On Gale and fatherhood
Ok, I know I’m venturing into dangerous territory here and I will probably regret it 🙈
Please don’t come for my throat. You know I value all headcanons/metas (unless they condone Mystra’s abuse) and I choose to live my life as peacefully as possible, so this is not an attack on anyone. I’m also not trying to school anyone, just sharing my two cents (which are in no way, shape or form law - you are totally entitled to agree or disagree, such is life).
Let me preface this with a bit of my own personal backstory:
1. I always imagined myself having children. Even when I got married a few years ago, I was still adamant I would
2. Over the past 12 months, I have realised that this is no longer what I want (and I’m very lucky that my husband went through exactly the same thought process so we are on the same page)
3. Although I am sure I would try my hardest to be a very good mother if I had a child, I have realised I could never be the BEST possible version of me for them (due to past trauma, anxiety, etc - I won’t delve into it) so I chose to break the cycle
So it’s fair to say that I should technically be all out, guns blazing, in favour of a childless Gale, right? Because it suits my circumstances and it’s nice to see my own life choices represented in a video game.
This said, do I headcanon Gale as a father? Yes. And, at the same time, no.
Why? It all goes back to this post.
We have no way of knowing for sure what happens to Gale, or to any of the companions, once we stop playing the game. We are not supposed to know.
Unless Larian tells us specifically and it becomes canon, anything can happen. As long as they don’t approach it with the same tact as they did with the whole “sacrifice is the right ending” debacle. And even then, we are still talking about a game where Gale can canonically end up as a professor, an adventurer, a God, or even dead, depending on the choices we made in-game. Choices that suited the narrative we wanted to pursue. That’s quite the varied menu, right?
So why can’t the same be applied to fatherhood? Just because he’s made passing references to not being father material or not wanting a kid he bested in a hide-and-seek game? (or any other short quip he may have made on the subject) He has also made clear references to wanting to live, and yet some of you exploded him anyway. Because you could. And there is nothing wrong with that, if it suited your narrative.
The few snippets we have been given are not enough information to go by. There are myriad reasons why Gale might have said those words: some of them circumstantial, some of them performative, and yes, some of them even factual. But we don’t really know the whole story, do we?
Much like the different endings, I believe it is not unreasonable to have:
1. A future where Gale doesn’t have kids and he is happy for it
2. A future where he does, and he is still happy for it
3. A future where he regrets his choice (whether he chose to have/not to have kids)
None of these is wrong, none of these is right. They are all equally valid realities. If fatherhood suits your narrative, go for it (in the same way as you are free to detonate the orb or ascend Gale to godhood). If it doesn’t, then don’t.
It’s as simple as that.
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*~Masterlist~*
*~Masterlist Part Two
“Huh, you and I are both travelers from another world. That our paths have crossed here is no accident, but the will of fate.”
This Month's Recommendation: Say My Name Part Two
*~ Such a Kind God, Such a Cruel God (Bad Habits die hard and your acolytes witness it in the worst way)
*~ I Hate that I still care about you 1 2 3 (In which you still care for those that hurt you until they hurt someone else)
*~ You Play the Lyre for Them (Venti, Zhongli, Ei, and Jean)
*~ ASKDFASDHKJK HUGS??? (Inazuma) (Liyue) (You hug people in different nations)
*~ The skies are empty, the stars are gone, (Finding your ambition. Not all is lost.)
*~ Singing your heart out, they feel their heart rates spike (You love to sing and your acolytes hear you)
*~ Nothing Feels Real, are You even You Anymore? (Slight eldritch darling. You don't belong in Teyvat, so your body forces you to fit)
*~ Suspiciously left alone in a room... are they planning something? (Your acolytes are secretly listening to you sing but you had started to get suspicious of them...)
*~ TRANS DARLING (You were born in the wrong body. All they know and care about is that you look like their god and are trying to look like their god's gender)
*~ More Trans Darling Headcannons (You become more comfortable and accepted in Teyvat)
*~ Playing God 1 2 3 4 (Where your tongue was taken from you from your supposed "devout followers")
*~ Dancing with Aether (At a gala you become nervious, so he helps you)
*~ General SAGAU Ganyu Headcannons
*~ Your god smiles upon you in favor (Puppet!au drawing)
*~ Singing and loving with Venti
*~ The Whole of Teyvat will Remember (Fatui comforting Tongueless reader who liked to sing)
*~ General Rosaria SAGAU Headcannons
*~ Do you regret anything? (Soft au vs. Villain au acolytes)
*~ A love letter "Dear Eula," (Eula x reader <3)
*~ "Even if you're not as devout as others your worth is still the same to me." (Npcs and how they'd react to you)
*~ First "I love you"s (Unofficial epilogue to Playing God. You get your tongue back)
*~ You're safe now (Soft au and Villain au darling meet. Headcannons.)
*~ Unlucky you, smiling through it all (Unlucky reader and how the cult reacts to them)
*~ Letting go of Grudges and enjoying the world around you (You're a shut-in that finally allowed yourself to interact with Kaeya, Thoma, and Chongyun (separate)
*~ Sorry's aren't enough (Fatui!au, unofficial extension of Playing God. You're singing and dancing with the Fatui when the archons find you)
*~ Reader making fun of the archons on their death bed (Villain!au, crack)
*~ Consort!Tsaritsa: Proposal (Tsaritsa x reader <3)
*~ Comfort with the gods (Venti, Zhongli, and Ei comfort <3)
*~ Artist!Reader sketching their acolytes (Thoma, Childe, and Xiao's reactions when they find you've drawn them)
*~ Polycule relationship headcannons (Zhongli, Childe, Diluc, Kaeya, Thoma, Itto being in a relationship with each other and you)
*~ Reader who's confident in their body (Zhongli, Kaeya, Beidou)
*~ Memories belonging to another world but never fading (Reader who had a lover before coming to Teyvat. Fatui!au)
*~ Physical catalyst (Reader with a gun)
*~ Memories carried over to the next world and beyond <3 (reader manages to bring their lover to Teyvat.)
*~ Unbearable cuteness (Reader can turn into a cute animal)
*~ Two Gods 1 (alt ending) 2 3 4 5 (Twin au. Where you and your twin get transported to Teyvat)
*~ The thirst book (Reader is a simp and get exposed for their thirst)
*~ Sexy thief reader <3 1 2 (villain au but reader is a sexy thief)
*~ Random twin au headcannons
*~ Consort!Aether headcannons
*~ Playing God au (Very angsty, reader starts a war with the archons to protect Snezhnaya)
*~ Sexy thief god being a sucker for chaos ("Commit flirtatious blasphemy")
*~ Paimon favoritism
*~ Sexy thief reader with a catalyst (Slimes teach you to wield the elements <3)
*~ Child!God reader Headcannons 1 & 2(god is a child)
*~ Singing musicals with the archons
*~ Hauntings Long Forgiven (Reader is a ghost and doesn't remember why they were killed. Ei and Yae Miko)
*~ Sexy thief reader drawing <3333 (not by me ily for drawing this you made them look so hot)
*~ Child!God reader studying for a test
*~ Yummy Visions (Child!God reader tries to eat a vision)
*~ Eula and other cryo characters having fun with Child!god in Dragonspine
*~ Child!God Angst (You realize you lost your entire previous life)
*~ Reactions to you favoring Klee (Jean, Zhongli, Ei, Venti, Ningguang, Albedo. Playing god au)
*~ iloveyou (Ei x GN!reader fluff)
*~ What a common phrase (Yan!Darling x reader)
*~ Imposter au vs. Soft au
*~ Do they even remember you? (Child!God Angst, brainrotting over Child!God's future)
*~ God of Beasts Drawing (not by me, done by a beautiful person that i love very much please look at it)
*~ Choco Event Order: Silent I love you (Darling x reader flower au)
*~ Choco Event Order: They Love me, Love me Not (Darling x reader Disney Princess au)
*~ Thieves stolen by the sky (Sexy thief reader x Consort!Albedo)
*~ Choco Event Order: Fallen Leaf, Adorn my Life (Consort!Kazuha x reader)
*~ To Love You (Brainrot of all the characters of Teyvat becoming an amalgamation for only one purpose: To Love You)
*~ Choco Event Order: Everyone thinks I'm crazy, crazy for you oh boy... (Darling au. Darling has planned everything out for your arrival and after. All for you <3)
*~ Choco Event Order: Nothing Lasts Forever (In paradise with Thoma away from your godly responsibilities)
*~ Nurture and Grow (Reader with wings that grow with how many devout followers they have)
*~ Choco Event Order: In Your Palms (Albedo x Eldritch!Reader, you're beautiful you know <3)
*~ Choco Event Order: Blood-Suckin' Love (Albedo x Vampire!reader. Puppet au. Your happy Vampire family + Albedo)
*~ Choco Event Order: It's not like I'm mentally ill! (Childe x reader in denial about their mental issues until Childe sees the remnants of them for himself)
*~ Choco Event Order: Chilly Comfort (The Tsaritsa showing lots of affection to a reader that isn’t used to so much love and attention.)
*~ Choco Event Order: Roles Reversed (Child!reader finds a hidden dungeon in Tenshukaku… with a familiar person in there.)
*~ Choco Event Order: From Dawn to Dusk (You run away to Dawn Winery for a moment of peace and Diluc ends up joining you.)
*~ Choco Event Order: Cold Nights with You (Nights alone with no distractions are always scary, especially after all you’ve went through. Luckily for you, Childe is always willing to comfort you.)
*~ "Call it good judgement, call it passion," (Yanfei is the only sensible on in Teyvat and understands you have to be their god. She helps you bring the other archons to their senses hopefully before any irreversible damage happens)
*~ Choco Event Order: Mischievous Fiend, You and Me (Darling has brought you to this world and you’re admittedly uncomfortable. Until Hu Tao enters your life, and makes it much more interesting.)
*~ Council of Gods 2 (Four different aus - soft/regular, fatui, imposter, and puppet au - meet up and share their experiences.)
*~ Choco Event Order: Fire and Wind makes the Bonfire burn Brighter (Kazuha and Thoma are both your consorts, which comes with a wave of complicated emotions.)
*~ Choco Event Order: Laughter in the Snow (You're a child, not comfortable with the role of god, and so very homesick, but Albedo is comforting.)
*~Choco Event Order: Hostage (Carnage was not a new concept to you, but it wasn’t comforting as the weight of destruction and salvation lay on your shoulders.)
*~Choco Event Order: There's no kindness (Venti x reader villain au angst)
*~Choco Event Order: Bow Before the Messiah (Zhongli x reader villain au angst. Zhongli is not loved)
*~Choco Event Order: Xiao x Reader (Villain au, hurt/comfort)
*~Choco Event Order: Charades (consort!Diluc x sexy thief reader, hurt to comfort/fluffy-ish)
*~Choco Event Order: Life on the Beach (Child!Reader w/ Mom Eula and sibling Klee, pure cuteness)
*~Voice actor reader brainrot (feat.Childe and a lil Zhongli slander)
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