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let me preface this by saying: you are allowed to have whatever pairing/ship you want. this post is not about saying you can’t nor should you feel bad for having them!

I will always use my blog as a means to advocate and boost queer material. But lately I’ve noticed the lack of engagement on queer tav x companion pairings. It’s discouraging as a queer man who mainly ships men with men that a gif/art of Gale (or any other male companion) with a masc!/nonbinary tav will get 30 notes (if that!) in an hour but a headcanon or gif of a male companion with a fem! presenting tav will receive much more attention (100s of notes) within that same time period. For such an inclusive game, me and a couple other queer folks have come forward to say how excluded we are starting to feel. As someone who has a pansexual male partner, it is heartbreaking to see. I’m putting these in bullet points because it’s easier for me

• Gale, Wyll, Astarion and Halsin are NOT straight

• Gale, Wyll, Astarion and Halsin are PANSEXUAL

• Shadowheart, Lae’zel, Karlach, and Minthara are NOT straight

• Shadowheart, Lae’zel, Karlach, and Minthara are PANSEXUAL

• Just because a fem!Tav is paired with a male companion does not mean she is automatically straight. Stop erasing sexuality or assuming.

• Just because a masc!Tav is paired with a female companion does not mean he is automatically straight (I can relate to this one as I have a pansexual masc!Tav who is paired with SH and his sexuality gets swept under the rug)

The reluctance to engage with queer tav x companion media is discouraging and so disappointing. I know people will write g/n blurbs but honestly, upon reading them, they seem to weigh heavily towards fem!Tav individuals (if it’s about a male companion). I’ve seen blurbs be titled as g/n just to have an allude to AFAB individuals at the end. Queer pairings are much less likely to receive reblogs or engagement in this space and it’s baffling.

And honestly it’s even worse for nonbinary and trans individuals. You guys truly get the short end of the stick and I’m so so sorry. You don’t deserve that. But I am so tired of groups of people trying to claim these companions or claim what their “preference” is. Gale and Wyll are not “ladies men”. They’re just MEN. Even when these companions are headcanoned as parents, it’s conveniently forgotten that two men and two women can be parents. Stop claiming these characters as if they only prefer one gender. I literally made a gif of astarion kissing my male tav and it felt taboo because I RARELY see gifs of him kissing or engaging romantically with masc!Tavs.

The heteronormativity with these companions is frustrating. Us queer individuals are FRUSTRATED. I see it. I hear about it. People vent to me about it! The fact that people are so quick to give attention to fem!Tav x male companion or masc!Tav x fem companion but are so reluctant or give no attention to queer pairings is disheartening and I cannot sit by and not acknowledge this any longer. Please engage with queer content. Please stop assuming sexualities of tavs. Please stop erasing sexualities of these characters. Stop excluding queer tav pairings from these narratives! All we’re asking for is equal engagement, please.

#Exactly my thoughts #i'm glad i found few people who like me are openly shipping queer pairings #this fandom feels so not inclusive sometimes #even tho most of the characters in the damn game are queer #xoxo to ppl who ship gale with their masc nb/men tavs

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mimic day 15

#bestie's art :3c #dnd mimic

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cunty supreme

#bestie's art :3c #LOOK

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Sexy Barbarian Gale design etc etc Managed to finish this after uhmm i think about 8 hours or more? god i need to get up and move my legs

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #pinkvbay

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Butt study... this was so funnn i love painting with a single brush

#baldurs gate #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #brokeback mountain #pinkvbay

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Scheduled the other gale study to be posted later (in 5 hours) And due to recent events i'm drawing a Barbarian Gale, will try to post that one tomorrow.

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Mimic day 14

#bestie's art :3c #mimic

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Brokeback Mountain x BG3 study

Butt naked Brokeback Mountain Gale sometime soon, you know, for study purposes only. Booty butt naked Gale

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldurs gate #brokeback mountain #pinkvbay

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wear robes do magic serve cunt

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I was editing some screenshots and found this gem

Look at him. He's so proud

#I love to see gale on the background of screenshots #he always has the funniest faces #most of my act 3 screenshots have gale doing the grumpiest of faces for no reason lol #your avatar is very pretty btw :)

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me when one of the "cool mutual that im way too scared to talk to" mutuals like my post

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mimic day 13

#bestie's art :3c #get well soon!!

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THIS WAS MY 5OOTH POST, GOD

Quick little thing I've been thinking and laughing about.

gods bless the tadpole gang, and how they just have bluetooth on with all their thoughts.

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Quick little thing I've been thinking and laughing about.

gods bless the tadpole gang, and how they just have bluetooth on with all their thoughts.

#oc: vorn'yrr #bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #baldurs gate #pinkvbay #thunderweave

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Replaying rdr2, might just draw cowboy gale later

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He wants me carnally..... imo

god i love when i look on the background and Gale is doing a dumbass face

#bg3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 screenshot

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Mimic day 12

#bestie's art :3c