i personally HC gale's bodytype as Recently Skinny. in the way where you lose a lot of weight in a short space of time, so you end up looking a little haunted, a little sickly, a little grey, the skin just a bit looser than usual. i just dont think gale took care of himself properly during his year of isolation, and the weight, both from that, and probably also from stress, just fell off him really quickly.

now POST-game gale, provided he stays alive and stays human? now THAT gale has chunk. most grabbable man in faerûn. especially when romanced, he's indulging with his partner in this, that, the next thing. complicated, high fat, high protein dishes he spends all day preparing. full-bodied wines and spirits to sip on as you watch the sun set together on his balcony. he seems like a chocolate dipping kind of guy. strawberries being the classic, ofc. he's the type of guy to wiggle his fingers and say 'dont mind if i do' when you offer him something sweet. he spent so long in isolation, he's spending the rest of his life making sure you're both indulged in every pleasure life has to offer.

his cheeks fill, his skin looks brighter, his hair shines, the looser skin from rapid weight loss filling back out over time. you know his mother's thrilled.

I THINK! After 200 years in constant close quarters with six other people that also couldn't see their own reflections. That Astarion just like. Fusses and grooms and tidies the TadFools without even realizing what he's doing. Just mid conversation without stopping to mention it at all. One of Lae'zel's beads almost falls out so he is turning to refasten it while she continues talking to someone else. Gale is explaining a theory to him and he's brushing dirt and loose hairs off of the shoulders of his robes. He puts a cute little bauble on one of Wyll's horns.

This took on proportions much beyond what I was going for lol

My gay ass saw this and instantly imagined Astarion in it. This game has consumed me… 😮‍💨

Several hours later and I am now noticing my grammar mistake.

I like to draw romantic stuff featuring pathetic men and I like to draw gross eldritch monsters

I do not want to romance Bonzo. I do be a monsterlover but I draw the line at whatever the hell Bonzo is.

The fact that of all things, Rolan and Mr. Bonzo are what pulled me from my art block.

The duality of man: romancing pathetic men and disgusting eldritch beings.

The brain rot is real for this man

saw those cute videos of folks picking up their pets to that Johnny Cash song on TikTok and had to scribble.

my tav and Scratch.

Sometimes, I don't wanna be happy.

Don't hold it against me.

If I'm down, just leave me there,

Let me be sad.

The fact that of all things, Rolan and Mr. Bonzo are what pulled me from my art block.

The duality of man: romancing pathetic men and disgusting eldritch beings.

my hand slipped.

took a break from drawling commissions to draw rolan being oh so breedable <3 pose based off of some anime girl figurine floating around tweeter.

I feel like every time I see you on my dash, the ears just keep getting bigger and bigger.

Pretty soon Lae'zel will be able to fly Dumbo style no problem.

I love it <3 <3 <3

i fear we may have reached that point already...

not enough people are into shadowheart/nocturne and it makes me feel insane. like what do you MEAN shadowheart used to beat up people who deadnamed nocturne. what do you MEAN shadowheart would frequently have her memories wiped, but nocturne could get her to remember nocturne in a matter of HOURS if not minutes, and would write on her diary about how happy it'd make her to see the expression on shadowheart's face when she remembered? what do you MEAN that if you give shadowheart the noblestalk, a mushroom so rare and potent there is only ONE of them in the entire game, she doesn't remember her parents or the day with the wolves or the mother superior's name but just nocturne? what do you MEAN nocturne was the one who did shadowheart's hair, and she kept at it until her arms were sore, and even without remembering that at all shadowheart still kept the same canonically hard to redo hairstyle? did shadowheart even like night orchids before their hideout, or did they become her favorite flowers because they were there? were they even actually her favorite flowers, or did she just mix up her attachment to nocturne with attachment to the flowers after forgetting her? hello? hello? can anybody hear me????

Astarion’s simple plan