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The Archive Moved!

I'm at my New Blog, so feel free to come on over.

A reminder that I’m going to lock some posts here (but I won't be deleting anything) that I'm updating anyways and will mostly be following over there so be sure to migrate over if you want to keep up!

I’ve already got a few posts up: one in Thedas Calendar and Holidays, Ambient dialogue for Charter and Scout Pellane, looking at the original scope of Haven and the Hinterlands, and the Bestiary of Thedas.

#Archi talks #moved blogs #I'm yelling over there so come witness my nonsense I guess #Blog is still under construction though so...ignore the mess

old-archivist

The Archive Moved!

I'm at my New Blog, so feel free to come on over.

A reminder that I’m going to lock some posts here (but I won't be deleting anything) that I'm updating anyways and will mostly be following over there so be sure to migrate over if you want to keep up!

I’ve already got a few posts up: one in Thedas Calendar and Holidays, Ambient dialogue for Charter and Scout Pellane, looking at the original scope of Haven and the Hinterlands, and the Bestiary of Thedas.

old-archivist

So the Archive is Moving!

I'm going to be here at my New Blog. Moved the username, as you can tell, this one got changed! I'm slowly going to lock some posts here (but I won't be deleting anything) that I'm updating anyways and will mostly be following over there so be sure to migrate over if you want to keep up!

#weekly reblog #after this I'll have like a monthly reblog till april

old-archivist

So the Archive is Moving!

I'm going to be here at my New Blog. Moved the username, as you can tell, this one got changed! I'm slowly going to lock some posts here (but I won't be deleting anything) that I'm updating anyways and will mostly be following over there so be sure to migrate over if you want to keep up!

#weekly reblog #I'm moving all that exists here are boxes and ghosts

old-archivist

So the Archive is Moving!

I'm going to be here at my New Blog. Moved the username, as you can tell, this one got changed! I'm slowly going to lock some posts here (but I won't be deleting anything) that I'm updating anyways and will mostly be following over there so be sure to migrate over if you want to keep up!

#archive update #moving blogs #the archives are moving

So the Archive is Moving!

I'm going to be here at my New Blog. Moved the username, as you can tell, this one got changed! I'm slowly going to lock some posts here (but I won't be deleting anything) that I'm updating anyways and will mostly be following over there so be sure to migrate over if you want to keep up!

#Archi talks #update #moving blogs #The archives are moving

I’m still thinking about how Varric’s 1/4 model and all his subsequent scaled models add up to him be 5’3 (160.02cm).

Meanwhile there is lore from the tabletop that says mabari are as tall and wide as a dwarf. So…your war hound could be 5’3. Enjoy.

#dragon age #archi just shouting into the void #i was working on my animal redesigns and Varric is my scale #man is as tall as I am but I dunno if it’s worse that a whole dog breed is as well

Happy New Year

Happy New Year, I hope you all had a good one and that you make strides to achieve any goals you set.

This is just a reminder that I will be moving blogs later this month. I'm working out some coding things and getting everything nice and prepped. I plan on keeping this blog functional after the move so you can find anything that I have shared here. But I will be posting reminders that I've moved as well as links to the new blog post move just in case.

I look forward to sharing all the projects I've been holding on to, and I thank you all for the support you've shown me thus far.

#archi talks #update #archi announcing #happy new year. Take an update

miraculan-draws

The Warden and The Inquisitor both went through "the heros journey" ie the place they are now too big to return to their place of origin. They don't belong there anymore, and with some backstories this is freeing and for others it is tragic (the Dalish origins for certain make me weepy). Frodo doesn't feel at home in the Shire anymore etc

BUT HAWKE?? at least the way I play Hawke (Andermance pro-mage apostate Hawke)??? This motherfucker is like oh thank god we'll end up back in Ferelden. Kirkwall was killing Hawke. Like he loves his friends. And his friends are in Kirkwall. But Kirkwall was killing hawke-- hell, Kirkwall could be corrupting Hawke depending on the play style. I think even with the rebellion ahead of them Hawke would breathe a huge sigh of relief as soon as they hit Fereldan soil but thats just me.

#dragon age origins #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #dao #da2 #dai #Hawke

annahenriart

Wolf and the maiden❤️

#dragon age art #dragon age fanart #dragon age inquisition #dai #inquisitor lavellan #lavellan #solas #fenharel #solas x lavellan #solas x inquisitor #solavellan

skeltrr-deactivated20240630

I recently heard the banter between Alistair and Leliana regarding the Ferelden stew he made and I couldn't get the image of him cooking for the party out of my head 🥰

#dragon age art #dragon age fanart #dragon age origins #dao #alistair theirin #alistair #mabari

notebooks-and-laptops

If one more person says that Sera would have made more sense in da2 I'm going to scream. No. She wouldn't. What you mean is that Sera THE CHARACTER would have had a better time within the da2 friendship group. What you do NOT mean is that she would have made more sense in da2.

Sera is vital to inquisition for multiple reasons.

Firstly, she is literally "the little guy". She keeps you and your lofty organisation with big religious themes tied to the "ordinary folk" through her priorities and her world view. In the Dragon Age game in which you are in danger of skipping out normal connections, she forces you to remember.

Secondly, she is the light-heartedness dai needs. Da2 has plenty of light-hearted fun moments but dais tone is way more serious. Sera is pranks, she's jokes about genitals, she makes you laugh and adds some light to your life in dai.

Thirdly, Sera fits the general theming of all the dai characters which is "uncertainty in ones identity". Her internalised racism exists in tandem with an overarching theme about not fitting with who you are; Blackwall, Bull, Cole, Viv, Leliana, Solas, Dorian, Cullen and to a lesser extent Cole, Cassandra, Josie and Varric are all struggling with who they are and what it means to be who they are in the face of identities they can't escape/are forced on them. That isn't a theme of da2. It's a theme of dai.

And just. I see this take everywhere. And yes, Sera would probably have had more fun hanging with Isabela and Fenris and a younger Varric. But she would not have made more sense in da2. She is a dai character through and through and vital to the story dai wants to tell.

#dragon age inquisition #dai #sera #i have been seeing this take and I’m still a bit confused #Totally agree Sera is important and fits best in dai #but also I feel like she would be so miserable with the da2 crew as well as the stuff they go through #like Sera can barely handle Cole. I don’t think Merrill and especially Anders would have made da2 a better friend group for her at all a #also with the amount she hates the fade and spirits… I feel the dream quest and even just meeting a dreamer mage would be worse than dai #Like Solas very much makes it a “oh I wander the fade’’ thing.#but da2 we learn exactly what dreamers can do and I don’t think Sera would take that well at all.#I dunno. da2 makes me feel like it would feed into Sera’s fear of magic #I also think the red lyrium story line in general would leave her just parinoid and feeling wholly unsafe in the world.#da2 forces the companions to deal with the horrors of magic. red lyrium. Templars abusing their power. tranquil abuse. general extremism.#the first two being a whole level of traumatizing for Sera that doesnt get explored in dai at all #the last three are things I think would be interesting to see her opinions on as she has to confront them head on #sorry for rambling

dreadfutures

“…Yet when faced with the futility of your mission, you do not act as gods do. You say you would not take choice away from the world either through slavery, or through destruction. And…I believe you.”

- Dead Pasts and Dread Futures, Ch 72

I am finally done with Fen’Harel, the Dread Wolf, He Who Hunts Alone.

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#dragon age art #dragon age fanart #hades art style #solas #fen'harel #dread wolf