#absolutely OBSESSED

[platedpixels]

OH MY GOD IM GOING INSANE???? YHIS IS INCREDIBLE AND I LOVE THE DESIGN YOU DID FOR HIM

transcendental cha cha cha stuck in my head forever….. you’ve done absolutely amazing with this AGH

fuck it, trancsendental dj Grian because uh- because I can? I don't know. I've had Tom Cardy's Trancsendental Cha Cha Cha playing a lot lately and this idea lodged itself into my brain and would not leave until I drew it.

And then I kept drawing it 'cos he's just so fun to draw god damn.

Mumbo is also there, witnessing the cosmic chaos first hand, as he should be.

[a-mage-ing]

absolutly obsessed with this redesign, but im sorry mr murph you'll have to pry my tailed goblin hc from my cold dead hands

(hey! theres a secret down there v)

psst! im open for commissions :) click here for more info!

[simpforsolas]

As I continue to progress through the games on my replay leading up to Dragon Age: The Veilguard's release, the more I'm reflecting upon the heart of the series. As an RPG, the purpose has always been to create a dynamic game that responds to our choices, and part of that is to create a believable world that's real enough that there are multiple ways you can play the game. No ultimate "right" answer or "wrong" answer. Even if there are perspectives you disagree with, you can understand why characters may hold different opinions from you if you think about why they think the way they do.

With all these thoughts spinning around in my mind, I began my DAI replay and got a dialogue with Solas that I think gets right to the heart of the entire series:

Inquisitor: I've heard the stories [about Ostagar]. It'd be interesting to hear what it was really like. Solas: That's just it. In the fade I see reflections created by the spirits who react to the emotions of the warriors. One moment, I see heroic wardens lighting the fire and a power-mad villain sneering as he lets King Cailan fall. The next, I see and army overwhelmed and a veteran commander refusing to let more soldiers die in a lost cause. Inquisitor: And you can't tell which is real. Solas: It is the fade. They are all real.

This is it, people! This is what Dragon Age is all about! This is why we have characters who some people love and some people hate, why no one is perfect. This is why there's so much discourse about the game. Dragon Age is all about different people reacting to an imperfect world and understanding why they act the way they do. Especially in recent times, writers often fall into a trap of not wanting their characters to be problematic in any way that it can take the life out of them and leave them feeling stale. But Dragon Age does not do that. It fully commits to its characters, for better or for worse, allowing their pasts and perspectives to shape their imperfect world views and inform their behaviors. Ironically, Solas's exact words here about Loghain can be applied to him, and it's exactly why some people hate him while others love. Like Loghain, some see him as an egotistical murderer while others see him is a tragic figure whose empathy and idealism drive him to monstrous acts.

What's the truth? What is real? Ultimately, it doesn't matter. All that matters are the emotions and interactions people (players included) have with the world and characters. That's why the choices in games like Dragon Age matter so much. There shouldn't be a right answer or a wrong answer; all that matters is what feels right to the player. Because in Solas's words, all our different perspectives on things that happened? They're all real. And this is where so much discourse comes from. People try to take away the nuanced view of these characters and the world and insist that their perspective is the objective truth. Someone who loves Anders could be in danger of brushing past his many flaws while someone who hates him might be incapable of understanding the complexities that drove him to become the person he ended up. But in the end, all our different reactions to these characters are valid and real, both the positive and the negative. These characters are complex and three-dimensional, and to fully appreciate them it's imperative that we recognize that.

The Dragon Age world and its characters are so meticulously crafted that at its practically its own living thing at this point. As players interact with it, we all end up having our own experiences that influence our opinions of everything, from the characters, to what decisions are the best, to opinions on in-game power dynamics and politics.

[jay-wasstuff]

[heyimboredtalktome]

STOP BOMBING PALESTINE

[untilyouremember]

7th Time Loop

Available digitally

Available in print

An illustration from the Light Novel (book 3) and yes maybe I kicked my feet while screeching. Just a little though...

[x22bby]

After Dark..

Introducing: Safana Idris

[kobolding]

"Oh, Surge...we keep having this conversation...and it always ends the same way "

[This is available in my shop as a poster]

[arkhams-princess]

🎃🩷 in love with my new jacket from party city 🩷🎃

[guzhufuren]

"It’s so tasty 😋"

Li Le eating, munching and also devouring on the filming set of Meet You At The Blossom

[sadibaditeddi]

Haven’t drawn this guy in over 7 years and I forgot I am literally obsessed with him

[petrabraveheart]

Drew @tharkflark1 's mobian Sora design because I am OBSESSED with him!!!!

Next I'll be drawing Riku and possibly Kairi!

Absolutely PERFECT design Thark! Like, nothing is topping this design for Sora it's hands down perfect!

[prismaticpichu]

No my brain is not okay after spending a collective 8 hours today playing the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney trilogy but shshshshshhshshshshshsh GOD DO I LOVE THAT SPIKY-HAIRED GOOBER!! 💙💙💙💙💙🤣 What a bean!!!

[mrsklee]

I read "Affair" the novel. And honestly... I didn't realise that the show was LESS unhinged than the source material. Only slightly... but STILL. 🤣

[czlowiekz1nogawgrobie]

[goblin-king-jay]

catching up on the latest episode of Candela Obscura, I thought I needed to be in a calm state of mind for some serious horror shit but instead I'm cackling like a loon

Alex's "in OldFaireona" alley-oop had me absolutely rolling, top favorite joke of the night for me