Oh dragon age, why must you hurt me

18, they/them

[sinnsly]

Daily remainder that Celene Valmont isn’t abusive towards Briala, or genocidal.

[jaegervega]

Michel and Celene are the embodiment of wlw/mlm solidarity and I love that their bond is so good 😭❤️

[ratfuck]

fuck all philosophy except for whatever the hell Diogenes was trying to teach

[ratfuck]

direct action

[t-nwo]

How about just being polite & going into a debate with those who hold diffrent beliefs then you?

[ratfuck]

how about you eat my shit and hair

[brunhiddensmusings]

staying true to spirit

the OG of the vicious burn

[umm-whats-going-on]

Diógenes said you couldn’t spit anywhere but in the face of a rich man because once this rich dude invited him into his house and literally told him you can’t spit on anything that touches the floor so Diógenes spit in this guys face

[do-you-have-a-flag]

here is a very good painting of Diógenes in his tub that i had the good fortune of actually seeing earlier this year

[0kkvlt]

[gnars-house]

I love that Diogenes is making a comeback in the twenty-first century.

[incorrect-dragon-age-quotes]

Isabela: Why are Hawke and Varric sitting back to back?

Fenris: They had a fight.

Isabela: Why are they holding hands?

Fenris: Hawke gets sad when they fight.

[feralmavse]

Bela

[therealdragonnerdagain]

Vivienne is the one thing everyone wants to talk to me about.

But no one is going to convince me she’s not a selfish bitch.

And she’s a hypocrite. She goes on about magic being dangerous and Circles are so important, then she kills a man in cold blood to gain your trust – thus proving her own point about mage freedom. She’s the one who’s dangerous, yet she’s the one who’s free, living a life of luxury in the imperial court.

And it’s different from the other followers. Why?

Because Vivienne put that man in a position where she would have a feasible reason for murdering him. She lured him into a death trap by setting him up to attack the Inquisitor.

Iron Bull didn’t lure those Venatori onto the beach so he could gain your trust and slink his way into the Inquisition. Hell, Iron Bull – the freaking SPY – tells you upfront that he’s a spy.

Blackwall is also killing during his personal quest – in an attempt to teach some bandits a lesson about stealing.

There is nothing honest or noble about what Vivienne is doing in her attempt to join the Inquisition. She pretends to be your friend so she can wind you around her finger.

You have power and she wants it.

[communistvashoth]

Keep reading

[dragonageconfessions]

CONFESSION:

  I have played high and low approval + divine Vivienne and for me it looks like she only wants circles back because it gives her power.            

[higheverweave]

As a person with Asd I love the fact that Cole is based off of Patrick Weeks autistic nephew here’s why:

I know a lot of people think the autistic child with magic powers is over done. Cole is an ADULT an Adult with Asd a trope that is often overlooked in a society where it’s hard for adults with disabilities to get service or jobs or even be recognized.

Everyone calls Cole it or thing and that bothers me but it’s supposed to as it’s a direct call out to when people dehumanize people with autism by calling them special or R***rd

He stims and is badass as a character based off someone with Asd. So stimming doesn’t negate the strength of his character.

He has a strange way of thinking but if you try you can figure it out. A lot of people have said I think strange or it’s hard to understand where I’m comming from.

I love that he’s not portrayed as a genius or as somebody who is dumb. He’s nieve socially but he can keep up with a conversation and honestly I wish more people who write characters with Autism as well as Cole is written even though Cole is a metaphor.

I like to think most spirits are written the same way as they all embodie one subject but I don’t think they are.

Most importantly Solas and Varric. Varric is so kind and understanding of him and encourages him to grow without shunning him.of course somethings he’s misguided but he makes such and effort to just Care about the person who spent his life and afterlife caring for everyone else.

And Solas just Solas, Solas kills me he would make one hell of a special ed teacher let me tell you! I love that Solas says he actively tries to befriend spirits because most people never try. Damn if that ain’t a metaphor. Solas has lived his life caring for those nobody tried to. He actively defends and cares about Cole unconditionally

Shit I’m crying

It’s beautiful

But When you have to choose between helping Cole be human and letting him stay as he is and not trying to change him Solas doesn’t try to change him he defends Cole and supports COLES decision to be a spirit so just 95% of the reason I usually keep Solas and Cole in my party.

I usually don’t see representation written this well and it’s part of the reason these games are so important to me… they just don’t shy away. I mean I’ve been around Asd my whole life and I have Aspergers so it’s hard to tell but I have friends who are a lot like Cole not genius not stupid just average and sometimes too caring for their own good

Just food for thought.

Ps all hail the Asd party Varric Solas and Cole

Pps love @galifreyas Solas Cole doctor who reference

[witche-nerd]

can’t stop thinking about how da2 stars absolute madman/woman Hawke dragging around a bunch of raging bisexuals, a policewoman who can bench press all of them, a scottish fuckboy turned priest, a sibling with gen z depression and a sexy sexy dwarf running errands for the mayor and their local farmer while everyone keeps telling them to end racism but all they really want is to be a dragon.

[bordersyettobe]

can we talk about the state of thedas for a second? i mean it’s ten years after the blight and a still-recovering ferelden finds itself on the verge of war with orlais, mages are in open rebellion and the chantry has both literally and figuratively imploded, all while the quanri loom menacingly from their island hideaway, the architect’s disciples nurse their ambitions in the deep roads, and oh yeah it is raining demons because someone blew up the barrier separating the mortal and spirit realms

yet people still act like ferelden is doomed 5ever because of anora’s fanon infertility

[abz-j-harding]

some incredibly rude ravens

X

[mimzilla]

I honestly think that like all of my issues with the plot structure of Inquisition can be summed up by this sign. It’s right next to a path up a hill at the Storm Coast, one surrounded by little boulders and rocks that have fallen. But at no point during gameplay does a rock fall.

Why bother putting this sign and the fallen rocks there if you’re not going to have a rock fall on the player?

Why include blatant character flaws in the companions that don’t serve much purpose beyond “rounding them out” by existing? Why have Dorian be focused on reforming all of Tevinter’s issues except slavery if it only comes up exactly one time in non-essential dialogue? That is a HUGE-ASS FLAW. Why give Sera such vitriolic self-hatred and internalized racism when oppressed elves are precisely the sort of ‘little people’ that she fights for? Why can the Inquisitor not talk about these things with them and help them realize that they need to change their thinking?? Can you IMAGINE the character arc Sera could have had???

Why can Clan Lavellan be killed if no one in Skyhold ever acknowledges it? The only possible purpose it could serve would be to provide emotional stakes for the odds the player is up against, but nothing emotional actually comes of it.

Why can you customize Skyhold if none of those changes make a difference? Why can you build up over 300 power at the War Table if it’s completely useless outside of main quests, of which there are ridiculously few?

Why have a storyline about Lyrium addiction among Templars if it’s never acknowledged that said addiction is entirely the Chantry’s fault?Why include Fiona in the game if all she ever does is stand in a hallway? For that matter, why make an entire game leading up to the mage rebellion if the ACTUAL BEGINNING of it is shunted off into a book that a lot of players won’t know exists and the rebellion itself is just going to be background noise in the next game?

Why are Alistair/Stroud/Loghain and Hawke in the game for literally about 1 hour (out of a solid 90, generally) if one of them has to die? The Inquisitor doesn’t know them. New players don’t know them. To have an actual emotional impact in-universe, they should be legitimately introduced into the story in a significant way. Instead they appear, die/leave for Weisshaupt, and disappear again. They do nothing; things happen to them.

There are so many signs for falling rocks, but no rocks actually fall.

[riverwindphotography]

[animatedamerican]

you know, it is not very often that I see a gif and experience this strong a desire to put my hand into it.

[hestiaswitch-blog]

Reblog to cleanse your soul

[michellepsychologist]

More uplifting news during this outbreak ♥️

[putthatazztowork-deactivated202]

I needed this today!

[eco-socialism]

[widthofmytongue]

For all his criticism of religion, Marx, the true post-Hegelian that he was, viewed the progression toward utopian communism as a phenomenological certainty dictated by the ‘weltgeist’, literally the spirit of the earth, the will of a higher power.

[third-nature]

That weltgeist has received expression throughout history in those transcendent moments of potentiality when people struggled for liberation or advocated for the earth. It's almost like these moments are prognosticating/prefiguring the utopian eco-communism of the future: the truly classless, democratic social order with a reintegration of the human species back into our ecological source -- a third nature that synthesizes our primordial egalitarianism and sustainability (first nature) with our post-neolithic "quest" for civics and individuality (second nature). Without falling into determinism, the weltgeist ought to be understood as an imminent spirit guiding the way towards that future; whether or not we heed that spirit and successfully win the day is still uncertain, but we have numerous sign posts to learn from throughout history.

"Revolution is the desire for transcendence as manifested in history. An age of endless revolution, now thrown back, now progressing forward, is also the age of a potential spiritual transformation of humanity. The very absurdity of such a proposition, as observed within the field of view provided by late capitalism, forces us towards radical faith. I believe, because it is absurd. Such a faith can only be realized if capitalism, late or otherwise, is overthrown. If, when, or as this happens, will be the occasion to reach beyond the self and towards the realm of spirit. Marx's notice that the revolution would remove the very need for religion is revealed as a one of his gravest misconceptions. Where else is the soul force which gains revolutionary triumph to go? The revolution will signal the beginning not only of true human history, but of true spirituality as well."

Joel Kovel

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

‘the magic school bus’ reimagined as a horror series

[flashdrivegarbage]

“Can we please have a normal field trip?”

All the other students turn towards him at once. They have matching plastic smiles and empty eyes. They chant, completely monotone, “with the frizz? No way.” It sounds like one voice instead of many. Ms. Frizz stands at the front of the school bus.

“Buckle up everyone,” she smiles gleefully, “it’s going to be a wild ride!”

[stormypaint]

why do you do this

[teaboot]

Don’t let Netflix find this post

[betwixttwoendlesswinters]

“This IS a normal field trip” Ms. Friz says as her eyes go dark and her teeth lengthen. “We’re going to find out what’s in your hearts, and the depths of your souls”

“At my old school we never drove into the bright and burning fires untill our shadows climbed out from our mouths and began clawing desperately at the walls.”

“Sounds like you need to, Lighten Up.”

(All sigh and in unison say)

Carlos!

[jack-of-aces]

“According to my research, we should be able to get out right through here.” Dorthy Ann pushes open a door.

“Foolish children,” says the Friz, on the other side of the door with her reptile perched on her shoulders and her dress as bloody as the walls, “there is no way out.”

“I knew I should have stayed home today,” Arnold said.

[weirdlittletoasterboy]

“Please let this be a normal field trip” he repeats with tears in his eyes.

He wishes it was all just a dream.

The smile on his once beloved teacher just continues to grow and grow. With the curl of her lips her teeth are all unhidden and Arnold can see it all in perfect terrifying detail. Her once human teeth yellowed and canined. In between the gaps of the sharpened teeth he sees fleash chunks, small and hideously pink. The fleash pulsates as if still alive.

Arnold used to wonder where miss Frizzle taught before coming to his school but, he does not want answers anymore.

He looks towards his classmates expecting them to know what to do or at the very least share the same fear. Instead they look at him with the same expression of a forever widening smile and black eyes.

“C̬̻̲͕̩̯͎̳̺̗͙̋̇̊͌̍̐̓̀̾ͭ͛ͨ͢͝͡͡ơ̧̞̖̞̼͖̟̫͙̬͎̩̤̖͈͕̤̮͋ͨ̄͒̍̈́̿ͬ̑͗ͮ̎ͧ̈́ͪ͢M͒̅̀ͮͨͨ̑͂͋̒́̓ͣ̚͢҉͏̮̹̰̖̗͉̪̝̭̩̻̳è̛̬̰͕͚̻̔͑ͭ́ ̀̉ͤͤͦͤͦ̈́ͣ҉̛͖̺̺͙̝̣͎̥͓̣́͠J̢͓̺̱̺̖̆̈ͩ̈ͫ͒́ͮ͂̅͂̄̒̒̚͠o̷͉̮̬̮̯͙͎̞̰̭͍̞̫͍̩͂̄ͤ̑ͩͤ̂̽͗̀̄͂ͬ̽ͭͮͮ̚͜i̪͍̤̦̇̏̈ͣ́̚͝͠͠N̿́ͭͤ̑ͨͦͥͫ͒̋ͦͭ͗̒͊͂̚͏̥͉͙̼̫͠ ̵̛̔ͮ̌̌ͦ͂͆̓ͩ̂̓̌̃͌̄ͩ͋͗̄͜͏̬̬̫̹͎̳̬̹̺͉u̸̵̶̴̧̦̫̬̬͉̞̞̰̹̺͚ͤͦ̿͑§̨̢̟̙̬͖̼̼͚̠̮̜̺͚͇͚̎̽ͪͭ͛͗͛͋̌̇̒̋ͧ͂ͅ ̵̤̘̝̯̖̦͎̻̹̯̺ͧ̀ͥ͒̈́̀̏͐͑̂̋̎̄̚͝Ḁ̜̙̰̙̯̝̝̣̱̯͙̩̺͚̦̩̆ͪ͗̎ͫ̆̈́̎̂̔̌̈́ͩ̐̄ͯ͠ŗ̧̭̠̘̖͈̯̲ͨͨ̽͐ͩͣ̽̔̈́̇ͬ͗́ͦ̚͠ͅn͑͊͋̎̒̈́̈́̌ͥ̅̓̎̆̔͋͆͂͂͏̴̗̮͚̠̞̜͖̦̝̼͔͈̮̙͔̬͝o̶̸̧̝̰̗̹̤̱͇̖̖̳͓̞͓̬̹̎̍̓̌̎ͣ̋ͭͦ̃̚ͅͅͅͅḽ̸̬̲̥͍̙̥̳͕̣̦̝̐̿ͥ̀ͨ̅̃̄̋ͅd̳͇̰̖͔̖̠͍̃̊ͧ̔̇͟!̷̧̻͕̱͇͇̙̩̩̹̻̠̹̺̃̐̍̐͛ͧ͑͐̈̉̏ͥ̇̓ͪ͜͞” they say back to him in perfect unison.

Arnold falls to the floor breaking into sobs. He has lost his friends and next his sanity.

They close in on Arnold and continue to speak in perfect unity

“R̴̷͎̬͍̥͉̠̜͍̜͎͈͕̯̺͈̺͇̲ͩͭ̒̏̑̿̅͊̄̂ͬ͆̐̀́̚͠ị̡͓̳̫̜̩̜͈͓̰̖̪ͧͮ̾ͫ̅̏͌ͬͣ͌̆̃́́̚͘͞Đ̷̧̢̛̝̞͎̥̹̱̳̥̦͍̠͙͈ͫ͗̎̉̃̊̈́̽͂̎͋͋̋̅̇̋ͯə̢̟͔͙͖̩̘̬͓͎͉̟͖̘͖͈̜̹ͮͨ̑̔̏͛ͭ͡ ̵̛̠̣̩̝̲̮̼͈̺̳̯̻̣̓ͫ͌͋ͭ͂̄̍͗͛̓͑̀ͅͅͅͅ ̸̨̧̝̼̱͉̪̻̘̞̬̊͊͂ͬͭ̓ͧͥͨ̑ͨͩͯ̋̉̓̓̈͞͠ ̵̶̴̵̳̫̝͉̤̯ͮ̄ͨ͐̇̒̎̕O̧̼̺̤̗ͬͯͩ́́̇͐̎͊͛͒̏͂̄̃̋͘͝n̾ͫ͗̋͌ͬͪͥ͏̧͔̗͙͇͙̬͍̠͢͟ ̢̡̺̦̪̼͋ͩͬ̇͊̅ͩ̌́̋̐͟͜͝t̡̠͖̣̞͓͉̺͔̺̰̝̫̪̰͎̫̺̓̽̌̍̓ͩ̒̎̅͝ͅḦ̴̨̨̪͈̝͕͓̲̮̻̣͖͚́̃̿ͩ͂̌͐̈͒͌̉͛̌̎̎̑̋́͡Ə̍̂͑͐ͦͭ̄̃ͪ̓̏͂̒̉҉̴̭͖̦̘͈͇̺͖̕͡ ̨̢̛͕̻͇̺̹̩̙̗̫̣͎̼̭̏̓ͮ̊ͅͅM̵̷̢̛͈̞͖̘̠̯̥̳͕͋ͣ͆͋͂͊̐̌͐ͦ̐͟ͅa̗̲̮̺͕̝̯͍̫̣̯̰͖̦̼̠̾ͨ͂͗ͣ͋͌ͭͬ̒ͪ̏̔ͬ́̚̚͝G̷̨̖̭̲̤̪͍̲̟͇̰̻͕̳̠̖̣̩̒ͨ͗̐̀i͊̈́͑ͨ͆̆̍̂̏̃̃ͣͭ͂̂͏̮͎̖̟̗̤͘c̴̵̨̱̖̲͙͈̺͕̲̳̤̩̖͙̲͓͉͔̙͊̈̆ͩͪ̃̍̃̒̒͗̄ͬ̃ͯ̐ͅ ̡̘͉̝̟̳̣̞̖̙̻͇̘͉͚͓̘̰̲ͨͫ̈́ͣͦ͗͛͆͐͑͊̄̑͋̋̔̀͜ ̶͇̟͖̳͙̄͑̏̿̑͋͗ͭͪͭ̎̑̽̅ͮ̐ͣ̊ͣ͢͠ ̴̸̛̫͙̲̫͙̪͚͓̬͙̠͓̹͑ͤ̃̿̂̌̀ͦ͌ͦ̂̓ͫ̚§̾͆ͨ͗̍͒ͧ̃ͬ̀͟҉͙̬̟̲c̷̡̛͙̮̱̮̞̠̠̦͇̤ͣ͂͑͛͝h̸̨̗͙͚̼̲̜̜̋̐̉͌ͧ͌̐̄ͣ͌ͮ̄̾͜ò͍̗͚̪ͩ̈̉͐̔ͩ͆̿̍ͯ̾̂́̕͘͢o̳̖̱̥̝͖̍̍ͨ̽ͭ͒͆͊͌̇͛̍̄ͪ̇͊ͩ̂̚͜͞l̵̶̤͎͙̮̯̭̎ͮ̈́̓̆̏̅̍̍̓ͮ̾̚͜͡ ̶̛͖̥͉̪̼͖̖̩̺̲͔͇̱͂ͣͥͬͅ ̾̀͐̊̌͌ͪ͐̿ͩͪ̐̎ͪ̔ͫ͂͐̚҉̲͉̳̳̥͈̀͠B̶̷̯͚͕̻̫̝͙̱̩̝̭̖̬̖͇̼̲ͯ͂̈ͦ̈͑̈͐ͫ́ͭͤ̏̎ͩ̕ű̄ͧ̈́̆͌̒̐̂͏̧͏̵̧̮̤͈̟͙̯̩̺̙̲̹͎̲ͅŞ͊̈ͧ̒̒͏̹̹̖̘͖̲͉̤̠̮͚͈̥͝!”

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

OP here. I changed my mind. Stop. Please stop.

[purpleshutin]

This was a wild ride