I don't have a Gaster headcanon but... would you be willing to draw either Zarla-s's Gaster, from Handplates, man-who-speaks-in-hands (MWSIH) Gaster, or leafaske's Gaster? They're some of my favorite designs. If you aren't still taking requests please feel free to ignore this!!

Oh Im still taking requests!! Thanks for asking ^^

Came from a poll requesting the good scientist in glasses

May have added the before in after because I hold no self control-

May have a few others to post later

UT Gaster:

 “🕆︎☠︎☹︎✋︎😐︎☜︎ 💧︎⚐︎💣︎☜︎📪︎ ✋︎ 👎︎⚐︎ ❄︎☼︎✡︎ ❄︎⚐︎ 😐︎☜︎☜︎🏱︎ ✌︎ ✋︎☠︎💧︎✋︎👎︎☜︎ ✞︎⚐︎✋︎👍︎☜︎ (Unlike some, I do try to keep a inside voice)”

“♏︎⬧︎◻︎♏︎♍︎♓︎♋︎●︎●︎⍓︎ ⬥︎♒︎♏︎■︎ □︎⧫︎♒︎♏︎❒︎⬧︎ ♋︎❒︎♏︎ ●︎♓︎⬧︎⧫︎♏︎■︎♓︎■︎♑︎

(Especially when others are listening)”

@kschwal-the-sardinian-anarchist

"It's gone, gone. Baby it's all gone."-

Here's a sneak peak on what I have been working on in the last couple of weeks.

No audio until I finish roughing out the next part

👀

Lucida @man-who-speaks-in-hands // @spiritednug

Art stream: TBA OCT

Man Who Speaks in Hands Page Guide

a tool that hopefully makes it easier to find the page of MWSIH that you need. (includes links to my dubs) MWSIH is by @spiritedsketch

Welcome to the Void 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,  22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 

Sweet Escape 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43,

Hope and Memory 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,  58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,

(not in the dub for some reason i think i missed a page)    75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83,  84, 85, 86, 

Best Nightmare 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 

A Christmas Miracle 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110,  111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 

Everything Stays 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 

Gaster’s Greif 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137,

Hole in the Wall  (The crossover begins) 138,  139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145,  146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159,

Dark, Darker, Yet Darker  160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 

Forget Me Not  166, 167 

Gilded Tears 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 

Un-Gooping the Goopster 183,  184, 185, 186, 187 

All’s Fab in Love and Science 188,  189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194,

Never Gonna Give You Up, Some Complex Feelings, A Nice Cream Miracle (in order to make things flow for the crossover all these episodes are a little mix-matched)     195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207

Goatally Grounded 208, 209, 210, 211, 212 (crossover ends) 

[to be continued. this takes time and energy]

B̸̡̭̏́e̸̘͈̅̈́w̸̻͕͌ă̸̼r̴͎͚̔͝ë̶͓͖́͋ ̶̢͐t̵͕̱̒̾h̷̟̿͋e̵̲̔́ ̵̩̈́̈m̷̺͋͋a̴͚͑ǹ̵̛͎̝ ̴̧̺̔w̷̦͋́h̶̨͓̎o̶̮͈͌̈ ̶̫̬͌͌ṣ̴̀p̷͇̂͆e̶̞̻̐ä̶̦́k̴̻̎̈š̴̜ ̵͕̊i̶͛̉ͅn̸͈͎̽ ̸̲̪̓̿h̷̞̠̀a̸͎͉͒̂n̶̿̑͜d̵͇͔͐̓s̴̛͙̖̓

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

I'm actually unbelievably unwell about Etoiles character you don't understand. He's always been a sword, protecting by attacking first, by fighting back, offense as the best defense. He jokes a lot about dying for the island, dramatic and half sarcastic, but there's truth in his jests. He would kill, and he would die, for his daughter, for the rest of the eggs, for the safety of everyone on the island. He does not hesitate, for what good would that do him?

Then he gets the shield, and it changes the entire game. And while he can still kill to protect the island, he can no longer truly die for them.

His role is functionally the same - he draws attention to himself, he's just as ready for a fight as he's always been, he fights the codes to protect the island - but its the difference between a sword and a shield, because of his literal shield.

He's the only solid defense between the codes and the island, and all the eggs. The only one who can tank the hits and negate the effects of their crazy powerful swords.

A sword cannot hesitate, but a shield must consider it - he cannot take risks when he’s fighting in the Colosseum, because if he dies he’d lose the shield. He cannot risk attacking the fake Pomme without hesitation, not until he’s sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that it’s not his real daughter.

A shield must be sturdy. It must hold up under pressure. It must stay strong and reliable, no matter the circumstance - as the eggs go missing and everyone else crumbles, Etoiles cannot follow suit. He will play his part and defend the island, shouldering what the others cannot, because who else will do what he does?

To lose the shield would not only mean to lose himself, but to lose his family. He cannot fall without failing the entire island, his loss would mean disaster, for who is he if he’s not standing between the ones he loves and the monsters that threaten them?

He's as much a shield as the one he carries.

So, I made a roulette where it tells me what UT character should I draw.

And —

Yeah.

The man who speak with their bare own fancy hands.

Headmaster Grimm: Is there anyone here who’s actually straight? Apple: *raises hand* Darling: *puts her hand down*

oh my gosh royal scientist w.d. gaster??

i love drawing him silly

the way his words are so carefully curated, not only for the sake of precision, but so it fits a rhythm that is breathable for a slow speaker.

to say exactly what he means in a short sentence, with recurring pauses and a clear pronounciation. to prefer periods(.) over commas(,).

not to be needlessly verbose – much the opposite; because this vocabulary serves the purpose of clarity, organization and to hold the attention of the listener.

A hand was on his throat... Two more pinned him to his office wall in a way that caused his spine to hurt. Pairs of disembodied magic that felt like this monsters way of humoring themself whilst mimicking his own magic.

At least... That was the rational thought...

“Doctor… Doctor Gaster… you don’t w... write like an Aster…” They went on… She went on. Not that their knowledge of his name (though that latter bit did surge a whole other string of concerns) was surprising. They had broken into the lab , and it wasn’t like his name wasn’t completely unknown. A hard task to accomplish when you earn the title of royal scientist.

“That…is my name… Though… I presumed you knew that before you broke into my office” The way those dark eyes bared onto him, his nonexistent throat clinched to brace for a less than pleased rebuttal from her but… That smile just turned crooked as she shook her head and let out an amused breath.

“B…broke in… now that’s f…funny… I thought it was a running theme for gasters to be too smart f…for their own g…good” That smile spread a little wider, taking away any rationality left as gleams of metal shined in that poor lamplight.

______

Short snippet of a series in work

Z how did you arrive here? Aren't you in a timeline at the moment, what is this place?

_____________________________

*There seems more to be discussed… Do you continue?*

>NEXT

>RUN AWAY

it’s actually astounding how quickly a fandom can devolve a well-written Character to One (1) Character Trait They Exhibited Once Forever

speaking strictly from a plot & writing perspective here, not a commentary on characters or who or who is not my favorite blorbo (they all are). it's gale time and I wanted to get down everything I thought about this go around with his romance & the writing before it escapes me.

so I once again had a ton of fun of course, the game is still a blast, and several arcs were way more satisfying this time around simply because I ... did not skip the creche, unlike my very first run (I was an idiot) (I didnt think it would be that important) (it really really was). love it 10/10. I cannot WAIT to do my gith run & really focus in on that because the lore there is just, so cool, and that subplot was really rich & rewarding this time around since I had someone who was not orpheus become a mindflayer instead.

as for Gale, Thank Fuck I started before they bugged him up again too much. but let's deep dive into The Material.

shoutout to Tim first of all, he's a legend, dreamboat, superstar. there are so many lines delivered so effortlessly when they would sound ridiculous in anyone else's mouth. he gives gale so much soulful intensity and subtle, nuanced gravitas befitting someone like gale; with enough of Gale's own moments of silliness, cheekiness, wry wit & understated sarcasm, to outright flabbergasted at times, I was Giggling every conversation fr. I'm not usually prone to the "I LOVE YOU" Romances that come earlier rather than later, but ohhhhhhh tim gives each line with all the weight & agony that you can feel inside Gale when it comes (the looming death; not knowing what the end may bring; not wanting to leave any regrets behind) so like. MWAH to him. MWAH MWAH. all the kisses in the world.

okay mandatory compliments to the actor aside. I came out of the whole thing with breadth of new appreciation for Gale as a character in terms of the... concepts, threads, that make him up, and act 2 is where he REALLY shines overall.

I didn't necessarily come away from it with the same... weepy...... done-no-wrong? interpretation of Gale that I've seen floating about. he's lovely. he's intense. he's got soul-crushing devotion on his mind, no doubt. but for every fracture of tenderness, raw sincerity, & off the cuff soliloquy, he's got a lot of interesting flaws/characteristics I'd love to unpick with a fine-toothed comb on some replays or rewatches. Still trying to turn over in my brain exactly what that is, but it's there, and I love it. will say I'm really glad I played it mostly in a vacuum rather than getting too into others' thoughts on him, because What I Had Seen on the Webbed Site had near put me off entire (seeing someone say he's not prideful or pompous at all... when he self-describes as pompous?) -- maybe it's my tendency to focus in on what makes a character tick, when are they sharper, or harder, or meaner, and I enjoy watching that play out a lot, but? yeah. I didn't come away thinking him a super soft mushy mwahmwah -- ROMANTIC, yes, but overall as a character not nearly so lovesick and in desperate need of some protector. in fact when you tell him you don't want to be his crutch, he says as much too -- you've helped him, but you're not the sole focus of his person or the only thing keeping him alive.

there's enough of the humanity in his cheekier moments (stop licking the damn thing!!) and plenty of tear-jerking aside all of that. gale my canon-depressive-episode, mildly suicidal, chronic pained up, still-kind-of-full-of-yourself king. I adore you I love you I cradle you softly in my arms. he charmed me entire! I think that the themes hey were trying to tackle are really interesting and nuanced and I do have some thoughts on the success of the game in actually tackling those, what is there is really wonderful. some gorgeous writing in act 2, especially, and it was sold so well by the voice acting & sincerity in the writing I was just like. PERFECT. 10/10. NEED TO WRITE 98 FLUFF PIECES RN. which does not happen often, to me, as a person.

with. some exceptions, going back to critiquing act 3 as a whole.

act 1 & 2 are both strong, really nice. however this romance definitely needed at least one or two more scenes in act 2 to pad out the space between awkward flirting at the party to "I like it when you're sweaty and bloody-- sorry who said that" to "I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU." -- these scenes should've elaborated on Gale's personal feelings; of mystra, of what's been asked of him, of Tav. they should've set in threads of Gale's anger earlier, rather than the jarring shift from late act 2 "yeah I'll kill myself" to "actually... mystra fucking sucks! lol!" in act 3 at sorcerer sundries. yeah babygirl, mystra DOES fucking suck, wish I could've listened to you as you arrived to these conclusions rather than connecting empty character lines between act 2 and 3. and act 3 desperately needed more space to talk gale in or out of the crown. because by the time we get to the end, if he's really into the crown, he's into it beyond the focus of all else. but in the scenes where you talk him off that particular ledge, it doesn't even take very long to do so, and leaves kind of a weird... gap of intention.

I feel like they wrote themselves into a bit of a corner, honestly. because Gale's personal quest literally cannot be resolved until 5 minutes before the end, any climax wouldn't have much space afterward to pad the aftermath. so the solution to that would've been more character focus scenes, more flavor text depending on how you've influenced gale, something that actually makes the choices feel rewarding -- some hurdles to cross too, checks of some kind. but there really isn't any of that, and so the conflict is almost nonexistent. you squirt gale with a water bottle and he gives up the crown with no real additional dialogue. or you tell him "ma...maybe???" and he's suddenly a power obsessed little freak (complimentary) with no recourse, and in either case, we never got much dialogue to get some insight into his personal thoughts on it. this doesn't make Gale a bad character, but it does leave the narrative to be lacking in some regard.

like, for example. Astarion gets dialogue changes depending on the quest outside of character-specific moments (such as a spawn Astarion changing his dialogue after you help Aylin with Lorroakan), post-quest conversations, PRE-quest conversations with his siblings, moments where he reveals more of what he thinks (such as "You're... you. no one is like that.") etc., Gale gets None of that. the only other characters who really do are Lae'zel and Shadowheart; everyone else is either shafted or resolved in the last few minutes too. I came out of this most satisfied as a player overall with LAE'ZEL'S conclusion (also at the end of the game!!) because we had gotten a few more moments where her focus is obvious and her motivations are clear.

anyways, those are just general writing issues. Act 3 overall is the weakest, most agree, and that's still true here. Sadly it kind of takes some of Gale down with it in this case, because his personal quest is both so removed from the overall plot (despite him being a literal fixture as the only character who knows anything about the crown & was decreed by a literal god to take out the absolute).

however none of this is related to Gale as a guy. as a guy I'm Fucking Obsessed With Him. taking him with me everywhere was so rewarding especially in act 1 / 2. his commentary & insights, when they were there, ranged from funny as fuck to genuinely insightful & interesting for the overall plot. the ideas behind him, the glimpses we get of the life he led before, and the life he wants to lead after with Tav -- or what he alludes to wanting to lead with Tav, thinking that he'll still probably die at the end of this -- are lovely, interesting, TOUCHED MY SPIRIT. he's such a neat version of how to do a character that is as endearing as he can be foot-in-mouth, and as intelligent as he can be a little belligerent. I looooved every moment I could talk with him about magic in act 1, see his passions (beyond mystra), argue with him about how to do something (I'M the magical wonder here actually and I get to make the shadowlantern), all of that really MADE the romance for me in the lulls where his Silence or the gaps in his writing were more clear. 10/10 would kiss that fucking wizard again and cry a little bit thinking about exploding with him aboard a giant alien brain while one of those "ITS YOUUU I LIE WITH" songs plays in the bg