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“Does anyone ever really know anyone else, or do we act like cartographers, drawing maps of unfamiliar shores, pretending it teaches us their secrets?”

The Unkindest Tide (by Seanan McGuire)

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I fell in love with Krem’s character when I first learned about him and his troubled past, more so when I came across the chapter on his gender. Bioware handled the issue with grace, even going so far as to have multiple characters adamantly backing him up when the Inquisitor had the option to question Krem’s motives of “passing off as a woman”.

He’s so well-written in every way that it’s nigh impossible not to adore him.

…to say nothing of the amount of SASS this guy has.

So here’s a little tribute, with me trying to use the colours on the transgender flag. Cuz I’m corny like that.

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i’m printing this out and i’m putting it on the mirror so i can confront myself with it

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Also also can I say something else abt the Lords of Fortune?

Why did BioWare hide the fact that a LoF Rook was a Tevinter galley slave before the Lords took them in behind a Taash-related sidequest? And it's just an automatic banter that you have no say in and can't follow up on?

Mind you, I don't think it's a bad inclusion at all, I think playing a former slave Rook is fucking GOLD narratively and I would've loved to see more of it, but it baffles me that they 1) didn't inform the player from the start and 2) don't do fucking shit with it at all?

Like, this isn't some minor stuff that adds flavor to Rook's background, like "oh I used to have a puppy so I'm a dog person." My guy used to be a LITERAL SLAVE. IN TEVINTER. You'd think that would have, idk, SOME impact in the game where one of the factions fights slavery in Tevinter as their main thing? Why is it just "oh yeah I used to be a slave lol" and that's IT??

Why include this at all if you're not interested in dealing with it? In your fluffy "uwu every faction is a good guy" and "Tevinter only has hypothetical slaves" game? You're just gonna drop "the main character was a slave in Tevinter btw" and not do shit with it????

We're given the option to pick our favorite drink and THAT gets a little "Lucanis will remember this" and potentially comes back?? But informing us we're playing as a former slave is like. Banter.

????????????????????

I guess this answers the question of "hey where are all the slaves in Tevinter aka Slavery HQ?" It was Rook the entire time! And now they're free so no more slavery.

Cool cool cool cool.

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Will never be over this friendship and how Solas is always seen both as Wisdom and Pride to this spirit of Compassion who trusts him completely and how Solas reaches out to the point of giving himself away so many times because he wants to help Cole adjust to the world.

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u got games on ur phone?

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My painting, "Cat in Boat Pose."

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Thanks, Anon!

-submit your poll!-

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Made a new poster! :)

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Quick what are you doing RIGHT now (besides scrolling Tumblr)

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Welsh Photography

By popular demand of two people, here’s a highlight of some Welsh landscapes! I’ll do UK in a separate post :)

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Now THIS is the biggest glow-up in Dragon Age history

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