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lok ming 樂明, 25, it/its, tme. aka @eastgaysian. this is my gamer's den for primarily dragon age and rogue trader, which is to say i post all kinds of bullshit and never maintag anything
doodle tag + 'polished' art + writing. i think lyrium causes impotence and thedosian women are subject to the andraste-witch dichotomy.
don't make me tap the sign (read the wretched of middle earth by charles w. mills)
carrd oc directory here (eternal wip); tag links below ⬇️
i think people are starting to confuse class analysis with bioessentialism. like... no not all men do this, but Men as a constructed social class do do this. that's still okay to say. that is regular material analysis of the world around us.
this is true, but it is not bioessentialist. both cis & trans men WILL see a mouse & eat it. this is because it is in their best interest to eat mice. they benefit from eating mice. this is essential to their class position, not their biological makeup.
my vision is that she'd actively hit on the inquisitor immediately after establishing that she's married to sebastian. the whole time her dynamic with varric is Weirdly Romantic in a way that makes everyone around them uncomfortable and if you try to ask either of them about it they have no idea what you're talking about. she brings wine to your room (uninvited) and drinks it all herself while telling idealized stories about her adventures as the champion and tenure as viscount and gets really condescending about knowing the pressures of power and responsibility. if you try to criticize her she throws wine in your face and leaves. if you try to engage in any physical intimacy she laughs at you and is like noooo don't get offended i'm just drunk (barely able to talk while giggling) and then events proceed per the tweet
emmrich: sorry it took us so long to save you from REGRET PRISON, rook. so what did you do in REGRET PRISON
dak-wai: well, after having to come to terms with my guilt over bellara being taken by elgar'nan i started to feel like i was losing my sanity so i started to break my fingers and i would just break my fingers and set them again. i started breaking my bones. i broke every bone in my hands. i broke my arms, separately, and then i started to break my own ribs. i broke my femurs, it took a while. and then i healed and broke them again. by the time i realized varric was actually dead the whole time my bones were all scar tissue. they had all grown so solidly back together that i was unable to move. after spite possessed me i had enough power to spontaneously break every bone in my body, and then i could move again. as an abomination i could heal almost instantly. that is all i do now. every time i move my body, my bones shatter and heal back into my next shape. if i take a single step every bone in my legs splinters and then reforms. i don't know what pain is because my body no longer truly belongs to me
taash: ok but it looks like you're just walking normal
*widely praised poetic quote in a foreword by a usamerican translator voice* see this language.... it's not like other languages. sometimes it has metaphors. or abstract thinking. sometimes a word has several meanings. sometimes a lot of meaning can be condensed into two words. sometimes those words even have etymologies. sometimes if you translate idioms or break down the components of words you can get something pretty cool in english. and naturally this gives us essential insight into the timeless national character of its people
been working on unlearning male defaultism in the ways I speak to people and I've replaces "guys" with "crew". and you know what? it's SO fun. addressing the readers of my posts with a "kia ora crew!" and saying farewell to my friends with a "bye crew!!" is so delightful. everyone should adopt a fun way to address people. peace and love
he is Not gender locked but the fem inquisitor route is like Controversial bc it does become progressively more apparent that he Is gay. and also he will never connect this dot himself. there’s a solid chance he breaks up with u at the end for #duty
in the m inquisitor route u can sleep with him two (2) times. 1) immediately after his wife visits the inquisition when he’s like definitely mid breakdown. and 2) immediately after a vicious bloody protracted battle when he comes back from the front lines covered in gore still in his armour and is more violently Alive than he’s ever been in the game before or ever will be again
caden trevelyan romanceable companion controversy because after a certain point you can only continue the romance by effectively ordering him as inquisitor/religiously manipulating him as the herald of andraste
Unfuckable. or actually true version that nobody would ever allow to get put into a video game is you can only get a fade-to-black if you pull the same coercive implications move. and then he's fully clothed while the inquisitor isn't and dialogue immediately establishes that he wouldn't allow any attempts to touch him. if you try to force the issue he freaks out and leaves, and it's kind of a breakup-fakeout where if you apologize he's like I think it's best if our relationship returns to how it was before, but if you keep pushing you finally get the trans reveal. and then can uncomfortable power dynamics with coercive implications fuck him if you want, which is fine and ethical because he likes it. and everybody would fight about all of this forever.
the point where you have to order him to accept your advances comes way earlier if you're trying to flirt with him as a man. nobody can agree on whether this is homophobic and playing into predatory gay stereotyping or a thought-provoking depiction of his internalized homophobia
caden trevelyan romanceable companion controversy because after a certain point you can only continue the romance by effectively ordering him as inquisitor/religiously manipulating him as the herald of andraste
Unfuckable. or actually true version that nobody would ever allow to get put into a video game is you can only get a fade-to-black if you pull the same coercive implications move. and then he's fully clothed while the inquisitor isn't and dialogue immediately establishes that he wouldn't allow any attempts to touch him. if you try to force the issue he freaks out and leaves, and it's kind of a breakup-fakeout where if you apologize he's like I think it's best if our relationship returns to how it was before, but if you keep pushing you finally get the trans reveal. and then can uncomfortable power dynamics with coercive implications fuck him if you want, which is fine and ethical because he likes it. and everybody would fight about all of this forever.
caden trevelyan romanceable companion controversy because after a certain point you can only continue the romance by effectively ordering him as inquisitor/religiously manipulating him as the herald of andraste
