#its more-so a representation of ME laughing uncontrollably while making this set

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911: Lone Star | Carlos "I Don't Avoid" Reyes

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The team reacts to a Qunari Inquisitor who loves sugar. Like they would legit just live off tea and Orlesian cakes if allowed.

I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but every mention of tiny Orlesian cakes makes me idealise them beyond reason. Send me your tiny cake recipes.

I hope you enjoy, anon! This was cute to write. (A couple swears inside.)

Solas:

The cakes are a delight he takes advantage of eagerly, though he tries to hide his interest. Poorly. The Inquisitor picks up on it quickly, however, and soon he finds sets of frosted cakes left on his desk.

He, of course, returns the favour. Somehow the shared weakness for sweets evolves into a playful battle of finding the most unusual, interesting, sometimes poorly considered flavour combinations.

They never say a word out loud to each other, but the half hidden smiles speak volumes.

They never find a tea he enjoys, however.

Cullen:

The Commander is intrigued, firstly. The life of a Templar is hardly one of overwhelming luxury, and sugary things rarely fall into his path so often. He eats with them once or twice, until he becomes aware that they eat the treats for near every meal.

It’s amusing, in a way. He’s not passed Qunari often in his life, and they tend to be louder, brasher. Not ones to sip tea in their quarters with so much honey stirred in he can feel his own teeth rot just by its presence.

He’s unwilling to press into their personal wishes too far, but perhaps he does have real meals sent up to them now and again.

Iron Bull:

The Iron Bull likes his food spicy, salty, savoury- though that doesn’t stop him from appreciating the sweet things in life now and again. Still, he doesn’t understand how the Inquisitor does it- they’re a Qunari too, after all.

One of those damn little cakes fills him up about as much as a mouthful of air. And they have them for lunch, with nothing better than a teacup about the size of his fucking fingernail.

At least some of it is more substantial- he’s eaten a whole crostata to himself a couple times, and there’s no way he can resist those little fried dough-balls filled with chocolate. 

Still, he’s gotta worry about them.

Dorian:

He indulges them with a begrudging air, though the smile that curls on his lips speaks far differently. Occasionally, when he desires someone to speak to or the Inquisitor themselves craves his presence, he’ll have a hot drink waiting for them.

Something rich and sweet and velvety for the pair as they work or talk or simply read in each other’s presence.

He even has a larger, more Qunari-sized mug acquired so they don’t go through quite so many refills.

“I am such a good friend, aren’t I?”

Josephine:

Everyone’s favourite diplomat has many connections into many different worlds. Some she is loathe to use- this one? She delights in.

She imports them from Val Royeaux at first, though their staleness quickly displeases her. Despite the Inquisitor’s insistence they are not that obsessed with sweets, she imports a baker instead. A personal patisserie.

They eat better than a king, with any curiosity or desire indulged immediately. She sends sweet, thick chocolatey drinks to their rooms when they come back from missions exhausted, sipping with them and letting them relax and sleep underneath her watchful eye.

There’s something cathartic about keeping up the maintenance of a sugar-run Herald.

Varric:

He calls them Sugar Plum, and delights in the confused looks they get when he uses the nickname.

Varric’s got his own indulgences, got his own weird looks for what he takes pleasure in because it doesn’t match up with the stereotype of Dwarves. Sure, sure, he’s not going to be out there blatantly encouraging a total diet of sugar - he remembers finding Hawke deep in a vicious sugar crash, so no repeats there, thanks - but of course he buys them gifts.

Little things he gets from the kitchens to keep them going after hard days, herbal mixes from merchants that wouldn’t have displayed the goods till a week later, fresh honey and handsome pots to hold confectioneries.

He eats with them gladly, though the sweet scene isn’t entirely his thing. He’s a good shoulder to cry on. Or to dust loose icing sugar. Or both.

Leliana:

She does so love her little bites of Orlais, even if the sweet is tainted bitter now and again. Memories are cruel things often for the Spymaster.

The Inquisitor and her have often poured over books and papers, maps and plans with platters of sweet morsels by the side. An unspoken rule that on long nights they would have some sugar-laden fuel.

It is a… Surprise, one day, when they call her to the kitchens. Distractions, she plans on telling them, are unneeded, unwanted. Damage to the cause and to the Inquisitor’s image themselves-

Her high, uncontrollable, sweet giggle when she sees them with furrowed brows and a face covered in flour feels almost new for how long it has gone unused. They spend the rest of the day baking, and she feels like a young girl with a friend, a girl who could smile and laugh and joke like any other.

Blackwall: 

The cakes are ridiculous, tiny even in his own hands. He has no idea what they’re for- a mouthful at best, covered in too-sweet icing and silly designs like butterflies and flowers.

He has a fascination with watching the Qunari’s tea breaks. Their hands are large, larger than his own, yet their grip doesn’t so much as crack a frosted petal. They even eat them in two bites, tentatively breaking a piece in their mouth and clearly strongly appreciates the flavours.

Blackwall invites himself along to their little tea parties. Ridiculous though they are, he figures if he eats enough of the cakes they’ll fill him up a little. The Inquisitor always seems slightly unnerved by his eyes flitting up to watch them eat consistently.

They don’t admit it, enjoying the company. Blackwall doesn’t admit it, because… He might find it the slightest bit endearing.

Vivienne: 

If Vivienne did not like trends, she changed them. And if they happened to be deeply set, deeply fawned over, like frilly tiny cakes, she learned to make them appealing to her.

She oft invites the Inquisitor to her room in Skyhold, sweets and cakes and piping hot tea. Her recipes and chosen flavours are exquisite, deep and with a flair for the dramatic. Their designs are elegant, eye-catching and precise. Their tea sweetened with honey and hers kept bitter and sharp with lemon.

She finds the image of the Qunari holding the cakes and teacups so delicately horrendously charming, and the way the shadows around their eyes and weight upon their shoulders appears to ease afterwards soothes her as well.

It’s a break for them both.

Cassandra: 

Her nose wrinkles up into a disapproving expression, a physical representation of a condescending tut. Often while she’s training, the Inquisitor will take a seat close, sipping hot fresh tea and nibbling at prettily iced little cakes.

She truly believes they do it to irritate her.

Even though, logically, it’s because the sun heats the wall they rest against and it’s often the warmest spot in Skyhold, and they spend more time sunbathing than anything.

Still, why would they taunt her with the smell of fresh cakes and tea when she should be busy correcting herself? She insists it’s simply fresh air and movement exacerbating her hunger when her stomach rumbles. She is certain she catches them smirking now and again.

Cole: 

Soft, sweet, filled inside even sweeter. It flakes in your hand, the flour frost on top not breaking because you are too hard but because that’s what it does. It bleeds jam onto your fingertip, but it is the opposite of death, denies it, deep and delicious and you suck the last from beneath your fingernail. The baker, brilliant, smiling, sweet, she hands you the hamper of home without judgement.

It smells, tastes, touches, like a home.

Cole understands. He likes the apple dumplings, long pale fingers picking at the casing and nibbling at the firm pastry until there’s a big enough hole. Then his fingers scoop out the cinnamon-y, tart, sweet filling.

He leaves a trail of empty dumplings like breadcrumbs for weeks.

Sera: 

Cookies are back in now. Occasionally.

She likes sugar anyway- the sweet things, but not the fancy things. Orlesian cakes aren’t good for much of anything, ‘cept throwing them at people and watching the icing splat.

She likes the Inquisitor too, so she buys them stuff sometimes, and eats with them others. Her snorting, maniacal laugh is especially fantastic when they eat little pastry wraps filled with jam, because it always ends up dribbling down Quizzy’s chin or on their nose.

She not only allows the habit, but encourages it.

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IPHONE 11 PRO REVIEW: MAJOR BATTERY AND CAMERA IMPROVEMENT OVER PREVIOUS APPLE PHONES

Consistently in September, Apple presents its New iPhones, and consistently, a high level of Android devotees laugh at what they consider to be an obsolete tech.

This year is maybe much simpler to do as such, as the iPhone 11 Series of telephones have kept the 2017 iPhone X plan language for a third straight year, and the two most striking new equipment augmentations a wide-point camera and a bigger, almost 4000 mAh battery–are highlights that Android fans expect on even spending sub-$300 telephones.

Yet, simply taking a gander at equipment parts in a vacuum is an extremist method for assessing a Smartphone, a do-it-all PC that has turned out to be imperative in our every day lives.

Thus while Android handsets, given the unquestionably progressively focused and ferocious scene, is continually going to be offer all the more bleeding edge tech–we as of now have a 5G-prepared foldable Android with six cameras, for instance the iPhone experience is more than the entirety of its equipment parts.

(I really tried the bigger iPhone 11 Pro Max model, yet other than screen and battery estimates, the 11 Pro Max is indistinguishable from the littler 11 Pro, so for straightforwardness, I'll allude to the telephone as 11 Pro all through the audit with the exception of when discussing battery execution)

Equipment: old structure, however solid and refined

For the primary half decade of iPhone's presence, Apple gave the iPhone a plan redesign at regular intervals. That, evidently, is no more, as the iPhone 11 Proline keeps a three-year-old plan, the second successive three-year equipment cycle in iPhone history (iPhones 6, 6S, and 7 kept a similar structure, as well).

I need to concede, as an Android aficionado who sees energizing new structure factors at regular intervals, this three-year-old iPhone X plan language is beginning to feel stale. The iPhone 11 Pro has just a single promptly recognizable equipment change over a year ago's telephone: that square-molded camera module. Nearly everything else, from the size of the indent to the presentation goals, is actually equivalent to previously.

In any case, there's no denying the iPhone 11 Pro is all around built. The 11 Pro keeps the tempered steel outline from the iPhone X, and it is discernibly more strong than aluminum railings on most Android telephones. Apple says its glass back is likewise strengthened to be most grounded available, a case I can't vouch as I haven't dropped the telephone, however, I do feel that the glass feels increasingly thick.

The Vivo Nex 3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10, with their slimmer bezels, bended screens, and absence of a monster indent are better looking telephones as I would like to think, yet the iPhone 11 Pro plan, with adjusted corners and no screen ebb and flow is simpler to utilize, simpler to deal with and ought to be marginally increasingly strong.

Cameras: triple focal point done right

Apple is late to the wide-edge camera game–I've been addressing about the supportiveness of the point of convergence since 2016–anyway clearly, Apple has done it right. On various other wide-edge camera commitments, for instance, on Huawei's P30 Pro or Oppo's Reno, pictures caught by the wide-edge focal point contrast uncontrollably from principle sensor photographs in shading science and dynamic range. This is because of the wide-point focal point as a rule utilizing a second rate sensor (Note: Huawei may have fixed this issue with the Mate 30 Pro, however I haven't got the opportunity to test it yet).

On the iPhone 11 Pro, the wide-edge focal point produces pictures that are for the most part steady with the fundamental camera, yet additionally fax long range focal point, in shading science and dynamic range. This degree of progression between focal points require additional exertion from phonemakers, and Apple having increasingly absolute authority over its equipment and programming structure likely improved the situation.

Three shots caught with every one of the iPhone 11 Pro's three focal points. The consistency in lighting, shading science and presentation over each of the three pictures are noteworthy and once in a while found in Android gadgets.

Discussing coherence, Apple has additionally adjusted its camera programming to permit increasingly consistent exchanging between the three focal points when shooting recordings. In the event that I pivot the on-screen zoom dial moderate enough, I can get a generally liquid zoom from the wide-edge focal point (generally 13mm identical) right to the fax's lossless 2X zoom (56mm proportionate). On most other Android telephones, a similar activity brings about a brief instant respite when the camera switch focal points.

This is finished device nerd nitpicking incidentally, as most of cell phone clients won't see or even care about a minor hiccup during video zooming. In any case, it's seemingly insignificant details like this that demonstrate Apple's regard for subtleties.

Concerning generally picture quality? Superb. The principle the camera is truly fit, with the telephone's new A13 Bionic chip making a radiant showing of always examining scenes to decide the correct parity. When all is said in done, I think the iPhone camera is the most sham evidence camera, in that you can simply simple to use and anticipate a decent, usable photograph.

Other telephone cameras, similar to the framework in the Huawei's P30 Pro or Samsung's Note 10, have higher roofs for clients who expertise to shoot and change settings, however they additionally have lower floors, as Samsung's sensors have moderate screen speed that frequently show moving people as a haze, and Huawei's cameras, for all its zoom and low light wizardry, at some point flubs the nuts and bolts like picture adjustment and keeping characteristic skin tones.

The iPhone 11 Pro, similar to the iPhone X or XS, reliably leaves me with quality shots. Apple's Live Photos include, which is a short video cut that happens when the photograph, further helps, as I can pick a particular edge from the video to supplant as the primary still picture if need.

One shortcoming of the iPhone cameras in years past was low-light execution, because of other telephone marks just having all the more dominant equipment (bigger sensors) and increasingly computerized fraud (night mode). Apple has for the most part gotten up to speed here, as well, with an improved principle sensor and presenting its own night mode.

 Much the same as the night mode that Huawei initially presented in March of 2018, Apple's night mode rapidly catches a progression of pictures in progression some underexposed some overexposed–and after that the A13 Bionic chip pulls data from every one of the pictures and fastens them together for one better lit, better adjusted photograph.As the samples below show, the 11 Pro’s night mode does a good job of adding enough light to a dark scene, while keeping the overall mood of the scene. The first set of night mode samples below was taken in a dark alley after hours.

The iPhone 11 Pro's the picture is preferable adjusted over the Note 10's

In the above example, Note 10's night mode-created shot looks similarly on a par with the iPhone's, however, zoom nearer and I could see that Samsung's sensors overexposed the lights inside the structure, Apple's shot is the predominant picture.

In complete pitch dark conditions, as in the example beneath, the iPhone 11 Pro's night mode can do some incredible things and is a colossal bounce from a year ago's XS, however Huawei's P30 Pro still delivered a much more keen picture.

Low light examples

The iPhone 11 Pro camera is an exceptional update over a year ago's XS in extraordinary lowlight conditions, however Huawei's P30 Pro still successes just barely with a more honed picture generally speaking.

Two territories of the camera experience iPhones have consistently exceeded expectations in are bokeh representation pictures and video recording, and the iPhone 11 Pro keeps the lead in the previous and pushes the lead considerably more with the last mentioned.

The 11 Pro catches regular pictures with fantastic edge discovery, free of all the beautification over-handling that infections Chinese and South Korean telephones (that is essentially all different telephones, coincidentally). In the interim, the 11 Pro's video recording has made a major jump over a year ago's as of now fantastic XS, with improved adjustment and cameras that reliably locate the correct equalization.

In the video test underneath took shots during the evening intentionally on the grounds that low light recordings are altogether progressively hard to do well–the iPhone 11 Pro's clasp is perceptibly smoother and preferable adjusted over similar clasps shot with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Vivo Nex 3. The last two telephones totally victory the brilliant lights originating from the exercise center over the road, and there is an unmistakable absence of OIS with the Nex 3's camera.

Programming: Apple idiosyncrasies and determination brings inventiveness yet additionally disappointments

One of the real motivations to pick Apple over Android is auspicious programming refreshes. Apple's iPhone 11 Pro sends with iOS 13–the just-discharged Apple programming and an update is coming in two days. In the interim, on the off chance that you purchase a freshest Samsung, LG or Oppo telephone today, despite everything they'll be running Android 9 when Android 10 is out.

iOS 13, which I canvassed top to bottom here, is a for the most part iterative update that refines Apple's portable OS. New includes that I find exceptionally helpful incorporates swipe composing (you type by running your finger through the console as opposed to tapping) and "dim mode" (the framework UI receives for the most part dark or dim hues), yet these are highlights a decent Android skin, for example, OnePlus' OxygenOS or Xiaomi's EMUI, have offered for a considerable length of time.

iOS 13

iOS 13 screen captures, indicating "dim mode" interface (left); a progressively powerful photograph display (center); and swiping console (right).

Despite everything i'm disappointed by Apple's difficult programming rules, for example, compelling us to put applications in a top-down, left-to-right network (Android telephones offer free home screen frameworks: I can put applications anyplace on the homescreen); video recording settings, for example, a goals and edge rate are as yet covered inside the fundamental settings page rather than in the camera application; and Apple's graceless notices (my iPhones urges me to pursue Apple Pay or purchase more iCloud stockpiling ever couple of days with a red notice symbol bubble)

Eventually, despite everything I favor Android's unending customization, however I should yield that at whatever point I utilize an iPhone I do locate the consistent idea of the Apple biological system exceptionally helpful. AirDrop, which permits quick and simple moving of documents between Apple gadgets, is profoundly valuable, and there isn't an Android proportionate yet, however Oppo, Xiaomi and Vivo are attempting to construct one.

I additionally love that, in the event that one of my Apple gadgets has effectively associated with WiFI, at that point my next Apple gadget can interface without expecting to type in the secret phrase once more. Additionally, Safari auto-filling monotonous data, for example, my location or record secret phrase by filtering my face still dazzles me on the 200th time.

At that point there's the astounding Apple Watch–which just works with iPhones–and all these other little Apple things like having the option to utilize an iPhone as a remote control for Apple TV, and I thoroughly comprehend why there are gigantic lumps of the world who love utilizing iPhones.

Thicker body, greater battery, more continuance

Another significant issue I had with utilizing iPhones in the past was that, with an end goal to pursue slimness, practically all iPhones in the past had disappointing battery life. I'm a substantial client, so no iPhones from 2007 to 2017 could last me a whole day. I would consistently need to discover a divider attachment or haul out my versatile battery pack when utilizing an iPhone.

Apple fixed that with a year ago's iPhone XS Max, which definitely improved battery life to the point that the telephone could nearly go a whole day for me. I'm glad to report that the 11 Pro Max takes another jump forward. During my seven day stretch of survey, I have completed 12-hour days with almost 25% battery life left which is phenomenal.

Thicker however better

The 11 Pro Max is 8.1mm thick, 4mm thicker than a year ago's iPhone XS Max

Apple's promoting group clarifies the improved battery life by ascribing it to a progressively productive processor, and keeping in mind that that is no uncertainty halfway obvious, actually battery life has additionally improved basically in light of the fact that Apple has packed a bigger battery inside the gadgets.

The 11 Pro Max is thicker than past iPhones, and the mass is because of the bigger battery. Apple won't reveal battery size, yet some tech nerds have effectively dismantled the new iPhones and found that the 11 Pro Max has a close to 4000 mAh cell inside, which is a tremendous bounce from earlier years.

 I think I represent everybody: we will take a somewhat thicker telephone on the off chance that it implies we don't need to stress over battery life. I haven't tried the Standard 11 Pro, yet I'm hearing that telephone's battery should last throughout the day, as well.

Different bits of iPhone 11

I haven't discussed the iPhone 11 Pro's screen yet, however it's superb. The OLED boards are sourced from Samsung, yet Apple calibrates the showcase itself and in run of the mill Apple style, it's about parity. The 11 Pro screens aren't as punchy as, state, Samsung's own Note 10 screens, however proficient picture takers and visual fashioners as a rule incline toward the more consistent with life shading temperature of iPhone's OLED screens.

Apple additionally made the screens more brilliant this year, and it's HDR 10-agreeable. On the whole, there's not a thing to gripe about with the new iPhone screens. Notwithstanding, I do think the iPhone indent, which I approved of in 2017, presently feels terribly enormous, in light of the fact that I've been ruined by totally continuous presentations of Oppo, OnePlus and Vivo telephones.

I comprehend the indent is important until further notice for Face ID, however I believe that I'd penance Face ID for a scoreless iPhone on the off chance that I can. Dependable bits of gossip say Apple is dealing with an in-show unique mark peruser, so maybe one year from now's iPhones will have a little score.

Refined, Excellent, if not earth-shattering

In a time of foldable telephones, 120Hz presentations and 5G-prepared telephones, it's difficult to take a gander at the iPhone 11 Pro and state it's a pivotal discharge. Be that as it may, what Apple has done is address the past shortcomings of iPhones (crummy battery life and absence of camera central length flexibility), and the final product is a refined item that has no glaring blemish.

It's additionally difficult to state the New iPhones are decent esteem when Xiaomi and Oppo are siphoning out truly elevated quality handsets at under $400. In any case, the individuals who are put resources into Apple's biological system likely can save them money, and in many created nations the iPhones can be obtained with substantial bearer sponsorships, so I think the typical $1,100-in addition to asking cost isn't a dealbreaker.

Faithful iPhone clients will completely feel a noteworthy overhaul on the off chance that they change to the 11 Pro Max, and truly, I realize Android fans who were not intrigued by the iPhone before will even now laugh at the iPhone 11 Pro, however, once more, I imagine that is foolhardy.

The fact of the matter is a biological system that works by it's very own way of thinking, and having the option to pick or for my the situation, routinely switch–between them is a benefit tech lovers underestimate.

As prosaic and eyeroll-instigating as it is when Apple executives and fans state the iPhone "just works," there is truth to this. The iPhone 11 Pro's cameras is the camera I'd prescribe to anybody paying little respect to aptitude level; and Apple's application biological the system is the most complete for easygoing clients.