the dekarios folly - Tim Downie cameo [BAD ENDING // GALE DEKARIOS // ANGST] 

"i hope that was okay" at the end as if it was not PERFECT??? 😭😭😭

Well, I cried. That was a thing that happened.

I have watched a lot of cameos videos from brilliant actors and they always rush their messages, when they read texts in characters they speak quickly. But him? 5 mins straight into a deep breathtaking monolog (good writing btw!!) Flawless, taking his time, putting his heart into it. It's amazing, first time I see an actor respecting a text like this I'm, wow. Speechless. What a good man.

going insane listening to this over and over and over only to break down in the end with how lonely and dejected he sounds

His ambitious ending is so hollow and this monologue captured it perfectly! Great work!

Can I just say you captured Gales style of talking to a T. That was beautiful *chefs kiss*

Welp I’m never letting Gale ascend to godhood. This a different level of tragic. Tim Downie is absolute perfection

the writing is a masterpiece, and so is the performance. the pain is real, and I don't think I'll ever recover.

Well done! Even Tim has tears in his eyes. How did you manage to get this through to him? It's the second time I stumbled upon something like this for Tim, there's been quite a few for Neil.

Very well written and moving as a monologue, brought to absolute truth and life by Tim. I WISH this could be in the game as a possible ending....how bittersweet for poor Gale, and yet still better than dying to Mystra. I hope Larian calls you and adds it at some point! It could all come to an intelligence check against Mystra. Well done, both of you!

My goodness I think I might actually cry!! Gale and I lived happily ever after as Mr. and Mrs. Dekarios in my play through, I can't deal with this! Lol nooo! Geez this man is such an amazing voice actor

I should not have listened to this at work now I'm heartbroken and stuck here for another 4 hours

Somehow, this showed up on my YT page today. Now I'm sat here silently crying about Gale and his folly, trying to act like an adult, and I've never even romanced him. So well written, and SO well read by Tim Downey.

I have no words. This is beautiful. Sad, so beautifully sad… and yet it also feels… real. Excellent writing but also excellent voice acting as always from our beloved Wizard of Waterdeep. ❤️

Even Tim had tears in eyes

WOW. Phenomenal writing and acting 😭

If you don't mind I might use your monologue to kick off an after roleplay adventure after bg3. This just makes way more sense of an ending finisher. Good job :D

Tim ❤️❤️❤️ love you. Thanks for doing this monologue for him to read. So beautiful and sad.

Wow, this is amazing WHOA! This is such an incredible monologue.

I fucking can’t omg this is so brilliant and so angsty it HURTS and I love it! Tim is soooo amazing and I think he teared up at the end(?) also your writing is absolutely amazing! Wow I’m speecless

I love this, especially how it mirrors the situation he had with Mystra as a mortal rejected by a god.

THIS REDEEMS EVERYTHING! YES! BETTER THAN OKAY! Edit: It is AMAZING how this monologue still works with the new epilogue, given certain dialogue choices!

*sniffles sniffles what? whos cutting onions? my poor heart!! wonderful video!

The monologue is heartbreaking yet so beautifully written, also perfectly performed by Tim. Thank you so much whimsy for sharing this.

Oh my goodness this is a beautiful piece of writing! So cool you got to hear it in Gales own voice!

Beautifully written, perfectly performed. An absolute treat.

Just unbelievable! How I adore this sir !!! ❤

Dude, my heart. 💔 I love this man

The way god Gale is now canon (at least in one ending) 😭 This still makes me weep whenever I hear Tim reading your masterpiece.

Yup, I've cried.

that was amazing!!!!!

OMG!! That's SO BEAUTIFUL and SO SAD but SO SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

I was holding it together until the part about Tara, and now I'm a sobbing mess at work. So thanks for that, I guess. XD

Your writing for this??? Astoundingly beautiful, my god. It's perfectly painful, perfectly captures the hurt of this ending in a way that's satisfying. 💔 Thank you for sharing this

This was really well done. Thank you for reading this. So sad... You nailed Gale once again.

This is sooooo gooood. Now I want to see more monologue from you.

IT HURTS SO MUCH (This is brilliant and you did a fantastic job writing it)

I know I'm late to the party, but I have to say: This monologue was perfectly written, and perfectly delivered.

Why am I listening to this during Valentine's day. 😢

YO were u the one who wrote this on ao3??? FUCK MAN IF IT WAS U U RIPPED MY HEART OUT AND YOU'RE DOING IT AGAINNNN (great job tho that was delicious angst i go back to it every time i want to cry 😭)

Well, I'm trying not to sob while at work. 😅 The little "I hope that's okay." 😢 Just, wow. Well done with the writing and, of course with Tim nailing that monolog.

So, anyways, I'm drafting a hurt comfort fic around this now. Of course, I have to finish writing my other BG3 series first.

This was so well written and performed omg...

Welp. Guess I’m writing a piece for him to read as Gale!

uh my heart. Beautiful.

This… snuck on me. I don’t see Gale as a romance option particularly (I only have eyes for Astarion and Halsin and wish Minsc was an option too 😭) but this monologue and his delivery broke me down. I know he died to get the crown in one of the endings I got, got his phantom image (or whatever it is) and hugged it… and then that hit me too. God(s). And his delivery on “I understand why I loved you” in that situation but with romanced Gale breaks me even harder. But whether you kiss it or hug it, the only thing I feel is, I’m never letting Gale die again. I’m not letting ANYONE die again. Anyway, this was brilliant. Kudos to you and to Tim, wonderful everything, no notes 👌 I’m gonna go finish crying now

AAAAAAAAAAA IM TEARING UP

Oh man I just found this and it made me cry. Tim Downie does such a good job at this. Oof. 😭 This is very well written, but the Cameo addition takes it to another level.

Oh, my... I'm in tears. This was beautiful and heartbreaking. The writing is 100% Gale, you naild it!! And Tim Downie is birrilant, as always. Thank you! :) And thank Tim!

that was amazing and terribly tragic! Thank you for making this

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭

Excellent

Well fuck guess I'm crying in public now lol

ouch

This was so beautifully written!!! Do you post your work anywhere? I’d LOVE to read more!!!

😭😭😭😭

How were you able to send him so much dialogue? I saw we're able to send only 250 characters in the message to him.

By the way may I ask you how you managed to send him a long message to read? I'm facing the 250 characters limit on Cameo for both messages and videos requests 😭

Not sure i understand what this is about, but i feel it sounds too sad for Gale. That man went through so much in life, he deserves a really happy ending. I am a Mystra fan actually, but i like the 3rd Mystra better than this one. She didn't take almost everyone of her chosen asy her "lover" and then expected them to appease to her at all times *smirks* My happy ending was after listening to the character. He acatually doesn't want to be alone i think. Actually he wants to be loved. So I would be curious how Gale sounds after this ending. I asked myself what my character would do. She first of all talked himn out of becoming a suicide bomb. Then talked him out of becoming a god. I wasy baffled when Gale said after that, he loves her more than Mystra even. It seemed like she convinced him, that it's better to be with someone who is mortal and has the same mortal needs as him. At the end of the game that is the ending where he seems happiest and most content to me. Seing him completely discard the very idea is so satisfying :) He did not leave her at the docks. He made this adorable nerdy propsal. You can only pick, either you marry him or move to Waterdeep. But my character was a College of Lore bard, so a bit nerdy, just like our charming nerd. Naturally, she would say yes, to all of the above. Living admidst all those books with the man you love, that would be like paradise for her as long as he's also happy. Still she loved him than her own life, too. I would instead of writing something for the actor, see how he would have Gale be post the game with -my- happy ending. Still it is his character, but could be funny. Like two nerds having found each other ;)