Name: Acel Valliecane (Aetherochemical Compound #X01)
Origin of name: Acel was the first sound he made, surname was from his caretaker.
Age: Unknown.
Gender: Male.
Race: Chimera, mainly made up of Pudding/Flan and Lalafellin.
Ethnicity: Slimey Dunesfolk.
Birthdate: 13th Sun of the 1th Umbral Moon.
Hometown: Limsa Lominsa.
Current residence: Lavender Beds!
Appearance
Height: Average Lalafell height, most of the time.
Weight: Changes greatly.
Build: Changes to fit his attire!
Eye Color: Pure white / Black, one of the few parts of himself he can't change easily; usually even when trying to take on the shape of other races.
Hair Color: Black with white stripes, but depends on the attire.
Family / Friends
Mother: -
Father: -
Spouce: -
Best friend(s): The Twins, Miniminfilia.
History
“Birth”: First thought to be a smaller less stable specimen of Compound #123, it later began to grow Lalafellin-like ears and hands, not much unlike Compound #666 but also showing signs of reasoning. Some years later and Acel was able to change his form entirely into that of a...
Lalafell!
Awkward Memory:
People being distant towards him without him understanding why. When he was learning to take the shape of a Lalafell, his 'teacher' had mostly encouraged him to take the shape that felt most natural to him, but he was never able to get the face right. With no lalafells around and with a teacher who had never actually seen a lalafell, they took from memory that people would always mention how similar the labs Axolotls face was to that of a lalafell. Beacuse of this, Acel wandered around for a long time with the body of a regular lalafell; but with the face of an Axolotl, terrifying everyone who saw him. Later when meeting other lalafells he was able to correct this error and suddenly he understood why people had avoided him.
Additional Info
Biggest flaw: He still struggles with understanding humanoids, leading to some awkwardness.
Class / Jobs: Blue Mage, due to how natural it comes to him to manipulate Aether in the same way as “Beasts”. Otherwise Reaper, with a hint of Dark Knight.
Affiliations: Eorzean Alliance, Scions of the Seventh Dawn, The Maelstrom.
Watching Loki Season 2, and just got to the McDonalds episode...
I have to say, I never thought I would see a product placement executed worse than even Monster in Death Stranding, but... WOW.
The way Owen goes "Oh, not before I get an apple pie!", how all the cups always have the M directed directly at the camera, how Owen keeps talking about how much and good the food is, how, even when Rafael is in an heated hurry to get away he goes like "All of this can be easily wraped up and you can just bring it!"
All I could think of the entire time was just... "MMMM Barries Red Cola!"
Like c'mon, this is even worse than all of the iphones in Brooklyn 99 having a convinent hole in their cases just to show the Apple logo.
Ok since Mystra came back in 1487, and the game is about 1494, would that mean she immediately went after Gale? Like she was dead until 1487 so... if gale was 20 or younger, 18 when that happened he would be early 30s? I just want to know companions ages...
Ok, this is a long, LONG answer. I've been thinking about this like a month ago, when I was working on my fic. I will show you the different hypotheses I work with, their cons and pros.Â
A warning: all this is my personal headcanon and my personal opinion, it doesn't mean it's the “truth”.
[Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access, Spoilers]
I think you are using some dates a little different or the sources I'm using are wrong.
What we know as canon:
From wiki:
Mystra returned to the Forgotten Realms in 1479 DR. A vestige of Mystra had survived her death in 1385 DR, and was guiding her Chosen to aid in her renewal.
From Forgotten Realm wiki:
In 1479 DR Elminster and Storm restored the Simbul's sanity by feeding her a Blueflame item. After her mind was restored, she charged both Elminster and Manshoon to work to gather all the Blueflame items together, possibly to restore Mystra
Conclusion: Mystra returned in 1479 DR
Another bit of canon: Baldur's Gate 3 takes place in 1492
From Forgotten Realm wiki:
The game takes place as of 1492 DR, and is defined as the "current year", as is stated in a tollhouse ledger. The ledger can be found under the Order of the Gauntlet's makeshift base.
This is one of the “canon” inconsistencies that enrages me, since the game shows it takes place after “the descend to Avernus”, which happens in 1494. Therefore, Larian saying this is placed in 1492 when featuring the ending of the descend to avernus in it, only puts us in a situation with a strong problem in its coherence. I'm just ignoring this by now until Larian corrects themselves. Or  they say something on the matter. So far, I will stick with what the game and its wiki show. Â
UPDATE: Apparently the one with problems in their date is Descend to Avernus, according wiki:Â
 Canon material provides two distinct dates for the events described in Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus: the adventure itself, described in chapters 1 through 5, takes place in 1494 DR, according to events mentioned in pages 7 and 47, while the Baldur's Gate Gazetteer describes the city as of 1492 DR (p. 159).
Conclusion: BG3 happens in 1492 DR
Now we are going to proceed to the hypotheses:
Hypothesis one: Gale is around 40 years old.
Reasons: This is my personal headcanon. By the way his face wrinkles, I have the feeling he is closer to his early/middle 40 than his middle 30s. Those crow-feet speak volumes to me. It's true that wrinkles depend a lot of the type of skin you have, your nutrition, your health, your level of stress, and your genetic. There are people who has deep wrinkles in their 20 or a baby-face in their 50s. But statistically speaking, using the average concept of how population gets wrinkles over the years, I'm inclined to think he is in his 40.
If BG3 happens in 1492 DR, and he is 40 y/o, this means he was born in 1452 DR.
Mystra returned from death after 1479, when Gale was 27 years old. This means that Gale's involvement with Mystra happened when he was 27 y/o or older [nothing says that the affair had to happen in that same year, right there after she came back... it could have happened several years later]
Pros: This theory fits a lot more the wrinkles we see with Gale's current age, in my opinion.
Cons: 27 y/o is not “a young man” age in the sense Gale explained during his scene.  Also from a design point of view, and considering the amount of stress and fear that Gale has been living during his last decade [at least], he should be displaying some grey hair as well. First grey hair tends to appear [once again, all this is pure statistical observations in the white population] around their 35's. And it's also well known that constant stress tends to accelerate them, so more evidence against this concept: if he is around 40 y/o and lives stressed as fuck as he has explained, he should be displaying a good amount of grey hair. Maybe we'll see them in a future patch? Maybe not. Only Larian knows.
Hypothesis two: Gale is around 35 [30] years old.
Reasons: This headcanon implies that Gale has more wrinkles than the average of people in such age. But then again, we can't assume this is a rule set on stone. As I said before, skin and genetics depend a lot in the way we age. This age sounds adequate for not displaying grey hair yet, but then again, he is under a lot of stress. It would be expected to have premature grey hair under such conditions.
If BG3 happens in 1492 DR, and he is 35 [30] y/o, this means he was born in 1457 [1462] DR.
Mystra returned from death after 1479, when Gale was 22 [17] years old. This means that Gale's involvement with Mystra happened when he was, at least, 22 [17] y/o or older.
Pros: This theory fits a little less in the amount of  wrinkles we see with Gale's current age in my opinion. It justifies a bit better the lack of grey hair, even though I prefer the idea that, no matter his age, after the orb event, his stress is constant and that should cause premature grey hair. But this is personal taste.
Cons: 22 [17]  y/o is certainly “a young man” age in the sense Gale explained during his scene. I know 17 y/o may sound weird, but we can assume two things: 1) Mystra gave a shit about it [she is a goddess, she cares little for mortal details] or 2) Mystra waited a time before whispering in Gale's ears. Pick the one you prefer. In both cases, 17 and 22, fit perfectly the concept that he was too naïve and young to see the true weight of his involvement with Mystra.
Hypothesis three: Gale is ancient. As a wizard, he can extend his life with magic, artefacts, and potions.
Reasons: This headcanon implies that Gale has lived the Spellplague, and his affair with Mystra happened before 1385 DR and before her death. It could have happened at any age.
In this scenario, since he would be under some magical effect of longevity, we can't even guess his current age, and  his few wrinkles [for an ancient man] and lack of grey hair would be justified by such magical effects as well.
Pro: This theory fits well with whatever inconsistency in his design that could suggest or not certain age in Gale's apperance.
Cons: We are completely lost in the timeline, and we cannot make any decent estimation
I personally do not support this theory because 2 reasons:
When Gale narrates the story of “the little silly wizard”, he explicitly says “not so long ago” when he explained his affair with Mystra. On the other hand, when he explains Karsus' folly, he explicitly says “Long, long time ago”. It's evident in my opinion that he perceives the times of Mystra's death as something that happened too long ago, while placing his own youth in a more recent time frame.
If Gale were ancient, he would speak of the Spellplague time in a more dramatic way. Since Magic and Weave are so important in his life, that historical event should have scarred his mind deeply.
Final conclusion
I personally like the idea of Gale being around his 40. It's true it doesn't fit well when he describes himself as a “young man” during his affair with Mystra, but I think his current design fits more to a man in his early 40. If you read my DOS2 metas, you will also know that Larian is well-known to overlook details of this nature or simply ignore their own lore, so incoherence is something I always expect from them, especially when we do analysis with this freak level of detail.
Gale being 35 y/o or younger is also valid since it's an hypothesis that fits much better the concept of “young man”, though he looks a lot more aged than he should be. One could assume this premature ageing is caused by the stress of the Netherese infection in his chest, but in that case it should be fairer to add to his wrinkles a stronger presence of grey hair.
I don't support at all the theory of Gale being ancient.
Okayokayokayokaybut "My hand will wear out but the inscription will remain" is kind of a power line BEFORE you factor in that it is, in fact, over a thousand years old.
Cringe started as a verb describing a physical reaction, i.e.: "I cringe when I see [x]."
Modern slang has turned cringe into an adjective describing anything to which a person might have such a reaction.
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This shift in language is illustrative of a shift in culture.
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For a while there, in the early 2000s, there was this big sex positivity movement and we talked openly about kink and queer sexuality and creating a culture of consent that broke away from traditional conservative ideas of moral respectability.
And now we are in the midst of this giant purity culture backlash, this giant push for rigid conformity all over the internet. Anything that deviates from the norm even remotely is ridiculed.
And this cultural shift is perfectly encapsulated in this singular linguistic shift, this verb becoming a noun.
The Revenge of the Pearl Clutchers
That's what "cringing" is. It's pearl clutching.
When the pearl clutchers turned cringe into an adjective, they turned a reaction into an accusation. The pearl clutchers don't want to take responsibility for their own kneejerk emotions. They want to blame YOU.
They are saying, "My disgust isn't the fault of my own backwards prejudices. It is YOU who are inherently disgusting. My inability to cope with even the slightest deviation from norm is not the problem here. YOUR refusal to rigidly conform is the problem. I am not the one who is cringing. YOU are the one who is cringe."
...When you're getting ready to design a book cover and you're not sure what you do is going to be good enough.. it's always reassuring to see something like [all of the above].
the gimmick blogs are like tumblr’s rogue gallery. yes we’ve got some heroes, yes we’ve got some villains, but more importantly if you look over here you will see some freak who devotes all their time to counting the number of “t’s” in a post
I do legit wish people would tag their mod outfits.
Like this is always a massive struggle while on a break from the game, I have never any idea what outfits I see are mods, or actually have been added; then, if I find out it was a mod, I’ll never find it again, or have no way to find out what mod it was.
wario and waluigi aren’t brothers. also, i remember hearing from some game manual that wario found waluigi because he needed a partner for tennis. this could imply one or more of the following:
waluigi was hired off like craigslist or a classified ad
waluigi is wario’s roommate or perhaps coworker
waluigi is just some random guy who loves tennis and is willing to dress up like an evil version of some random italian if it means more tennis
Hyperfixating on your own OC is so frustrating. Nobody else wants to rotate them in their minds the way you do and if you talk too much about it they can get impatient and exasperated.
My poor blorbo. Unloved by all but me and to a lesser extent my boyfriend. My blorbo OC is so amazing and I can't explain it to anyone else.
