#hell astarion isn't in my top three favourite characters (aside from gale it's karlach and shadowheart)

[rexcaliburechoes]

looks at the fandom.

looks at gale/astarion.

looks at this video by sideways about the musical identity of avatar the last airbender and how that related to zuko and aang's dichotomy of their internal/external wants/needs.

puts on my writing hat.

you guys it's the same exact principle just expanded upon in when you play either as origin. gale has an external want of being validated but an internal need to validate himself and his skill outside of mystra, and astarion has an internal want of revenge go prove himself but an external need for others to see him for himself.

zuko and aang do literally the same thing. zuko and aang are literally made for each other in a meta/technical writing sense. same with gale and astarion.

lae'zel and shadowheart are foils made for each other. karlach and wyll are foils made for each other. astarion and gale are foils made for each other. all of this is in a technical writing sense. good writing makes effective use of foils and mirrors to explore characters. it's simply Good Writing TM.

#rex rambles #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 gale #astarion #bg3 astarion #bloodweave #keep in mind I don't actually ship bloodweave!!! I wouldn't call myself a bloodweave shipper since it doesn't vibe #that being said in a technical sense they are made for each other. quite literally in a writing sense they are made for each other. #they are narrative foils and this does not necessitate a ship! the tropes play nicely and are contrasting compliments #again: same thing and zuko and aang. and I don't ship those two either #anyways takes off my writing hat #I'm more interested in gale & astarion rather than gale/astarion #hell astarion isn't in my top three favourite characters (aside from gale it's karlach and shadowheart) #so it's not even favoritism for both characters it's just Literally Good Writing #spoilers #bg3 spoilers #baldurs gate spoilers #baldur's gate spoilers #baldur's gate 3