#and then indoctrinate them into their cause

[roarrrgame]

If in Origins you asked Anora/Alistair to rebuild the Ferelden Circle and grant it full autonomy, mages’ rights did not improve at all by the time Inquisition happened (10 years later). However, with a blow on the local chantry from Anders, temporary chaos was ensured, but by the time Veilguard happened (another 10+ years later), mages were treated just like others by all accounts we know of, bar Tevinter where mages continued to be superior in social standing.

Violence may not be the solution, but it does oftentimes leave a greater impact.

I see some people think Anders fucked up everything, so lets say these people support mages’ rights, what do they think the correct solution is? I cannot see a more proper way than using your one boon from the King/Queen, as the hero who single-handedly defended their country, to ask for prosperity and freedom for the mage Circle there, and have them act as a model for the continent to see, that mages are no inherent threat and can govern themselves.

So how did that work out? No one was forced to change their mind or their action, just because a Circle in Ferelden had self-governance. No concrete plan was laid out to solve the mage problem which is universal in the Dragon Age world. Corruption still ran rampant in the chantry, with no oversight on any of their roles.

Only until every party was forced to make a stance and make changes, unfortunately by violence and death, did the situation truly start to improve for all sides.

But, people can bear seeing innocent young mages being stripped of human rights and dying from accidents, and young Templars being indoctrinated and suffering and gradually losing their minds, but cannot bear seeing a smaller number of largely innocent people die altogether in front of their eyes, if the cause is not systemic or not accepted by the established social order.

[soup-scope]

hey y’all the relationship between warden and vega fucking fascinates me

cause honestly i have absolutely no idea on how to characterize it

like yes he calls them ‘darling’ yada yada but he almost takes a paternal(?) role when it comes to nurturing them????

he rescues them, he feeds them, he tries to reconnect them with the demonic habits they were shamed out of expressing, he teaches them and tries to subtly influence their behavior towards a possible corruption arc and just

this isn’t me trying to make their relationship weird or smth i’m just saying i have absolutely no idea how vega and wardens relationship actually works between them… not every listener and character are destined to end in a romantic relationship so that’s why i’m thinking that the relationship between warden and vega won’t become romantic and more of that weird friendship you have with your 50 year old coworker who smokes 2 packs a day.

[salsa-di-pomodoro]

Ok but can we talk about the absolute horror of being watched and monitored 24/7 that the ancients must have had. The citizenship drones being like an Alexa that's constantly following and listening to you (except it's five pebbles and not Alexa lmao). The fucking OVERSEERS. THEY'RE CALLED THAT FOR A REASON. BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING THEIR CITIZENS AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENT ALL THE TIME. (I would talk about the fact that they all show arti fucking ads as well but honestly idk what else to say about that. Capitalism got yet another society 😔). That's some fucking nightmare fuel dystopian society settings we are being hinted at. You know the Big Brother Is Watching You thing. The book. Yeah that's what it reminds me of.

The Iterator Is Watching You.

[slutdge]

my sister had her baby yesterday and its really ugly but i cant say that and its making me think of that post thats like "i think they use toddlers on anti-abortion billboards cause no one wants to admit newborns are ugly"

[movedtodykedvonte]

Oh the idea of the lamb hosting a ritual to celebrate the indoctrination of the bishops:

A feast for Heket brought a harvest of blessed crops

A Holy Day to honor Kallamar and the health he’d (rarely) grant.

A fight for Shamura, the former god of war or perhaps enlightenment in honor of their wisdom.

A bonfire for Leshy to both remind of his affinity for chaos and his ability to control it

I don’t think it’s out of kindness but a weird transitional thing. A lot of these rituals were either done in their honor or as a representation of their mercy and seeing it as a god would def feel a lot different than experiencing them in person. To partake and understand the community it builds outside of the god and to further speed up indoctrination

[dykedvonte]

Does the lamb care about their followers? In my mind not really…

Their followers are just that, theirs. In the lambs head they, subconsciously, associate their followers with a new flock to be apart of but they are also the shepherd. They care for them because that is all they have outside of the powers of godhood. It brings them pride when they are happy and they carry out the appropriate rituals when death occurs(they of course have strong feeling on death) but it’s certainly not out of a place of genuine care or compassion when they die.

It’s caretaking, plain and simple, but they are fond of it more so cause their followers are a representation of their growth as a god rather than a pledge of loyalty to them.

[sevicia]

It makes me upset to see people calling AI stupid or just straight up saying "fuck AI" (even though it's in an art context) because it's like... I know and understand that the hate is directed at how it's being used currently and that people maybe just don't care like I do about this but it's upsetting because that's WORK. Not in a monetary sense at all but what everyone knows as AI didn't just sprout from the ground one day, it's decades of dedication and learning and development and collaboration to make a tool with the intention of making life better regardless of any one individual's intentions and it just makes me sad that there's so much panic around it, both from the whole "being replaced" thing that comes from waaay way back and also the very real concerns regarding generative AI. Like I can't just go up to someone and say "hey, isn't this cool?!" and expect them to understand I'm talking about AI as a tool and a product of passion and collaboration over time rather than a quick easy fix for when you want to see yourself as an anime character without having to learn to respect art first. I don't knowww it just makes me so so sad that something so beautiful is viewed in such a negative and strange light because the entire world refuses to slow down for a single second

[slightlyrebelliouswriter23]

i am high (on benadryl) bored and in desperate need of bedrest content, give me your fav shows/books/films plssss *grabby hnds*

[xalatath]

Oh my god my vision for redeemed!Orin and redeemed durge!Veil is so beautiful I wish I could actually describe it to you

[melonisopod]

Actually “most annoying Tumblr celebrity” is whoever decided that the idea that one day minorities can wake up and not have to fight tooth and nail for the right to simply exist is some kind of indoctrination thing they dubbed “rapture culture” kill kill kill fucking die a thousand deaths go to Hell eat Satan’s crusty balls.

[thedivinecalamity]

Actually i never asked, did you read Iwaihime?

I actually have not yet! But it's on my to play list, along with Loopers since I recently discovered that game is on Steam. I'm currently playing Fata Morgana and have a huge backlog of vns to play but I could probably be persuaded to play it next.

Speaking of horror visual novels, have you ever read Death Mark and it's sequel NG? Both are really good games, with the second being even better. I highly recommend playing them. The Silent Hill F game that Ryukishi is working on will have monster designs by the person who did the designs in both of those games. Their monster designs are quite frankly amazing. However if you do plan on playing them, I recommend not looking up the designs and going in the games as blind as possible, the games aren't really scary per se but they do an amazing job slowly setting up the atmosphere before you encounter these ungodly creatures.

[thebleedingeffect]

In my heart of hearts I truly do just want to write a self insert that interacts with the main story that's it really

[merrysithmas]

please give me a run down of what bo katan has done because I watched a summary of her life and all but I need to know I need to know and you seem to know

just reblogged a couple posts for you on this!

[phant0ma]

dude one of my friends (who doesn't watch/read one piece at all) keeps sending me one piece reels on instagram bc whenever they see it they think of me. I'm sure their feed is full of one piece posts now and it's all bc of me 😭

Hyperfixation so bad people think of me when they see it

[schrodingers-hoarding-problem]

it’s so sad to see your friend sacrifice their own happiness cause their parents are assholes

[lastoneout]

I'm mostly going to be focusing on staying spiteful and hopeful today but since I've already seen a handful of posts that are like this I do wanna remind everyone that we are dealing with a major surge in radical feminist ideology in queer and progressive spaces, and while I won't fault anyone for venting, now more than ever it is important to familiarize yourself with what radical feminisim is(it is not just hating trans people or trans women it is SO much more and anyone who pretends otherwise is misinformed or intentionally lying) and why it's so dangerous and figure out how to talk about the way the alt-right is targeting young (mostly)white men without getting radfem-y about it.

Don't call them "males" don't act like men are born with misogyny built into their DNA do NOT fucking act like trans men are the enemy and don't spread hopeless bullshit about how men can never improve or will always hate women and thus are a lost cause and the only people we'll ever be safe around are women and queer men who abandon masculinity completely. In the coming years queer, intersex, marginalized, and even some cishet white men will be your allies, they are not a lost cause, they can be swayed to our side, and acting like it's impossible for men to change UPHOLDS the very system that is indoctrinating them right now, it does NOTHING to fight it.

Fr check this at the door now. Radical feminism is inherently racist, sexist, transphobic, intersexist, classist, monosexist, and white supremacist and it will NOT save us. I don't care if the person selling you on it is trans or queer or a person of color, radical feminisim is never truly inclusive and WILL NOT SAVE US. Gender and bio essentialism are the tools of the enemy, we do not need them. Abandon them now and purge them from your theory, community, and self.

Solidarity will save us. Radical feminism will only divide and destroy.