#The Wizard of Waterdeep

[waylaid-by-enemies]

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[yabishrihere]

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[animated-thought-bubble]

Divine Losers chapter 3 comic ✨️ I love this fic so much, and this scene compelled me to draw it. Please go check out the fic if you can:

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[nimthirielrinon]

I need to talk about Gale’s insecurities. For all his noted overconfidence, this is a man whose entire self-worth is based on his prowess with magic.

He was a “gifted” kid whose abilities started out well advanced for his age, just to begin with. He very much thinks of himself as annoying, which you learn in the Durge playthrough after the dead bard incident, when he says that if being annoying we’re reason enough to kill someone, he’d “be dead 1000 times over!”.

If you romance him and convince him not to take the Crown after the second romance scene in Act 3, he mentions how he’s used to being seen as over-confident and even self-deluded regarding his abilities, which I think would only make him posture even harder as a defence mechanism.

I think for a long time, his relationship with Mystra was likely something he used as a flex on other wizards who had been cruel or mean to him, based on how he brings it up, when he does.

But what gets me is his utter relief whenever he isn’t rejected by Tav. When he first opens up to you, he has pretty much already prepared himself to be kicked out of the party. He’s even got a plan for when his bomb goes off, to do the least amount of harm he can, and when he says “Even I’ve grown tired of the sound of my own voice” I swear his voice cracks and he sounds like he could cry.

If you romance him, when he tells you he’s in love with you, if you say “I love you too” instead of going straight for a kiss, he’s once again relieved. Despite the fact that you’re there with him and have been romancing him, he still has a doubts that you would return his feelings.

It’s no wonder he made the mistakes he did. This is a man who’s been told his entire life that he’s annoying. Though he’s had other mortal lovers (and we don’t know how those relationship were, only that they clearly ended), he is clearly primed for rejection. And then his ex-girlfriend, the goddess of magic herself, tells him she’ll only forgive his transgression if he kills himself.

Like I said at the top, his precocious talent for the weave is the entire basis of his self-worth, unless and until Tav assured him that he has value beyond his mastery of the Weave. It’s no wonder he felt like he had to “prove” to Mystra that he loved her enough. As long as his self-esteem was based on his magical abilities, he was never going to feel like he was good enough, especially for the goddess who is all magic. He was never going to be able to feel as though he was loving her well enough.

I guess what I’m saying is that his “ambition” and his hubris make so much sense when you consider the hinted-at reasons for his insecurities, his clear desire for friendship and affection (he summoned a Tressym who became a lifelong companion and a lava mephit or something with whom he is still in touch; he even says he didn’t have friends growing up), and his main talent/special interest.

I think he’s a superbly-written character, and I definitely feel like he deserves neither death nor godhood, but a good and comfortable life surrounded by a loving family who encourage him to be his best self.

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[tadfools]

"Early Early Access Gale can't hurt you."

Early Early Access Gale:

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[bongwaterbunny]

btw gale loses all composure when hes horny. can't even make out the words "please" or "thank you", he just starts to dote on you and, when he's particularly needy, he'll grind up against you and paw at your clothes until you get the hint. he told me himself.

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[renthari-from-telvanni]

more curious than quasits can be only their wizard masters

who knows which of them is more inquisitive...

#i gave this little quasit to Gale's service #and now he hangs out with it more often than he does with me #gale bg3 #bg3 gale #gale #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #shovel the quasit #basket the quasit #quasit #the wizard of waterdeep #wizard #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 fanart #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 gale #baldur's gate iii #baldurs gate fanart #my doodles

[blanketburritotoro]

Bg3 act 2 spoilers

Listen. Listen. Listen Larian Studios listen. Listen Larian. Larian listen.

Let Tav try to punch Elminster.

let Tav TRY TO PUNCH Elminster.

You can have Tav be stopped and PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED. So nothing comes of it.

But listen.

LISTEN LARIAN.

I DO NOT CARE who it is. Or how POWERFUL and IMPORTANT they are.

I don't care that he's just the messenger.

If a person came into MY CAMP and told MY BUDDY (my sweet cheese. My rotten soldier. My good time boi. Gale) that he should KILL HIMSELF

I AM GOING TO PUNCH THAT MOTHER FUCKER.

Let Tav be furious and rude to Elminster.

LET TAV TRY TO DECK THE DUDE.

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[angsty-bisexual-doctor]

Spent more time on this than I should have and simultaneously not enough

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[littlelionpaw]

Hubris

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[littlestarbigfangs]

Gale "Cat Dad" Dekarios

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[taraevyn]

Sun and Moon

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[macaronissi-mo]

guys i wish gale dekarios was real

#we could be losers on valentine's day together #hot date idea be absolute fucking losers together /affectionate #bg3 #gale #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #the wizard of waterdeep #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #bg3 gale #mac's fandom rambles

[animated-thought-bubble]

"You already know you are pretty, Astarion."

Fanart for Divine Losers, please go give it a read if you can!

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[angelicrelic]

I dunno man, these shirts suit them is all I'm saying...

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[ryttu3k]

Theory: Gale isn't a wizard.

He's a sorcerer.

"The Sorcerer is known for its innate magical abilities. Unlike wizards, who study and memorize spells from spellbooks, Sorcerers possess an innate connection to magic, usually through their bloodline, ancestry, or some other mystical source."

He mentions he's been in touch with the Weave since he was little, that he could compose it like music. That doesn't sound much like a wizard thing, who learn how to use the Weave via books and writing, and does sound more like a sorcerer, who can access it intuitively.

(Specifically: I'm thinking Storm Sorcerer: "Whether crackling with the energy of ancient deluges or pierced by gales and hurricanes, your lineage is a strange tapestry scrawled by a tempest." Not just for the pun, also because there's at least two pieces of early art [here] and [here] that show him using lightning magic.)

Mystra is intrinsically linked with wizards, not sorcerers; her in-game description talks about how she's all about knowledge and lore, and preservation and protection:

"As the mother of all magic, Mystra oversees the Weave and spreads arcane knowledge to mortal spellcasters. Her clerics preserve ancient lore and protect bastions of magical energy."

If she sees an incredibly talented young sorcerer, I can see her appearing to him, nudging him on to the path of the wizard to almost... keep some level of control over him? If he's doing things only by the book and not by his own intuition and power, he's a lot more controllable than someone who can start electric storms with his brain, y'know?

I'd kind of love to see someone hear about magical prodigy Gale and be like, "Dude, if you were doing magic innately from childhood, you're a sorcerer, not a wizard." I suspect his brain might melt a little, but what's one more existential crisis on top of all the others? And imagine him being able to really tap into his abilities once he sheds all the restrictions Mystra had placed on him!

(Disclaimer: I'm still in act 3 and I haven't played any D&D before BG3. I have no idea if this is larger-lore-compliant, just going by what I've seen in-game so far.)

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