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gaelnotgayle · 4 months

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Paladin Danse and Gale Dekarios

I dont know if my brainrot is entering a whole new level of delusional but ive been reflecting about the fictional characters ive fallen for in the past and seeing some of their similarities (much to my dismay) but when i compared gale and danse i found that they, surprisingly, have a bit in common?

It started with the galextavxastarion fics ive read which had the same vibes as dansexsolexmaxson fics, which as i described to my friend "theyre so gay for each other they need another person in their relationship to balance it out". Now i didnt take that comparison too seriously, i was just basing it off the vibes that both relationships shared. But i guess thats when the seed was planted in my head.

First, gale and danse would sacrifice their life for forgiveness. Mystra for gale and the brotherhood (or maxson) for danse. Theyre both so selfless and driven by their beliefs that they would go so far as kill themselves in the name of their god/organization.

Second, they hold their identity so close to these entities. Magic to gale and the BOS to danse and this contributed to their almost unshakeable belief of sacrificing themselves for these entities. They wholeheartedly believe that they are nothing without these and that they are nothing more than magic or the brotherhood. They even become lost once you save them, explicitly telling the protagonist (aka the player) they dont know what they will do now that these large aspects of their life is gone.

Thirdly, now this isnt as serious as the first two but they both are very intellectual and have a tendency to hyperfixate on things. I believe that if they had a chance to meet (i think gale would have a heart attack learning of what happens in the fallout universe) they would spend hours discussing a lot of things. Danse would very happily teach gale about power armors and their mechanics and gale would teach danse the complexities of the weave. At first i brushed off the idea of the two ever being similar since danse is closed off and isnt very forthcoming with his emotions while gale isnt hesitant on wearing his heart on his sleeve but that was just the surface.

Fourth, puppy dog eyes. Thats all.

I know i could discuss these better or more in depth. Maybe i will someday? (After i get over the fact that preston garvey and wyll are similar as well) but yeah.... i have a type it seems...

#gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #bg3 gale #paladin danse #fo4 danse #danse

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