#tag: personal

[kirkwall-age]

exploring Origins Toolset (a gift that keeps on giving) and the V.A. directions for Arl Howe are FASCINATING. he has a secondary thought appended to every line of dialogue during the opening scene of Human Noble Origin -- and the insight into his psyche is somehow even more fucked-up than I thought

Bryce: I'm sorry pup; I didn't see you there. Howe, you remember my daughter? Howe: I see she's become a lovely young woman. Pleased to see you again, my dear.

Friendly, but hollow. "Here's the necessary exchange of pleasantries nobles must go through. I'm kind of preoccuppied with making sure your father is on track for my secret plan."

Cousland: Is your family here, Arl Howe? Howe: Oh no, I left them in Amaranthine, well away from the fighting in the south. They do send their best wishes.

Distracted. "I left them well out of harm's way. Though I don't want you to know harm is coming."

Howe: My son Thomas asked after you. Perhaps I should bring him with me next time.

Gauging the player's reaction. "My son wants to marry you. I don't approve, but mentioning it may get you to trust me."

Cousland (version 1): To what end? Howe: Ha! "To what end", she says! So glib, too. She's just like her mother when she talks like that.

Friendly, slightly menacing undertone. "You don't fool me, girl. You're playing dumb, but you're smarter than your reply suggests. I won't underestimate anyone in your family."

Cousland (version 2): ...Thomas is a few years younger than I am. Howe: As you get older, those years make less difference. A lesson often hard won.

Elsewhere. "It doesn't matter how old you are. You won't be getting any older."

THIS IS CRAZY. THIS IS A CRAZY THING TO SAY. OR THINK SECRETLY AS YOU'RE EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES

[breezypunk]

Well it's the last day of 2024, so I figured I'd do a little art vs. artist thingy. :3 I saw some others do it before and I thought doing it on the last day of the year would be cool, and I am really proud of myself with how far I've come and the new things I've learned, so here are just a few of my favorites, and I promise you wont see the gremlin in the middle again until next year ;p

Happy New Year!

[ariadneslament]

My designer coworker got bored and made this origami artwork for me 🩵☂️

[lenakluthor]

y’all remember that friend i was constantly complaining about? well, i finally realized she has always been manipulative af and treated me exactly like my mother would constantly. stood my ground. finally. she didn’t like that. so now i’m FREE

[sparrowlucero]

like the most politically neutered movie of all time unironically

[saszor]

Overview of some topics when it comes to drawing characters who are burn survivors.

DISCLAIMER. Please keep in mind that this is an introductory overview for drawing some burn scars and has a lot of generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. I'm calling this introductory because I hope to get people to actually do their own research before drawing disabled & visibly different characters rather than just making stuff up. Think of it as a starting point and take it with a grain of salt (especially if you have a very different art style from mine).

Talking about research and learning... don't make your burn survivor characters evil. Burn survivors are normal people and don't deserve to be constantly portrayed in such a way.

Consider supporting me on ko-fi if you find this to be helpful.

edit: apparently tum "queerest place on the internet" blr hates disabled people so much that this post got automatically filtered. cool!

second way more important edit: How are people seeing this post where I specifically talk about burn survivors being normal, real people, and still tag this as "TW body horror"? Not a single one of these drawings or pictures is a fresh injury. All of them are healed. How the hell would you feel if someone tagged a photo of you as "trigger warning: gore"?

Disabled people are not your fucking body horror. Grow up.

[evidently-endless]

i think we should remind musicians they can absolutely make up little stories for their songs btw. it doesn’t have to be about them at all. you can invent a guy and put him in situations to music. time honoured tradition in fact.

[secondbeatsongs]

somehow instead of saying "as a treat", I've started using the phrase "for morale", as if my body is a ship and its crew, and I (the captain) have to keep us in high spirits, lest we suffer a mutiny in the coming days.

and so I will eat this small block of fancy cheese, for morale. I will take a break and drink some tea, for morale. I will pick up that weird bug, for morale.

I'm not sure if it helps, but it does entertain me

[ptewie]

Okay, now that the hype has died down I just want to say that the general vibe of abject horror that Mr Foxington Tobias expressed about the simple fact that he had to make a song to act as a replacement for pepper steak is the realest thing I've ever seen. because like HOLY SHIT. how do you even BEGIN to approach that? i would have crashed out ngl. you want me to try to match up to pepper steak? pepper steak. pepper steak from OFF? you're insane. you might as well ask me to turn water into gold because you are asking me to do the impossible here. to capture pepper steak. pepper steak from off. the song pepper steak from OFF. what the fuck dude what the hell

i mean like, he fucking cooked regardless but you get what i mean

[johannesviii]

Repaired my fave jacket, got emotional, drew something about it

[kirkwall-age]

exploring the toolset further, and it also has dossiers for every character in-game. and i mean. Every. Character.

definite highlights for me personally:

Jowan (BTS):

hello??? Devs, creating Jowan: Cringe. Dripless. Negative rizz. 😔

Taking Loghain to Broken Circle was initially possible:

His nightmare was 12yo Cailan, and I would pay money to see that scene. 👀

King Endrin & Trian

Okay. Informative. Factual. But did you have to put it like that?

Arl Howe's initial first name:

yeah, I can't imagine why they changed THAT...

Whatever this is (found in ambient Dalish Origin files):

asdfsdf to you as well, bestie. gesundheit

Riordan's VO directions:

"women want me, darkspawn fear me." or something

And my FAVORITE by far:

"To be the best pest he can be"!!!! 🥺

I'm sorry, Mr. Rat! I'm sorry it was my tutorial quest to kill you! 😭

[breezypunk]

Holy crap this storm is hitting now! multiple tornado warnings and multiple have touched the ground in my area, I have NEVER seen clouds moving so fast in my life. The aspiring meteorologist in me is excited af, but it's also super freaky.

[ariadneslament]

In our office, the rule is that t-shirts are allowed every Thursday. So, I'm planning to wear my Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures t-shirt with high-waisted jeans to work tomorrow for the first time.

[lenakluthor]

me, literally yesterday: yeah so now my biggest problem is getting myself to start tasks and my therapist suggested maybe i talk to my psychiatrist about adderall

my mother, today: *holding up an overdue bill* this is what you need to talk to your therapist about! you procrastinate everything!

[dayundying]

The dark...er truth.