still her sweet boy she practically raised him and she totally counts as a parent. How else is she going to know when she needs to prepare extra snacks and things for him and his friends.

[manicpixiedreamdivorcedguy]

Do you believe deep in your heart that Gilear Faeth is the ultimate manic pixie dream divorced guy? Would you like to be featured in a short video promoting this belief to the masses? Please respond to this post or send me a DM!

Written arguments also welcome :)

@say-hi-intrepid-heroes @itsgonnagetinspiringsoon @thegreygale (as the most vocal supporters of Gilear so far you guys are getting a shoutout. Feel free to ignore, or reblog this post if you think your followers might be interested)

[d20unfuckability]

On another round of "WOULD THEY FUCK? " we have

Annabelle and Sofia - No. even if Sofia wasn't so intensely dedicated and in love with Dale, probably not. They both prefer topping in my mind (Dale gets pegged prove me wrong) but if they did fuck it would be very hot and very nasty.

Garthy and Ricky - No. As much, as my soul. Yearns for me to say yes absolutely because Ricky deserves to be treated right and Garthy would absolutely do that. I just can't see it.

Also the previous round just for funsies

Gilear and Sofia- No. Sofia is too much woman for Gilear.

Jawbone and Ricky - I can't stop thinking jawbone would be great as Rickys therapist so also no.

Garthy and Barry - Yes. Absolutely. I will not elaborate past one word. Milking.

Annabelle and Esther - maybe. Ma y b e. I can't imagine Esther would do anything without Ricky though. So all I'mma say is Ricky gets spitroasted by hot women.

sorry for not responding to this one sooner, the word "milking" broke me a little bit and i don't know what else to say lmao

[badkidsofficial]

gilear why do you and your ex wife both have the last name Faeth

We agreed to joint custody of the last name. Better than The alternative which was that I got weekend visitation, meaning I could only have custody of Faeth on Saturdays and Sundays.

[singular-nail]

Gilear has that pathetic depressed failman aura that makes him so indescribably sexy. Gilear is babygirl. He's going in the rock tumbler. I unironically adore a man who is trying his hardest and is continually beaten down and humiliated by life and everyone around him, and only responds with resignation and a complete non-effort to change anything.

Like the other day I was watching season 2 with my partner and they referenced "that bit you do about loving Gilear" and I was like excuse me??? You think this is a bit? I'm dead serious. He's top tier blorbo. He's my little wet yogurt man. Clap for him or I'll kill you. Me and Fabian's mom are on the exact same page.

[wlwinry]

🖕 with ragestarred fig from the gorgie paladin au?

🖕 - a headcanon relating to anger

this hasn't come up in the series yet but she is So Mad that her friends have not joined her yet. she's 90% sure theyre alive and just haven't shown up and combine that w gilear-era abandonment issues...oh boy. fabian is getting a lot of furious rants that he can't even really respond to bc guess what he's trapped in a crystal and fig desperately wants to shove a shatterstar into HIS chest too. she wants her friends and she's so fucking mad they aren't there and let's just say it's a good thing oisin figured out how to break the control on her

ask game here!

you can read paladin au here!

[patheticmenscuffle]

every time someone sends in gilear faeth propaganda im like "wow they didnt even include xyz" which i think is a testament to just how pathetic he is.

anyway when the public (twitter) begged brennan lee mulligan (dm of the dnd game gilear faeth is an npc in) (and therefore arbiter of his fate) to please please give him something, that he was so tragic he must be given ONE (1) nice thing to balance the scales.

brennan responded simply: athlete's foot

the god of his existence sees his suffering and goes "hm. i could make this worse." it can never get better for him.

I think that might be the definition of cruel and unusual tbh what the fuck dude

- Mod Dragon

[angeloncewas]

HEY so i just finished episode 5!! they’re about to go into combat at the pit!! this is SO awesome i’m literally so engaged and excited about this story in a way that i haven’t been about a piece of media for a long time, it’s great. i think part of it is definitely that brennan is such an amazinggg dm and the players are so good at roleplay too, it all ends up being very engaging and compelling - and the randomness of the rolls keeps me on my toes because i can’t really figure out where the stories gonna go!!! it’s just so awesome :333

i think right now my favorites are riz (from a character standpoint he’s just sooo fascinating, i made a post about it), fig for her absolute hilarity in every moment, and gorgug in a like more lowkey way because he’s just so freaking sweet. i like fabian and kristin a lot too because i think they’re both gonna get REALLY interesting in a bit with the way their characters are. adaine is also dear to me with how honest she is - even with her nervousness and sadness she’s such a good friend and she’s so brave when it comes to standing up for them. i’m really excited to keep watching them :)

and yes the combat is just sooo fun and cool and the more roleplay heavy episodes are also GREAT and equally engaging and it’s just!! they made this so well!!! i’m so glad i get to enjoy it!!! deffo my favorite parts have been the high speed chase with johnny spells and his teifling gang and getting ice cream after, that was such a fun episode…

but yeah i LOVE this show and i love d&d now and i’ve been making my own character (aasimar warlock :3) and falling more in love with the game and everything and just!!!! it’s so nice to find something like this, where i didn’t expect to love it this much and i do :) i see why you like it and i’m rlly excited for sophomore year too bc you mentioned that one was really impactful for you!!

ps if you have any fic reccs… especially character/relationship studies….. :3<3

Sorry I took so long to respond !!! I read this and was like :O and then immediately fell into a weird hole. But I'm here now

I'm so so so glad you like it. I remember when I first discovered fantasy high I was watching it between every break like I really could not put it down in a way i'd rarely experienced

I need to go looking for your Riz post because i LOVE Riz so much he is so me vibes (also not at all, but really kind of) --- but really altogether they make such a well-rounded group to me and you really highlighted what makes each of them special. Jonny Spells is so funny and that chase is sooo good --- really opened my eyes to what D&D could be way back when.

Very interested in your character too ! You're always so creative in that way I never make ocs Fic recs (that you may have already seen but that I stand by dearly):

take my heart, pull it apart; Fig character study; "It's a great day. Until her horns grow in."

Strongtower Luxury Apartments, Units 304 & 306; Kristen living with Fig and Gilear (sulfuric is such a good writer)

arm yourself for adventure; very AU start; "The adventure began in a tavern, which, as far as Riz knew, was pretty standard."

six hours to breathe again; very different sci-fi AU but super fascinating; "This is all for Adaine, they're going to get her back, finally, once and for fucking all, and then Riz is going to put a bullet in Biz Glitterdew's greasy fucking forehead." (knightserrand also has a great back catalog)

interchange; role swap role swap role swap !!!; "a pirate cleric, a goblin bard, a Helioic fighter, an elven barbarian, a tiefling rogue, and a half-orc wizard."

I have more that are sophomore year related too :)