jojr0

[jojr0]

𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔰

[jojr0]

This was in another goodwill bin and I'm gonna put the back cover under a cut just so you can experience the same sensation of flipping it over to see this:

[jojr0]

got a text from my old boss that she got new kittens, which didn’t surprise me bc she’s infamous for having like 10+ cats at a time and is constantly taking in strays from neighboring farms. average thursday for her right. but then i go to actually open the image she sent and

unique markings indeed!

[jojr0]

evil One Direction: bitch you fuck up my world like nobody else

[jojr0]

what if i got rwally mad th9ugh

[jojr0]

The Muppets x Labubu

[jojr0]

stop being silly in front of me

[jojr0]

kill 'character did nothing wrong'. nurture 'character did everything wrong and i was whooping and cheering the whole time'

[jojr0]

watch out lads i’m about to try to drrrraaaaaaaaaw somethin

[jojr0]

The other thing I love about the romance route for Solas is that it's the one which shows you most clearly that he's really not in control and is just desperately playing it by ear.

On either the friendship or low approval route, he ultimately stays in his comfort zone: he gets in, uses the Inquisition in accordance with his plan, and gets out. A lot of his relationship-building can be thought of as him just testing people or concealing who he is. He does still undergo significant changes in his worldview in response to his connection with the Inquisitor, but this version is largely consistent with the picture of him as an elite, prideful trickster figure.

But on the romance route it's very different. Falling in love with the Inquisitor is a monumental fuck up and it is also a very deeply human one. You get a much clearer sense of him just trying to figure everything out and stumbling and losing control of his plans. At Crestwood you can see him realise in real time that there's no graceful way out of the situation he's created and he handles it very poorly and it's all just extremely realistic and sympathetic to me.

It also makes for a delicious contrast in Trespasser because there he's trying to present himself once again as detached and completely in control, but if you romanced him you know perfectly well that this is an act and sure enough he quickly crumbles and goes back to 'vhenan' and 'my love' and the fragility of his whole facade is so achingly clear.

[jojr0]

See the thing about Merrill my girl light of my life is that in the same way Fenris won't let you look away from slavery and Zevran won't let you look away from the dark side of the crows; Merrill WONT let you look away from the DALISH.

Like. There are some good moments with Davrin in particular talking about his clan, but there overshadowed by the apathy this game has about it's elven characters; theyre used mostly by the narrative as victims, except for when the narrative wants to try and force them to feel guilty about their gods being evil. And even when it tries to engage with the dalish, the dalish have to immediately decry their own myths and legends, they can't have a moment of sorrow or regret for its instead they're just like OUR EVIL GODS ARE BACK.

Merrill is a historian first and foremost. A keeper. She wouldn't look away from the evenarus, wouldn't bury her head in the sand and pretend they were good. But neither would she be able to NOT mourn for what they thought they had. I think Merrill wouldn't ultimately side with Solas but I DO think Merrill is in a position - seeing how both city elves and Dalish are treated - to genuinely want to burn it all down. This is the woman who saw the alienage for the first time and invoked the GOD OF VENGENCE. this is a woman who sees their past as key, remembers the bad and the good but who also CARES about her PEOPLE.

Merrill would have forced the camera back on the dalish and it would have been awesome

[jojr0]

EVERY BODY KNOWS SHITS FUCKED

[jojr0]

"Is it my imagination dear, or have certain lingering looks passed between you and our Solas?"

meeting on the turret stairs :')

[jojr0]

As far as im concerned the "the south fucking exploded" letters from the Inquisitor are made up by Solas to fuel more regret bc no the fuck it didn't <3

[jojr0]

for the cooldown prompt “iron bull and a bunch of puppies”

[jojr0]

when she does anything to it at all

[jojr0]

i listened to my body and it's asking for substances