#I just dont really SEE IT

[yarpharp]

Not quite getting why my fellow nerds are comparing Astarion to Solas, in all honesty. I just... Don't see it.

Astarion's a traumatized foppish bastard. He's very flirty and ridiculous and wants you to think that because he's terrified of a Real Emotion due to 200+ years of abuse. Which makes him develop defense mechanisms! He's also a chaotic neutral to chaotic evil fellow who has an unpredictable moral compass that is generally self-serving unless you convince him to try to be a little less murderous. He would rather not have sex until he really understands what HE WANTS. He's also far more vampiric than elven-coded, because he's mostly been forcibly made to forget a huge portion of his past. All his sense of superiority and arrogance is a mask to hide the very abused, very terrified elf at his core.

Solas is an arrogant but extremely well-spoken asshole. Yes, both Astarion and Solas are very verbose, but not in the same way. Solas is verbose because he's an old as fuck elf that knows a lot about his own culture because HE WAS THERE. He's verbose and archaic because... Well, he is archaic. He's an ancient elf. Solas is also hiding behind a mask, but not for a real defense. Sure, he's a mage. But it's far more because it wouldn't benefit him to be openly himself. Being Fen'Harel will not get him anywhere; playing at being some bumpkin introverted elf makes him far more approachable and far less threatening.

But I won't deny that if given the chance, Astarion could become a Vampire Ascendant (demigod vampire) and happily commit mass murder. Solas wants to also commit mass murder in the name of trying to bring back the olden Elvhen Days that have long since past, and it's probably absolutely futile.

But otherwise? To me, they are quite different characters that only vaguely have parallels between them on paper. They have different motivations and different influences, and... I'm sorry, but Astarion is Compelling in that you find yourself emphasizing with his Pain (and his healing/self-destruction depending on your choices with his personal questions), and Solas is Compelling in the way you love Tragic Heroes Turned Villains by the end of the story.

So yeah. I am baffled.

[july-19th-club]

seriously have been thinking about this all night long. call me autistic but the fact that 90% of workplaces the point is not to get your work done and then be done doing it but to instead perform an elaborate social dance in which you find something to do even when you're done doing everything you need to do in order to show your fellow workers that you, too, are Working . because you are at Work . disgusting why cant we all agree that if there is no work immediately to be done. we just dont do anything

[heartorbit]

if we could stay connected, just like this

[joshuamj]

Hero.

[ruporas]

your love returns in tragedy (ID in alt)

[thereallycoolmonsterithoughtup]

kabru and mithrun's fun succubus adventure

[nightmare-chaser]

Ive seen multiple posts from reddit refuges that go like "im queer and its so welcoming here!" Or "im nonbinary and dont get quized on my gender here!" Or "im autistic and i can be weird here and yall like it!" And its so fuckin cute its like yes hi hello welcome this is the gay ass autistic website we love special interests we love weird genders we love just saying random shit and the just happy surprised tone of those posts is so wholesome to me like yes! hi! you are in fact the target audience! welcome home

[papanowo]

i think dan should get to be a little weird too. as a treat

[lmaowh-at]

Lanns n Starks lineups/costumes sketches that I will probably add other houses to. Tywin and Joff & the rest aren't here because I was lazy and Cerseis dress took all of my energy. Don't ask me about inspiration or historical basis for these

[seakrisp]

She has my whole heart.

[yanderespamton78]

Edit since a lot of people seem confused - your "real" name is the name that you want to be referred to in real life. It doesn't have to be your legal name. So if you're trans and you have a different name to whats on your birth certificate, even if not many people call you by the name, it still counts as your real name.

Edit 2 : Holy shit guys please stop reblogging this post my poor inbox im getting like 20 notifs an hour asjfhkajshdkh /lh /srs

[soapyakships]

rooftop hangout

[macaro-mochi]

Come watch dungeon meshi we have a (seemingly) typical white autistic man who doesn't understand social norms, an autistic man of colour who overcompensates for social deficits by being too good at social norms (while still struggling socially), and we even have the "grew up autistic but also Asian so I have a very good understanding of cultural and social norms but I still struggle socially" variety of autistic man.

[amis127]

Jammer's arc this season is making me think of Lou's genius take on Pinocchio as a metaphor for the struggles of Black boyhood and WHEW!!

That constant impossible pressure on his shoulders as he enters adulthood. The way he talks about taking care of his mom and life back home. THE GOAT HOOF COMING OFF HIS CHEST?? Jammer could very easily be my younger brother and so many young guys I know and boy howdy let me tell y'all I burst into tears thinking about all the goat hoofs on all their chests

On a related note, there's something about people (including Sam in this too) who make others feel welcomed that gets overlooked so often - where does that desire come from? Why do you think a charismatic person would prioritize community if it comes so easily to them? I think folks see the "quantity" (so to speak) of the community created and don't consider the quality of those relationships. And yeah you can't ignore the racial aspect of this. The sort of unexamined "this is my Black friend" vibe they are up against in their lives. Jammer and Sam are not just being kind good hearted people. They are searching for something substantive and I really need them both to have moments that let them dig into why that is soon.

[sofiaruelle]

🌸The SDV gurlies in their Flower Dance outfits🌸

I wanted to keep it coquette/cotteage-core but i played around too much 😅😅. I still tried to keep it all cohesive to the theme of the event but with some my headcanons on their outfit choices lmao (like Abigail’s fit is mostly borrowed from someone or Haley fersure made Emily make her something new from scratch, etc.)

theres some other outfits under readmore that didnt make it to the final.

[arsenicflame]

Bonus round! Do you use a queue tag?