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anghraineI'm trying to capture as many ambient conversations as possible in the reloads (RIP my hard drive space) specifically because I'm all the more charmed by Gaila's dynamic with the other party members and what Larissa (usually silent in-game) might say in them.
Like, there's that hilarious one where Astarion is trying to talk to Gale about how great it is, the two of them, walking in the beautiful forest together and Gale's like "Um, sure, if it's in silence." (Gale of all people giving anyone the cold shoulder is incredible, but doing it with Astarion was just ... lmao.) H/e Gaila doing it is somehow just 10x funnier to me.
Or there's that party-wide conversation about romance and sex, which I think was started by Wyll asking Lae'zel about love in my original game and carried on by Lae'zel going on about how love isn't real but sexual gratification is, and I think Gale had a more romantic take. But I really want to believe that there's some weird version in this scenario in which Gaila is like "and what about you, Larissa?" And Larissa, utterly devoid of swag as she is, would just be like "oh, it's fine, but personally I was never much interested in belonging with anyone but Mystra ... [slightly too long pause] Spiritually, that is."
Lae'zel: ...
Wyll/Astarion/Shadowheart: ...
Gaila: I see.
Larissa: Well, I meant—
Gaila: Don't worry. I understand :)
Or there's the point where Karlach joins and is her delightful self, and a party member responds—I love Shadowheart's very shippy response (Shadowlach represent!), but if it's Gale, he's like ... "She's a little rough around the edges, but I can be smooth enough for two :)" And then he increasingly turns out to be a classically cringefail wizard with no brain to mouth filter. Fun with canon Gale, delightful with female Gale.
Like, there's that hilarious one where Astarion is trying to talk to Gale about how great it is, the two of them, walking in the beautiful forest together and Gale's like "Um, sure, if it's in silence." (Gale of all people giving anyone the cold shoulder is incredible, but doing it with Astarion was just ... lmao.) H/e Gaila doing it is somehow just 10x funnier to me.
Or there's that party-wide conversation about romance and sex, which I think was started by Wyll asking Lae'zel about love in my original game and carried on by Lae'zel going on about how love isn't real but sexual gratification is, and I think Gale had a more romantic take. But I really want to believe that there's some weird version in this scenario in which Gaila is like "and what about you, Larissa?" And Larissa, utterly devoid of swag as she is, would just be like "oh, it's fine, but personally I was never much interested in belonging with anyone but Mystra ... [slightly too long pause] Spiritually, that is."
Lae'zel: ...
Wyll/Astarion/Shadowheart: ...
Gaila: I see.
Larissa: Well, I meant—
Gaila: Don't worry. I understand :)
Or there's the point where Karlach joins and is her delightful self, and a party member responds—I love Shadowheart's very shippy response (Shadowlach represent!), but if it's Gale, he's like ... "She's a little rough around the edges, but I can be smooth enough for two :)" And then he increasingly turns out to be a classically cringefail wizard with no brain to mouth filter. Fun with canon Gale, delightful with female Gale.
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on 2023-10-11 02:28 am (UTC)Speaking of which I just came across these mods which may be relevant: https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2652 https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2503
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on 2023-10-11 01:41 pm (UTC)