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Took a break from that wallpaper and finally played BG3 again - meet Calliope, my bard durge who will be redeemed eventually.
Been wanting to play a dragonborn for so long and man I love her? She's so cute? She looks so cool at camp but silly in the day. Dragonborns are great. Yes she's a Galemancer why wouldn't she be?
Started off a bit aggressive though
She's gonna be a College of Lore bard. The yap sessions will never cease with Gale
For the 2 or 3 people who listen to the lore of my tavs, something has been cooking in my mind for a bit.
Dee's an Astarionmancer. She does love him dearly, I love the two of them so much. Lawful good detective x chaotic vampire gremlin? I love it
But then I do imagine she held a lot of grief over not being able to dissuade Gale from pursuing the crown, especially when he didn't know much about it or how to even control it, so the moment he picked up the pieces of the crown he instantly died. When she met his image at the reunion party and realized that the consequence of not getting to know him well enough, of not letting him read about the Annals of Karsus, was that she wouldn't be able to stop him from pursuing the crown and dying alone, I think she'd live with that guilt for the rest of her life. She would learn to eventually live with it, forgive herself, and live out the rest of her life with Astarion and die of old age.
But then what if she gets reincarnated back in time, and she realizes she can get to know Gale this time around? Be a better friend, know him better, listen to him, and truly understand him in a way she never did back then. What if she realizes how much she missed out on his company? How much she'd actually come to enjoy it?
What if in this AU, she starts to develop feelings for him, too? And she holds back. She feels like she's betraying the love she had for Astarion, even though that life is over and has reached its natural end?
Angst brainworms in an alternate universe where Dee gets to redo everything she failed to do in her past life.
Either that, or the idea that Dee's grief over unintentionally killing Gale being so great, that this carried over to my next Galemancing tavs/durge with the strong urge to protect him and keep him safe. Her strong platonic love for Gale carried over to Thalia, to Calliope, to Stelle and bloomed into romantic love for them.
I love Dee, my first BG3 OC.
Might make a comic about this if my hand allows it.
Calliope finally unlocked Gale kisses!!! She's gonna keep asking for smooches now
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Also something clicked and I finally know how to draw Gale?? So uh I feel powerful
Gale ascension, I guess??
Why is he floating like that
Meet Calliope!!
My Galemancing dragonborn resist!durge who apparently looks like an axolotl after I downloaded a new mod to change her look
She had a tasty space worm and convinced her husband to try it as well (<- Not canon I reloaded this save just wanted to see what it was like)
The mod is Pearl - Seaborn - Dragonborn CC Pack on nexus :D
"More than you could possibly believe."
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His voice... 🥺💜