#DE-BIAS

[creepymutelilbugger]

"i have to water the shitbird wait a minute"

"prosper stupid poultry"

[corethetrueidiot]

some mizukana doodles cuz i need to cope with fluffy art after mizu5

[vigilskeep]

as a fellow rook de riva player i’m really curious how sol took the whole… house egrativi being founded with the specific intention of taking in orphaned kids to become crows. final nail in the coffin moment for my rook personally

this plot thread was the first and easiest target of my mental rewrites because it just... doesn’t make sense, to me? functionally, regardless of thematically. like, i think it suffers the most obviously from the writers not really getting into how the crow power structure works. crow houses are business ventures that require money and manpower. you can’t just start one with a name and a dream while everyone smiles approvingly. also, you can’t just not have belonged to one in the first place! i spent all game trying to figure out if he belonged to the de rivas or the cantoris or the dellamortes or someone else, and when he started his own house at the end of his arc (again, ???) it was very apparent to me that this is just a misinterpretation that there is a general force of crows and the houses are simply nobility among them. no, somebody paid for your training and they want back on that investment so they own you. also, taking in orphans being your grand new venture for the crows is both insane and doesn’t make sense because the crows already do that as one of their main recruiting strategies. teia cantori is standing right in front of you as the evidence!

my provisional rewrite which i think works fairly smoothly without losing too much is that jacobus & his cousin are the sole surviving heirs of one of the three houses whose talons were killed in the antaam plot in tevinter nights: balazar, valisti, and arainai. (my self-indulgent vote is balazar, because the tevinter nights context of the dynamic with teia and viago is juicy. there’s no real reason for it to be arainai and bringing in that name for no reason would be cruel, but you could definitely cook with it if you really wanted to go for it.) naturally, these kids already have a grudge against the antaam, one that teia and viago are struggling to corral while having to treat them like crow hierarchy equals (iirc a balazar or valisti would actually technically outrank them both), and the elder cousin goes and gets himself killed trying. we’re now forced to operate with one of the four houses present in treviso being led by an even younger grieving child who is obviously a liability. this should be good for paralleling lucanis’ immediate future and highlighting what the crows do to their younger generations. in my most ideal of worlds where the crows are truly crow-ish on screen, maybe you’d have a plot choice with no good answers like...

a) teia would present this option. you decide to take a risk on this kid and believe in him and let him stand on his own two feet, and this actually pays off with sudden help in your fight against the governor like it does in the game. he chooses this idealistic, childish direction for his house where they’re taking in kids who have lost their families like him and it will all be one big family again! and he says some suddenly very nervewracking things about how they’ll understand it’s the best place to be eventually and one of the kids got hurt in the governor’s estate but heir has promised they’ll take care of it and train them all so hard they’ll never lose anyone again. he’s going to make sure of it. you’ll see! they’ll take the best contracts until they’re godslayers just like you! there’s a final shot of him standing very small and very alone. and that’s on you

b) viago would present this option. you decide this kid is too much of a risk to count on while you’re trying to save the city and the world, and maybe you care that he’s also a danger to himself. you back house de riva to forcibly seize jacobus’ house and all its assets to get the job done with, while jacobus himself is locked up out of harm’s way until the fight is over. this route also helps in your fight against the governor, there’s no sudden chaotic helping hand but everything goes smoother and cleaner, and hey, there are no children in the fight, if that kind of thing matters to you. however, all the ferocity of jacobus’ grudges turns on you and viago. he hates you. and letting him loose afterwards and giving back his house would be viago, the most paranoid man in thedas, handing a knife back to someone who wants to kill him. (which is, i suppose, the utmost charitable interpretation of viago’s main reasoning to keep hold of a bunch of assets, but no less true.) so they’re just keeping hold of jacobus... indefinitely. and that’s on you

but that’s me being self-indulgent and making it a bigger choice lmao. in answer to your actual question about my rook rather than this massive tangent, yes it was dizzying to stand there as another child was given full crow status and already planning to train other children. the cycles are cyclinggg

[endlessdreamerxoxo]

If there's a chance to ship a woman of color with a beloved & gatekept male lead because there's amazing chemistry between the two, I'm gonna ship it... even if everyone hates me.

[dulacdat]

I think you all love to downplay how much of a cunt lestat is, in general.

he is mean, cutting, vicious and snarky when he gets his defenses up. I do not enjoy the fanon flanderized version that is so clueless, dumb and wide eyed at everything.

you all really took the "lestat might not believe louis ever loved him" and turned it into "lestat doesn't comprehend any emotion exhibited by louis" which easily became "louis is an asshole who doesn't let lestat in in anyway and gatekeeps every single feeling" that's untrue and just makes both louis and lestat so flat.

lestat is a crier. doesn't mean he keeps crying at louis' feet in every interaction while louis is irritated and cold. why would you root for this dynamic lol.

let lestat be the bitch that he is omg

[divorceblogger]

gabrielle likening her emasculation (i.e. her hair growing back overnight after she chops it off because it genders her as a woman on a visual level) to experiencing what is essentially a vampiric death where she equates touching her hair to the sensation of being burned by fire is such an interesting description within the context of so many fledglings being sired by male vampires in the anne ricean universe, because it means reproductive power and inheritance seems to flow down and through channels of patrilineal power. the title of the section in which she’s turned into a vampire (‘viaticum for the marquise’) also denotes a catholic paternal flavour to her rebirth, indicating that patriarchal forces still rule her life although these are less enforced, but nonetheless a social carryover from their previous lives that they can’t quite shake entirely (and such social forces influencing vampires is again extensively touched on in the case of the theatre des vampires enforcing their laws too). so when lestat - newly empowered and titled and now in possession of his own inheritance so that he’s independent of her influence to a certain degree - creates her and struggles to accept her violation of gender identities and instead seems to attempt to shunt her back into traditional feminine means of presentation, of course gabrielle doesn’t take to it very kindly. her husband did that to her and she never forgave him for it.

[unspokenmantra]

Uma's imagem de que falam por si. As medalhistas brasileiras: Bia Souza, Rayssa Leal e Rebeca Andrade.

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[bia-lou]

𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚~

(reasons: realizing that drawing someone in a devout way is not exactly just friendship)

Evil!Uzi and Evil!N design are from @megbanned ᴬᵐᵒ ˡᵒˢ ᵈⁱˢ���ⁿ̃ᵒˢ ᑫᵘᵉ ˡᵉˢ ᵈⁱˢᵗᵉ

[dailyrannells]

the boys in the band || fave moments (requested by anonymous)

[leodanbrock]

JUSTICE ⊹ Criterion film posters Hyperdrama

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[rin-hanarin]

A very great thing in this game I really appreciate: the ability to not kiss Solas's ass at every other opportunity. Renzo just hates this guy, and thankfully it's possible to actually express.

[anthony-crowleys-left-nut]

when the show gets to QOTD i feel like i'm gonna see a lot of crusty dusty opinions regarding akasha and lestat from people who just hate lestat

[fairytale-poll]

QUARTERFINAL ROUND, MATCH 2 OUT OF 4! FINALS FOR SET B!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Ella of Frell:

She's had a "gift" of obedience placed on her, and her quest is to figure out how to get rid of it. I love her

he's under a curse that makes her obey any order given to her. She met her Prince Charming (Char) when they kids, and they became friends. Her stepsisters found out about her curse while they were at boarding school, and because of that (and some things they made her do) she ran away to try and find the fairy that cursed her. When she does, the fairy says that she doesn't do magic anymore, because she realized her gifts were actually curses, and refuses to remove it. Ella goes back, and is eventually demoted from "lord's daughter" to "maid". She still writes letters to Char (currently in a foreign kingdom, but before that, when he came to try and talk to her, her sister forbid her from leaving her room so she would have all his attention), but eventually stops and even writes a fake letter from her sister to convince him that she never cared/doesn't care about him, because she realized it would be too dangerous for them to be together; with her curse, she could easily be made to hurt or kill him. Flash forward, and Char returns home. The king throws balls, and she goes, because even if she can't be with or let him know who she is, she just wants to see him again. Char is drawn to her, and for a lot of the three balls, they're together. At the end, her stepsister gets jealous, and right as Char proposes (because Ella, despite having to lie about her identity, is the most honest person at the ball and a friend already), she grabs her mask, revealing her identity. Char reaches her home before she can leave, and there's a whole scene where he finds out she's a scullery maid, that the letter was a lie, and says that she doesn't have to be Ella if she doesn't want to be, and she says she's not, and he asks if she loves him, and she does-- and then it's all ruined because he accidentally orders her to marry him, and then her stepmother tells her to, and all the while she's fighting the curse, because she doesn't want to endanger him and their nation, and doesn't want her step family to be rich and powerful, and finally-- she says no. She gets so excited to say no, to refuse, that she didn't even fully realize she broke the curse until Mandy (her fairy godmother) tells her. Anyway, they all lived happily ever after. Ella is one of my favorite Cinderellas ever and I really hope I did a good job of explaining her and what her story is about (it's been a while since I've read the book)

I was so enraptured with this book as a kid, it had such an impact on my young mind. Got me into fantasy.

BEST CINDERELLA!!! please use the picture from the book cover and not the movie 🙏

She breaks her curse spell in such a magnificent way. Like yes she embodies the whole “kindness” and “courageous” characteristics that Cinderellas are known for, but for her she’s been forced to be obedient as well. And while she thinks can rise above anything she soon learns she will just hurt so many more people that way. She chose to be self-sacrificing because it was the one way she could express her love that wouldn’t harm anyone (then). But! But! She also ends up getting to be selfish! And that is also a great kindness! To herself and to those whom love her and she loves in return.  All that after she breaks the curse.

She can mimic languages. :) She refused to marry the love of her life and thus broke her curse. :) She fell in love via letters. :) She lied to the royal family that orange carriages are very popular in a nearby city.

brave, smart, a linguist, a nerd, she evolves steadily and beautifully throughout the book, with a sharp voice that never stops being distinctive and fun to hang with.

complex character coool as fuck premise and also. the nostalgia of it all

Danielle:

This is, imo, the single best retelling of Cinderella out there. She has a great character, her relationship with the prince grows organically rather than happening in a single night, and the scene with the bandits is top tier

The story is told as a historical romance instead of anything supernatural happening. Drew Barrymore is a cute Cinderella, Anjelica Houston is an incredible stepmother, and she's also really nasty to one of the stepsisters too, who ends up taking Danielle (Cinderella)'s side. Also Leonardo da Vinci is hanging around painting a portrait of Danielle at one point.

The Drew Barrymore Cinderella is fantastic. It’s got real history mixed with beautiful whimsy! I absolutely love the butterfly wings and how she spoke up for her step mother and sister at the end (and that they were still punished). I feel like I need to go watch it now.

she’s funny and smart and she’s resourceful (also her outfits are historically accurate!)

I was named after a character in Ever After (her). Vote for my mothers good taste!

[lamialamia]

K company is KBBQ

Get it? be cause K-

And the pacific theatre, which is like, right next to Korea?? (i'm asian i can make this joke)

Burgin is Salted flank steak (Chimasal)

Classic cut that never dissappoints anywhere. You can depend on this bad boy in a new kbbq joint like you can always depend on Burgin in war.

Sledge is Marinated Short Ribs (Galbi)

I know i'm biased and i'm giving Sledge my favorite meat cut in a kbbq. This baby boy is one of the best in the game, you are not having kbbq without him like how you are not watching the best of TP without Sledge.

Snafu is Kimchi banchan.

Sour, spicy, but essential to the table of kbbq. He's what set this meal apart. No matter how much you can or cannot handle him, you gotta have Snafu, like you gotta have kimchi.

Leyden is Ribeye steak.

A chunky boy that takes longer to cook but never disappoint. He might be a little too stubborn if you are not willing to wait or have weaker teeth, but he's a must-have for a group outing

Jay is the Free water.

A refreshing beverage in the middle of all the flavor. But also because Jay's lastname is De L'eau aka water, and you can't say he is not as important as water.

Hilbilly is Soju.

SOJU SHOT! SOJU SHOT! SOJU SHOT! He's what your parents would be having.

Ack-Ack is Doenjang Jjigae.

Rounding out the meal is a soup that is perfect for the soul. Warm you to the core every time just like Capt. Haldane fuck yeah~~

@staud we're so genius for this

[the-only-unicorn-cheese]

more concept art bc i am actually speedrunning a crossover fic with these guys. 💖 looking forward to my first AO3 post being completely batshit. \(⁠｡⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠｡)/

[bear-0]

kookie 🤩❤🖤