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Sherlock Holmes having a universal ace experience -- expressing disinterest and immediately getting called an inhuman robot.

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It’s worth noting that this is actually hinted at in the text - Varric’s initial intro is even MORE ridiculously sexy and sad-but-kinda-cool, and then after Cassandra demands ‘the truth’, he tones it down, it’s all a bit more realistic, and - most notably - suddenly Bethany’s boobs are half the size they were a second ago.

Like, it’s actual game canon that he was doing that EXACT THING before Cassandra yelled at him and he throttled back on the Described Sexiness at least enough to be plausible.

ANOTHER THING about Kirkwall Gang... (And obviously beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I am speaking in a very generalized sense)

Origins crew, a trail mix squad. A few of them are textually described as lookers, but most are not really defined by their appearance/you're not led to pay their appearance much mind. There's other shit going on. Awakening crew much the same. Inquisition even more so, in fact the characteristics that are framed as attractive in this squad isn't necessarily visual at all, but in competency.

Kirkwall Squad? Comparatively sexy. Isabela is there the whole time. Varric's shirt is completely open. Why waste a perfectly handsome elf? Someone mistook Anders for a prostitute in a brothel. Avelines arms. Merrill's everything. Sebastian is a prince in shining white armor. Women practically catcall Carver in the street. "You Wanna Fuck Me So Bad It Makes You Look Stupid" Hawke.

This is FUNNIEST TO ME when in the mindset that da2 is framed by Varric's personal narration. He said "oh also we looked amazing. Like sexy but not even trying. We were trying, but like it was practically effortless."

I REPEAT I'm not saying there were no handsome sons of bitches in the other games, nor am I attempting to diss your most favoritist squad if you prefer the others. I am saying the Kirkwall Gang got the Sexy Treatment, most likely by Varric.

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My cat’s body is so loose and saggy that he blended in perfectly with a sweater on the ground. When my mom was cleaning up, she thought he was part of the sweater and grabbed him. :(

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Excuse me that is entirely untrue.

There is no reason to believe that either Shriek or Bear is other than 100% straight and we should respect that.

When I was a kid I saw Niko Goldeye as a cultured, sophisticated adult. Rereading now...that man is a fussy clothes lover and totally vain and prissy (in a loving way). And toootally not straight.

#also I get a fairly straight vibe from Tris #just because of her endless frustration at having to deal with STUPID BOYS #as a not-pretty stout girl #and I feel like she would not be doing that if she had another option

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#i don't insist that every actor playing someone with cancer have actual cancer #or that every actor playing a superhero have actual powers #I am all for people telling their own stories where and as applicable #but a) I do not think we are entitled to know all these things about a complete stranger #and b) let's not be silly about this acting is 100% pretending to be a person who is not you at all times #so demanding real world experience is a basic failure to understand the job they are doing

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me doing normal human activities: is this allowed? is this allowed? am i allowed to do this? is this allowed? i don’t want to get in trouble can i do this is this allowed?

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they should invent shorts that fit people who have bodies

#yes #yes please #i would also like this #also shop in the men's section HAH #i have hips okay #mens clothes don't fit me ANYWHERE #except the plus size t-shirts #those I love

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#cracks me up every time #listen I had to do an entire footnote on a story once explaining a country specific brand of soda #which resulted in two kinds of responses #foreigners commenting on how wild the very idea of passionfruit soda is #and Australians getting vocal about whether Pasito or Passiona is the BEST passionfruit soda #about which we all have very strong feelings #people from other countries exist #wild innit

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Don't miss a wire

#nature creates some weird shit #don't mock the drawing #unless you're sure you know what it's a drawing of

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Having just finished Lady Knight I'm reflecting on how fundamentally different Kel's story is from Daine and Alanna.

Alanna and Daine are both heavy on The Nonsense (to use @holy-muffins excellent phrase). You can roughly sum them up as The Beginning Of The Nonsense and The Nonsense Escalates. And both of them have these very specific backgrounds, and they have powers, and the gods are constantly bothering them (and this goes for Arram Draper too)... Kel is just Kel (except for the one head's up from the Chamber).

Like, you can roughly sum up Protector of the Small as Kel Goes to School and then Kel's First Job. She's an excellent knight, but just regular flavour excellent. The entirety of First Test and of Squire is just Kel's education with a few hiccups. The climax of both is just, a final exam. The big climax of Page culminates in A Courtroom Drama, in Squire. The big climax of Lady Knight Kel describes as the greatest disappointment of her life.

Its amazing. She's living her life in the aftermath of all the Nonsense, but that's just her life, she's grown up with it.

#yes #this is it exactly #Kel isn't a chosen one or a half-deity or whatever goddamn thing #Kel is just a regular person #if on the large side #and Kel stays a regular person #and Kel sees all the people around her AS PEOPLE #the rich and the poor and the good guys and the bad guys are just PEOPLE #which is absolutely why the Chamber gets chatty with her #like yes you are actually a regular person 100% committed to helping other people #you are exactly what I look for in a knight #and keep not getting #also you listen when I talk to you because you're not stupid #awesome

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#Every now and then one escapes into the walls #so it can stare ghoulishly at me through the eyeholes of pictures or small cracks in the wainscot.

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I feel like witches are sedentary and wizards are migratory. A witch has a home, a cauldron, herbs, you go to them with your problem. A wizard wanders, disappears, shows up at inconvenient times to fix nothing. am i making sense

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in hysterics

#okay firstly #that is hilarious #and secondly #kudos to him for being aware that 1 singular experience of being bi may not be enough #for creating a truly well-rounded and inclusive character

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I spent a good chunk of my weekend scrambling to finish this comic. I hope you like it. I was really trying to push myself with the colours.

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oh I wasn’t aware it was feeding the ai. I’ve inserted hundreds of fics into chatgpt for their continuation or for a different plot within the same context just for fun and out of curiosity… but I’ve never posted any of them…

Indeed, anything that is given to AI it can use later to draw from. That's why it doesn't matter if you post them or not as it has now access to those writers' texts without their permission.

~Mod L

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neurodivergent and queer people how are we feeling?