bioware forgot a moon

they/them. just crying about dragon age all the time. (icon c/o emoji.mx)

[the-second-moon]

today in "memes that i can't clearly remember making"

[connorsjorts]

i've never played dragon age and don't know anything about it but what i do know is that that solas guy looks exactly like if astarion and wulbren bongle had a baby

[connorsjorts]

this is an animorphs cover

[the-second-moon]

I love passively digesting the fandom of a game I've never played through tumblr because I'll see certain things over and over and start to feel fond of them without context. like "awww it's knight boy and sir guy kissing again, they must be so in love," and then after 800 increasingly adorable snuggle fanarts in which I get more and more invested in the hypothetical tender love story of knight boy and sir guy that I couldn't actually tell you anything about, suddenly someone posts art of knight boy kissing shield maiden and I'm like WAIT KNIGHT BOY HAS CHOICES?? WAIT DOES SIR GUY KNOW ABOUT THIS?????

[lanaluuart]

In Your Heart Shall Burn - The Anchor

redraw of one of my first drawings of Arlen

[boltlightning]

you know. it always struck me as funny that in her romance scene, cassandra flips positions to drag the inquisitor down on top of her while they're mid-kiss (rather than just falling on top of him, which is less awkward and makes more sense). but it occurs to me only now she does that because she wears a breast plate with her clothes and that would probably be really uncomfortable to crush someone with. she thinks of everything

[the-second-moon]

These Glib Tongues Need Credit - A Dragon Age Dialogue Sorting Game!

(With dialogue from Origins, II, and Inquisition!)

My pal @boltlightning had this galaxy brain idea! I decided to build it out for fun.

Inspired by the 45 by 45 connections puzzle by Thomas Colthurst, and using its code as a base, I have made a fun(? hopefully!) game for people whose brains are full of Dragon Age quotes.

Here's how you play:

Click a quote that you recognize, then click on another quote spoken by the same person to stack them together.

Keep on clicking quotes and adding them to the correct stacks. (You can also add two stacks together.) When you have collected all of someone's quotes into one stack, it will show that your collection is complete by transforming into their name.

Don't worry - you don't have to finish the game in one go! Even if you close the window, your progress should save - as long as you come back with the same browser/device, you can continue where you left off.

The game will be complete once you have collected 27 stacks of 12 quotes each by 27 different Dragon Age characters. (All from DAO, DA2, and DAI! Sorry, I just haven't played DAV enough to have a brain full of quotes about it.)

PLAY THE GAME IN-BROWSER HERE

Hope you enjoy! ♥

[the-second-moon]

I have been reading the tags on this post and my main takeaway (beyond cackling with delight and rubbing my hands) is: everyone has That One Character whose words they could recognize anywhere, and it seems to be a different character for everyone. How beautiful is that!

Thank you for playing my wretched games, please continue and tell me how you did if you like ❤️

[leliwardens]

i do genuinely appreciate the fact that meredith as a visibly much older woman character that has 0 motivations to anything related to "lost" youth or younger women or god forbid some sort of love entanglement with a man and instead her character motivation and arc proves that fascism can also be a women-dominated field! 👍

[the-second-moon]

These Glib Tongues Need Credit - A Dragon Age Dialogue Sorting Game!

(With dialogue from Origins, II, and Inquisition!)

My pal @boltlightning had this galaxy brain idea! I decided to build it out for fun.

Inspired by the 45 by 45 connections puzzle by Thomas Colthurst, and using its code as a base, I have made a fun(? hopefully!) game for people whose brains are full of Dragon Age quotes.

Here's how you play:

Click a quote that you recognize, then click on another quote spoken by the same person to stack them together.

Keep on clicking quotes and adding them to the correct stacks. (You can also add two stacks together.) When you have collected all of someone's quotes into one stack, it will show that your collection is complete by transforming into their name.

Don't worry - you don't have to finish the game in one go! Even if you close the window, your progress should save - as long as you come back with the same browser/device, you can continue where you left off.

The game will be complete once you have collected 27 stacks of 12 quotes each by 27 different Dragon Age characters. (All from DAO, DA2, and DAI! Sorry, I just haven't played DAV enough to have a brain full of quotes about it.)

PLAY THE GAME IN-BROWSER HERE

Hope you enjoy! ♥

[the-second-moon]

Hi! I need to ask you what mod do you use for Hawke's hair in Inquisition because is neat :)

It's the MHawkeHair mod by horography on NexusMods! Here's the link! (You can find it and the FHawke version under "Iconic DA2 Hawke Hairstyles")

If you also want to add the Hawke stripe to your experience, It's called Hawke's warpaint! Here's the link to that one for good measure.

Happy Hawke-ing! ♥

[the-second-moon]

i hope cassandra pentaghast uses the bash interaction on me, destroying me instantly

this would fix my spine i think

[boltlightning]

Finally, Cassandra sees his form slip. Aurum shifts one foot too wide and she leaps. Like a snake, he twists his arm to catch her strike, and their blades lock. They both tremble with the effort of keeping the swords aloft, neither budging an inch. Cassandra catches her breath, only to realize how close their faces are. She can see the bright gleam of challenge in his golden eyes, the familiar grin plastered on his face. For a long moment, they say nothing; the energy in the grove is electric, rife with power, satisfaction, progress. Oh, it is so good to see her beloved smile again, to see him take pleasure in his work.

happy dragon age day!! here's a commission by @chevalierlogan from 2022; thank you so so much again 💖💖💖

[the-second-moon]

it's just 2 hawkes and their 1 braincell vs. the fade

go my hawkes

[the-second-moon]

i have created cassandra's own personal hell, i think

[pavarios]

"Fenris would murder Dorian on the spot"

Oh yeah? Explain this then

[boltlightning]

to the ends of the earth bind!

that's right. this fic is getting a titled post because i'm very proud of it.

this is a landscape quarto, but that hole at the front runs through the whole thing, much as our title character has an impalement wound that persists through the whole fic <3 (inspired by tendance négative's edition of carmilla!)

chapters open with these splash pages, each with an indulgent hadestown quote, and this GORGEOUS transparent paper

please also witness this marbled paper with just enough red to indicate blood, and this gradient on the dropcaps! + some sewing details

i'm gonna link it again because i'm very proud of the fic too. thanks for looking :)

[the-second-moon]

i brought my dorian-romancing hawke into da:inquisition and sometimes it's like the game knows exactly what i'm working on in my wretched documents

[felassan]

We really wanted the streets of Minrathous to feel oppressive, like the whole thing is always just about to collapse on you.

Early exploration of how magic might be visible in the city. In this case, there are ruins that would have fallen centuries ago, but they've been propped up magically. In the distance, the temple of Andraste, the Mage's circle, and the Archon's palace.

Minrathous in context, with the Nocen sea to the east, the High Reaches mountain range to the west, and the Imperial highway heading south.

Matt Rhodes: “Veilguard. Early Minrathous. Capitol city of Tevinter. These early sketches were an attempt to wrap my head around it, and to begin to incorporate landmarks that had been mentioned previously in the series..” [source] [captions source]

Art by Matt Rhodes.

Image file name 1: Minrathous Lowtown Image file name 2: Environment Minrathous Image file name 3: Minrathous setting