Bruh

Welcome to the trash can. She/Her

[yongmuney]

this is an appreciation post for anyone who has ever tolerated me

[chaosroid]

Thinkin about Shadowheart's complicated relationship with faith and how it has been used against her all her life by her goddess and those in power, her having to renounce that faith in order to escape their abuse, then realizing how it makes THIS moment all the more significant and touching

The way this scene also tends to happen shortly after Shadowheart renounces Shar is insane to me. Like do you know how meaningful this is?? She puts her faith in you despite after everything, fully knowing you could fail to resist the dark urge, not because she was told to, but because she chooses to and because she loves you.

so anyway, Durgeheart is my favourite pairing

[userbarson]

I do know what it means to love someone unconditionally.

[counting-stars-gayly]

crazy how season five of she ra is about lesbian jesus rescuing lesbian judas from conversion therapy and then killing god

[marciaillust]

[sagrogostuff]

I had to do it

[chaosroid]

Cannot get over how Shadowheart has the most sopping wet eyes ever. She looks like someone who would end up as the subject in a 19th century Romantic painting by a broke artist who will die of tuberculosis in the next few months

she also has that sadness in her eyes you only see in eastern european gay porn

[knightdelt]

[marlfox1017]

HER EYES BREAK ME EVERY TIME!

Just when I think I might romance another companion… lil’ miss gooey green eyes walks by…

[chaosroid]

"Shadowheart is such a bitch. Waahhh she's so rude to Halsin. She's mean to us for no reason"

I don't think she's mean enough.

For someone who's been subjected to magic induced brainwashing, it's actually insane how bad of a Sharran she is that the vast majority of the time, the most she'll ever do is say some unhinged edgy shit. For a Sharran, she should be way worse. Shadowheart is significantly funnier as a character when you realize she's all bark, no bite.

People will say they like evil women but y'all can't even handle Shadowheart, who was already declawed from her much cuntier early access version.

Natural selection is coming and none of you will survive the winter.

[eliteseven]

Shadowheart’s little satisfied moan… for research ofc

[olgipolgi]

EXCUSE ME?!!? 😳😳😳

[ranger-jahen]

I don’t want to take away from the idea that female characters should be allowed to be mean and still be loved and cherished BUT

I swear every single time Shadowheart says something mean in act 1, the very next moment she acts like it was a little triumph for her and she’s so pleased with herself and then she immediately forgets to be mean for another three sentences. I get the exact same vibes from her “mean” patterns of speech as I do from myself when I’m copying behaviors I’ve seen elsewhere trying to be “normal.”

like she’s mimicking lines she’s heard from other sharrans and then thinks to herself “I’m going to get a good grade in being acerbic! I’m so great at this” and then she starts cooing at the animals. like. sweetheart. I don’t think you’re actually mean

[syzygy-yzygy]

So sick of dog motif what about cat motif.

I love you but we don't love the same. I can't be near you when you want me to be. Your love is smothering and your need to keep me safe is trapping me. I'm my own person but I don't know how to show you that. I lash out and hurt you even though I don't mean to. I need you to move slowly around me or I'll bolt. I love you, even though I don't say it. If you stay still I'll sit next to you, and even though we don't understand each other we can be together like that.

[syzygy-yzygy]

@aspengrown this is the rawest possible addition to this post thank you

[mylordshesacactus]

and also:

cat love as in I am small and scared and all of my instincts and my experience and your vast power say you're a threat but I am choosing to trust in your kindness despite my fear. you could kill me with one hand but I know you won't.

cat love as in I can tell you are upset and I don't understand why so I will sit stiffly beside you and awkwardly provide the only reassurance I know how to give. I am uncomfortable with every single moment of this but it is what you would do for me.

cat love as in I am small and powerless but I will curl up back to back with you and stand guard while you sleep and I will mean it with every fiber of my being.

my cat Nepenthe was a former stray behavior case at risk of euthanasia because she kept mauling potential adopters. on her second week in my apartment--having already attacked me multiple times without provocation, I will add, I wasn't special, she needed genuine help--she slinked out of the bedroom yowling at me. when I went to check on her she kept walking back and forth until I followed her, where she insistently paced between my feet and her hidey-hole in the back of my dresser, increasingly distressed. about three seconds after she gave up and hid, an absolutely torrential rain front hit. she didn't understand yet that we couldn't get wet inside. she'd been trying to warn me.

she didn't know me yet, but she knew I hadn't yelled at her when she hurt me. she knew I hadn't tried to hurt her back. she didn't understand why she was attacking me; those episodes probably scared her more than me. she knew I "shared" food with her, and that I asked before touching her. and she went out of her way to bring me into her safe space, to protect her friend.

cat love as stiff hesitant uncertain acts of service that are devastating in their sincerity, as well.

[naamahdarling]

I'm sorry, I had a response to add on, but now I'm crying over your cat. Oh my god.

[glorioustidalwavedefendor]

cat love as stiff hesitant uncertain acts of service that are devastating in their sincerity, as well.

He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise.

Isabel Allende, from The House of The Spirits

[rottenwhimsy]

x

[only-tiktoks]

[lucinedoodles]

Teia: -lounging against Viago, swirling her wine glass and realising they haven't fought in awhile- So, your new son in law is 20 years older than you

Viago: -crushing his wine glass- Yes I am aware-

[maxx-the-queer]

I do enjoy the fact that each faction gives Rook a couple of unconventional familial figures.

Antivan Crow Rook gets the perpetually together-and-split-up Teia and Viago, whose love languages are bickering and poisons. Rook is Viago's favourite and he would never admit it to them, even if Teia is all too happy to expose his affection with her playful barbs.

Mourn Watch Rook gets Myrna and Vorgoth, the former of whom is akin to a college professor who found a baby in their science lab and the latter of whom is most definitely one of those mysterious executors from across the sea but it's fine because they're just Vorgoth and nobody questions it.

Shadow Dragon Rook gets T4T icons Tarquin and Ashur, a Templar who absolutely despises his job and the literal Black Divine, whose anti-slavery group is so full of queer people it may as well be a gay club. Same bickering energy as Teia and Viago, minus the poisoning and cyclical divorcing.

Grey Warden Rook gets Antoine and Evka, the most married wardens to ever exist. Antoine is the absolute sweetest man alive, and the only Orlesian allowed ever. Evka is incredibly competent and has everything under control. Their dates end with explosions. Everything is perfect.

Veil Jumper Rook gets Irelin and Strife. Strife is battling Viago for the grumpiest and meanest dad award. Irelin is clearly the golden child and favourite sibling and he makes that clear to Rook.

Lords of Fortune Rook gets Isabela and Rowan, a pirate turned allegedly somewhat ethical treasure hunter and Rivaini seer who regularly convenes with spirits. Neither of them are parents to Rook, they hold the most insane much older cousin energy though.

[trialsofthedas]

Viago: Teia and I are having a baby.

Rook: That's gre-

Viago, slamming adoption papers on the table: It's you, sign here

[queermania]

good news i'm the most fuckable person at this vehicular manslaughter