#shale is such an underrated character

[primarch-victus]

I'm doing a trilogy replay in honour of all the Veilguard news, and truly, TRULY, no one is doing it like Shale. Underrated ICON, the best character in these games, argue with the wall. This might be the funniest scene this series has ever given us and not a word uttered.

[catebees]

I'm taking a little break and I'll get back to the requests tomorrow, but since I've been getting a fair number of doubles (understandably), let me give you a quick rundown of main characters that haven't been asked for yet! In no particular order:

Vivienne

Josephine

Merill

Velanna

Sera

Sten

Sebastian

Solas?? can't believe nobody asked yet

Blackwall

Cole

Wynne

Shale

Justice

Oghren

Aveline

Taash

Harding

Lucanis

Most origin specific companions except for Shianni

Most minor DLC companions like Sketch, Finn, Tallis, Valta.....

Also Orsino and Meredith deserve a mention

-for the people whose choice is a background character who appeared in one scene and then died, I love you, keep sharing your underrated blorbos with me-

[yudol-skorbi]

it's summer which means i'm playing dragon age again but now finally with enough skill to share my obsession

[lepurcinus]

I start to do things with the most forgotten/underrated/Overlooked, wsd characters. (Because somehow it serves me to make assorted rabbits and besides, they deserve to be remembered).

I started with those of the tv series.

Here are Aspen, Shale, Felspar and Granite.

(If you want some character, feel free to ask for it.)

[captainlordauditor]

Dragon Age for the Blorbo meme?

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): Fenris! I hope he has a good day.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): Schmooples. SO Shaped. Need more of these lil guys.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): Blackwall, Merrill and Zevran. None of them get enough appreciation.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): Literally any of the origin companions in Origins, and Shale

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): there's so much Discourse in dragon age I don't know who counts.... I guess I'll go with Anora, since I found Vivienne's writing more frustrating than anything else

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): The player characters.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): Aveline.

[impossible-rat-babies]

dragon age for the blorbo meme!!

ahhh thank you reed <3

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most): dorian. mr. Pavus I think bout you <3

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped): sigrun! yeah she shows up in one dlc but gosh is she just. so shaped I love lil wlw I adore youuu

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave): hmmmmm iron bull? I’m gonna say him knowing the demographic of romancer in fandom. he is also blorbo number 2

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week): SHALE. what a gender. what about a fucks given? negative

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave): blackwall sndndndndm crusty lookin man I adore

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason): Flemeth <3 (derogatory)

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell): specifically (and I mean specifically) cullen da2 era

[transfenris-truther]

Ok, now need to know your DAO blorbos. If you’d like :)

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most) Zevran is so incredible. I imprinted on him immediately the first time I played and it's GENUINELY difficult for me to romance anyone else.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped) Is it wrong to say Sten? I feel like Sten would hate that I said Sten. All the same, he's perfect and I love him.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave) Shale. She's so much fun. I miss having companions who are straight up mean to me hahah

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week) The werewolf in the Brecillian forest named Gatekeeper. I think his name is hilarious, but I also love his devotion to the lady of the forest and especially his cute little werewolf bow.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave) Flemeth, she's such a bad parent but she's also such a cool character.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason) Arl Howe. He deserves nothing but violence but he's also voiced by Tim Curry, so I don't want him DEAD.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell) Oghren. He's just unfortunately a shitty guy and reminds me too much of IRL alcoholic jerks who think they're funny.

[opheliasbrokenmind]

goodbye kiss - alexander mahone

i can’t believe i’m posting this wooww i’m super excited!! short story, i’m watching prison break (i’ve just finished season 2) and i couldn’t help but notice how underrated agent mahone is.. i mean i had to write for him, also william fichtner is a great actor and he’s making me thirsty :) i hope i transferred his character through this little writing, i hope you enjoy reading and please let me know what you think. lana del rey’s ‘goodbye kiss’ cover, the movie ‘one day’ and some prompts inspired me to write this.

! to my peaky followers, i’ll tag ‘not peaky’ to my other works and even though how much i love this man, i’ll still write mostly for the shelbys. i love you xx

‘y/n, can you call me when you get this? It’s just... I need to speak to someone. Not someone. You.’ The familiar voice made your stomach ache, it’s been months since you’ve heard from each other. You couldn’t deny the fact that you missed him so badly, but it was he who wanted to end all of this. Something in his voice changed your heartbeat, something was terribly wrong because he’d never called you otherwise. 

He started acting strangely after he ended his marriage with Pam, it was the first time he called you after years. He said he wanted to see his best friend but you sensed that was something different. You didn’t question, you never did. You just wanted to be there for him all the time, unlike the others. When you were children, you’d never ask when he showed up with fresh cuts and bruises. That was what calmed him, being around you. 

Time took a lot of things from both of you, he lost his feelings and you lost nearly all of your loved ones. You decided to hold onto your memories, all the chances you’ve lost. He regretted the choices he made, how could he be so stupid... The years you’ve lost, the missing part of you in his life tortured him many nights. 

You sighed and dialled his number, afraid of the words that’d come out of his mouth. ‘Alex? Is everything alright?’ You heard his breath and you couldn’t help but close your eyes, still yearning for him. ‘Where are you?’ He asked quickly. 

‘At home. It’s four in the morning.’ He didn’t answer and hang on the phone, leaving you with a heart beating fastly inside your ribcage. After all the time, he was still able to make you these things. Like you were seventeen again, you smiled to yourself with the memories. The idea of him made your heart flutter when you were a teenager, now it caused you anxiety. 

You jumped slightly with the knock on your door, you weren’t expecting this. You thought it was one of those nights where he was almost drunk and wanted to check on you. But the man in front of you was completely sober. 

‘Can’t sleep?’ He asked as he stepped into your house, his beautiful blue eyes wondering on you. 

‘What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be out in a mission or something?’ 

He smiled a little, his lips parted slowly to answer, ‘It can wait, everything can wait. I wanted to be here, with you.’ You closed your eyes and massaged to your temples, wasn’t it too late for those words? ‘It’s been years, you know. Why now?’

‘Because I miss you, y/n.’ 

You knew he was telling the truth and maybe it was what hurt you the most in the end. ‘You’re awfully honest now, Alex. When we were kids you avoided telling me your feelings.’  You turned your head to the floor, not wanting to meet with his eyes. 

‘Don’t you think we’ve already lost a lot of time?’ This time you looked up at him only to see his eyes shining with tears. ‘I’m not the person I used to be.’ You whispered, the words hurting both of you. ‘Me neither.’ He sounded broken.

‘What if you end up hating me-’ He walked to you, ‘Don’t push me away... not me. Please, y/n.’ A tear rolled down your cheek but he was already there, wiping it away. ‘I can’t understand, why now?’ You asked as he embraced you in a hug, breaking your heart once again. ‘This life, this job... I’m afraid it’ll be the end of me and I don’t want to die knowing I never said it back. I love you, I love you so much that it scares me. Y-you don’t have to feel the same but I can’t get you out of my mind. No matter how hard I try, you are there.’

His hands reached up to your face and you leaned in, he was desperate for you. ‘Are you going to tell me what’s happening?’ You asked as he buried his face to your neck, it wasn’t easy at all for him. ‘I fucked up, I don’t know what to do. Everything’s falling apart and I’m just watching under the water... Help me.’ 

You held his hand and once you were on your bed, he rested his head on your lap, letting you take care of him. You took off his jacket and put it aside, loosening his tie and unbuttoning the first buttons of his shirt. A little pillbox was inside one of the jacket’s pockets and you noticed it, ‘How often do you use the little guys?’ 

‘Frequently. Why were you still awake tonight?’ 

‘I went on a date, didn’t turn out so well if you wonder.’ You smiled and he turned his head a little to watch your expression. ‘I heard you visited Cameron in the hospital, Pam was quite pissed off.’ 

‘He told me about how much he misses you. He also said his mother doesn’t want him to see you or me.’ He sighed, ‘I have to stay away from him if I want to keep him safe. There are people on my back and they’ll do everything to keep me under their control. I... made a mistake and Cam paid for it.’

‘Isn’t there anyone who can help you?’ 

‘I’m a dead man the second I speak, there’s no happy end this time.’ Your fingers found their way to his hair, ‘How did you involve to this? I thought everything was good.’

‘You remember Oscar Shales, the man who raped, tortured and killed a woman? I chased him for a long time and when I caught him, I couldn’t take him to the authorities. Instead of letting him get out of the prison a few decades later, I killed him and buried the body in my garden. That’s why I started to use drugs, his images haunted me everywhere. Those men knew what I did and they chose me as their toy soldier, I’ve taken so many lives and they’ll end me anyway.’

‘God, Alex... You never told me about this.’ You tried to react but there weren’t enough words for your emotions. 

‘What was I supposed to do? You told me you loved me and I left you all alone and then I married Pam even though I still had feelings for you. I didn’t want to use you anymore, I didn’t want you to feel guilty because of me.’

Your fingers combed his hair to the back, the tiny moves relaxed him a little. ‘What happened happened, but you’re here now. Is there anything I can do?’ The man shook his head slowly, ‘Nothing, I have to leave early in the morning. All I can ask for is tonight and I need it desperately, you’re the only one who thinks I’m not crazy.’ 

‘It’ll be okay, you’ll get through this and when it’s over, I’ll be here waiting for you.’ You whispered as he sat next to you on the bed, his eyes never leaving yours. ‘Do you think you can still love me? I’ve got blood on my hands, y/n.’ Your fingers caressed the soft skin of his cheek, ‘I hadn’t spent a day without thinking about you, I never stopped loving you.’ He closed his eyes with your words, they meant too much to him. 

His eyes locked with yours once again and he took the first step, moving closer to you. Your lips parted slightly without asking for your permission, you’ve wanted to kiss him so many times but this time was totally different that your whole body ached for him. The familiar smell of his cologne filled your nostrils and you breathed in him, your lips meeting each other finally. You let out a soft sigh and kissed him back passionately, his hands easily finding the fabric of your nightgown and pushing it up slowly. 

The air felt heavy to you as you tasted his lips, they were the softest ones you’ve ever got to kiss. Alex melted into the kiss, he’d never thought he’ll lose and find himself in someone’s arms. Your presence kept him sane, the warmth spreading from your body to his made him want to kiss you until the sunrise. There was something missing when you weren’t by his side, he felt lost. Now that you were with him, kissing him gently, he wanted time to stop right there. 

Even though you were already on each other, you wanted to be closer. It was a heartbreaking scene, anyone would tell the same. You both knew it was a goodbye kiss, you were too desperate for each other. A teardrop fell down your cheek again you couldn’t stop yourself this time, sobbing quietly as he broke the kiss. ‘I don’t want to lose you, please come back, come back to me.’ He left light kisses all over your face as you sobbed quietly, ‘If anything happens to me, please look after my son.’

You couldn’t come up with an answer so you closed your eyes, letting him shower you with kisses, his touch on your skin making your knees go weak. When you were finally asleep, he pulled you to himself in his sleep, the need of your presence never leaving him. In the morning you woke up alone, a piece of paper waiting to be read. 

‘I love you and I will always love you.’

[gaymingbinosaur]

For the ‘Give Me A Series’ question... I wanna know each Dragon Age game. If you haven’t played one, then just the ones you have. 😁🥰

I only played DA2 once and I’m waiting for a chance to get expansions before a replay. I also didn’t do the witch expansion because a weird timing of executive dysfunctiion and new hyper fixations.

DAO

Favorite Male: Alistair.  He’s a super kind and goofy knight. I’m weak.

Favorite Female: Wynne

Favorite pairing: Damn it I loved all the romances.  I would say ali x warden but I feel that’s too obvious.  Zevwarden. Underrated as hell.  

Least Favorite: Anora, she looks like the twin of my emotionally manipulative cousin. Like nothing against her writing just I can’t get over that fact.

Most like me: Alistair.  Like I’m pretty sure he has adhd.  He just acts too much like me and my brother that it’s hard to imagine him as nerotypical.  Also people think he’s stupid.  Even if there is evidence he’s not.  And if you have adhd people will see you as stupid,lazy or both. Also knows so much about warden history might be a hyperfixation. Sorry I put a lot of thought into this.

Most attractive:

Oh boy.  Like I feel as a bi asking what DA characters are the most attractive should be illegal.   Alistair for the men and Morrigan just pure looks for women.  Though if Lelianna was real, I probably would have a crush on her if we’re friends and Alistair same thing.

3 more characters I like:  

Shale, Dog, Ser Gillmore

DAA

Favorite male- Nathaniel is the most interesting of the bunch. Defintly with the cousland orgin

Favorite Female: Sigrun.  She’s the best.

Favorite pairing: I guess Nathaniel x Cousland.   My mind wasn’t on full shipping mode because I already had a romance I adore.  Maybe Sigrun x Nathaniel x sigrun is also an entertaining thought.  Like grump x sunshine is always nice. Also since my laptop won’t let me go back with out deleting.  Nate x Cousland, awesome potential with the histories.

Least favorite: Oghren I guess.  I feel bad dissing the guy because there’s stuff I like about him.  Like the backstory and how he’s still by the warden side even after the blight.  

Most attractive: Between Nate and Sigrun

More characters I like:  Anders, Oghren because I feel bad dissing him and Justice.  

DA2- sorry rusty memory

Favorite Male: Carver.Like yeah he’s can be kind of prickly, but he is the most realistic brother I’ve seen.

Favorite Female:  Isabelle

Favorite pairing: canon I guess fenris x Hawke since the only one I’ve done.  But I also like the idea of Isabelle x Merril x Hawke

Most like me:   Varric. Sarcastic best friend

Most attractive:  Isabelle and FemHawke

3 more characters I like: Dog, Aveline and the airoshock was neat.

DAI

Favorite Male character: Cullen- I relate to him alot

Favorite Female: Josephine.  She’s just so sweet.

Favorite pairing: Cullen x inquisitor, I wrote too many fanfics on those two

Least Favorite: Corephyus.  Not in a he’s evil, duh.  But really boring villian.  I heard there’s more in a DA2 expansion but I don’t have that.  And he’s just there.

Most like me: Cullen, we both seem to deal with tramau the same way.  Though Blackwall is a close second.  

Most attractive:  Everyone is not an answer I assume.  I guess Cullen.

More characters I like:  I’ll leave varric off because DA2.  And Lelianna for the same reason.  Cassandra, Mia, Cole

[wren-hawk]

Campaign 1, Episode 55

A  first time watch and live commentary three years too late.

tl;dr: Vax and Scanlan manage to not be digested, no one plummets to their death, Shale is old and awesome, and Grog fulfills his destiny.

Laura actually forgot her dice. Truly we are on the edge of total collapse. Awww, Travis being the good husband and going to find them/enabling her addiction. Remember this moment three years from now.

Travis is doing the ad read?? This is so wrong. Oh thank God, Sam is here just in time. Dodged a bullet. The bullet being actually hearing about the sponsor. 

I can shorten that recap for you Matt: Everything was great. Until it wasn’t. 

12, 13, and 13. Great initiative rolls guys. Really boding well for the night.

Oh god, is Umbrasyl trying to shit them out?! Oh no, he’s just going to puke them out and eat them again. Like a dog.

Scanlan as a snake is trying to go into a wound. There’s something really wrong with that and I just can’t put my finger on it. 

“Oh, did you want to chase after them?” Really Matt?! That’s a question?! “Eh, fare thee well comrades. We’ll meet again some sunny day.”

Air is queefing out of the slit opened in the dragon. Is this the origin story of Arsequeef?

“I would like to fist the wound.” Amazing. Matt’s face is a landscape of both hatred and giddiness at the same time. I feel like that is a common experience with DMs. Are you fisting or fingering though Sam? Get it right!

Travis’s Nat 1 failure on the chain of returning a turn ago might have saved his life.

Taliesin’s face when he remembers he lost Hex:

Vax is trapped in the wound. My visual is essentially a baby halfway through being birthed.

Well, Scanlan fists the wound once more creating a whole that he leaps through as Bigby’s hand catches him. My favorite thing right now about watching these old episodes is imagining what these scenes could look like animated some day. This whole episode has been a real visual so far.

Travis with his whole bro look this episode talking about his love for Harry Potter fills me with joy.

And now they’re plummeting out of the dragon. Sophie’s Choice for Scanlan. Sophie chooses Grog. 

HAHAHAHAHA Grog is smarter as the eagle. That’s amazing.

Good job Keyleth. Way to be on time to the party as she finally is able to gate stone to the party. Marisha is now debating about whether or not to take the fall damage as an earth elemental... Guys, I think we should have seen the Keyfish incident coming. 

Chris Perkins! I like that he’s playing an older woman, we don’t really get to see older characters in TTRPGs unless they’re a magic class )or a monk). Probably for obvious reasons as you probably don’t have a long lifespan as an adventurer.

Vax is still tiny. I still don’t understand what the reasoning was for that.

Matt is a liar and a bringer of death and he smiles at you while he does it.

Seriously Travis, you’ve got it at least half damaged, Chris Perkins is here judging you, saddle up chosen one.

Thank god for Pass Without a Trace. These are some low stealth rolls even with that +10.

Pretentious asshole Percy. Schmutz him up Vex!

Only men name their weapons. Testify Shale. Testify.

Shale whacks Vax. I love her. 

Vex bemoaning the lack of a plan. To be fair though Vex, your plans fall apart in 2 seconds anyway, so what’s the diff?

Old rocks, as old as Shale. None of those rocks (or magic) you learn in a hoity-toity tower that those damn millennials are so obsessed with.

“He’s a mad little one isn’t he?” Shale says as Vax runs into the invisible Umbrasyl.

Oof, a 20 and a 1 as Percy’s other gun breaks. Bad News broke earlier and Percy right now is kind of screwed.  

Oh god, acid bees! This is the worst!!!

“Oh shut up you flying suitcase.” Shale is my old cantankerous French grandma and I love her.

Second Vax/Vex screw up of the night. Sam plans to roll Vix as his next character; I hope Vix is an some sort of weird aunt to Vax and Vex that sells some weird merchandise that’s super eclectic and only 4 people in the world are interested in like fossilized faerie farts or something. Maybe that’s my first ever D&D character.

 Ah ha you stupid dragon, I hope you vomit your guts out due to Stinking Cloud farts.

Wow, Sam actually advocating for Trinket to get an attack. We’re in new territory here.

Nat 20 on Pike’s anal probe on the dragon! Spiritual Weapon is good too, but I’m so used to Jester’s chainsaw lollipop that a meathook just doesn’t measure up. Sorry Pike.

Faerie Fire! Yay Keyleth! Underrated spell.

Grog! 64 points with 1 round! Awesome!

Scanlan fingers the wound again. I have closed captioning up and I did originally read it as “anally jams the finger back into the wound” so there’s that.

“Have you ever had sex?” Super awkward pause. Let’s just let that hang for as long as possible.

Holy shit Percy, go to fucking town with this sword! 172 points of damage John Wu style! That’s hot. Even with the smoke. (Especially with the smoke?)

I love when everyone starts to sing along to the inspiration songs. Or in this case, chant the ‘who? who who who?’ for ‘who let the Grogs out?’

Ugh, eye stuff, eye stuff! This sucks!

Everyone is starting to look so tired. Kill this guy!

“Did you add Sneak Attack? Oh no, because nothing hit.” Way to rub salt in the wound Matt.

Just as everyone reminds Laura about Hunter’s Mark, it’s nice to see her reminding Travis about necrotic damage.

Yes!!! HDYWTDT!! And Laura’s reminders about necrotic damage pay off! Jesus, Travis is a poet with these finishing blows.

Good job recovering from that horrible position of last episode. 1 down, 3 to go!

[strangesmallbard]

Would you do Dragon Age for the fandom ask?

of course!!

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

i have a rotating cache of blorbos for dragon age. a blorbo of the week, if you will. (if i think about cassandra pentaghast the most because she's a hottie that's my business.) BUT i do think about my dragon age ocs the most. (for example: phera and anyar tabris, who are mine and a friend's twin tabris wardens.)

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

dog!

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

god, like. most of the women. here goes:

-SIGRUN and VELANNA -V I V I E N N E -anora mac tir -sera -dagna -wynne!! -merrill -shale, obviously

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

she's not obscure but if isabela shows up in da4 i will not up about it, guaranteed

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

i have tried to sincerely hate anders for ten years and it's never quite happened so. SURE. funky little wizard (who does wizard terrorism with the spirit living in his body)

wait i forgot meredith! yeah, meredith

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

[hawke voice] carver, definitely

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

solas. he'd probably have fun though

[sportsbypc]

THIS BEST STUFF I SAW THIS WEEK: Story behind 'GoldenEye 007' is one to read

Oral histories have become a fixture online and, I must admit, they are among my favorite pieces to read for all the behind-the-scenes insight they offer up on a particular subject.

This week, we got another good one: an oral history of the video game that changed everything, “GoldenEye 007.”

An outlet I admittedly had not heard of until this week, Mel Magazine, which is apparently a property of – wait for it – yes, Dollar Shave Club, compiled a must-read oral history of the classic Nintendo 64 game created by Rare in celebration of the 21st anniversary of its release.

The first-person shooter game that ushered the term “multi-player” into the lexicon was first envisioned as a 2-D vehicle similar to another Rare classic “Donkey Kong Country” before the creative teams pushed the boundaries of ingenuity and technology of the era to develop “GoldenEye 007.”

Upon its release, it became the must-have game on the platform and for middle schoolers all over the country like my friends and I who spent countless hours trying to best one another and be “Most Deadly.” I can still tell you the best way to navigate “The Facility,” where to grab body armor before your friends snag it and where to hide so you can pick up the most kills.

The game was also laced with “cheats” where you could unlock special characters, weapons, boards and much more.

In turn, the video game also made a relatively run-of-the-mill James Bond film, 1995's “GoldenEye” starring then-Bond Pierce Brosnan, into a cult classic and created a new generation of Bond movie enthusiasts that more than likely paved the way for the much-needed reboot of the franchise with the Daniel Craig instalments.

The oral history of “GoldenEye 007” reads like a cross between similar narratives like the Steve Jobs or Facebook histories that pushed the limits of technology to create something beautiful.

Oral histories aren't quite as innovative as what “GoldenEye 007” was in 1997 when it hit video game aisles, but, again, I love to read them for the insight into people's minds and to get a feel for both what people were dealing with through a particular ordeal and how they remember it now that time has passed.

Among my favorites in the oral history sector for reasons you can likely figure out on your own is a long but outstanding read in the 2011 book “Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN” compiled by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. The duo spoke in-depth with a plethora of personalities who were insturmental in ESPN's founding and rise and those on and off the screen who made sports on TV cable's most profitable business.

A film based on “Those Guys ...” has been in talks for years. According to Variety, there's currently a script being rewritten by “Halt and Catch Fire” co-creator Christopher C. Rogers with James Franco in negotiations to direct. We shall see what becomes of it this time around.

While we're on the subject, here are some more of my favorite oral histories from recent years floating around the internet:

Altered State Police: An Oral History of ‘Super Troopers’

The Amazing Oral History Of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

‘Dream, Try, Do Good’: The Oral History Of ‘Boy Meets World’

Hard to Kill (Oral history of how Gucci Mane became Gucci Mane

How the Web Was Won: An Oral History of the Internet

An Oral History of 'Jackass: The Movie'

An oral history of 'The League'

Oral History: From Green Day to Operation Ivy, a Look Back at Lookout Records

So Money: An oral history of Swingers

‘You Try Driving In Platforms’: How ‘Clueless’ Created The Style That Made It A Pop Culture Icon

We’re In This Together: An Oral History of Nine Inch Nails

For many more, check out this link at Thrillist.

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[dailycryptodrawings]

733: Shale Imp

The most underrated character in homesick, they were my rock in the first act.

STRIFE!!!