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I do not know if you have posted anything about this yet but can we talk about Harding turning darkspawn into stone like Bodan did in DA2???
hello! ◕‿◕ [Sandal DA2 frozen darkspawn scene] yess. 👁️ it's interesting that Bodan had a theory that maybe Sandal is lyrium-addled due to his exposure to lyrium (blood of Titans) in the Deep Roads, as the other thing that Harding's new powers bring to mind is Valta's new magical powers to shape stone at the end of Descent, after she was hit with raw lyrium during the battle with the Guardian in the Wellspring. I can't wait to find out more about the reason for Harding's new powers and what it might mean for the dwarves going forward, and/or in terms of Titan lore reveals etc.. (๑>ᴗ<๑)
#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age the veilguard spoilers#dragon age: dreadwolf#dragon age 4#the dread wolf rises#da4#dragon age#bioware#video games#mjs mailbag#a-tear-in-the-veil#the titan connected with Valta and made her “pure”... she returned to the Stone#“the Titan favor[ed] me with the gift of shaping stone”...#“its blood now flows through me”...#before the dwarven race broke in two..#before they became the severed arm of a once mighty hero lying in a pool of blood.. hm hm hmm..#magic coming back into the world = dwarf-Titan connection getting restored?
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If I wanted to get into making gifs, how does one start? WHERE does one start?
Sorry for the late response! I feel like I might not be the best person to ask, just because I don't make my gifs in the most typical way. There are a bunch of ways to make gifs, and none of them are wrong per se, but most other gifmakers go frame by frame, whereas I like to import the video files directly onto the Photoshop timeline. My way was easier to learn, but can be a little limiting in what I can do with them. I'll include an updated tutorial on how I make mine under the cut below, but if you'd like to go the more typical route, then I recommend checking out one of the popular gif making tutorials, such as this one, as a base tutorial and then playing around with it.
How I Make My Gifs
Needed:
- Adobe Photoshop (I currently use 2023) - Any video editing program (I currently use Adobe Premiere Pro 2020) - A screen recording program (I use OBS)
How to:
1 - Record your game footage using OBS (or any screen recording program). Always make sure your game is running the highest settings. 2 - In Premiere Pro (or any video editing program), import your captured footage and create short, identical length clips that are under 2 seconds each. I recommend exporting in 1080p, no less than 30fps, using the best quality. Export as .avi or .mp4, something Photoshop accepts. 3 - In Photoshop, create a new 1920×1080 file. 4 - Click the Windows tab and make sure you have Timeline ticked. 5 - On the Timeline, click Create Video Timeline. 6 - Click the down arrow to the left of the video layer, and add as many New Video Groups as you have clips. 7 - Click the down arrow on each of those video layers and Add Media (your clips). One video per layer. 8 - Right click on one of the videos in the timeline and change the speed (I usually go 70% but if you like slower gifs, go with 60% or 65%). Then bump the Duration slider all the way up. Do this for all the video clips. 9 - In the layers tab to the bottom right, convert each video clip to a Smart Object. 10 - Resize and crop depending on which size is needed for the set. Here are the dimensions to use for Tumblr. The height can be whatever you want, but the width is very important. 11 - Now for colouring. If you're unfamiliar with editing in Photoshop, it might be helpful to look through the #psd coloring tag and finding something you like. I personally make mine from scratch because game lighting is so unpredictable and varied. It's up to you! 12 - I really recommend some Smart Blur and Smart Sharpen on each of the video layers. How much or little you use will personal preference. At the moment I'm typically doing 0.3-0.5 Smart Blur radius and 0.4-0.5 Smart Sharpen radius. 13 - If you're looking to use subtitles, check this tutorial out. 14 - Click on File > Save for Web, and save each clip this way. Play around with the settings. Just make sure each gif comes out under 10mb, because that's what Tumblr's current limit is. That's it! Hope that was easy enough to follow. If you do make/post some, please feel free to tag me in them. I'd love to see! :)
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Omg it's your birthday? Happy frickin birthday!
Thank you so much!!
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Mr dreadwolf tear down this veil
#dragon age the veilguard#i can't get over how silly this name sounds... veilguard....#dragon age: dreadwolf gave me a sense of being on the hunt which thrilled me more thab#than*#the sense of duty evoked by veil guard#anyway. mr dreadwolf tear down this veil
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Petra seeing her ex turn into a giant six-eyed wolf monster like
#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#dragon age veilguard#da:tv#da:v#dragon age solas#solavellan#she would’ve been into the whole tear down the veil thing is what I’m saying
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I beat Veilguard.
It's 4am. I'm a mess. I'm in tears.
#datv spoilers#the moment that completely broke me#''Ich entlasse Euch aus meinen Diensten''#Ar lasa mala revas#you are free#and so am I.. I feel like I've ascended from Solavellan Hell to Solavellan Heaven after ten flippin years#I think an embrace would have hit me even harder than a kiss at the end.. but it was just done so beautifully#I've always had one wish for Solas' story regardless of all the speculation and theories made over the years#and that was for him to find peace#so these are mostly tears of joy#I'm too overwhelmed to find the right words now#this game had many glaring problems to me but I still had a great time and there are many things to love#and maybe I mourn the potential of what could have been#the Veil still being up is.... very unexpected to say the least?#but Act 3 was incredible and god did that ending hit all the right spots for me#it's so strange to say ''goodbye'' to a character that you've been thinking about for so long#but I'm so thankful to have closure now#my heart is full#you know what's crazy?#right after that final cutscene ended I saw that it had actually started to snow outside for the first time this season#snow symbolizes purity or something right?#and that just made me think of how Solas used to envy Sera for her purity of purpose that he lacked#I like to think he regained it now#thinking about a little Wisdom spirit#hmm#I don't think I can sleep now#I think I'll just watch the snow a little more
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im not down bad for boothill, im down horrendous
#sal.snippets#sal.osts#feeling mushy today apparently... i love him sm#you just know he'd be such a good husband#also an excellent dad#honestly i wonder if he'd prefer to adopt over having biological kids (via sci-fi magic bs)#that's how he and all his siblings were raised i assume. plus Clementine#every time i see art with him and Clementine it makes my heart hurt#and then i think about him and reader getting married and adopting a kid#and he's cradling them while they sleep#and you walk in on him and he looks up at you like he's about to burst into tears but he CAN'T#so my heart hurts even MORE#i might write a drabble about the family dynamic i imagine he'd have after he married you#2 boys and 1 girl maybe. or maybe 2 girls? idk. im torn#fem reader#(sorry the line about the wedding veil hit me too hard to exclude it)
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I bet Solas is REAL excited about that glute volume slider in character creation rn
#you can’t tear down the veil if both hands are occupied by all this ASS#oh solas my ancient ass loving elf#solas#solavellan#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age spoilers#? I suppose idk
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I have that dog in me and it’s encouraging me to tear down the veil and restore the ancient elves of Arlathan.
#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#solas dragon age#dragon age solas#solas#dragon age the veilguard#da4#solas dread wolf#solas when I catch you#when I catch you solas#all that restoration to the tears in the veil and the breach for WHAT
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can i be honest. i don’t think enough people understand that tearing down the veil was a bad idea.
#da4 spoilers#datvg spoilers#seeing a lot of people saying “I wish we could’ve helped solas!!”#Or “tearing down the veil could’ve been the blank slate the devs were looking for!”#like……….. what the hell are you talking about
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I love that Solas bequeaths two of his homes to the Inquisitor and Rook, and the first thing these rag-tag leaders do is to yeet themselves off the highest point.
#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#solas#dragon age: inquisition#maybe the fade is negating fall damage#this is why he needs to tear down the veil#cause these people have no sense of self preservation#and if the veil was down then the fade and spirits would help save these dumbasses who are cliff diving without safety gear#Imagine Solas looking on with tired despair as these two dumb asses test the laws of physics#dragon age rook#dragon age inquisitor#inquisitor#rook
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Hype meme!!! Which aspect of fandom are you most looking forward to? (e.g. reading/writing fic, the bounty of gorgeous art, getting to know new people, etc.)
various answers to some askmeme-related messages under the cut. :)
(hello everyone!! ◕‿◕)
^ I love seeing the abundance of beautiful art, and I'm also just really happy to see the community so active, creating, hyped and filled with people and chatter once again :')
a-tear-in-the-veil asked: "Dragon Age Hype Questions 1-4 (those are like the r questions I want to ask everyone who plays, sorry 😂)"
no worries hh :D
1. the first Dragon Age game I ever played was Dragon Age: Origins! 2. my favorite DA game so far is a rly tough question!! probably DA:O or DA:I, though an answer with two games in it is kind of a cop-out ik hh. (I do also really love DAII) 3. in games like these my go-to is usually warrior or another fighter-type class ^^ my Inquisitor is a warrior, and my Warden began life as a warrior (I only changed them in the runup to DA:I's release to create a bit more differentiation between my PCs). in DA:TV I think Spellblade especially sounds super fun 4. my worldstate is that the Inquisitor romanced Solas, disbanded the Inquisition, and then vowed to stop Solas at all costs.. ദ്ദി ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ )
celinou asked: "For the datv q&a ask game: 6, 10 and 16. Thank you for all the news and info you share with us 🤍"
(tysm for the lovely ask 🥺)
6. I have them planned to a degree yea!! I think it would be fun to play them as a Spellblade 10. 'Which location are you most excited/hoping to explore in-game?'. most excited out of the confirmed/for sure locations - Arlathan Forest!! I've been wanting to explore Arlathan Forest since forever, since DA:O. I'm so curious about all the ancient elven history, lore and secrets it might hold. runner-ups are Weisshaupt (another place I've been wanting to see since DA:O) and the Crossroads again (since it seems that it also holds lots of cool lore and secrets to find out, again). hoping to explore - speculation aside, I'm really hoping we will visit Kal-Sharok in this game. it's so intriguing and mysterious-sounding. (btw, if Kal-Sharok has now been confirmed beyond speculation like in a preview video or something somewhere, I'm not aware of it as I'm dwelling in a spoiler bunker rn - so if you're reading this and know, pls don't tell me if it is or not, or any other spoilers hh). 16. that Felassan lives. my fav crack theory is my theory that Ghilan'nain has something to do with the Executors.. I put it out there in ~March 2020. it's based on the fact that the Ghil monster pools in Horror of Hormak were said to smell of brine/salt/the sea, and the fact that the Executor in Dread Wolf Take You was said to smell of the ocean under their robes.
sophiasartandgaming asked: "16 for the Veilguard Ask Game"
for 16 pls see above ^^
ellstersmash asked: "hi! 3 & 10 for that ask game? 🙏"
for 3 and 10 pls see above ^^
sky-fire-forever asked: "7, 9, 16, and 19 for the Veilguard meme!"
7. Felassan fr 🧎🧎🧎 even if this is only in the form of some kind of Fade dream or flashback/memory sequence 9. I'm stuck between Davrin, Neve, Lucanis, Taash and Bellara :D 16. for 16 pls see above ^^ 19. I'm currently doing a re-read of Tevinter Nights to brush up on it before release! I think re-reading the other DA:TV-era/DA:TV-promo materials (DA: The Missing, the shorts) and replaying Trespasser will also be a good idea for me before release.
ruushes asked: "for the datv hype asks, 3, 6, 9? :)c"
for 3, 6 and 9 pls see above ^^
mewsly asked: "8 and 19 for the Hype Q&A? :D Also thank you so much for all that you do to keep us all in the know! <3"
(thanku sm for the lovely msg.. 🥺)
8. I think I'm most excited to learn more about the Shadow Dragons (like who leads the Shadow Dragons? do they have ties to the Lucerni, and therefore Dorian and Mae? is the Viper associated with them?) and the Veil Jumpers. I'm also excited for more Crow lore. 19. for 19 pls see above ^^
kirkwallsquad asked: "4, 13, 14, and 20 for the hype q&a please :D"
4. for 4 pls see above ^^ 13. I think the CC looks fantastic and is really cool! 14. I will miss having three companions with me. 20. 'Post a picture or gif that conveys your current level of excitement for Dragon Age: The Veilguard!' - here is a picture -
and here is a bonus moodboard -
thanku sm everyone for the asks and questions, this was fun to do!!
[Dragon Age: The Veilguard Q&A hype meme]
#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age the veilguard spoilers#dragon age: dreadwolf#dragon age 4#the dread wolf rises#da4#dragon age#bioware#video games#mjs mailbag#uchidachi#a-tear-in-the-veil#mj does a meme#long post#longpost#solas#inquisitor#warden#celinou#felassan#Best Elf#dragon age: tevinter nights#da4 inspo#sophiasartandgaming#ellstersmash#sky-fire-forever#dragon age: the missing#ruushes#mewsly#kirkwallsquad
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If Ry'on WAS a bhaalspawn (or if you have/had a durge oc) what would their relationship with Telvesh be? If you answer for Ry'on, how would her life be different/would she have followed the same path during the events of bg3?
Ooh this is a very interesting question, thank you!
A bit of a nonsensical tangent here first. I initially planned on playing as my evil Pathfinder cleric in BG3 for my Durge run, but lately I've been considering making a whole new character and just having them exist but not be my canon BG3 protagonist. I believe if you play as Tav, Orin just kills default Durge prior to you entering the temple, right? That's the Dragonborn corpse lying in her room? So I may as well make them a custom character, flesh out their backstory before they meet that ending in Ry'on's timeline.
But to finally answer your questions - It seems like Bhaal favours Durge above the rest of the Bhaalspawn that have come before them. The Bhaalspawn that has had the most potential since Gorion's Ward. So, my Durge will follow the same path as Telvesh once did before ascending by giving in to the urges of their blood. They'll embrace this life and path as something inevitable. I will have them become Bhaal/Telvesh's chosen and do the bloodline (and Telvesh especially) very proud.
Alternatively, if Ry'on was a Bhaalspawn, she would be nothing but a great disappointment to Bhaal. She would deny the urges of her blood, she would reject all offerings of power. She would still seek the path of redemption, even if it would be a fruitless one. I imagine a Seldarine Drow Bhaalspawn would be a really fun roleplaying experience. Lolth would absolutely destroy Bhaal because he's only a weak little Quasi-deity now, but hypothetically, I want to see those two fight for the title of Worst God Parent Ever. There's one or two parallels between them for sure.
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Congratulations, BioWare, you found a way to make me *not* want to tear down the veil.
(At least not without a new plan.)
#dragon age spoilers#dragon age: the veilguard#veilguard spoilers#tear down the veil#Solas#dragon age#da4#flights of the faerie dragon
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Part of what charms and compels me in Jeyne Poole's arc is her reaction to her predicament. All the female POVs in this book are dealing with a lot of gendered violence, and they all deal in different but dignified forms... Jeyne is not a POV character and she is absolutely not dignified lol. She cries and begs, she is utterly helpless. But unlike most women in this book who are utterly helpless, she survives. It's frustrating how fans refuse to celebrate that, simply because there is no glory in it.
#Sometimes I wonder if that's part of why fandom is so uncharitable towards her#like if she had some self-sacrificing sense of dignity maybe people would like her more... if she were resourceful or proud#boo!#she's perfect#i also think the absurd notion of arya 'mercy killing' her stems from this too? tbh#like - you think this woman is too pathetic to live? that even if she escaped bluebeard's castle her life is better over?#people will call grrm a grimdark author but this shit you see in fandom is 100000% more cruel than anything this man wrote#her pain is too real to her for games of honor to hold any meaning! she tears the veil she ruins the veneer#she has no noble bearing no honor no ambition no wolf no lover no knight she will not rise from this taller and wiser#none of the ways in which she'll change will be for the better and her pain will only reward her with more pain - the pain is worthless!#here is a child-bride suffering and nothing about that suffering can be made beautiful or meaningful- besides her escape#which theon instantly romanticizes.... what a moment#we flew!#i can't wait to read about her again#jeyne poole
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I know he's probably not going to show up again in future games anytime soon, and only two ending variants actually have him slice his left hand, but if Solas doesn't keep that scar to mirror Inky in future appearances I might just cry.
It's too perfect ok? Romanced or not, their stories are tied together (for good or ill) and him bearing a mark to mirror the one he inflicted on the Inquisitor? Poetry.
What's hilarious is the parallel probably wasn't intentional. He's just got the lyrium dagger in his right hand already and his left hand is empty and free, so it's the easiest thing to have him slice. Using right-handed animations because that's just the default (don't get me started).
But it WORKS so fucking well I'm just going to pretend it was 100% planned and the parallel is meant to be a brilliant callback.
#datv spoilers#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age inquisition#solas#inquisitor#Inky's mark fixes veil tears#solas's mark is a product of protecting the veil#they're just#arrrrrrrggg#but also sir why are you slicing one of the most fragile body parts?#couldn't he have nicked his forearm or thigh or something that isn't as delicate and complex as a palm????#like is there a blood quota? is picking a finger not enough?#that shit bled a LOT
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