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neither “that’s not canon” nor “fuck canon we made this all up” but a secret third thing (canon shouldn’t be taken as gospel but is useful as a reference point for building upon and recontextualizing characters and details. if you worship the source material as unchangeable then fandom in general probably isn’t for you. if you have complete disdain for the source material you would probably enjoy yourself more in a different fandom)

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i do think it’s really funny that alistair has a reputation as a dog person when he is so much not a dog person that he will say so outright as he for real lets the mabari at ostagar die if you don’t do anything

#i think of this often #beatrice 🤝 alistair = very ferelden-fereldens who nevertheless don't like dogs much #personally I always think it's cute that Morrigan likes dogs (Beatrice is fairly dog-coded) #while Beatrice prefers cats (including her extremely cat-coded wife Morrigan)

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Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

#aristide lucarno #this was a game changer for them actually - I love them being goofy and a bit lame sometimes

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the polyamory couldn't save them in the end. but it matters that it was there

#crowt3 #that's it--that's the whole ship

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born a theatre kid forced to be an emotionally stunted assassin

#i understand this is about artemis entreri but on some level i truly believe this is zevran arainai #the whole circus performers bit with the fort drakon rescue you know?? #zevran arainai

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Far worse, in my opinion, than the famous “he wouldn’t fucking say that” is “he WOULD fucking say that, as part of his facade, but you seem to think he would mean it genuinely”

#as a zevran fan this specific phenomenon is my cross to bear lmfao

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your writing does not have to be good. your author’s note does not have to go on its knees for a hundred words before each chapter repenting. you only have to let the soft gremlin of your brain write what it wants.

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debate question: on vibes alone, out of the dragon age mages, which are intelligence, wisdom, or charisma casters

#DA doesn't map easily onto D&D magic obvs because there is no distinction between healing magic and arcane magic but that said #morrigan: cha (sorcerer vibes) or wis (weird hedge witch cleric vibes) #wynne: int #velanna: wis #anders: cha in both DAA and DA2 #merrill: int #bethany: wis #vivienne: int #dorian: int #solas: wis #oc bonus: edric surana is 100% int (classic wizard) #oc bonus: aristide lucarno is 100% charisma (arcane trickster themed except actually they are a sorcerer)

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Via coscoscookies

#that there is a nug #you cannot fool me!

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#aristide *thinks* it's copious drugs and alcohol but it's actually bdsm tbh

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Illustration for @dragonageannual

#leliana #morrigan #sten

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El Zorro

#zevran zorro art is mandatory reblog for me #zevran

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Absolutely adore how Marcille's entire spellbook seems to consist of only the most unhinged spells in existence. Like it seems like her entire magical arsenal is comprised of only the barest minimum of healing spells that she was probably required to learn in school, and then Fireball, Police Flash Grenade, Crime Against Nature, Spam Fireball, Unholy Resurrection, More Fireball, and 9th Level Go Fuck Yourself.

#honestly.... #edric surana

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i can’t fix him. but i would like to suck his dick.

#this is an edric/zevran mood to me fs fs the feeling goes both ways #edric surana

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(Some of) My Wardens!

[Templates here!]

#warden mahariel #warden cousland #warden amell

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my biggest pet peeve wiht the english language is that you don’t have sin/sina

in swedish if u have two people who use the same pronoun u can always tell whos doing what bc its like ‘han tog sin väska’ (he took his[own] bag) and ‘han tog hans väska’ would be that he took the other persons bag

but in english its like if u have 2 ppl w/ the same pronoun:

“she took her bag” whose bag????WHose BAG was it her OWN bag or the other her’s bag??????????????

“he ate his donuts” were the donuts his own???? did he fucking eat someone elses donuts??? YIU DONT KNOW bc english is a bullshit language 

#oh hey i've talked about this with multiple ppl in the last month

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Supernatural, Season 7, Episode 11: "Adventures in Babysitting"

(maera belongs to @tarantula-hawk-wasp <3)

#we need effeminate men being trusted around kids now more than ever 😔 #<- real 😭 #adaar #love how very soft this is