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devastating news for vivienne: the vivienne/bastien kid i made highly prefers solas over her. she's fascinated by him; a mage outside of the circles who is so knowledgeable and whos magic is so unique. she takes more to him as a mentor than she does to anyone else in the inquisition and it rankles vivienne so bad

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I actually NEED to hear you talk more on the possibility of the Vivienne / Bastien kid being a mage.

listenn. the tragedy of being forced to give up your child because that child is both the biggest political/social threat imaginable to everyone involved AND because that child would be the constant target of both vivienne and bastien's enemies,, agh. i'm still thinking through her story atm, so this is liable to change later on, but the idea currently is that they originally intended to have their daughter be raised in a chantry in montsimmard. it would keep the kid out of val royeaux and away from court, keep the kid's parentage a secret, and would allow their kid to be raised in a place where vivienne could at least somewhat keep an eye on her. there was a fair bit of disagreement between vivienne and bastien on what to do (bastien wanted to keep the kid close by and potentially have her officially be named a bastard, vivienne very much didn't), but that is what their decision was in the end.

until the first enchanter of montsimmard at the time found out vivienne was pregnant. the first enchanter agreed to keep it secret, but only if the child was sent further away to lessen the chance of anyone finding out and incriminating the first enchanter alongside vivienne and bastien. bastien being in a relationship with vivienne was already an extremely contentious point with the court, and if knowledge got out about him having a child with her? it could ruin vivienne's standing as at this point, she wasn't yet court enchanter. she wasn't even first enchanter. she just happened to be an extremely talented mage who caught bastien's eye. it was as good as a death sentence for her and the child by the hands of political rivals, jilted nobles, opportunists, suspicious templars... (as vivienne was suspected of being a blood mage, from what we know of world of thedas 2.) there wasn't much of a choice but to agree.

so the kid is sent off to fereldan instead of montsimmard, is raised in a fereldan chantry, and when her magic is discovered at just six, she is sent off to kinloch. she has no knowledge of her parents, no knowledge she wasn't born in fereldan– she knows nothing except for the fact that she was given to the chantry with a single pearl necklace that was a token from her mother. and it stays that way until she is twenty two, until being the herald of andraste puts her back in fate's path to reunite with vivienne. which im sure they will both be Fine and Normal about (they won't)

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I actually NEED to hear you talk more on the possibility of the Vivienne / Bastien kid being a mage.

listenn. the tragedy of being forced to give up your child because that child is both the biggest political/social threat imaginable to everyone involved AND because that child would be the constant target of both vivienne and bastien's enemies,, agh. i'm still thinking through her story atm, so this is liable to change later on, but the idea currently is that they originally intended to have their daughter be raised in a chantry in montsimmard. it would keep the kid out of val royeaux and away from court, keep the kid's parentage a secret, and would allow their kid to be raised in a place where vivienne could at least somewhat keep an eye on her. there was a fair bit of disagreement between vivienne and bastien on what to do (bastien wanted to keep the kid close by and potentially have her officially be named a bastard, vivienne very much didn't), but that is what their decision was in the end.

until the first enchanter of montsimmard at the time found out vivienne was pregnant. the first enchanter agreed to keep it secret, but only if the child was sent further away to lessen the chance of anyone finding out and incriminating the first enchanter alongside vivienne and bastien. bastien being in a relationship with vivienne was already an extremely contentious point with the court, and if knowledge got out about him having a child with her? it could ruin vivienne's standing as at this point, she wasn't yet court enchanter. she wasn't even first enchanter. she just happened to be an extremely talented mage who caught bastien's eye. it was as good as a death sentence for her and the child by the hands of political rivals, jilted nobles, opportunists, suspicious templars... (as vivienne was suspected of being a blood mage, from what we know of world of thedas 2.) there wasn't much of a choice but to agree.

so the kid is sent off to fereldan instead of montsimmard, is raised in a fereldan chantry, and when her magic is discovered at just six, she is sent off to kinloch. she has no knowledge of her parents, no knowledge she wasn't born in fereldan– she knows nothing except for the fact that she was given to the chantry with a single pearl necklace that was a token from her mother. and it stays that way until she is twenty two, until being the herald of andraste puts her back in fate's path to reunite with vivienne. which im sure they will both be Fine and Normal about (they won't)

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he would not fucking say that he would not fucking want a nuclear family

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no more “girlboss” no more “mom friend” say something about that female character’s personality or blow up

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really is bizarre the way fandoms largely do not like women at ALL. it’s been happening for ages but when you see people straight up just hating on women characters more often now (+ the general rise in misogyny) and then you come on here and everyone’s just pretending women don’t even EXIST in any media ever. it’s like that’s not much better. fandom isn’t activism but it does reveal people’s internal biases. like women being excluded, sidelined and erased in everythingggg. people will take characteristics that are compelling in a female character and give it to a man in fan content just so they don’t have to engage with a woman ever. fics, fan art, ships, etc. a hollywood produced movie/tv show won’t even sideline a woman as much as the average fandom blogger will

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Nona + Woedica - prayers to the queen that was (and still is)

1. Big God - Florence + The Machine // 2. Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire // 3. Take Me to Church - Hozier

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he is risen

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I've been stuck in a horrendous artblock so I doodled this to draw at least something

Anyway Sera was in the final DAtV battle you can't convince me she just let my Travelyan fuck off to a world-ending event alone

Also we all agree that Sera would've fucking loved Taash right.

(and we all agree that if Shadow Dragons have a bunch of various queer people then so do the Friends, right.)

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gerard playthrough canceled. thinking about loghain waiting on the other side of the rift during HLTA while the inquisitor, hawke, and ranni are all sent into the fade. the flicker of hope he feels as the rift reopens and the rest of the party returns to the physical world; hawke and the inquisitor last to resurface. then that hope turning to dread when the inquisitor closes the rift behind them, ranni nowhere to be seen.

they won't look at him. hawke and the inquisitor both are reunited with their companions- hawke with varric and the inquisitor with the rest of their party and cullen. but they won't look at loghain, and no one has an answer for him when he asks for ranni. im ill

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put three f/f ships you like in the tags. doesnt matter how obscure or embarrassing the media, go for it. and no, your m/m ship doesnt count as women

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Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

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and here is the dalish interpretation of Then'a! I do think I like the el'vhen version better, but i had fun with both.

over the span of thousands of years and voices this (fan)song has changed meaning some, but the dalish interpretation is just as worthy of being sung as its predecessor. now, it celebrates the resilience of The People, and calls for them to band together to continue forging ahead into the future.

lyrics under the cut :)

here's the other version, sung entirely in (my best attempt at) el'vhen.

i like to think the dalish would sing this as they work, while traveling from home to home, or to rouse sleepy children. i originally made it for my inqy, who loves to hum even if her voice is uh. hmmm.

Then'a, then'a, With the golden dawn then’a, Through darkness deep The People have endured To sing again Sul'en, sul'en, Within the daylight sule’vhen, Hand in hand we shape our path, we won't Be lost again Hima, hima As one we must become Lest like the burning sun The People set, our light Swallowed again, We'll never give in.

i really wanted to give this one a bit of a brighter beat, so i upped the tempo and tried to swing it a bit. i also wanted to contrast the voices leaving in the other version by having them join instead in a round for this one, but it was getting a bit long so i went ahead with just having a staggered beginning to emulate people joining in.

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thoughts about Meredith and Orsino

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𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘 - 𝘸𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨

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dragon age fanfic discourse 2015: vaguely homophobic multichapter livejournal kink meme fic where inquisitor lavellan's magical breastmilk cures cullen's lyrium addiction

dragon age fanfic discourse 2025: two entirely separate people got caught brazenly using chatgpt for their smutty solavellan / solrook fanfic within the exact same week of each other and are now forming a coalition to stand up against perceived widespread anti-solavellan discrimination on tumblr and twitter alike

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Adaari powers

So, according to the tablet and then codex entry at the end of Taash's personal quest, adaari do more than breathe fire to fight the Devouring Storm.

Aadari can see the enemy.

I wonder if that is poetic or a mistranslation. Aside from fire breathing, Taash has another innate but unusual ability: their sense of smell.

All of the mentions of the Executors mention their briny smell.

I wonder if the adaari's sense of smell is what helps them locate and fight the enemy, not their eyesight.

Codex entry text transcription:

Taash's New Tablet

I am Taash. I am an adaari--a fire-breathing Qunari.

I am writing this in Trade so people can read it.

Dragon fire made these words show up. Don't trust anything not hidden that way.

Ancient Qunari made adaari using dragon blood. Adaari helped see and fight an ancient enemy.

Ancient Qunari fled to this land from across the sea. They got sick and died.

The enemy will follow across the sea.

Beware the Devouring Storm.

(Neve Gallus figured out how to hide these words behind fire. I owe her drinks at the Cobbled Swan.)

--Words carved on a stone tablet, visible only by dragon fire