#but this was really the final nail in the coffin for me

[galedekarios]

that interview is driving me insane i've been thinking about it for the past hour and i still can't wrap my head around it. i think what really gets under my skin is it just... contradicts with the text of the game. the most positive possible reading of the ending where gale blows himself up is that it was an unavoidable tragedy dictated by fate but even that's a stretch. to say it's a good ending?? or a satisfying conclusion to his arc?? i call bull. it's more infuriating because there is such a clear good ending for gale's character arc and it's the professor ending! his arc was about learning to accept himself as he was, to value who he is as he is flaws and all, and he's done that in the professor ending! and the god of ambition ending is a bad end for him but still ties into his overall arc in a satisfying if sad way (imo). the ending where he dies just... doesn't. which is fine as a tragedy but to imply it isn't exactly that, a tragedy, is wild to me. and it being so blatantly contradictory to the actual events of the game makes me think that whole thing was just catering to people who hate gale which like... why? people who don't like him don't care about his story so why pander to them like this?

uhg. i am sorry for blowing up your inbox like this i just feel like i'm gonna rip my hair out and need to express that to a fellow gale appreciator. i love gale's epilogue SO MUCH it made me feel for a bit like maybe the writers had actually changed how they felt about him but. nope! silly of me to hope for that. wish i could memory wipe that whole interview from my brain dark urge style.

don't be sorry at all! 🖤 i feel the same way in a lot of ways. altho i feel the need to mention that gale's writer, jan van dosselaer, was not involved in this interview.

i started to make a meta post about this yesterday, but reading things like this from gale:

act ii [after elminster] Player: An old man with a craving for cheese. Hardly the great wizard of legend. Gale: A wizard doesn't reach Elminster's age without enjoying their home comforts. Those who seek danger over cheese don't tend to live as long. Gale: For Mystra to have sent him... The severity of her bidding could not be clearer. Or weigh more heavily on me. devnote: reflecting on mystra sending elminster, of all people - a powerful individual, becoming reflective. Gale: Time seems so infinite when you are young... a month is an age, a year is a lifetime... it is a strange feeling, to realise how little of it one might have left. Player: You're seriously considering doing what Elminster said?   Gale: Of course - he offered the clearest solution to our problem. All I have to do is find the right place and time, close my eyes, and let go... devnote: Trying to sound upbeat, not fully engaging with what he's saying (that he's going to kill himself). Gale: Then the slate will be clean, wrongs will be righted, the Absolute will be gone... devnote: Trying to sound upbeat, not fully engaging with what he's saying (that he's going to kill himself). Gale: ...and I along with it. devnote: Still trying to sound upbeat, though this time the reality that this means he will die weighs a bit heavier

and:

act ii [act ii romance scene] Gale: I am terrified - I will not claim otherwise. My face could scarcely conceal it even if my words sought to deny it. nodecontext: Hushed, vulnerable Gale: There is no point in running from the inevitable. Better to meet it, on my own terms. nodecontext: Resigned

as well as this:

act ii [act ii friendship version] Gale: Yes... but there is so much to live for, and so few moments in which to house it all. Gale: Damn you. Damn you for giving me so much to care about. Our friends, our adventures... this would have been so much easier if it was just me. But it isn't. Gale: If there is a way - any way - to save all that's grown dear to me, I want to seize it. I just cannot fathom what that might be, other than to fail Mystra and condemn the world. Gale: Stay with me, will you? I don't want to think of it any more, but I don't want to be alone either.

act iii [before the netherbrain] Player: Gale... I think we should consider using the orb as Mystra intended. To blow up the Netherbrain. Gale: I'm getting rather tired of how often those I care about seem to reach the same conclusion.

when you have this:

and i just... couldn't finish the meta.

it's absolutely beyond comprehension for me how anyone could try to frame this as an ending that is the right one in "many ways", as the "guy who starts off annoying everyone", eating your "most priced possessions", having to "give back to the world".

for the founder of the company to say he wasn't "ready" the "first time", but he's finally "ready" now.

gale's death isn't only unnecessary, an instruction given to him by his former mentor on the behalf of a goddess, who would've sacrificed not only him but thousands of others to achieve her own goals, he doesn't want to die. he's terrified. he wants to live. he is offering this because he believes that his time has run out. because he wants his death to have purpose if it must happen. because he feels he made a mistake far bigger than he can ever make up for. because he doesn't want others to waste their chance at life like he feels he has. the will he leaves behind in the epilogue if he sacrifices himself isn't finished because he thought there would be more time. i could go on and on.

and again, the question is too... for what exactly does he need to "give back to the world"?

being perceived as annoying after coming out of what is presented as isolation and depression? asking for help with a now chronic impairment that feeds on his very soul and wreaks havoc on his body? for making a mistake? by that logic every companion deserves the same fate.

which brings me to the contrast to how most of the other companions are framed in this interview: k*rlach, "the labrador of the party". l*e'zel, "she's so young". ast*rion, "much of what he does it out of fear". sh*dowheart, "the jason bourne" and "victim of religous trauma". w*ll, "the true baldur's gate hero".

the difference is staggering. there's empathy here. there's at least a surface level understanding and/or appreciation of the characters there.

...and then you have gale.

it's alienating and disappointing to see devs have so little respect and care for their own character, as well as for the parts of their fandom who have grown attached to the character exactly for the strengths and flaws he has, for the struggles he faces and for the healing journey he can have if he is helped and lives.

#my opinion on larian has already changed to the negative for the way they've lied prior release re: what is actually in the game #as well as the amount of bugs and issues that other companies would be dragged through the mud for #as well as the extreme bias showing itself in the scene disparity of their characters #but this was really the final nail in the coffin for me #i also think that it would have been so easy to find a more diplomatic answer instead of choosing reddit talking points but that's just me #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate #text: personal #text: asks #bg3 critical #larian critical #suicidal ideation cw #depression cw

[wentzologist]

why don’t we talk about this. why aren’t we always talking about this.

#hello????? #this was really the final nail in the coffin for me re: ginasfs #p² #pw.txt #m

[slavhew]

Hello!

If you're not too busy, would you mind listing some of the things you think count as death flags for Mr. Spender?

There's the obvious fact that he's the "old" mentor to group of young protagonists, but what else do you think would count?

OHH BOY ok so I'd think I'm a crackpot for this but since we're talking about Zack "Foreshadowing" Morrison. I have some thoughts

No harm in leading with the (chronologically) first thing that jumped out at me:

This one IMMEDIATELY made me antsy whenever I came back to it after my initial read, and considering Zack has referred to it on twitter in the past as one of their favorite jokes it's definitely not been forgotten about.

Second, the sheer amounts of near-misses, jokey or not, of Spender narrowly avoiding specifically lightning

Again, not much, but it's weird that it happened thrice, latter two of which had real gravitas rather than an one-off joke.

And third, Spender himself. He's repeatedly shown himself to be kind of a self sacrificing idiot, as well as prideful to a fault. Granted, it's both him and Mina trying to take on all the responsibility of saving Mayview and its inhabitants from their fate.. But Spender is exactly that right measure of doesn't-value-himself-enough (chest footprint aftercare or lack thereof), having an obscene amount of power (enables his loner act + pride) and poor judgement that has the capacity to put him at great risk. And it has!

Spender has not only shown low enough self-esteem to view himself as the de-facto scapegoat for the safety of the town, but also prideful enough to make very bad calls that end up in people, often himself, hurt (COUGH FORGE INCIDENT COUGH)

This is all conjecture, but it's definitely enough to make me worried about him :') Even if all this doesn't mean he'll necessarily die he's definitely getting (even more) seriously injured at some point. I love the guy but he's so far doing a horrible job of convincing me he wants to live bad enough to circumvent at least that

#not art #admin answers #paranatural #pnat #richard spender #pts-fic-notes-and-blog #before i continue on with tag ramble i just want to say tysm for leaving an ask! #none of my friends read this so ive been stewing on these thoughts for some months and i loved finally sharing them #this isn't exactly proof but the hijack possession seemingly being the final nail in the coffin for his and isabel's relationship. #idk it feels significant to me. thats one more tether to support kinda gone. someone who knows him well enough to know he's unwell #he seems not exactly content but fr incapable of not burning bridges as he is now. and considering how rashly he acts he REALLY needs those #to not do stupid shit all the god damn time with no buffer other than Lucifer. who for his measured approach to rick's hotheadedness #has honestly shown himself to be pretty lenient and kinda bad at controlling spender's more (self) destructive tendencies? so he dont count #to be clear i love spender to bits but he is dumb as rocks and has all the self preservation of a fruit fly. it needs to be said #also the lightning man... idk its WEIRD like especially on the reread its the thing that most consistently threatens him! it repeats #sure he gets chewed by a bat and banged up by forge but?? he somehow always comes back to lightning. catnine has it out for him #its something i didnt even really put together until i continued reading the flashback chapter AFTER getting this ask and went OHHHGNHF #which the only reason lightning is such a non issue is lucifer's powers. which belong to his sunglasses and not to the spirit in him #so its not like they can't be taken away he's just got a really good excuse for having those on all the time #TAGS GETTING SO LONG. ANYWAYS. i hope this is comprehensible lol

[icedteaandoldlace]

Pffft speak for yourself. I simply choose to hate his guts for all eternity, like a normal person. :)

#he was already on thin fucking ice before #but this was the final nail in the coffin making me go from not-really-liking him to full on hating him #(the car scene really should've been the thing that did it but for some reason I thought it was a one-off and they might redeem him?) #(idk it must've been the Chuck Bass retcon/redemption making me think there was hope for his character) #(NOOOOOOOOOOOOPE he's just a dick through and through and the way he tried to blame Kurt for his own cheating just confirmed that) #anti blaine anderson #anti klaine #lol klaine #lol blaine anderson #blaine for bl #(I mean Chuck's a dick too but that's different) #(Gossip Girl is trash TV and they know it) #(Glee is trash TV pretending to be progressive)

[grimcatician]

Yoooo Happy Birthday to Kingdom Hearts and to the sweetest silliest goodest boy 🥺💖

Still a WIP but I really wanted to get something out for him! He deserves the world!!!

I only recently began playing KH. It was always on the list of “Things I Know I’ll LOVE to Bits Because It’s Got Everything I Love But I Am Putting Off Until I’m Ready To Commit™️” but thanks to needing to clean my room and some certain YouTube videos a couple weeks ago I finally started playing and I have noooooot stoped thinking about it!

#kingdom hearts #kh sora #sora #I’m still on kh1 right at the last save point bc I want to beat the scary ghost and I’ve titan but I am #Bad at Video Games so it’s taking a bit! #also work!! is keeping me from the fun things in life #I put on that 3hr long recap video of all the games while cleaning my room and I was only half paying attention #but right after it was the 6hr Riku is Gay and idc about spoiler tbh and I know it was a pretty fruity franchise like I had hs friends into #it back in the day so ya know #but HOO boy let me tell you it really was the final nail on the coffin for me and I finally but the bullet and bought it #I knew I’d love the damn Mickey Mouse ff game bc it always seemed so silly but so EARNEST and heartfelt which is my absolute SHIT #the lil “my friends r my power shit? #my absolute favorite trope ohh I knew the moment I saw the scene in hs but no means to play etc so #ANYWAYS! #I will eventually finish this but coloring hard 😣 #grim art

[gnarlystarships]

tbh one thing that im so grateful for tumblr being my primary social media about is that I'm able to experience so many stories without spoilers.

As soon as I'm interested in something I can blacklist the tag/word and then I don't see people saying spoilers and I get to experience the story myself!!

I don't think theres any other social media that lets you hide spoilers like that!! So everyone else has to rush and binge things but I can take my time and not worry about the story being ruined

#I really hate spoilers #When I get them it often just stops me from listening/watching unless im extremely invested #Like somewhat recently I got a major spoiler for Critical Role and that was the final nail in the coffin I don't think I'll pick it back up #ograt

[imminent-danger-came]

apparently the english dub of the special is coming out friday, just letting you know

I also have a play test for the tdp game next friday (and they just made the announcement for that today) like. ONCE AGAIN TDP AND LMK ARE DOING TARGETED TEAM ATTACKS AGAINST ME-

#I'm joking of course asdfasdf #but seriously info for one of those shows come out and then info for the other isn't far behind #like I'm going insane #they're trying to kill me????? #head in my hands. #''oh okay s4 special next friday! Finally the wait is-'' ''and. and also the playtest. oh god.'' #does anyone ELSE want to do something next friday. really nail in the coffin #imp tag #asks #lmk #lego monkie kid

[the-casbah-way]

sometimes i'm at work and i have to take a moment to stop and process just how stressed and overstimulated and angry and tense i am over other people merely existing in my general vicinity and then i have to stand in the filing room for ten minutes staring at the wall until i conquer the urge to set the building on fire

#someone was slurping soup really loud at the desk opposite me and it was nearly the final nail in the coffin i can't lie #as in literally the final nail in the coffin except the coffin is his coffin because i'm going to do away with him posthaste #UFIEA8[FHSDIOAFOEAUFE[UAREIOFO[EAWUFIOSAEJFE8AUFOIE[AIFESU[F #ok i'm fine #straightens tie and suppresses tears etc etc etc

[ammaterasu]

this is the image that made me confirm my nephew is colour blind btw

#just happened today yooo lol he would always say things that would make me ???? #but this was the nail on the coffin for me #we were trying to colour match his jacket's colour and im picking colours around the green spectrum #and my nephew picks a maroon fully serious and i go ???? ok lets take the test and get this over with finally #and sure enough we did the test multiple times and it consistently confirmed he's green deficient #the results were always 100% blue / 0% green / 87% red #now maybe not the best way to break the news to him idk #he read the results that had the word colour /blind/ in it and the word blind really held a stigma for him #so just kept trying to be normal about :)) but yea #Kakashi ftw lol #hes 7btwww and ive had a suspicion that he saw things differently since well forever #but yea today was when i realized wait lets do an online test

[cloudsrust]

"I'll be your mirror" by Velvet Underground in Crowley's playlist -> I'm dead, discorporated, gone, reduced to a million of weeping atoms I'm-

Also the idea of Crowley diving into his Bentley after the "naked man friend" moment and just blasting Queen's "I'm in love with my car" to """get back""" at Azira while screaming inside (&outside) <- Real.

#the cloud can speak oh boi #Good Omens #<- gonna start tagging so others can mute if I become even more insufferable (it will happen <3) #Was I expecting either I'll Be Your Mirror or Pale Blue Eyes for his playlist? Yeah. Was I hoping for After Hours to be there also? y ea h; #Lowkey glad Old Fashioned Loverboy isnt on there because that could've actually been the final nail in my coffin after what we got lately a #TAKE ME TO CHURCH THOUGH EXCUSE ME- #did AO3's spectre posses the one managing the GO PV account??? UHH??? #Would've expected Unknown or From Eden more but my god they just went DIRECT WITH IT #CROWLEY DARLING YOU GONNA BURN STOP- #Am I really unwell over a playlist? Oh my god what is GO doing to me- #also the other songs I uhhh- still gotta listen to them 👉👈 I'm not as cultured I'm afraid A- #Now I shall go culture myself in music whoop-

[clownleys]

ao3 author notes: sorry i was absent for the past two weeks! i had to hand sew 42874 crystal gems to my shorts and then someone spiked my drink so i had to redo the whole thing

#anyway welcome back everyone #those two weeks were really like #terrible for me really #and that drink thing was a real final nail in the coffin #ending my year on a horrible note #anyway im okay now! but the same can't be said about my lilac coat #my friends navigated the situation really well and i can't be grateful for them enough #also i will get back to all the ask games soon!! thanks for sending them in <3 #and just in case: #drugs tw #drink spiking tw #alcohol tw #substance misuse tw #i hope that covers the blacklist for anyone who needs it! #and i really truly hope you never ever experience it #memeories.txt #personal

[a-love-poet-at-heart]

Get you a guy who will want till after all 3 ending of clue to make a move and try and make out with you 😤

#this is so stupid #anyway this is Personal Experience #i already was falling out of likeing the guy who started to make out with me before clue ended so that was just the Final Nail in the Coffin #i was too mentally unstable for a relationship at that time and he wanted to Fix Me so it was Doomed #got me a new man who waits till after the movie marathon to make a move on me so that is a Big Plus #anyway i REALLY like him. we just get along so well and have the same interests

[deepsixsquid]

Normally, I'd be feelin a little sarcastic about these splatfest results But, at this point, I have come to expect it ...which actually sounds a bit worse now that I say it out loud

#nocturnal murmur #feelin that drop from 'Golly gee popularity decides it again? WHO coulda guessed THAT??' #to 'yeah yeah yeah shells please...' #really feelin the hype for splatfests goin down hill #I've been looking forward to big run and eggstra work a lot more for a long while now #sad to say but I think this may have been the final nail on the splatfest coffin for me

[tyrianlynch]

I just cried at a destiel edit in the year of our lord 2023 and I genuinely think my psychiatrist needs to hear about this

#it was set to ceilings by lizzy mcalpine #I didn’t even finish the fucking show!! and I tried so hard!! #but gods sister living in a baby was just too much for me it was too stupid #mind you I had already powered through innumerable stupid plot lines but that really was the final nail in the coffin #also Charlie dying that REALLY pissed me off #but anyway I just don’t think I should be allowed to control my own media consumption habits anymore #it’s clearly not good for me #I have a comedy show I’ve been watching an episode of every night before bed but instead I watched destiel edits!!! #why did I do that?? what is wrong with me psychologically to compel me to do that??? #anyways I think my psychiatrist should prolly up my meds

[the-blathermouth]

So I saw that AM has a sexypedia article I wanted to check out and...

"Daddy the Deranged"

Can someone please explain the meaning of this?

#i have no mouth and i must scream #am #alright who called the hateful sadist computer daddy? #I've only really known this thing for 3 days and since then it's been making me question what I'm into #and this aliases may just be the final nail in the coffin #why did harlen make him sound so sexy is that what he wanted all along?!

[kneworder]

season 3 allison makes me insane it’s literally the not to be lesbian but holy shit bit over and over every time she’s onscreen

#ev tw lb #nancy st was like the final nail in the coffin of my gay awakening #Allison is like if Nancy wore really short skirts and carried knives and was even hotter like helloooooo #it’s so embarrassing I’m just trying to watch tw with my mom and I am like speechless every time allison is onscreen #I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again #CALL ME SCOTT MCCALL THE WAY ID RISK IT ALL FOR ALLISON!!!!!