#ITS JUST A LADDER

[satoriberry]

I WANT TO PAINT MY ROOM BUT I DONT WANT TO PAY 160 EUROS TO HAVE SOME RANDOM ASS DUDE DO IT FOR ME AND MY MOM WONT LET ME BUY A LADDER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[kyoshi-lesbians]

The Blind Bandit | The Bullpen

[video description: an amv of Toph as the Blind Bandit set to The Bullpen by Dessa, focused on her earthbending skills fighting in Earth Rumble VI. the ending sequence shows her leaving her home to join Aang, Katara, and Sokka. end description.]

forget the bull in the china shop / there's a china doll in the bullpen

[star--nymph]

Vivienne's fear being 'becoming irrelevant' isn't something that's linked explicitly to her pride, no matter what Solas says about her (and the irony of Mr.Pride himself saying that should not be lost on you), it reveals what and who Vivienne truly is.

She's a survivalist.

Because we don't spend as much time in the Free Marches or Orlesian circles, we don't get to experience what being a mage is in these cultures. In Ferelden and Kirkwall, a mage is a lesser being without freedom no matter what they do--but in the Free Marches and Orlais specifically, mages are commodities that are given freedom so long as they play an entertaining enough role. They can explore the world if they have a noble patron, if they catch the right person's eye. They are, in a way, two sides of the same coin--refusing mages agency and forcing them to relay on higher powers. Vivienne lucked out, as sad as it is, when Bastion fell in love with her; she found someone who was contrarian enough to recognize her as a full person and also someone with power that could help her rise through the ranks. This is not to say that Vivienne on her own wasn't an exceedingly talented and intelligent individual--by nineteen she was already the youngest full fledged mage in Circle history and she was skilled enough to make herself an enchanter. But, I can not emphasize this enough, none of that matters if she didn't also play the Game and impress enough people.

Vivienne could have been the most brilliant mage in the history of Thedas and it means nothing if she was overlooked by nobility.

So when Bastion made her his mistress, she gained not just a lover but also a means to an end. Now she can use her magic to protect herself. Now she can roam where she wants and not be question for it because she's Madame Vivienne. Now, she can walk into the Orlasian court and belong there.

And what happens? Celene notices her and makes her the Court Enchanter, a position that has always been the equivalent of a jester. Vivienne took that title, ignored that it was essentially a glorified insult to who she is, and made it a position of power. She made the Court Enchanter into an advisor, a political rank. She had done the impossible and made mages an actual political entity in the Orlasian Court, something that wasn't seen outside of Tervinter (not counting what players can do under very specific conditions if they made mages in DAO and DA2).

All that, however, only continues as long as the court recognizes her as something worth their attention. Vivienne needs to maintain her act as Madame De Fer, The Lady of Iron, the Court Enchanter, The Jewel of the High Court, because the second she just becomes Vivienne, it's over for her. The assassins coming raining in, her name gets devoured by rumors and gossip, and she'll be found dead at bottom of the stair case with a dagger in her back if she's lucky.

So of course when the Circles fall apart during the Rebellion, she clings to that Loyalist Mages to maintain that structure--of course she moves her pieces to the Inquisition, knowing that if the Circle DOES fall, she at least as another place for herself and mages latch onto--of course when she hears that Celene replaced her with a new Court Enchanter that appeared out of no where, she grows to resent Morrigan.

Like, Morrigan literally pops up out of thin air, makes herself invaluable to Celene, and then plants herself in the place Vivienne had to claw her way up to and create so she could survive. Would you not be resentful when your life's work is usurped by some random witch of the wilds because she happened to charm the Empress? Everything Vivienne strived for all whisked away because the court find a gem who glimmers ever so slightly more than Vivienne.

So yes, Vivienne fears becoming irrelevant because the world has made it so that irrelevance for an Orlesian mage means death.

[loktauri]

Tma au where nothing is wrong ever and Jon gets to pet as many cats as he likes

[ceasarslegion]

We can not seriously still be spreading the revisionist take that rocky horror picture show wasn't revolutionary for it's time. We can not seriously be saying that still. "If it's under 50 it wasnt" bruh do you think trans people were only being killed in like, the 1910s? Or that Hollywood level trans cinema didn't like begin and end at some like it hot which wasn't even EXPLICITLY trans, just didn't treat men in dresses like laughing stocks? Cmon man. What a 16 year old take.

[egberts]

with less than 10 hours left in my free trial and plans for the rest of the day, i managed to get a good-enough version of song 4 done!

[feminisedlad]

does anyone know why transmedicalism is becoming trendy again

[solargeist]

any time i imagine kid xelqua lounging in grian's house, he is watching sesame street or dragon ball z, with snacks sat on the cushion next to him.

he shoves the snacks into the crease of the couch when he thinks he might get in trouble for eating on the furniture and doesn't want to get caught. (he would not have got in trouble, but now he will, just for that)

[soundleer]

*gives Jevin belly rubs*

Don’t mind me.. -w-

im gigglinghvjdjbhc

he seem so confused right now but he... surprisingly doesn't seem to protest this type of contact??

rub rub :33

[hooked-on-elvis]

ELVIS PRESLEY.

(1) July 1955. Publicity shoot by William Speer in Memphis, Tennessee; (2) June 12-17, 1957. Publicity shoot for movie "Jailhouse Rock" by photographer Virgil Apger.

(3) Early March 1958. Publicity shoot for movie "King Creole"; (4) Early 1959. Publicity shoot for RCA in Frankfurt, Germany; (5) June 12, 1962. Publicity shoot for movie "Girls, Girls, Girls" (Paramount).

November 13, 1970. Elvis performing at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The Red Ladder suit.

[chrliekclly]

How did you get your job on sunny? I really wanna go into the entertainment industry.

iv told th story b4 but i got onto th show bcuz i just happened to b n th right place @ th right time

was working on smthn completely different nd drunk on th camera truck during one of our wrap days me, the DIT, nd the loader wer talking abt fave tv shows nd when i said tht always sunny was mine th loaders just like "oh lol funny im the 1st AC on that. i can get u some days if u want" ???

so i...did some days...then i did a season...and now im core crew i guess

[boopsloop363]

Invited all my friends up to San Antonio for the weekend at my cousin's. They all politely refused and blamed it on their schedules but they all seemed to shy away the moment I told em we'd be doing work on my cousin's house. I get it, who wants to work for free especially when you have zero experience in home improvement... but like, y'all are men lmao

[myogi-nightkids]

Can you tell i draw furries LMAO

Drawing legs was. So Hard. And cleaning the anatomy to not be silly goofy was also a pain, the 3rd image uses a model from Justsketch.me ( pog website its v handy ) but as ya can see. Did not help me on this one. So i scrapped him going super-maid to just eyballing it and hoping.

Tedious to draw all the ruffles! Enjoyed it once i got past the sketch stage! I like doing lines & shadows and everything else not so much LOL

I use fill tool for colouring i rarely do it by hand

[feelo-fick]

FINALLY FOUND A NOTE-TAKING/WHITEBOARD/CORKBOARD/WHATEVER WEBSITE THAT HAS EVERYTHING I NEED AND IS FREE THIS IS FANTASTIC IVE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER

[pinacoladamatata]

[quackity1999]

I do not wish to overstep my bounds, sir. My role is only what you make it. But right now it appears my role must be one of reason, as you appear to have little. Whether you are in Las Nevadas or not, those around you will always be in danger. It is your job as the supreme overlord to know what your underlings can handle, and how much you are willing to risk their safety.

You have placed Slime on a tightrope. If you believe the creature either impenetrable or cannon fodder, then leave him in his place. Otherwise, perhaps consider taking him out of the public eye, for goodness sake. You have said yourself that his best qualities come as a spy, so employ him as such.

I would hate to have to clean up the mess that comes with political assassination unduly. -Laverna

laverna, how many times do i have to say it— president. not overlord. this isn't a drug mule operation.

listen, okay, i just— i wanna ask you something.

how much do you trust me?