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The theory that the Dragon Age protagonists are the Four Horsemen really fucks btw

The Hero of Fereldan - Pestilence. The Blight follows close behind them. Ever since the Fifth Blight, the taint has been spreading at alarming rates.

The Champion of Kirkwall - War. The Champion indirectly or directly lights the spark of the Mage-Templar War.

The Inquisitor - Famine. After War follows Famine. We see this when exploring the world as vital resources run low.

The Rook - Death. Only Death can defeat Pride. Death is change and upheaval. The veil will be broken. Many will die and nothing will be the same.

#dragon age #dreadwolf #dragon age dreadwolf #that is fucking brilliant #four horsemen of the apocalypse #dragon age meta #dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age: origins #dragon age 2 #dragon age: inquisition

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There's a reddit thread on the BG3 sub where the user u/InklingRain posted a spreadsheet they made with all the companion approvals. Super useful in general both for playing the game and for fic, so I thought I'd post it on tumblr and play around a little!

There's a top row with the average approval by companion, but I didn't find that very useful, so I changed it to the count of approvals (i.e. count of approvals & disapproval total, how often a companion had a reaction to something). We all know Astarion gives a lot of disapprovals here and there, but they're only -1 at a time, so no big deal, right?

No. Minsc has the least at only 45 reactions, Halsin at 95, Minthara at 145, and of the main companions, Gale is pretty average at 198, Lae'zel at 224, and Shadowheart, rather opinionated at 258...

but that's nothing compared to Astarion's 406. That's almost 150 more than the next person!!! That's more than Minthara and Shadowheart combined! Babygirl really woke up one day and decided to get in a snit over everything that happens 😂

(Longer post about count of positive and negative opinions, sum of approvals and disapprovals, and some major outliers below. Picture with values at the very end.)

But that's a bit disingenuous. If we look at the ratio of positive to negative opinions (not taking value into account), Astarion's pretty average at 30% (negative count over sum count, so let's call that negativity). This is similar to Gale (31%), Karlach (30%), and Lae'zel (32%). In theory, getting Astarion's approval or disapproval is just as easy as any of theirs, with a 20% bias towards positive approvals. Later companions are weighted heavily towards the lower end of the spectrum, with Jaheira at 13% negativity and Minsc at 9%. As you only get them very late, it's pretty clear that the game gives you a lot of opportunities to get their approvals and thus open up more of their quests and dialogue.

However. We have an outlier. Wyll Ravenguard, clocking in at an indecent 38% negativity! Which really just goes to show, while Astarion is the most opinionated, Wyll has the most disapprovals, making him the judgiest companion of all 🤣

However, this really wouldn't be a good post if we didn't look at the value of approvals. Karlach, for instance, has the strongest disapproval value of -100 (given if you sleep with her and then call it a mistake). Ouch. This is clearly at outlier and doesn't say much about Karlach's changeability of opinion in general. If we look at the sum of positive and negative opinions, this is a very heavy swing, making up 100 points of her total 191 disapproval points possible to her 281 approvals total. Another outlier is Minsc, who currently possesses a 43% disapproval percentage (a heavy -50 disapproval given if you sacrifice him to Sarevok. Jaheira, by contrast, apparently doesn't give a damn, or her value might simply not be included in the dateset.)

Removing outliers is really a matter of opinion here, so I'll only remove the most extreme swings, such as the above mentioned disapprovals.

The otherwise strongest swings are Astarion (-15 for telling him it was a mistake preventing him from drinking Araj's blood, or saying you only wanted to sleep with him, not deal with his trauma) and Wyll (+20 for siding with Karlach during his confrontation with her, which really shows he didn't really want to kill her and is very grateful you stopped him). Halsin gives +40 for reuniting Oliver with Thaniel, which...lifting the shadow curse is sort of his life's mission, and a bit of a unique case, so while it makes sense, I think it's such a unique event that can't be topped by anything else and will remove it. Jaheira give +20 for extending the Emperor's protection to Minsc, and, for funsies, Minthara's heaviest disapproval is -5 for donating to Lolth at the Stormshore Tabernacle. (lol)

I only chose to remove the aforementioned Karlach, Minsc, and Halsin values, as they're all very large swings and rather character-defining or personal to the individuals mentioned, so I don't think it says much about them in a more general day-to-day sense.

Now, using the sums of our negative and positive values, Gale is our most Negative Nancy, clocking in at 37%, which goes to show that while he's pretty average for the amount of things he cares about, when he disapproves, it's a strong one. Next up is Astarion at 35%, and Wyll at 34%. Lowest are Jaheira and Minsc at 7% and 4% respectively, which makes an intuitive sort of sense: Jaheira is old and just over being upset by the players poor choices, and Minsc is an insanely positive person overall. The next most positive companion is Halsin at 13%, which also matches with his vibe pretty well, followed by Minthara at 17%, Karlach at 24%, Lae'zel at 26%, and Shadowheart at 28%.

Tl;dr: Astarion has many, many opinions, but Wyll is the most judgemental (most disapprovals compared to approvals possible). However, when it comes to the strength of those disapprovals, Gale reigns supreme, followed by Astarion.

If don't break Karlach's heart, help Halsin achieve his life's ambition, or sacrifice Minsc, then they're pretty positive overall. Later companions are heavily weighted to approve of your actions, and Minthara is comparatively judgemental, but overall far more easy to gain approval than disapproval from.

If you take the average of all these values and include the later companions to look at as a personality "baseline" of how judgy and how strong those disapprovals may be, then...the Act 1 companions are all dramatic af, which really should come to no ones' surprise, while Karlach is the most willing to give the benefit of the doubt imo.

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #astarion #wyll ravengard #gale dekarios #Shadowheart #lae'zel #Karlach #Minthara #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #baldurs gate meta #bg3 reference

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Yesterday was Sant Jordi day, here where I live (Barcelona), a festive day full of books & roses. Here a pic of the legend. Enjoy!

#sant jordi #arts #santjordi #knight #dragon #roses #inspirational art #excellent dash material #so pretty

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Happy Sant Jordi day!🌹📚🐉

In Catalonia is celebrated by gifting books and roses, "A rose for love and a book forever" and I believe is very sweet and more people should know about it!

Hope those celebrating are covered in roses and future reading material!

#sant jordi #tradicions #arts #art #drawing #illustration #digital art #dragon #inspirational art

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Bona diada, feliç Sant Jordi 2024 🌹

#illustration #creative #artists on tumblr #santj #artists of tumblr #artists #inspirational art #I really love the color usage

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Bon sant jordi!! 🐉💘🌹

#comic #sarybomb #terato #sant jordi #::cackles for eternity:: #inspirational art #😏😏😏

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I made this one for Sant Jordi, the day for books, roses and dragons! on the past April 23. I forgot to post it on Tumblr 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️!

Enjoy!!

#arts #sant jordi #illustration #artists on tumblr #creative #oriolvidal #poster art #books covers #inspirational art #so cool!

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Nothing compares to fuet.

Video by gerhardkirsten10 on Instagram.

#humor #fuet #food #charcuterie #catalan food #fuet is so fucking good!!!

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I Want To Live (Life and Death)

#bg3 #based on death and life by klimt #baldur's gate 3 #mimimaru art #inspirational art #excellent dash material #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #baldurs gate fanart #I love it

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Cassandra romance, except the inquisitor is gay and so am I.

Featuring @lyedhan, @hereliestheabyss, and @heisenwinters as my moral support.

#dragon age #katari #cassandra pentaghast #ft the romance cassandra mod! #dragon age inquisition #dragon age: inquisition #cassandra x inquisitor #cassandra romance mod #my fiancée reacts the same way in regards to Cassandra except we don’t have the mod for her yet

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Hunger

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi #laios touden #kabru #labru #fanart #dungeon meshi fanart #art #drawing #inspirational art #excellent dash material

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Today was portfolio day on Twitter! I wanted to post my favorite works on here as well since this is more my usual stuff, and some new followers have not seen them~

While I love doing mlp AU designs, I do miss drawing my ocs and more adult oriented pieces.

#swords and scales #artists on tumblr #illustration #tulliocs #character design #inspirational art #excellent dash material

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#green #text #greentext #4chan #reddit #Mint Jams #Casiopea #good tunes

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#art reference #art resources #useful websites #artists on tumblr #artist resources #for my fellow artists #art references

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calling all authors!!

i have just stumbled upon the most beautiful public document i have ever laid eyes on. this also goes for anyone whose pastimes include any sort of character creation. may i present, the HOLY GRAIL:

https://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf

this wonderful 88-page piece has step by step breakdowns of how names work in different cultures! i needed to know how to name a Muslim character it has already helped me SO MUCH and i’ve known about it for all of 15 minutes!! i am thoroughly amazed and i just needed to share with you guys 

#authors on tumblr #character creation #names #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writblr #writerscommunity #writers community #writersociety #writers society #writing resources

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How do you even paint the skin like that, it’s so amazing 😭

Thank you😭…. I cant really put my process into words and I’m definitely not qualified to make a legit tutorial but I sorta just chip at it until it looks cool to me😔 I have a buuunch of these little exercises though but ik there’s sort of a jump to the finished piece if it helps any!

This one right here is my most recent one from a month or so ago 🤔 there’s writing on it but it was mostly just notes I took for myself to really comprehend since i was more rusty at the time

#art #exercise #artists on tumblr #artists #inspirational art #coloring process #drawing examples #art tutorial #excellent dash material

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[headphone warning for loud volume]

pov: the inquisitor walks in on that one scene where these two were fighting

#dragon age #dragon age meme #dragon age inquisiton #dai #cassandra pentaghast #varric tethras #dragon age memes #dragon age video #dragon age: inquisition #::cackles for eternity::