#court’s navigation

[chvoswxtch]

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☾ bucky barnes

[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.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

forgot to specify on firearm possession when he posted that job ad

[yaralulu]

I feel like there’s a lot to be said about Azriel’s weird relationship with women because it ain’t normal.Like he has this pattern of falling for women that are unattainable,women he knows are unattainable,but that just makes him want them more.Specifically because them being unattainable eliminates the potential of ever being in a relationship with them which he can’t handle because he believes he’s unworthy of them.He also puts them on this weird pedestal where he sees them as divine and pure,and he thinks if he comes near them he’ll taint them with all his baggage which just continuously feeds into his self worth issues.

And despite these women already being unattainable azriel makes them even more unattainable by distancing himself from them,avoiding them,and just acting unbelievably weird around them.He essentially builds this huge bridge between him and these women so he can no longer just crush on them like a normal person,he can only obsess from afar.And because he’s distanced himself so much from these women,he ends up not even knowing who they really are and he’s literally obsessing over some idealized version of them.On top of all of this he’s got the “I’m not good enough/Im too dangerous” mindset but he’s got an obsessive personality so he ends up never moving on from the women he’s trying to push away.

So this combined with his hero complex and inferiority complex is just a recipe for disaster.

This probably has everything to do with his mommy issues and self worth issues but azriel being slightly off putting and weird is just a little fascinating to me.

[shouts-into-the-void]

The more I think about it, the more I really want to know how Tetsuji managed to keep the fact that the Ravens are a cult under wraps, considering that even Neil was having trouble functioning normally after only 2 weeks.

Like, it isn't even the physical abuse that causes the biggest problem. It's the 16 hour days, inability to do anything other than exy, social isolation, and the dictated nutrition and choices. They learn none of the skills that a typical young adult learns in college- cooking, cleaning, time management, money management, networking, etc. Not all of the Ravens can be rich enough that that sort of thing just doesn't matter. They basically get dropped into the world after college with no idea how to get a place to live, feed themselves, pay bills, or anything required of an adult and with no support network to help.

And including the physical abuse, all of these athletes suddenly have to have a miriade of health problems due to over-exercise, lack of sleep, violent playing styles, and I'm assuming physical abuse from Tetsuji and/or Riko.

All of these athletes are apparently signing with pro teams and there can't be that many that they only have one or two athletes a piece. We know from Lucas that the drastic change to their personalities is very noticiable to anyone who did know them and they're mentally unstable enough to off themselves after being forced to leave the campus, so how has no one noticed that all of the players that get signed from this one college team are barely functional, incredibly mentally unhealthy, and insanely violent?

[joogios]

As peeved off as I am that we never got to see Zeke’s teenage-adulhood commitent to workplace racism + discrimination in the form of his rise to power in Marley I do think it is a funny detail that the premise is about “freedom” and Eren’s out there manipulating his family’s memories and actions left right and centre Grisha Kruger Zeke’s own mother Dina etc etc etc and yet Zeke is (presumably) the only person exempt from this. Eren doesn’t know what his half-brother went through. Grisha once within the Walls doesn’t know what his first son went through. Dina turned into a mutilated murderous Smiling Titan doesn’t know the fate of her only child, the only one in the family to look like her. The viewer doesn’t know what the once main antagonist went through. Zeke is a character that keeps secrets and cannot/does not get close to anyone and yet the only “freedom” he can get is the retaining of his past and his own memories in a world where even those can be manipulated.

[lyssasdrafts]

𝜗𝜚 ✧ ACOTAR MASTERLIST ! 𓈒 ݁ ₊ ★

✫ 🌷 multi-character 𐙚

“sports players au” — bat boys (fluff)

“watching them fall for someone else” — bat boys + lucien (angst, unrequited love)

“in a world of boys, he’s a gentleman” — bat boys + lucien (fluff)

“texting after a fight” — bat boys + vanserras (smau)

𝜗𝜚 ★ series ༄ 🎀

“afterglow” — azriel smau series

“star-crossed” — rhysand smau series

✫ rhysand 𓈒 ݁ ₊ ✧

coming soon!

🦇 ★ cassian 𐙚

“formula one au” — cassian

౨ৎ 𓈒 ݁ ₊ ✧ azriel shadowsinger

“back to december” — azriel x reader (angst, second chance romance)

“pretty boy” — azriel x reader (fluff)

“enchanted” — azriel x reader (vanserra!reader, strangers to lovers)

“unrequited love” (part 2) — azriel x reader (angst, rejected mating bond)

𓈒 ݁ ₊ ✩ lucien vanserra 🎀

“stupid in love” — lucien x reader (fluff)

“we can’t be friends” — lucien x reader (angst, unrequited love)

[saintstennis]

MASTERLIST!

“Welcome to Wimbledon!”

nothing to see here yet!

I. ART DONALDSON

one shots.

mini series.

drabbles

II. TASHI DUNCAN

one shots.

drabbles.

III. PATRICK ZWIEG

one shots.

drabbles.

IV. ATP

one shots.

mini series.

drabbles.

icons: ꩜- fluff , ᥫ᭡ - smut, ꕤ - angst, ♡ - personal fav.

[chirp-a-chirp]

Turn that frown upside down Guy and MAYBE your face will match your emotions…*

*Also, this will be my face trying to smile while navigating awkward Thanksgiving conversations

[kevinsdsy]

USC TROJANS HEADCANONS

part 1 & part 2

2024 olympics opening ceremony in france featuring the foxes

shawn anderson’s scar

nabil mahmoud & antonio “tony” jones

shawn anderson / derrick allen / derek thompson

shane reed & kevin day

[adolin]

💀 I'm in a very small fandom and mod an invite-only discord server for it. I invited someone in only to find out they are super pro AI and I wanna stab myself for not finding that out first. Now we got someone sharing AI images and talking about how it's sooooooo great that we have AI to make good stories now. To make matters worse, us mods can't just kick them bc we're all also on tumblr and the line is too blurry and they haven't done or said anything that overtly breaks the rules (yet). I just wanna tear my own teeth out bc it's my own damn fault and we're all suffering for it.

The hate is for the AI fuckbitch AND myself because I had a feeling in my gut about them and I didn't listen. FUCK.

SENDING U HUGS IF U WANT THEM. small groups when the vibes go OFF are a disaster :/

[chvoswxtch]

criminal minds masterlist

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[bornforastorm]

dan fielding has integrity! dan fielding has legal morals! dan fielding has a boyfriend who will calm him down by spritzing him with water like he was a badly behaved cat!

[lowquailityphotos]

Don't know how it goes in the rest of the world, but in my country student leadership positions (council or clubs in general) always goes to the rude popular cliquey kids who just help their friends get into those positions to and everyone I know hates it.

That's literally the inner circle.

Sorry but gross.

[v3lv3tf0x]

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10 bucks says travis shows up at the masquerade