#he's such a hypocrite

[hoboblaidd]

i feel like someone Has to ask abt halamshiral, so if no one else has, i will <3

ask meme - inquisition locations

god thank you bc Halamshiral is so interesting (and contradictory) from a Solas perspective.

Halamshiral itself is not a place of good memories, for either the elves or Solas personally, and the latter, at least, is his own damn fault.

First, the most important part of its history is elven, yes, but as far as we know, it’s all after the fall of Elvhenan. The Ancient Age timeline is iffy at best, but the Long Walk is well after Solas put up the Veil. 

Second, Halamshiral ties directly into one of Solas’ shittiest moves in the lore (which is impressive, given his long list of shitty moves). Because of Celene’s massacre of the elves, and Briala’s uprising, Felassan sees that the Dragon Age’s elves are just as real and worthy of living as the ancient elves. Felassan’s choice to allow Briala to keep control of the eluvians and tell Solas to, respectfully, fuck off, gets Felassan killed. Just because he dared to say that these are their people, too.

So Solas not only lost one of, if not the, last remaining allies he had, he “lost” Felassan because his pride and anger got the better of him. This is the Solas who didn’t blink over destroying the Conclave and the world at the start of Inquisition. He didn’t really gain a semblance of humanity beyond Make Thedas Elvhenan Again until he was stuck with the Inquisition for a while.

And yet for all this historical and personal shitshow, and how truly awful it must be to walk in its memories in the Fade, when we bring Solas to the Winter Palace he is having a fucking ball. He is vibing. Not only is he drunk off his ass, which I love, but it’s like he’s really living for the first time in a while. This is the most we really see him as himself, or at least, the slightly more carefree self he must’ve been once. The Orlesian Game is stupid, but boy does he seem to enjoy it. 

It’s understandable why - his rebellion wasn’t just battles. That great lore piece with Fen’harel and the noble (“kill the other daughter”) reads far more as a rebellion of subterfuge rather than an actual fight. If Fen’harel could “walk in both worlds”, he was probably doing Lelianna-level intrigue at a bunch of evanuris and adjacent functions before the Dread Wolf rebellion overtly took off.

Solas at the Winter Palace is like he finally got a shot of adrenaline he didn’t realize he’d been missing. Like, say, an extrovert finally extroverting after being in lockdown during COVID lol. He forgot how damn fun this could be.

The Trespasser Winter Palace experience is entirely different, and I think a lot of that owes to how changed he is after he gets his power back. Whether it's the power itself, the regret over Mythal, or that he now has more regrets over his impending 'my world-ending explosion is gonna make Anders look like a saint' (or all of the above). Trespasser Solas is back to being the Dread Wolf, and he doesn't seem like he's had any fun in the intervening two years so. Not drunk this time.

[brightyearning]

just started season 2 of house of the dragon and sir criston makes no sense to me. like how are you gonna crash out at the thought of becoming rhaenyra's whore, but be totally cool w fucking the queen ?? like what happened to that honor you were so self righteous about sir? what of that sworn oath??

[reddragon-cowboy]

Spike at a flower shop. 🌹

Nosey Cashier: You don't seem like the type to be into plants and the like ?

Spike: ( places some roses on the counter ) Ha, that's hitting kinda close. There's not many things that actually suit my type.

Nosey Cashier: Ah, so are these for someone special ?

Spike: Mmm. . . ( taps his finger in thought ) . . . somethin like that. . .

Nosey Cashier: Yea, I figured so. ( they take his payment and count the amount ) People like you be coming in here every other day it seems.

Spike: People like me ?

Nosey Cashier: Ahahah no offense, of course, just there be many men who look rough around the edges who know very little about plants and flowers whatsoever. . .

Spike: Huh. . . you seem like the awfully observant one. ( he grabs the roses and prepares to step away )

Nosey Cashier: BUT ! They also go through great lengths to try to find the perfect one for their special someone. There's something kinda soft about those types who go out of their way like that, you think?

Spike: I'm not exactly the soft type.

Nosey Cashier: Yea, they say that too until they're with their partner or crush, no surprise there.

Spike: ( fights the urge to roll his eyes and turns away to hide his embarrassment as he walks away, roses in hand ) Man, I hate flowers.

[abisalli]

Jason but he wears this helmet 😼

[everwalldigan]

Bruce: *waking up in a hospital that he drove himself to after having a heart attack and telling absolutely nobody* hey…

The entirety of the batclan looking over him with Dick in the centre, an absolute terrifying grin on his face:

Dick: hello Bruce, nice evening isn’t it? Got something to share with us?

Edit: the fic is now out on ao3! https://archiveofourown.org/works/57780508

[time-woods]

tf isthis how you flirt ? ?

(part 6-7/?)

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[suddenly-frankenstein]

uhmhmhmmm just occasional thoughts about Daniel's interaction with Marius

[rolanslide]

Losing my fucking mind over this passage. you're telling me, after physically and emotionally torturing him, tricking him into building a doomsday device, emotionally manipulating him for YEARS, and ruining his relationship with his only remaining friend, this is what Ford counts as "crossing a line"? This is Fords breaking point? After everything? It's been over a decade since he's seen Stanley. He has no reason or intention to contact him. After all this time, he's still angry at him. And yet, Bill using his body, his voice, to tell Stanley that he hates him and never loved him is too much, too horrible even for Bill. THIS is what forces Ford to take action. AFTER EVERYTHING. Stanford Pines the man that you are. aa. aaaaaa

[choccy-milky]

MC doing what we all wished we could do (aka napping on the floor with ominis )😴💕

[spicyboelives]

I wanna redraw this and make it a sticker one day.

[archivewriter1ont]

I like to think this scene is the moment Crosshair decided they were keeping the reg (not Hunter -- Crosshair. Because he's the baby brother and he gets what he wants). Crosshair is highly skilled and extremely irritating at times but he values loyalty, competency, and valor, and I think he saw all three in Echo right off the bat.

Crosshair was kind of the one who stuck beside Echo and General Skywalker during this arc. (I would like to point out that he shot threats off of Mr. The-Chosen-One twice in these episodes, thus proving his cool factor and my belief that Anakin was always slightly overrated.) He got a front-row seat to watch this broken, malnourished POW get jerked straight out of cryo just to 1) goof off and snark to his captain and general, 2) jump on a living dragon thing and just wing it like "Sure I can fly this why not" and 3) start popping airborne droids with ZERO armor and a borrowed (stolen?) blaster.

Of course Crosshair looked at Echo, then to his brothers, then back to Echo and went "He's ours now, deal with it." Echo reminded him so much of himself and his squadmates that he imprinted on sight.

[skrunglebeasts]

ive seen complaints about laios not showing as much emotion as he should have on faligons reveal and i just know its because everyone was expecting him to be heartbroken

but its because that is not a heartbroken man. he legitimately thinks falin looks cool. that is the voice of an envious sibling looking at his sisters much cooler halloween costume and hes judging her for it being too much which is especially funny considering what happens later

[itty-bitty-sunshine]

Only allowed if he's in it

[oatmealdoodles]

“I want you to stay with me, because you want to. Only if you want to”

also a version with strings:

OG:

Everybody raving about the “I didn’t realize you think sow low of me” while I’m still obsessing abt this

edit: forgot to add the second ver. so adding it in now

[benevolenterrancy]

@princess-of-purple-prose your tag made me laugh ꉂ(ᵔ́▽ᵔ̀) who are you to try denying necromancy allegations, sqq??? obviously the effort to get along with the other protagonists is going great, keep up the good work!!

[fl00mie]

you get how much it means that ERROR makes a DRAWING of INK????