Its Curious That Gales Best Ending, The One Where He Becomes A Blackstaff Professor, Is The One That

It’s curious that Gale’s “best” ending, the one where he becomes a Blackstaff professor, is the one that least exempts him from Mystra’s influence.

A school founded and headmastered by two more of her most renowned Chosen. Where the apprentices openly worship her, call upon her, reference her—the ones who don’t know of Gale’s past nonchalantly wish him her blessings on their way out of his office hours, and the ones who do know whisper former Chosen to each other in the stairwells.

Not to mention the memories he has of his own time as a student there, honing the talent and ambition that caught her attention, visiting her altar in the dead of night. Now, to pass it on his way to teach each day—how could his stomach not churn at each reminder of how things have changed?

very disappointed whenever I see a male "dom". Stop taking jobs that traditionally belong to women...

8 and 20 for the fic writer questions!

source!

8. Do you prefer the beginning, middle, or end of a story?

It totally depends what I’m working on—I absolutely HATE writing the ends of smut fics (and it’s very obvious I rush through doing it) because to me the most interesting part of a sexual experience is the middle. It’s where I try to fit in the most characterization/dynamic building details because it always feels natural to kinda slot them in there. But if I’m rambling about Mystra on tumblr? I love endings. I try to make my angstier stuff kind of pack a punch at the end, and I think it’s fun to finish with something a little ~haunting~

20. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

oh my god. too fucking many. I’m a chronic phrase reuser (though I’ve been trying to get better about it recently!!) I think thematically I really like ideas of obsession and devotion which is why I like writing gale so much. I also tend to prefer setting stuff as close to canon as possible, it’s much easier for me to work with!

He’s so pretty… I want him to be grievously injured

google chrome wrapped. 73% of your time was spent on google image search for "trout"

in the google doc. straight up "writin it". and by "it", haha, well. let's justr say. Nothing