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Some folks expressed interest in me organizing my Gale meta/headcanons/spirals/menty bs/etc and so here it is. I'll try to update it periodically & at the end I'll leave the tags I tend to use for Gale. Note that my ask is open & my AO3 is here. You can also find me on TikTok, Twitch, and Ko-fi. Post established 14 Nov 2023. Broken links fixed 15 Jan 2024.
Feb 2024 Update in Progress. Mystra related meta now purple for easier time to following that thread.
Big Meta
Gale, Mystra, & Abuse as Mentorship - an examination of Gale's connection to the Weave and the inherent lack of agency he experiences via his education, with Elminster, and of course Mystra (casual information/timeline chat about those two)
Failure to see Gale/Mystra as abusive & how we identify abuse - references the above & a piece on Shadowheart, as well as a talk on ACEs & how we're socialized to qualify abuse
Mystra + Systemic Abuse + Real World Parallels
Elminster the Enabler - a reply to a reply of the first meta, clarifying Elminster's role in indoctrination, religious trauma, & grooming
The Gale of Waterdeep Deserves A Bl*w J** Meta - Gale the Man vs the Wizard of Waterdeep, S*x as Characterization, defining Gale's relationship to intimacy and control
Tav's "I Want You to Kiss Me" & Gale's Soft Laugh - a summary of Gale's inclination to service, anticipating needs, and people pleasing & how the dialogue choices present Tav as a good change
Unpacking Act I Weave Scene - romance & Mystra's resonance
Honeypotting Gale's Musical Theme - analysis of the piece of music for Gale's intro, pulling other music that builds similarly to imagine finished themes and motifs, and a comparison to the musical language and narrative build of Battlestar Galactica's Gaius Baltar, via Bear McCreary's four years of music for the character
Mystra, the Weave, and complicity - honeypotting & Mystra lore re: how much power she does or doesn't have in the Orb sitch
Gale and the Drow Twins - insecurity, monogamy, and how the narrative leaves room for both healing through monogamy OR a healing that opens up s*xually
Accidental meta, replies, thinky thoughts, & more organized beneath the cut!
Meanders, Responses, Lesser Meta
the issue of "Counter Meta" - a bit of a PSA on internalized or latent victim blaming, particularly that I've seen growing for Gale and Astarion
Gale's Folly - what motivates his power/ambition, let's cry about it
Introductory thoughts on Mystra as Abuser
Gale and Yenna - some parallels, a nowhere-near-enough examination of Gale's relationship to children
Gale as Curator & Creative - thoughts on what drives Gale
Sleepover Talk - Why Gale's Folly lowkey makes him very sexy
Recognizing this glimmer to be magical in nature - What did Gale think the "glimmer" was? Some thinky thoughts.
Fanon Gale & Elminster interpretations
Fanon whitewashing of Mystra
Gale's Seeing the Crown of Karsus - aaaaah aaaaah aaaaaaaaaah
Is Gale's Seed Necrotic - listen...
Smaller replies/add ons
Gale's Duality - a wizard in the streets, but a freak in the bed, and WHY that hits us hard
Thoughts on Tav, Tara, Morena, & clashes in Waterdeep
"Not the kind of excitement I usually enjoy being woken up for" - a pretty indulgent discussion of Gale's preferred ways of being woken up
Gale the Camp Cook - how trauma and neurodivergence might influence Gale's command of the cooking and his own relationship to food and hunger
Gale's Focus - what is this wizards focus and how can I make it ouch?
Greek Coded Gale - others brought vibes and lore, I brought George Michael. I'm the least cool part of this discussion but yes.
Possible Roles of Archmages/ArchWizards, from loose DnD guidelines
Reactions, Live Blogging, That Kinda Thing
Do You Need to Kneel For This? - the Gale's Folly reveal
Gale & the Ghost of Video Game Male Wife Past - i cried
Trying NOT to romance Gale
Moody, Sad, & Pathetic - but also : my wife?
Becoming A Gale Girlie at 100 MPH
The Elminster Scene, live reaction/discussion
(to be expanded)
Galegate (THAT Larian interview)
Initial response/context of "annoying"
Gale as Red Herring (+ media literacy)
Gale as Comic Relief (in structure + as coping mechanism)
The Orb Choice as "good" storytelling explained + qualified (Tav's role, Astarion foil, & where death makes sense)
The line between story criticism + personal triggers re: Gale
Gale & Childhood/Children
(to be expanded)
Playlists, Songs, etc
Modern AU Playlist for Maudlin Wizard Sensuality - someone asked what was on Gale's s*x playlist & I establish that Gale is set the stage/vibes over tempo/during & threw this playlist together
(to be expanded)
Silly, Goofy Mood Gale stuff
Are You Mad I Ascended energy
Swayze-esque Gale thoughts
Thinking about hands
Hoe into a housewife
Gale getting high pt 1
Gale getting high pt 2
Gale Dekarios Catdad Core
God Gale Core Test Post
Common Gale Related Tags
Bg3 headcanons
Bg3 shitposts (i do not have a tag just for gale shitposting)
Bg3 meta
Bg3 art
Galeposting
Galeposting srs (i forget this one regularly)
A gale sized hole / gale sized hole
Wolfling photomode / wolfling photo mode
Gale Dekarios
Gale of Waterdeep
Gale Dekarios Music Hour / wolfling playlists (I only put BIGGER playlists posts here, but there are many one off song recs and such if you explore the tag)
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