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kinda sad

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I support and approve of this man’s actions. I in fact, whole heartedly support slavery! Love this baby gurl!

If Rezaren has million fans, then I’m one of them.

If Rezaren has one fan, then I’m THAT ONE.

If Rezaren has no fans, that means I’m dead.

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Rezaren, to Miriam: I think I could make you very happy.

Miriam: Why? Are you leaving?

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I love that they just... drew Matt Mercer without as strong a chin

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The Dragon Age Fandom’s New Favourite Charming Slaver

There is nothing wrong with appreciating and enjoying villainous characters, especially when they are done so well. Everything about Rezaren Ammosine makes a him a remarkable and fascinating villain. He’s very intelligently depicted; all aspects of his character matter to how he presents in the story. His design is that of a handsome young white man. He is animated with a graceful and gentle flow, not just in how he casts spells but literally how he carries himself. His voice has a soft and soothing tone, and he uses that soft tone as part of his powerful charisma and sway he has over the people around him, like Tassia. In fact, Rezaren uses all of these characteristics for his benefit. Because just like in real life, abusers do not always wear “I’m a shithead” signs on their chest. To the outside world, they are charming and gentle people who couldn’t possibly hurt a fly, could they? But make no mistake. Rezaren Ammosine is a villain to his core. And treating him as anything other than a villain is a grossly disrespectful interpretation to fans of colour, given the nature of his villainy.

From his very introduction, we see that Rezaren is used to getting his way, and becomes easily frustrated and angered when his will is denied. When he summons a spirit of memory to interrogate about the circulum’s creation, the spirit warns him that answering too much would be unwise. Rezaren ignores these warnings and orders the spirit to continue, to the brink of turning the spirit into a pride demon. This is called back into further example when Miriam refuses his plans for her. Again, he becomes easily angered and physically lashes out, using his magic to flare up the pain in her wound. Then to solidify the power he has over her, says “You live because I will it.”

Rezaren explains to Tassia, “Her name is Miriam. She's my sister. My mother owned her. She was to be my personal spy, assassin. Whatever was needed. My left hand, as it were. But she raised us as siblings.” Except we see how Miriam and Neb were really raised in flashbacks. We see how they were beaten for Rezaren simply tripping while playing with them. We see how they were forced to do hard labour, and told they were not allowed to own anything. And we see how Rezaren’s mother sacrificed Neb so that Rezaren would not become an abomination during his Harrowing, sending the demon into Neb’s body instead. And that raising has obviously shaped how Rezaren views this so-called siblinghood, because while he may call Neb and Miriam his brother and sister, make no mistake, he still views them belonging to him. Rezaren has no respect for their autonomy. Even in death, he defiles Neb’s body by using blood magic to put a demon inside it and controlling him. And Miriam? He cannot bare to accept that she refuses to submit to slavery again, no matter how pretty a picture he paints of them being like family. But you don’t own a sibling. “Selfish bitch! You and your ungrateful brother. You were mine!” he shouts at the very end, before Miriam fatally stabs him.

So, Rezaren is a villainous slaver. Why is it, then, that people are writing reviews praising his character while calling Miriam and her party the real baddies? Why are people saying he “deserved” a redemption arc? The only assumption I can come to is simply that people are so not used to the white guy being the one to lose in the fantasy genre, that they’re willing to bend over backwards to try and paint the only white person in the show as a victim of the #mean brown woman. Think about it. How many stories are out there where the hero is a white man? White people are conditioned to always be the centre of attention, so when they’re not for a change, they need to seek it out by shining a spotlight on whatever white man they can find. This is of course nothing unique to the Dragon Age fandom, but rather a disease found in fandom spaces as a whole. Hell, look at the Star Wars sequels, and how the bizarre love for and babygirlification of Kylo Ren was so strong it led to ruining the second and third films. This is why it’s such a relief to me that Rezaren dies in the end of Absolution, because otherwise it would truly end up a fear to me that the writers would try the same with him.

When you’re pushing Rezaren into the spotlight, you are pushing Miriam out of it. And Miriam is such a treasure of a character, it’s a crying shame to see her get so much disrespect. I have nothing against people who like Rezaren, but if your like for him goes to the extent of putting down Miriam in order to put him up, then we have a problem.

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Time to face 2021

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Steven running to hug people in the movie is my aesthetic.

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i wanna quickly chronicle the best moments of mkatwood’s stream from last night cause it was amazing:

mackenzie and grace playing animal crossing in general was so sweet

michaela joining them while out ‘getting some vitamin d’ and all the jokes about how we all need some vitamin deedee

grace eating a watermelon and the chat spamming the watermelon emoji and going ‘WHY IS SHE EATING STEVEN’

matthew (lars’ va) joining without any of us knowing he would be

grace revealing montgomery the dragon has laid eggs, suggesting since she’s a juvenile she might be in her rebellious phase, and matthew asking if she’s tried eating the eggs

deedee and jen being at the same lake and video calling while social distancing (i.e. they were like 6 feet apart the whole time)

deedee explaining how she got her toe bitten/sucked by a goose just before she joined and everyone asking her to show the toe (and this coming back up again multiple times)

deedee’s anime face mask

deedee’s kid trying to come up to her at one point and her shouting ‘SOCIAL DISTANCING’

mackenzie and grace showing off their ac outfits (btw if anyone draws connie in grace’s ac outfits they will win my eternal adoration)

grace’s story about her parents joking she was the real boss at their shop when she was a kid

I am Horse (and the spinel by one of the storyboard artists, but we know which one is the better artistry)

‘covid is a clod’

shelby saying clod, matthew saying bingo bongo and deedee doing the whole pearl rap

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And Pearl, remember when we stopped that dropship? I’ll never forget the look on that Nephrite’s face when you pulled her out of the cockpit!

I know. How embarrassing for her!

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More scenic IT backgrounds

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From this to this

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Commission I did for someone on insta.

Side note: I somehow got shadowbanned on instagram so thats fucking great. Im taking a week long break from instagram to try and fix it, so all my posts will be on my other sites for now.

It would really help me out if anyone commissioned me. I just got out of a REALLY toxic relationship with an ex, lost one of my best friends and the shadow ban is NOT fucking helping me at all. It would mean a lot if I got commissioned. If you want commission info dm me.

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happy pride! 🏳️‍🌈

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just a little family