#i looked it up bc i wasn't sure

[that-hawke-woman]

@geracht from here

She bites her tongue through the rest of his procedure, chastizing herself for interrupting something so delicate with her puerile chatter. To have anything slip was bad enough, but for it to be so childish and wan a remark? So much the worse. Of course, you can't do the things he does, you stupid girl.

Ana is, at best, a lucky shot with terrible timing and worse fortunes (aside from those explicitly material fortunes, in which case she is still getting used to those - thank you very much). Her companion, on the other hand, is an extremely powerful mage who seemingly performs miracles at will. She's witnessing one right now, in fact. True, his miracles aren't pretty, they aren't flowers and sweet drops, and may only amount to days for some. Those days, however, can be just as precious, if not more so, than any Word From on High.

Perhaps the true miracle, Ana thinks, as the hazy lazuline tendrils of Anders' magic vaporize into nothingness and he seems to sink back into his own body, is that this man lying on the table was able to receive any treatment at all. Yes, perhaps the true miracle isn't in Anders's magic at all, maybe it's his heart.

The thought brings a warm smile to her face as the patient leaves. She waves, knowing he won't see; he is too busy marveling at his own existence for vague pleasantries or to shower most deserved praise on his savior. No matter, Ana is only too happy to pick up the slack.

While Anders moves away to begin cleansing, Ana starts to pick things up. She doesn't clean, won't even try anymore. He's too particular about that and much better at it besides.

Hawke listens to him speak, extolling some virtue or another until she's not quite sure if he's trying to make her feel better (needless) or trying to make himself look worse (ridiculous). Either way, it's not working, because the fact remains: these miracles are not hers, the name whispered with reverence and gratitude in dark corners of forgotten streets is not "Hawke". No kind of body count, no matter if it were in the thousands or hundreds of thousands would change that.

"Trust me, Anders," Hawke starts, a wry smile lifting her lips, "any rooting I might do is best done from the sidelines and for someone with the skills. I stitched up a doll of Bethie's once; you do not want me stitching up anyone's skin." That poor doll, her poor sister. Ana hadn't meant to scar anyone, except maybe her own fingers with the needle, but alas.

"If it's a comparison you're after, however, all you need do is watch that man for a while," Hawke tosses a wad of bandages in a basket to be boiled and points in the direction the freely breathing man had disappeared in, "and you'll see you're right. It cannot compare at all."

Suddenly serious, Ana stops and makes sure that she has his eyes before continuing, "The people up there know my name, Anders, but that doesn't mean they need you any less. They like me, they don't need me." Hawke lets the words hang in the air before picking back up with a carefree shrug, "I'd rather have them know my name, frankly, if it keeps you from getting picked up. Hmm?"

[blaintism]

@gleesource 500 followers celebration day 4: tina cohen chang + her pop rock playlist

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[skunkes]

the thing abt the surgery is that yes I do get litle moments of being ecstatic it finally happened but also I just feel Normal now. like my base state for all my life up until last week was worry, horror, and panic when i'd occasionally remember the very unwanted thing my body was capable of, spiraling into what ifs on potential conflicts in my life and future... and now i just feel Not Stressed Out All the Time. Normal.

[coachbeards]

TED LASSO | 2x09 "beard after hours"

[virsancte]

trouble in.. paradise?

you may not want to be here my friend.

[zivvis]

barbie doll gore mod where you can do his hair and put him in situations. it's exactly the same mod

[wammypilled]

Mello and Misa on a one mofu open sleigh, the bimbo sleigh if you will

[chemicalarospec]

you've heard of: aroacespec "is this person flirting with me" confusion, now get ready for: Does this person think I'm flirting with them (and also are they flirting "back" with me) because I accidentally bumped into them a lot?

[solargeist]

The song “Little Fang” reminds me of your Watcher Grian so much. Watchers grooming and praising him and turning him away from his friends

this music video is literally so scary for no reason WAH

But you are right, this does remind me of the Watchers' attitudes a lot, and the song is catchy adghjk

(NOTE: in case anyone reads this ask and gets confused, the word "grooming" isn't always sexual, and surely isn't in this case, but i personally wouldn't use it regarding the AU, i'd rather say manipulation ? /nm ! just wanted to clarify)

[bitchthefuck1]

you know what, I actually will talk about this because it's bothering me. The issue with focussing so heavily on syd and carmy's potential for a romantic relationship isn't that there's something inherently unintellectual about romance or whatever, it's that a lot of people seem incapable of doing that without immediately flattening the story and ignoring or intentionally misreading any and all nuance for the sake of that romance. Every scene suddenly becomes about how it impacts their relationship, every analysis is done through a romantic lens, every frame or line of dialogue becomes about finding some easter egg or hint that "proves" these people should start dating. Their dynamic is absolutely a fundamental part of this show, but if you can only see it as a will-they-won't-they, you miss so much of what the story is actually trying to say with these two.

There are good versions of this story where their relationship is romantic and there are good versions of this story where it isn't, but as soon as you decide them being together is "the point," you lose the ability to actually judge the story for what it is, not what you want it to be.

[restinpeacesensei]

traditional style 💖

[suddencolds]

.~

[wereh0gz]

Sonic au where everything's the same except the werehog was feral during unleashed. Nothing else abt the plot changes bc at his core sonic is still himself BUT he's more Creature. Bigger, fluffier, can't talk, overall more animal-isms. Yeah

[echthr0s]

hey Siri at what point in Rogue Trader do I finally get to do real ass heretical shit

[seaofreverie]

Sketched them.

[florida3exclamationpoints]

A bird just flew into my window and died what the hell I'm gonna actually cry