but if i don't draw the oddly specific weirdly self-indulgent AU then who will
*kneels at your feet* Oh great Gale-guru, knower of all things wonderful and Dekarios, I beseech thee—
Would you happen to have any good cozy and/or comfort fics or drabbles that you’d recommend? I’ve been having a weird time with work & personal life lately, and would love nothing more than some sweet scenarios with our bestest boi
May my cold, “dead” hands soon be able to shake yours in gratitude. 🔮
No kneeling required here! Especially when you bring me an ask that is the equivalent of Karlach asking Gale for book recommendations 🥰☝️☝️☝️ The joy! The excitement! Only instead of it being Gale poring through all the books in his tower, it’s me poring through my blog to highlight all the wonderful fics and writers. Happy to oblige!
@senualothbrok - Has an outstanding collection of Gale fics which I highly recommend checking out! Writes Gale x FemaleTav/Reader perfectly. For cute comfort, I recommend Content and Nocturnal Postulations.
@ceremorph0sis Wrote this adorably sweet one-shot, post-epilogue, featuring married Gale x FemaleTav.
@ode-to-fury Crafted this Pure Gale Fluff with post-epilogue FemaleTav x Gale. There’s even a cameo from everyone’s favorite Tressym!
@rosieofcorona Beautifully wrote this very very soft and sweet fic, All We Do Not Say, with an early romance Gale x FemaleTav.
@sorceresssundries Has written many excellent pieces, including some of the best poetry this side of the Chionthar. Here she gifted us with a joyfully teary wizard cuddling by the firelight. Gale x MaleTav’s first night in Waterdeep, post-wedding.
A03 writer Tal_Art details loving reassurances between married Gale x MaleTav despite (or because of?) a kitchen catastrophe in Cooking Time. As an added bonus, Tara has some Opinions.
@bakuliwrites Serves us smooches & cuddles in this Gale x gn!Reader fic, featuring Gale in everyone’s favorite outfit (ok, MY favorite) the purple jammies 💜🥹
@littleenglishfangirl Provides a happily married Gale x gn!Reader/Tav fic. Treats us to a description of Gale’s grey streaks which is just *chef’s kiss* perfection.
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As always I have to add the disclaimer that I am SURE that I missed other amazing writers because there are so many in this community so please, if anyone can think of others to add to this list I highly encourage you to do so!
Remember to compliment your half-elf wife's pointy ears! 💜
I had the absolute pleasure of commissioning @infernaldaydreams for this amazing art featuring Gale and my pesky sorcerer tav Evie! ✨ As much as I enjoy writing about these two bantering, I really wanted to see them just enjoying each other and it turned out so beautifully! I'm very emotional right now!! This should replace all of the paintings in the Louvre!!!!!!
The first morning in Waterdeep
She puts her hand in his hair and lets the strands slip between her fingers like she’s dreamed of doing so many times. Like she’s seen him do with the Weave. Her Lady’s essence, dancing between his fingertips.
i had the privilege of commissioning the wonderful @infernaldaydreams for art of the end of heretic, my exploration of religious trauma through a cleric of mystra tav/gale. i'm trying to be as normal as possible in this post but they have captured the scene utterly and this art is about to become my entire personality! thank you so much bestie!!
*heavy breathing*
The nerd. I need him. I want him 👁️🫦👁️
Enjoy galemancers 💜
songfic tag game
thank you to the legendary @rowanisawriter for the tag!! as a chronic playlister, this lil tag game was so delightful to me. 🙂
ended up doing five fics, so i’ll tag @lewdisescariot, @eelqueen, @lavenderfluorite14, @kcwriter-blog, and @galacticgraffiti (as always, no pressure 💕)
Rules: Pick a song to accompany each of your fics or as many as you like. This might be the fic's inspiration or just pure vibes that you'd like to share with readers. Tag as many people as fics you feature (or do as you please!)
the merling queen: some pre-asoiaf scenes of cersei’s relationship with her lady mother. a little bitter, a little sweet.
new york, i love you, but you’re bringing me down: a(n unfinished) kendall and reader story. experimental. smutty with a side of melancholy.
all we do not say: gale and tav in the underdark. a bit of sentimentality, a bunch of yearning (my specialty).
any man’s bride: pre-asoiaf tywin and joanna lannister. joanna is matched with another suitor. tywin won’t allow it.
a light to break all shadows: halsin and tav in the shadowlands. nightmares, comfort, more yearning. the usual.
alexa, play “me and my husband”
7 snippets, 7 mutuals
shoutouttttt to the inimitable @rowanisawriter for the tag!! what a delight. :)
tagging…@eelqueen, @lewdisescariot, @collegeoflore, @broscahawke, @kcwriter-blog, @galacticgraffiti, anddddd anyone else who wants to participate!! (as always, no pressure to those tagged <3)
1. Untitled Solavellan story
In his bliss he defaults to his mother tongue, pressing soft sounds to her skin with every kiss.
Emma sa’lath, he says, and ar lath ma, and bellanaris, and there are older, more intricate words she does not know, yet understands.
In the end, they all mean the same thing: I love you, I love you.
2. Ortolan (an Ascended Astarion/ Spawn Tav story)
She finds the kitchen and the larder and the buttery standing useless– though the rats, if they could speak, might disagree.
They’re busy gnawing at the stock of moldy scraps still in the pantry, hardly minding her approach until she’s on them. When they scatter, her eyes track them like a hunter, like an animal, an instinct she’s developed since her death.
She is stronger, swifter, sharper– as Astarion had promised– but there is violence softly shimmering beneath. She wants to tear at something, always, wants to follow something home. She wants to bite down hard enough to make her jaw ache.
It's WIP Wednesday, so here is a snippet of my current Gale fic. Serving you religious eroticism, as befits our favorite wizard.
The smell of sandalwood and campfire <3
A Summoning
ANGELS, I've returned to serve you domestic fluff with a side of holiday mischief. Professor! Gale and Dad! Gale are everything to me so I have wrapped them both up in this story with a little bow on top. Also on AO3 if you prefer. As always, thank you for reading. 💕
Winter brings many things to Waterdeep– the sort of darkness that seeps into every corner of the city, the sort of snow that falls as heavy as a shroud. It brings a season’s worth of holidays, and with them, all their customs, all their visitors called home from every region of Faerun. It bring gifts and songs and lanterns, lit and hung in every window, their light shining off the snow like grounded stars.
Best of all, winter brings them Arabella.
so is anyone else obsessed w/ the idea of gale and tav pseudo-adopting arabella once they're all in baldur's gate or is that just me