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[ageofdragon]

AgeofDragon Links

Not leaving this hell site, especially since I don’t think any of my content is really affected (but I know a lot of the people I reblog from are, so fuck you tumblr). But since a lot of people are jumping ship, here’s where else you can find me on the interwebs for different things. This one is good to save or reblog, if you want to keep.

Forewarning: While very little of what I do would actually be affected by the tumblr ban, I do consume, support, and publish 18+ content and/or conversation on pretty much all of these places. Again, it’s all pretty tumblr tame and I tag when possible (i.e twitter doesn’t have a tag system and has limited characters); but...I am an adult in fandom(s) rated MA. I write E rated fics on Ao3, discuss kinks, talk about violence and nudity in video games, etc. Of course that’s not all I do, I just want to warn since tumblr savior/safe mode doesn’t apply to all of these places.

ArchiveofOurOwn: DragonRider1 - Main place for all my writings, from G to E. All fandoms and some original works, though DA takes main stage. Some kink fic too, but all is tagged and summarized pretty heavily. Deviantart: ManiaMonsterFactory - I haven’t used this in years, literally resurrecting and starting over. I mean literally too, I was unable to get into my original deviantart due to lacking info. I don’t draw much anymore, but any wild hairs I get will most likely end up here. That said, what I have of my DA Drink cards are there and I’m thinking about retrying my DA Wicked Grace Set. Dreamwidth: DragonRider1 - Don’t have a lot of practice with this, mostly used it for the DA Kink Meme and following Exchanges, so will be a learning curve. Twitter (Personal): ConnorxHarvester @agesofdragon - This is my personal account, only about 30% of content is Dragon Age and DA news. The rest is me living my life, talking with friends, and making observations. Wordpress: TheShatteredLibrary - Lore Wordpress, basically what I’ve done with lore posts but over there. I’ll probably crosspost between these places regardless, as long as tumblr doesn’t flag anything. But that will be mostly Lore (and maybe Speculation) posts ONLY. I might make a wordpress for tabletop resources as well, since I’ve done more with that. Youtube: Through The Dragon Age - I post stuff from video games (really just DAI atm), but it’s rarely anything serious and/or not aesthetic.

[jontargaryn]

not another aesthetic thing: dragon age - morrigan

[3gremlins]

safetytank mentioned you on a post “Bioware Merch I’d Actually Buy”

@feralkiwi​ does rly cool warden hoodies that ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE THE ARMORS

@safetytank aww ty <3 

@ageofdragon​  they’re available here (though it’s just me making them by myself so I can’t really compete with bioware’s super cheap hoodie prices and each piece is a custom one) 

[ageofdragon]

Where to Find AgeofDragon

Not leaving this hell site, especially since I don’t think any of my content is really affected (but I know a lot of the people I reblog from are, so fuck you tumblr). But since a lot of people are jumping ship, here’s where else you can find me on the interwebs for different things. I wouldn’t recommend reblogging or saving this version though, because this isn’t the final list. I’m still reworking some profiles and adding to here.

Forewarning: While very little of what I do would actually be affected by the tumblr ban, I do consume, support, and publish 18+ content and/or conversation on pretty much all of these places. Again, it’s all pretty tumblr tame and I tag when possible (i.e twitter doesn’t have a tag system and has limited characters); but…I am an adult in fandom(s) rated MA. I write E rated fics on Ao3, discuss kinks, talk about violence and nudity in video games, etc. Of course that’s not all I do, I just want to warn since tumblr savior/safe mode doesn’t apply to all of these places.

ArchiveofOurOwn: DragonRider1 - Main place for all my writings, from G to E. All fandoms and some original works, though DA takes main stage. Some kink fic too, but all is tagged and summarized pretty heavily. BSN Forum: AgeofDragon -  I sometimes participate in lore discussions, for fun and educational reasons. Charahub: AgeofDragon - A book of my characters for and from various things, I only have one up right now, with others being transferred. Just if you are ever curious about my characters. Twitter (Personal): ConnorxHarvester @agesofdragon - This is my personal account, only about 30% of content is Dragon Age and DA news. The rest is me living my life, talking with friends, and making observations. Wordpress: TheShatteredLibrary - Lore Wordpress, basically what I’ve done with lore posts but over there. I’ll probably crosspost between these places regardless, as long as tumblr doesn’t flag anything. But that will be mostly Lore (and maybe Speculation) posts ONLY. I might make a wordpress for tabletop resources as well, since I’ve done more with that.

[captainheroism]

[captainheroism]

#what a bloody tease

[sarasa-cat]

@ageofdragon :  Rather than reblog your posts (not sure you wanted those reblogged) I figured I should just respond with a new post.

Everything you said made a lot of sense. International tumblr will probably read some of these matters differently and, based on other conversations I have had with fandom, some americans will probably read some of these things differently too, but your perspective is based on your lived experience. Period. Thank you for being very straight forward.

Just wanted to say that for years I have found discussions about real world analogies for the ethnicity and nationalities of DA characters both interesting and frustrating.

It is interesting because, as you said early, Thedas is a pot of mixed cultures, concepts, and races, and two people can come to two different conclusions that both have valid evidence in the lore. 

But it is also frustrating because sometimes people insists on absolutes when, as you know, there are no perfect analogies in Thedas. And then add in all the fanwank (and micro-aggressions, bigotry, whitewashing).

In the end there aren’t straightforward answers although I have seen many frustrating instances where fans talk over minorities and POCs of any kind, including people who might not use the term POC, because the term “POC” is very american and doesn’t always map to situations outside of america, plus it  doesn’t really seem to have accepted categories for american people who aren’t american-white but aren’t latin@, black, or east asian.

So, using your definition, whenever a fan doesn’t map to the american concept of “yep, that’s a white person, no doubt there,” (which is similar to the british and northern european concept of white and seems, from what I have heard, *very* similar to an australian concept), I have seen far too many frustrating moments in which the non-white fan (again, using your definition) is told by fandom “nope, you are wrong to interpret this character as [insert a not-white category here] because I clearly see him/her as white, therefore they are white.”

I always find this frustrating because things just aren’t that simple and the non-white fan of a piece of English-language media always appears able to present at least one valid reasons for interpreting the character the way they do. Meanwhile white fandom (as a whole, beyond DA fandom) often tends to see characters in english language media as Default White no matter how the character is described (Hermione, for instance, although characters from the Hunger Games are far better examples of this). Even people who aren’t white but who live in white-majority/dominated nations end up carrying around a lot of white worldview baggage in their personal knapsacks that they are still unpacking. 

Don’t really know what else to say beyond wishing that it was less frustrating for everyone in DA fandom (and other english-language fandoms) to accept and respect the diversity of interpretations that fans make when looking for representation among the characters who read as not white or not quite white.

Anyhow, thanks again for your responses.

[ageofdragon]

Okay, so obviously when nobles get married property and stuff is pooled. So like josephine sits down with assan and caswyn, of course caswyn has the usual things. An estate, a stipend from his family, all the noble stuff that one usually offers.

and then josephine turns to assan and politely asks if he has anything he needs pooled, because yeah he is a dalish elf and they don’t expect him to have anything but their trying to get past the internalized preconceptions and you never know. It’s assan.

which should make his response less surprising...but it doesn’t.

Because he admits he doesn’t have much, maybe a few of his works? Oh...

AND A FUCKING FORTUNE!

like both caswyn and josephine are speechless

“excuse me?”

“I have a several thousand gold in an account under my name, I’m sure varric can move it for us.”

“how???”

“I was bequeathed it after my last husband’s death? I also own a portion of the estates, but I would rather keep that in his family’s hands.”

and just...okay then, I’ll just write that down and...y e a h

which it’s funny because it means nothing to assan. he grew up in a very modest...well right out poor household with needing very little to get by. He literally doesn’t know what to do with all that money and so he’s just never touched it unless he absolutely had too. Let very close dwarven friends (particularly one from his old freedom group) invest a bit of it. Just Yep, this elf is worth as much as a noble even though you wouldn’t think it and he would rather not be.

the trevelyans shit themselves when they see money is actually being added to their family than taken from it. what F u n.