#I ramble that's what I do

[yukichouji]

Meet Hakiem Mercar (more under the cut).

Taken by Tevinter slavers as a small child, he was to young to remember anything about the before. His parents, the place he was born, the people he belonged to. He is elven yes, but what does that even mean for him other than the price he fetched when he was sold on the markets or the abuse he sufferen after being bought? He grew up with no roots, fighting to survive and, eventually, was freed by the shadow dragons at age 14. The dragons helped arrange an adoption with a kind, elderly human couple in Minrathous. The did the best they could to help a heavily traumatized kid in survival mode find some footing in life. Hakiem is very grateful for their kindness and they did give him the ability to function somehow in the context of the society that harmed him so, but a sense of alienation still remained through it all. They had never been slaves themselves, were humans with no connection to elves or elven culture, and their main motivation for taking him in had been their sense of self as good Andrastians, eager to share kindness and do good. His gratefulness ever waring with the acidic, volatile anger he carries in his gut constantly, fed by every casual cruelty whitnessed, every slave that passes him on the streets and the uncaring acceptance of this from the people around him. With no direction to point his anger in, Hakiem struggles with it greately, fighting anything and anyone poking at his wounds and getting into trouble *a lot*. Hakiem has always been on the scrawny side and not the tallest either, so at the start he ended up getting his ass kicked most of the time, despite the visciousness of his fighting surprising many of his impromptu rivals. After a while, he began to figure out that blind rage wasn't helping him and he learnt to use his stature to his advantage, banking on being underestimated and being fast and lithe and very able to take a punch or then and still keep himself on his feet.

Once Hakiem turns 18, he decides to leave the relative comfort of his current home to find the Shadow Dragons again, desparate for a sense of purpose in his life. They let him join and he, for the first time in his life, feels like he actually has the power to make a difference for people like him. He pours his entire heart and soul into his work, regularily risking everything without regard for his own skin. He is constantly torn between the help he can offer to others and the opportunity for healing that might be, and the ever growing rage at the system and the people perpetuating it that abuses its power so horribly and the cruelty and perversion of it all. This is what eventually gets him so in trouble with the Venatori that the Shadow Dragons feel the need to hide him away for his safety. Hakiem does not respond well to that.

This is how Varric finds him. Varric sees a kid with a lot of potential, a good heart and too much anger than is good for him and decides a Hakiem is Varrics problem now. Not surprisingly, Hakiem latches onto Varric immediately and Varrics mentorship means a lot to him. It actually calms him down some and he quickly realizes that he trusts Varrick (and his judgement) with his whole heart and has no small amount of hero worship for the dwarf, because Hakiem has been so starved for someone to believe in him like that in his life, someone Hakiem can rely on, a friend, and whatnot.

The scars on Hakiems face are from when he was 12. He dropped something valuable while cleaning and his master got so angry with Hakiem he broke a nearby vase over his face. Hakiem was very lucky to not have lost his eye in the incident. The rest of his scars have been accumulated over the years, both in his time in slavery as well as the fights that came after and finally his work for the shadow dragons, due to lack of care for his own skin.

As mentioned earlier, Hakiem has a complicated relationship with elven heritage. He started reading up on elven lore and tradition when he got out of slavery, but quickly found that he did not have the patience for it and that it didn't evoke the sense of familiarity and belonging in him that he had hoped it would, so gave up on it agian. He's never tried to seek out elven tribes or anything like that, because he has no interest is what he tells himself, because he's afraid it will only confirm his feeling of not belonging there as well what he won't admit to himself.

Being passed the torch of responsibility by Varrick in a situation as dire and overwhelming of having two ancient elven gods roam free and having Solas stuck in his head is pretty terrfieng to Hakiem and he struggles under the weight of that responsibility a lot. He feels at fault for what went wrong and the guilt of that doesn't help. His default attitude is matter of fact, get shit done, no room for goofing around and fucking shit up, though when he sees someone in need he can be very kind. With his backstory, he is very guarded with most people and has a hard time shutting that off. I think as the game goes on and he gets to know the people around him better and learns to trust them on a more personal level, he will thaw a bit and give himself room to joke around when there is no immediate threat in front of him.

That's what I've got so far. I hope you like my blorbo as I gently hold him out to you on my cupped hands. Thank you for taking the time to read this rambling assortment of thoughts. I love you <3

[vasira96]

it's always "immortals always lose the ones they love!" and never "this family has had this incredible, powerful, loving figure present through generations of their lineage, all because they are descended from someone the immortal loved long ago" and i think that's a shame!!

[secondbeatsongs]

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

[taytei]

some vash sketches as i figure out how i'm gonna draw him

[prlssprfctn]

I actually need some fanfic, where Bruce and Jason are in the middle of some argument, and a casual (and a well-practiced with Dick before) sentence leaves his mouth, something along the lines "How old do you think you are?!", meaning that he is acting childishly. And because Jason is irritated, and his tongue runs loose in his anger, he screams back that he is nineteen, and Bruce just freezes, because... Oh. Jason is nineteen. He is a fucking kid - his kid - that lost years of his teenhood, and was forced back without anyone giving him a space to catch up, with everyone else already treating him like an adult... When he isn't.

[notherpuppet]

@/coma_0423’s cursed cat alastor will bring you happiness ♥️

Lulu scolds the cat

[littlefankingdom]

Bruce is a overprotective and kind of strict parent, but he is very lax in some domains where other parents wouldn't. Here are some examples:

His kids stealing money from him. You will never catch Bruce Wayne lecturing his kids for taking his money. In the Arkhamverse, Jason steals 5 millions from Bruce's bank account to buy his army, and the problems for Bruce are: he didn't know it was Jason so it stressed him a bit, and Jason used it to buy an army.

Stealing from him in general. What is his is theirs. Unless it's dangerous. (Cars are death machines for his anxious self, which is why buying another batmobile for the young justice is not acceptable, or is kids taking it for a ride. He did made Redbird for Tim as a gift for when he got his license.)

Stealing from the cops (he has done it himself so many times)

Stealing money from rich people. In Knightfall, Bruce meets a British vigilante named Hood who steals from the rich to give to the poor, and Bruce had NO problems with that. He likes the young man. Stealing possessions is an issue tho. (Dick should follow his Robin Hood's dream, his father is fine with that)

Hacking into government facilities or anything really. Unless it's to harm an innocent civilian, like a classmate, he will not say anything. Hacking the FBI? Good. Hacking a russian mafia? Ok. As long as they do it safely and follow Barbara's instructions, it's fine.

Lying to him. Bruce is always impressed when he realizes one of his kids lied to him and he believed them. He's the Batman, after all, they have been able to fool the Batman. When he learns that Tim invented a fake uncle, he is proud of him and he tells him such, because he made the Batman believed it.

[ropebunnykant]

i’ll never understand people who can’t make fun of their faves a little. like yes i love this character and would defend them to my grave but also they’re stupid sometimes and they do dumb things and imma make fun of them for it

[wormspoodle]

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[neytui]

BeholLD MY TINKER HICCUP FAIRY DESIGN!!

Been having this on my head for a whilee and really wanted to give the desing a go. Why? I don't know, but a Neverland au sure it's fucking cool

[lazylittledragon]

ok look i love astarion with my whole soul and this might be an unpopular opinion but post-brain, i don’t think he’s fashionable. i think he knows how to dress well and likes wearing nice clothes but i really feel like 90% of the time when he’s at home he would just want to be comfortable. i think this man wears dad slippers and owns an ungodly amount of sweaters and comfy loungewear. furthermore i would like to put forward that the person who DOES put together a fucking Look every single day of his life is wyll fucking ravengard. in this essay i will

[tariah23]

The manga industry, especially JUMP, needs to hurry up and do away with weekly scheduling for mangaka. There needs to better regulations put into place for their health and safety because this is pitiful. Two weeks - monthly updates should’ve already been the standard for the manga industry at this point. These money grabbers will only continue to put the lives of these artists at stake for the sake of capitalism unless some serious changes are implemented.

[bizarrelittlemew]

i can't wait to be 30+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 40+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 50+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 60+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 70+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 80+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 90+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to look back on my life and know that i loved things deeply and passionately and was inspired to create and was part of communities with incredible people from all over the world brought together by the stories that touched us

[eddiebabygirldiaz]

there's something so intimate about mutuals being on here at the same time. like oh you reblogged that from me just seconds after i posted/reblogged that, so in essence we have touched the same thing. did you feel me.

[opikiquu]

[doomdoomofdoom]

Kamala Harris does want "transgender surgery on illegal aliens that are in prison", btw.

So since Trumpists are getting mad enough about the jokes to actually cite their sources, I thought I'd put the source out into my left extremist commie faggot echo chamber, too.

The claim originates from an ACLU questionnaire she filled out for her 2020 presidential candidacy, specifically this section:

She wasn't given a new questionnaire for 2024, and has stated that while her policy on some things may have changed, her values had not. (This most likely means she moved more to the center to appease larger demographics and cut corners to reach compromises. The basic politician stuff.)

It boils down to this: If you're in prison, whether for "illegal" immigration or other crimes, you rely on the state to provide you with necessary amenities, like food and health care. Her argument isn't "hell yeah everyone in prison should get sex changes for free". It's "gender affirming surgery is a necessary medical procedure. If you are in the states care while this becomes necessary, the state should provide it." If you're outraged by your tax money being used on this, consider the massive amount of people being incarcerated in for-profit prisons, on your dime. Then ask yourself if maybe a prison reform might be in order.

Worth noting: In 2015, while Attorney General, Kamala Harris actually argued against providing gender-affirming surgery to an incarcerated trans woman, claiming that HRT and psychotherapy were sufficiently covering her medical needs. She has since obviously changed her stance and assumed responsibility. (I would like to take this moment to remind my fellow left extremist commie faggots that "willingness to learn and rethink your views" is infinitely more valuable than "perfect from the start and unwilling to listen to anyone")

Also found in the source: This image of Kamala Harris participating in the 2019 San Francisco Pride Parade, wearing what I believe to be a sequin rainbow embroidered denim jacket.

I encourage you to read the provided CNN article and the answers to the ACLU questionnaire, as they give great insight into her values.

TLDR: Based.