#crystal grace

[daybyday-artwork]

Commission for @mancalawizard! <3

[midorisudachi]

“The Inquisitor And Her Commander”

As some of you may have noticed, I am a huge fan of the Dragon Age games, especially Dragon Age Inquisition. Last year, I had planned on drawing all the main [playable] characters up until Dragon Age Day (which took place on December 4th), but I just didn’t have time to draw more than three characters (the Inquisitor, Solas, & Varric…please check them out in my gallery) due to being busy with work and other things. I’ll eventually draw the other characters when I gather more motivation to do so.

For now, please enjoy this piece. I hope everybody likes this. I worked very hard on this artwork. It took longer than usual to create, due to all the small details, the poses, & the armour. (Armour is not easy to draw for me!) For those of you who are DAI fans, you may recognize the flowers: Crystal Grace on the bottom and Andraste’s Grace on the top. I know Andraste’s Grace is not in DAI, but I thought it would be pretty to add to the artwork (since it technically exists in the Thedas world).

 My OC Inquisitor is named Bryony Trevelyan. She is actually my 2nd Inquisitor character, the first one having been an elf (which I may draw someday). I had been playing DAI for the 3rd time, a few months ago, as a male character (since I wanted him to be in a romance with Dorian, so yes, my male Inquisitor is gay), but I stopped for a bit since I am playing Skyrim at the moment (with updates & mods). Anyway, back on the main subject: I drew Inquisitor Bryony Trevelyan in the Armor of the Dragon Hunter outfit (from the Jaws of Hakkon DLC), which I had altered the colours by tinting it with Veil Quartz. I based her crown from concept art for DAI. So much armour in the game! Which I love, especially since the DA games don’t give female characters the stereotypical skimpy outfits…I love that I get to make my female characters wear bad-ass armour.

Cullen Rutherford is such an adorable and slightly awkward character around my Inquisitor. I knew I had to romance him right away, because his looks are the type of man I am attracted to in real life. (I’m not going to lie…in the game, he’s hot for a video game character. Ha ha!) I’ve always enjoyed the flirting in the DA games when it comes to the relationships. The best scene was right before their first kiss, when Cullen got interrupted by a member of the Inquisition, and then got mad about it. Ha ha. I liked when my Inquisitor asked Cullen, “The day you kissed me on the battlements…how long had you wanted to do that?” And Cullen replied (with a laugh), “Longer that I should admit.” Awwwww.

I also liked the part in the Winter Palace, when all these people were flirting with Cullen, and one asked him, “Are you married, Commander?” And Cullen replied, “Not yet, but I am…already taken.” Double awwww, because a loyal man is so dreamy. :3 I actually had Bryony & Cullen get married in the last DLC. :3 They adopt a Mabari (dog), too!

I love DAI too much. :D It’s such a fun game with the most gorgeous graphics (especially on the Xbox Series X).

Drawn with Sakura Pigma Micron pens, then coloured in with a mixture of Copic Markers & Ohuhu Markers. I used Koi Watercolours for the background. White accents done with both a gel pen and white watercolour. Gold acrylic was used for the Inquisition Symbol & the lines, which the scanner absolutely murders...the gold is such a pretty, shimmery metallic in real life. The light green around my art was done in Photoshop Elements.

Dragon Age Inquisition © Bioware & Electronic Arts

Fan artwork © Jacqueline E. McNeese

[johnnykitten]

Crystal Grace

[that-girl-glader]

Just because YOU don't like a piece of media because YOU think it's cringe and poorly written doesn't mean others don't like it. And just because YOU like a piece of media doesn't mean everyone likes it. You get? Great, now keep that in mind and stop shitting on media and people who enjoy that media AND HOW PEOPLE CHOOSE TO ENJOY THOSE MEDIAS. This goes with ships and characters too btw!!

[skylie-spiderlillis]

Don't get me wrong, I love painland because they're the land of pain payneland dearly & I'm currently writing *multiple* fics about them.

But if I hear one more person saying shit about Crystal and saying she was gross for what she had with Charles I'll fucking scream.

[dragonageconfessions]

CONFESSION:

Crystal Grace was my favorite herb in DAI. I just found it to be pretty and I always wished we could have had one node of it in our garden at Skyhold.

[lgbtqreads]

Happy (Upcoming) Trans Day of Visibility 2024!

March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility, and we’re celebrating as we do by highlighting a whole bunch of wonderful trans books! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts.  Books to Read Now Middle Grade Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser “To put it simply, Harris Baumgartner was late to school on the first day of the seventh grade because something he saw in the abandoned lot at the…

[2not0in0love7]

Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, Romeo

[fictional-gods-tournament]

Prelims

Fandom: Doctor Who

Character's info under the cut

Kronos (wiki)

Domain: Time (+5 dimensional)

Propaganda:

He is the most fearsome Chronovore, transcendent beings that eat timelines

Maestro (wiki)

Domain: Music

Propaganda:

They are the child of the Celestial Toymaker and a member of the Pantheon of Discord Non-Binary evil god of music played by a drag queen that appeared on Broadway musicals, what else can you ask for?

The Black Guardian (wiki)

Domains: Chaos and Darkness throughout the multiverse

Propaganda:

He is part of the Six-Fold God, a 6th of a pillar that sustains all of creation

The White Guardian (wiki)

Domains: Order and Light throughout the multiverse

Propaganda:

He is part of the Six-Fold God, a 6th of a pillar that sustains all of creation

The Celestial Toymaker / The Crystal Guardian (wiki)

Domain: Illusions throughout the multiverse

Propaganda:

He is part of the Six-Fold God, a 6th of a pillar that sustains all of creation

The Doctor (wiki)

Domain: Time

Propaganda:

Many characters refer to The Doctor (and Time Lords in general) as gods, and in particular the Face of Boe referred to him as The Lonely God. Some cultures/families worshiped him as a god, including a Roman family who made a shrine of him for their house

The Grace (wiki)

Domain: Outside Time and Space, creators of the Guardians of Time

Propaganda:

Outside of the multiverse and very powerful

The Quantum Archangel (wiki)

Domain: The Multiverse, 11th Dimension, and Quantum Physics

Propaganda:

She was a human that attained an artifact that supported the very structure of reality itself

The Carnival Queen (wiki)

Domain: Magic

Propaganda:

The universe was designed not to have magic, but when she got summoned, magic was back change the universe however she desired

The Six-Fold God (wiki)

Domain: Guardian of the multiverse

Propaganda:

They are the combination of the 6 Guardians of Time that maintain the multiverse

[bebemoon]

holiday outfit: "nye times square yeti babe" | requested by anonymous

alexander mcqueen asymmetrical cowl-neck fur coat, a/w 1999

grace gui "farmer's" handmade knit mohair top/mini dress

gnasty crystal airpod case/bag

saint laurent over-the-knee velvet feather heeled boots

gcds "bite" choker in silver

[moonstonecanyon]

(August 2024.)

Can't Take It Anymore

Also, Aftermath:

[shaylogic]

Crystal & Charles as Foils to Each Other

I see a lot of stuff neglecting Crystal entirely or mis-characterizing her in the fandom, so I wanted to share some points from my fanfic notes on this. . .

[pwoarks]

★ ! seraphine icons · psd by @dewinniepsd and action by @harupsds 'ㅅ' like and reblog if save. don't claim as yours

[gladyssite]

Crystal Collection Stuff Pack

[wolveragrace]

"Does it pain you?"

[444m777]

29 things I love about Michael: Day 5

Finding out he collected rocks and opals (gemstones). My heart skipped several beats. You have no idea how much my soul sang knowing he did something I was and still am interested in doing which is collecting gemstones (and using them). It was like a weird little spidey sense tingling moment watching this interview and hearing him say that. And I love that he did it together with his brother Randy🥰

That’s what sparked the idea for picking crystals, rocks and stones that match his outfits. How I pick the crystals is mostly intuitive. I go through my crystal books/decks and let my finger land wherever or whatever card comes out when shuffling.

The latest one is Rhyolite

You can view the growing MJ crystal series here: pink halite, amber, onyx, moonstone

It’s Michael’s birthday month and so I’m sharing every day something I love about him. Feel free to join in or use the tag #29thingsMJ I’d love to read what you love about him