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verawhisk · 7 months

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i dont know dick or shit about dnd or baldur's gate but i looooove how much minsc's line "in my homeland we hid young wizard boys away so mystra wouldn’t take them” reveals so much about the gender roles in certain civilizations… like imagine a culture in which girls are bred to be rulers and leaders but the boys are forced to practice in silence and secrecy because of this predatory goddess… if gale grew up in that sort of climate it would totally explain why hes like that. he's super clingy and emotionally attached after knowing you for like a second and how can you blame him when he's been essentially trapped in a tower his whole life (a la rapunzel) and you're this daring dashing leader gently guiding him towards his destiny (a la flynn rider) -- ESPECIALLY if you're a female tav because for all he knows WOMEN are the rulers and leaders of this world. of course he thinks you're the sun and the moon and the stars. he barely has the faintest concept of male supremacy and sees himself as like this plaything at your disposal but sees you as a being with greater purpose and meaning in this world. he also has this yearning to be equal to mystra much like a woman yearns to be equal to a man… IT'S SO…. RRGJUHRGGHFJGFGFGH!!!!!!! GALE!!!!! I LOVE YOU POOKIE BEAR!!!!!!!

gale is once again reminding me that my favourite character trope/trait/characteristic is just "man experiences misogyny" LIKE THAT'S MY FAVOURITE OF ALL TIME SERIOUSLY LMFAO. a male character being systemically feminized and oppressed really makes him ten times more interesting to me. AND I MIGHT BE VERY VERY DELULU HERE but i think it informs even the little things about his character in the game… like how he's always the one in camp cooking meals and wearing the most modest pjs and sporting multiple brands of his goddess all over his body with his earring, tattoo, even the vaguely spiderish vein below his eye that looks like it might be attached to his tattoo acts as an indrect brand of mystra… OOH OOH and the way he always introduces himself as "gale of waterdeep" instead of "gale dekarios", the same way a woman takes her husband's last name and abandons her maiden name -- as if he sees himself as more valuable when associated with his home and not standing by himself…. definitely not by choice mind you but because it's just an innate belief drilled into his head from childhood… LOL IM SERIOUSLY FUCKING DELULU HERE but idk idk i just love this weird trope of male-misogyny that i just absolutely eat up and see in everything i play/watch because i'm insane. idk. gale is just so girl-coded, like he's such a girl to me. only the girlies understand him fr. like almost every man and about half of the women i've seen talk about the game HATE gale but you know what? the REAL ones will get him. TRUST.

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myers-meadow · 6 days

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Got a short and sweet one for ya! BG3 character(s) of your choice reacting to someone going, "Aw, you two look so cute together! You should date!" and Tav��the object of his/her as of yet unspoken affections—just smiles a little bashfully and says, "Yeah, that would be nice."

(Also, I just wanted to let you know that I still leave with a big smile on my face when you talk about your thoughts and feelings about the thingies I send your way. I say this because I realized that one of my last messages might have made it sound like I only enjoy your drabbles and prompt fills—which I also absolutely enjoy as well, it's actually how I found your blog in the first place. I just wanted to make sure you knew that I appreciate your thoughts on my ideas/prompts just as much as I enjoy anything you decide to make with them; it always brightens my day a bit.) 🐾

omg, thats so cute aaaa. This one with Gale!! ✨

he'd be either flustered, or he'd give the most seductive look you've ever seen, and go "you hear that, Tav? well, what about it..." and then drop it until you come to him in the evening, more flustered than usual and bring it up yourself 🥺💞

I swear im not becoming a gale girly pls;;;

Astarion and Halsin are already very flirty and forward, right of the bat, so they would just take it and roll with it immediately, no blush, no pink tint to the ears, nothing hahaha. Astarion knows (or likes to think he is) very, very beautiful, so to him, it would mostly be an affirmation that both him and you are incredibly good-looking. (he actively thinks about how stunning you are btw, like he will look at you and lose his train of thought bc of it)

Raphael would play into it immediately, in order to seduce (and manipulate 🥰) you. "With such a charming creature such as yourself, I can't help but be flattered when hearing that. Don't you agree, my dear?" And he is def pulling you a lil closer <3. Next step is a dinner date by candlelight, because you're just that promising of a future client, and before you know it, you've fallen even more than you ever thought possible.

I love an upfront, not so easily flustered Tav to write, so the wistful "that would be nice" is really cute. Very telling for the dynamic already too, that they don't expect the feelings to be returned, but yet! They can't help but have that hope. 😭

xoxo Meadow

p.s. how did you find my blog? I'm so curious now hahaha 👀💞. Have I even done prompt fills/asks for bg3 before you? Or was it another fandom? (my memory is so bad omg...) I did those lil fics, like three of them, for Halsin and the devils?

p.p.s. I'm so glad to hear that at least these answers are a lil bit of cheer in your day! Thank you for clarifying that, although I hadn't picked up on it myself 😊. I appreciate that you don't have the expectation that each ask will turn into a fic or drabble, bc that is not really possible for me rn, however much I do want to write more. Stay strong throughout all that life throws at you! The game, fandom, and the characters will be there for you whenever you need some time away from real life <3

#ask #anon #stray cat anon #bg3 #bg3 headcanons

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collegeoflore · 4 months

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love when you rb ask games bc im desperate to know everything about your little guys. 2 & 14 for both xarrai and ieriyn

ur in luck bc i looove rambling about my little guys :) ty for the ask!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖

2. What's something about your OC that people wouldn't expect just from looking at them?

xarrai:

see the thing is by design xarrai looks like Just Another Bard, esp if we're talking about like pre-game when they're just living their life in baldur's gate. sure they’re like, a 6'7" (if we count the horns n everything) purple tiefling who's covered in tattoos but the gate is a big city and that's not really all that unusual. there are plenty of things one wouldn't expect just from looking at xarrai but that's kind of their whole thing. sooooo here is a kind of silly and fun example i haven't talked much about: they have such a soft spot for tiefling kids. they're immediately smitten with the kids in the grove and half the reason they actually end up helping the tieflings out is because they don't want anything to happen to them. they nearly start shit with kagha over the whole thing with arabella and are just barely talked down by gale (much to astarion's disappointment lol.) mol and mattis remind them so much of themself (or at least of the child they could have been) and i do think xar keeps an eye on mol in the guild post-game, or at least whenever they're in baldur's gate. they would never ever want to be a parent (and would make a frankly abysmal one at that. like can u imagine them and astarion trying to raise a child? the thing would need therapy before it could talk.) but they are fond of the little shits. they're fond of yenna too (they were also an outer city street kid once after all) but the tiefling kids just Get Them.

ieriyn:

honestly i think ieriyn is kind of an open book, at least early/pre-game. you can pretty easily predict like. most things about this kid in one look. BUT i do think once someone gets to know him they find that despite being sheltered and naïve he really does have a strong sense of right and wrong and a soft heart. he's just like. spoiled and stupid about it. he also has a dry sense of humor that takes a minute to really notice.

and here's a silly one too: i think he's really into houseplants. he's a houseplant girlie. his room at home is full of lush tropical plants and he loves taking care of them :) (as long as he can wash his hands immediately after touching the dirt. he hates dirt. he has autistic tboy swag for real.)

14. How does your OC want to be seen by other characters?

xarrai:

hmm okay so this is... it depends i think on who we're talking about. xarrai is constantly trying to show other people exactly who or what they want to see - patriars see a pretty whore, tavern patrons see a flamboyant bard, the guild sees a talented information broker, the list goes on. for the first section of the game, every member of the party sees someone different in them too because they're trying to secure their control over the situation and others are more likely to listen to them if they think xarrai is trustworthy. it doesn't take long before the party starts to notice that their views of xarrai don't line up tho tbh; it's hard to maintain like six different personas, even if the differences are only slight. (this does cause some trust issues, especially with lae'zel who already did not get along super well with xar lol.) generally though the kind of Core Vibe they're trying to put off is someone carefree and unassuming. they don't want to give anyone too much insight into what they're thinking or feeling, and they would much rather be underestimated than properly appraised. they sort of try to hide their "real" skills behind their more "showy" ones - if someone is praising them for being a great storyteller they're likely not paying attention to the way that story is being spun, and if someone is busy thinking about how good xarrai is at giving head they probably don't notice that they've stolen half the gold from their purse lol

ieriyn:

ieriyn desperately wants people to see him as Worthy. of what he's not entirely sure honestly - love? praise? care? power? he's trying really hard to seem competent and in control but he's largely just scared and lost and alone. like. he's terrified of his magic because it's unpredictable and hard to control but he wants people to think he's good at it, and tbf, he does have raw talent he absolutely is a Magical Gifted Kid (again. autistic tboy swag), he's just being held back by his own fear. he just wants people to see him as special and worthy of the greatness he tries to pretend he deserves. if that makes sense. idk i am still working on getting a really good solid grasp of ieriyn tbqh

#there Is an edgy backstory reason for xarrai’s soft spot for the lil tieflings but i talk so much abt their edgy backstory LOL #漫言 #oc. xarrai #oc. ieriyn

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