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I'm just a 40-Something gamer, writer, editor, role-player, multi fandom nerd. This blog is a wacky mix of anything that happens to catch my fancy so hold onto your butts.

[emeraldspiral]

[fluentisonus]

hose propaganda

[notebooks-and-laptops]

You know what I love about Carver? He's doing it because he loves you. He's a bitch yeah, and he complains constantly, and getting approval with him is like pulling teeth but you know the reason he gives you rivalry? It's when you put yourself in danger. I mean, come on, Carver Hawke is hardly pro-Circle, he literally grew up in a family full to the brim with apostates and he watched them control themselves just fine without it. But that boy is terrified, literally terrified that you will end end being taken by the templars. He's terrified that you are being too blatant, that by helping mages and shouting at templars you are going to end up in the Gallows. And of course he is. Carver lost his twin. Carver lost Bethany. Carver watched her die. He talks big game about being in Hawkes shadow, but he doesn't want to loose them. He doesn't want to watch his mother go through losing Hawke. He fucking gives you rivalry because he cares. When you meet Fenris he immediately is like 'you got a problem with my sibling take it up with me'. He's never like 'ugh just let the templars take you Hawke the circle is fine'. He's just. He's traumatised. He wants to protect his sibling. And that sentiment is coming out wrong, but that doesn't mean its not coming from a place of love.

[spoonyglitteraunt]

Very much this. Carver is an onion. The boy has got layers and if you’re not careful he’ll make your eyes sting. But handled with care he will make a good addition to your meal, I mean team. Definitely meant team.

My affection for him has always been a bit of a point of contention between me and the friend that got me into DA. **waves at friend who will surely read this.*

See, she doesn’t like him. Finds him an annoying brat that gets entirely on her nerves and she much prefers Bethany. And subsequently never played to the points where I think his characterisation really starts to click. I on the other hand have always had a soft spot for the boy. Now I used to think this was because he reminded me of my own rather turbulent relationship with my sibling, but I’ve come to realise that it is actually the other way round. Carver is what I’d always hoped my sibling was like, deep, deeeeep down. Yeah he might act like an ass and get on your nerves and slapping him may at times seem like such a nice, rewarding idea. But at the end of the day Carver cares and Carver has got your back. Even if he might snark while doing so. Early signs of this are after you talk to Betram. If you choose the purple options (family of snarkers) you can point out to him he called it “your” templar problem and he instantly backtracks and goes, did I sound that bad? I’m turning into Gamlen. Then there is the part as pointed out where if Fenris gives you grief he’s all, if you want to get at my sibling you’ll have to go through me first, no matter the status of rivalry or friendship I believe. When arguing about getting your house back he initially starts kneejerk blaming you, but if given the chance will again try mend bridges. In the deep roads when dying he’ll be all you did a lot for me I really looked up to you sentiments. And at the climax he will side with you, no questions asked, no convincing needed. You’re in this together. The boy is hurt and traumatised. As are they all. He feels lost, scared, out of place. Lost his home, lost the girl he had a crush on (and if Hawke is male preferred his brother), lost his twin. And he has an inferiority complex the size of the waking sea. But above all, he’s a kid. The face models can make you forget he’s supposed to be 18 at the start of the game. So yeah he is as prickly as a cactus with a bad needle day, puts his foot in, doesn’t know how to really express what he’s feeling, but when it comes down to it. When shit hits the fan. Carver is there, come what may.

[confirmed-and-contorted]

slamming your knights visor down when you’re finished talking to them, like slamming the phone back on the receiver.

[animentality]

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

last line hit like a mack truck

ink: diamine oxblood

[starship-goldfish]

Pictures for Sad Children (2014)

[starship-goldfish]

Vital addition: the author is trans, back online, and selling books to support herself here

[youngjaelee]

Wardrobe

Metropolitan Museum of Art, China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 213

Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Date: late 16th or early 17th century

Culture: China

Medium: Wood with inlay of mother-of-pearl, amber, glass, ivory, and other materials

Dimensions: Image:H. 112 1/2 in. (285.8 cm); W. 62 3/8 in. (158.4 cm); D. 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm)

Classification: Furniture

Object Number: 51.100.2

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

德化白瓷 Déhuà báicí/dehua white porcelain

Dehua County, located in Quanzhou, Fujian, China, is renowned for its white porcelain.

Its kilns flourished during the Tang (618-907 CE) and Song dynasties(960–1279 CE), peaked in the Yuan and Ming periods, and remain famous today, particularly for their white porcelain. Fired at high temperatures, the unglazed porcelain exhibits a smooth, jade-like texture, appearing crystal-clear and pure white.

Dehua white porcelain is renowned for its "high-toughness thin-bodied高韧薄胎瓷衣" technique, a breakthrough in ceramic craftsmanship that achieves exceptional strength in ultra-thin structures. This technology enables the creation of porcelain pieces with egg-shell thinness (0.2–0.5 mm) while maintaining remarkable durability, making it a hallmark of Dehua's artistry. However, not every piece of Dehua white porcelain employs this technique, as it involves significantly higher production costs.

[teaboot]

PORCELAIN?!

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

so in the victoria & Albert museum's huge ceramics gallery which people never seem to know about, there was a temporary exhibition by a 4th generation porcelain worker from dehua & some of her work v which particularly took me out were these books - books which looked as if they had hand pressed paper pages with ragged edges, being tugged open and ruffled by the breeze. they looked like a film still. they looked light as air. there was a drapery of fine silk fluttering as well. ALL PORCELAIN.

[futchlings]

"incurious" still GOAT insult. You could be better but you're not. You could learn but you won't, and for no good reason, just a base dispositional apathy. Get fucked

[systlin]

Sudden realization that the skeins of yarn out on my laundry line to dry are. Phallic in appearance.

[systlin]

Come get your freshly scoured Churro wool dicks folks

[dabblingreturns]

[systlin]

It all makes sense now

[hanamuke-tick]

made these little guys (well... outfits) recently

the husky I made Vincents outfit for is also called Vincent in the booklet :)

[peterfromtexas-deactivated20250]

Reenactor throws a spear at a drone

[supapoopa]

What a time to be alive.

[tenthcorner]

“The medieval warrior, realizing the consequences of his impulsive act, immediately approached the owner of the drone and offered to pay for the damage.

The owner of the drone was so impressed by the brilliant attack that he suggested organizing a competition for bringing down “dragons” with short spears next year.

Drone owners have another year to develop a unique “dragon-like” design for their flying machines.” (x)

[kineticpenguin]

I am 100% cooler with this knowing that the spear-thrower realized “oops maybe I shouldn’t have done that” and tried to make it right, and that the guy who the drone belonged to was cool with it

[brunhiddensmusings]

just so everyone knows, this has already been memorialized in a runestone

[stephendann]

Everything about this post blesses those involved with a +4 on their next Today is Good Day roll

[fromaliminalspace]

a rough translation of inscription on the runestone:

On the seventh day of May in the year of 2016 on hither spot the mighty warrior Ulf hath slain a dragon with his spear.

so yeah, happy birthday to this dragon-slaying event and to it only

[nonlinear-nonsubjective]

Happy Ulf Hath Slain A Dragon With His Spear!

[orphankin]

10 years!!

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

Cnetizens on Xiaohongshu DIY their own curtains. Some piece together patterned fabric and lace. The upside is great value for money—they cost way less than ready-made curtains you buy in stores. The downside is poor light and heat insulation.

Others just hang up Hanfu skirts as curtains, inspired by the Tang Dynasty tradition of lawn picnic gatherings. Back then, when people went out for picnics, they’d drape their long skirts around the lawn to make makeshift canopies. （cr cunkouyeren，悦风雅 Joy with Grace，林夕kiki，梦还草，卷卷小羊毛，曾寶珠，是张可爱，王星星）

[transhuman-priestess]

We need to lay more blame for "Kids don't know how computers work" at the feet of the people responsible: Google.

Google set out about a decade ago to push their (relatively unpopular) chromebooks by supplying them below-cost to schools for students, explicitly marketing them as being easy to restrict to certain activities, and in the offing, kids have now grown up in walled gardens, on glorified tablets that are designed to monetize and restrict every movement to maximize profit for one of the biggest companies in the world.

Tech literacy didn't mysteriously vanish, it was fucking murdered for profit.

[anoraktrend]

Linux is a very good and powerful alternative.

[transhuman-priestess]

[transarsonist]

reminder: you cannot Personal Choises your way out of an Intentional Structural Problem

[yurigirldick]

Fun fact! School Chromebooks block Linux. It's not an easy alternative. You are missing the point

[ziseviolet]

Hello, I have a question about folding fans. I've been through your "fans" tag and noticed that most women use tuanshan, while men mostly use folding fans, and some of those fans differ in size quite significantly. Is there a reason for that? Does the fan's style/size signify something? Or is it just aesthetic? Thank you.

Hi, thanks for the question!

Please check out the following two posts that address this question:

Historical/cultural difference between which genders used specific fan styles (tuanshan & folding fans) by @hanfu-asks

Folding fans as masculine accessories

Hope this helps!

(photo of hanfu and tuanshan via)

[fouryearsofshades]

Left: Men 

Right: Women

Each square is 1cm x 1cm.

[questions-about-blorbos]

Your Blorbo had to eat the last food you ate (not a leftover, but the exact same food that you ate; for instance, if the last food you ate was Jajangmyeon, they’d have to eat a fresh bowl of Jajangmyeon too). Would they be happy about it?

Yes

No

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Every poll on this blog is about fictional characters only. This request was sent to us and we made a poll in response to it. Send any Blorbo-related question you want to our inbox and we’ll make a poll on which people can vote with their own Blorbos in minds

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your fav flower {if multiple then the first one you thought of} is your new name how is it going

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