#Bloom VA

[carabarabonanza]

I love toxic horse yuri

The comic was made by The great and powerful @captainzigo

[psikonauti]

Hyman Bloom (Latvian,1913-2009)

[invinciblerodent]

That "least favorite companion" post I referenced earlier today keeps haunting me.

Because... well, it was obvious that many would say Oghren. I expected many to have said Oghren.

But it still makes me a little bit sad just how much of Oghren's depth and potential was lost by him being written as a "comic relief" character that both fell flat, and aged poorly.

I remember, the first time I played Origins when I was like 17-18, I was a bit put off by him immediately: he reminded me of people I knew in real life, and were not people I liked, or was proud to know. I was a little disappointed that I'd have to have him in my party for the last part of "Paragon of Her Kind". But that short little scene, where he first steps out under the open sky...

That scene, I still think about regularly.

The moment he casts off his caste, the last thing he still genuinely had. When he first looks up at the sky, and realizes just how vast and open it is. When he takes that step he knows would mean that he can never go back.

That tiny little scene, less than a minute long, made not just him, but my own Aeducan click for me immediately.

Because Oghren is a clear failure of the caste system. Or better said, a failure of dwarven society, really.

He's a castoff, a reject, a lost cause: a once respected warrior, a famed dwarven berserker and husband to a Paragon, who fell through the cracks because he fell out of his house's favor.

Because he got hit hard by his wife and his whole family leaving him behind. Because he got too hard to deal with, too embarrassing.

So under the carpet he went, in both his own mind and everyone else's.

Oghren's, is... an ordinary tragedy. A story of an everyday struggle for men like him (lonely, middle aged, depressed), with feelings that are quietly shoved to the side, joked about, tamped down by both him, and the people around him- and him not being “likeable”, well... isn't that just the way it usually is? People who are suffering are sometimes genuinely not good people.

And despite his best efforts, I can't bring myself to dislike him. I don't like having him in my party because I don't find him funny like he was clearly intended to be, and a lot of his dialogue, I find deeply frustrating and off-putting (in Origins and Awakening alike), but... I can't bring myself to dislike him.

I just... feel sad for him, more than anything else. Because in a few rare moments, there is loyalty. There's honor. Care. Sadness. Even humor when it's allowed to be there, beneath the very 2009 "sexual harassment is totally funny you guys".

There is a lot to talk about regarding Oghren, starting with mental health, and ending with the typical dwarven mentality being to cut ties with what they perceive to be lost causes (which also goes for Kal-Sharok, really), but... I can't shake this feeling that had he been written a few years later, with a touch slightly more careful than the ones with which he was originally handled, he could have been so much more.

..... Though I suppose there's some poetic irony in how the character who was let down by his people would also be one that was let down by his time.

[mara-phelion]

ODXNY'S VA IS THE SAME AS XYX??? FELT LIKE MY ENTIRE BEING JUST SLAMMED INTO THE CORE OF THE UNIVERSE BIG STYLE (/pos)

[aberooski]

Oh I don't know what it is,

But there's something buried way down deep inside me,

And it feels like magic.

(Click for higher quality)

The team is complete! Now featuring Blair, Jasmine, Mindy, and a revamped Alexis!

Blair - Fairy of Love

Jasmine - Fairy of the Raging Wind

Mindy - Fairy of the Shimmering Stars

Alexis - Fairy of Frost

I wasn't originally going to do any of the other girls, I didn't think I had it in me, but I wanted to do more of this art so bad and I felt bad leaving Alexis at Alfea by herself so here we are!

I even decided to not just draw Alexis with them but also revamp her Enchantix at the last minute because the other girls were totally outdoing her, especially in the wings department and we can't have that! I mean all I really did was reshape her wings and add a tiara but still lolol 🤭💕

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[wildlyinsecure]

Finally edited photos I took last spring at the botanical gardens so now I want to share - low quality bc I was trying to match my 35mm film settings.

Follow my instagram if you'd like @pebphotography1

[stellarstella707]

INTRODUCTION THINGY

This isn't my first Tumblr but it's been a while lol so idk here's this

Name- Stella

You can use any variation of my username that you want really

Fave Games-

Skyrim

God Eater 3

Wuthering Waves

AI: The Somnium Files

VA-11 Hall-a

Final Fantasy XV

Monster Hunter

Death end re;quest

Tales Of Berseria

Nikke: Goddess of Victory

Fave Anime-

Bloom Into You

Adachi and Shimamura

Otherside Picnic

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Naruto

Bleach

Bocchi the Rock

Ya Boy Kongming

Fave Books-

Playing with Lightening by Pandora Pierce

Legends and Librarians by Pandora Pierce

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

We Were Here by Matt de la Peña

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Fave Manga-

Our Dreams at Dusk

Bloom Into You

Adachi and Shimamura

Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon

Dinosaur Sanctuary

The Moon on a Rainy Night

Hobbies

Writing

Photography

DnD

Gaming

Reading

Hiking

Sleeping

Coding

Watching Vtubers

Wendigoon

Final Words

Idk lol there's lots and lots of other things I like for all of these categories but this is all that came to mind currently lol but yea I think this serves as a pretty decent intro to me. If you are curious about anything feel free to ask me or if you also love anything on here then also feel free to talk to me about it! I used to use Tumblr a while ago like before the NSFW ban and everything lol. I'm kinda shy sometimes but I do wanna make new friends and just hang out and bring more positivity to the world! To close out I'll just say that I hope you are doing good and I hope you have a good rest of the day!

[ornstein]

The way I'd have AC1 on every platform.

[pympartic]

:[ OOC ;; Marvel Rivals Screaming //; So steve woke up in 2080 because we're pulling from all kinds of places across time and space, okay cool- aw and he cares about Clint! Good ! Good they kept that, he's got some tony tech, nice nice, boyfriends, lets hear hi- WAIT I KNOW THAT VOICE! ]

[carabarabonanza]

Decided to just voice all of these on a whim because theyre hilarious @captainzigo hurray for mania!

[psikonauti]

Hyman Bloom (Latvian,1913-2009)

The Bride, 1943-45

Oil on canvas

[sophiethewitch1]

the way i know i am immediately going to be writing a long fic for wuwa as soon as it comes out </3 help me

[evilvarric666-archive]

Wait are leske and varric the same voice? This is what I get for playing origins with no sound half the time

Yeah lmao.

[gifti3]

AHHH H fuckin toasty bro

im sorry i love an easily flustered man!

[kennycantdecide]

I think that if Touko (Yagakimi) and Nana (Revstar) had their own Little (RWBY), their problems would be solved actually

[queen-scribbles]

Hey. Hey, guys, guess one of my favorite classes to play :D