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Can you make a master post for all of your travel times posts?

coming right up!

travel times in thedas masterpost

by game

originsawakeninginquisition

by character

duncan’s route to all the originshawke’s escape from lotheringdanarius’ route to kirkwall – includes two possible routeslavellan’s route to the conclave – includes two possible routes – new!!the inquisition’s route to skyholdbanished wardens’ route to weisshaupt

by route

adamant fortress to weisshauptamaranthine to denerimamaranthine to the dragonbone wastesantiva city to denerimcumberland to vyrantiumdalish camp (origins) to ostagardalish camp (origins) to mont-de-glacedenerim to dalish camp (origins)denerim to haven – new!!denerim to lotheringdenerim to soldier’s peakgherlen’s pass to kinloch holdhaven to skyhold – after ‘in your heart shall burn’highever to denerim – includes three possible routeshighever to haven – new!!kinloch hold to amaranthinekinloch hold to higheverkirkwall to amaranthinekirkwall to highever – new!!kirkwall to ostwick – includes two possible routeslavellan clan camp to haven – includes two possible routes – new!!lothering to dalish camp (origins)lothering to kinloch holdlothering to ostagarlothering to redcliffeminrathous to kirkwall – includes two possible routesminrathous to vyrantiumnordbotten to weisshauptredcliffe to gherlen’s passredcliffe to havenredcliffe to honnleathseheron city to qunandar (par vollen)skyhold to adamant fortressskyhold to crestwood villageskyhold to cumberlandskyhold to dalish camp (inquisition)skyhold to din’an hanin (emerald graves)skyhold to fort connor (hinterlands)skyhold to halamshiralskyhold to hargrave keep (fallow mire)skyhold to havenskyhold to jaderskyhold to minrathous – includes three possible routesskyhold to ostwickskyhold to redcliffe villageskyhold to rock top ridge (hissing wastes)skyhold to sahrnia (emprise du lion)skyhold to solasan (forbidden oasis)skyhold to south reachskyhold to suledin keep (emprise du lion)skyhold to the storm coastskyhold to val royeuxvigil’s keep to amaranthinevigil’s keep to the black marshvigil’s keep to the knotwood hillsvigil’s keep to the wending woodweisshaupt to val royeauxwycome to denerim – new!!wycome to haven – includes two possible routes – new!!wycome to kirkwall – new!!

DIY

transport speeds – includes dragons & ravensscale map of thedas – includes my reasoning & maths

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Favourite Designs: Wulgaria Various ‘Gothic’ Haute Couture Gowns [x] [x] [x]

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Favourite Designs: Kiyoko Hata ‘Pink’ Bridal Couture Collection

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I’ve been thinking about you. It appears that I have thought only of you. Also I’ve been thinking of murder.

Elizabeth Waugh, from a letter to Edmund Wilson wr. c. January 1937 (via bleden-mark)

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A lot of people dump on Dorian for being mostly okay with slavery (for good reason imo), and one common criticism is he comes off as a selfish hypocrite for disliking anti-gay discrimination because it affects him, but doesn’t mind racial or class discrimination (slavery) since it doesn’t.

But honestly? This is nothing new.

Most Dragon Age characters have shown they only mind discrimination when it affects them.

- Loghain Mac Tir HATES Orlais for “enslaving” Ferelden freeholders like him, but not only had no problem selling Ferelden elves into slavery, but he’d dismissive and contemptuous of an Elven Warden who calls him out on it.

- Anders hates anti-mage discrimination but isn’t too bothered by anti-elf discrimination. He also suggests elves should help mages since they’re both oppressed by the Chantry, but doesn’t suggest mages should help elves.

- Fenris hates slavery but isn’t bothered by anti-mage OR anti-elf discrimination because, in his mind, mages control Tevinter and slaves can be any race, and since slaves have it worse then those groups need to chill.

- Aveline didn’t do anything when a group of elven brothers formally reported that one of her guards raped their sister, but then dropped everything to arrest those same brothers when they killed the guard they accused.

- Sera hates general “common folk” discrimination but DGAF about anti-mage or anti-“elfy” elf discrimination. She’s totally fine with mages being locked in Circles to protect the common folk, and flat-out blames most elves for their own discrimination under humans since they’re “too elfy.”

- Vivienne calls all mages who resist Circles “selfish,” and has no problem forcing them back in, because she gets power and influence from the Circles. She also condemns them for killing muggles and fellow mages to gain freedom, yet she herself butchers muggles who revolted when she was elected Divine, and declared outright war on rebel mages to force them back in Circles.

- Cassandra and Cullen both condemn mages for being “dangerous” and killing Templars in self-defense, but are much more lenient to Templars for years of systemically abusing, raping, lobotomizing, and killing mages to keep them in line.

On a wide scale, Ferelden hates Orlais for occupying them but think nothing of treating elves exactly the way Chevaliers treated them, and Orlais praises the Maker for freeing them from Tevinter while enslaving elves and other humans.

Dorian is in good company. I guess it’s more “realistic” that way, but Dragon Age is filled with characters that think discrimination is only a problem when it affects them.

I can count on one hand the characters that not only care about other groups besides their own, but actually try to help them once they’re able.

- King Alistair elects the Denerim Alienage Hahren a royal advisory position regardless of the Warden’s race or boon (and even though it’s unpopular with nobles), and governs the alienage so well they don’t riot from hunger the way they do under Queen Anora.

- Divine Leliana greatly reforms the Chantry to free mages and drop its race and gender discrimination for the priesthood, even though she’s a human muggle woman who benefits from the Chantry’s race, gender, and anti-mage discrimination.

- I guess Varric sort of counts for Inquisitor Lavellans who don’t accidentally kill their clans, since once he’s named the new Viscount of Kirkwall he’s one of the few nobles in the Free Marches who’ll trade and support them. (And I think helps search for survivors if Lavellan did get them killed?)

- The Arishok’s views on mages are absolutely shitty, don’t get me wrong. That said, for all his faults he is disgusted by Kirkwall’s race and class discrimination (and rightly calls Aveline out on supporting it) and tries to conquer Kirkwall partly to bring what he sees as race and class equality, even though as a Qunari he’s not 100% affected by it. (Sure, Petrice’s antagonism against the Qunari doesn’t help, but he seems as enraged by the injustice the elven brothers face as he is by his own Qunari’s mistreatment.)

There are probably others, but I can’t think of them now.

Anyway, that’s all I wanted to say. Dorian being okay with slavery because it doesn’t affect him but troubled by Tevinter’s homophobia because it does is shitty, but he’s far from the only character who only hates discrimination that affects him.

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I love hearing about the vibes I give off cause I honestly have no idea

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Tips for Writing Romance from A Passionate Defender of the Genre

Here’s the thing: romance is not inherently interesting.

It’s not automatically compelling.

Romance is one of the hardest things to write, but if you’re clever and careful and pay attention, romance can also be one of the most powerful tools a writer can wield. Not only because love is a powerful and complex emotion worthy of exploration—although it is that—but because romance can function as plot, conflict, character motivation, development, world-building, etc. It can do so much heavy lifting for you, and in a way that is engaging, evocative, and tone-setting.

But you can’t simply cry “Love!” and wait for the applause. You gotta earn it. 

Keep reading

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End of the Year Special! - These are back until January 5th!

Since it’s the special, we do customized designs. For example, if you want one with ‘Musician’, ‘Animator’, ‘Programmer’, or anything else, send us an ask and we got you.

There are tees, hoodies, sweatshirts, and mugs. 

https://teespring.com/stores/writing-prompts

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and then there were none

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Wisdom & Pride

A step by step process and layered PSD file of this will be available at my patreon on Jan 1st!

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Quick Anatomy Tips by rm_manga

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Doing some fetch quests in Sahrnia 😖 I just wanted to sketch Nalia in winter clothes and it got out of hand haha

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so uhh, I love this show!

The musketeers + text post [part 1/?] 

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Every official Harry Potter source: Hufflepuffs get along best with Gryfindor!

Every Hufflepuff I know, when asked what house they get along best with: Slytherin

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I’m not saying i’d be a “bad guy” if i ever get magic/super powers, but “good guys” are generally so angsty about it. 

“Woe is me, why was I cursed with the power to turn into a dragon? Why can’t i just be normal?”

Honestly, go fuck yourself. 

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ma’falon and mal kendov~!

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How to Play Wicked Grace, the 2-Player Dragon Age: Origins Card Game

Deck

You will need a deck of cards, preferably one with 5 suits and a joker - I used cards from one of my favorite card games, Five Crowns. (A great game in its own right!)

If you need to use a regular deck of cards, then grab a joker, and A-5 of all four suits, plus 9-K of one suit to make up your ‘fifth’ suit.

Regardless of what deck you use, decide beforehand what suits equal the Wicked Grace suits. Serpents < Daggers < Songs < Knights < Angels.

(It doesn’t really matter what each individual card equates to — suit is what is important. Still, I’ve posted the individual card names at the bottom, in case anyone wants to create their own custom deck somehow.)

Winning conditions

The game is over when the Angel of Death (joker) is drawn and discarded. *

Hands are ranked the by number of suited cards in your hand. Lowest to highest - no matches, one pair, two pair, three of a kind, full house, four of a kind, five of a kind

Suits are ranked lowest to highest - snakes, daggers, songs, knights, angels

When two hands are equal, e.g. full house, the person who has the most cards of the highest rank wins. Example 1: 2 knights + 3 daggers is a better hand than 2 daggers + 3 snakes, Example 2: 2 songs + 2 knights is a worse hand than 2 angels + 2 daggers, Example 3: Pair of Knights vs. Pair of Knights, compare other unmatched cards (kickers) to determine who has the highest ranked kicker(s).

* Thus it is not too terribly hard to cheat and pretend like you didn’t draw the Angel of Death, using it whenever you think you have the best hand. Or, you could be like Isabela, and just cold stack the deck, palm cards, draw two at a time, hide good cards about your person, etc…

Gameplay

Pick who shuffles/deals however you like. (Coin flip, winner or loser’s choice, age before beauty, etc.)

Shuffle, then deal 5 cards face down to each player.

Place the remainder of the deck on the table. Do NOT turn over the top card.

First player (non-dealer) draws one card from the deck, then discards one card face up onto the draw pile.

Players take turns drawing one card from the deck or the top of the discard pile.

When the Angel of Death card is drawn, the game ends immediately. Players will compare their hands.

The highest ranked hand wins.

General Tips & Hints

Only 5 cards are allowed in your hand at one time, except when you are preparing to discard. Any more than that is cheating ;)

You must play the Angel of Death card immediately upon drawing it, or announce if you are dealt it. Anything else is cheating ;)

Because of the ranked suits, it is a good idea to favor cards like knights and angels, but don’t discard a strong hand like four of a kind for it.

Cheating is a big part of the game, but do it at your own peril. No one wants to play Wicked Grace with an obvious cheater.

Card Names

Some are directly from DA:Origins. Others, I filled in myself to make up 5 of each suit (6 of Angels, since the Angel of Death is a special card.)

Serpents

Serpent of Deceit

Serpent of Avarice

Serpent of Lust

Serpent of Jealousy

Serpent of Pride

Daggers

Serpent-entwined Dagger

Dragon’s tooth Dagger

Wolfhead Dagger

Boar’s tusk Dagger

Spider fang Dagger

Songs

Song of Temerity

Song of Mercy

Song of Love

Song of Parting

Song of Courage

Knights

Dawn Knight

Dusk Knight

Eclipse Knight

Noontide Knight

Twilight Knight

Angels

Angel of Fortitude

Angel of Truth

Angel of Charity

Angel of Kindness

Angel of Virtue

Angel of Death