Thinkin About If Act 3 Mystra Romantically Pursues Gale Again When She Realizes His Ambition Threatens

thinkin about if act 3 mystra romantically pursues gale again when she realizes his ambition threatens her. when she remembers the easiest way to have control over him.

thinkin about gale’s having to choose between Mystra and the new paramour he’s met on the road. the choice he’d like to think he’d make—and then the choice he actually would.

(twirling my hair around a finger) I dunno... just, like, them getting together before either even knows they have a chance to make their respective decisions. it's something to do—and effective stress relief. in real time astarion watches gale catch feelings for him and finds the whole thing terribly funny, how pathetic he is, how endearing... okay, so he likes him too, the way you can't help but like the runt in a litter of puppies, rooting for him against the world that's disadvantaged him.

it's astarion, first, who gets the chance to ascend, and it's gale's watery eyes and scuffed knees that talk him out of it, saying it's freedom astarion wants, not power, that he wants him as is, loves him as is, and doesn't want to see him corrupted. something something being reflected so fondly in another's eyes—how could astarion possibly go through with it?

so when gale finds out godhood is on the table—when he's actually considering it, astarion almost thinks it's a joke. where was the gale who spoke so reprovingly of power?

but gale's always had freedom, and it's power he wants. it's power he takes, when he becomes a god—and power he promises to share with astarion.

astarion resents him for it, a little bit, always. but even the proximity to gale's godly power is intoxicating, and how could he not stay, when he has nothing otherwise?

(whispers in ur ear) god gale x non-ascended astarion

you can’t even fathom the problematic things me and my mutuals are romanticizing

I’m so fascinated by the writers’ choice to make Gale so obviously not-over-Mystra (still calling her “my beloved”, conjuring her image to stare at) and then pretty much immediately infatuated with the player character to the point of telling them he’s forgotten his goddess.

When Gale falls in love, he falls hard.

gale thot: im your man by mitski is massively gale-coded

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o…oh….

hi, i'm ssalballoon! (asking from my main blog)

i saw your tags from my most recent post and I just wanted to let you know that you can absolutely print that drawing if you'd like to! It was drawn with your writing in mind so I think it's only fair, and I would be honored if you had a physical copy of my art 💜

also i'm so flattered you were thinking of me when I sent in the ask?! i really love your writing especially on gale (and mystra...) truly the gale understander ever 🙏

(screaming)

I lov ur art... so much... I think we have the same mystra fascination tadpole bc every piece u make feels like its reaching into my soul and grabbing me. this one is my favorite, something about their expressions, gale's loose hold on her arm—omg it's gorgeous.

very honored u even looked in the direction of my blog and the direction you took this is so special to me... the way she looks at him!!!! the fact he already has the earring!!!!!!!! I just love it so so much