thinking about the ending of dragon age 2 as a mage hawke who sided with the mages
at the end of the fifth blight, the warden defeats the archdemon and saves ferelden. they are paraded through denerim to the sounds of cheering crowds. if they don't survive, their memory lives on in a tale of great heroism and sacrifice for years to come. the inquisitor celebrates at skyhold with the rest of their companions after they beat corypheus, the threat finally ended, the inquisition a success.
but not hawke. you can fight with everything you have to support the mages, but there is no grand fanfare when it is over. the villain succumbs to corruption and dies unceremoniously - you don’t even get the satisfaction of striking the killing blow. you can’t get a round at the hanged man to celebrate. it’s time to go. you and your friends can never sit around your table at the hanged man again. you can’t be seen here when the templars come to clean up the mess. nothing will be the same. you have given seven years of your life trying to hold kirkwall together, accepted your accolades and played the part of champion, and you watch it fall apart anyway. and how much of that is your fault? this city has been stained in your blood since before you could remember, since before the blood was your own.
you lost your sister when you lost your first home. even so, you tried to live by the advice you gave fenris - when you stop running, you build a life. the estate that you clawed your family back into stands looming and empty. it is the last place you saw your mother alive, and you still can't bear to touch her things, and you will never even see her room again. bodahn and sandal are making preparations to leave for orlais, orana will find other work with the skills she's learned, and the house will remain, a hollow testament to your family's legacy. gamlen will hear only the stories. your brother fought by your side when it mattered, despite everything. even so, he will stay behind, and you might never see him again.
no, there is no time for a celebration. instead you get a cautious acknowledgement from the templars, a tense goodbye, and then you can never go home again. for the second time. you thought you could build a life, and you tried. you held on as long as you could, you made friends, you fell in love, you clung to the last vestiges of your family, but most of them will be forced to leave your side anyway. you won, but even that wasn't enough.
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After the crushing disappointment from Mindy Kaling's Velma, the desis have once again won with Ballister Boldheart <3
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full color Milo Rosil art :D
(he's an oc. please send me asks about him, or Norelle, or Astera, or Lillian, or Ryuna, or mayhaps even Torrin)
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Grievous⁉️⁉️⁉️ Whaaaaat⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️
(Art trade with @alenchikova :3)
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In like a Lion and Out like a Lamb - a farewell to March 2024
The fruits and vegetables are a representation of what's in season in March, at least in California
(more vintage art)
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My Sun and Moon Boys <3🌙☀
[Characters are Aiden and Kale, from my book in production, Stargazing. DO NOT SHIP THEM, THEY ARE BROTHERS!!!]
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My splatoon ocs Chair and Kale taking a cuddle hour on the couch! i dont think this will be by any means a permanent look for their apartment together, but i wanted to try something new 0u0! I asked one of my friends to pick an oc without context to draw with Kale (that was the context) and they picked Chair so they get to have gay hours together
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it's the day before the next session and I'm suddenly realizing have no idea how my players are going to survive this encounter
npc: "we won't let you go any further bc you'll almost certainly die to the ship-destroying sea serpent past here"
party: "nah we're immortal"
npc (and me): "......"
the level 5 party, getting into a tiny rowboat and arming themselves with Waterwalk: "we can do anything, it'll be fineeee"
the pissed-off gargantuan CR 18 sea serpent: "................"
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