you can love somebody without using your hands

All six tarot cards collected! I decided to use white accents on elements that have an important symbolic role in each character's stories. My favorite picture out of the six is probably Karlach's card. And what do you think? Which card do you like best?

It's Checkoving absolute gun

after what he did in iraq?

i think money is underestimated as the driving force of da2, beyond just hawke in the first act. “why do all these people still hang out when they are sometimes so awful to each other” well, horrifyingly, hawke consistently finding work to do together is the most stable source of income a lot of them have right now

which is yet another reason why the mages are so vulnerable here (fenris or isabela could and likely do get other jobs, but because merrill and anders are so isolated, devoted to their unpaid work, and by nature of their existence illegal, jobs with hawke are probably their only or main source of income) and why aveline, varric and sebastian are specifically the most insane because they do not need this and they are here anyway

The Priory of the Orange Tree 🍊

referencing "Lilith and Eva" by Yuri Kaplouh

tashi/patrick/art: about to say or do something insane

trent reznor and atticus ross:

Of all the companion pairings, I hadn’t expected Wyll/Karlach being my favorite but I just love the dynamic

Because obviously you’ve got the whole thing of him wanting to kill her because he thought she was evil and then realized she was also a victim and was willing to be turned into a demon because he wasn’t willing to sacrifice an innocent person for himself, and her then being willing to stand up to the devils who want her dead on his behalf

But I also feel like as far as a relationship dynamic they would be a Prince Charming/damsel thing except they both think they’re the Prince Charming and the other is the damsel

Wyll lamenting how his endlessly kind wife who only wants to live a simple life where she is treated equally kindly was tricked, sold, had her heart replaced with an infernal engine that keeps her trapped in basically hell, and was forced to be the first line of attack for the devil who did this to her. Meanwhile behind him Karlach is looking at a locked metal gate and just decides to open it by bending the bars with her bare hands, melting the iron as she does because she has flames inside of her body

Karlach talking about her poor husband Wyll who gave up a comfortable life as the son of a duke to be entered into a devil’s pact and made into a homeless hero who would always protect people but never really get to exist as his own person outside of his pact and his folk hero perception. Meanwhile Wyll is eldritch blasting a demon in the face behind her with an entirely casual and unbothered look on his face

They fix Karlach to the point where she can leave Avernus and Wyll goes to his family and friends to prepare them for meeting her, telling them that she can be very sensitive and has gone through some rough times and grew up on the streets so she’s going to be more rough around the edges than they’re used to and it would probably upset her to come back home only to be made fun of, so please be kind. And in walks his 7 foot tall wife who is as wide as the door with her big giant muscles, battle ax strapped to her back, slapping Duke Ravengard on the shoulder and asking “How the hell are ya?”

Karlach goes to her old Baldur’s Gate friends and says she wants them to meet her husband but he’s the son of nobility and spent a long time living in that more polished world so he talks very formal and polite and isn’t really used to how they talk and interact so please don’t make fun of him if you think he speaks funny. And in walks the Blade of the Frontiers with a suspicious amount of not quite dried blood on his pants

They both think they’re the “They said no pickles” part of the relationship but actually if they asked for no pickles and were given pickles they would make eye contact with the person who did it while using their biggest two handed weapon to scrape the pickles off onto the floor

(sobs)

Insane to me that the UK government is slowly trying to legislate trans people out of existence and I have not seen a single person talk about it

Single sex toilets are now legally required in all new buildings, the cass review may lead to a complete shutdown of all trans healthcare, single sex wards are being introduced to HOSPITALS and claims that trans people will be treated in private rooms is almost laughable given the current bed shortages, ensuring that trans people will be forced to wait even longer for life-saving procedures. Trans teenagers are being murdered and the government does not care. We are slowly being driven out of all public spaces and all healthcare.

Also in the last few days new NHS England guidance was leaked to the Good Law Project that states that the 6000+ kids on the wait list for NHS gender affirming care are going to be invited to deceptive face-to-face "mental health assessments" with their provider (in some areas starting as soon as 30th June 2024), and if they're found to be accessing transition care outside the NHS they may be advised to stop, and if they don't may face a safeguarding referral to local authorities. We don't know how serious this will get yet, but it's potentially extremely bad. The Good Law Project has said "It's reasonable to describe this as an attempt to force people to detransition".

I'm sorry I haven't seen any actionable steps to take about this yet as it's a developing issue, other than that it's very important you don't tell anyone if you or your child (or anyone else) are accessing gender affirming care outside the NHS.

This article has more details, and the author is a good person to follow for updates, as well as the Good Law Project themselves. Don't forget this isn't a time for panic, but instead to stay informed as best you can, care for each other, and get involved in pushing back against this.

Dark Justiciar Shadowheart // Gale the God of Ambition // Vampire Ascendant Astarion

Richard Siken, “War of the Foxes” // Tory Adkisson, “Anecdote of the Pig”

Kendrick is murdering this man

if you were trapped in a time loop how many repetitions do you think it would take for you to willingly kill another person, knowing there would be no consequences

I so badly want to ask this question at a party or something where I can set parameters and ask follow up questions gfdgsd people saying "I just can't see myself doing it" I genuinely want to know why. There are no material consequences, there could be temporary benefits, so what would hold you back?

Official Time Loop Post

GOD. still the funniest transition in the show bar none