#arquenyastuff

[inquisitorarquen]

I have to pay taxes. I’m actually in that category where I have to pay taxes. I’m actually happy about that. Even though it is like the worst category possible to be in taxes wise.

Also, I got a new graphics card :). 980 ti HERE WE COME - FINALLY!!

sidenote: my credit might be fucked

LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM BABY!

[inquisitorarquen]

Real Life and Stuff...

In case anyone was wondering. I was thinking of doing this periodically, maybe to just let people know.. HEY.. I’m a person, and I am here. If you don’t give a rat’s ass about the person on this blog and their life updates then blacklist arquenyalife

Things I am currently into...

- Playing Rise of the Tomb Raider (sparingly, it makes me motion sick a bit). Good game though. Played the hell out of the first one, was excited when second one came to PC. Dat hair physics tho.

- Just for the hell of it started watching Miraculous Ladybug. First thoughts were I would have loved this as a young girl/teen growing up. Now I am jaded and all I can think is precious summer children, with your whole world and life ahead of you.

- Still play fallout 4 when I have time or am bored. YAY MODS. 195 hours and counting, heh.

- Started up Resident Evil 0, haven’t finished it. TIME TIME TIME.

- Playing Blade and Boobs Soul. It’s fun, and I like it, but sometimes the MECHANICS like.. why? Also the outfits... Though some are actually fantastic and I love them, they don’t call it blade and boobs for nothing. Also, bots and boobs has become its new name lately. Seems to be an MMO trend.

- Black Desert -- Undecided. It is a Korean grinder with pretty graphics. I did not like Archage, and it’s very similar from what I’m reading/seeing.

- Played the Division beta. Noice! I actually have been missing that good FPS feeling, and I was having a blast co-oping through the PVE.

Real Life developments...

- I lost my corgi on January 11th. It still hurts. Still mourning. I looked into getting a Mastiff because I’ve always wanted one. So far nothing has been panning out or available. I miss having a corgi though, missed it so much I thought about getting another corgi as well. I contacted a breeder and by some miracle of fate she had one available, and it feels right, so I jumped on it. I feel it was a good decision. My Shiba needs a friend, and I miss having a corgi. Nothing will replace Kara, but I miss having another dog, and I loved the mannerisms and quirks of a corgi. I want my Mastiff, but I can wait. This little one seemed to be fated for me. No sooner had I contacted her, and 30 other people were calling her, but she said I was first in line. So I have a corgi puppy. I’ll pick her up in April/March when she is ready. I’m so excited.

- Okay, so minor thing, heh. I bought a HOUSE. I did it. I really did it. I have a house. I’m moving currently, little by little, but I’m here. I have a beautiful house, and I earned it. All on my own. I’ve never even lived in a place this nice before. It’s surreal. It doesn’t feel like mine. It’s just me and my fiance, and no financial help whatsoever from family or friends or whatnot. We just worked our assess off and saved and starved and saved, and here we are. We did it. I’m still having a hard time believing it. I’m waiting for someone to be like “Okay, time to go home to your shitty apartment now. You’ve stayed in the nice house too long.” It’s like a breath of fresh air. A lifelong dream crossed off the list. No more crappy apartments, crappy neighbors, or constantly being paranoid about my safety and my stuff’s safety. The stories I could tell. It’s so QUIET here.

- I’m happy. I’m counting my blessings. I know how lucky I have been lately. I’m almost waiting for life to kick me in the teeth now, but it already kinda did with Kara. Now I need to save for a wedding. Which, lets be honest I’m probably just going to have a cheap wedding because nobody is capable of helping us pay for that either, and I would rather have a nice house than a fancy party. I don’t have any friends to invite anyway. Vegas maybe?

[inquisitorarquen]

So after battling Lymphoma for a year, countless chemotherapy treatments, and a lot of ups and downs, I finally lost my Pembroke Corgi on 1/11/16. I debated even typing this up. I am devastated. I am grieving. We knew on Christmas she wasn’t really doing well on this last round of chemo. She was having more side effects, her lymph nodes were not shrinking like they had been. She was finally getting “sick” from the disease which she has been dealing with like a champ since Jan last year.

She was 5 years old. She made it until her 5th birthday in November. She had Christmas and New Years. She made it to Houston to see my parents and their huge backyard and got to see my brother-in-law and his dogs in Corpus Christi and go to the beach one last time. We did everything for her because we knew her time was limited. Towards the end when she was eating very little we got her the best canned foods and even cooked her meals at times because that is all she would eat some days.

Her last day (which we didn’t know it was until later that night) was spent in the park she loved. We took her there and she just sat in the sun until dusk came. I think she knew long before we did that she wouldn’t be around much longer. She was the best dog. I’m gonna miss her so, so much. Cancer sucks.

I would post a picture but I can’t even look at them right now without bursting into tears. I couldn’t even get through this post without crying so. Well.. goodbye Kara. She was literally too good for this world, and taken way too early. Everyone she met loved her. Everyone told me she should have been a therapy dog. She loved people. She even loved going to the oncologist vet for her check ups and chemo sessions. She loved us, and we loved her. I can’t tell you how much this sucks right now. I know in time I won’t wake up thinking about her fighting me for my pillow, or being a warm body at my feet, or how she had little quirks and spots and things that were hers. It just hurts. I have no regrets with her care or her passing, but it just hurts.

We got a Shiba Inu, Makise about 8 months ago because we knew Kara’s time was coming. We hoped Makise would ease the transition and provide a companion for Kara when things got hard. She didn’t know Kara long, but she is grieving too. We can see it. Still, having her around to take care of and help take care of us means more than we knew at the time.

So, goodbye Kara.

[inquisitorarquen]

My parent’s first date was to see A New Hope in theaters. I wouldn’t exist without Star Wars. The force is strong in my family. I’m so excited to see all the gifsets and so many new people becoming fans of the Wars of Star. It’s exciting times.

[inquisitorarquen]

I never expected fallout to be one of those games that I would play for 200 hours, but I am lost in fallout 4 obsession and I can’t crawl out.

I make no apologies. I’ve accepted my fate.

I mean I played the hell out of fallout 3, but it was just a sort of run of the mill skyrim game where I could go around and kill everyone and just be me, right? Fallout 4 is somewhere different. I get how it is more story driven and sort of more theatrical or theme parky with the character’s story arc, but it’s FOR THE BETTER. I got chills, I got emotionally invested, I gave a shit about the things I was doing. The people and choices and damn I was wringing my hands and yelling “FUCK! Dammit FUCK TRHIS FUCK!” *rubs face* “FUCK!” Not like in the i’m going to rage quit i’m mad way, but the I’m so horribly emotionally and philosophically compromised I don’t know what to do right now way.

Damn good game. Plus it basically puts you into a state of existential crisis at times. Which is just all the right things for me. If it doesn’t make you think, make you care, or make you emotionally compromised, it isn’t worth a damn. Any game I can really go in depth and come out with such substance is just everything to me. Sure you can just do the fun stuff, kill everyone, run around the world watching it burn, yada yada, but there is a lot of substance to this game, and the story does not disappoint.

*creates a new character and does it all over again* can’t stop won’t stop.

[inquisitorarquen]

Been off tumblr for a long while now. A lot going on in life. Celebrated my birthday on November 13th. Yay! Also, have been caught up in the Fallout 4 whirlwind hype! Honestly, I'm really impressed bugthesda didn't f it all up this time. Some minor glitch bugs but nothing game breaking (knock on wood). Highly recommend; it sucks your life away though.

[inquisitorarquen]

101 Dragon Age Questions

7. Favorite DA:O backstory?

Hard one to choose. I mean I actually really like the circle story line with Amell or Surana, but Cousland and Tabris tho. I never did Mahariel, but I know enough to imagine, and dwarf warden was never my interest. Cousland broke my heart so I would have to say that one. Losing your whole family and then having to lose your warden family too really hit me hard. I mean you never really got to meet or fit in with the wardens in the first place, but here you are thrown into an order and then BAM suddenly it’s just you and Alistair and the whole world seems to have turned against you. Not to mention -- “HEY go make an army and fight this Archdemon while your at it because that’s your job now.” It just was the origin story that really affected all my decisions the most throughout the entire game. It was a great starting point to shape who my warden was.

8. Preferred class overall?

Mage. Always a mage. I’ve done all the types of mages you can do. I like force mages, and element mages (fire and lightning mostly). Though when Inquis came out and you could do necromancy I was totally sold, but a dalish doing necromancy .. nahhh.. my Lavellan ended up being a Rift Mage. I had like a ton of mages in DA2 though. Even a blood mage. I love them all.

9. Do you tend to play male or female characters most?

Female characters mostly. I usually start with an Arquen or Arquenya or Gwenya or something else I can think of. I usually play at least 1 male though if not more. I have 3 males in DA2. I have 1 in Inquisition (Alvar Trevelyan) whom I love, but mostly it is the female character who I play first and play most.

[inquisitorarquen]

101 Dragon Age Questions

Was thinking about doing these and since I really don’t get asks I will just go ahead and answer them ALL muahahaha. I’ll split up the questions and do say.. a couple a day. I’ll tag with Arquen DA quest. So if anyone wants to block or whatever feel free.

1. How did you get into Dragon Age?

Funny story. My fiance got me into Dragon Age when he literally would not stop bothering me to “TRY THIS GAME YOU WILL LIKE IT!” I mean, I saw him play Dragon Age: Origins and I was sort of meh with the whole thing. Then he played Dragon Age 2 and was insisting I play the series. I was sort of inbetween stuff to play and he literally installed DA2 on my computer, clicked PLAY and sat me down and said “PLAY IT.” From then on I was in Dragon Age hell and I could never turn back. Life ruiner. In so many ways.

2. Have you finished all three games?

bwahahahahahahaa. I’ve played Origins about 5 times and DA2 about 20 times. I’ve played Inquisition 3 times now and working on a 4th. So, yeah. I never really played the Darkspawn DLC for Origins, but I played all other DLC for all the games as well. Honestly, all the DA2 DLC was excellent. The inquisition DLC was disappointing as hell though, until Trespasser.

3. How long did it take you to finish the series?

Interesting question, and I can’t really recall. I played DA2 first which was blasphemy I know. I played DA2 probably about 12 times before I sat down and played through Origins. What can I say I loved Hawke’s story, and since the Warden was a mere mention and side note in DA2 I wasn’t in any real hurry. Then I played Origins a bunch of times and then Inquisition came out and I played the hell outta that. I got to the point where I could do a DA2 run in 3 days (including all side quests and missions). I could do Origins in probably 4-5 days. Inquisition about 5 days still because I like exploring.. sue me.

4. What was your first Warden (gender/class/race/personality)?

Arqueniel Surana was my first Warden. Elven Female Mage with a good nature and sense of humor. A bit naive of the world, but always ready to defend what matters to her. She would choose more diplomatic and tactical responses with the occasional snark thrown in for good measure.

5. What was your first Hawke like (gender/class/temperament)?

Ahh my first Hawke. A mess of a playthrough that somehow ended well. Arquen Hawke was a diplomatic mage who picked mostly (if not all) diplo options. She looked like a younger version of Leandra. She was kind and tried her best and lost so much and sided with mages and always wanted to do the right thing. She payed for that, but she learned and Legacy about ruined her because even her father who she looked up to so much, wasn’t above making mistakes and doing wrong things for right reasons which is something she avoided doing at all costs. My poor sweet summer child. How she ended up with Fenris I still don’t quite understand because she was pro mage as hell but ended up in a friendmance with him. HEH.

6. First Inquisitor (gender/class/race/personality)?

Arquen Lavellan (yes I realize I use that name a lot.. I like it.. fight me). If I can play an elf in any game I will do so. If I can play a mage or magic wielder I will do so. So naturally my first inquis is an elven mage. My Lavellan... she breaks my heart because she started this whole thing with a “how am I even alive?” mentality. She took up the inquisitor title reluctantly. She is sarcastic as all hell, but she is also very tactical. She would make an excellent bard. She took to diplomacy and “fitting in with the shems” like she was born to do it. Honestly, she just simply didn’t trust anyone except herself. Away from her clan, slapped with an anchor she really was just relying on her instincts and wits. It weighed on her that her only elven companions were either rattling on about the fade or reminding her every day how the “other” elves live and resent her and elves like her. She enjoyed talking with Solas though, and she liked to listen to Sera. Even if she held her tongue a few times. She would joke and tease, but also be serious and say all the right things at all the right times lest people see through her mask and start punishing her for being an elf or a dalish or a mage or whatever else was wrong with her.