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In Memoriam of Stories Untold
Or, Musings on the Benefit of The Three Choices of Veilguard
(To make it clear, I know this whole affair is a place of high emotion and disappointment to many. I simply wish to present a different side. My side. Also I get wordy - which is nothing new, I know. Thank you to anyone who chooses to read my maudlin musings.)
This is Kethry Aeducan, not my Canon Warden, but still one of my Warden babies:
Kethry dealt with the Blight with the same straightforward practicality as she did with everything else: on point and with a certain amount of brusqueness. She lacked the subterfuge and ambition of her brother Bhelen, who took advantage in a way that changed the course of her life forever and catapulted her ultimately into the role of Hero of Ferelden and Paragon of her people. However, along the way she found friends she never would have encountered as a noble dwarf in Orzammar, most importantly among them the woman who became the love of her life: Leiliana.
After I finished her story in DAO & DAA, I spent a little time crafting their retirement. Kethry trained up another Grey Warden to replace her as Warden-Commander, and she and Leliana traveled Thedas with a leisure they could never have experienced during the Blight. They sought out the most ridiculous shoes they could for Leliana, and an equally silly collection of hair ribbons for Leliana to weave into Kethry's hair for their nightly ritual of conversation and relaxation while Leliana's fingers danced through her lover's hair. It wasn't an exciting life (aside from the occasional bear) but it was the perfect life for someone who know she would never have the pleasure of dying of old age in her lover's arms.
And then DA2 came out.
Suddenly their quiet life wasn't so quiet because apparently Leliana had been busy out on a search with Cassandra for Hawke. All right. I made adjustments and delayed their retirement a little bit longer, but assumed that at some point she and Kethry would still get their time together.
And then DAI came out, and Kethry basically lost Leliana to Divine Justinia. No retirement. No traveling together. No spending their time idling in camp while Leliana wove braids into Kethry's hair. Instead, Leliana had been the Left Hand of the Divine, the sinister hand, all along, squeezing in time with Kethry as best as she could but putting off their already shortened happily ever after by ten full years. So I mourned the loss of the world state I'd built them as I reconstructed it, moved ten years of their time into headcanon, and updated her world state in the Keep.
But it was not the story I had originally chosen for Kethry.
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This is Kamila Hawke, who is my Canon Hawke:
Kamila's life in Kirkwall broke them slowly over time. Torn between the need to provide for their family and their mother's lingering bitterness around Carver's death, Kamila tried their best to navigate the streets of Kirkwall while also trying to find their way from 'daughter' to 'son' but getting stuck in uncertainty somewhere along the way. Their friends did what they could, but by the time the Arishok had been dealt with and Meredith became a statue of angry red corruption on the flagstones of Kirkwall, the spark of anger which had driven Kamila for years finally sputtered and dimmed. They kept in contact with Varric the longest, but eventually even that trickle of messages stopped. One day Varric received Kamila's heavy sword from a traveling dwarf merchant, accompanied only by the short message: I'm sorry, Varric. Keep Bethany safe. Varric mourned the loss, comforted Bethany on the loss of her last sibling, and made sure that Hawke's story would never be forgotten in the only way he knew how.
And then DAI came out. Yes, I could have left Kamila's story well enough alone, but they were still my Canon Hawke, and I had a Canon world state I wanted to use. So, once again, I shifted a world state from 'canon' to 'headcanon', brought Kamila back from the Void, and gave them a new ending, one where they defiantly stood against a Nightmare to give someone else a chance to finish what they could not.
But it still wasn't the story I had chosen for them.
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This is Martin Trevelyan, my Canon Inquisitor, with the man he loves more than any other:
(art by xla-hainex)
This is, of course, years after the tumultuous events of the Inquisition. Martin and Dorian have settled into a comfortable relationship of loving understanding, Dorian of Martin's constant need to be on the move and Martin of Dorian's duties and responsibilities as a Magister and one of the leaders of a movement to improve the Imperium from within. But it is still a life full of love and nightly conversation, whether in person over a glass of wine or via a small device that hums with magic.
The experience with Kethry and Kamila (among other Wardens and Hawkes whose stories I had to change) have made me hesitant to imagine too many details for him, particularly knowing that the Inquisitor was more than likely going to show up in the next Dragon Age game. I felt bold imagining them as they are above, older and happy and enjoying life together, but it felt like a place they would come to, even if they did so later rather than sooner. Ever since they confirmed the Inquisitor would be in the new game and started giving more details, I have been bracing myself, wondering how I would have to change Martin's story and what I would lose.
And then came the whole '3 Choices' Debate. And...I'm happy.
Oh, Martin's story isn't out of the woods yet, of course. Dorian might be in Veilguard, after all, and Martin will be. Evil gods are stalking the North and shenanigans will, indeed, ensue, and right now I have no idea what, ultimately, will happen. But from what we have learned, with the narrow focus of what past decisions will be considered to appear in Veilguard, I feel that I can hope that, for once, I may be able to keep the story I chose for my Trevelyan.
And I admit, I appreciate that freedom. I know there are many who are mourning the loss of what could have been, but I, for once, am able to hope for what should be, and not worry that Martin's story will be untold.
#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#da4#veilguard#DA:TV#DA:V#my OCs#aeducan#hawke#trevelyan#the fandom is on fire#as per usual#fandom critical
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Everyone shut up and stop fighting for a second and look at my dog.
#personal#my mutuals are fighting#the fandom is on fire#and i am tired#have doggo#take a breath and look at her#imagine petting her and kissing her sweet face#she is very soft#and afraid of stairs#look at her#dogs#animals
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More medieval dyes for y'all!
#game of thrones#asoiaf#asoif/got#a song of ice and fire#house of the dragon#headcanon#fashion#hotd#asoiaf books#asoiaf fic#asoiaf fanfic#asoiaf fanart#asoiaf fandom#got fandom#got fic#got fanfiction#got fashion#got#game of thrones fanfiction#medieval dyes#medieval#natural dye#plant based#natural dyes#dyes
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you speak as if from a distant dream.
#art#artist#my art#digital art#hotd#alicent hightower#house of the dragon#rhaenicent#hotd fanart#house of the dragon fanart#syrax#rhaenicent fanart#alicent x rhaenyra#rhaenyra targaryen fanart#hotd art#hotd fandom#fire and blood#rhaenyra targaryen#dragon rider#dragon#artwork#wlw#sapphic#lesbian
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all of us right now:
#can we fire him#check comments to know what's happening#good omens#good omens 2#good omens 3#crowley#aziraphale#ineffable husbands#ineffable idiots#aziracrow#ineffable lovers#azicrow#azirowley#aziraphale x crowley#crowley x aziraphale#sheen and tennant#tennant and sheen#anthony j crowley#david and michael#michael and david#david tennant#michael sheen#ineffable fandom#ineffable boyfriends#ineffable wives#staged#staged 3#love the fandom not the creator#love good omens not ng
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how am I only just realising that when the prophecy of the seven was talking about "the oath to keep with a final breath" it wasn't talking about leo's promise to get calypso, but it was jason's promise to piper that he'll always keep her safe. he had his final breath keeping that promise brb I'm gonna cry a river
#the storm/fire parallels are INSANE#if you hear wailing in the distance then that's me btw#pjo#pjo fandom#percy jackson#pjo series#pjo hoo#pjo hoo toa#jason grace#annabeth chase#piper mclean#leo valdez#hazel levesque#frank zhang#the seven pjo
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more… mouthwashing…?
(more daisuke…🌺)
#something something fire fresh#Mouthwashing brainrot raaughh#I want to squeeze them between my molars#top tier indie horror#also#I love that the fandom has a designated ‘fuck jimmy’ tag you love to see it#cuz yeah#fuck jimmy#Mouthwashing#mouthwashing fanart#daisuke mouthwashing#anya mouthwashing#curly mouthwashing#captain curly#jimmy mouthwashing#hatsune miku#art#artists on tumblr#my art#please play/watch Mouthwashing
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The Prophecies Begin, or, The Streams Begin
Here’s the complete cover series, 1-6. Which one is your favorite?
#jermaclan#warriors#erin hunter warriors#jerma#jerma985#jermaposting#warrior cats#jerma fandom#jerma meme#jermacore#jerma fanart#warriors shitpost#warriors covers#warriors fanart#warriors meme#into the wild#fire and ice#forest of secrets#rising storm#a dangerous path#the darkest hour#the prophecies begin#the prophesies begin#Jermapaw#Jermastream#Jermastar
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Shout out to dysfunctional teenage friend groups from 80s movies, gotta be one of my favorite genders
#i need me some friends like that#the breakfast club#stand by me#the outsiders 1983#the outsiders#gordie lachance#chris chambers#teddy duchamp#allison reynolds#john bender#claire standish#andrew clark#ponyboy curtis#johnny cade#dally winston#dallas winston#sodapop curtis#two bit mathews#80s#80s movies#1980s#dead poets society#dead poets#dead poets fandom#dead poets society fandom#dps fandom#dps boys#dps#st elmo's fire#the brat pack
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i genuinely don't care how good a piece of ai generated art or writing looks on the surface. i don't care if it emulates brush strokes and metaphor in a way indistinguishable from those created by a person.
it is not the product of thoughtful creation. it offers no insights into the creator's life or viewpoint. it has no connection to a moment in time or a place or an attitude. it has no perspective. it has no value.
it's empty, it's hollow, and it exists only to generate clicks (and by extension, ad revenue.)
it's just another revolting symptom of the disease that is late stage capitalism, and it fucking sucks.
#''but i just want to use it to--'' don't care! it's shit! stop fucking feeding it!#if you need help generating ideas or jumping off points then join an artist or writer group online#talk to people#make connections#that's what art and writing is supposed to be about in the first place#i'm mad as hell etc.#so goddamn sick and tired of seeing ai shit get passed around on here#it's bad enough in general but every time i see more of it showing up#tagged as fan art or as fic#the angrier i get#heartfelt imperfection in art and writing will always ALWAYS be worth more than the most technically ''perfect'' ai generated image or text#fandom problems#ai generation algorithms die in a fire challenge 2k23#just a heads up that i'm muting this post and will no longer see responses to it#because i'm tired of seeing dogshit takes from jackasses who want to ''debate'' me#there's no debate you're in the wrong on literally every level and you can die mad about it
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happy lesbian visibility week to all of the lesbian wings of fire readers
#art#digital art#wings of fire#wingsoffire#nightwing#rainwing#seawing#darkstalker#wof art#wof fanart#wof fandom#wof moonwatcher#wof turtle#wof kinkajou#wof darkstalker#wof comic#id in alt text#lesbian visibility week
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panel re-re-redraw
#wings of fire#wof art#wof#wings of fire art#wof fanart#sandwing#wingsoffire#wingsoffire art#wings of fire blaze#panel redraw#ive redrawn this panel like 3 times now LOL#im not even in the wof fandom anymore but sigh.. tis be a tradition by this point#i will say wof dragons are so fun to draw whn theres no little bitch in ur ear saying it has to look like the canon design#wof artwork#minor blood#// blood#tw for blood#tw blood#wof headcanons#wof headcanon
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fire and blood is really the perfect text for the wiki warriors and i think thats why there are so many fans who act like theres no reason to care about any characters but died-in-childbirth blonde #3 or daeron the diva #16. like they don't want characters or interiority they want a bullet pointed list of things they can point at fed to them in an easily digestable way. not since the marauders fandom has a fan community so transparently used character names to project their ocs onto
#the fire and blood fandom is also like#entirely divorced from the asoiaf fandom atp#asoiaf#a song of ice and fire#fire and blood#fire and blood critical#i guess
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Dumb low effort meme that I somehow spent wayyy too long on lol
#art#artwork#digitalart#fanart#furryart#oc#wings of fire#wings of fire fanart#wof#wings of fire fandom#wings of fire artwork#wings of fire art#wof artwork#wof art#wof fanart#wof shitpost#wings of fire shitpost#shitpost#meme#wof memes#wings of fire memes#wings of fire comic#wof comic#sandwing#wof sandwing#wof qibli#winter wings of fire#thorn wings of fire#eye of onyx#darkness of dragons
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Jaehaera Targaryen and her baby Morghul 🐉
#jaehaera targaryen#queen jaehaera#morghul#house targaryen#house of the dragon#dance of the dragons#the world of ice and fire#asoiaf fandom#asoiaf fashion#asoiaf art#asoiaf fanart#asoiaf#asoiafwomen#a song of ice and fire#hotd art#hotd fanart#valyrianladies#valyrianscrolls#character art#character design
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Aelin: If I died-
Rowan, sharpening his knives: Death will not get you out of this relationship.
#they're my favorite#sarah j maas#throne of glass#the cadre#crown of midnight#the assassin’s blade#heir of fire#queen of shadows#empire of storms#tower of dawn#kingdom of ash#tog fandom#tog series#aelin galathynius#queen aelin#aelin fireheart#aelin ashryver galathynius#rowan x aelin#tog incorrect quotes#tog memes#throne of glass memes#sjm books#sjmaas#sjm#maasverse#incorrect quotes#celaena sardothien#aelin of the wildfire#rowaelin
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