BG3: look. I know.
But I was doing this WIP meme on Tumblr and, in the meanwhile, my friend ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
venndaai made a truly genius post about how they'd genderbend the various BG3 companions (when at all). And as soon as they mentioned f!Gale, I was like ... omg, the vision. F!Gale would be incredible! I love him but just imagine. (I was also genuinely surprised that I, of all people, hadn't yet considered this. I'm slacking.)
And then ... okay. I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be into writing BG3 fic. And I wasn’t. Even in the Larissa/Gale campaign, there was just … idk, something that made it not really a fic-style canon for me. But Larissa/f!Gale lit up my brain like New Year's Eve and, as I said on Tumblr, "well, I have to actually play the rest of the game, which is most of the game, and a longer piece would probably be in drawerfic territory anyway, but I’ve already played through one very shippy scene and………….."
This is a long prelude for my final excerpt for the WIP meme:
Gaila smiled down at her. “You did it. You’re channelling the Weave.”
Flushing, Larissa let herself focus on the feeling. There was a trace of familiarity in its harmony, the comfort she had always drawn from her sense of Mystra’s wisdom and grace and sheer power. But it felt more visceral this way, more immediate and intense. Closer, as close as Gaila.
And that was very close indeed. They must have drawn nearer at some point. Power was racing through them both, like holy fire in her blood, and soft purples still danced around the edge of her vision.
“How does it feel?”
Larissa cleared her throat. “It’s not quite like praying to her.”
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Tumblr tags: #the missing piece... lesbians #well. a lesbian and a bisexual bc gale is extremely bi to me #genderbending #LOOK it's not all i do. it's just. a lot of what i do
venndaai made a truly genius post about how they'd genderbend the various BG3 companions (when at all). And as soon as they mentioned f!Gale, I was like ... omg, the vision. F!Gale would be incredible! I love him but just imagine. (I was also genuinely surprised that I, of all people, hadn't yet considered this. I'm slacking.)And then ... okay. I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be into writing BG3 fic. And I wasn’t. Even in the Larissa/Gale campaign, there was just … idk, something that made it not really a fic-style canon for me. But Larissa/f!Gale lit up my brain like New Year's Eve and, as I said on Tumblr, "well, I have to actually play the rest of the game, which is most of the game, and a longer piece would probably be in drawerfic territory anyway, but I’ve already played through one very shippy scene and………….."
This is a long prelude for my final excerpt for the WIP meme:
Gaila smiled down at her. “You did it. You’re channelling the Weave.”
Flushing, Larissa let herself focus on the feeling. There was a trace of familiarity in its harmony, the comfort she had always drawn from her sense of Mystra’s wisdom and grace and sheer power. But it felt more visceral this way, more immediate and intense. Closer, as close as Gaila.
And that was very close indeed. They must have drawn nearer at some point. Power was racing through them both, like holy fire in her blood, and soft purples still danced around the edge of her vision.
“How does it feel?”
Larissa cleared her throat. “It’s not quite like praying to her.”
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Tumblr tags: #the missing piece... lesbians #well. a lesbian and a bisexual bc gale is extremely bi to me #genderbending #LOOK it's not all i do. it's just. a lot of what i do