[ms-mazarin]

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased

Edit: People, I’m an English and creative writing double major in college; I understand that there’s nothing wrong with simply using “said.” This was just for fun, and it comes in handy when I need to add pizzazz. 

[inky-duchess]

Writer's Guide: Hand to Hand Combat

Your character is unarmed and all they have left to fight with is their bare hands. If they hope for the enemy to catch their hands, you will have to write an effective scene. So how can we write a good hand to hand combat scene?

Most Common Moves

Now, I'm not going to list 30+ martial arts moves. Most of your characters will not be masters of kung fu or mixed martial arts. Most people who get into fights are novices.

Punch: a punch is probably to go to strike. Try not punch anybody in the face because one, they will expect it and two, it will hurt your hand. If you can aim for the soft parts of an opponent, kidneys or gut.

Kick: Kicking isn't pretty but it is effective. A good swift kick to the back of somebody's knee will fold them like a lawnchair.

Go for the groin: Man or woman getting kicked in the nether regions is no picnic. A good swift kick with your foot or your knee can incapacitate your opponent. Its not the most honourable of moves but it works.

An Elbow strike is effective: The elbow is your strongest point of attack. Drive it in to a windpipe or a gut and you can but yourself valuable time to retreat or stall your opponent from answering back.

Eyes: they are weak points. Jab somebody in the eyes with a thumb and they will stop in their tracks.

Throat: You can end any fight by going straight for the throat either grasping it in a headlock or jabbing it with a fist which can collapse the windpipe.

Bite: If you are unable to snack your opponent, use your teeth. The human bite is perhaps not as strong as a hyena's but it is strong enough to shorten your opponent by a finger or two.

How to Escape from Grips and Holds

Pinned from behind with your arms pinned: You have to stop your opponent from getting to a headlock. Move your hips to one side and strike backwards toward the groin or gut. This should weaken the hold of your opponent. Once the grip is loosened, turn toward your opponent and snack them into the nose with the heel of your hand.

Held from behind: Bend forward as far as you can making it more difficult for your opponent to lift you. Jab with your elbows back into your opponent's chest or face. Turn toward your opponent once the grip loosens and strike at the face or the groin again to subdue your opponent.

Headlock: If your opponent has you in a headlock, DON'T STRUGGLE. You could break your own neck. Turn into your opponent's side as close as possible. With your hand that is furthest away, hit your opponent into the groin or gut.

Pinned down on the ground: Most likely your opponent is using their own hands and weight to keep you down. If you can move your knees, try to jab them in the side or the groin to unbalanced them.

Things to Remember

1. The whole 6-10 minute bout only happens in films or controlled sporting events. Fights are usually over within a few minutes. (when writing effective fights, keep the pace short.)

2. Girls are vicious. I've worked in nightclubs and broke up a fair few fights. Boys will knock the shit out of each other but girls will tear shreds out of each other. I have known grown men to break up fights between guys but nobody wants to break up a catfight.

3. One wants the fight to end quickly. If you keep slugging at each other, you'll get tired pretty fast. Have your character try end the fight as soon as possible.

4. Nobody emerges from fights unscathed. Even winners may come out with black eyes, broken noses or at very least a broken lip. If you punch someone, you will likely bruise your knuckles if not split them.

5. If your character is fighting to survive, they don't have to stick to etiquette. They will have to do anything to survive even if it means doing something unpleasant like fishhooking or hairpulling.

[sviyaginthegreat]

Other Games Master Post

Updated: 03/27/2021

I’m trying to clean up my blog, so I’m putting all the games I like here.  From now on, I’ll be re-blogging updates and posts about #other games from main (@justannushka)

Published Games I Like

180 Files by @scribble-games

Keeper of the Sun and Moon by @keeperofthesunandmoon

Our Life: Beginnings and Always by @gb-patch

The Shadow Society by @carawenfiction

The Soul Stone War by @intimidatingpuffinstudios

The Wayhaven Chronicles by @seraphinitegames

Active-ish WIPs I Like

An Absinthian Ballad by @locria-writes

Andromeda Six by @andromeda-six

A Tale of Crowns by @ataleofcrowns

A Thousand Miles of Sky by @athousandmilesofsky

Amygdala by @amygdalagame

Arcadie: Second-Born by @sofia-d-asb

The Bastard of Camelot and Supernatural in New York by @llamagirl28

Demon Bound by @demonboundif

Diaspora by @diasporatheblog

Divine Intervention by @divineinterventiongame

The Edge of Dawn by @elysianfiction

Exiled from Court by @beeanca-writing

Fields of Asphodel by @asphodelgame

The Golden Rose by @anathemafiction

Greenwarden by @greenwarden-cog

Guenevere by @newarcana

Heir to the Throne by @heir-to-the-throne-cog

Herculean by @herculeangame

Love and Friendship by @salty-stories

Lure of the Gallows by @lureofthegallowsgame

Mind Blind by @mindblindbard

Mind Games: Obsession by @gatheringstarduststudios

More Things In Heaven and Earth by @morethingsgame

OFNA: Birds of a Feather by @ofna

The Porthecrawl Witnessby @porthecrawl-witness

Reports from Philomena by @reportsfromphilo

Roots by @roots-game

Sentinel by @nyehilismwriting

Seven Kingdoms: The Princess Problem by @azalynestudios

Shepherds of Haven by @shepherds-of-haven

SOS: The Mortal Coil by @sosthemortalcoil

To the Whistling Winds by @tothewhistlingwinds

Virtue’s End by @crimsiswrites

A Witch’s Curse by @a-witches-curse

Whisper in the Dark by @whisper-game

Zeus’ Dilemma by @trinitytrilogy

WIPs I’ve Been Meaning To Try

A Mage Reborn by @mage-parivir

Citadel by @bouncyballcitadel

The Emortuus: Betrayer by @emortuus-if

Golden by @milaswriting

Harbringer by @harbringercog

Souls of Nothing by @souls-of-nothing-wip

Speaker by @speakergame

When Twilight Strikes by @evertidings

Inactive (?) WIPs I Miss

Betovering House by @betoveringhouse

The Brandings by @thebrandings

Bright Eyes, Black Blood by @brighteyes-blackblood

The Fox of Sunholt by @foxofsunholt

Honey and Fire by @honeyandfiregame

The Watchwood by @compassroseproductions

Wilhelmina  by @fidere-k

Shameless self-promotion: play A Comedy of Manors here

[alexaplaysgames]

My Recs

Get ready folks! Here are my favourite IFs and VNs.

*slaps roof* this bad boy can fit so many incredible authors in it.

☆ ☆ ☆

Visual Novels: Works in Progress

1. Perfumare by @pdrrook

2. Andromeda Six by @andromeda-six

3. Made Marion by @velvet-cupcake-games

4. Gilded Shadows by @steamberrystudio

Visual Novels: Complete

1. Ebon Light by @underbliss

2. Lake of Voices by @gb-patch

Text-Based Games: Works in Progress

1. Scout: An Apocalypse Story by @anya-dev

2. The Soul Stone War 2 by @intimidatingpuffinstudios

3. The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 3 by @seraphinitegames

4. Mind Blind by @mindblindbard

5. Wilhelmina by @fidere-k

6. Greenwarden by @fiddles-ifs

7. The Golden Rose by @anathemafiction

8. Shepherds of Haven by @shepherds-of-haven

9. Still Waters by @stillwaters-if

10. Sentinel by @nyehilismwriting

11. Spellbound: a Ghost Story by CorvusWitchcraft

12. Snakeroot by @cerberus-writes

14. The Northern Passage by @northern-passage

15. Virtue’s End by @crimsiswrites

16. Blood Moon by @barbwritesstuff

17. Attollo by @attollo

18. Remember, you will Die by @vapolis

19. Faith of Gods by @faithofgods

20. Buried Lies by @fidere-k

21. Son of Satan: the Mortal Coil @sosthemortalcoil

22. OFNA: Birds of a Feather by @ofna

23. Speaker by @speakergame

24. The Hunt: Demon Eyes by @tirankawrites

25. Into the Shadows by @wynnakang

26. Whisper in the Dark by @whisper-game

27. Arcadie: Second Born by @sofia-d-asb

28. Serpentine by @serpentineif

29. Lucidity: Awakening by @lucidityawakening

30. The Odessa Dating Games by @theodessadatinggames

31. Ace of Spades by @steph-writing

32. Fallen Hero: Retribution by @fallenhero-rebirth

33. Keeper of the Day and Night by @keeperofthesunandmoon

34. Zombie Exodus by Jim Dattilio

35. Diaspora by @diasporatheblog

36. The Spirited: Origins by @yuveim

37. Task of the Burdened One by @task-of-the-burdened-one

38. Exiled from Court by @beeanca-writing

39. Retribution - From the Ashes by @whiterabbitgames

40. Anecdoche by @anecdoche-cog

Text-Based Games: Complete

Hosted Games

1. Keeper of the Sun and Moon by @keeperofthesunandmoon

2. The Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 1 and the Wayhaven Chronicles: Book 2 by @seraphinitegames

3. Demon Recollect by @bathalafiction

4. The Shadow Society by @carawenfiction

5. Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven by Jim Dattilio

6. Way Walkers: University by J. Leigh

7. Fatehaven by Devon Connell

8. Evertree Inn by Thom Bayley

9. The Soul Stone War by @intimidatingpuffinstudios

Choices of Games

1. Crème de la Crème by @hpowellsmith

2. Tally Ho by Kreg Segall

3. Heart of the House by @nissacam

4. Heroes of Myth by Abigail C. Trevor

5. Vampire: the Masquerade by Kyle Marquis

6. Choice of the Vampire by Jason Stevan Hill

———

Please let me know if there are any errors or mix-ups in the list. I was unable to find Tumblr accounts for several authors. Let me know if you know of the account of an author I couldn’t find a Tumblr for.

This list is in progress.

These are my favourites, but by no means the only works I have read/played or the best ones out there. Feel free to message me if you have suggestions or to let me know if you enjoy playing! <3

[nostalgic-breton-girl]

if skyrim followers complained about me as much as i complain about them

'she just ran on ahead so i followed and got stuck in a bear trap. turns out she has that sneak perk that means you don't set off traps. and she didn't mention this to me gods damn it. i'll have these scars for ever now. both mental and physical'

'so i stood there zapping the bandits while she crept around in the back looting all the chests and barrels she could find. didn't even thank me. didn't give me a share of the profit. she gave me a pretty neat sword she found but the moment we returned to whiterun she sold it'

'i have never seen anyone this addicted to alchemy. straight up dropped like five soul gems and a pair of boots so she could carry more cave mushrooms. like i know i'll never see the profit from any of these valuables but it grinds my gears so much'

'she went straight up a mountain. like a vertical rock face. in the time it took her to struggle to the top i'd found the path not fifty yards away. oh yes and yesterday she just straight up yeeted herself off a cliff. said something about being able to reload if it didn't work. honestly i wouldn't care but she's the fricking dragonborn and i'm being held responsible for her safety'

'she keeps going into sneak mode and then back again in quick succession apparently just to confuse me. turns out she finds it amusing watching me bob up and down trying to copy her. gods damn it she's a literal child'

'that time she ran headlong into a cave full of bandits and then hid behind me when they attacked. said something about it being fine because i'm essentially immortal. i didn't feel immortal when it was done'

'those times when i do most of the fighting while she hides, only for her to run in last minute, do one of those hideous shout things, and take all the credit'

'i'm carrying five swords and a delicatessen's worth of cheese and then she hands me an entire fricking dragon'

'she laughed at me because i can't swim very well. she didn't have to swim across the river when there was a perfectly good bridge right next to us. also if i looked like i was drowning it's because i was. there was a slaughterfish'

'when she hired me i didn't even know she was the dragonborn. i just thought we'd have a jolly to a couple of caves and then part ways. but no. 67 caves, several trips up to high hrothgar and a metric f*ckton of dragons later and we're still going. i do not get paid enough for this sh*t'

[furious-spartan]

[accidieux]

the piles of burning darkspawn corpses make great mood lighting <3

[pixalry]

Dragon Age Companion Portraits - Created by Roma Gewska

You can support this artist on Patreon.

[gamecube-arts]

i had planned to do more of these but i lost the ambition, so here’s what i had finished

[corseque]

I made a mod that unlocks one of Solas’ hidden dialogue trees so it can be seen in-game. It was apparently supposed to be a little quest for if you sided with the templars. This is probably the first time anyone’s experienced it in their actual game. :3

[pikapeppa]

This dialogue is really interesting!! I love the idea of Solas helping the Inquisitor to work through trauma or distressing memories through dreams - almost like a type of hypnotherapy.

[oneiriad]

I wonder if, in superhero universes, the villains ever get contacted by those “Make a Wish Foundation” and similar people.

I mean, the heroes do, of course they do, kids who want to meet Spiderman or Superman or get to be carried by the Flash as he runs through Central City for just thirty seconds.

But surely there are also the kids, who - because they are kids and sometimes kids are just weird - decide that what they really, really want is to meet a supervillain. Because he’s scary or she’s awesome or that freeze ray is just really, really cool, you know?

[robininthelabyrinth]

Oh, man, that would absolutely be a thing. The heroes would be so weirded out by it. The villains with codes of ethics would totally band together to force the villains without one (should they be the one requested) to do their part for the cause.

[katyakora]

But imagine the person who has to track down the villains and organise everything?

Like, the first time it happens, no one actually thinks it’s possible, but one of the newbies volunteers to at least try. They get lucky, the kid wants to meet one of the villains who is well known to have a personal code of ethics (eg one of the rogues), and it takes them weeks to track the villain down to this one bar they’ve been seen at a few times, plus a week of staking out said bar, but they finally find them.

So they approach the villain, very politely introduce themselves and explain the situation, finishing with an assurance that, should the villain agree, no law enforcement or heroes will be informed of the meeting.

The villain, assuming it’s a joke, laughs in their face.

At this point, the poor volunteer, who has giving up weeks of their time and no small amount of effort to track down this villain, all so a sweet little girl can meet the person who somehow inspired them, well, at this point the employee sees red.

They explode, yelling at this villain about the little girl who, for some unknown reason, absolutely loved them, had a hand-made stuffed toy of them and was inspired by their struggle to keeping fighting her own and wasn’t the villain supposed to have ethics? The entire bar is witness to this big bad villain getting scolded by some bookish nobody a foot shorter than them.

When the volunteer is done, the villain calmly knocks back their drink, grips the volunteers shoulder and drags them outside. The bar’s patrons assume that person will never be seen again, the volunteer included. But once they’re outside, the villain apologises for their assumption, asks for the kid’s details so they can drop by in the near future, not saying when for obvious reasons. They also give the very relieved volunteer a phone number to call if someone asks for them again.

A week later, the little girl’s room is covered in villain merchandise, several expensive and clearly stolen gifts and she is happily clutching a stack of signed polaroids of her and the villain.

The next time a kid asks to meet a villain, guess who gets that assignment?

Turns out, the first villain was quite touched by the experience of meeting their little fan, and word has gotten around. The second villain happily agrees when they realise it’s the same volunteer who asked the other guy. Unfortunately, one of the heroes sees the villain entering the kid’s hospital and obviously assumes the worst. They rush in, ready to drag the villain out, but the volunteer stands in their way. The hero spends five minutes getting scolded for trying to stop the villain from actually doing a good thing and almost ruining the kid’s wish. The volunteer gets a reputation among villains as someone who can not only be trusted with personal contact numbers but who will do everything they can to keep law enforcement away during their visits.

The volunteer has a phonebook written in cypher of all the villain’s phone numbers, with asterixes next to the ones to call if any other villains give them trouble.

Around the office, they gain the unofficial job title of The Villain Wrangler.

[beka-tiddalik]

The heroes are genuinely flabbergasted by The Villain Wrangler. At first, some of the heroes try to reason with them.

Heroes: “Can’t you, just, give us their contact details? They’ll never even have to know it was you.”

The Villain Wrangler: “Yeah sure, <rollseyes> because all these evil geniuses could never possibly figure out that it’s me who happens to be the common thread in the sudden mass arrests. Look man, even if it wouldn’t get me killed, it would disappoint the kids. You wouldn’t want to disappoint the kids would you?”

Heroes: “… no~ but…”

The Villain Wrangler: “Exactly.”

Eventually, one of the anti-hero types gets frustrated, and decides to take a stand. They kidnap the Villain Wrangler and demand that they give up the contents of the little black book of Villains, or suffer the consequences. It’s For the Greater Good, the anti-hero insists as they tie the Villain Wrangler to a pillar.

The Villain Wrangler: “You complete idiot, put me back before someone figures out that I’m missing.”

Anti-hero: “…excuse me?”

The Villain Wrangler: “Ugh, do I have to spell this out for you? Do you actually want your secret base to be wiped off the map? With us in it? Sugarsticks, how long has it been? If they get suspicious, they check in, and then if I miss a check-in, they tend to come barging into wherever I am just to prove that they can, even if they figure out that they’re not being threatened by proxy. Suffice to say, Auntie Muriel really regretted throwing my phone into the pool when she strenuously objected to me answering it during family time. If they think for even one moment that I’ve given them up, they won’t hesitate to obliterate both of us from their potential misery. You do know some of the people in my book have like missiles and djinni and elemental forces at their disposal, right?”

Anti-hero: “Wait, what? I thought they trusted you?!”

The Villain Wrangler: “Trust is such a strong word!”

Villain: “Indeed.”

Anti-hero: “Wait, wha-” <slumps over, dart sticking out of neck>

The Villain Wrangler: “Thanks. I thought they were going to hurt me.”

Villain: “You did well. You kept them distracted, and gave us time to follow your signal.” <cuts Villain Wrangler free>

The Villain Wrangler: <rubbing circulation back into limbs> “Yeah well, you know me, I do whatever I have to. So I’ll see you Wednesday at four at St Martha’s? I’ve got an 8yo burns unit patient recovering from her latest batch of skin grafts who could really use a pep talk.”

Villain: “… of course. Yes… I… yes.”

The Villain Wrangler: “I just think you could really reach her, you know?”

Villain: <unconsciously runs fingers over mask> “I… yes, but, what should I say?”

The Villain Wrangler: “Whatever advice you think you could have used the most just after.”

Villain: <hoists Anti-hero over shoulder almost absently> “….yes.”

The Villain Wrangler wasn’t lying to the Anti-hero. They know that the more ruthless villains would not hesitate if they thought for one second that the Anti-hero would betray them.

But this is not the first time the Villain Wrangler has gone to extreme lengths to protect their identities.

Trust is a strong word. The Villain Wrangler earned it, and is terrified by what it could mean.

[weezley]

My first official deadpool headcanon is this. This this this.

[fireandwonder]

Okay but this whole concept actually makes a lot of sense, because villains are a lot more likely to be disfigured/disabled/use adaptive devices (bc ableist tropes), so of course, say, a child amputee is going to be more interested in the villain with a robot arm who almost destroyed New York than the heroes that took him down.

Also, imagine one of the kids gets better, and a few years down the line becomes a villain themself, except their crimes are things like smuggling chemo drugs across the border for families that can’t afford treatment, or stealing from corrupt businessmen to make donations to underfunded hospitals (idk this turned into a Leverage AU or something) and every time the heroes encounter her, they’re like “oh no. she’s getting away. curses. welp, nothing we can do.” Though it isn’t that she can’t take them on; bc of course once the villain from way back when found out what she was up to, he started helping/training her. 

“I thought they just hired someone to dress up and pretend to be you,” she says, amazed, when he reveals himself. “I didn’t think they actually got the real you!”

Every year the Villain Wrangler gets a very expensive gift basket from the pair.

[kelssiel]

and for the kids who don’t get better the villains are there too, they show up to every funeral, they bear too small coffins on their shoulders and the heroes stand aside

they are fierce with grieving families assuring them that their child will not be forgotten, and they don’t balk at negative emotions, they don’t tell people to be strong or “celebrate their child’s life,” because these parents have every right to their grief and anger

and the lost children are never forgotten. flowers appear on graves during birthdays and anniversaries, heroes find pictures of those kids and they carefully take them down and ensure they’re delivered to the villain’s cell, and a few villains can be seen with friendship bracelets wrapped around their wrists the cops have learned not to try and take them off

[beka-tiddalik]

And then one day, one of the evil geniuses who happens to specialise in inducing bizarre genetic mutations meets a young fan who was born with a rare genetic disorder that is slowly killing them, and realises that they can help.

Another, who created their own exosuit, talks to a young fan and suddenly understands how much the technology that they have built for themselves could revolutionise quality of life for people with muscular dystrophy, or paraplegia, or other disorders that confine people to wheelchairs with little mobility.

A third thinks of a way that their nanobots could be used to detect and remove cancer cells when their fan, who had been in remission, writes to say that the doctors have found a new metastasizing tumour.

Then shortly after, an evil genius specialising in cloning is contacted by an old colleague asking if a suitable heart couldn’t be grown for their young fan with a congenital heart condition who needs a donor.

Suddenly, a pattern of villains offering (and marketing) their insights and resources to improve medical science starts to arise. Many who had previously been operating on society’s fringes are shocked to receive public accolades, research grants and job offers from major companies because of their work.

A grassroots movement arises advocating for imprisoned villains with appropriate qualifications and/or experience to have access to resources to conduct research for the public good. The Second Chance Rehabilitation Project launches.

(It is an open secret that only people who have been vetted by the Villain Wrangler are allowed to join, because the Villain Wrangler has by now a meticulously set up method and intelligence network to run background checks and character references through ensure that none of the children wishing to meet their role models get hurt.)

Being able to say that one is involved with the Project begins to look really good in parole hearings. The Villains involved perform their own quality checks on one another, because if one of their kids got hurt, then all of their kids could potentially lose out, and the ones that are serious about the Project are not having that. (Also, the ability to collaborate with other geniuses is the most interesting thing to happen to most of them since losing to various heroes, and most consider the intellectual stimulation to be worth putting up with the ridiculous egoes and inevitable personality clashes that arise.)

Reformed Villains come out of the woodwork to advocate about better mental healthcare, and support systems. Savvy universities and private labs quietly take their advice, setting up better mental health supports and laboratory safety standards to prevent the Brain Drain caused by losing their less stable scientists to the Costumes.

The Villain Wrangler watches all of this develop with a smile.

Their plan succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.

[foxfiredaydream]

@lanibgoode @knitmeapony

[knitmeapony]

everytime this post comes around it gets better.

[rainnecassidy]

SO MUCH BETTER

[flowerynameslover]

If a female character kicks ass, she’s overpowered

If a female character can’t defend herself, she’s useless

If a female character shows no emotion, she’s heartless

If a female characters shows emotion, she’s weak

If a female character acts nice, she’s boring

If a female character acts mean, she’s a bitch

What can a female character do without being criticized mercilessly?

[juliannablake]

Please do not add any character hate to this post.

[roguelioness]

Bron

Many of the fields are blackened, and many more have withered, wasted crop. A lot of the farmhouses are uninhabitable, with holes in the roofs and doors that hang limply off of their hinges. Despite the general disarray, there’s still an air of positivity around, and many of the farmers Bron is helping have smiles on their faces.

He’s brisk in his speech, and so is his walk. “Aye, the farms look bad, but they were worse before she came,” he nods decisively. “The one they call Herald of Andraste. Dark times, they were, what with demons and bandits and wolves gone mad. Found her way over here through the mage and templar ruffians, she did, and Maker only knows how. Reinar and Mort, they left to get help, and they never returned.” His eyes are downcast. “Found their bodies by the side of the bridge. Templars got to them.” A flicker of temper passes over his face. “The bastards had stripped them bare. I thought they swore to serve the Maker-” he cuts himself off with a shake of his head.

He’s got a faint blush on his face when he talks of the Herald. “She says she wasn’t chosen by Andraste, but- but who else could’ve closed those blasted rifts? Closed them with just her hand, she did. No airs on her, either. Better than some of them fancy lords up in Denerim, I reckon. And you can tell she cares! The master wanted her help with those damned bandits in exchange for his horses, and she came straight to me. Wasn’t sure she could do much, what we needed was watchtowers, and-” he turns a shade deeper. “Her hands, they were too soft for building, I knew. But she- she spent all afternoon with me, she did, with all sorts of questions. Where the best places would be, what material should be used, how far apart - I’m no expert, not like old man Smithers was, but I know enough, I know these farms.” He continues shyly, “Made me feel real important, she did.” He pauses for several moments, and he sounds thoughtful when he speaks again. “She does that, the Herald. Makes everyone around her feel special-like.”

He jerks a thumb towards a distant animal corral. “Even returned Farmer Mack’s favorite druffalo, would you believe. One thing to have kindness for people, but she- she has kindness even for animals, even in times like these. Not many like her around, I reckon.” 

“Her eyes light up, you know,” he states offhand, almost as though he’s unaware he’s still talking. It’s clear from his tone and the starstruck look on his face that the young man has a crush on the Herald of Andraste. “She rode through Seanna’s race track. Her nose was pink, she was laughing, her hair was shining. She looked real pretty.”

Abashed at his (involuntary) confession, he clears his throat. “I’m not fancy like them Chantry folk, but I reckon if the Maker had to send someone to us on Andraste’s behalf, it’d be the likes of her. And I’m right glad for it.” 

[bio-ware]

Before it sacrificed itself, Legion referred to itself as “I” instead of “we.” The singular pronoun indicates Legion’s independent personality had fully actualized. In its last moments, it was not an avatar of the geth consensus. It was a person.

[hattedhedgehog]

I DID IT, I FINALLY FOUND A CHAIR TO STAND ON.

[marceline2174]

one last time