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Inquisitor Carver is such a fun concept because 

“I’m pretty sure this was meant for my sibling, but I got it by accident” meta-commentary

Varric and Carver being part of the same found family and relying on each other

Carver, lying, “I don’t know where my sibling is, Cassandra.”

Cassandra, about to commit a double homicide, “YOU BOTH KNEW”

Carver would not have time for anyone’s bullshit and would call out people to their face on what he thinks are shit opinions. 

Josephine’s poor stress levels

Cullen and Carver just “And he looks at me” “And I look at him” “And he looks at me” “And I look at hiiiim”

The fact that it’s Corypheous??? Like this fucker is the reason Carver almost got assassinated by carta dwarves and now he’s back??? 

Having to make the choice in the Fade and would Hawke rob Carver of his agency of who gets left behind and chooses to sacrifice themselves

Cole breathes and Carver is suddenly a big brother

Ok, a small part of me really wants to write a dragon age inquisition and critical role (campaign 2) crossover. Like there is so much potential:

Jester somehow befriends Solas because its Jester and if she can befriend a war criminal, a hag who cursed her friend, AND a chaotic archfey, she can honestly befriend anyone.

👏BLACKWALL👏AND FJORD👏BONDING

Beau not trusting Dorian as far as she can throw him until she finds out about his homophobic dad and he is allowed to join the Empire Siblings club™

Speaking of Empire Siblings, Caleb and Dorian bonding over magic. Also you cant convince me Dorian wouldn't love Frumpkin.

Caduceus and Iron Bull complaining about short doorways. Tall cow man solidarity.

Jester pestering Varric about his nicknames for people. He calls her Blueberry.

Veth adopts Krem. Thats it.

Also Veth "Is There a Mrs. Sunbreaker" Brenatto meeting the Iron Bull. Like shes a married woman and she knows better, but oh boy would she have a huge crush on him.

Caduceus offering Solas some wisdom and good tea, both of which Solas turns down.

Cullen is subjected to Jester's constant and unpredictable messages.

Yasha and Bull getting into a friendly brawl to impress Dorian and Beau

Cole takes a look a Calebs trauma and just.... the angst

Cole and Caduceus getting along really well and being the two weirdos vibing; talking about life and death.

Sera and Jester pulling the best fricken pranks in Exandria and Thedas.

JESTER AND VIVIENNE SHOPPING TRIP

Caleb taking an interest in Fade magic, and probably trading spells and magical knowledge with Solas.

Speaking of magic knowledge, Caleb shows Solas Widogast's Nascent Neinsided Tower

Cassandra and Jester swapping book reccomendations; aka Jester reads Swords and Shields and Cassandra reads Tusk Love

Fjord training with Iron Bull. And also Fjord telling the story of the Nightmare in Ivory (an ancient white dragon) hunting them across Exandria and how they almost killed it.

Jester wingmanning for Dorian and Iron Bull.

Ok but hear me out on this one: The Dread Wolf and the Somnovum being connected somehow. I mean, Aeyor and Elvhenan do have somewhat similar history.

Of course Lucien shows up to wreak havoc at some point and Sera, probably not even knowing that most of Luciens power come from his magic eye tattoos, just shoots him with an arrow in the face. Can't counterspell an arrow.

Also on opposite end of things, the Mighty Nein turn Corypheus into a turtle. He may be an all powerful darkspawn magister, but you cant argue with a failed wisdom save :\ It obviously only lasts for a little while, but it would still be kind of funny.

the Origins PC and companions are genuinely the funniest group of people if you actually think about it, like you got:

The Warden who literally got their job yesterday and was put in charge of saving the world for some reason

the second-most-recent warden who immediately pushed all the responsibility on you and REALLY doesn’t want to tell you who his daddy is because that would mean more responsibility he does not want

this random swamp witch who’s mother may or may not be Baba Yaga but she personally has never been anywhere larger than a small village and does NOT understand human interactions also she can turn into a spider

a bisexual nun who you met in a bar who told you that God told her to tag along with you but actually she used to be a spy and has murdered a lot of people, but also she assures you that she never took vows of chastity so she’s dtf

a grown up child soldier giant man who you got out of a cage for some reason who spends half the time negging you and talking in circles but is apparently into that and also the only thing he likes about your country is cookies

an assassin that was hired to kill you and immediately started flirting with you the moment he failed at doing that and you just thought it was a good call to let him tag along

an elderly woman who has assigned herself the role of group grandmother, really doesn’t want you to fuck or talk about griffins, and also she’s possessed. let’s be real, she probably regrets being in this group

a dwarf who’s wife ended up being a psychopath and a lesbian, so he just decided to skip town with you

a magical construct that has spent the last 30 years getting shit on by birds and just is REALLY pissed off by that

A dog that is able to comprehend human language and uses that ability solely to beg for treats

And the optional:

Literally the guy that you have been fighting against the entire fucking game

Okay, so do vampires drink from arteries or veins or both? Asking for a friend.

Ardeth Bay is the only man I will ever love and frankly I'm alright with that

If I had a nickel for everytime I simped over..

An elf with very questionable morals

Who cares deeply for some of the party members

Was manipulating everyone for their own gain until the started to trust someone

Wants to reverse something they did in the past

And is proficient in magic

Id have two nickels, which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice

A Snowball Fight

+ bonus cuteness:

You can’t convince me that Essek’s levitation trick wasn’t partially inspired by Verin growing a few inches taller than him and that being unacceptable. That’s some older sibling energy if I’ve ever seen it.   

Yasha: Oh, your unicorns are real?

Jester: Of course they’re real. You guy think I’ve been talking about fake shit this whole time?

Rest of the M9 who didn’t believe in the Traveler until they saw him:

beauyasha + fjorester friend support 

Evil siblings? Nay, sworn enemies and time travelling lovers ;) ❤️💙

i love seeing cardinals and bluejays together i’m always like “hehe.. evil siblings”

I did this at midnight excuse how dark it is I’m just EXCITED

This is the first time I’ve ever been able to wear the jacket since I started it in 2018 I’m fully crying over here 😭

This may be because I'm a homosexual, but I would very much like to learn how to fight with a sword.

If you’ve been following this blog for a while now, you know that I’m a big sucker for Dragon Age and I’ve been thinking about a Critical Role Dragon Age AU forever now. So here are my thoughts:

Jester is an apostate mage who has been hidden away by her mother for all her life. While her mother entertains the Orlesian nobility as a minstrel extraordinaire, her daughter practices magic alone in her room. Sometimes she can swear that there’s a voice speaking to her, a Spirit of Mirth, who encourages her to play magic pranks on some of the visiting nobility.

Beau has been given to The Seekers of Truth at a very young age. She was forced to undergo strict and hard training for almost all her life, but failed her vigil at the end of her training. Her mentor saw her potential and while Beau was officially let go from the Seekers, she still has the mission her mentor gave her, to root out corruption and keep an eye on the Templars.

Caleb is one of the youngest apprentices to become Enchanter in the Circle of Minrathous. While his parents come from a humble background, his magical talents start propelling their prestige in the Tevinter Imperium. When Magister Trent Ikithon takes Caleb and two of his talented friends under his wing, Caleb is proud–but Trent’s fanatical beliefs in the restoration of the past greatness of the Tevinter Imperium causes him to murder his parents to prove his loyalty.

Yasha is an Avvar Warrior worshiping The Lady of The Skies even after she got cast out from her tribe for falling in love and marrying a member of a rivaling tribe in secret. After her wife got killed for the transgression, Yasha now roams the Frostback Mountains to find new purpose in life, eventually meeting a clan of Chasind in the Korcari Wilds and becoming fast friends with a strange fellow named Mollymauk.

Mollymauk is a mysterious entity with an appearance similar to that of a Desire Demon and with Blood Magic powers. While he has no idea why he looks like he does and where his powers come from, he made a home among the Chasind who took him in after they found him sitting beside an empty grave. Despite not being an elf, Mollymauk worships the elven goddess Mythal, something he mostly keeps hidden.

Caduceus hails from Nevarra where his family is made up of the descendants of Mortalitasi. Instead of caring for the Nevarran nobility, they strive to care for the little people in death, running their own cemetery. While conversing with the spirits, they distance themselves from the Nevarran practice of drawing wisps across The Veil to bind them to corpses. Instead they help ordinary people bury their dead in dignity.

Fjord originally hails from Denerim where he grew up in one of the many orphanages. As a human with obvious Qunari descendants, Fjord was always feared as being a bloodthirsty monster. When he was old enough, he left Denerim and hired onto one of Amaranthine’s ships where he eventually met Vandren. Desperate to find out more about his heritage, Fjord always longed to meet a full blood Qunari.

Nott came from the mining cast in Orzammar and married one of the foremost experts of Lyrium mining and refining known in the Dwarven capital. After an accident in the Deep Roads Nott is hurt by a group of Darkspawn, causing her to catch the taint. To save her she is made a a Grey Warden and joins the Legion of the Dead, leaving her husband and son behind. But Nott is not able to let go of her old life and when she hears that her husband has been kidnapped by Venatori, she defects from the Legion and goes to the surface to save Yeza.

Anyone else Remember Quest for Camelot?

I mean it featured  a cute af protagonist rescuing Excalibur and saving Camelot, her name is Kayley and her father was once a Knight of the Round Table, before he was killed.

Her disabled hermit boyfriend Garrett who has survived in this enchanted/cursed forest for years bc he was sick of being treated like an invalid in Camelot (like, it’s 100% Ableism as to why he left, it’s overt as fuck)

Their comic relief  side characters, Cornwall and Devon, who happen to be a two headed dragon (the Dudebro and the Thespian respectively), and they have this wonderful character arc about how they’re such shit dragons because they never get along.

And not to mention the most enjoyable Chaotic Evil villain ever, Ruber.

(Kayley’s Mother): You’re mad!

Ruber: So glad you noticed! *image below* I’ve been working on it for years!

And it’s like, half spoof, half serious too, so there’s a lot of pop culture references (mainly from Devon and Cornwall) it’s also self aware af, most of the characters comment at least once about bursting into song.

Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about Quest For Camelot

with the whole “keats wanted to fight everyone” stuff going around i feel like we tend to neglect the fact that sometimes his fighting had good and just causes such as this

imagine being a butcher’s boy just trying to live your worst and meanest life as the neighbourhood bully in 19th century london & this 5 ft wisp of a poet is like ok that’s it you better square up

Romantic poets’ dnd classes

William Wordsworth - Druid. Absolutely obsessed with nature. Will spend hours staring at a single tree believes in nothing except the power of nature. 

Dorothy Wordsworth - fighter. She gets shit done herself. Respects nature and all but a little more grounded than her brother. 

Coleridge - warlock. Oh boy. His whole thing is the power of the imagination, being wishy washy with religion, opium addict, really erratic but also incredibly likeable. He would totally make a pact. 

Keats - grave Cleric. A literal doctor. But a doctor who had to deal with watching his family die from disease. Has a very complicated relationship with death, pretty emo but also a puppy dog. Keats is bae. 

Lord Byron - bard. Need I say more? 

Percy Shelley - rogue. Politically radical and just a social mess. 

Mary Shelley - wizard. Too good for Percy and just a genius. Fascinated by magic and wants to test her limits all the time and DELIVERS. 

Bonus novelist:

Jane Austen - Tough choice but I think she suits bard best. Witty and observant, knows what to say when, detail oriented, never forgets.

why are there so many posts about asexuals being immune to sirens. people. sirens don’t lure you in with sex (necessarily). they sing about whatever it is that you want most. they could sing about mothman or cinnamon toast crunch and guess what then your asexual pirate is fucking dead

Yes, exactly!! I’ve always loved fenhawke but they came to mean even more to me after getting out of an abusive relationship myself, and I admire Fenris’s arc so so much more. He really is probably my favorite DA character next to Zevran

Oh handshake and a hug anon, I am also a survivor of abuse and sending all my love to you. 

One of the things that I really love about DA:2 is how much not only does Hawke change, but also how much companions change and develop. They are their own people, away from Hawke.

Aveline doesn’t need Hawke in order to become Guard Captain. Anders doesn’t need Hawke in order to start the revolution. Merrill doesn’t need Hawke in order to repair the eluvian. Varric was always eventually going to find someone to go to the Deep Roads. Sebastian was going to track down the mercenaries if no one else did. I’ve no doubt Fenris would have accomplished what he wanted on his own as well but a key thing to this is - Hawke helps. 

They don’t have a magic solution, they don’t immediately fix things. Aveline asks Hawke to help her on a suspicious patrol. Anders asks Hawke to help him find ingredients. Sebastian asks Hawke to come with him to the Harimann estate. Merrill asks Hawke to help her talk to the Keeper. Varric asks Hawke to come to the Deep Roads.

The companions follow Hawke because Hawke has asked for their help and because they are friends. They don’t do things and change because of Hawke. 

They all subtly develop over the course of the game, having and pursuing their own goals as well as helping each other. In the beginning, Fenris charges into Danarius’s mansion yelling he’s not afraid but by the third act - Fenris asks Hawke for their help, tells them it would mean a lot to him, and admits that he is afraid.

So because I’m dragon age and sanders sides trash I thought it would be fun to do a crossover! And since all the sides are Thomas I got to mess around and give them different face shapes and stuff based on the characters from dragon age :)

I wasn’t asked to a single dance in high school and didn’t have a serious romantic relationship until I was 22. And like, yeah that shit hurt when I was younger. I had a lot of fears that I was unlovable and that I didn’t deserve to be happy. And every time I would try to talk to anyone about it, the conversation became, “you’ll find someone”, when it should have been, “you don’t need a relationship or a date, you’re lovable & complete & beautiful on your own”.

So yeah, please normalize young people not dating, and please stop shaming them for it. There’s more to life than romance, despite what the media wants us to think.

Cool Tip

If you are like me and always need to be working on something to keep your anxiety under control, during this quarentine why not helping scientists by looking at pictures of some neat penguins? or even galaxies?  There’s this site call Zooniverse, where you can help on scientific projects by analyzing pictures and data!  Right now my favorite project has returned, called Penguin Watch (where yeah, you get to watch penguins, it’s amazing)

you basically have to analyse photos looking for penguins, their chicks, eggs or even predators and human interaction But there are lots of interesting projects you can help in areas such as biology, physics, history or even art: 

Oh and the best part, some institutions even accept it as volunteering/service hour requirements for graduation and scholarships!! It’s helping me a lot during this time, so I thought it was worth sharing 

Some people : DA2 sucks because it wasn't as dark as DAO.

Me : *was traumatized by the death of my sister/brother in the beginning of DA2. And put on PLS by the psycho blood mage trying to fuck a zombie made with severals dead ladies, including my mom*

Doing online classes really just be like *has a list of assignments* *have no motivation what so ever* *watch random youtube videos* *stresses* *looks at assignment list again* *stresses more* *eat a snack* *sudden burst of productivity that last only about five minutes* *rewards self by checking phone* *stresses*

Seems to me the problem with Uk’otoa is that he isn’t a great hirer. Like we’ve seen/know of 4 warlocks so far (including Vandren) out of whom 50% didn’t plan on releasing him at all and 75% are dead

Hi anon,

You are very right. Here are a number of issues with Uk’otoa’s business practices:

1. Offered the job to various drowning randoms on the spot without an interview.

2. Sets very unclear expectations (provoke? consume? how does one achieve those metrics in a meaningful way?)

3. Highly passive-aggressive - cutting off all access to benefits when employees don’t achieve quarterly goals? You didn’t even try a Performance Improvement Plan? OK snea snake.

4. Didn’t address the lingering resentment after a fling between coworkers went sour. Technically that resentment lasted only a few hours after which one of them was murdered by a pirate king, but a good manager would have intervened early on.

5. When an employee quits with minimal notice consider it a time for reflection. It’s an opportunity to understand why - it might just be them, but you might have made an environment where they don’t feel safe giving the typical notice for your industry.

6. Once an employee has left you should move on and not send a team of sea spawn and deep scions onto their ship in the dead of night to cut a fucking hole in their chest.

Dowoon is the confident icon we all deserve and love. That is all.