#c: miasma looking a lovable scamp

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womp womp

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at first sight

Here is the Room I Want to Fill with Birds: An Interview with Caitlin Bailey // Victoria Chang, The Islands, 1961 // Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic // Georges Bataille, Erotism: Death & Sensuality // Florence + The Machine, Third Eye // Florence + The Machine, Third Eye // Marie Howe, The Affliction // Victoria Chang, The Islands 1961 // Roland Barthes, A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments (trans. Richard Howard) // Emily Jungmin Yoon, Find Me as the Creature I Am // Kara van de Graaf, Spitting Image // Sharon Olds, The Father // Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova: Uncollected Poems and Fragments 1957-1966 // Emily Jungmin Yoon, Find Me as the Creature I Am // Traci Brimhall, Love Prodigal

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maraas [mˈaɹɑːz]: nothing, or alone.

Alejandra Pizarnik, Diarios // Yiyun Li, The Book of Goose // , Erin Slaughter, The Sorrow Festival // Richard Siken, Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out // Georges Bataille, Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927–1939 // Ocean Vuong, Prayer for the Newly Damned // Steven Sherrill, The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break

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and that's a wrap on the bit, thanks everyone, i'm normal now.

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hi everyone i wrote an alternate/bad ending to one of my fics because @lizenzkreuz told me about some cut content that was in the veilguard artbook and it made me insane.

:) haha merry christmas!

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😔

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00s rookcanis

it's literally just what it says

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Seven Deadly Sins

@lizenzkreuz asked me to do this for Maraas so !

LUST. desire for connection. pursuit of pleasure. emotional intelligence. obsessive. lovesick. one-night stands. seductive encounter. flirtatious conversation. erotic party. seductive attire. revealing clothing. passionate gaze. provocative makeup. sensual expressions. suggestive gestures. flirtatious smiles. lingerie. love letters. perfumes. provocative behavior. love poems. erotic art.

GLUTTONY. indulgence in experiences. savoring moments. hospitality. generosity. hedonism. culinary expertise. wine-tasting. excessive snacking. overloaded plates. excessive portions. bloated stomachs. messy eating. greasy fingers. full tables. indulgent spreads. overflowing cups. satisfied expressions. wine bottles. just can't get enough. fast food wrappers.

ENVY. motivation. competitive spirit. strategic planning. observational skills. bitter rivalry. contest. envious gossip. resentment-filled argument. social media jealousy. furrowed brows. clenched jaws. side-eye looks. pursed lips. tense posture. whispering behind backs. crossed arms. gossip magazines. keeping up with the joneses. the grass is always greener. feeling inadequate.

GREED. resourcefulness. entrepreneurial spirit. negotiation. materialistic. aggressive investment. lavish spending spree. resource-hoarding. get-rich-quick schemes. auction-bidding war. property acquisition. piles of money. overflowing wallets. luxury items. locked safes. penny-pinching. rare collectibles. selfishness. unwillingness to share.

SLOTH. calmness. stress management. nonchalance. relaxation techniques. lethargic. apathetic. inactive. lazy weekend. binge-watching marathon. neglected chores. skipped workout. long nap. lounging on the couch. missed deadlines. unkempt appearance. messy hair. pajamas. blankets. slippers. procrastination station. self-care routines.

PRIDE. confidence. self-assurance. self-respect. dignity. public speaking. self-promotion. arrogant. conceited. egotistical. self-important. vain. boastful speech. puffed chest. raised chin. smug smiles. spotlight. tooting your own horn. showing off. refusing to admit mistakes. feeling entitled. personal branding. leadership development.

WRATH. assertiveness. decisiveness. strength. intensity. boundary setting. courage. indignant. heated arguments. road rage incident. physical altercation. angry outburst. clenched fists. glaring eyes. tense muscles. raised voices. reddened faces. aggressive gestures. stormy demeanor. intense frowns. destructive actions. broken objects. punching bag. out for blood. fists. simmering anger.

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hi i drafted this one a little early and i'm too lazy to make another draft to post it when i meant to so enjoy

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Casts bouquet on you 🪻🍂🌱💐

🪻 What is the most painful injury your Rook has received? How has it affected them once it healed/scarred?

He has a nasty scar that goes from his left shoulder across his chest to his right hip. He has plenty of other scars, but that's the nastiest. He got it during a contract when he was a fledgling, it was not a dangerous contract. He was close to being fully fledged, maybe a little cocky and definitely a bit bored, and he got careless. The target he was following caught sight of him, and unbeknownst to Maraas a guard was sent to get rid of the little spy. He was caught unaware and a great sword nearly cleaved him in two, but he managed to get away, bloodied, slashed shoulder to hip, but surface level. Viago didn't let a mage heal him, making him sit and heal naturally, which left him with a giant scar, and I think he's always a bit slouched because of it. There's a tightness, and discomfort when he stretches too far back, he pushes through it and tries to keep himself limber and the skin around it as soft and well-maintained as he can, but it's definitely not the most comfortable thing, but it is also a reminder, a lesson learned. (I would say that one is the answer, least before like the post-game fics I've written. I think the back injuries and scars he got in one of my fics, despite being healed by a mage, are still going to give him some issues. Inflicting my own back woes on OCs has been a tradition.)

🍂 What was it like the first time Rook killed someone? How did they react afterwards?

I’m unsure if this scene will actually fit into the fic I’m writing- an actual version of this might but idk yet - it was after he became a fully fledged crow and he was tasked with killing a beresaad that was in Salle. The actual reaction in the moment was nothing. It was what he had been training for. It went as well as could be expected. When he got back and was a little quieter than usual a fellow recently fully fledged crow poked at him asking if he was going to cry over his kill. And he said not, but neither was he going to celebrate it. The death happened, it was clean, that’s all. A lot of his early contracts were linked to the Antaam and it ate at him. Killing the very same people he might have grown up with, that might have been childhood friends, that could be by blood family. He asked Viago for other targets after awhile, just to have a break, and Viago said no. Which is kind of ironically how the Antaam fuck up where Maraas met Varric only was a fuck up because he felt like he needed to prove himself not a coward, that he could take initiative.

🌱 Was Rook involved romantically with anyone before Veilguard? What was their partner like? How did the relationship end?

Romantically? No. Maraas hooked up with people (kind of. Clothes on other guy’s dick out, and then some real quick boot scootin boogie), but he was very much of the mindset he was content with his life. He didn't want a person. He was also I think more than a little self-hating and believed he could not have someone love him. There were layers to his loneliness growing up, and I think as an almost act of self-protection he never allowed himself the opportunity to get hurt or be with men like that. It was fine. He was fine with being alone forever, he isn't a tremendous romantic*. He was busy with Crow stuff™️ anyways.

💐 What is the relationship Rook has with their faction mentor? What was the moment they sent Rook away like?

Before I give an actual answer: I am currently posting a fanfiction that explores exactly this so if you want a longer form answer check it out. Now, to be a little more brief, Viago is like the first person who was kind to him**, Viago took him seriously, and raised him. Not a father but not a brother either. They aren’t friends, or friendly like that, but there is an odd affection between them. I have a whole cast of original House de Riva crowd and fledglings and kind of a character chart of relationships between them and Maraas was kind of the first fledgling Viago really had to put a lot of effort into and he overly identified a bit with some of Maraas struggles so he had a tender spot for him. Not that that changed anything, and not that Maraas necessarily was aware of that fact. Viago is a very efficient and highly effective Crow and a just ok human being.

ask me about my rook!

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Q's for rook! (Or Maraas?) (Parapharsing the q's as I'm on mobile)

21 - How/what does he sound like to you?

26 - Maraas is in charge of the grocery list; GO!

33 - What do fear demons look like to him?

42 - Regrets, regrets, regrets! Does he have any?

Feel free to answer as many or as little as you want!

maraas is just my rook's name!!

21. What does Rook’s voice sound like? One of the voice options available, or do they have a different accent/voicecast?

In game he's the medium masculine British voice option! In my head he's definitely got a softer Northern Antivan accent. So Maraas was raised in the capital of Par Vollen (Qunandar) until he was about 9-12 years old (my kingdom for BioWare to update the Keep's timeline. I believe Eight Little Talons occurred around 9:44 Dragon though, and thus probably closer to 9) and he was raised speaking solely Qunlat there. When he fled the Qun he landed in Northern Antiva where he crossed paths with Viago and through his Crow training learned Common/Antivan. I say all of this because for whatever reason lot/most of the Qunari NPCs have American accents, so despite him having lived in Antivan longer now than he had in Qunandar I still imagine he speaks both Common & Antivan with a slightly staccato/flat Antivan accent. It's not super pronounced, non-Antivans probably don't catch it as easily, but Viago does rag on his pretty bad pronunciations. (I will say the funniest option I considered when thinking about what he'd sound like was like a proper American-Eyetalian guido, but I couldn't take that seriously.)

26. Rook is in charge of the grocery list. What’s on it?

He really doesn't care about food, being raised by a poisoner kind of messes with your tastes and appetite. He would probably default to asking around what people wanted and getting that. If he really was pushed to pick something for himself it would be a short list of like simple butter cookies, a nice loaf of bread, a few ripe tomatoes, and maybe some eggs. They cover the basics.

33. What do fear demons look like to Rook?

I think that they probably resemble the Tamassran that raised him. (I have a few fics that talk about her and one that explores his specific fears tied to her!)

42. Something Rook regrets:

I think he regrets that he's not a better person. He is acutely aware of his own failings, and just how many there are. He regrets that he's barely literate, he regrets that he isn't patient enough, he regrets that he still misses Par Vollen some days, despite all he went through while he lived there. There are so many things he wishes he was better at, but largely he just regrets it took so long for his life to actually begin that he was so behind his peers, and feels like he never really caught up.

ask me about my rook (ask sheet one & two!)

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every day youtube decides to show me images that make me insane about my guys.

today's delight?