There are a lot of great “Gale Approves” moments in the game, but I think my favorite might be one of the earliest (or possibly the very first?) one you can get.
It happens right after you ask him about himself and he gives you his “cat, wine, library” dialogue, ending with “didn’t that paint enough of a picture?”
If you press further by trying to peer into his mind via the tadpole and you succeed, you’ll only get a glimpse before he angrily shuts you out, and you’ll earn his disapproval:
He’s pissed, and rightly so.
However! In the next dialogue, if you tell him curiosity made you do it, he not only immediately forgives you, he ALSO gives you approval for it (thereby canceling out his prior disapproval):
I love this interaction for two reasons:
First, because it instantly tells you everything you need to know about Gale—he’s reserved until he gets to know you, he’s curious with a hint of mischief, and he’s very sweet and forgiving.
And second, because the whole interaction can be summed up as:
Gale: How dare you?!
Tav: Sorry, I’m a total nebshit.
Gale: OH! 😃👍 same
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Here's some of the @jstor articles I've found really interesting in this line of study:
From my gender/sex variance studies
Erecting Sex: Hermaphrodites and the Medieval Science of Surgery
Mary or Michael? Saint-Switching, Gender, and Sanctity in a Medieval Miracle of Childbirth
The Image of the Androgyne: Some Uses of a Symbol in Earliest Christianity
Transvestites in the Middle Ages
Two Cases Of Female Cross-Undressing In Medieval Art And Literature
Concerning Sex Changes: The Cultural Significance of a Renaissance Medical Polemic
Relating to disability
Sitting on the Sidelines: Disability in Malory
A Dwarf in King Arthur's Court: Perceiving Disability in Arthurian Romance
Disability and Dreams in the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
The Disabled and the Monstrous: Examples from Medieval Spain
Relating to sexuality
Sexual Fluidity “Before Sex"
The Disclosure of Sodomy in Cleanness
"Be more strange and bold": Kissing Lepers and Female Same-Sex Desire in "The Book of Margery Kempe
I will continue to update this list of sources as I find pertinent articles!
Your mileage may vary on these, not all of these have the most tactful or respectful dialogues but I found them interesting.
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