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Ciri looked badass in the new trailer

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KotOR week: Darth Revan (+ black eyed susan)

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mierda

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Yeah

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Rook x Taash

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STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI

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She lost at rock, paper, scissors to a creature with no brain.

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Downtime in the Lighthouse with Lydia "Rook" Laidir

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Dragon Age tarot style portrait commission of an Inquisitor Adaar! Love going ham with textures <3

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big lady

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Lover’s embrace, peace of heart

Taash and Rook as Lovers card 💖

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Harley and Ivy to the rescue.

Batman: Black and White #3.

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🐉 Taash The Dragon Hunter 🐉

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Qunari Rook doodles

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I think the most fascinating thing about the Qunari, and something that’s gets lost a lot in translation, is that they’re not a 1:1 allegory of any religion or race and that’s why they’re so interesting.

The Qunari as we know them are quite literally the followers of the Qun. They are not representative of their entire race, to the point we don’t even actually have the name of their race.

The Qunari as we know them are something akin to religious extremists but even that is reducing a lot of the nuance of their society and isn’t accurate enough for me as a label.

There’s a lot you can extrapolate about what their homeland was like when they left from how their society is structured. You see these highly regulated societies where it’s hard to change your role a lot when you have limited resources/during times of crisis. The ancient Egyptians are a good example of this. The Nile River was a fantastic resource but it had to be managed correctly and in the Qunari I see a group of people who know what happens if you run out of resources.

We know the Qunari fled for their very survival and that their presence in Thedas is driven by fear. It’s also part of why their society continues to get more and more martial in relation to Tevinter, because they’re always under threat.

We know the Qunari sew their mages mouths shut to keep them from being possessed. Was that something they did before they crossed the sea and if so why??

We know the Qunari see sex as necessity only and breed people for specific roles. Falling in love gets you reeducated.

We know they’re okay with transgender people as long as you can clearly define your role in society, but they don’t have a way to define non-binary status because they think in such rigid terms. Deviating from your role is cause for reeducation.

We know they’ve forgotten or lost a lot of their own history and have multiple colonies that failed. We know that from time to time they have people who can breathe fire, probably in response to an existential threat since it happens “every few generations”.

There’s just so much to dig into here from an anthropological and archeological angle and it’s such a fascinating bit of the lore I need more of. They remind me of the Sea Peoples from history and that’s. So. Cool.

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varric with bianca through the years