We stand upon the precipice of change

I am very sporatic about when I am online. Gabriel, he/him, 23, unapologetically queer, art and fandom sideblog of @dynamicelk. Formerly wasteofthewasteland. Mainly Fallout, Baldur's gate 3 and Dragon age, other fandoms may show up from time to time

[aeducadacity]

Here's your daily service announcement that terfs, facists and any of their ilk are not and will never be welcome on my blog, and will be blocked and reported on sight. If you belong to any of these groups you can fuck right off

[lehlatte]

Goddess of Self-Righteousness and God of Sunken Cost Fallacy.

[chanafehs]

Vivienne’s line about “a leash can be pulled both ways” is actually so fascinating because it can not only be applied to its original context (Mages & Templars) but to the Inquisitor themselves - as many have discussed the Inquisitor loses their standing, their heritage, their identity to this weird Andrastian cult up in the mountains regardless of what they personally believe. They are the Herald of Andraste, the leader of this massive powerful religious military organization that has its hands in every holding in Thedas and yet the Inquisitor is controlled by everyone else. You are locked into centrist diplomacy, the game is playing you as much as you are playing it. You can make choices but all of the choices you make are guided and picked apart by everyone else, you lose your entire personhood to become someone that everyone around you has molded you into and you cannot escape. The dichotomy between Vivienne and Sera becomes even more interesting because on one hand, Sera keeps trying to humanize you and tear down the barrier between you and the average person (or followers of you), while Vivienne wants you to harness your position since it is all you can do because escape is not an option - harkening back to her experience as a circle mage. Dragon Age Inquisition fundamentally gives you a protagonist sitting in the most powerful position in Thedas and the only thing you cannot control is yourself.

[aamuusva]

So.. the All-Father is back?

[mousegirlheart]

for the love of god, do not use chores to punish your kids!!!! it's just going to make them struggle deeply to keep their houses tidy as adults since you made them associate necessary chores with punishment and suffering, and it's going to take years of therapy to undo. don't use chores as punishments!!!

[mousegirlheart]

oh man all these people having the horrifying realisation in the tags on why they struggle so bad with chores is breaking my heart

[mousegirlheart]

im giving everyone in the tags a hug if thats okay im so sorry

[datasoong47]

[linguisticparadox]

[temperatezone]

A new Bechdel would need to cover new ground that isn't already covered by the original Bechdel, though. And this scenario is covered; it's the "minimum of 2 named female characters" bit.

On the other hand, it really shows how we can put the bar for representation on the floor and some people will dig a tunnel rather than walk over it.

[verybearlyawake]

[rneliflua]

[dearausten]

not now sweetie, mommy is watching how the massive girlbossification of female characters has led to the belief that weak and vulnerable female characters are badly written characters because apparently every woman needs to be outspoken and witty and snarky and brave in order to be considered “complex” and have any value in a piece of media!!

[spiderbitesandvampirevenom]

honestly you cant tell me pipboys dont have a cigarette lighter function. this is culturally cold war americana. everything was made with smoking in mind because the cigarette lobby had the government by the balls. pipboys would 100% have a part whose sole function was constantly being hot as balls so you can light a cig on it. and yes it would be extremely easy to burn yourself on.

[corroded-coffin]

ANYTHING FOR YOU JOSH

[notebooks-and-laptops]

Wardens who's appearances dramatically change between Origins and Awakening my beloved <3.

Because like. And here's the thing. Here's the THING. They should have died. Origins is a game about the protagonist dying and you can either follow that path or refuse it, but it makes it very clear that's how it's supposed to go. You should die in the last battle.

And we of course have our absolutely glorious Legion of the Dead. Who have funerals for themselves and who tattoo their faces with skulls and other harsh marks. And like yeah, being a warden is different but damn, a warden who survived origins should absolutely be able to identify with Sigrun.

And I just love them ALSO changing themselves. Getting a tattoo. Cutting all their hair off. Getting piercings. Just something to show a break with the past, the gulf that almost was, the fact that you died but also you refused to.

[liarsblade]

Desperate to inform everyone on twitter that this is a dragon age subplot

[liarsblade]

In dragon age we know that oil is Alive because we discovered a new color of oil that proves it can get diseases and we know that it's sentient bc ghosts can talk to it 👍

[thefiresontheheight]

It’s insane to me that Dragon Age 2 is sandwiched in between two WAY HUGER and WAY MORE SUCCESSFUL games about more traditional fantasy protagonists facing off against world ending threats and winning and it’s this…weird, raw, personal tragedy about how no matter what you do, you can’t always stop crisis and disaster from occurring. Like The Hero or Ferelden, no matter who they were, wants to stop a Blight. The Inquisitor wants to repair the sky. And Hawke, like, wants to make some money, hang around their friends, and keep their family and their adoptive city safe. And they can’t even fucking do that, so unlike the heroes before and after them. You spend seven years in Kirkwall until the game says, “yeah, no matter what, the prejudices and traumas and hurts of this world are Too Much for one person to stop them. The world changes, wars roll over the land, you cannot stop history, Hawke. You tried. You failed.” And then you just sit there, sixteen years old, listening to “I’m Not Calling You A Liar” and you’re like….well, I guess I really wasn’t a hero. Damn. I love it.

[queensigrun-deactivated20180615]

Meeting Veronica at the 188 Trading Post

[zvonkayatishina]

| Day 2 - Betrayal |

Now there is a cool movement on the topic of Gortash, in which I could not help but take part. Unfortunately, I'm too busy and tired to take part in the whole #gortashweek, so I took the most important topic for myself personally.

I can endlessly reflect on the topic of Gortash's childhood, reflect on his relationship with his parents, feelings for them, and what he would be like if....

[deepseametro]

this website has a biphobia problem i really cannot stand. yall are truly reinventing the word bihet without actually saying it. like do you think maybe, possibly, there's some kind of systemic reason why bisexuals - esp bi women - seem to repeatedly end up in m/w relationships? do you think like maybe just maybe theres some kind of societal force or something that maybe violently discourages same gender relationships? and do you think like, maybe, that societal force is equally present both inside and outside LGBTQ communities? like maybe idk a non-negligible group of people who literally won't date bisexuals? some kind of bigotry, maybe? just a thought

[sapphicrot]

tumblr is the worst designed website on the fucking planet bro