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use your brain, Gale 🧠

#Baldur's Gate 3 #Astarion #BG3 #Gale Dekarios

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I am a terrible combination of “whatever happens, happens” and “If everything doesn’t go according to plan, I will vaporize”

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Can't believe that Gale doesn't appreciate such a precious gift.

#baldurs gate 3 #gale dekarios #astarion #omg i love this

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#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #raphael bg3 #lmao

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I headcanon the reason Gale is so prickly about people calling Tara a "cat" or his "pet" is mostly because she was his only friend growing up and kids teased/bullied him about it.

"She is not my cat or my pet! She is a tressym and her own person!" (Who chose him to be her friend. Not out of a need for shelter or food or because she wants something from him but because she likes him.)

Anyway, I diagnose Gale with outcast loner child and having no close (human) friends growing up or they probably just let him hang out with them just for his magic.

#bg3 #gale dekarios #baldur’s gate 3 #this 🥺

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Important rules/tips I've learned as an adult that helped with anxiety

If people are mad at you, it's their responsibility to tell you, not your responsibility to guess

If they're mad at you in secret anyways, they're the ones in the wrong, not you

If people don't like what you're doing, it's their responsibility to tell you

If they say it's fine when it's really not, they're the ones in the wrong, not you

People are allowed to be wrong about you

If they are wrong about you, wait for them to bring it up, because if you try to, you will inevitably overcorrect

Some people are committed to misunderstanding you. You will not win arguments against them. Yes, even if you explain your point of view. They do not care. Drop it

The worst thing that will happen from a first-time offense is being told not to do it again. Maybe with a replacement if you broke something

You can improve relationships and gauge willingness to talk to you by giving compliments. It's like a daily log-in bonus and nobody thinks twice about it

Most things are better after you sleep on them

Most things are better after you have a meal

Most things are better after you shower

Your brain makes up consequences that are irrational. If the worst DOES come to pass and someone acts like they do in your head, they are overreacting, and you are entitled to say "what the fuck"

If your chest hurts after you feel like you've made a social error, that's called rejection-sensitive dysphoria. It means your anxiety is so bad that it's causing you physical pain, which is a good indicator that you're overreacting. Tense yourself, hold it for 20 seconds, let it go, then find a distraction

If you're suddenly angry at someone after you feel like you made a social error, that's also rejection-sensitive dysphoria. You are going to feel annoyed about it for awhile, but being genuinely pissed off is your anxiety trying to find something to blame to take the responsibility off your shoulders, and getting scared because it can't justify itself. Deep breaths, ask yourself how much you ACTUALLY want to be angry at that person, then find a distraction

"Sour grapes" is more healthy for you than stewing. Deciding you don't like someone who's perpetually annoyed with you, won't talk to you, etc. makes letting go of anxiety over them easier

If people don't like you, they will find reasons to be annoyed with you when they otherwise wouldn't. If people do like you, they will find reasons NOT to be annoyed with you when they otherwise would. People do not ping-pong between the two

You DO have to make a conscious choice not to think about something. If you're having trouble circling back to it, say out loud that you're done thinking about it and why. Then find a distraction

When you're upset, part of you is going to want to make false bids for attention (suddenly texting differently, heavy sighs, etc. but when someone asks you about it, you tell them it's nothing). Do not listen to it. You gain nothing from it except more misery

People like to help people they care about. It makes them feel good about themselves

If you think you're insufferable for needing help, see above. Yes, really. They get a serotonin kick from it

If you think you're insufferable for mannerisms you have, you either have to consciously choose not to do them, or accept that they're part of the package that comes with you. Being apologetic about existing does nothing except make you more miserable

If you do things you don't like when you feel meh about it, it makes it easier to do them when you hate it

If you avoid things you don't like when you feel meh about it, it reinforces and magnifies how bad it feels when you hate it

Seriously. Read those last two points again. If you can make yourself make a phone call when you've got nothing to lose, you will slowly lose that panic you get when you have to make a phone call you haven't prepared for. You do have to CONSCIOUSLY take that step

Hobbies that make you care for something get rid of that nagging feeling that you're not doing enough. Go grow some rosemary

If you don't engage with your hobbies regularly, you will feel miserable, and anxiety will spike

Hobbies are things that give you a bit of happiness. They do not have to be organized or named to do that. Go be creative in something. Play with coins. Make up lists. Start a new WIP

No one cares what you look like

If people point out things they don't like about how you look unprompted, they are being rude. You are entitled to say "what the fuck"

People who like you will find you pretty to some degree. Minor things about your appearance go completely unnoticed. Literally, scars and dots and blemishes do not register to someone who likes your company

You looking at yourself in the mirror is 10x more closely than anyone is going to look at you

If you're anxious about your body type, and you're creatively inclined, make/write an oc with that same shape. Give them nice things and make other characters love them. Put them on adventures. You'll start to see yourself in the mirror more kindly

You care about wording and perfect lines/colors way more than anyone who views your work ever will

Sometimes when you're upset, you're going to feel like not eating. Do not do that. Not eating makes you more miserable

Same with things you normally enjoy. Denying yourself helps no one. You are punishing yourself for being sad. Stop it

Both of these will take conscious decision to break the habit of. Make yourself do it anyways, and it will slowly get easier

And again, to reiterate: If someone is mad at you, it is THEIR responsibility to tell you, not your responsibility to guess

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me reading straight up pornography: hmm… this one just doesn’t have enough accurate character psychoanalysis to get me off

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People headcanon Astarion getting emotional/soft/weepy when you do nice things for him but may I present to you:

An Astarion who gets /mad/ about it. You wash his clothes for him while he's gone, and instead of being grateful, he asks you what you want out of it.

You bring him things you think he will like, extra loot, etc and of course he takes it and is ever so grateful... but his eyes narrow in suspicion and a frown tugs at his lips. He stares at the items, turning them over, wondering what's wrong with them.

Give me an Astarion who is always waiting 'for the other shoe to drop', who questions every kind thing you try to do, who accepts it but does not bask in your light- he winces, for it is too bright.

Give me Astarion learning how to trust your kindness with the same enthusiasm one would have going to the dentist to get a rotten tooth pulled without anesthetic.

#baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 #astarion

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Pictured: Gale rolling a nat 1 on his insight check

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #astarion

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Purr for me~

#astarion #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #loving this so much

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ah yes the three evil alignments

#orin the red #enver gortash #ketheric thorm #baldur's gate 3 #bg3

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BG3 + tumblr posts II

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #lmaooo this is perfect

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astarion: when you've lived as long as i have, you develop thick skin gale, walking by: vermilion isn't really your color astarion, holding back tears: vermilion brings out my eyes you PRICK

#astarion #gale #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #lmao

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I just think if you dunked Astarion in water he'd be unrecognizable for like 10 seconds. There is no way in hell he has naturally black eyelashes. There is no way that coif can be achieves without pomade and a comb, and there is no way that it would be water proof.

MOSTLY THOUGH I just wanted to like a nautiloid crash vs. on-the-road Star. Suspicious stranger vs. my favorite little creep whose head is like a lovely dandelion.

#bg3 #astarion #baldur’s gate 3 #I'm loving this SO MUCH

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Reactions when you open *those* barn doors.

Wyll, Shadowheart, and Tav look like they regret every decision they've made in life that led them to this point. Gale, Lae'zel, and Karlach look like they're about to cry from the horror they are witnessing. And Astarion is making the best face I've ever seen him make. 😂

(Mods: Satyr Race by labotor, Horns of Faerun by Aloija, Astarion's Early Access Outfit by bubble-bones, Gale's Wizardly Updo by Matrinyx)

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #their faces will never not be funny #lmao #astarion looks like he's having the time of his life

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"of course best girl Karlach is the one to bring me back to my drawing buff girl roots"

Caption and art by explodikid_ on Twitter.

#karlach #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3

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reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something