#antares talks

[victoriadallonfan]

Victoria: “Who’s a good girl? You are! Yes you are! Who wants a hug?”

Tattletale (rolling her eyes and raising her arms): “Well fine, if you’re that touched starved, hon-“

Victoria: “Hm? Oh, sorry, I was talking to my forcefield. Did you say something Tattletale?”

Tattletale: rapidly wishes to cease existing

#it must tough to have Victoria just talk to herself #literally and metaphorically #and powerly #parahumans #wildbow #ward #ward web serial #victoria dallon #antares #wardblr #glory girl #tattletale #lisa wilbourn

[lyriumlullaby-ao3]

hello i’m back from the dead (sleeping) and it’s time to talk about

why Cullen won’t let anyone fix the hole in his ceiling 💖

someone has probably said this before but it wasn’t me, so here we go!

so remember that Ser Cullen Stanton Rutherford of Honnleath grew up with three siblings, who he describes as being “very loud.” i see him as always being a very disciplined child, kind and warm and willing to let Mia take charge (because fighting her for it would have been useless), but a steadfast follower with a keen sense of justice and fairness, willing to voice his objections when he had any, and very fastidious about not breaking rules when Mia or Branson tried to stir up trouble. you know, that whole second child archetype. he was prone to a bit of escapism, running off to that pier on some lake which is definitely not in Crestwood, which tells us he likes having somewhere to escape to, somewhere to run if he gets overwhelmed.

skipping forward a bit, when he lived in Kirkwall, he had quite a bit of freedom to come and go physically, but to me at least it seems like he felt trapped by his duties under Meredith. he explicitly describes her keeping things from him, things she thought he’d disagree with as her second in command. he felt lied to, deceived, manipulated by her (bc he was), i think, even before the events at the end of DA2 that expose her for what she is. can you imagine that feeling? like he actually wants to do good, to treat the mages fairly and help keep them and everyone else safe (that’s why he signed up, after all), but he’s got this nasty, evil commanding officer who’s whispering in his ear, twisting all that good intention to do her malicious bidding. it must have felt like beating his head against a brick wall, like no matter what he did, his sincere desire to believe that other people are fundamentally good disappointed him. i always say that Meredith gave Cullen just enough rope to hang himself with.

jumping forward again, let’s talk about the Winter Palace. Cullen is very obviously uncomfortable there, and it makes sense why: he can’t leave, not without being extraordinarily rude, can’t get away from the people bothering and sexually harassing him, can’t get out of that jacket that is too damn tight. if you bring Cole with you, at one point in his ‘Investigate’ tree he comments that, “Cullen is afraid. They’re hurting him, following fear. He shouldn’t be here.”

all of this is just to illustrate: man’s got a Thing about feeling trapped, stuck, unable to fight back or defend himself or just flat out leave. and why does he have such a hard time with this?

because of that one time that Uldred blew up the Circle at Kinloch Hold in Ferelden. for reasons we don’t fully grasp, rather than being claimed by the demons or simply killed in the fighting, Cullen held out. he resisted demonic possession completely, somehow, and was instead trapped within that magical prison with no possibility of escape, probably for weeks. no escape from his hunger, thirst, or lyrium withdrawal, and no escape from the (probably Desire) demon(s) that tortured him with freedom if he’d only give in to those things he won’t quite allow himself to want.

so the fact that there’s a hole in his ceiling, even months into the repairs at Skyhold, when almost everything else has been fixed but a few, hard-to-access bits of masonry, is not lost on me. and sure, you could always blame it on lighting for the romance scene that takes place up there. but i like to think that it’s there because Cullen refuses to let them fix it. here’s why:

Cullen doesn’t like to stray far from his post. he likes that there’s a loft with a bed where he can pretend to sleep that’s not far from his desk, where he commands the lives of thousands of people. (i think at one point in Absolution, it’s revealed that at its height, the Inquisition was composed of ~10,000 troops, plus all the necessary support personnel.) the fate of the world is quite literally depending on his ability to do his job, and when the lyrium withdrawals make him feel like he must be losing his mind, he likes that he’s got an easy choice between resting (like he knows he probably should) or working (like he knows he really needs to), separated only by a little wooden ladder and a few planks that make up the floor.

he needs that little hole in the ceiling. if ever something happened at Skyhold, and it wasn’t safe or possible to leave through the three fucking doors on the lower level, he needs a back up plan, a way to get out from the top of that tower, or he’s every bit as trapped as he was at the Winter Palace, or by Meredith, or by Uldred and his demons, and he can’t be, not here, not with so many lives in his hands. not after Haven.

he needs it when he wakes up shouting, drenched in sweat, from another nightmare where he’s back there, trapped with demons who’ve murdered or enslaved your brothers and sisters and are trying to break you next, or pinned under Meredith’s thumb, doing things that he knows are wrong, he knows, but she’s his commanding officer and he trusts her, so how wrong can they really be? he needs it, first thing when he opens his eyes, to know he’s got an escape route, a backup plan. he’s safe.

and when he finally gives in to temptation, that thing he wants more than anything that he really shouldn’t let himself want, when the Inquisitor confesses that she wants to be with him when this is all over and he very dramatically sweeps aside everything on his desk, his whole life, shattering it all over the floor, he needs that little patch of sky to remind him it’s real. he’s free to leave whenever he needs to.

and that’s what allows him to stay.

#anyway this got long lmfao #but yeah. the reason why cullen still has a hole in his ceiling :) #cullen rutherford #dragon age #meta #dragon age meta #i’d like to personally rip meredith standard’s throat out with my TEETH but. that’s a different post #ask me about it sometime it’s a good ted talk #antares speaks #there’s like a little bit of #cullenmance #in here so i’ll tag that too :) #antares' meta

[desicowgirl]

It has been four months and I still have not adjusted to antar's passing. I habitually still sleep on the right side of my bed, as if he still comes sneaking in the night looking for warmth. I move around where his water bowl was placed as if it is still there. I say oh I'll feed this to antar as if he is still around to eat. I feel textures and think antar would love to nap on this as if he is still here. I miss my companion so much and the solace he brought me. I've been having a lot of rough days recently and the only comfort I can think of is curling up with him on the floor and absentmindedly petting his head and relaxing at the sound of his purring. I also don't ever bring it up to my friends because I don't need them thinking I am unhinged grieving my dead cat four months later like yeah he is a cat but he brought so much love in my life and I miss him dearly.

#antar shaped hole in my heart #talking to myself #not to be dramatic...but uhmm I miss my cat lol #antar #m’s mind

[i-bring-crack]

My Sunshine and Midnight rain couple but the Sunshine is an atomic bomb and the rain is made of acid

#im talking about Antares/Ashborn #pry it out my cold dead hands #solo leveling

[windypuddle]

james t kirk is not only brave but also intelligent and a nerd and a good starship captain but by god you make that man a mediator in a political situation and hes just trying not to punch someone

#puddle talks #star trek #star trek tos #james t kirk #im reading the antares maelstrom by greg cox

[multeasers]

Man who is consistently in looney tunes ass situations : how am I in a looney tunes ass situation

#🌊 ( ooc ) : mun talking #SCREAMING CRYING.... I'LL BE LURKING LATER PROBABLY BUT THATS IT #oh but . I will be adding / changing up some of antares's info . At least a little #mainly au stuff but also default stuff too #But LORD I got sick again ( TWICE !! ) and then my grandma was supposed to be moving back in #but now we have to drive four hours south just to take her to an appointment that NOBODY knew she had prior #dissolving into the ground as we speak . I'm so tired #Update as of nearly an hour after posting this one but #I feel like I am gettin a stye in my eye.... when I said looney tunes situation i meant from how chaotic #everything has been feeling !!!

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[antares0606]

"Chaos is in the eye of the beholder, and what is disorder to one soul is harmony for another." Vampiric-Charms

So, there are a lot of posts encouraging folk to read "old" fics. After a long absence from writing/reading fanfiction, I joined AO3 early last year, and somehow, by some incredibly good fortune, this work was where I first landed. Vampiric_Charms wrote the series "Burns Most of All" which was followed by "Feeding the sheep is prohibited" where they were joined by co-author @naamah-beherit, and the two series will forever be in my top ten, forever in my heart. Yes, I ship Melkor & Mairon, and it is all their fault.

I was new to AO3, tumblr wasn't even on my radar (thank you writers for posting amazing stories that ended with "follow me on tumblr" 🤬💖), fanfiction etiquette had changed over the years. I don't remember leaving comments (if I did, I would now likely find them embarrassing), I may not have left kudos. And I really, really regret not doing either of those things.

Don't just tell people to read "old" fics (7 years is not old!), share the stories that you love, and if you want, tell how you found them and why you love them. I'm going to keep doing this (with a very short post, I swear), and you can read it or scroll, it's my tumblr too. It's a small way of saying thank you to all the writers brave enough to put their work out there for all of us.

#fan fiction writer appreciation #antares is having an emotional day #antares does ted talks

[puphoods]

32 for whichever oc has the Strangest Habbits

32. do they have any habits that aren't particularly self-destructive, just maybe odd? ugh thats so hard to think of lol... i think antares has pica but they are also like. not human so eating isnt something she would ordinarily need to do in the first place. unless i change my mind about that.

its mostly going to be a list of BFRDs from here on if i say anything else tbh

#answered asks #my ocs #antares #<- pretty sure their tag is empty sorry i should talk abt her more... #idk whats considered an odd or strange habit forgive me

[victoriadallonfan]

Victoria: “Let’s talk this out, like rational, sane-“

Someone throws a pebble at her

Pebble bounces off of her forcefield harmlessly

Kenzie (pebble lightly taps her shoulder): “Heh, ouch.”

Victoria: “YOUR FREE TRIAL TO LIVING HAS JUST EXPIRED”

#Victoria believes in brokering peace talks #sorry I meant you will broken and in pieces if you don’t want to talk #and if you so much as scowl at Kenzie #and she’s the nice one! #parahumans #wildbow #ward #victoria dallon #antares #ward web serial #glory girl #kenzie martin #lookout

[lyriumlullaby-ao3]

god they really did do Justice kinda dirty in da2, huh

#antares speaks #no listen!! hear me out #i LOVE the character choice to have him join with Anders i think it’s perfect #i just wish they’d let him be his own character still more than just like… Anders’ understudy :/ #he’s so interesting and tbh i wish you heard him and Anders speak to each other out loud!!!! #but of course they weren’t going to do that 😒😒 #can’t be seen to be showing humanity to ppl who talk to themselves or… idk how to talk about this right bc i don’t know very much about it #so forgive me if my language is clumsy!! #but like some people have more than one personality or ‘voice’ i guess in their heads and that’s totally cool and we COULD let it be normal #just give me Anders AND Justice as distinct(ish) entities even even they get confused about who’s who!! #let me interact more w Justice!!! he’s in there even when Anders is being Normal:tm: and he could have been his own character still!!!! #give me back my friend okay :c #anders dragon age #justice dragon age #dragon age 2 #dragon age awakening #i’m playing awakening again and i’m having SOOOO many anders + justice feels :((( 💔💖✨ #okay sorry for giving a ted talk in the tags. it will happen again lol

[skhardwarevers1]

one time I was thinking abt Endri’s place amongst other godly figures and remembered that Polaris fucking hates everyone and would probably be polite for about two seconds before getting someone nicer than her to ask them to “kindly get the fuck out”

#S.K brain dumps #This has been in my head for ages Polaris does NOT like people #She tolerates Crux #She banished Antares and Regulus for being annoying little shits and don’t even mention Procyon to her #She doesn’t talk about Epsilon cuz she’s jealous that while Epsilon was in her prime she caused multiple extinctions /hj #It’s actually because Epsilon kinda was fucking crazy and so she had an actual reason to banish her

[i-bring-crack]

Antares x Jinwoo but Antares has a vessel and its Cha Hae-In. He can only use her when her power is on the brim so he doesn't have full control of Haein. Either way Jinwoo suffers the bisexuality panic because on one hand he does like Haein and her kind to dominating nature and he also likes Antares' spiritual form and honestly it's even worse that they are both his enemies—

#solo leveling #sung jin woo #cha hae in #sl antares #See my vision? #best part is antares and haein bickering and them looking crazy to the rest because they are technically #talking to invisible beings #anyways haein likes jinwoo while antares likes the shadow monarch #so its a win win for them but loose for having to deal with each other. #they compromise somehow

[ask-bet-anon]

(No no no, Bet as Kris and the anons as the soul, so that way we can have Lunar as Susie and have Chaos Trio)

Guess that answers who Susie would be. Cus I can't imagine anyone else in that position with Antares as Kris

#mod life #au talk #poor Bet hurts Shai in two universes #though Antares and Lunar feel slightly more fitting

[larkkspuur]

cant think of anything else but minecraft rn

#olitalks #antares needs to TALK to some people cause SHIT! IS! HAPPENIN! lmao #things are popping off in kingdom recently #i gotta talk to people as ant and im VIBRATING

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