RagingBagel

Lol Don't Ask.

[redheaded-healer]

Hey look, I'm not dead! I drew my lovely OC Inquisitor Syraena Dire ❤️

[faerieavalon-archive]

This looked like fun so I’m starting the game. Tagging forward to @pikapeppa​, @schoute​, @midnightprelude​, @thesaltyhealer​, @rowhannalavellan​, @raging-bagel​, @myrddinderwydd​, @inquisition-dragonborn​, @rivainisomniari​ and anyone else who wants to play!

Five behind the scenes facts about a current WIP. I’m choosing Sule Tael Tasalal.

1. One of the main antagonists was originally meant to be a love interest. 

2. Ara’lan was supposed to be a Sentinel warrior, not a healer.

3. The amount of Elvhen translations I have done/am continuing to do for this story is at least twice what my readers see. I’m a nerd but I want it to be easier to read. :)

4. Cole is trying to tell Ara’lan something important but her geas prevents him from clearly seeing how that ‘knot’ is tangled in her. It bothers him more than he says.

5. Ara’lan has a near violent allergic reaction to ingesting lyrium. Regular lyrium works like a toxin to her, resulting in fevers, weakness, loss of equilibrium, nausea, and hallucinations that will progress to mania, temporary blindness, or loss of consciousness and coma in high enough doses. Red lyrium would be much, much worse.

[redheaded-healer]

Oooo this does sound like fun.

Five behind the scenes things about "Where the Hell Did the Healer Go?"

1. 90% of this fic was written at my former job at the inn. 3-11pm, solo coverage, tiny inn.... Yeah I got bored. Where the Hell Did the Healer Go? Is a product of boredom.

2. Fun fact: I've mentioned my Guildmaster several times in this fic. She's been a close friend for about 3-4 years, and I respect her immensely. She had no idea that I wrote, until I finally couldn't keep my fucking trap shut and told her. Yes, she's read it.

Yes, she loves it. 😂 she even gave me pointers!

3. Syraena is my name in like... Everything. If you Google Syraena7, chances are it's me. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that ONE OF Y'ALL RECOGNIZED ME IN ESO. I just happened to be running dolmens in the Alik'r and someone whispered me 😂

4. It may come as a shock to y'all, but I'm a mess. I based my character loosely off of me. She has my backstory, my memories... But she's a bit more composed.

Originally, this wasn't going to be the case. I was going to base her off my healer's RP, but currently, my ESO healer has run off with King Emeric's nephew, the brother of her betrothed, pregnant and disgraced. Her sister Avenna is the noble one now, in charge of the family affairs and heiress to their fortune. the only way I could conceivably yank my character out of Tamriel and into Thedas would be via the Planemeld.

Inspiration struck, and I decided to go with something closer to home for me. I know exactly how my oc would react to any situation, because I know I would either be flipping shit or deflecting serious situations with blase vague sarcasm. I'm a mess, and so is Syraena.

5. I headcannon that Syraena is so ridiculously flippant and cocky that on several occasions, Josie informs the Inquisition's noble visitors that "Lady Dire is very, very busy" or tells them she's sick so that they don't have a national incident. They're miffed, but are ultimately persuaded to leave her be by Josie's wonderful conversation tactics. It's a wonder Skyhold never caught fire - Syraena would be an idiot savant without that little elvhen voice in the back of her head.

[faerieavalon-archive]

The Gif game

tagged by @pikapeppa​ yay!!!!! 

Rules: tag at least five of your friends along with a gif that you feel represents you as a person. It can be from a series, movie or music video (basically any gif at all) - but there is one catch: you can’t use a gif from ANY fandom mentioned in your header/bio.

I am so annoyed that I listed nearly all my favorite fandoms in my bio but here goes:

tagging off to @raging-bagel, @inquisition-dragonborn, @toxolotl, @thesaltyhealer, @midnightprelude, and anyone who might find this fun. 

[redheaded-healer]

This was the easiest pick, hands down.

But also

Don't forget

[drinkyourfuckingmilk]

the final battle in trespasser was an absolute clusterfuck and you know solas was looking down on it all like “my friends…my stupid, puny, mortal friends”

[visja]

hdjwndhxkwjsufjrbd this is the best

[pancakeke]

[misspaper-deactivated20160517]

Cute little Danne Lavellan (gonna draw her vallaslin later) meeting Solas for the first time. 

It would have gone down a LOT more awkward than the super snarky smooth intro from the game.

[tk-duveraun]

🔥 + The whole Mary-Sue thing happening in fandoms (ง'̀-'́)ง

I don’t think it’s controversial to say that Mary Sue, as a term, is inherently misogynistic. I mean, come on, it’s already gendered and has only negative connotations.

Meanwhile, Harry Potter can be the literal Master of Death and no one bats an eyelash??? Excuse me. And don’t try to feed me some line about novels being different from fanfiction because my ears bled from how many people called Katniss an OP Mary Sue. 

Dude, fuck right off with that shit. 

 It’s misogynistic

Readers fucking LOVE overpowered characters. They like it when the good guy wins.

Overpowered is a matter of perspective in a lot of cases, anyway.

Just let?? People?? Have?? Fun???

Don’t like it, don’t read you fucks.

Everyone is the hero in their own story IRL, why should it be any different in a novel?

Maybe the POV character just doesn’t realize how powerful anyone else is because they’re always around the MC, hmm??

Don’t be a dick.

???

🖕(ツ)🖕

If anyone has a character they’re afraid is a Mary Sue or who has been criticized as such, HIT UP MY ASK BOX. I WILL VALIDATE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU. LET’S GO. OC TIME. (ง •̀_•́)ง

[redheaded-healer]

WHERE THE HELL DID THE HEALER GO?

I can't believe I am almost at 50 chapters, just under 95k words. It's been a wild ride and I'm just getting into the swing!

My lovely Lady Syraena Dire, made courtesy of Shidabeeda Games. Find the OC creator here!

[redheaded-healer]

OH MY GOD how did I forget to post this???? I was sent this lovely watercolor of my Lady Syraena Dire, from Where the Hell Did the Healer Go?

@ghostieart on Instagram, please go check them out ❤

[whiskeydickclaws]

“We were grabbing a bite of lunch at a small cafe, in a mall, right across from a booth that sold jewelry and where ears could be pierced for a fee. A mother approaches with a little girl of six or seven years old. The little girl is clearly stating that she doesn’t want her ears pierced, that’s she’s afraid of how much it will hurt, that she doesn’t like earrings much in the first place. Her protests, her clear ‘no’ is simply not heard. The mother and two other women, who work the booth, begin chatting and trying to engage the little girl in picking out a pair of earrings. She has to wear a particular kind when the piercing is first done but she could pick out a fun pair for later. “I don’t want my ears pierced.” “I don’t want any earrings.” The three adults glance at each other conspiratorially and now the pressure really begins. She will look so nice, all the other girls she knows wear earrings, the pain isn’t bad. She, the child, sees what’s coming and starts crying. As the adults up the volume so does she, she’s crying and emitting a low wail at the same time. “I DON’T WANT MY EARS PIERCED.” Her mother leans down and speaks to her, quietly but strongly, the only words we could hear were ’… embarrassing me.’ We heard, then, two small screams, when the ears were pierced. Little children learn early and often that ‘no doesn’t mean no.’ Little children learn early that no one will stand with them, even the two old men looking horrified at the events from the cafeteria. Little girls learn early and often that their will is not their own. No means no, yeah, right. Most often, for kids and others without power, “no means force.””

—

from “No Means Force” at Dave Hingsburger’s blog.

This is important. It doesn’t just apply to little girls and other children, though it often begins there.

For the marginalized, our “no’s” are discounted as frivolous protests, rebelliousness, or anger issues, or we don’t know what we’re talking about, or we don’t understand what’s happening.

When “no means force” we become afraid to say no.

(via k-pagination)

[thereisnomadnessanymore]

Dance at the Maker’s Feet

A small piece of work I made during pauses between E3 conferences, waiting for DA4 announce.

And still there was none. Bioware, this is unfair and the purest suffering.

P.S. too hyped for Fen ”The Big Bad Wolf” Harel boss fight in front of Golden/Black City gates, ohh yeaahh

[redheaded-healer]

I have received a doodle from one of my readers. I love it! 🤩 thank you Octocryptik!

I had to crop it because Tumblr is dumb now, but this is from chapter 11!

Read "Where the Hell Did the Healer Go?" here:

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[priscellie]

Man. I feel so thirsty lately.  I can’t drink enough water. I feel like the senator guy in that X-Men movie after getting exposed to Magneto’s mutant machine, and he keeps drinking drinking drinking water uncontrollably until he dives into the ocean and becomes a terrifying jellyfish creature and explodes.  Freaking Magneto. I was already sympathetic to the mutant cause. Why you gotta hate?

[seananmcguire]

You’re not a mutant, honey, you’re a mermaid.  It’s all right.  Once your scales start coming in, you won’t be as thirsty.

[knitmeapony]

You know, being a diagnostician in a world with more public magical creatures must be a trip and a half.  

“Extreme thirst has a lot of causes.  Let’s check your blood sugar, and let’s take a skin sample to see if you’re developing scales.”

“Joint pain is pretty common when someone’s pushing themself that way with training, and I’d definitely recommend some rest, but it sounds like it’s been coming on with the moon so we might want to do a blood test to check for lycanthropy.”

“I’m going to give you this journal.  Keep track of how often you’re near bodies of water and copses of trees – not single trees, there needs to be a cluster.”

“Bear with me, I know you’re lactose intolerant, but buy a pint of milk and keep it in your kitchen.  If it spoils faster than expected, we’ll have a better idea of what’s going on here.”

[seananmcguire]

“Have you considered that you may not, in fact, actually be a mammal?”

[hasufin]

“Okay, I’m going to have to refer you to a specialist. It looks like your tertiary dentition is coming in.” “I think we need to check for allergic reactions to silver, iron, a few types of wood, garlic, and holy water. That’ll help us rule out some possible causes for this rash. In the mean time I think you should avoid Italian food and holy ground.”

“Have you noticed clusters of birds following you? Were they corvids? Hm, interesting. You ought to come in to the office so we can discuss this further.” “That itching sensation might be a rash, but I think we ought to give you an MRI and see if you’re about to grow horns.”

[defilerwyrm]

So basically, medicine in the Dark Ages, upgraded.

[disasterlarper]

This is literally my dream as a writer and my worst nightmare as a nurse

[syncretic11]

So I imagine a supernatural version of House where almost every episode someone is like “it’s lycanthropy” and the House character goes “it’s never lycanthropy” except for the one episode it is where the title of the episode is lycanthropy.

[robintalley]

Reblogging this because the idea of that version of House needs to be further explored. Come on, fic writers, add more House-specific notes, please.

[vyrenrolar]

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Discord Server

https://discord.gg/7mSzpDv

Hey all, I made a Hogwarts themed discord server for Harry Potter fans. Come join me? Even if you don’t want to join please reblog so people know about it?

[ao3commentoftheday]

As a reader, as a writer, and as a fan I can’t think of a single website that has given me more happiness than Archive of Our Own. Thank you so much to everyone who works so hard to make it such a wonderful place. 

[lizann5869]

Today is realy good day to reblog this.  

[sunshinemage]

Commissions are open!  [update as of 20/11/2018]

Details:

four spots max at the same time (check the status here)

any fandom

two characters maximum per artwork

simple background, no heavily-detailed scene (detailed outfits can be discussed, however if the outfit is very complex, I might charge extra)

Payment by Paypal only. Please contact me at [email protected]

Even if you don’t intend to commission, any signal boost would be appreciated, thank you so much! And to those who do intend to commission, thank you for your interest, I look forward to working with you <3

[sunshinemage]

The other day I said I’d add the Inktober style portraits to my commissions, but it’ll have to wait for a lil while longer, I apologise u_u

In the meantime, I’m sharing this again <3

[smuttine]

BOOST!

[srsfunny]

Wolves React To Gamekeeper Who Had Been Away On Maternity Leave

[iconuk01]

“WHERE’S YOUR PUPPY! WE WANNA SEE YOUR PUPPY! DID YOU JUST HAVE THE ONE? DO YOU HAVE THEM WITH YOU? ARE THERE PHOTOS?”

[tealdeertamer]

I’m not a hundred percent positive but I’m pretty sure this is the wild life center where I visited wolves.

And the safety briefing included the question “So if you’re pregnant, do you want to know or not?”

Turns out there had been a bit of an awkward situation once where the keepers had casually mentioned a woman’s pregnancy in a group, and she herself didn’t even know yet. Turns out the wolves are excellent at telling if you’re pregnant and the keepers can tell based on their body language.  They get all odd and careful around pregnancy. (Even wolves knows that you have to take care of pregnant people.)

So they definitely knew she was pregnant.

And if I remember my BBC documentaries right, a wolf will leave the pack to give birth and introduce the cubs to the pack once she feels ready for it. And maternity leave is flexible but often around 6 months so they’re going “YOU WERE GONE FOREVER! WE WERE SO WORRIED! WHERE ARE THE CUBS?? WE HAVE TO GREET THE CUBS!!“ 

Also the two on her back are fighting over who gets to greet her first. Giving and receiving attention is a commodity that goes by hierarchy and if you don’t accept that there will be scuffles.. The wolf lying down next to her isn’t chill about her coming back, it’s just submissive to the other wolves and waiting for it’s turn to show excitement.

[words4bloghere]

Now I can see why we domesticated these adorable jerks.

[stephendann]

Wolf packs have maternity leave?

[0x5742]

Wolves: better than American companies.