#Location: Central City

[daz4i]

was looking at potential apartments and. one of them was straight up in a students dorm building????? is that even legal

#it was such a good location. obviously. but SO weird like structure wise #it was. 2 floors? but not really. and it's all one room #like the ''second floor'' was basically a doorless bedroom. i guess #i did not save that one for later. #but i did save 5 in my hometown + 2 in other cities! #one of the 5 is the one i already posted about lol. the suspiciously cheap one #my hometown is certainly the cheapest city i saw today tho. #oh the first place i saw tho looked so good. like perfect location. but for some reason it's huge #like it was more or less the neighborhood i was hoping for and it's so close to the central bus station + tram..... #but. 90 squared meters. hello? #ig i'll go see tho 🫡

[came-out-of-the-coffin-desisted]

writing dragon age fanfiction is so so so so hard for me because every time i spot another historical inaccuracy that’s like “i don’t care that it’s fantasy they have the same level of technology this is WRONG” i have to have a moment of like. “kaed NO ONE ELSE will EVER care about this. you watch ‘ranking period dramas on corset accuracy both in construction and writing’ videos on youtube for entertainment normal people simply do not give a FUCK about medieval castle layouts!”

and yet this cycle continues, because the dragon age devs so so so so clearly DID research but they did BAD research and it HAUNTS me. like WHYYYYY is there only one courtyard that isn’t even really a courtyard in castle cousland WHY is the “main hall” huge with no furniture while the great hall “dining room” is tiny as fuck and in a horrible to access spot WHY are there no ovens in the kitchens where the FUCK do they bake the breaaaad!! like ok fine cool servants get beds in thedas i’ll bite. that fucks hard, actually! but WHY are there more servant rooms than rooms for visiting nobles do you honestly think anybody in the middle ages fucking had servant rooms???? they slept on the FLOOR in the GREAT HALL! and WHY is there a fucking library and a ‘treasury’ (which what the fuck is THAT there should be a DON-JON in there you locked your valuables in the TOWER at the TOP, not in ONE room centrally located on the first floor with TWO guards!!) like i KNOW it was for level design i KNOW it was but oh my fucking g-d it’s gonna KILL ME to write out creeping through corridors when there WERE NO CORRIDORS! like look at this. look at this.

castle cousland: stupid, awful design, honestly they kinda asked to be coup’ed with their garbage unsurvivable castle that supposedly nobody sieges regularly even though it’s literally a death trap. there is ONE main exit, no way to trap your enemies, and only one official guard post that i can see. fuck awful.

harlech castle in wales: it took 115 years for someone to successfully take this castle, and it’s withstood COUNTLESS sieges, you can go visit it right the hell now if you go to wales (not at all getting into the evilness of the english building castles in wales, that’s not the point i’m trying to make.) see how the outside makes it so that even if your enemies breach the walls, to actually reach anyone important they have to survive the volleys of arrows from the ramparts? and then presumably kill everyone ON the ramparts, or the minute you go to open a door or try to drag someone out, you’re going to get shot full of arrows. that’s after breaching TWO heavy doors (which would require a battering ram both times) which would wake up the entire castle LONG before they got anywhere NEAR the heir to the castle’s wife and child.

and before somebody says “oh well kaed maybe you just don’t know your castle building periods very well” think again. i know my castle building periods. that style above is concentric (harlech castle’s initial construction was finished in 1289 and was one of the first finished castles in england in this style,) which came after the keep and bailey style, which came after the motte-and-bailey style, which came after the burh (which arguably WASN’T a castle but whatever,) etc. there are no fortified castles in english history that look like castle cousland, because it’s fucking indefensible. now, this does lead to the question of “oh, well, what is the timeline for the game, maybe there’s something you missed!” so let’s examine the time period of origins:

at the very, very latest, origins could be based off of the BEGINNING of the british “wars of the roses” (the civil wars between the various members of the house plantagenet) which began in the 1450s— this is personally what /i/ think origins is based off of, for a couple reasons. 1) trevelyan was a real person— g.m. trevelyan was a british historian who wrote about the wars of the roses, and in one instance there’s a quote of his the devs almost verbatim used for the design of the free marches: “the Wars of the Roses were to a large extent a quarrel between Welsh Marcher Lords, who were also great English nobles, closely related to the English throne…” they ixnayed the part about the marcher lords being ferelden nobles, i imagine because it was too complicated, but trevelyan? marcher lords? a close relationship with this country? (i.e. like somewhere that might take in their refugees after a catastrophe?) cmon. 2) because ferelden is fucking huge and the histories are kinda weird, because they aren’t 1 for 1, i’m gonna say that we have to use the norman conquest of england as our unification date. in other contexts i wouldn’t try to argue this, but in this one, i’m saying 1066 is the unification date of the anglo-saxon kingdoms into england. calenhad gives us a hard unification date for ferelden— the first landsmeet was in 5:42 exalted, ergo origins is 388 years later. the wars of the roses started in 1455, 389 years after the norman conquest ended. 3) the wars of the roses happened because of a succession crisis— admittedly, these two succession crises are very, very different, but there are definitely parallels between loghain and henry vi and alistair and edward iv. henry vi was crowned at a young age (loghain largely ruled for maric at various points in his life, starting when he was very young,) and was very ineffectual— he suffered from an unknown mental illness which made him extremely unstable and unable to rule for large periods of time. loghain, on the other hand, ruled when the /theirins/ weren’t stable, so you argue he had the opposite— meanwhile, his policies WEREN’T sustainable, whatever you might think of him. loghain is too shaped by his own experiences to be a truly good leader, and by the time his rule/anora’s rule is threatened by cailan, he’s sacrificed enough of his principles that he’s willing to commit atrocities (notably, margaret of anjou ruled during the worst parts of her husband’s mental instability, which again could apply to loghain OR anora, as they ruled fairly jointly after a certain point.) edward iv was the son of richard of york, who was eligible for the throne at a very young age (18 to alistair’s 19) because his father was dead. he was coaxed and led into battle by his cousin, the earl of warwick (also known as the kingmaker— sound like a protagonist you might know?) that’s about where the similarities end, but that’s largely because alistair is a grey warden— if he weren’t, he’d probably be able to have kids and end the question of succession. but he can’t, which, assuming the devs eventually remember, WILL lead to another civil war. hence why i say this is at the BEGINNING of the wars of the roses.

another option that could be argued but makes much less sense and i have no evidence for is that alistair has similarities to edward ii (second son who only became king because his brother died, married a more powerful woman to consolidate power, not very good at ruling, no offense to alistair,) but that still puts origins at like 1307-1327. in either case, they would have been using concentric castles— and given what time period castle cousland was originally built in, it would have been built as a motte-and-bailey, which would NOT have lasted four hundred years. so the castle had to have been rebuilt, and bryce cousland would have had to update that rebuilt castle, because no one lived in it during the orlesian occupation. so where the hell does this winding, weird multi-level design come from?

i GUESS— and this is SO charitable— they could have designed castle cousland based off of a country house design from the mid 1500s, but none of them look like that, either. they’re exclusively rectangular, for one thing, and one of the huge bragging rights of owning one was that they weren’t fortified— they came into fashion during a period of relative stability under the tudor rule, when it was considered guache and maybe even treasonous to build a fortified castle. ferelden is NOWHERE NEAR a period of stability, if anything at the end of origins they’re entering their greatest period of INstability, given what happens in inquisition, and that no matter who ends up on the throne, there’s no way for them to have children. so there’s NO way this castle is a country house, or inspired by one.

leaving us with the final conclusion that a) the game devs definitely did do research into the time period because i can fairly directly trace a line between the event i think inspired origins and the plot, but they didn’t do enough research to figure out what the everloving fuck the BUILDINGS looked like. so these castles make no fucking sense and can’t possibly be called historically accurate even with the fantasy defense, and b) i care WAAAY too much about this for somebody who isn’t even a medieval historian. my area of expertise is the paleolithic, i have no clue why this bugs me so bad i spent four fucking hours writing this post.

#anyone: so what are you getting up to on spring break? me: uhhhhhhhhhhh *spends four hours writing a bioware calloit post about their #historically inaccurate castles* Normal Things #it took me four hours bc i had to pare it down like 8 times btw. i could have kept going #btw there are image descriptions on the maps #dragon age origins #dragon age #long post #actually i take it back i DO know why it bugs me and it’s because they made this g-dawful design part of the plot on every single occasion #like highever? would never have been sacked if not for this design. redcliffe? whole story is about infiltrating this castle through these #extensive dungeons they never would have fucking built bc there’s no use for them. the palace in denerim (which doesn’t even have a name) #is so so so fucked. we can’t even get into it but i HATE it. denerim is a city small enough that not all the banns arls and teyrns can have #their own estates in the city meaning they would need rooms in the palace dedicated to them. where are those rooms??? if’s tiny as hell. all #they needed to do was to put up some extra wings you can’t go into that’s all they needed. i’m so so so annoyed by this it’s such a pet #peeve of mine. especially since skyhold is SOOOOOO good if’s the pinnacle of dragon age buildings no one else will ever be her #there’s multiple courtyards. there’s a garden. there’s the stables centrally located there are concentric walls there’s that weird palace #thing in the center with the world’s hottest great hall. there’s a FORGE there’s a keep there’s a guest wing there’s a tabern there’s #ANOTHER tower you can build there are sentry posts there’s a gatehouse there’s a bridge no one will ever replace her in my heart i know this #skyhold baby you are so so so sexy and delicious and everything a fantasy castle in a video game should be MWAH

[wrender]

For the first time in my entire life, google maps has told me that it would be faster to travel via public transit than go by car. This is nothing short of utopian miracle

#my posts #also btw this isnt a case of one of those bullshit transit routes where it tells u to get in a rideshare halfway through #no this is a route where u walk to the bus stop take the bus to the subway take the subway across the city and walk 3 mins to the place #id post the route for proof bc its just so beautiful but its from my actual house to an apartment im going to be viewing #so it would be like double doxxing #well. if i got the apartment it would be #i doubt i'll get it but its sooo nice it has a skylight and everything #and its centrally located and so close to a subway station and a mall #and its only 2.1k/month #which is very good for a 2 bedroom in toronto #pls send good vibes that i get a nice apartment soon

[lupismaris]

There's something deeply amusing (in an existential, history repeats sense) of having a socialist meeting in the basement of a public library in an incredibly affluent neighborhood

#realistically it was an available space that was centrally located and the Library system is city wide but it amuses me #anyway guess who attended their first socialist alternative meeting and has a follow up call booked for Friday

[chadlesbianjasontodd]

fragment of a carved wooden beam from the loulan city-state (in modern day xinjiang). han dynasty, 206 bce - 220 ce. the carved scrolls resemble south and west asian styles.

loulan 樓蘭, or krorän, was an oasis city-state on the northeastern edge of the lop desert. han interactions with loulan are recorded in the book of han as beginning in 206 bce, and control over the city was contested between the han empire and the xiongnu from at least 126 bce into the second century ce, whereafter it remained under chinese control (to varying actual degree) until the city was abandoned in 330.

aurel stein, leader of the 1906-08 archeological expedition where this fragment was found, may be best known for his sizeable 1907 theft of manuscripts from the dunhuang caves, for which he was knighted by the british crown.

#china #central asia #han dynasty #decorative arts #museum trawling #image source: british museum #ive seen someone saying the wooden carvings at loulan are gandharan but ive no idea if they mean the location or the art style #trade route cities!! who knows!!! #aurel stein #<- a man im sure i will have cause to post about again.

[rockmiyabideusexmachina]

Megaman Production Art Scan of the Day #626:

Den City/DenTech City Central Hospital Background Design Sheet [<Rockman.EXE> #2 ~ Densan Central Hospital (Exterior)]

Notations include:

- There are no notations on this sheet

Full Resolution Scan: https://imgbox.com/JlQ1A3lN

#Megaman Production Art Scan of the Day #Rockman #Megaman #Mega Man #Rockman.EXE #Megaman Battle Network #Megaman NT Warrior #Densan Town #Dentech City #Den City #Central Hospital #Background Scenery #EXE Locations #Miyabi Scans Stuff

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

SCREAMING THROWING UP SHITTING MY PANTS

#obviously this region is more losely based on the real place than previous ones #but still aaaaaah #and i want to learn so bad what elements of each part of the country they have used!! #like for example we already know the big central city even if by location should be modelled after madrid is modelled after madrid #barcelona and even toledo (surrounded by a big river just as the tajo in toledo!!) #also location wise toledo is closer as well #i would live in the big vortex in the center lol #and there's a lot of cities which i'm excited for!! #the biomes are also super varied and i still love that the snowy area is in the north even if it's named after sierra nevada #(which is in the south lmao) #also it looks fucking huge #usually the scales are not that off in pokemon regions #so seeing the buildings that tiny impress me a lot #anyways hello paldea you're officially my favourite region :)

[daymont]

i just know the exchange has this energy all the time

#that and that of the broommates but soorah is scary godmo.ther #mobile. #truly though i do think this space is both one of the calmest and somehow most chaotic in pl #especially with it acting as one of the bigger central locations for trading in inter-city shit #also both the stuff i need for lan and jessica got here so you won't likely hear from me for a minute

[northgazaupdates]

It is 8 am Gaza time and 1 am US Eastern time. As of now, from what we are seeing from multiple people on the ground in the north, there has been a *partial* withdrawal of IOF troops. It is NOT a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and it is NOT a full withdrawal from north Gaza.

Many areas of northwest Gaza report withdrawals, but other parts of north Gaza are still besieged by IOF ground troops. Momin Abu Owda reported that Al-Tawam Junction in the northwest is now free of IOF troops for the first time since the ground invasion began (link below). However, Shukri Filfil reported that Al-Rimal in Gaza City, which is in the southern portion of north Gaza, is still under attack by IOF troops. Eshak Daour reported IOF firing gas bombs at him and a group of civilians in Beit Lahiya, which is more in the central area of north Gaza. Hossam Azam reported ground clashes very near to his location, although his exact location is not yet clear. Ahmed Kouta reported that although the ground troops pulled out of northwest Gaza, they have moved on to other parts of north Gaza, such as the central and southern regions (link below). All but the first and the latter appeared on Instagram Stories and as such there is no permanent working link, so message us for screenshots if desired. Mahmoud Ziad also documented the continued incursion of IOF personnel and machinery around Al-Shifa Hospital in the southwestern region of north Gaza, which Ismail Al-Ghoul reported as well.

The partial withdrawal is being documented by Momin Abu Owda, Dr. Tamer Al-Najjar, Mahmoud Sabbah, Hassan Hamad, Mahmoud Al-Awadia, Mahmoud Abusalama, Abood Abusalama, Mahmoud Shalha, Karam Naji, Ahmed Kouta, Anas Al-Sharif, Ismail Al-Ghoul, Fadi Al-Whidi, and more will be added as we find them.

#north gaza #gaza #gaza genocide #gaza strip #gaza under attack #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestinian genocide #gaza journalists #text #2 February 2024 #free free palestine #free palestine #save gaza #save palestine #stop genocide #stop the genocide #stop israel #stop war

[naneki-maid]

#central park #nyc #new york city #New York #art #nyc artwork #located in Google headquarters #artwork on display

[we-re-always-alright]

seven years in a row!!!!!!!!

#Chicago my beloved #time for my annual promotion post for Chicago #some reasons you should move to Chicago: #you get a big city experience for cheaper than most cities (big and medium sized!!! #it’s cheaper to live here than NYC; LA; SFO; SLC; pretty much anywhere on the coast) #pristine beautiful lake that is one of the largest in the world #it’s like a mini-ocean with miles and miles of clean public beaches #you’re never more than a 10 minute walk from a public park or a 15 minute walk from a public library #competitive and expanding job market—lots of companies are making Chicago a hub because we’re centrally located and have the infrastructure #enshrined civil rights like marriage; abortion; gender affirming care; etc #it’s through the whole state but Chicago is the best part #strong union culture AND protected union rights #democratic stronghold for over 100 years #great public transportation (though admittedly we can improve) #affordable housing compared to all major and most medium cities! #177 distinct and interesting neighborhoods—the city is more than the loop and you’ll find when you live here #the loop is the least interesting part of the city!!! #immensely walkable—most places/neighborhoods have walking scores in the 90s #Midwest nice: people are friendly and helpful to their neighbors and acquaintances #and lots of local bars and restaurants love their regulars #ALLEYWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you don’t realize how key this is until you visit NYC or LA in the summer #both of those cities smell like boiling trash and are covered in garbage #Chicago has alleyways which take care of the garbage and help keep the streets clean #around 30% of people in Chicago don’t even own cars #anyway that’s just a few reasons I love my city and if you’re thinking of moving; move here #we’re friendly; we’re pretty liberal; we have a beautiful city and we work hard to make life better #Chicago #also because I feel this is fairly representative of the city: my fav local yarn store is by an insect museum; an LGBTQ+ game store & #a vintage bowling alley

[stairinventor]

arlington is the butthole of the DFW metroplex

#it fucking sucks #it has the worst drivers and worst highways by far #and it's central location is only good if you're a gay ass urbanite who enjoys being stuck between massive cities

[mojimallow]

i have got the ZOOMIES

#wanna watch. all the shows at once #and listen to music also #TWO songs. same time. #also want to read #ALSO want to give some poor unfortunate soul a full class on how critical g*tham is as a location to #you know who as a character #bc listen to me. listen. #its central. critical. that city is a part of him #that city is as much a character as the 🦇 and deserves to be treated as such and in this essay i will- #moji muses

[puneairportcaboperator]

Pune Airport Cab Operator, Pune Airport, Pune, Maharashtra, India

[email protected]

WhatsApp: [phone] / 52

Cell: [phone] / 32

Cell: [phone] / 52

Pune International Airport: Airport in Pune, Maharashtra

Pune Airport, is located approximately 10 km northeast of Pune Central in the state of Maharashtra, India. The airport is a civil enclave operated by the Airports Authority of India at the eastern side of Lohagaon Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force.

Pune: City in Maharashtra

Pune is a sprawling city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It was once the base of the Peshwas (prime ministers) of the Maratha Empire, which lasted from 1674 to 1818. It's known for the grand Aga Khan Palace, built in 1892 and now a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, whose ashes are preserved in the garden. The 8th-century Pataleshwar Cave Temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

#Pune Airport Cab Operator #Pune Airport #Pune #Maharashtra #India #[email protected] #WhatsApp: [phone] / 52 #Cell: [phone] / 32 #Cell: [phone] / 52 #Pune International Airport: Airport in Pune #is located approximately 10 km northeast of Pune Central in the state of Maharashtra #India. The airport is a civil enclave operated by the Airports Authority of India at the eastern side of Lohagaon Air Force Station of the #Pune: City in Maharashtra #Pune is a sprawling city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It was once the base of the Peshwas (prime ministers) of the Maratha E #which lasted from 1674 to 1818. It's known for the grand Aga Khan Palace #built in 1892 and now a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi #whose ashes are preserved in the garden. The 8th-century Pataleshwar Cave Temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

[probablyasocialecologist]

The assault on Al-Shifa, though, seems to be motivated by reasons Israel has not explicitly disclosed. It appears that Israel is leveraging this genocidal war, supported fully by the U.S. and Western allies, to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. The current situation in Gaza City and northern Gaza marks the onset of a process of expulsion and uprooting, reminiscent of the 1948 Nakba. To fulfill this objective, Israel is targeting institutions critical to Palestinian life in Gaza City, with Al-Shifa hospital being a prime example. Al-Shifa, a sprawling complex, includes numerous hospitals, clinics, and centers offering essential services to Gazans, especially given the blockade and restricted access to medical treatment abroad. But Al-Shifa is more than a hospital. In times of crisis and conflict, its central location makes it a gathering place for ordinary Gazans and journalists, a venue for press conferences (during this war, Palestinian children held a press conference outside the hospital, pleading for an end to Israel’s bombardment), a site where families receive the remains of loved ones, and a sanctuary where the injured find care. During aggressions on Gaza, Al-Shifa becomes a crucial hub for Palestinians to connect and check on one another. In this war, the hospital, due to its size relative to other structures in Gaza City, has sheltered thousands of displaced Palestinians, either those whose homes were destroyed or who were expelled from their neighborhoods. By seizing and ravaging Al-Shifa, Israel signals the end of life in Gaza City as Palestinians have known it for decades. Removing the hospital from Gaza’s healthcare equation also obscures the extent of casualties and injuries among the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who remain north of Wadi Ghazza.

#al shifa #al shifa hospital #palestine #israel #gaza

[sobhahrcpristine-blog]

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