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we have fun here in Thedas

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mr thrill of the chase

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No One:

Storm Fanboys/Girls: OMG STORM IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST AND MOST POWERFUL MUTANT EVER. SHE IS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE WHO CAN CONTROL LIGHTNING, OR THE COLD, OR THE WATER, OR THE HEAT, OR THE WIND, OR THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM. SHE OUTMATCHES PEOPLE LIKE MAGNETO, POLARIS, ICEMAN, SUNFIRE, AND THOR SO EASILY. YOU CAN’T BEAT HER. YOU ARE WRONG.

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idk if it’s the mental illness but sharing literally any information feels like oversharing. i’ll be like “i skipped breakfast this morning” and immediately im like “i might as well have told them where i buried the money”

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king cailan dragonageorigins is the funniest character in all of fiction based exclusively on how obviously about to die he is the moment you meet him

my guy shows up and says "i was hoping id get to 1v1 an archdemon today but honestly these darkspawn are kinda cringe. im gonna ignore wise warnings about taking this all 1% more seriously and go speak to my good old trusty right hand man who looks like somebody made a sim of the concept of betrayal as a guy"

and if you say hes a dumbass everybodys like thats your king!!! you cant say that!!!!!!!

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Yeah like??? Don’t anyone DARE say 5’9” is short. That is tall. That is a near perfect height for a male specimen. I would give anything to be 5’9”.

It is infinitely funny to me that not only is Astarion only 5'9", his is also the ONLY companion's height Larian felt the need to specify. Like it doesn't matter to them if we think Halsin's tall, but hell will freeze over before they let us mistake Astarion for anything but average as fuck.

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X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1 (2023)

written by Gerry Duggan art by Adam Kubert, Luciano Cecchio, Matteo Lolli, Russell Dauterman, Javier Pina, R.B. Silva, Joshua Cassara, Kris Anka, Pepe Larraz, Rain Beredo, Ceci De La Cruz, Matthew Wilson, Erick Arciniega, & Marte Gracia

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ok so jp and kyle are like 2 seconds away from telling bobby they've been watching him from across the party and they really like his vibe, damn

// Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic #4

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Iceman Almost Came Out as Gay Back in the 1990s

So prior to Brian Michael Bendis revealing Iceman (aka, Bobby Drake) was gay in the pages of his All-New X-Men run from 2015, apparently writer Scott Lobdell had planned to have Bobby come out of the closet two decades earlier but was unable to go through with his plans. Lobdell did however, lay the ground work for Bobby coming out during his time on the X-books in the mid-to-late 1990s.

Specifically, during an encounter with Emma Frost back when she was still a villain, the former White Queen of the Hellfire Club briefly took control of Bobby’s mind and actually used his mutant powers in more creative ways than he ever had done before. Emma accurately pointed out that Bobby was intentionally holding back the true potential of his powers, and was using humor as a shield to mask his own insecurities due to his conservative upbringing by mutantphobic parents.

Writer Sina Grace actually followed up on this old plot point from the 90s during his Iceman solo-series which immediately followed Bobby being outed by the time-displaced Jean Grey in All-New X-Men. In addition to depicting Bobby becoming more comfortable with his sexuality and gradually out to his fellow teammates, ex-girlfriends like Kitty Pryde, and especially his bigoted parents...

...Grace finally allowed Bobby to fully embrace his potential as an Omega-Level mutant. Not only did Iceman singlehandedly defeat the unstoppable Juggernaut in combat after after overcoming his greatest fear by coming out to his parents, but he began using his powers in more creative ways than before such as constructing ice-shuriken and multiple ice-clones and kaju.

Furthermore, Grace also revealed in his run that yes, during that time Emma Frost had mind-controlled Bobby back in the 90s, she actually did learn that Bobby was gay. But unlike the time-displaced Jean Grey, Emma never outed Bobby’s closeted sexuality to him or anyone else, and instead respected his privacy due to her own tragic experiences with her older brother Christian Frost being forced into "gay conversion therapy" (aka, torture...) by their abusive father.

Essentially, all of the people who try to argue that Iceman coming out makes zero sense or that it somehow "ignores/erases several decades of past continuity" (I'm looking at you homophobic Comicsgaters!) completely miss the fact that both Bendis & Grace were simply building upon the foundation that was already put in place by Lobdell back in the 90s! That’s NOT “ignoring or erasing several decades of continuity,” but the exact opposite!

And if you still need further proof that Bobby was always gay, just a reminder that during his very first appearance in X-Men (1963) #1 by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, Iceman was the only person who was not acting like a horny jack-rabbit at the mere sight of the then-new student Jean Grey.

In other words... Iceman was always gay even as far back as his inaugural issue! Suck it Comicsgaters!

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How to Flirt: Baldur’s Gate 3 Edition

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thumbs down

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happy pride month

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"Meeting you was the most important thing to ever happen to me, Hawke."

Guess who romanced him again.

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Please someone said Jethann and Hespith in the tags 😭

I’m going to add Cricket from DAII, one of the kids you help in On The Loose. Also the random kid that delivers you messages in DAO.

collecting the funny da4 protagonist options

nathaniel howe's nephew

superman from the origins cameo

ser jory's half-orphaned son

ETA

bevin (pls give him sword related warden trauma as a possible backstory dependent on the Keep)

the kid that is creepy to the warden in Haven during urn of sacred ashes

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LT. Kaidan Alenko

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