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What star trek writers think fans want: Action! Sex! Angst! Drama!

What we actually want: parks and rec but in space

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Repost from months ago but nonetheless relevant.

Originally posted on /r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns

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PLEASE UNMUTE THIS. PLEASE. 

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Lunar Sentinels - Discord Roleplay Server

If you’re looking for a Wolf Pack to join; then please join ours! 

It’s entirely new so all roles are open (apart from Alphas/leaders and Betas/advisors because you have to earn those)

We have a website and everything; I hope you are interested in joining!

https://lunarsentinel.weebly.com/

The application form is on the website. On the first page that comes up (the home page)

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Some facts you need to know about the greatest anime character of all time!

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gentle reminder

it’s okay to make decisions for yourself, including deciding to part from friends who are not having a positive impact on your life - please try your best to live your life for yourself, and make those decisions keeping in mind what is best for you

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Dragon Age Zodiac

Fenrir: 20th Wintermarch – 18th Guardian

Resourceful, brave, calm, loyal, secretive. Can sometimes be extremely fierce or seem old despite their years. The sign of transformation and regeneration. Can easily become distrusting and manipulative.

Kios: 19th Guardian – 20th Drakonis

Curious, idealistic, energetic, full of wonder. Craves change and new experiences. Enthusiastic and extroverted, with a strong desire for freedom. Can be tactless, impatient, or promise more than they can deliver.

Eluvia: 21st Drakonis – 19th Cloudreach

Artistic, intuitive, gentle, wise. Willing to help others without promise of return. Empathetic, faithful, and caring. Known for being extremely tolerant. Introverted and quiet. Can become isolated or martyr themselves for others.

Equinor: 20th Cloudreach – 20th Bloomingtide

Co-operative, diplomatic, gracious, peaceful. Lover of harmony, gentleness, and nature. Balance and symmetry, justice and equality. Can be indecisive and avoid confrontation, and sometimes carries grudges.

Fervenial: 21st Bloomingtide – 20th Justinian

Progressive, original, independent, energetic. Extremely adaptable, looks at the world as full of possibility. Strong desire for freedom and change. Can shy away from emotional expression, or be temperamental, uncompromising, or aloof.

Solium: 21st Justinian – 22nd Solace

Courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, passionate. Competitive, a natural leader, desires action and challenges. Pushes themselves hard. Can be impatient, short-tempered, impulsive, and aggressive.

Bellitanus: 23rd Solace – 22nd August

Reliable, patient, practical, responsible. Loves everything good and beautiful, very creative. Determined and protective. Known for their stubbornness, dislikes sudden change. Can be uncompromising.

Servani: 23rd August – 22nd Kingsway

Creative, passionate, generous, warm-hearted. Natural leaders, dramatic, creative, confident. Full of love, able to unite people easily. Can become arrogant, stubborn, self-centred, and lazy.

Toth: 23rd Kingsway – 22nd Harvestmere

Loyal, kind, hardworking, practical, methodical. Pays close attention to detail, conservative and organised. A creator. Desire to serve and please others. Can become overly critical, anxious, or prioritise their work to an unhealthy degree.

Satinalis: 23rd Harvestmere – 21st Firstfall

Affectionate, curious, adaptable, expressive, quick-witted. Sociable and communicative, fascinated by the world and desiring new experiences. Creative and musical. Inquisitive and fun-loving, but can be indecisive or inconsistent.

Tenebrium: 22nd Firstfall – 21st Haring

Responsible, disciplined, efficient, conservative. Practical and scrupulous, known for being very serious. Independent, ambitious, hates lack of control. Often aloof and unforgiving, can also be stubborn and pessimistic.

Silentir: 22nd Haring – 19th Wintermarch

Intuitive, empathetic, persuasive, imaginative, loyal. Good at solving conflicts, strong determination for harmonious relationships and well-being of their friends and family. Can become suspicious, pessimistic, or manipulative.

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here’s my first very short animated film about a vampire who gets a new outfit

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i see your ‘nowhere in the nursery rhyme does it say humpty dumpty was an egg’ and raise you ‘nowhere in the legendarium does tolkien say that elves have pointed ears’

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The biggest problem with Cullen’s writing in DA:I is not that its inconsistent. It’s the fact that it IS consistent but its presented in a way that’s meant to be endearing. 

For example, in DA2 we hear Cullen revel in the power he wields as a Templar when he tells Hawke that the Templars have “control over mages by Divine right”. This is similar to how he will gleefully tell the Inquisitor “let’s see them try to dismantle us now” in Trespasser. Both situations tells us that this is a guy who enjoys being in a position in power. 

The key difference here is that in DA2, we’re allowed to react to this in a negative way. Hawke can argue with him. But in Trespasser we’re meant to agree with him because fck the nobles, right? 

Another example is how, in DA2, he will state that Templars are fighting a losing battle because more mages are born everyday. Which implies that mages are something akin to rats carrying the plague. The brave Templars are trying to contain it, but more carriers appear everyday. 

If you think his mindset is different in DA:I, you’d be wrong. 

“First the Templars, now the Grey Wardens. They dedicate their lives to fighting evil, now they serve it" 

This is Cullen basically comparing mages to darkspawn. But, again, in DA2 Hawke could argue, disagree or just react in any way. The Inquisitor? Not so much. Its glossed over by the dialogue. 

In DA:I, you can barely disagree with Cullen. Much less argue with him. Every other character talks about how great he is even though it makes no fcking sense for that character to do so. 

I could bring up other examples but that would make this ridiculously long. Cullen IS written consistently, but its presented in a way that’s meant to be seen as endearing. And in a disturbing way, it makes sense. When Cullen was introduced in Origins, his writer never intended for him to be popular or seen as cute. She saw him as a character that would potentially r*pe the Warden should he decide that he needed to get her out of his system. This is kinda touched on in Witch Hunt with the two mages who expresses relief that Cullen is gone because he was creeping them out with his staring. But for some reason, the people playing this game decided to overlook all the bad because…..he was cute? The VA made him seem endearing? Like the very first dialogue has Cullen essentially say “I would’ve killed you, but its not personal and I might’ve felt bad” and fans actually thought it was cute? That his awkwardness was endearing even though what he is saying is fcked up?

No matter the argument, you get some fan going “well, he meant this…” or “clearly, he was referring to this” as if he is this mystical being that only they understand. And they’ll deny even the most basic things. He was a Templar, he was second-in-command, overseeing Harrowing’s and mages being made Tranquil would be part of his job. If nothing else, he would’ve signed the papers that authorized it. But, nope, according to the fans he did nothing like that. 

So its not surprising that Bioware basically wrote the same character all over again, but forced the narrative to kiss Cullen’s ass. Because that’s what his fans have been doing since day one.

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Ghibli fanarts#1 by Liana Anatolevich

The Art of Howl’s Moving Castle

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it’s still so funny how a lot of people decided they were going to romance fenris after seeing his entrance like? an elf that can stick his hand into someone’s chest and crush their heart? sign me the FUCK up

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potty mouth bird

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GIVE AWAY TIME!

Rules:

Deadline: January 22nd; 2018

You don’t have to be a follower although new followers are always welcome

Likes and reblogs count

You can reblog multiple times but please don’t spam your followers

No give away blogs

The winners will be picked by a random generator

I will contact the winners. If you don’t respond within 48 hours I will pick another

If you won, make sure to provide enough reference of your OC (of any DA-race or gender) concerning appearance, personality and clothing preference

If you already have a certain attire in mind describe it and/or show me pictures

Please be patient. My final highschool exams are coming up and it is consuming my life right now. I’m afraid school comes first. But I will do everything I can to not let you wait too long! Good luck everyone! <3

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BLACK WOMEN DID IT FIRST

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The next time white people will ask you how they can help the black community- show them  this.

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Listen, i’d absolutely fuck a consenting, self-aware monster, but I wouldn’t fuck every monster.

A werewolf, he comes to me and says “hey, you wanna go for a ride?” and I says “sure” because he’s hot.

But If Godzilla came to me and says that, no. Godzilla is a father figure. Not for fucking.