#except.......maybe gale

[tg-is]

Working on some little stinkers for a bigger thing..... (had to start w my personal faves tho)

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #yea my faves U WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT #jk dont fight me #I love everyone #except.......maybe gale #just kidding #unless.... #minthara #astarion #karlach

[galedekarios]

hi! sorry to bother you, do you know if the dialogue where gale says to mystra “because i’ve someone else to live for” happens only during his origin? i never heard that with my tav and can’t find it in the parsed dialogue i’m very confused 😭

you aren't bothering me at all!

i checked the files again because i only got that line during gale's origin playthrough as well, and i found that extremely disappointing tbh because it is a beautiful line.

it's why i included it, despite it not 'officially' being in gale's romance in this gifset that i made a while ago:

the parsed dialogue files have this for an origin gale playthrough:

Mystra: Gale of Waterdeep. You look well. Gale: Mystra. Please - I have so much to explain to you. Mystra: There is much unsaid between us, but time runs ever short. I've been watching your journey here. Your triumphs. Your temptations. Your doubts. Mystra: You discovered what lies at the Heart of the Absolute - the Crown of Karsus - and you disobeyed my instruction. Why? Gale: Because I have someone else to live for. ORI_State_Partnered Avatar or Companion is in an exclusive relationship Mystra: I know. Your union is one I find surprising, but you are your own man and it is not the worst choice you have made, after all.

the devnote says avatar or companion so i'm thinking the line was perhaps meant to be in custom tav playthrough at some point during development as well.

however, checking the same conversation in the file meant for a custom player, yields only this:

the line is completely absent here, nowhere to be found, while most other lines that are in a gale origin are also in a custom tav playthrough. in fact, i think it's the only line that's not there, too.

so that likely only leaves the following options: it was cut/chosen not be there for a custom tav, or it was forgotten to be implement for a custom tav.

since it's not the files for a custom tav, we can be sure that it's not a bug that we aren't getting this line from gale.

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #gale x tav #tav x gale #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate #tagging because i was asked this a lot so maybe it helps some people #but also i will never not be disappointed with how half-baked all other romances are except the one(tm)

[precious-little-scoundrel]

Gonna party like it’s 1949,

In that Chevy from July to July

Gonna see it all before he says goodbye

Every man deserves to see the sunrise

| Every Man Gets his Wish by Lana Del Rey

#i honestly don’t know what this is exactly except I had a vibe and I acted on it #post war summer before Korea ruins everything for Gale Cleven? maybe #Gale Cleven #austin butler #Lana del Rey #July 1949 #coquette #buck cleven #john egan #Callum Turner #mine #Isabelle may

[heliosynchronisity]

Huoyan loves Gale too but is terrible at responding to all the very forward comments - she's an easily flustered one she is

also considering how many of the playable races are small-size, i need scenes where the love interests pick them up to hold them at eye height, just one, please. There is so much potential XD

#bg3 #oc: huoyan #bg3 gale #this is a terrible gale ill probs redraw it another time #tbh Gale is probably the only person Huoyan would let pick her up lol #anyone else and she WILL wrestle you about it and you will not win #maybe except karlach or lae zel in the case of them tossing her in battle lotr style #thatd be funny #tbh idek if gale would be strong enough to pick her up in the first place hahah #anyway i have many ideas for dwarf romance doodles so be prepared #nix plays bg3

[kittlyns]

Loveeee Jaheira. You check her approval rating of you and it's just neutral so you talk to her, call her old and make fun of her, check the rating again, and it's up to medium. Every time.

#gonna take her to see her kids and then we'll find Minsc and then I'll probably see what other companions' approval ratings need to raising #checked Wyll and for whatever reason he's already at exceptional despite never leaving camp #Lae'zel Shadowheart and Astarion are all predictably @ exceptional cuz they haven't left the party since the literal beginning #I'll probably have to take Karlach for a spin. she hasn't been in the party at all :c #miss her dancing so much. she's fucking eating so much dirt @ camp I just know it #Gale. well. he probably needs to be brought out as well. sigh. but then again who knows. maybe he's @ exceptional as well #bg3

[gynecologistmsfrizzle]

okay listen neil newbon would absolutely deserve to win best performance for astarion at the game awards and I’m going to applaud if and when he does. however. if devora wilde isn’t at least NOMINATED alongside him you can all expect me to make some angry posts about it.

#sorry if you didn’t like lae’zel (wrong opinion) but devora fucking KILLED that role. went into the woods and wrestled it into submission. #she sawed off its head and put it on a pike next to her tent. #they both gave incredible performances but i think lae’zel was a tougher role than astarion #because nobody pries at lae’zel. you have to tell a story with her to people who aren’t really interested in working for it #and so all those little mannerisms that make her feel really alive become much more important #the actual text of the dialogue can’t do as much heavy lifting because there just isn’t as much of it #so SO much of her character really comes from devora #while astarion’s chattiness means our impression of him comes much more evenly split from his writer and actor #who both did fantastic jobs!! again bg3 is an abundance of riches when it comes to exceptional performances #and I’m not even TOUCHING wyll or gale yet. OR AMELIA TYLER who honestly will probably be neil’s biggest competition before devora is #but anyways. expect Posts. You’ll get them. #although on second though. seeing what the internet did to laura bailey … maybe we Should let a guy take this one. #Rhi talks #ok to rb

[yarnlass]

Reading some old d&d lore because I am obsessed with bg3 but mainly Gale, and came across this interesting bit of knowledge from 2e:

Just as the Chosen do, Magisters can hear their own name, and the title “The Magister” or just "Magister” whenever it is spoken aloud in Faerûn, plus the nine words immediately following. This ability imparts an idea of the direction and distance of the speaker. This ability can be turned off at will. Whenever a Magister awakes, however, it is active. (It will not awaken a sleeping Magister.)

I'm reading more about it, but a Magister seems to be a super-Chosen, one specifically selected to advance magic across Faerun by creating new magic to pass down to people or to specifically accomplish a major task, but I had to stop and think about this weird bit of lore regarding Chosen picking up people talking about them all the time unless they opt out

Of course we don't know how long Gale was a Chosen before the orb, but if this lore is still canon it would explain his high self-esteem and confidence when it comes to his skills (and possibly his desirability?) As a young rising star of magic doubtless people discussed him, especially when it's implied that he's probably one of the youngest Chosen ever selected. And you can't convince me there weren't people who just talked about him based on his looks or personality...

....but also part of me thinks he definitely turned it off more often than not, just to avoid accidentally eavesdropping on all the discussions between Tara and his mother.

And then imagine losing that as he loses his status as Chosen, having no way to know if anyone out there besides his mother or Tara was asking about him...it must have just added another layer to his isolation.

#gale dekarios #gale bg3 #gale of waterdeep #idk if magisters are even canon anymore #they are super OP like cray OP #but all wizards covet the position bc it's all the perks of a chosen and more with fewer duties #except for the fact that wizards are always trying to find you and defeat you and maybe even kill you to replace you in office #so pre-game Gale probably would have also wanted the position but post game definitely not

[deathbind]

I wonder what the explanation is for the Spellplague in Zakhara . . . Obviously it still affected them. Use of the Weave is extremely rare on Zakhara. The majority draw directly from the elemental + energy planes and always have. However, the Weave exists just about everywhere, even when it isn't being used. Furthermore, all of the elemental + energy planes collapsed into the Elemental Chaos as a consequence of the Spellplague. Loss of the Weave wasn't an issue for them and the Spellplague itself was likely less terrible on that continent, but the reordering of the cosmos would've brought its own set of problems.

Which brings us back to their explanation for it. The death of Mystra means nothing to them. She is unknown to them. Perhaps an aspect of Her is worshiped as some obscure deity in a remote corner, but again the Weave is almost inconsequential to them and almost no one uses arcane magic. If they do, they're probably from elsewhere. I'd have to say there isn't a consensus then? As in, everywhere you go, people have a different theory.

I'm trynna think on what the Soshist explanation would be, but I gotta chew on it a bit more. It's definitely taken negatively at first. I think with the collapse of the Planes of Death + Life, the priesthood [Anactaci + other half I need to name] can't perform their rites as usual. Then of course the Cities of Eternity go out of whack, and Neheb is sacrificed to seal them. End result is people are convinced it's the end of fucking days. To the point that they believed the after life was closed and no souls could move on. They were all being weighed and measured by the One Above.

But when the situation evens out and the Cities of Eternity are unsealed . . . do they spin it as a positive or negative outcome . . . I have to think more deeply on what the consequences are for casters drawing on the Elemental Chaos, I think, before I can answer that. I can see there being an argument that it's harder to cast by drawing on the elemental + energy planes because none of them exist in pure form anymore. They're all blended together now. Conversely, I could see an argument that these casters can more easily draw from multiple planes and/or some of worse of effects of drawing from these planes are mitigated because they've all been condensed into one soup.

Idk, I'll chew on it.

#OOC / HOLLY. #it does have implications for Serot because he continues to draw on the Plane of Death #so like. how does that change for him now with it all being one scalding soup #of course being reborn + tadpoled doesn't help matters #I think he's at a point where he literally can't cast unless he's drawing from the Plane of Death? #idk maybe he could dip a toe into other planes. maybe #but arcane magic is a no-go for him #I think if he tried he'd implode. literally sdfh #that cutscene where Gale walks you through a lil spell #except Serot barely begins the first step before having to back out #because he suddenly knows if he tries he will literally go kablooey and hurt Gale if not others nearby #he's too steeped in the Plane of Death which reacts volatively with magic drawn from the Weave

[devotedlystrangewizard]

anyway if, by the time i have figured out how to code a game, we still dont have it (and i expect we wont) i WILL make an rpg with aro "love" interests. ur protagonist can be an aroallo whore now. whats love if not the thing that some people feel sometimes. some of your allies are only down to have sex with you and will reject you outright if you try to romance them. no monogamy limits outside of maybe specific actual romances. these aros would be absolutely destroyed by the potential fandom but its ok i didnt make them for you <2

#ramblings #it wont be a big rpg i mean. solo dev moment #unless i magically get some decent classmates in school willing to back me up #OR i dare to put myself out there. on the internet. and ask for help. #but for now it is a solo thing #i like games with love interests weve all seen how i talk about my 3 da boyfriends. and gale #but man i wish we had something where sex didnt eventually lead to a romantic confession #like as an aroallo person i just think maybe it would be nice. #& like. specifically aro. you can be specifically aro. some companions would be specifically aroallo #not 'im in it for the sex but you can romance me if you do your best' no i want SEX. and SEX ALONE! #as i was writing this post i remembered how aro characters are treated (will never forget 'but shes still ace in my fic') #and yes. these characters despite being explicitly aromantic. would still get romantic fics #and yes. i would hate that happening. #but also as i said. i didnt make them for you. your toys are right there. look. fwb to lovers is overdone. go play baldur #this post WAS triggered by me thinking about baldursg despite me really liking that game #i love that game but it sucks i cant just. idk. experience my specific brand of homosexuality #listen marrying el to gale was delightful but my actual self insert character was so SO alone #and withers going 'thou hast no bosom companion why' actually made me a little mad. sorry #like no ones gonna cater to aroallos except for aroallos. i know this. but it still kinda sucked

[ryssabrin]

i still haven't finished bg3 btw. i think i'm pretty close? but i'm starting to worry my game's bugged because i never got the quest from raphael about the orphic hammer. lae'zel is the one who got kidnapped by orin and it happened pretty early on after act 3 started and i just got her back tho so is it just that she wasn't around since the hammer is needed specifically for her quest or what?

#madelyn rambles #i've wrapped up p much everything except for oskar's thing #i did have one weird convo with gale once where he acted like raphael's quest had triggered #and he was talking about it like i had made a deal with him #and i was so confused lol #and that was like way back in rivington #so is it supposed to trigger right at the beginning of act 3 and it didn't? #(also i never went to the creche in act 1 or 2) #(it felt kinda a waste of time so i skipped it oop) #(so did i bork lae'zel's whole quest maybe?)

[illithidhost]

guys. i finished bg3 :')

#😈;; the tadpole speaks ( ooc ) #(mania did it. they saved the world) #(except karlach) #(and maybe gale???????????) #(anyways now its time to play dark urge and pick all the evil options)

[grapecaseschoices]

Kendis' gang competing Adair's as the most stylish. And definitely winning as the most brightly dressed of my Tavs' crew.

#ignore byllyam - it hurts to say; but i have yet to find an armor i like for him #so he's stuck in the old one but he has nice gloves so there is that #and his horns are dapper #lae'zel has the same fit as she does in adair's crew but brighter colors [or as bright as i felt lae'zel would go. purple suits] #that hat looks weird on astarion but i do like its powers. so. #aest: kendis wolfcrossing #bg3: kendis wolfcrossing #grapecase plays bg3 #i need to answer my bg3 asks #i love putting gale in purple #i think karlach's came out best. then gale's. then astarions. im iffy about the armor for shadowheaart but i like the color combo #grapecase posts #i should just fidn a bunch of drow armor for this gang bc i like how it looks #except i spent way too much gold for kendis' armor so. #maybe

[echthr0s]

↖ plagued by visions (vividly experiencing, on a constant loop, my Durge seducing and then eviscerating Alfira in a paroxysm of ecstasy) (they'd put a bubble of silence around them both so no one else in camp can hear her -- moaning or screaming) (Wyll is awake. he sees it all. his attraction to Durge is a nauseating gnashing in his core)

#i may be... how you say... overidentifying with this character #after about a half hour of this i just gave up on going back to sleep and got up and grabbed my laptop. i can't live like this #hey remember when we used to say ''i have the weirdest boner'' on tumblr all the time. yeah #except it's not weird it's literally just another day ending in Y here at echthr0s industries #but jfc i can't fucking. think about anything else. except maybe durge using gale's severed hand as a... toy #jfc. #general oc tag #(i do have to say... this definitely puts my inability to connect with tav in sharp perspective 🤦🏿‍♂️) #.nuadha #baldur's gate

[antiqua-lugar]

just realised that one of the first gale/caradoc bonding moments in camp was doing the food inventory

#antiqua plays bg3 #listen gale volunteers to cook and caradoc works in a shop #none of the others is wondering what the fuck are they gonna eat and how and when except maybe wyll #like shadowheart eats the faerun equivalent of protein bars #astarion eats blood #lae'zel is used to a communal lifestyle and whose job was to cook? not hers #and karlach was in hell #it's up to gale and caradoc with wyll being the one with actual nutritional tips #the others can at least help with the weapons arrovs and poisons inventory #but not with the book and scrolls inventory #first because gale was kinda territorial about it and then because he and caradoc start flirting and oh god

[killjoy-prince]

So I'm on playthrough #4 of this game playing as Astarion this time around with the intention of romancing Wyll and man, picking all the good and heroic options as Astarion especially in Act 1 really is a case of "He would not fucking say that" bc Wyll likes all the good and heroic options and Astarion is. not that lolol

One thing is by chance I found a workaround on how to not make Wyll a devil and still keep Karlach alive. It worked but now im wondering if making him a devil would of been better narratively? Also I just got used to the horns that I kinda miss them. I do have a save thats right before doing the workaround but I did quite a bit of stuff so is it worth it?

#prince's talk tag #i no longer know which tag to put these rambles in lolol #i wanted to try playing as Astarion bc 1) hes my favorite character but also 2) he's a rouge and i love playing as rouge characters #they can break into anything and i want all those extra goodies #but i also so a bunch of astarion and wyll fan content and that cemented my want to pair them in a playthrough so it worked out #and bc i dont have a Tav this playthrough i can have a full group of origins #my party this time around is Astarion‚ Wyll‚ Shadowheart‚ and Lae'zel and the banter so far has been a lot of fun #shadowheart and laezel are like 2 seconds from killing each other and wyll is explaining why his name is spelled with a 'Y' #'Wyll with a Y. Why?' 'Yes with a Y! :D' made me laugh #also despite playing a character with 8 charisma my irl charisma is coming through the game again bc both Lae'zel and Shadowheart want me #theres options I can pick for both of them to initiate their romance and after beating some orcs Lae'zel turn on the '!' sign so id do it #i didn't. im not going for her yet. but this is like 4 playthroughs now. i gotta do her route next #also i gave gale one (1) artifact and barely had him in my party but his first scene initiated #i turned him down so fast bc i already did him in my last playthrough. i need a break lolol #wyll meanwhile is at exceptional affinity with me but hasn't said anything yet.... maybe after i take care of the goblins he will?

[terrorbirb]

Having 4 bg3 playthroughs plus my wife's 4 playthroughs happening in my brain is a really normal way to enjoy the game actually

#totes bro #my brain is so fried by this game #you'll be glad to know i am giving gale a chance this time #his interactions with you when you dont talk to him often are AWEFUL but if you bring him around hes somewhat pleasant #like when he does the 'i have a bomb in my chest' its like godddd i hate this man #but if you talk to him about like current events he's fine actually #do i like him? no but I'm not at 'i rip this mans hand off in all my playthroughs' #i dont think ill date him except on clive maybe to force my wife to go through it when we play multiplayer #it depends on how my wife acts if i date wyll or gale and by my wife i mean her character #if shes too gale negative i will rebel and date him otherwise i will date wyll