#man's like ''what if i committed an act of insane hubris and became a god''

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some writers may be tempted to say that their bookish nerdy character would eventually be a professor, but that's not true for all bookish nerdy characters. speaking as a college professor myself, being nerdy isn't enough, you also need to be a little vain. it takes a little bit of an ego to hold 30 students hostage for 2 hours at a time and force them to listen to you talk. it takes even more of an ego to fully believe that you're imparting incredibly useful information to these poor drowsy overworked kids. so like, you gotta be a little full of yourself to actually enjoy the job and keep doing it well

and THAT'S why professor dekarios is the best gale ending in bg3. in this essay,