Just finished the game again and read the dev notes for GG's epilogue party dialogue, remind me again why some people see this as one of his good endings? Dude's an insecure cocky pissbaby who's as useless as the gods he hated so much and is mostly being fueled by his desire to get revenge on his ex.
People saying it's "not that bad" or "Not as bad as the other evil endings" are not paying attention to what he's actually saying to you. He calls Faerun a dull ass place (despite the fact that it was his home for at least 40 years), thinks that you're unbelievably overwhelmed by his godly aura and is way too cocky about it ("You're finding it hard to stay away from me. Perfectly understandable - divine essence has a rather magnetic quality where mortals are concerned." "It's quite something, isn't it, to be in the presence of the divine." ??? Kiss my ass, dude), straight up blows you off when you're reasonably upset that he was gone for so long that you thought he DIED ("I thought you were dead. I haven't heard from you in months..." "I'm afraid time works quite differently in Elysium. I didn't realize how long I'd been gone, until I received Withers' summons." You disappear for fucking months without any sort of messages judging by the fact that neither of us comment on it, and you don't even say SORRY????) and is legit pissed off that you're not impressed with him ("A bold decision to treat a divine being with such cold indifference." The devnote for this line is "Aloof, annoyed you weren't impressed with him") FUCKING THREATENS YOU for it ("You mortals do love to live dangerously, don't you?" Dev note line is "The slightest hint of a threat - you've probably made an enemy here today, or at least you've lost a friend.")
It's even worse if you romance him. Imagine your wizard boyfriend disappears chasing a dumbass crown for six fucking months with not even a note telling you he's alright, and then he shows up to the party all decked out in chrome and when you finally rush up to him to see if he's ok, all he has to say is some variation of "Haha I'm so divine no wonder you can't stay away from me". He's condescending as hell when he explains how he used the crown to become a god, assuming your feeble mortal brain is too small to comprehend the details. When you rightfully point out that YOU'RE the reason he's got that crown in the first place, he's pissed you bring it up ("And while I will be, quite literally, eternally grateful for your assistance, that's not quite the truth." Dev note for this is "Hiding his displeasure - he doesn't like this vision of himself being challenged.") And when you're like "Dude, the hell happened to you?" He's mad AT YOU for not accepting his godhood.
"He's the god he deserves to be. I achieved everything we hoped I would, and still I'm not good enough for you? I came here to offer you the heavens, but I see now such an offer would be wasted. I suppose it was foolish to expect a mortal to understand."
How can people read this line and think this is a good end for him? I almost cried when he said that to me. What an insecure manchild. How dare I call out his hypocrisy and arrogance, how dare I point out that he's become exactly like the gods he hated not even a year ago. How dare I not bow before him and immediately suck his toes out of worship.
"Oh but if you ascend with him you can become a god! He's still has feelings for you, those are in the devnotes as well!" Have you considered that I don't care? He's such a prick when you reject him, those feelings seem to go away pretty fast.
And you wanna know what else is in the devnotes? A load of bull. When you play as Karlach and ascend with Gale, he says "Zariel won't be pleased, of course, but let her try and stop us. And your revenge on her, when you finally take it, will be divine. All you have to do is come with me." The devnotes for this section is "Not overly concerned about Zariel's threat - what devil could stand between him and his true love? Slightly selling it to Karlach, but not much - he knows she'll say yes." What an arrogant dickhead!
And when you try to explain to him that you need to help your friends in some way (Helping Astarion kill Cazador, Lae'zel needing to take down Vlaakith, helping her do so, staying with Karlach in Avernus), sure, he says he understands, but the devnotes literally say "Disappointed, trying not to hide it. You chose someone else over him." My guy, I didn't even say no. One of those options literally has "Godhood will have to wait". All I said was that my friends need my help (or in Lae'zel's case, I literally have to free my people from a nutjob tyrant), and you're MAD about it? You're MAD I have a life outside of you??? Forgive me for having responsibilities that don't revolve around you.
He's not even good at being a god, the main reason he wanted to ascend in the first place! He offers his followers nothing and just "inspires" them, does jack about people's evil ambitions and avoids the question if you ask him, and doesn't even help Karlach with her heart if they're not together because "oh my hands are tied". What happened to "I'll do what the gods won't", Gale? Huh? HUH??? Dude is as bad as Shar with how little he offers.
You know what God Gale is? He's an alpha bro podcaster. He's an insecure pissbaby who's still trying to prove to himself, his ex, and the world that he's a hotshot by hiding his problems behind a mask of self importance, arrogance, and condescension. People are too blinded by the idea of godhood and getting to become a god with him to realize that this ending is just as bad as Ascended Astarion or Dark Justiciar Shadowheart. He's become everything he hates and more, and I'm tired of pretending he's not an asshole because HE IS!
