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I have been in the solavellan fandom for...A While. (do not count the years, i beg) and everyone has their tropes and themes re: wolves/halla and hunter/prey and the New Herald being worshiped/the Old God nearly forgotten, and tbh I like bits and pieces of all of them, but like...
For me, the most compelling story is that Lavellan is just Some Guy (gn).
They meet Solas and accept that he is like them. He's an elf. One of The People. You are like me. I am like you. We are The Same People. And because of that, I will protect you with whatever power the humans around us have given me, because I know this is not the safest place for either of us.
And it just fucking... gets him, right? Because that's his whole deal. The world is broken because the people aren't People. He's not like them. They're not like him.
I just love the idea that this impossibly old, incredibly powerful sort-of-god, trips into a hole and nearly throws his entire game away because a regular person (albeit one who was thrust into extraordinary circumstances) decided to be kind. Offered him protection and friendship. Asked him to tell them stories. Grieved with him when he lost one of his oldest friends.
He could not deny that they were a person, because they treated him like a person.
I love how ordinary that is. How simple. How devastating.
'You're real, and it means everyone could be real. It changes everything, but it can't.'
#Solavellan#solas x lavellan#dragon age#like it's such 'in another life i think i'd have really loved doing laundry and taxes with you' vibes#like to live an extraordinarily long and devastatingly bloody and ultimately lonely life#and then be offered love simply and honestly with no strings or caveats from a person who genuinely just...likes being with you?#RIP buddy i think I'd have gone a bit feral myself#I think this is probably why I am still foaming at the mouth over them a decade later#i have never wanted 2 people to Catch a Fucking Break so badly in my LIFE#let them have their life with laundry and taxes ;_;
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I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who saidââTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.â
OZYMANDIAS, PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
#nothing beside remains round the decay of that colossal wreck boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away#another crazed post i think makes sense#rhaenyra targaryen#rhaenyratargaryenedit#hotdedit#house of the dragon#houseofthedragonedit#my creations*#hotd spoilers#emma d'arcy
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unlikely friend.
#hi guys#feel like i havenât posted in a while sowwy#make them besties#so much potential#jay is so lonely and it would be so good if his only friend in dr is arrokore#ninjago#kunsho#kunshoart#lego ninjago#ninjago dragons rising#ninjago jay#ninjago skybound#ninjago arrakore#ninjago nadakhan
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Target no.1 lured into a false sense of security
Lone Survivor Michelangelo belongs to @phykoha <3
Had fun drawing the sad old man interacting with Dai... I mean look at them
#tmnt#teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt#art#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#crossover#tmnt crossover#i was very excited to draw lone survivor mikey...#sketch#tmnt comic#comic#fanart#lone survivor au fanart#paper scales au#little dragons au
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Sometimes found family is a group of people going âfuck it, we might be all gay and traumatized, but letâs be gay and traumatized together.â And honestly, thatâs beautiful.
#found family#found family things#sing#sing 2#911verse#911 lone star#the legend of vox machina#avatar the last airbender#avatar the legend of korra#puss in boots#puss in boots the last wish#beyblade metal fury#the dragon prince#the owl house#amphibia#percy jackson#magnus chase#carter kane#marvel#dc#steven universe#batfam#supernatural#fandom#fandom things#spiderman atsv#spiderman itsv#nimona#heartstopper
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Bit of a weird question, but what is your overall least favorite thing about MLP? ďżź
Sparity.
#magicalgrimm#ask me#thereâs a later season episode (post spike getting wings) that Tulli and I could not finish because it was so awful#where rarityâs feeling lonely without spike whoâs grown up and moved on from his crush on her#so she gets extremely clingy and manipulatey to get this. teenage boy to pay attention and worship her again#and rarity gets visibly jealous of spike spending time with another teenage dragon girl#itâs extremely extremely creepy. by FAR rarityâs absolute worst rock bottom moment#actual textbook groomer behavior#and even worse the episode kinda shits on rarijack where rarity tried to replace spike with applejack in helping her#but aj fails and fucks things up and isnât right for the job. so the episode implies spike is a better match with rarity than applejack#itâs just all sorts of wrong eugh.#sparity just sucks so bad I canât believe a good chunk of bronies still ship them or consider them a viable ship#Iâm fine with spike having a kid crush on rarity it happens with kids#but the more the writers just kept teasing and toying and baiting it. overstayed its welcome#especially because they have no chemistry. spike doesnât have a reason for liking rarity other than âhot woman in her mid-20sâ
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I literally cannot stop thinking about the way solas literally ENVELOPS lavellan every time he kisses her, that man is HUNGRY
#the desperation??? coming from being lonely and untrustworthy for so long??#its as if in those moments he forgets he is the dread wolf and just pretends to be a normal man#im unWELL#im goijg to throw up if i see this in veilguard#like LEGIT img onna scream#dragon age#solas#dai#solavellan
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it's funny to me looking back on all the post s4 people just so confused by stella's existence. like i understand the doylist and/or capitalist urge to question the sudden animal sidekick but there is also not a SINGLE reality in which a lonely and depressed teenage girl who lives on her own in the wilderness for two years DOESN'T adopt an animal. especially THIS lonely depressed teenage girl like she is such an animal mother it's disgusting
#rayla. out here proving that women can be badass warriors and loving mothers#rayla#tdp rayla#stella#tdp stella#cuddlefam#tdp#the dragon prince#continuethesaga#giveusthesaga#the creators literally said âshe was lonelyâ#like i know stella has had minor plot relevant thus far#but honestly i don't even know if they planned on creating her i think they just felt bad for rayla đ
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To the âthemes I am picking up on in Veilguardâ list, let's go ahead and add what I have a sneaking suspicion will actually turn out to be The theme:
â the world has changed and can never be as it was again.
â I have been changed and can never be who I was again.
â in this simple unavoidable truth there is endless grief and endless hope.
And I⌠may be getting a bit emotional about it haha. Let me show my work a bit:Â
if da:o is a game about people who are already dead or half ghosts in some form (through societal forces, psychologically, functionally, literally, in body, through the joining etc.) coming together anyway to save the world from being swallowed by total nihilism and despair (symbolized by the blight) through the power of love and friendship and also this sword/potential heroic sacrifice that I found, da2 is a game about people who have lost their homes and been set adrift finding and building new homes in each other (while completely failing to save the world. also through the power of love and friendship. as well as years of petty bickering <3 we must imagine kirkwall if not happy then worth having been because the love was there the love was there and that's the only sanctifying force we can ever have in this doomed world and city of ours), and da:i is a game about old stabilizing-but-unjust comfortable lies vs. disruptive but potentially liberating uncomfortable truths, and the power of friendship to help us distinguish the one from the other and navigate through them...
folks⌠I'm starting to think that veilguard might be a game specifically about moving towards recovery and acceptance after trauma â about how even in this flawed, severed, scarred state, what is here right now is worth loving and worth caring for. even in an imperfect and impermanent world and self, there is worth and joy. and of course the first real tragedy â and threat â of Solas is that he just cannot find it in himself to accept this and move on, to let go of what was, the regret wonât let him go or he wonât let go of it. which means that even though on the surface itâs Elgarânan and Ghilanânain (and the will to subjugate and violate they represent) who are the main villains, the real antagonistic force in this story beneath that is the Dread Wolfâs despair. A despair Rook must make an answer to by the end of the game, one way or another, compassionately or with righteous fury, triumphant or pyrrhic.
The world will change again and again and so will you â BUT the crucial element is that so will everyone else who exists along with you, you are fundamentally not alone in this existential truth. all weâll ever have is each other and my god that is plenty, my god that is enough!!! Which is the second thing Solas just canât accept, he keeps himself separate and completely alone out of an awful mix of fear and pride and feeling himself unworthy of anything else. Rook and the player want to save the world of Thedas because itâs where everyone we love lives, Solas wants to go back to the past because thatâs the only neighbourhood where he can still visit those he loved â and the person he himself was, before. A very sympathetic and human instinct/trap to fall into when touched by trauma, I think, if only it wasnât backed by godlike power, a fundamentally oppositional personality, and a catastrophic lack of therapy to make it literally everyone elseâs problem too lol. Itâs varric and solasâ banter about the man on the island and where meaning in a life comes from all over again, writ large and with detail work â and the added idea of âwhat if there are also other islands out there, though. With other people on them that you could find if you reach for each otherâ. Rook with the best of intentions has to make choices to which there are no perfect outcomes and live with what happens â and not cut themselves off from everyone else around them even when there is regret or shame. You get back up every day and you make a life with other people doing the same and you do your best, and thatâs the only victory this world will give you. In the end, that is more than enough, that is essential. And I um. I love that. So much. Itâs why some of the writing clumsiness on top canât hurt me because this thematic spine is so solid and so beautiful to me. Itâs DA2 all over again that way for me personally â I forgive this story for what it isnât and couldnât be, and I love it with my whole stupid open heart for what it actually is. Thank you for coming to my TED-talk and goodbye etc.     Â
(For my fellow TLT heads out there â you know what this story is reminding me of most of all, actually? It has some big Nona the Ninth vibes down there in the deep. Itâs about⌠the horror and unspeakable beauty that can only be found in liminality, and the role of love in making that basic fact of existence bearable. And also even more unbearable at the same time. I'm so sorry.)
#I told you all I was going to be extremely myself about this. I suppose we all hoped I was joking. even while knowing I was not#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age meta#solas#varric tethras#anyway. at the end of the day and despite everything varric won the 'I told you so chuckles' rights over solas in this philosophical debate#and isn't that enough in a way. I think so. the world and the story of the world is his legacy. people get to keep telling it#I want to say so much about how each of the companions play into the different aspects of this theme but I should uh#probably finish the game properly first haha#guys I literally opened my eyes this morning and wrote out most of this before even getting up. the pressure cooker brain is back#the lone brain cell in here boileth over with dragon age feels & thoughts#very little sends me deranged quite like this series I'm afraid. I'm just still so relieved that even if this story isn't for everyone.#it is for me. thank god. I needed it
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COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN ONCE AGAIN!
I am opening up 5 official commission sposts and 5 spots in the queue, and you can either send me a message here on tumblr or by email at [email protected] .
You can find other examples of my art here;
I can be commissioned to draw art for fanfics, covers, OCs, all ships/fandoms, small animations, comic strips, tarot cards, icon/headers combo and so on!
Itâs not just deancas. Hit me up with good omens, ofmd, heartstopper, the witcher, 911, ted lasso, your baldurâs gate OCs, star wars, whatever you want! I am a huge nerd and 90% chance is I know the characters already :)
It would be amazing if you could signal boost even if youâre not interested, every bit of sharing helps.
Full pricelist and rules under the cut :)
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Want a commission? Write to me at [email protected] and describe what you would like me to draw!
-PRICE: the price is calculated on the hours of work I put on it, and it already includes ALL taxes. (45 % of the amount goes up in taxes, my dudes). It is based on the amount of characters, details and background you ask for. The more complicated it is, the more time it takes, the more it costs. Please explain in your email what you would like and your budget and we will come up with a suitable price for both of us! Animations and comic strips need to be discussed as their price depends on the style chosen. Donât worry if your budget is not much: just let me know and we can surely squeeze a drawing in there :)
-WHAT I NEED:Â photo references and information on what you want, the more the better. They donât have to be super accurate! You can send ten photos and say: âI want this dress with this character with this other background etc.â You donât know what you want? no problem! we can chat and discuss it!
-WHAT I WILL DRAW: I am comfortable drawing nsfw, most kinks, and animals of all kind, real and fantasy alike. I also draw every ship, so donât be shy in asking! I wonât draw underage nsfw, non-con or dub-con, domestic violence etc. If youâre not sure, ask!
-WHAT FANDOMS? All of them. Just provide references and Iâm good. Also, Iâm a huge nerd, so thereâs a 90% chance that I already know what youâre talking about. I draw OCs too!
-HOW TO PAY:Â via Bank transfer. After we agree on a price I will draw the sketch, and after the you have approved of the sketch I will send the invoice that you will need to pay. The invoice will contain all the info for the payment (itâs pretty easy to do online) and itâll be in euros, and it will obviously be the amount we agreed on. I will then proceed with the rest of the drawing once I receive the payment.
-TIPS: If you wish to leave a tip, itâs greatly appreciated! However, the invoice has to match the exact amount of money Iâll be receiving, so if wanna tip youâll have to tell me before I send the invoice! Again, a tip is not necessary nor will I be mad or offended if itâs not there. Sharing my art and signal boosting my commission masterpost or recommending me to others means a lot to me too and itâs a great way to help.
-HOW IT WILL WORK:Â Iâll send you the progress AT LEAST three times: the sketch, the lineart, and the base colors, so you can see them and ask me to change what you donât like. Do not worry about offending me! The key to a good commission is communication! Also, I wonât be able to change stuff if you donât tell me in time, so thereâs that too ;)
-CAN I SHOW THE DRAWING TO THAT ACTOR? Sure, as long as itâs not nsfw! Please let me know if you do, Iâm super curious to know what they said ;)
-DEADLINES:Â Please let me know if you have any deadlines you want respected. If you want it ready in less than 10 days thereâs an extra 10$ fee. If you want it ready in less than 7 days thereâs an extra 20$ fee. Also, if you ask for a deadline please try to reply to emails as promptly as you can manage.
-LIVESTREAMING: I might livestream the last phase of your commission (the coloring) on my Picarto.tv account, if the inspiration strikes and time is there. If you don´t want me to, please say so in advance, even tho I usually ask for permission before I do it.
#thunderjellyfisharts#destiel#destiel fanart#deancas#911 abc#buck/eddie#buddie#evan buckley#eddie diaz#good omens#911 lone star#commissions#dragon age#da:i#da:2#hawke#hawke fanart#buddie fanart#go fanart#good omens fanart#dean/cas#spn fanart#supernatural#spn
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ancient meta from the dawn of time and by that I mean pre-DA:I's release in 2014 [edited for brevity] [the Hermit card].
"The Inquisitorâs Edition of DA: Inquisition comes with a deck of 72 tarot cards, both major and minor arcana, with custom artwork Solas - The Hermit The Hermit, set against a barren landscape, leans on his staff and holds a lamp in front of him to light the way in the darkness. Letâs start with the obvious: Solas is literally a hermit. The card speaks of retreat, wandering, distance, reclusion, solitude and (when reversed) loneliness. In the story of the Tarot, the Hermit heads out at night, peering at and examining whatever takes his fancy. In the same way, Solas walks the Fade while asleep, finding brilliant unimaginable lights, only to smile in delight and move in for a closer look. The Hermitâs lantern illuminates animals that only come out at night, flowers that only open in moonlight or starlight - Solas sees things in the Fade that can only be found if you go in without fear, without preconceptions, your way illuminated by the knowledge. The Hermit wants the truth at all costs - Solas values freedom of thought above all else. In readings, the Hermit can symbolize a wise person with a philosophical attitude. The person may also be someone older, like the old man the Hermit is usually portrayed as. The person may be someone the querent meets who will give them the insight, tools or training needed to overcome an obstacle - someone who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious or confusing. This comes from an interpretation of the Hermit: he has internalized the lessons of life to the point that he is the lesson. Now he returns from isolation to bestow boons on his fellow man and share the knowledge he has gained. Now he is like his lantern, illuminated from within by all that he is, capable of penetrating the darkness. He helps, acts as a mentor and offers wise counsel. In the knowledge he offers the Inquisitor, Solas embodies one of the meanings of the card - guidance. The Hermit is ruled by Virgo. if anyone is going to take a lantern into a dark place to see whatâs going on, itâs a Virgo. Solas reflects key themes of the card such as going on a personal, solitary quest." </end 2014 rambling>
[emphasis added rn]
Light is a super common metaphor for knowledge, wisdom, insight and guidance. Cole says "He wants to give wisdom, not orders". The riddles in Lateral Thinker, in which we have to light a series of braziers with Veilfire torches, go:
"The Dread Wolf keeps its gaze on the one light that illuminates the way forward. // Where the Dread Wolf's gaze blazes, paths are brought to light. // When the Dread Wolf's gaze is bright, light burns in a ring of the dead. // One sees the hunter, one flees from it, one hunts it in turn, one outwits them all."
A lighthouse is a tower-like structure designed to emit light and act as a beacon. The Game Informer article calls Solas' Lighthouse a "towering" structure. this magical realm in the Fade is his lair, his inner sanctum, his home base; it reflects him (and his hermitty isolation). the article kind of likens it to visiting your friend's bedroom, it's not a showy place like Skyhold or a fortress, it's something realer and more intimate than that. you could read it as, Solas' personal home in the magical Fade is called a lighthouse because Solas, like the Hermit with his lantern or little flame in his hand, is like a lighthouse, a beacon in the dark - as if the "flaming Rook" emblem on the front of the 'red book' isn't just a fiery rook as in the chess piece or Tower card with Fen'Harel above it, but a tower-like structure, a lighthouse, and at its top blazes a bright fire, a beacon of light like those atop a lighthouse, where Solas himself resides, lighting the way.
#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: dreadwolf#dragon age the veilguard spoilers#dragon age 4#the dread wolf rises#da4#dragon age#bioware#cole#spirit boy#solas#video games#long post#longpost#a lonely lighthouse keeper#he who tends the flame...
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Callum and Rayla marry one or two years after defeating Aaravos/end of Arc 2. Being shunned by her villageâ Callum wants her to have a royal title (it's what she deserves). They have a little ceremony with friends and family at the Moon Nexus and leave for their honeymoon of two years.
#completely unbothered#the place of separation its their place of union#and two years vacation honeymoon compesating her lonely two years#they are filthy and disgusting like that#rayllum#rayllum headcanons#tdp#the dragon prince#continue the saga#give us the saga
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Whats astral's deal?
oh yknow
#my art#oc art#bog talks#horst#wof art#wings of fire#dragon art#Astral#Real answer: Astral was a shithead who got disproportionality punished for her actions and now takes it out on anyone near her#sheâs desperately lonely and scared but also so so angry and the latter tends to win out when she interacts with others#sheâs also hunting down the guy who screwed her over and does not care who she hurts to reach him#scopophobia cw#fire cw
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Today is April 27th. On this day (2941, the Third Age of Middle-earth) the hobbit Bilbo Baggins left the Shire with the company of Thorin Oakenshield and the wizard Gandalf. The adventure begins!Â
#hobbit#the hobbit#bilbo baggins#bilbo#bagginshield#ihobbit#thorin#thorin oakenshield#thilbo#bilbo x thorin#thorin x bilbo#jrr tolkien#tolkien books#tolkien#elves#dwarves#the shire#erebor#lonely mountain#smaug the dragon#april 27#middle earth#fantasy#wizard#gandalf#the one ring#one ring#lotr#lord of the rings
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Imagine how sad it is that Jay doesn't even remember his parents, he doesn't know his own age, or his birthday. He's been all alone for years since he can't trust anyone enough with his secret and no one cares about anything but work. He's stuck in a job he hates but knows nothing else.
yeah, I have many thoughts about himâŚ
Also go watch this video please it's literally Amnesiac Jay
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#I swear I can't put all my thoughts about his appearance in order#on the one hand I expected him to be more asshole for spending so much time in the Administration#and I really don't think they will make him a real threat because he barely knows how to control his powers and is just scared/confused#And its fine#the poor lonely scared bastard#jay ninjago#jay walker#ninjago jay#ninjago dragons rising#ninjago fanart#Ninjago dragons rising#Ninjago spoilers#Ninjago dragons rising spoilers#ninjago#I swear that if they give him a least one badass scene in part 2 like they did with Kai I will be able to die in peace
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