#i like gale more and more honestly

[ruairy]

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[galedekarios]

i am unwell again about act iii gale and the variations the astral sea/boat scene can have:

node context: genuine, vulnerable - the player just told him they loved him in a way no one else has gale: i conjured this illusion often during my confinement in waterdeep. an escape for the mind where there was none for the body. it was easier to stare at the celestial abyss than recognise the emptiness within myself. easier to pretend my destiny lay among such stars, than work to salvage a life on solid ground. you changed all that.

[mukuharakazui]

the bg3 fanbase is funny as fuck in a bad way for primarily shipping gale, who is the most garrulous man you can imagine, with astarion, whom gale goes "uh 😐 not really looking to talk with you man" at when prompted for conversation, and not with wyll, whose party admission gets a "gale approves" and then they proceed to compliment each other 24/7.

update: i think ship wars are stupid as fuck + this is about something very different. a very notable problem not just among the general bg3 and d&d fan circles but among certain fans of this sort of fantasy genre as a whole.

[fishparasite]

honestly i'm coming around to gale can i say that

[galaxymagick]

𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔡𝔲𝔯'𝔰 𝔊𝔞𝔱𝔢 3 | 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱 𝘣𝘺 @laiostoudenn

[swagging-back-to]

call me crazy but i wish we saw even more of katniss grieving prim.

i dont think ive finished the second Mockingjay book, but in the movie esp it feels like 'the sister i sacrificed EVERYTHING to save was blown up and burnt to a crisp in front of me. im kinda sad, ig. im way more excited to get knocked up and have that baby tho!!!!!!!!!!!!'

[chronurgy]

I totally understand why Gortash had to die facing the netherbrain - thematically it makes total sense. HOWEVER I really wish he hadn't died because it would have made things much worse for my Dark Urge Vesper. Namely, they would have actually had to choose between their romance with Gale and whatever the hell they had going on with Gortash. And it would not be an easy choice!

Gale loves Vesper and Vesper loves Gale and it's sweet and nice and lovely and maybe a little obsessive but. Well. It's sweet. There are no teeth. And Gale can't ever really understand them the way Gortash does. He makes them a better person. But that means they're constantly on, always fighting their instincts, always trying to be better.

Vesper and Gortash want to eat each other. They play their sick twisted mind games with each other because they both love it. Gortash knows Vesper, has seen them at their most monsterous, and wants them anyway. Wants them because of it. With him, they can be their worst and truest self.

And that's the question at the heart of it - what do they want? A sweet and uncomplicated love, one that will make them a better person, the kind of person that they might like to be, but who will never really understand them, never play their favorite vicious games with them? Or do they want to spiral down into an all consuming relationship that will have the two of then tearing each other apart with their teeth in perfect mutual harmony, to be totally understood, to give in to their worst impulses, lean into the manipulative push and pull schemes that they so enjoy?

[wantonlywindswept]

me: hmm who to romance who to romance

me: gets to the party scene

me: wait why is everyone all ready for sex now I BARELY KNOW YOU

[totally-not-an-awkward-okapi]

Fuck it what if not all ripped 6 pack abs. What then.

[recitedemise]

𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗹𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲. That isn't to say the Weave, however, the very source well of magic, was made any lesser for Gale. Rather, it was Gale's ability to draw from it that was egregiously stunted. While every other mage may experience fatigue, weary with that effort to manipulate magic, Gale's body was slowly wasting. In his case, his body could only take so much, and unfortunately, no amount of rest would do him well. For a time, casting to Gale brought him a conflicted feeling of joy, elation, and the chronic hollowness of a ruthless ache. His skin cracked apart, nails stained black with the ruptures beneath them, and under duress with incurable exhaustion, plainly put: every spell Gale would cast could've been his last. The realization? Well, it was gutting. Abstractly, he knew one day, on a day likely balmy for cruelty, he would've burned himself out to the end of his wick. One day, he would fan out his fingers and conjure nothing at all. Unable to absorb more Weave, it would have been the beginning of the end.

Honestly, at that point, he'd believe death comparatively merciful.

[arolesbianism]

Take some Fydd's I just realized I never posted

[sochilll]

Okaaaay just finished my first re-read of all 3 Hunger Games books since I was 12..... inconsolable frankly

[sb-essebi]

"I was surprised you'd stick up for Astarion"

Shadowheart. GIRL. He's biting me every night. You sleep right next to us. I'm bending my goody-two-shoes paladin ass over backwards to get him to like me. Do you not have eyes? You tought I'd sell him out to a monster hunter??? Girl. Girl, I figured out what your hand wound does. It's selective blindness. Shar, goddess of darkness, makes perfect sense, girl, Shadowheart, listen-

[forcedhesitation]

I love that the bg3 guys are all written to have this intense adoration of karlach and lae’zel’s abilities to absolutely eviscerate their enemies. they’ve all got the same taste in women, which is “she could gut the big scary man chasing me, and then princess carry me to safety in her blood spattered arms.” and I respect and relate to that, as a bisexual man myself.

[oomfvia]

in commemoration of larian saying "shantay you stay" in the patch notes i thought about how the sillies might fare on drag race (very inaccurate)

[cursed-elo-images]

TAG YOURSELF: ELO EDITION

Text in the description in case the text in the image is hard to read:

Fluff (Jeff)

-very shy and tries to be wholesome

-still tries to be the responsible leader

-gets irritated at society

-listens to the Beatles and wears floofy oversized sweaters

Chevrolet (Bev)

-has a planet fitness membership

-wears tank tops all the time

-obsessed with pickup trucks

-really tall, muscular, but not intimidating, acts like a parent and is sweet

Jelly (Kelly)

-obsessed with video game speedruns

-never gets tired

-does plushie and action figure hauls

-certified gamer

Randy (Richard)

-a genuinely great cook and loves food so much

-the quiet hippie one

-very nerdy and knows esoteric info on oddly specific things

-a peaceful eccentric

Milk (Mik)

-well behaved

-likes fart jokes

-has a Pinterest board of horses

-does nothing wrong

Hug (Hugh)

-wears the most flamboyant clothing in public without caring what others thinks because they’re oh so wild and edgy

-tries to act intimidating and scary towards people but cries easily

-huge animal lover and is kind and gentle to them

-weird and silly and goofs around during conversations

Smell (Melvyn)

-way too talkative

-loves hugs and is very nice

-is weird and just wants friends

-pretty and enjoys being dolled up

I’m Smell