#sola said

[tempestclerics]

this train heist (module by @r-n-w, my second time ever DMing for those following along at home) is going great:

- three PCs and a horse have stacked themselves under a coat to pretend to be a centaur. they are passing a Shetland pony off as their collective cousin by draping it in worms on a string

- the “one last job, I’m supposed to be retired” dwarf learned one of his many adoptive granddaughters also got recruited for this job and has both shown half the party her baby pictures and also had to hold her back from trying to go assassinate her ex who she definitely is still in love/psychosexual obsessive lesbianism with. for like the twentieth time.

- warlock “called their dad” to do recon and contacted a worm on a string coat wearing minor trickster god. you know, his dad

- the ex accountant turned fighter fully slid a knife through the bars of her former coconspirator (and the sheriff’s prisoner)’s cell by distracting the deputy with a flying bison

- the Shetland pony quacks btw

- changeling gunslinger transformed into a shorter version of the warlock and when he tried to change back his heterochromia got flipped

- capybaran fighter drank a complimentary cocktail invented by the saloon car attendant called the Baleful Polymorph and grew fantasy Texas longhorn cattle horns

- oh, and the sheriff is about to throw down w them in the most crowded train car. nbd

#sola said #train heist #I love y’all #we’re making such a mess together

[swarmkeepers]

the fact that eeaao was made by a 5 person vfx team and so much practical effects and has so much love for the colorful and the material and the grounded and the flamboyant all at once is in fact everything to me

#FIVE PERSON VFX NOT A DRILL #everything everywhere all at once #sola said

[banhbotloc-moved]

[ID: photo of many donut peaches in a large pile. End ID]

maybe peach season is the universe’s way of telling us we are loved, actually

#there is so much stone fruit in the house rn. peaches and nectarines and plums #it’s the best #peach #fruit #food #sola described #sola said

[tofusilken]

remade to @tempestclerics!

#sola said #quid pro queue

[hejee]

something about love being the death of duty

#dragon age #dragon age inquisition #solavellan #dragon age dreadwolf #dragon age fanart #inquisitor lavellan #solas #lavellan #solas dragon age #ok but i wanted a new phone wallpaper so i made one lol #ouuugh i miss them so much #yes yes ik that’s jon snow’s quote but i forgot when he said that #something something solas can’t risk falling in love bc of his duty something something halamshivanas or something #i was listening to ludwig the holy blade during the time i was doing this #da4 prediction they will get their happy ending in the afterlife ahaha im kms

[bunnywearsboots]

I did the jaws of Hakkon dlc (accidentally skipped it my first playthrough) and the comparisons between solavellan and the old inquisitior and his partner are too much.

#it didn’t help throughout the whole conversation with the guy solas was in the background looking at Lavellan with heart eyes #I cannot believe I missed this dlc #BioWare said y’all like Harding and you shall receive more Harding and I ate it up #solas dragon age #solavellan #dragon age inquisition #dragon age #jaws of hakkon

[solas-backpack-mug]

i've been contemplating rymrgand's design and i was struck with a thought

is this an emo fringe

#that being said he is the edgiest of all gods #god of ultimate death and entropy and all #pillars of eternity #rymrgand #solas backpack mug

[yourfavessexualityshouldvebeen]

solas dragon age shouldve been bi

[Id: Solas from Dragon Age on the bisexual flag]

Solas from Dragon Age should’ve been bisexual!

#request #lgbt frogs #solas #dragon age #I’m sorry but I looked him up and said outside ‘HES TOO UGLY TO BE BI’ #your faves sexuality should’ve been #bisexual

[kaltacore]

one thing that especially irks me about cullen's so-called redemption is the attempts to redeem him through cole's words.

templars' abuses affected cole so badly it damaged his connection to the fade and his own nature. he was a spirit of compassion and witnessing what was happening in white spire turned him into a killer. he murdered lord seeker lambert in cold blood for what he did and most of the time he doesn't regret it — and then he just. drops the "he's not like the other girls" lines about cullen.

and this is such a lazy and annoying move. another thing that is established about cole is that you particularly can't lie to him — about your real feelings and intentions at least. whatever he states about other characters must be true and it is often used as a tool to deepen the characterizations of the main cast and in cullen's case it is just. blatant apologism. there's literally a banter where cole talks about atrocities commited by the templars and then he adds "oh no but cassandra and cullen aren't like that" and never elaborates. the game itself doesn't elaborate either.

like please don't tell me that the spirit who was shaken by knowledge that an innocent boy can die from starving because his jailors simply forgot about him would look in the eyes of a person who used to be meredith fucking stannard's right hand and still thinks that her methods were just a little too harsh but necessary and justified and say yeah. this guy is such a friend of mages. if only there were more templars like him

#this is such an overt bullshit like i don't even know where to start #and my main problem is that. i don't care about cullen. his redemption arc sucks because it's non-existent. but i do care about cole #and i love his cryptic comments so much because they really give you a look into character's head in a weird but interesting manner #and then. this happens. and you can say that “oh but it means that cullen's REAL attitude is compassionate towards mages!” #but the thing about cole's comments is. he does expose characters' thoughts #but you've already had an opportunity to catch whatever cole makes clear in these banters #like. vivienne is afraid and it is shown in the game. dorian struggles with attachment and it is shown in the game #cullen struggles with whatever he's done to mages and ?????? ah yes #and i'm just. so mad. because i love what cole adds to the storytelling. and there's so much potential but he's used for apologism #because whoever wrote cullen was too lazy and/or preoccupied with making a knight in shining armor out of him #you can also point out that cole is used for solas apologism as well. but in solas' case you can catch that he feels conflicted #about his actions and goals. so yeah. it works. at least partially. so my point stays. #cullen's case is like. by the book example of horrendous breaking of 'show don't tell' rule #practically cole breaks this rule constantly. but as i said it doesn't feel off with other characters because of what has been shown alread #cullen critical #dragon age

[stinkrascal]

solas dragon age is my astarion truly........ the way people woobify astarion and act like hes never done anything wrong in his whole life thats 100% me with solas. im all "its ok to like fictional villains" until solas walks in then suddenly thats not a villain thats my little baby guy.......he literally didnt do anything wrong............hes just traumatized........he was just stressed out.............he didnt mean it....................solas dragon age get behind me i'll protect you with my life

#solas would love me. ik he would bc i'd just agree with everything he said all the time without any critical thought #his ego would thrive with me around ^_^ #dragon age inquisition no that's my solas romance simulator

[tempestclerics]

i’m having a fully immersive yumi and the nightmare painter experience (read: experiencing this book while personally going through a period of isolation/transition/burnout artistic and otherwise makes it hit like a goddamn truck), 11/10 would be hurt again

#I firmly believe there are some books that are just good and some books that are good because they find you at the right time #yumi for me happens to be both. OUCH #how is this book so terrifying and sweet and heartbreaking and relatable and intimate and expansive #anyway it’s very good. the rare book that can make me actually not-rhetorically tear up #although I’ll blame some of that on said circumstances of reading #sola said #yumi and the nightmare painter

[banhbotloc]

[ID: 3 photos of an oval baking dish with marinated chicken thighs, tart cherries, and rosemary show 1) the dish before baking with the chicken barely visible under the pile of cherries, 2) after baking, with the chicken in a brown sauce with the cooked down cherries, and 3) with a spoon and only one piece of chicken left. End ID]

the beginnings of the end of farmers market cherry season, celebrated with genuinely my new favorite recipe: bone in skin on chicken thighs + olive oil + balsamic + lots of shallots + honey + tart cherries + rosemary + salt + pepper

#still a rainier kind of girlie but I’m coming around on tart cherries #used up the last of the ​QUART of cherries the good folks at the farmers market convinced me to buy #this cute baking dish + a genuinely perfect marinade I’m gonna use on everything #quarter cup olive oil eighth cup balsamic 1 tablespoon honey 2 minced shallots and a bunch of salt and pepper #chicken #tart cherries #rosemary #shallots #food #sola said #sola described

[swarmkeepers]

walks up to a couple. so which of you looks “sickeningly hot” and which of you looks “drenched in magical thunder and darkness” when you go out to start a treasonous conspiracy against the court

#sola said #a court of fey and flowers

[banhbotloc-moved]

[ID: 3 photos of cooking honeynut squash, a small orange squash. First it’s sliced on a cutting board, then cut into small pieces and cooked in a pan, and finally mixed into a bowl of congee with century egg. End ID]

Pan roasted honeynut squash + century egg congee for a comforting, seasonal-but-not-traditional dinner at midnight 🧡

#first time cooking w honeynut and it’s delicious #sooo sweet #and so pretty too I love the orange #honeynut squash #congee #century egg #food #sola said #sola described #for my own reference: ginger and chicken broth in the congee with the squash and egg added right at the end to warm through #high heat for 5 min before flipping the squash + salt pepper maggi garlic powder and a little bit of honey right at the end #and maggi and chili oil on top after everything

[whosyourvladi]

Sorry, Solas fans, but I’ve decided that he is just a less wrinkly version of a Skyrim falmer

#had to be said sorry #solas #skyrim

[nightmarist]

Solas: Our people used to be here. Sera: Pfft, you say that everywhere. Solas: It is more true than you want to believe. Sera: I bet, right? Who wants to think about stepping on dead elves? Solas: Din elvhen emma him? Sera: Oh, you felt that one.

Din - Death, the dead Elvhen - elves, the people, etc Emma - within, deep, very, really (adverb?) Him - become, to lead

Potentially: Do you want to become a dead elf? (a threat)

#dragon age #solas #sera #dragon age inquisition #he said it with such vitriol #just wanted to try my hand at it #emma doesnt have a perfect translation but thats what i came up with after about an hour #either it means deep/inside/within or its an adverb to deepen the meaning of something #if the 'rough' translations of songs and poems can be trusted #you is sometimes implied in elvhen sentences even if there is a pronoun for it #elvhen