#I love Astarion I promise

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It crushes me how much Gale Slander there is.

I know a bug made him horny and clingy but in my current play through Gale and Blanche(what I named my Tav) are bros and I have found it easy to avoid romancing him.

And how can you dislike Gale for being a bit pushy and hitting on you when literally EVERYONE HITS ON YOU!!! At the Tiefling Party, if you have medium approval with anyone you can start romancing them and they all want you to god dammit.

But if you actually romance Gale, he is pretty damn shy and hesitant. You can think you want to kiss him and he doesn't just kiss you, he is just stunned. He is not trying to jump right into a romance with you! He can get pretty forward once you, the player, have shown interest in actually romancing him. (Like when he says you are hot when you fight)

A lot of people dislike Gale for talking about Mystra when he is trying to romance you but we have to remember: Mystra means so much more to Gale than just being his ex-lover. Gale worshipped Mystra as his goddess before, during and afterwards their relationship. Mystra is magic, the literal goddess of what he ties all of his self worth too. I will admit I am biased towards Gale because I am the same way about my grades, and for Gale, the Goddess magic and the embodiment of his art took an interest in him and made him his chosen.

When he lost the favor of Mystra, he lost everything he had worked so hard for in his life. Was it partly his own fault? Yes, he fucked around and found out. However I genuinely think if Gale had only been Mystra's Chosen rather then Mystra's Lover, he wouldn't have.

Mystra approached Gale and from how we see Gale act when he is trying to seduce Tav, he didn't make the first move romantically either. Mystra had a lot of power over Gale and I don't blame Gale for wanting to become the equal of the woman he loved.

Of course the problem arises because she is a Goddess and he is a Mortal Man who is overly ambitious. But I do not think the bases of what he wanted was too much to ask for.

Maybe I am giving Gale too much credit, I mean, look at how he reacts to the Crown and oh I do sigh at that. But his reasons are very complex for wanting the crown more then just power.

And the magic items. It is three magic items and you get so many thrown at you during this game. Not all of them are good for every run. An uncommon magic item is like what, 33gp?

When Gale actually comes to you about it too, it is either after you have shown you are a good person who likes to help people and he feels he can trust you to help him with the bomb in his chest that could wipe out a city. Or the alternative is he literally has to come talking to you lest he actually, literally explode and you are the person who is in charge. Yes he gets angry when you refuse but man has good reason, everyone's life is at stake!

Does he give you all the details? No! But the only people who tell you everything at this damn camp are Lae'zel and Karlach! Literally no one tells you ja

There are plenty of reasons to not like Gale. Gale is my favorite but I do see how parts of him, like how he can be sort of a classist asshole about magic(I do not think he intends to be and I think that is Gale's ~Touch of the Tism~ showing and being mixed with self worth issues)

Gale is such a genuinely sweet guy. He values life and people and magic. He may be over the top and get in over his head way to easily just wants to be at home with his cat and a good book and I am so sick of all the slander towards my boy.

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colour palette requests - Orin

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I carried this thing for MONTHS with the EXPRESS PURPOSE of putting Raphael in it (knowing full well Larian wouldn't let me do that, mechanically) and I had one major miscalculation.

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i saw an elf so beautiful i started crying?

[pkaykim]

Tav & astarion comic dump.. + tiefling party

[hamartia-grander]

I love how whenever I see people discuss wyllstarion, in the context of "justifying" why one ships it, there's always that of why Astarion would love Wyll, extensively; bringing up that Astarion said he used to dream of marrying men like Wyll, or that Astarion said wants to feed off of Wyll, or that Astarion would want someone chivalrous and kind who would put his needs first and who would respect his boundaries and his past. Astarion is the fave white boy and so he's shipped with many different people, and this is how people who ship wyllstarion express why he'd choose Wyll. But I almost never see extensive explanation of why Wyll would love Astarion, because of course he would. Of course he'd love Astarion.

[asspinkie]

the question isn't which origin character would you date but rather which origin character would date you

[slothquisitor]

Astarion disapproves.

[klavioli]

When you tell your vampire boyfriend no but he respects you and reluctantly listens but can still pout about it. Comic soon. Hopefully in the next couple weeks. <3 Fanfic too if I'm brave enough to show the world.

[peonypyxels]

in another life odessa turned into a big bug

[lorenhearsawho]

Gale Angst Fic Idea That I KNOW Everyone Will Hate Me For

> Act 3 Gale realizes he’s fallen in love with Tav for being the first person to befriend him and care for him since Mystra and the Orb™

> Gale notices Tav acting differently as of late and confronts them about it

> Tav asks for advice from Gale about how to ask out a prideful, ambitious wizard

> ‘Omg that’s me!!! Stay cool :D’ He thinks. “Oh just be honest about it.” He says.

> As the party splits up for the day, Gale goes to Sorcerous Sundries for tomes and spells

> Tav and Rolan flirting :( (post Lorroakan btw)

> Gale then decides that he is not lovable and the only way to relieve himself of unrequited feelings is to go BOOM™ since every feeling of inadequacy since Mystra is confirmed, hence he’d only be truly proud of himself if he saved the world at his own cost :D

Depressing to think about, I know… I just hc that every minor inconvenience sends him over the edge

[deer-with-a-stick]

Literally screaming into a void right now but jesus christ why the hell do so many people hate Gale?? Is this because of Dragon Age??? He's my boy leave him alone

[hamartia-grander]

Nothing more gut wrenching than when one character either literally or metaphorically can't see themselves and another character says "I see you" that shit is breathtaking bro

[biscuitkazoo]

The Astarion romance really is like enemies to lovers on a spin cycle so that they're constantly both, huh?

[moyashidreams]

Are there others out there like me who fucking HATED Solas in DA:I but love Astarion? I was the opposite of a Solas fucker, I was Dorian and Josephine all the way (depending on the gender I played) and actively tried to get Solas to leave. That fucker wouldn’t leave.

People always seem to compare them but Solas has negative appeal to me. And even when I disliked Astarion for the first 40 hours of bg3 I found him intriguing. I did SO MUCH DA:I art but always skipped the egg because I would rather he be launched into space.

Ok I’m exaggerating (egg-aggerating)

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Normal amount of sanguine enthusiasm