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[theharellan]

“A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night.”

j.r.r tolkien quotes | not accepting

He eyes the red dawn, watching the sky before the sun shines too bright to watch with a naked eye. To him, it is a painting, a red sun over a dark morning sky. It does not bleed pink or orange, but turns grey. To his companion, it is an omen, but not one he can take seriously.

“If that is right, then what is truly remarkable is that it rises any colour but red.”

[makercursed-a]

andfire 

hnnng i cannot articulate how much it gets under...

imma be honest sera never even struck me as explicitly nd, like i feel ppl misunderstand a lot of what she’s saying bc of all the british slang n dialect? like ever since meeting her i didn’t understand why she was always being called crazy cuz she makes total sense to me

That’s fair! A lot of the reason I see her as nd is like, the fidgiting, the trouble to express her feelings and stuff (feelings are hard okay! on the roof scene) she gets overwhelmed which makes explaining her feelings harder and stuff, and like in Trespasser if you’ve romanced her and she proposes she has a whole thing written out which she uses to calm down and uses word for word (pause, one two, look her in the eye-stuff like that) all of which are huge autism sign posts for me. Also like, yeah like the Red Jenny stuff...makes sense, a lot of what she says is completely understandable and relatable,. I’d say I don’t get why bioware wanted us to hate her but like, I mean....

[djstumppinz]

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[a2-dragnslyr]

“     𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴'𝚂   𝙽𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶   𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚃𝙴   𝙻𝙸𝙺𝙴   a   giant   hole   in   the   sky   spewing   out   demons   to   bring   people   together.     ”     And   here   he   had   thought   the   Blight   was   bad.     This     ?     Almost   an   entirely   different   level.     “     I   heard   you   joined   the   Inquisition   willingly     ?     ”

@andfire

[ahvarchive]

4, 7, 10!

interview the writer!  /  accepting  /  @andfire

do you have any advice for other writers?

have fun and do what makes you happy, but also be respectful and listen to other people if they say that you could be handling x, y or z better.  it’ll make you a better writer and a better person!  on the other end of the spectrum, don’t be afraid to block or blacklist people who make you uncomfortable, even if they’re perfectly nice.  it’s okay to cultivate this space for your own comfort above all!!

on the more writey side of things, read a lot --- and not just other rpers.  i’m bad at this myself, and hoping to read more once i graduate and have some more free time.  the more you read, the more places and people you have to pull inspiration from, the more stories you’ll have to reference and grow from.  even beyond that, you’ll also know what’s been done to death!

how are you and your muse different?

ahv is very much my like....my default game personality, i guess.  (  it’s usually either ahv or alia lmao.  )  and that’s because i think she has a lot of traits i value; she’s strong in herself and her beliefs, she’s very very loving, she’s got a strong sense of faith and belief in the value of the future, she’s an optimist in a lot of ways, but she’s also aggressive and won’t tolerate bigotry or the like.  this isn’t to say she’s not flawed, of course, but she has a lot of traits that i also either have or want to have.  that all being said, she’s much braver than i am, and more of an optimist, i think?  like, i am an optimist, but sometimes i have a hard time believing in the future or that the world will ever get better.  but ahvir never once doubts that, which i think is brave.  i’m much less self - sacrificing than her, which is for the best, and a bit less of a hypocrite i think.  or at least i’m more aware of it than she is, and working on it accordingly.  ahvir’s lack of concrete identity is for sure something i’ve projected onto her from my own experiences, but her’s is way worse than my own.

talk about your writing.

i’m writing a book right now, actually --- for my senior capstone for my major.  i’m presenting it next monday!!  but it’s a really stark contrast between my writing on tumblr rp and my writing in a Book Format.  obviously there’s overlap and inspiration, but the style is really different.  i think at it’s best, my writing is really evocative and emotional and good at showing versus telling how my characters are feeling.  i think it’s good at getting into my character’s heads and really showing how they’re feeling and what they’re going through and how they’re coping with suffering.  i definitely need to work at establishing setting better, though (  another way that not reading books is hurting me; it’s not necessary in most rps but in book writing it’s,,,,kinda important rifp  ) and physical stuff versus all internal.

[fuckthedivine-blog1]

@andfire

“There were few Vashoth in the Circles, though their presence was not unheard of.”  No doubt they suffered even more greatly than the elves, if for vastly different reasons.  “I’m certain our own slavery seems far kinder what what you have experienced.”

[outlivings]

meta – olin and his relationship with his own / other cultures of thedas!

meta topics | accepting | @andfire

though it surprises some, the avvar have a history of making peace with other cultures (orzammar, even orlais!) and using these relationships to their advantage, like trading goods in exchange for safe passage through the frostbacks. their beliefs never prohibit outside relations with outsider cultures, and may in fact encourage ones that benefit the survival of the hold.

tbh the “isolationist savage” narrative probably comes from entitled lowlander “”””explorers”””” who weren’t received favorably by avvar due to them treating their culture as primitive but that’s another story entirely lmao

that said, olin has a strong relationship with his people, and his religion in particular keeps him grounded. without either he’s pretty lost. his own self-worth is deeply tied to his sense of duty to his gods and his hold.

when he’s captured by darkspawn and found by the hero of ferelden, he’s at his lowest possible point. if they decide to put him through the joining rather than killing him like he asks, he accepts, but it surfaces later that he believes he’s only alive due to a selfish vengeance he feels against the darkspawn, and he had no right to live after the shame he rightfully suffered. he has a lot of introspection to do and a lot of self-forgiveness to meditate on before he’s able to accept that the gods might have wanted events to play out the way they did. helping to defeat the archdemon bolsters this belief, and he finds a lot of validation and pride in it.

due to avvar revering their mages, his relationship with the chantry and the qun is pretty rocky, but he can be convinced to set those feelings aside in favor of the bigger picture if the overall advantage is great enough. getting along with individuals is another story though - you’ll pretty much never catch him willingly associating with a templar on friendly terms. he can come off as petty for this reason, but what can you do 

[righteousmade]

i love ur portrayal and just like your dedication to anders esp in like post da2 verses where it's the aftermath, your fc is spot on, i love the black staves concept, just a+ all around brah

HOW IS MY PORTRAYAL ?

honestly i’m super excited to write with you and i was absolutely, 120% drawn in by the effort YOU put into your character and just !!!!! i’m !!!! there are few words in my limited vocabulary to truly explain how much of a keen bean i am. also thank you ! so much ! the black staves are my children now, and i hope that we can write in the near future and cry about what we do with our beautiful brain children. thank you, you’re a doll, and you’re a fantastic writer yourself my dove