Im So Fascinated By The Writers Choice To Make Gale So Obviously Not-over-Mystra (still Calling Her My

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.

does elminster’s immortality not come from his being a chosen of mystra? so *bonks u with my angst hammer* Gale probably feels even MORE inferior since having been cast aside. immortality was in his grasp and then it was taken away. he was at one point expecting to live for much longer than he will now

domestic bloodweave scenario in which as gale ages he becomes obsessed with finding magical ways to extend his lifespan, cripplingly afraid of becoming obsolete in astarion’s immortal eyes

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.

"God, his knees are starting to hurt."

based on @troutsoup's writing! love the exploration of gale's childhood... an extra level of horror that mystra visited him in the form of a child

do we think gale’s forehead scar is from something cool like battle or did he at age 4 run at full speed into the corner of a table and have to be taken by his mom to get stitches

domestic bloodweave scenario in which as gale ages he becomes obsessed with finding magical ways to extend his lifespan, cripplingly afraid of becoming obsolete in astarion’s immortal eyes