Nevermoremonster - Lenore

NOW. I’m Italian. Italians are always perceived as the messy, loud, uneducated, rude, dirty ones. (let’s not talk about the mafia stereotype, because I don’t want to get more furious than this right now) Of course, because of this, everyone can make fun of us, everyone can call us names, they can say we’re ignorant and shit, and you know what? that’s okay, you can do this. Sure. But you can’t come here, in Rome holy shit, and trash the only good thing left of this country : our culture. You ABSOLUTELY can’t come to Rome and damage THE MOTHERFUCKING BERNINI’S FOUNTAIN IN PIAZZA DI SPAGNA (which, by the way, had been restored like a few months ago). And now, thanks to the lovely dutch hooligans, that’s all gone. Do you know how much we paid that restoration? 200.000 euros. 200.000 motherfucking euros. Gone. Wasted. Now, I understand that some people could be like “yeah but that’s a one time thing” but no, shit, this is not the first time it happens. A few months ago a French man tried to steal a piece of a wall. OF POMPEI. Two Irish men, a few weeks ago, damaged the Basilica of Sant’Andrea della Valle. I could go on forever with this shit, I don’t even care anymore of where those people come from. I JUST WANT YOU TO RESPECT US. And if you really can’t respect Italians, respect our culture at least. Because that’s all we have. And remember that this country is not your souvenir shop. You can’t come here and have a bath in the Venice’s canals, you can’t steal pieces of wall from Pompei. You can’t trash Roma because your team is playing in the city. You can’t do that. You. Can’t. Do. That.

I painted Rhaenyra Targaryen and Harwin Strong as Hellelil and Hildebrand from Frederic William Burton's The Meeting on the Turret Stairs. I struggled a bit with this painting, but it's my first master's study, so I'm actually proud of finishing it.

FYI this is available as a sticker on redbubble! Only a sticker because I made the original illustration in a weird size.

What Lies Behind the Throne Chapter 9/?? Part One

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- Credit, as always, to my beta readers, @razerathane and @bluvixen who are always ready with their comments and telling me when I’m being harsh on myself.

- Chapter rating: Teen

- Chapter summary: While wandering around Denerim with Anora, Roselyn stumbles upon an impending riot taking place outside the Alienage. With recent events in mind, she takes on Maric head-to-head making known how she disapproves of his treatment towards the elves.

Three weeks later. Month: Late Solace

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One freedom Roselyn was afforded in Highever which she was not in Denerim was the freedom to explore the city unaccompanied. In the palace she could only venture to the locations considered ideal for a princess. She was not allowed down in the servants quarters or the kitchens and she was flanked everywhere she went by ladies-in-waiting unless she was with Alistair or Anora. If she wished to go into Denerim for whatever reason, she was to be accompanied by a fully armoured guard.

It was different and unfamiliar to be kept so close and deemed so precious. She knew, of course, that she was a commodity. Maric and the court believed she potentially carried the first royal grandchild, or would soon enough. She was something Maric could not risk being damaged or stolen away - not that Roselyn thought the people of Denerim would attempt that by any means. While she saw little of them, they appeared to be as much like the people of Highever; going about their daily business and too preoccupied by their own lives to have any concern to the goings-on of their ruling monarch and his family.

Leaving the palace and exploring the new city was something Roselyn was desperate to do. Life had returned to normal at the palace and daily council meetings, lessons, and petitions took Alistair from her side for most of the day. Roselyn often found herself alone and had to find someway to amuse herself. Alistair pulled himself away from his duties as Prince when he could, but his breaks were short and never planned. When he found her - if he found her - their intervals were brief before he was off to the next meeting or lesson.

Aside from a daily ride she took with Alistair if he could spare the time, with Anora, or just with guards and her ladies-in-waiting, she spent all her time in the palace. She felt cooped up and caged. She explored the gardens as much as possible while the weather was good with Roo, she knew her way through the palace now and did not get turned around. In Highever she was given responsibilities, opportunities to help her father with business and resolve disagreements. Here she was expected to languish away, a woman of leisure until she was pregnant and then her freedoms would be restricted even more.

She broached the subject once with Alistair, suggesting she could sit in on the council meetings. He agreed this was a good idea but would be unlikely to happen. Maric kept the council very closed and restricted to the closest men in his company. When she explained Anora once told her Queen Rowan used to sit in on the meetings, he went very quiet and the discussion was nipped in the bud by uncomfortable tension.

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the thing that really pushed me to see this movie - apart from tumblr’s numerous other reviews, hailing it as “glorious garbage” and “that fanfic you wrote when you were fourteen but with a $100 million budget” - was the fact that competewithmymassiveintellect​, who to my...

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Never in my life did I think I would get this many followers, and frankly I’m a bit shocked! 

So, in celebration of my 4,444th follower (it’s well passed that now, but it’s still a pretty cool milestone) I’ve decided to do a giveaway. Usually I do a 60$ Steam Game giveaway but I’m ass-broke, so, I’ll do the next best thing.

RULES:

You must be following me. (new followers are welcome to participate but if you win this, I hope we’re in the same fandom or it will be awkward.)

No giveaway blogs.

Likes and reblogs both count and you can reblog multiple times but don’t piss off your followers.

When the giveaway closes, you must respond within 24 hours or another winner will be chosen in your place so please make sure your ask box is open!

Dragon Age / Mass Effect Fandoms only

I will use a randomizer to pick the winners. 

This ends on May 4, 2015 at 12:00 ATL time.

PRIZES:

3rd Place 1,000+ words in ficlets/drabbles which can be one big chunk or spread out for angst/fluff/smut.

2nd Place: 5,000+ words fic or drabbles of angst/fluff/smut.

1 First Place: 10,000+ word Fic, with one small art piece to accompany it by a willing artist that I will personally commission. You can request several ficlets or one chunk of angst/fluff/smut, up to you, but there will only be 1 piece of art to go with it.

PLEASE NOTE:

I reserve the right to refuse any prompt or pairing. There are some characters / pairings I am uncomfortable writing due to several reasons that I won’t get into here. Please have several different prompts/pairings in mind.

If you have no intentions of wanting to win, and are just boosting, please say so in your reblog so that I can see it and not pick you as the winner. I’ve had several people past giveaways who had no intentions of winning and it was a bit complicated to straighten out.

I will write smut, but I have my limits on what kind and what I am comfortable with. I reserve the right to say no.