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GIVE ME MORE OF THIS NERD EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

PROFESSOR SOLAS GIMME YOUR WISDOM!

(Ty Newt for the glasses Solas edit)

I can’t help it to draw him 😚😚😚😚😚

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Tumblr's calling me out on my bullshit again.

You leave my self-deprecating coping mechanisms alone!

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WIP Wednesday

Ft. Arlathan University Ch. 22 - Read up to the latest chapter here.

No one tagged me. I just want to share stuff. 🎉

*****

Her heart sank even further. It was beginning to sound like she might not get an opportunity for a private moment alone with him after all.

// EL: No rest for the wicked I guess //

// S: Oh? Were you planning on being wicked? //

// EL: I did have hopes //

// EL: I miss you //

// S: I miss you too, vhenan. I want nothing more than to steal away with you. //

She smiled, feeling the heat rising in her cheeks. Always the smooth talker.

// EL: I could always stop by your office if you have a break //

// S: You will most assuredly get us both into trouble if you do. //

// EL: GOOD //

*****

My girl Ellana has been pent up for 3 weeks and it’s SHOWING. You best bet she’s gonna get whatever she can squeeze in.

No tags. Unless you wanna. I ain’t stopping you. ❤️

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I really debated even sharing this because it’s not worth giving it attention. It’s a bot. It’s not true. It could make people suspicious anyway, etc etc. Which sucks because I think, like most creators, we love talking about the things that go on behind the curtain should anyone ask. And I am always happy to yap about my drafting process and answer questions that are genuine. Truly, I am sitting on my hands to keep from spilling the beans on every little thing.

However, the potential for real harm to authors here is horrendous. Considering what a hot button topic AI is, and how quickly accusations get slung, and especially when that fic was fucking scraped. There’s little chance of it passing AI detection now even if I can prove I typed every single word. I can even highlight my own writing quirks that appear across works. But would it matter if somebody (a real person) decided I must be “polishing” my fics to hide AI? I don’t know :/

I’m keeping my fics public for now, but I’ve turned off guest comments, and may change my mind if this continues.

And just in case it wasn’t clear: fuck gen AI.

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PSA

Just a heads up, there are bots going around on AO3 accusing people of using AI. Considering the timing, this is likely AI bros' retaliation for AO3 users calling them out for scraping their work. Examples of what you might be sent:

Screenshots from here.

If you get a comment like this, just report for spam and delete.

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You know, I’ve seen a lot of horrible shit on the internet. 10+ years in community management (and honestly even longer since basically the dawn of the internet, as an elder millennial) will do that. I totally get when I see comments like “the internet was a mistake” or “don’t waste your time on random internet strangers.”

And some of that is true. Like most technology, the human race made something cool and then immediately found the most heinous things they could do with it, often doubling down year after year. Plenty of people online are, in fact, shitbags and shouldn’t be trusted.

But I also can’t fully prescribe to the idea that we’d be better off without it or that it had never happened. Honestly? I probably would not have survived high school or even my most recent stint of unemployment without it. Because the internet has given me meaningful connections I would have never found otherwise.

I’ve made friends for life through work, fandom, and online games. People I love and cherish even if I may never know their real name or see their faces.

And the awful people I’ve met? I find they filter themselves out pretty quickly, casting a spotlight on their garbage out of some demented form of pride. Once you know how to spot it, it gets easier to avoid. If you can learn and have the tools to ignore it, even better. Like any bully, starving them of the attention they crave is the fastest way to combat them.

It’s not fool proof. Some people are just that determined to be shitbags. But I find their noise so insignificant in the face of the veritable horde of positivity, compassion, and friendship I’ve found in my community spaces.

I like to think I lead by example; I try to pour out love and support whenever I can, because I’m paying it forward. In doing so, I’ve had so many magical moments come back to me. I wouldn’t be here without the kindness I’ve been blessed with by internet friends. I wouldn’t have my career. I probably wouldn’t have my husband (even if he has his own rightful reasons to hate and avoid the internet too).

I’m gonna keep putting good out there whenever I can. And if something stupid and cruel and selfish comes your way and you feel that weight of the algorithm bearing down to feed you nothing but pain and hate, but you’ve seen this post?

Well, at least one internet weirdo out there is thinking about you, wishing you the best, and hoping you find a little light amongst the dark.

Back to aggressively supporting my friends, faceless and otherwise. ❤️

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HIS EARS.

God I love the idea of a Lavellan who's regularly torturing him with basically "this is what you're missing out on these past ten years, you dumb motherfucker PS I love you."

My OC Lavellan definitely falls into this deranged category.

solas trashy sketch idea:

solas getting a “TOP SECRET NOT FOR FEN’HAREL’S SPIES” envelope from one of his spies (stolen from lavellan’s office ofc)

aaaand when he reads it it turns out to be just pure filthy smut abt the two of them <33

he totally did not keep it safely hidden under his pillow at all times

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Cass meeting the hero from her fav book based on this scene of community

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Whereas I have a very low bar for success with mine. If I’ve ever made you blow air a little hard out your nose, I consider that a win.

But you know, this would be cool too. 👉👈

my dream as a fanfic writer is for one day, one of my fics to be someones comfort fic. like the fic that they reread when they don't feel good and want to be happy. i want my words to comfort someone one day

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but what if i read one of your fanfics and then went to your ao3 accounts and read all of your fanfics and left a comment on every single chapter of every single one and you got spam emails from all of my kudos and comments and it made you smile, what then? what if i brighten your day with my words like you did mine, what then???

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Welcome!

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📝Syllabus📝

Lesson 1: "White Man Painted Black"?

Lesson 1.5: "Hair for Thought"- how visualizing affects your writing

Lesson 2: “That One Hairstyle? RETIRE IT!” Black Hair is an Art (pt.1)

Lesson 2.1: Addendum to Hair pt 1

Lesson 2: "It Takes HOW LONG?" Black Hair is an Art (pt.2)

Application! Examples of Protective Hair Coverings

Application! Ice's Lazy Loc Wash Routine

Application! How to: Simplified Braid

Application! Daisy E's Simplified Hair Drawing

Lesson 3: "Defying the Default"- Skin Tones and the Presence of Black Characters

Application! What are Black fans looking for in Commissions?

Lesson 4: "Do Black People Blush?" Bringing brown complexions to life

Application! Humanæ- Resource for Skin Palettes!

Lesson 5: "The Same Place As the Music" Lighting & Color

Lesson 6: "Let's Have A Talk, First" Stereotypes, pt 1

Lesson 6: “Why’s she so rude?” (She’s Not)- Stereotypes, pt 2

Lesson 6: "Is He the Threat (Or Are You?)"- Stereotypes, pt 3

Application! How to Spot a Stereotype: An Example

Lesson 7: "That's the Black one!"- Imagery and "Black-Coded" Characters

Lesson 8: “Across cultures, darker people suffer most. Why?” Multiethnic and Multicultural Blackness

Lesson 9: “Romance Will Not Solve Racism”- Interracial/Biracial/Blended Black and White Relationships and Families

Lesson 10: “The Ambiguously Brown Character™”- The Attachment to Eurocentric Beauty Standards

Lesson 11: “No, That’s Not ‘How Color Works’.” - Whitewashing

Lesson 12: “The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth” - Violence, Violent Imagery & Black Horror

Lesson 13: “It’s Giving” AAVE, and the Denied Yet Undeniable Impact of Black Culture

Lesson 14: “On Human Dignity.”  Blackness, Gender & Sexuality

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This is the worst timeline. (x)

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Chapter 21: Pondering the Orb

Preview under the break, link to full chapter over on AO3.

Trying to figure out better ways to post these links on Tumblr. I’m really bad at it. If an expert wants to educate me, please do, the widget’s always breaking on me and only ever takes you to the top level chapter, which doesn’t seem helpful. 🤔

I hope this one is as fun and interesting as it was in my head for others to read. I had a bit of a struggle bus near the end, but I think it worked out okay. 

I might be creating a new rare pair. I’ve literally never seen anyone else put these two together (I mean, why would they?), so, uh, guess I’ll be making a new tag. What would you call it? Bellassan? Fellara? Tell me which you like better.

Keep reading

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Oh, because I needed another reason to be obsessed with his hands.

may I offer you a Harpist Solas?

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See, I love Solas.

But I also love dunking on him because he definitely deserves it. It’s like the only thing I agree with Rook on.

[Rook voice] maybe if you had some friends you'd calm down 🙄

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This is basically me the entire time @opal-apparition has been writing this.

If you're a giant renaissance nerd like me (or really love A Knight's Tale like all good people do), you should really give this a read.

wip word train

Thank you for the tag, @dayntee!

rules: you get a word and look through your current WIPs to find a sentence/paragraph starting with each letter of that word.

My word was TILES, and these lines are taken from my current WIP "A Crown of Laurels", a Solavellan story about Tournaments and Turnabout. And perhaps, a few tokens between would-be lovers.

T - "Tell me, do you always hide in alcoves with strange men when avoiding paramours, or am I uniquely blessed this evening?"

I - “I am sure the thought left your mind as soon as you considered the Queen’s displeasure for escaping without her leave,” Felassan's gaze dropped to the crimson stain spreading across the fine fabric. "Ah, and is this a wound from your momentary treason?"

L - “Lurking in shadows, speaking in riddles—it’s hardly the behavior of an honorable man.” 

E - Ellana tried her best to hide her laughter, peals of it escaping through her fingers despite efforts to remain composed. “That was scandalous. Father would—it would ruin both ours and Davrin’s families if anyone found out. Tell it again!”

S - Squires darted across the field between matches, gathering shattered lance fragments that could later be sold as souvenirs while heralds announced each new pair of competitors stepping forward to earn their place in the afternoon's more prestigious contests.

Tagging @gefionne , @ghostfire, and @fenrelmercar if you would like to play!

Your word is KNIGHT. Enjoy!

^ unironically me pining after all the many talented people in this community