i love how decked out has made me increasingly less afraid of things like ravagers and wardens, meant to be amongst the most menacing and dangerous of minecraft mobs. they're just dumb babies. it has, by contrast, lead me to believe the trident drowned should be the final boss of minecraft actually,
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On Ferelden Love
So I just found out that Arl Eamon had two dads, and as I’m replaying the games I’m getting the sense that Ferelden just has no stigmas around relationships that other nations seem to have. Like certainly LGBTQ+ people exist everywhere, and nowhere in Thedas do they seem to be actively persecuted/harmed on account of sexuality, but most places seem to treat same-sex attraction as more of a “character quirk” than anything. Tevinter and Orlais seem to be in the same boat that a person, especially in the higher classes, is to marry an opposite-sex partner first and then take care of “personal tastes” on the side. Orlais also seems to have the Social Status of “mistress,” i.e., “officially recognized extramarital female lover of a wealthy/titled man,” but it seems unclear if there is an official equivalent for the lovers of wealthy/titled women. In any case, Orlais certainly has Rules for How Things Are Done, even extramarital affairs; the role of a mistress has a certain set of behaviors and expectations associated with it.
Then, Ferelden. Kingdom of Dogs. At the very least, we know that exclusive, monogamous same-sex partnerships are not strange enough to remark upon; i.e., Wade and Herren in DA:O. Are they married under Chantry law? I don’t think it’s ever confirmed, but I don’t think they couldn’t be. I think it’s notable that Sera, being the only same-sex romance option you can explicitly marry, is Ferelden.
Back to Arl Eamon tho. So yeah he had one mom and two dads, who seemed to all be mutually involved, and he referred to both men as “Father.” The non-nobility father, btw, was named Connor and is the person after whom Arl Eamon named his son. All this leads me to believe that this poly triad was common knowledge, and, like Wade and Herren, was something no one considered strange because Fereldens just Don’t Care About People’s Business. There is even some evidence that King Calenhad, the one who made Ferelden into Ferelden, had a “special friendship” with his advisor Aldenon the Wise. So “special,” in fact, that Calenhad ended up abandoning his life as king and going off into the wilds to search for Aldenon, never to be seen again.
And let’s also note that Bann Teagan, Eamon’s brother, has the option to flirt with a female Warden regardless of origin. The way it’s worded seems to imply he is, at the very least, not opposed to the idea of marriage -- even with a non-human, even with a mage. While we tragically cannot pursue any romance, it does tell us something about the world: while Ferelden royalty is bound by obligation to marry opposite-sex humans of appropriate social caste, it seems that middle-nobility is a bit more flexible.
Since society is still society, and heads of government in a monarchy are expected to produce more heads of government, I would guess that Bann Teagan is expected/required to marry a human woman to carry on the noble line. I would also expect him to be fully aware of this, and so I believe that his flirting with a female Warden, even the playful inquiry about marriage, does not interfere with Teagan’s duty to marry someone else. He was, after all, raised by three parents just like his brother; the remarkable thing here is not the implication of a possible triad, but the implication a possible triad where the word “marriage” applies to multiple partners. Coming from a Bann. Coming from someone in line to be the Arl of Redcliffe.
Could Bann Teagan and his family be outliers? I mean, I guess it’s possible. But also consider, nobility is ALWAYS held to a higher standard than commoners when it comes to “official” relationships. They are expected to keep producing heads of state, after all; they tend to get married younger, have less control over who they marry, and their behavior reflects more on their family. Also consider that the Guerrin bloodlineis highly influential -- the previous Queen of Ferelden was Eamon and Teagan’s sister! While they certainly have the influence to sleep with whoever they like in private, Eamon and Teagan must absolutely marry within acceptable the acceptable social norms of Ferelden. And if the nobility can form triads, including common-knowledge same-sex relationships, that means commoners can probably do all that and more besides.
All this together leads me to believe that the Ferelden definition of love, and even of family, is much more flexible than most nations. While hetero, monogamous marriage is what we see the most of, I’d guess that it’s not the normal relationship type so much as the most common one. I’d go so far as to wonder if maybe there just isn’t such thing as a “normal relationship” in Ferelden; that there are just relationships, and that’s that.
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Oh i just had an Idea
What if Emmet hard about the paldea hole making Pokémon out of imagination real and snuck in there and imagined and made a concept of a Pokémon that helps fallers? Like he knows Ingo fell back in time and he hears about paradox pokemon and he just Goes. He is attached to the Pokémon from the beginning btw none of that seeing it as a tool cliché Emmet is not that kind of person, even in grief imo. Maybe he'd feel guilty about it but he makes up for that by treating it the best he can. He does tell Elesa and the rest of his family that hell be going off the grid for a bit and makes arrangements for a temporary subway boss for the subway so no one thinks he died or whatever. And then he makes use of his months of backed up vacation time. Idk what is up with the machine but if it's off he'll turn it back on. Hell maybe he gets the government to back him up here, nobody wants the whole fallers thing to happen after all.
The Pokémon is successfull! They bring Ingo back and he is happy to be there :) he's moved that his brother made such an effort to bring him back. And they have a new family member now! The Pokémon goes and comes bc obviously it has a job now but it stops to stay with them often. Ingo and Emmet get to go back to the subway and be happy. The end
Although maybe... They could also work out a way to go back and forth between dimensions and times maybe? So Ingo doesn't have to say forever goodbye to his friends in Hisui. Obviously this would have rules so they don't fuck up the time stream. Oh wait hold on how ironic they would have achieved the paldea professors' dream that way lmfao
Idk how long this whole process would tale by the way. At least a few months at most a few years. Less than four. And Ingo and Emmet will stay in hisui together for some time before leaving. They communicate with the present through letters brought to them and delivered via the Pokémon.
So yeah that's it ig. Feel free to tell me about any ideas you have unless they're too angsty or make ur own story out of this (do tag me tho. Again tho if it's too angsty tell me or just avoid tagging me altogether. This was made with the intention of no angst happening that's too heavy.) And tell the world. Or neither of those do what u want lol
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HOLES: Gothic Romance AU
There is a big house out in the middle of the Texas desert. One of the few homes still standing, built long before the draught. The Walker family had flaunted their wealth with it. Now the once proud house was breaking down. Kept together by state money, teenagers paid in sweet tea, and the constant scheming of the last remaining descendant of the Walkers, the Warden of Camp Green Lake.
For a hundred years the Walkers dug in the desert for treasure. Only finding dust. Haunted by the ghosts of the town they burned dry. The treasure cursed by the outlaw who buried it. Only to have a descendant of the outlaw, Kissing Kate Barlow, return to Green Lake. He breaks the curse, finds love, and then takes the treasure the Walkers had been so desperate to find.
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Less sad post-DAO hc: Tabris surviving the final battle but being very injured and exhausted, basically bedridden. She's safe but isn't allowed visitors outside of the party because whoever is ruler doesn't want her getting swamped with admirers or worse. In addition, her family is super worried about her because they don't know where she is, or if she's even alive, so Leliana sneaks Cyrion, Shianni and Soris into wherever she's resting up
i consume all hcs, great small, fluff or angst, rest assured my anon friend
i will say the moment leliana goes "i'll sneak you in" shianni would look at her and go "i'll get my bow and they'll let me in" because after all that they went thru she would very much threaten who's in charge with a pointed arrow at the face and state her cousin soris has experience storming castles
and i'll give a secret third option of did the dark ritual but legitimately on deaths door anyway because having a whole ass old god rip through you probably wouldn't be the most gentle on your body! <- my canon
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I have completely forgotten to post this! This was for a secret Santa gift to my cousin, we both share the same love for sigourney weaver so I wanted to make this special painting for her, it took me ages and I kept messing up so much but I think it looks good enough! I printed it on canvas and so badly wanted to keep it for myself lol
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As much as I love Alistair (and I do, so much, he's my top romance for my Cousland)
I do very much love butting heads with him over Duncan...who is a big fat fucking liar.
Replaying as my Mahariel and he says he has a cure for her taint...which he doesn't cause it's not a fucking cure, it's a fucking death sentence.
She's very much would have preferred to die surrounded by people who loved her, not be dragged into this hell by this arsehole.
Now...to make her survive the archdemon or sacrifice herself...choices, choices...
(Though the real heartbreak comes in the form of Tamlen, who she refuses to believe is dead...)
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