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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Forbidden Oasis

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #forbidden oasis #it really looks like somewhere in Egypt😍 #amazing view #starting to miss DA #🖤

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Staves

inspiration 🖤

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #staves #love it😍 #🖤

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Swamp Kuldsdotten

Requested by @russian-dumpling 🤍

#dragon age inquisition #frostback basin #dragon age scenery #just look at these giant corpses and coffins #I wonder who they belong to #🖤

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Fen'Harel

Ar lasa mala revas. You are free.

#solas #solavellan #dragon age inquisition #It's too beautiful help🤧 #my poor sweet girl #prepare to have your heart broken #🖤💔

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Hakkon Wintersbreath

Lowlanders, I am the breath of winter, the cold wind of war!

#dragon age inquistor #jaws of hakkon #ух ты 0_0

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So… “Usually I don't talk about this” №2.

I think… I'm in shock.

I really cannot find words to describe how I feel right now. It's no secret that I'm from Russia. And it's also no secret that our figure skaters are among the best in the world. But… I have to say, hand on heart, I love nobody else the way that I love Yuzuru Hanyu.

He's a figure skating ICON. And what happened today is incredible bad luck. And nothing more. I'm watching this interview and crying like a f.cking teenager.

I adore Nathan with all my heart. He deserved every point from his final score for the short program. You were as beautiful as Jesus, Nate. I bow down to you for what you did today.

But I'm broken. Yuzuru is my idol. My motivation. My icon. Yuzu, I just hope that you will find the strength on Thursday and skate the free program like a God. Because that's what you've been doing since 2014.

I love you

I'm proud of you

I'm with you

#yuzuru hanyu #It's an honor to be your fan #羽生結弦 #beijing 2022 #figure skating #*and he's not Chinese he's from Japan #Youtube

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@rusya-pics и поплачем🤧

Solas… Damn it!… The way he moves fascinates both me and Lavellan. I just sit and stare at them. Over and over 🥺

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#dragon age inquisition #solavellan #solas #lavellan #*crying in a corner* #fenedhis! #Solas stop being so magnificent you bloody bastard! #my god #literally

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Dead Hand (The elven shrine)

Don’t like this side quest but the shrine and these balls of light are beautiful 🤍

#dragon age inquisition #dead hand #elven #🖤

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Usually I don't talk about this either, but today is a special day, can't pass it up. What an incredible tennis we had a chance to see! Yes, 5 hours and 24 minutes of pure pleasure.

Crazy final! I'm crying too, but for a different reason than you are @tealenko😅. Rafa, you are incredible! 21st Grand Slam...omg. Congratulations from Russia!

Daniil, love you with all my heart. Your greatest victories are still ahead, always with you🖤

Current mood...

I know I usually don't talk about this kind of stuff, but please allow me a quick post.

Ay mi madre... Lo que hemos vivido esta mañana. I'm literally crying right now.

More than 5 hours of pure tennis 🎾

I still can't believe this 😊😭

Muy grande Rafa ❤ 💛 ❤

#australian open #rafael nadal #daniil medvedev #AO #tennis

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Just like old times

#dragon age #varric #hawke #it’s too painful

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edi

#mass effect #edi

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Hissing Wastes

Dorian: Does that noise ever stop?

Iron Bull: Well, it’s sand blowing on sand in a place full of wind and sand.

Dorian: Thank you. That makes so much more sense now.

#dragon age inquisition #hissing wastes #Ancient Egyptian vibe #love it #very atmospheric place actually

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You’re right. Give us hope and a fighting chance. Hell, the Reapers better watch themselves.

#mass effect #shenko #kaidan alenko #female shepard #me3 #love them

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Birds of Arbor Wilds

special for @russian-dumpling 🤍

#dragon age inquisition #arbor wilds #amazing birds #🖤!

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Abelas

#dragon age inquisition #abelas #you have gorgeous legs #never skip leg day #come with us to Skyhold please #🖤

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Dragon Age: Inquisition | Well of Sorrows (vir'abelasan)

Have you ever noticed the huge statue of Mythal in this location? I’ve never seen her before.

#dragon age inquisition #well of sorrows #mythal #eluvian #какая там птичка красивая сидит #🖤

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LETS TALK ABOUT SPARRING

I’ve read a lot of fics, have seen many shows, and have watched many movies that are completely inaccurate when it comes to sparring. NOW, i know it’s fiction, and I greatly enjoy it nonetheless, but I would like to share a few things with you, as a person who trains in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA). There are a few general things in this, as well as stuff more focused to a certain european weapon. (this is all Historical European stuff, obviously if you’re writing for a different region, this probably won’t apply that much.)

SPARRING

-you don’t practice with real sharp swords. Never. It’s incredibly dangerous, especially since sparring is trying to practice your killing/injuring skills. In older times, you would use wood, maybe wrapped in leather or canvas to practice. Today, you use weighted nylon swords/weapons, and you usually wear a mask while doing so. Steel is and was an option, but the blade will be completely dull, and the tip will be bent over itself.

-It’s practically impossible to knock someone off their feet while sparring, unless you are hooking your foot or weapon behind their leg. It’s hard to push back and cause someone to fall, since they can just retreat back a bit.

-YOU. DON’T. SPEND. HOURS. SPARRING. ESPECIALLY WITHOUT A BREAK. It’s exhausting, the most people usually go is 10 minutes before they have a break. During Training, you only spar for about 2-5 minutes before stopping and having a rest.

-You try your hardest never to cross your feet. It’s dangerous and it unbalances you. Your opponent can take advantage of you easily.

-Usually, you want to strike your opponent with the last ¼ of your blade, basically just the tip and a little below. That’s the sharpest point, and you get the most force behind it.

-Swords aren’t super heavy. Stop the giant, huge, I-can-barely-lift-this trope. Longswords are usually 3lbs. It’s not heavy when you pick it up. However, it gets heavy when you’re holding it up above your head for a while. Swords were not made to be heavy, especially since you would have to hold them up in battle for sometimes hours.

-It’s incredibly hard to engage in witty banter and such. You are constantly moving and trying to strike your opponent. Since it’s fiction, you can do what you want, but just know that trying to have a conversation while sparring is like trying to have one while running. It tires you out even more, and usually just comes out breathless and wheezy.

-Swords are not lightsabers. You cannot try and hurt someone with just any part of your blade. It will just annoy your opponent. Now, for sparring, you will want to focus on hitting your opponent with the edge of your blade, and you won’t really ever be trying to hit someone with the flat of your blade.

-In sparring, you will get hit. And get bruises. I count five from just 2 days ago. (Also reminder that bruises don’t form for 1-3 days.) If you happened to get a hard thrust to the ribs, they will probably fracture. It happens. I haven’t had it personally, but those who’ve trained longer have. The worst injury I’ve gotten is a bruise on my chest that didn’t fade for nearly a month.

-Grip!!! You don’t clutch your sword super tight. No. It limits movement. My instructor taught me to hold firmly with the thumb, pointer, and middle finger, and use the other two as more guiding fingers. You swing your sword with your wrist, not a big giant arm movement. That is tiring and slow. 

I will be focusing on using a one handed sword in this next bit, specifically a Scottish Regimental Broadsword. A basic sword to build off of.

-FOOTWORK. It’s not a super complicated series of perfectly planned out steps. It just isn’t. With Regimental Broadsword (which is what I will focus on, since it’s what I’ve trained with most), you have to have a good base (rear-weighted stance, front foot pointed at your opponent, back foot turned sideways), and then once you have that, you just have to move around and try not to get hit.

-Slipping. (Continuation of footwork). With a rear-weighted stance, the goal is to be able to move the front foot anywhere. You should actually be able to keep your front foot an inch off the ground without having to adjust your back foot. Slipping is when this comes in handy. If your opponent takes a swing at your front leg, you should be able to just slip it back to go next to your other foot, and swing your sword up to get your opponents head. Slipping is really important.

-Advance and Retreat (other continuation of footwork). While moving forward or back, you always want to feel the ground with a heel-toe movement, so you can tell if there are rocks or branches and such. Advancing, you want to move your front leg first. Retreating, your back leg.

-Traversing (last continuation of footwork)(maybe). Transversing is basically advancing in on your opponent in a circular motion. You’re trying to get close and personal. Reminder to not cross your feet. You will loose balance and probably end up getting whacked with a sword. Traversing is a spiral motion sort of. Your opponent can avoid getting trapped If they do it as well.

I will probably come back and add more soon, because there’s more I know, but can’t remember at the moment.

#fight scenes #writer advice