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#the almost palpably plastery textures in this piece #i could easily see it spanning a wall #floor to ceiling #as a fresco in some grand hall #where it would hush generations of onlookers with its magnificence of proportion #and the gravity of its subject #dragon age 2 #anders #da2 anders #justice #da2 justice #fan art #da tarot #the last straw

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My first attempt at a tarot card Justice.

#oh... 😯 *sucks in a breath*#i adore this entire composition #the starkness of the coloring contrasting the sheer richness of detail #and the symbolism #blood overrunning both sides of an uncompromisingly balanced set of scales #onto the broken sword of blind justice #clutched by the blade in his reddening right hand #the longer i look the further i'm taken with it #beautiful work OP 💙❤️🖤💛#dragon age 2 #anders #da2 anders #fan art #da tarot

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A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments, Roland Barthes

#there is a certain inhumanity attendant to—perhaps even inherent in—both conditions #isn't there?#sainthood and monstrosity i mean #and so many wounds accrued over any given lifetime #eddies in the flow of history #where one might bleed indissolubly into the other #anders-adjacent #quote

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i’ve seen a lot of headcanons and meta about former circle mages being mad at anders and a hawke that supports him, but what about the ones that are grateful?

mages who burn i stand with anders into the walls of every village they pass and abandoned building they hide in

mages who are 40, 50, 60, that are used to templar control, wholeheartedly embracing the rebellion

mages from the kirkwall circle talking about hawke and anders, telling others about their bravery, their determination, their conviction

mages who weave black feathers into their hair, mages that mark their face with red paint

mages who unsettle anders when he sees the awe and gratitude in their eyes

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The novel Asunder deals with some of that divide. Anders’ actions are discussed pretty heavily as a means to show how mages, be them sympathizers of his or not, are living because of his decision to rebel. You see some mages who think Kirkwall was the result of a madman rebelling against the status quo. You see some mages who see him as being the second coming of Andraste, if you will, who played the martyr so they could even have a chance at walking free. You also see some mages who respect his desire to bring about change, but don’t agree with his methods.

It’s a shame that all you get from Varric in Inquisition is that Anders was driven out of Redcliffe because they feared him, permitting he survives II. And Hawke only mirrors the sentiment that Anders views himself as both the hero and the villain of his story if they’re in a relationship. There are bound to be mages and mage sympathizers out there who, upon recognizing him, would offer him and his traveling companions a safe place to rest their heads for the night. People who would suffer torture to conceal his location (other than Varric). People naming their children after him because no matter what Anders feels about himself, he was a hero and his actions were for the greater good.

And, if it’s any consolation, his actions and beliefs helped Cullen to join Team Mage. His dialogue about mage rights in Inquisition mirrors Anders’ belief set pretty closely.

#dragon age 2 #anders #da2 anders #meta #headcanon #anders positive #it may be somewhat beside the point to say as much #but given anders' traumatic tendencies toward making a martyr of himself #and his heart-wrenching habit of believing the worst of what others see in him to be true #my bet would be that he left redcliffe without demur #rather than being driven from it #the moment the question of whether or not his presence there could compromise the apostate mages' continuing political sanctuary was raised #or if not that #then for no other purpose than to punish himself #which is why my heart is always with a hawke who can help keep him from eating other people's sins #so to speak #and breaking his back under burdens better shared

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The Hanged Man - Redemption through sacrifice. Enforced sacrifice. Suffering. Suspension, restriction, letting go. Martyrdom, indecision, delay. Punishment. Loss. Defeat. Failure. Death.

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Other interpretations of this are “having your world turned upside” “seeing a situation from the opposing perspective”, btw

#dragon age 2 #anders #da2 anders #fan art #da tarot

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I love the idea of Varric having changed and modified the story of DA2 to protect his friends. Like, downplaying just how powerful and intelligent a mage Merrill was, in an attempt to make her less of a target. Consistent, inaccuract descriptions of their appearances. Interpersonal rivalries with Anders played up, while friendships were downplayed, to create distance between Anders and the group (not because he doesn’t love Anders, because he does, but being associated with Anders puts a very large target on your back nowadays). Larges parts of Hawkes relationship were skipped over, to protect his friends privacy.

Honestly, I like to imagine that the writing process was a collaborative one! The whole group sitting down for drinks, and discussing what should be included, and what should be left just between them. Anders was the one who suggests distancing the fictional version of him, and making the plans for the chantry his secret in the book, to have his friends not have been aware and helping him.

And it mythologizes Hawke. All of the seemingly impossible wins and constant enormous luck in the book was a result of Varric leaving out the constant planning and researching and preparation Hawke & company did. The reality of the group was that they started out a little ragtag, but by the beginning of Act II, they’re a powerful, organized, well informed group among Kirkwalls power structure.

Idk, I really enjoy exploring the idea of what Varric chose to leave out of the story, and what he chose to amplify.

#you know what OP 🤔 i love it #i love it too #because by now we've all gone into things at least once or twice on our own and come up with a personal take or two depending #on the relation of varric's narration to what's held to be (in the stricter senses of the term) the truth #and come away with half a dozen others' to mull over besides #but this may very well be the first time i've seen it posited that the dramatis personae of 'the tale of the champion'#might be more appropriately credited as its co-authors #groundbreaking show-stopping incredible etc.#there's something though—something as tragic as it is powerful—in my opinion #about what merrill and anders in particular would have to reckon with in such a scenario #namely whether or not it would even be worth what it would cost to play into the wider world's predjudicial attitudes #towards themselves and indeed others like them #just to live and to keep their loved ones safe *shivers*#dragon age 2 #varric tethras #da2 varric #meta #headcanon

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Varric <3

#oh #the dreamy #no!#the positively ✨🍊 t a n g e r i n e p e a c h y 🍑✨ sweetness of this #delicious 😘👌#dragon age inquisition #varric tethras #da:i varric #fan art

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SURFACE DWARF

#aw 🤭 would you look at that #the poet laureate of kirkwall #satin-slippered #and sitting pretty in what looks to be one of the hawke estate library's picture windows #setting down the best stories—the ones that will become history—#(in other words his)#by the last bright flash of another #perhaps appropriately #glaring hightown sunset #beautiful piece #dragon age 2 #varric tethras #da2 varric #fan art

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A good story, you don’t really write. It was always there. You just uncover it. (screencap credit via captions)

#*sighs* what a set #the way he dances around #showing the front and back of himself to set off the spectacle #and then comes in close #facing the reader for a grander finale #crowned in laurels over an armful of fluttering paper leafs #glimmering golden with that literary color of glory best suited by the black richness of fresh ink #STUNNING 😩🧡🖤#dragon age inquisition #varric tethras #da:i varric #edit #da tarot #ingame dialogue

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— Kazuo Ishiguro, in his 2017 Nobel prize acceptance speech

#i can all but hear this in varric's voice #god... wouldn't it be like him though? 😏#doesn't it smack of his literary style #to serve up damn-near desperate attempts at honesty like this one here #only leavened a little #with a pinch of barroom affability for lightness #and a dash of market district braggadocio for spice?#startlingly intimate #comfortingly warm #yet remarkably refreshing #yeah #that's him alright #quote

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