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Random's Rookery:

Spent most of today getting called a nerd as I worked my way through the screenshot folders for all of my Rooks. Some are just roughed in for now since there is definitely a bit of favourtism occurring with the ones I'm more focused on. Will randomly be updated as I flesh them out or add new Rooks(this is the short list🥴)

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Status: Comfort campaign designation. First Campaign completed, actively running the next difficulty level. Brain won't shut up about him, please send help or prompts?

Asrani Riann de Riva:

smallpwbbles

Happy pride month my peeps!! (Why the fuck are we half way thru the year already?)

cassandrapentayaaaaas

Questions About Creating Your OCs

‘Cause sometimes the stories of how OCs come to be are just as interesting as the OCs, themselves. Tell me how your virtual kids came into the world.

What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?

Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?

How did you choose their name?

In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?

Is there any significance behind their hair color?

Is there any significance behind their eye color?

Is there any significance behind their height?

What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story?

Are they based off of you, in some way?

If they have an LI, how much of their character is tailored to be compatible to that person?

Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation?

What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?

How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?

What is something about your OC can make you laugh?

What is something about your OC can make you cry?

Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

What is your favorite fact about your OC?

portraitoftheoddity

The problem with having OCs is that sometimes you wanna read about your little guy being in situations but unfortunately he is YOUR little guy and no one is gonna put him in that situation but you. Tragic.

Your OC's Archetype: Bright Frühling

Rules: color all that applies to your OC and their vibes! Whichever section you get the most in is your OC’s archetype, although you can also add in whichever section you get second in to create a subclass of sorts! (Ex: the heroic maiden, the sagely monster, the outcast hero, etc!) Feel free to name it as you see fit, discuss your results, and add some vibe inspiration if you’d like! ✨

The Sage Creator: (15 and 12)

#dragon age #dragon age the veilguard #datv #rook #oc #Bright Frühling #Bright 'Ingellvar'

okthisway

again AGAIN

Scenery Fit Part 4:

Every time a new unlocked area mod drops my brain gets very happy, and then very sad at the robbery that occurred.

*despair noises*

This modification gives access to some highly detailed unused spaces in the Profane City.

#dragon age the veilguard #dragon age veilguard #datv #datv scenery #veilguard world shots

allthingswhumpyandangsty

not my tweet but I thought it would be a good psa for artists here too

ayy-junipei

Oh this is a common scam I find at work. Any file that:

isn't jpg, jpeg, pdf, or png

Is a file extension you don't recognise (this one is a visual basic file, used for scripting, but others like exe or bat are used)

has a very low or unexpected file size (this one's is less than 1KB, or 0.001MB, a good reference should be at least 500KB)

Is likely a scam. Stay safe kids.

ohcaptains

enyter

incorrect-favourites

rook: I have a plan.

lucanis: I have the hospital and Emmrich on speed dial.

pavarios

Say what you will about Rook, but Shadow Dragon Rook has an epic response to the First Warden accusing them of murder, theft and property damage (paraphrasing):

Rook: I killed slavers and freed their slaves.

First Warden: And the property damage?

Rook: That was just because I felt like it.

vaiyamagic

I did a thing.

I was having trouble with some of the Dalish Tattoos, and may have gone overboard trying to sort it all out. So, because I did some work, if this helps anyone out, I am sharing it.

Mythal has different colors because that tattoo is a fustercluck, and I needed to break down the pieces. Sylaise has different colors because there’s the solid color (red,) the middle color (green,) and the ‘no’ color (blue.)

brawltogethernow

Look what my friend with no social media posted to the chat with the damning staggered timestamps of 1:11, 1:37, and 1:42 A.M.

frotees-corner

Lucanis' Room

Theory time!

You know how it's weird that every companion's room changes over time, except for Lucanis' pantry?

That's because the pantry isn't really his space. The dining hall is.

Dining space before Lucanis.

Dining space immediately after Lucanis arrival.

Dining hall by the end of the game (notice the fucking chandelier and the art on the walls).

And that just ... does things to me.

Of course he wouldn't decorate the utalitarien space where he (refuses to) sleep. He adds his personal touch to a communal space instead, one that is warm and welcoming to everyone on the team. A space for good food and conversation, where he can do something he enjoys for people he cares about.

zennihilation-deactivated202505

We need to compare this to his actual house.

Preface: I know this is actually about level design and the actual distance you need to get these 3 idiots who need The Most personal space to get through, but let's pretend someone lives like this.

The Room: Lucanis has comments about the dining table which makes me assume that the table belongs there. This room is huge. Specifically, it's huge for a table that has literally six chairs. Let's say before it used to be bigger and the room layout was different when the house was full. But now? This is close enough to what he remembers before moving to Tevinter. Remember what Lucanis says about the pantry being small with noticeable exits and choke points? His family was murdered and he has to eat in front of the front door in a room with four exits that are out of line of sight from the table. Caterina lost a dozen of her flesh and blood which makes putting a dining room table there an absurd decision that, for her, is likely a show of force. You don't scare her and these two literal children will grow into it.

The Chairs: The chairs in the Lighthouse are all askew. People go there. They work there and talk and eat and snack and hide harding's experiments under the table. There are more and it's in a perpetual state of being set because you might get like twenty minutes between darkspawn waves to shove food in your face.

Caterina had six children. This table is meant for them. She sits at it because she doesn't have a choice anymore. Two chairs are moved, one at the end and one at the right hand of that one. There are two people living there now and even Illario wouldn't let Venatori take such a symbolic seat. His note to the staff is at the unused end of the table. After Sea of Blood, he's the only one at that table but like hell he's not going to keep up appearances.

If things went to plan, Illario would have been made First Talon and you're not inviting a single person over. You're either not prepared to win or you're not prepared for people to accept that you've won. Either way, it's bad news.

I don't know or maybe they're just chairs and crap. Who's to say.

zennihilation

LOOK IT'S THE WEIRD HYPER FIXATION I DID ABOUT CHAIRS BEFORE ACCIDENTALLY MURDERING MY ACCOUNT YAY IT'S BACK

sirfrogsworth

People are roasting this person for asking a dumb question. But I think this is a valid query and the answer is actually pretty cool.

Unfortunately, you usually get a response like this.

This is accurate. But not very explanatory. "It's how light works" just feels a bit condescending.

We need to Bill Nye this shit.

The first thing you need to know is that light competes with light. And the brightest light is always the victor.

And this phenomenon is not specific to cameras. Our eyeballs also play in the light vs light competition.

Every person with a mobile phone has already seen this effect. What happens when you look at your phone on a really sunny day?

You can't see shit.

The sun is so overwhelmingly bright that it is reflecting light off the screen that is much brighter than the light being emitted from the phone.

However, newer phones are starting to have screens that are extremely bright. Up to 3000 nits in some cases. They are able to emit light brighter than the sun's reflection.

What happens to our eyes when we go outside on a sunny day?

Our pupils get as small as they possibly can. Smaller pupils let in a lot less light. And when they are that contracted, we can only register really really bright things.

But if we are in the dark, our pupils get super big. They allow in a bunch more light. And after we adjust to the dark, we can see really really dim things.

If our pupils stayed contracted and we looked at a starry sky, it would be as blank as the phone screen on a sunny day. You can even test this with an eye patch. Go into a very bright room and keep one eye covered for about 20 minutes. Then go outside and look at the sky with each eye. One eye will see stars and the other will not.

And this should give you a clue as to how light pollution works. Light bounces off stuff in the atmosphere. And when a city shoots a bunch of light upward, that light reflects back down and is much brighter than the stars.

The brightest light always wins.

Most stars are just incredibly dim. You need to be in a very dark environment in order to see them shine. You need them bigass pupils fully activated. And cameras need either a very large aperture (lens pupils), or a very long time interval to see them.

The sun is so so soooo bright. Many thousands of times brighter than distant stars. And the moon is also very bright. Especially if you are on or near the surface. The properties of moon dust, the regolith, are a near perfect diffuse reflector. Which is why astronauts struggled to see and photograph stars during their moon excursions.

If they opened up their camera apertures and did a long exposure, they'd just get a blank white frame.

There are dozens of photos in which that exact thing happened.

This is exactly what happens if you accidentally shine a flashlight directly into your eyes.

But if we ever have a moon mission during lunar night, those astronauts are in for a starry treat. They won't have any atmosphere to absorb starlight. So they'll be able to see the Milky Way, in all its glory, with just their naked eyes.

aceofpans

”with our ai chatbot you can talk to your ocs!!” Dumbass. I’m already talking to them. In my head. “B-bbut what about your favourite charac-“ skill issue. In my head as well. get fucked.

dalishious

It's funny how often Cassandra says "you're right" or "I agree" and then in the corner at the exact same time the message pops up "Cassandra disapproves". She's so mad that you're right.

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