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Heya, I'm Cat!! | 22 | I'm white and LGBT+ (she/they) | I post mostly about my dragon age characters (but there's some other stuff!)

[catdotnip]

made a little introduction to my main worldstate and ocs! :)

[a-really-bad-decision]

Dragon age origins is like…. You’re nineteen, new in town, and it’s your second day at pizza hut. You don’t even know how to work the register yet and you just watched your manager get carted off by the paramedics. You have no contact info for him, his next of kin, or corporate. The only other employee is the guy who’s been here for two weeks and is a bit of a doofus, and neither of you really know what you’re supposed to do now. You both desperately need this job though, and the doofus at least has a drivers license and *kiiinda* knows how to use the oven so you just. Shrug, and start taking orders and making pizzas and praying to god that the bills are on autopay.

And weirdly enough you’re really good at this: making pizzas and dealing with shitty customers and breaking up fights in the parking lot and pretending to be Duncan’s cousin on the phone so the utility company doesn’t cut off the power. But running a store is a lot of work for two dumb kids, so slowly you start accumulating a bunch of competent weirdos to help out, like the nun who left her convent because god told her to help you make pizzas, and the elderly school teacher who just survived a mass shooting, and the guy the papa johns down the street hired to run you over. And really there’s no way any of this should be working as well as it is - you’re absolutely committing fraud of some kind here - but you’ve managed to dodge the landlord every time he’s stopped by, and the health inspector never shows up to tell you to stop letting your dog hang out behind the counter and you’re all still kinda looking at each other and asking ‘are we allowed to just do this?’ before shrugging again and continuing to make pizzas, until somehow, through a series of unlikely technicalities, your doofus coworker ends up on the ballot for governor.

And after like five months of this the regional manager wanders in out of nowhere and you’re sure he’s about to chew your ass out for this mess, but it turns out he’s pretty chill and honestly kind of impressed with how you managed to keep the place up and running all on your own. So now you’re all thinking ‘thank god, there’s someone here who actually knows how to run a Pizza Hut’ only for him to get hit by a car two days later on the night of the Super Bowl.

[mug-of-beans]

“The old magic persists thanks to it’s unfathomable power.”

No, the old magic persists because the new magic can’t run the legacy spells I need to do my job, and keeps trying to install spirits I don’t want or need onto my orb.

[aqueerkettleofish]

Look, if the new magic didn't have a personality construct that kept trying to tell me which spells to use, maybe I wouldn't still be using the old magic.

[wizard-council-bureaucrat]

Yes it had a deep blood cost, but at least it was a one time sacrifice and not this monthly bloodletting nonsense new age magic has

[wizard-archivist-official]

The old magic is robust enough to survive a decade of use and it's compatible with every wand, staff, scroll, and charm in our collection.

The new magic stops working after three days and every spell uses proprietary runes.

Our preferences, as an archiving institution, should be pretty clear.

[charlesoberonn]

You try to get guidance for the new magic and the king's sorcerers maybe will answer you in a few days with an unhelpful suggestion to buy the newest orb.

You need guidance for the old magic and a dozen retired middle-aged wizards will pop up to explain it to you rune by rune if necessary.

[seratlantisite]

Nice try Bioware, but I know the state of Southern Thedas better than you do.

First off, it matters if the Hero of Ferelden is alive or not. When the First Warden recalled all wardens, our hero knew that was a bad call and refused, finally splitting off from Weisshaupt after years of mismanagement and taking scores of wardens with them. Their presence and leadership makes all the difference, rallying southern Thedas once more against the blight. If you have only an Orlesian Warden Commander in Amaranthine they’re less inspiring, but as long as you’ve done Awakening they are a boon nonetheless. There is someone to lead the fight against the darkspawn while other focus on the Venatori.

If you 100% completed Awakenings and also Soldier’s Peak, the Ferelden wardens have never been so prepared. They’re organized, they’re outfitted and they’ve been ready for this for years. Also, if you allied with the Architect then you have scores of strange research to give you an edge.

If Merrill completed her Eluvian then she moves south once again and joins the effort. She’s managed to cleanse the blight before and she’s ready to try it again. And her knowledge of the crossroads gives the south an edge on their movement and supply lines. If Hawke’s sibling is a Warden they accompanied her.

If the Inquisitor let Briala have power in any way, the Dales become the leaders in the war against the Venatori, forming a formidable alliance with Ferelden, Orzammar and the Marches, the likes of which have never been seen. And if you completed Jaws of Hakkon then their alliances with the Avvar and Chasind are stronger than ever.

Of course, if the Inquisitor kept the Wardens around after Here Lies the Abyss then their numbers are bolstered. It may cost Wiesshaupt later, but that’s Rooks problem. And if you completed the Descent, then the Inquisitor and Warden had a much better idea of what was coming and spent ten years getting ready.

They will not be broken.

They will weather this storm.

[dafuckedupshipsweek]

Announcing the Dragon Age Fucked Up Ships Week Prompts!

As a reminder, the prompts are merely guidelines meant to inspire ideas, not strict requirements. You can interpret them as you wish, combine, or ignore them. We also do not limit what ships, kinks, or tropes can be featured - as long as you tag & content warn appropriately, let your imagination run as wild as you want!

Don’t forget to use the tag #dafuckedupshipsweek2026 or @ us in the post with your submission to get your work featured on the blog.

Check our FAQ for more information, and feel free to use our inbox for any further questions.

We are excited to see what you will create!

[infectiouspiss]

violence and death and dying and blood and guts and gore and violence and viscera and fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you

[thelaughingserpent]

The courage to slay a god.

[catdotnip]

lil sylna doodle!! :)

[doghawke]

(guy whos doing normal mentally) I need to replay dragon age 2.

[catdotnip]

hi i haven't been posting recently but here are some wips!! we got a teifling, that wip of torith, and some art for the pokemon ttrpg game I run :)

[tawghasa]

Living in the wrong timezone to notice when the hellsite is down - just like old times 🥹

[cherih3]

15th century knight errant miffy

[themboots]

[the-upper-shelf]

I designed a critter 🐛

[bedrock-to-buildheight]

From the Wikipedia page on loons

Now with free ready-to-print .png and .tif file

[and-fishing-equipment]

in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

is it SINCERE

was it CATHARTIC

was it FUN TO MAKE

is it MADE BY ME

and don't forget to stay silly

[catdotnip]

what if I made an oc to romance Cole dragon age,,,,

[catdotnip]

Anyone have any opinions lol ??

[ikarons]

the thing about circle mages is that the circle makes you irretrievably insane and then turns around and tells you it’s your fault. which is cool

[ikarons]

to be more specific it’s about how mages are ripped from their families and their lives as children and shut away for the rest of their lives in conditions that are completely unlivable where they are punished for their existence, horrifically exploited, and sometimes just disappeared entirely! and then they are painstakingly taught that Any natural reaction to this treatment is actually dangerous and immoral (immoral Because it is dangerous), and if they have these reactions it actually just proves the necessity of this treatment — because clearly it is not safe for them to be around other people.

and like. it’s perfect, circular logic; you are a good mage if you agree that you deserve this abuse and serenely accept this treatment. if you’re angry or defiant you’re a Bad mage and you face further abuse. and the distress this causes can actually literally cause you to be forcibly turned into an abomination (which Often means you just die as a demon takes over your body), necessitating lethal force against you and turning you into an example to the other mages of the truth of this logic. which in turn incentivises compliance and even willing submission to being made tranquil if a mage fears that they can’t control their emotions. which feeds the economic venture that is the circle system at the same time as reinforcing the idea that any suffering a mage experiences is Their Fault, and any punishment or consequence for reacting poorly to subjugation is Also. their fault. because they are a danger and the only way Not to be a danger is to be passive pliant and cooperative.

unrelated but have you noticed how crazy every circle mage companion is about their own emotions and those of other mages in particular