#weave scene

[from-the-stone-art]

There’s something like the anticipation of a kiss, then the pleasure of being cloaked in peace~

Bonus

#gale casted puppy dog eyes…. it was a critical hit #if you keep going like this you’ll be tossed around like a damn ragdoll soon #he’s so bbygirl when he looks up at her <3 #wifey material for sure #gale #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #weave scene #bg3 #my oc #auriate #tiefling #yes I am not normal about these two #tav #bg3 tav

[pencil-urchin]

I like to imagine during the Weave scene that my Sorcerer Tav didn't know Gale would see what she thought about and was flustered as all hell when he saw her think about kissing him.

Please accept my sloppy doodle.

#gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #gale bg #bg3 gale #gale x tav #bg3 #weave scene #gale romance #sorcerer v wizard

[micaiahdekarios]

Had the weave scene tonight 🥰

#bg3 #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 gale #bg3 act 1 #bg3 tav #gale x tav #my tav #my post #weave scene #omg fjekdlekdndmekw so wholesome

[anon-nee]

There's something like the anticipation of a Kiss...

Purple magic nerds kissing. That's it. That's the post.

#bg3 #gale x tav #bg3 gale #gale dekarios #oc: Tavlin #artists on tumblr #digital art #art #baldurs gate fanart #baldurs gate 3 #baldurs gate tav #baldurs gate iii #dnd #dnd art #I love purple nerds kissing #he's so silly #mr dekarios I fear I love you #gale of waterdeep #btw this is supposed to be the scene where he shows you how to conjure the weave #Mystra can watch

[iipaint]

oh, i should have gone deeper, but i'm not so brave

when i was done dying - dan deacon // fionna and cake - "cheers"

#web weaving #adventure time #fionna and cake #fionna and cake spoilers #simon petrikov #betty grof #petrigrof #this is what the golbetty scene reminded me of hehe #wwiwdd is a very fi and cake song anyway. like the series overall #i very much enjoyed the show and i like that the ending was open ended #even if a bit unsatisfactory thats reflective of life! the day after the end etc yk #we keep on living even after a supposed ending to the story and i like that message being at the shows core

[woundposting]

wound, eroticism and subjectivity

the holy wound, attributed to jean le noir / the incredulity of saint thomas, guercino / the body of signification, elizabeth grosz (in: abjection, melancholia, and love: the works of julia kristeva) / hannibal nbc / the incredulity of saint thomas, caravaggio / saint catherine drinks the blood of christ, francesco vanni / the body of signification, elizabeth grosz / crash, david cronenberg / side wound of christ (england, 15th century) / the terror amc / the terror of pleasure: the contemporary horror film and postmodern theory, tania modleski (in: the horror reader)

#this is extremely stereotypical tumblrina content i apologise #i had to fabricate an excuse to watch james fitzjames side wound scene 25 times in a row #hannibal #the terror #side wound #web weaving #philosophy/theory tag #david cronenberg #crash 1996 #horror #body horror #scars tw #🦇

[dekariosclan]

Imagine Gale as a talented and impressive young man, able to compose the Weave at will, skilled in a way that few can match, and favored by the Goddess of Magic herself. Imagine that because of these accomplishments, he’s caught the eye of a few up-and-coming magic adepts, and he falls in love with one of them—his first real love. Gale isn’t one to toss the ‘L’ word around lightly, so when he tells them he loves them, he means it; he gives himself over to them completely.

And in return, they love him for his potential. For his status. For the magic he can command. They love the wizard they see on the surface, but not the man underneath. They are attracted to his power, but not to him.

So of course the relationship fails, after the thrill of his magic wears off. But because Gale is a resilient young man and he’s caught the eye of so many, he soon falls in love with another.

And then it happens again. And again.

And each time Gale’s heart is ravaged, his ambition to become a better wizard grows, because he’s being shown time and time again that his magic ability is all that matters.

So much so that, by the time Mystra decides to elevate him from Favored to Chosen to Lover, he welcomes her with eager, desperate arms. Because if all his worth is in his magic, and that’s all he has to offer, and that’s all anyone wants from him, who better to love him than the Goddess of Magic herself?

Except…there’s a nagging voice in the back of his head that whispers she doesn’t really love him. There’s anxiety in his heart as time passes, and he reaches both the limit of what his talents can do and what Mystra will allow him to do. And most troubling of all: a growing panic that, just like his other lovers, she will soon grow tired of him and discard him if he can’t improve his magic any further.

He tries pouting, and pleading, and begging her to let him take more power, to let him be more for her, but she refuses. Smiles patronizingly. Tells him to be patient. But Gale can’t be patient when his power is tied so closely to his self-worth; he can’t be patient when doing so in the past has only ever lead to heartache.

So he does what he believes will be a Grand Romantic Gesture, one that will finally put him on equal footing with the woman he loves. Instead, it turns out to be a folly that dooms him and destroys his talents. And just as he’d always feared, Mystra tosses him aside the moment his magical gifts are gone—because what’s left of him holds no value for her.

————

Imagine Gale in his tower, alone, afraid, the ever-hungry orb in his chest, with only his tressym there to help him. No other friends to speak of. His colleagues forced to keep away for their own safety. His magical talents utterly stripped down, so that even when he does try and distract himself with illusions, he’s bitterly reminded of what he used to be capable of. Waking every morning wondering if it will be his last, ending every day full of loneliness and disappointment.

…and then he meets Tav.

At the lowest point in his life, at his most vulnerable, when he knows he’s going to be considered a burden, he meets this stranger and their group. So he does what he can to be useful—assigning himself to be camp cook, offering up his (now meager) magic skills, turning the charm up to 11—as he desperately hopes this will somehow work out. He’s pleasantly surprised when, after providing only minor details of his condition, Tav agrees to help him. He’s even more surprised when they actually follow through.

Imagine how Gale feels as Tav treats him kindly. As he grows to trust Tav, and then grows to like them. Imagine his surprise as he opens up and shows them more and more of himself, and they don’t turn him away.

But then his condition worsens. And he has to reveal everything: the foolish mistakes he’s made, and how dangerous he is as a result. He clings to Tav’s hand as he shows them his folly. He’s at their mercy now, and he knows this might be the last time he’ll ever feel the touch of another being, if they decide—and Gods, why wouldn’t they decide?—to cast him out.

…but they don’t. They don’t. Instead, they tell him to stay.

Imagine the relief Gale feels. The gratitude. And perhaps…just a hint of something more. Something that he dare not name, but that flares to life every time he thinks of how warm their hand was in his. Something that feels dangerously close to jealousy, when he’s had too much to drink and sees Tav smiling at another…

But he knows these are all foolish thoughts, because he has nothing to offer Tav. They are wonderful just as they are, but he…he is an empty shell of a man, a discarded husk of a wizard, and while they might tolerate him, he could never believe they might actually want him.

And besides, he still thinks of Mystra. He still longs for Mystra. She who cast him out, but to whom he still feels tethered. Sometimes he needs to cocoon himself in the weave, just to try and calm his fears and bring some joy back to his life, because magic is his life. And sometimes he just needs to see her face, even though that hurts as much as it heals.

One night he’s lost in thought, having conjured Mysta’s image after settling down at camp. Thinking that even if she hadn’t ‘loved’ him—certainly not in the way he’d loved her—she’d given him enough otherwise, hadn’t she? She’d amused him and been amused by him, they’d shared countless pleasures, why hadn’t he been satisfied with that?

Gale is so lost in thought he doesn’t realize Tav has come up behind him. Until they ask a question, startling him out of his trance. He’s a bit shaken, so he tries to turn the conversation from Mystra to the weave itself. And then a wonderful idea occurs to him, something that he’d been toying with already: what if they were to conjure the weave together?

He can show Tav how important magic is to him, let them experience what he does, perhaps even impress them a bit. But most importantly, share a moment with them. As friends would do…

He’s elated when Tav agrees. He leads them through the steps effortlessly, and they’re a surprisingly good student, following his instructions correctly (if a bit clumsily). He’s as excited as they are—perhaps even more so!—when they succeed in channeling the weave.

It’s such a pleasant, familiar feeling for him, like coming home to his tower in Waterdeep. Even as the weave connects him with Tav and makes them one, he’s easily able to hide his innermost thoughts, because he’s done it so many times before.

…but he’s forgotten that Tav has not.

————

Imagine Gale knowing every romantic partner he ever had only wanted him because of how he could raise their status, or how he could amuse them, or how he could command magic for them. And, each time, he was happy to oblige them, even desperate to oblige them, because if that was the price of their love, then he was sure it would be worth it.

But it still all came to nothing.

Now imagine Gale connected in an intimate way with someone he likes very, very much—while being what he considers his lowest, most worthless, and most humbled self. As far from the powerful, impressive wizard he once was as he could ever be. And suddenly a vision enters his mind from the lovely creature standing next to him. Only, to his complete and utter shock, it isn’t one where he is providing them with a service, or wowing them with his magical ability, or granting them some kind of power from one of the spells he commands.

Instead, when he sees their desire laid bare before him, it’s a vision of kissing him. Of holding his hand. The two most basic forms of affection and physical connection. The two things that he would still be able to offer them even if every last ounce of his remaining magical abilities were stripped from him. The two things he could share with them even if he was no longer Gale of Waterdeep, and just plain old Gale Dekarios instead.

Imagine the embarrassment and trepidation he feels at first, because surely he is mistaken?…and then the elation when he realizes that he is not. So much elation that his concentration is broken, the weave dissipating as he forgets about channeling it, as he forgets about Mystra. Because all that matters to him now is the image before him—the most pleasant and welcome image he’s seen in a very, very long time.

Imagine how that would feel…and how besotted, enamored and completely devoted he’d be to Tav afterwards. To know that someone finally—finally—just wants him.

Just imagine.

#Please enjoy this huge dissertation about Gale #(which was unintentional) #I originally wanted to talk briefly—BRIEFLY—about why the weave scene is so important to him #And then I….kept writing lol #Please also note that while this focuses on successfully channeling the weave I also LOVE the talk you have with him if you ‘failed’ it! #The same themes apply there because when you tell Gale you still think about being alone together he replies that he hopes to embrace you #It’s all about Gale finally finding someone who appreciates him just as he is and being able to connect with them #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #baldur's gate 3 #gale x tav #bg3

[mirrorhouse]

It was a pity your lesson in the Weave ended so soon - I was enjoying our moment alone. Do you think about us being alone again?

#baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3edit #gamingedit #* #i remember these lines were in early access but i can't remember how you got them #i think now you only get this dialogue now after failing to perform magic during the weave scene... maybe there's another way

[elsaqueenofstress]

DID YOU KNOW I RECENTLY HAD A BROTHER DIE, TOO?

the bear / phoebe waller-bridge / lilly dancyger / david byrne / dan pearce / suzy kassem / toni morrison / joseph fink / rabbi joseph telushkin / emily dickinson / richard siken / lone twin network / aanchal malhotra / frank ocean / gabrielle calvocoressi / maurice sendak

#the bear #the bear fx #the bear hulu #web weaving #word collage #parallels #on siblings #on grief #jon bernthal #jeremy allen white #ebon moss bachrach #michael berzatto #carmy berzatto #fleabag #richard siken #emily dickinson #notes #listen man..... #in a way this show is about grief and loss and hating your heroes while also missing them like crazy #it's also about the scene where carmy and richie get into a slapfight over an inflatable hot dog

[saturdaysky]

a little morning pick-me-up

-

A morning on the way to Baldur's Gate. The party booked themselves into an inn and enjoyed real beds, hot baths, and privacy for the first time since the Nautiloid.

Gale and Mayhew shared a room, of course. They were filled with the relief of surviving the shadows and the glow of finally getting together, so their private room was probably a blessing for the whole party, honestly.

-

This was some ascended anatomy practice! Referenced some great stock from @null-entity.

#some people speed run the galemance but i played it as the world's longest slow burn #act 1 was fuuull of uneven feelings and perceived unrequited feelings and slow-building respect #mayhew was immediately down bad & suffering after the weave scene. Plus Gale's lukewarm reaction to flirting felt like people-pleasing #gale slowly emerged from his depression hole much later and only then caught real feelings - but the orb put paid to acting on them #so in my game they simply had a very loaded laden-with-unspoken-feelings friendship until near the end of act 2 #they got like one (1) week of happiness before the horrors of act 3 hit. starting with Mayhew getting unwillingly astral tadpole'd #it's tragic and i love it #also: chubby gale. tumblr do you see my vision #mayhew sees my vision #please also appreciate mayhew's bed head and the too-big-for-gnomes dishware. i chuckled about those #my art #mayhew #gale dekarios #gnome tav #gale x tav #bg3 #baldur's gate 3

[mazzystarjpg]

- on parents

shameless/ kyoto- phoebe bridgers/ nicola yoon/ father- the front bottoms/ joan tierney/ kyoto- phoebe bridgers/ bojack horseman/ seven- taylor swift

#that scene from shameless always gets me #especially being the oldest #requested webweave #webweave #web weave #web weaving #webweaving #parallels #parents #parent trauma #shameless #taylor swift #phoebe bridgers #the front bottoms #bojack horseman

[http-byler]

richard siken, anyway // stranger things 04x08

#haven’t been able to stop thinking abt this #richard siken. the man that u are… #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #web weave #richard siken #stranger things #quotes #poetry #elijah speaks #crazy together #the heart #one year since this scene… #going insane. #also. #moon… if ur seeing this… I thought of u while putting this together. #feels very moon core. TO ME.

[riense]

Day 21 | The Weave

“It's like music, poetry, physical beauty all rolled into one and given expression through the senses”

Would you like to experience this?

#bg3 spoilers #bg3 inktober #the scene where Gale is teaching Tav how to channel the Weave is everything for me #I love this moment so much #✨💜✨ #so here is very self-indulgent Gale/Tav #gale/tav #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #bg3 tav #bg3 #baldur’s gate 3 #my art #fanart

[fandom-trash-goblin]

IN DEFENSE OF ALICENT HIGHTOWER

Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh // The King's Daughter, Eduard Veith // Episode 7: Driftmark, House of the Dragon Season 1

lyanna stark || elia martell || sansa stark || arya stark || alicent hightower || jaehaera targaryen || cersei lannister || myrcella baratheon || joanna lannister || aemma arryn || catelyn stark || sansa stark (2) || margaery tyrell

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #web weave #webweaving #webweave #webweaves: asoiaf #house of the dragon #alicent hightower #listen i don't care if you dislike her she ate in that scene #also; behold: gradient text #hotd #pro alicent hightower

[rootsmachine]

misty quigley // the haunting of hill house, shirley jackson

#+ the following scene ... that's It. eleanor imagining theo and luke talking about her and feeling deep happiness. #only to realize there is no one there. and they have left her in the woods. #misty quigley #yellowjackets #edit* #web weaving #i haveeee to re-read the haunting of hill house. #but it genuinely scares me too much it needs to be an 8:30am commute book #i was sooo obsessed w it in high school i think i carried around a copy for like half of tenth grade

[silenab]

#was gonna make a full web weave but i just think this scene devours consumes etc #annabeth defending luke for the first time literally begging for his life and he THROWS IT IN THALIAS FACE #and if it might've worked we wouldnt know because he moves first #one thing about luke he's gonna let the paranoia win #web weaving