#Bethany's life

[vaguely-concerned]

purple hawke who, at malcolm's death, lost not only a father, a mentor, the single most stable and safe point in their world up until this moment. but also the only person in their life who would consistently, gleefully 'yes, and — ' them. the loss, in one fell swoop, of both a beloved parent and your sole willing — no, not only willing, enthusiastic — improv partner. truly, the most unkindest cut of all that the maker could have seen fit to deal. (there's always so much less laughter in the house, after malcolm's gone.)

and then after all the horrors of the blight and trying to make a new life in the shithole turned shithome of kirkwall....... they meet varric. and something that's been slumbering deep within their soul dries a tear of relief and joy and whispers 'oh we are so back'. and they are so right

[perfectquote]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[quotefeeling]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[perfectfeelings]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[ansburg]

     I swear he was crying when we finally tackled him, but damned if I’ll hold that against him. It took three of us to drag him back to cover. I had to slap him back to his senses, to make him see that killing five or ten more ‘Spawn wouldn’t matter. The Wall was on us, and dying there wasn’t going to help anyone. I said if he wanted to do his family good, he’d get them safe.

— world of thedas, volume ii

[aces-to-apples]

It just occurred to me that Bethany tells Anders he reminds her of Malcolm and that's a reason why she likes him. Maybe he reminds Carver of Malcolm, too, and that's a reason why Carver doesn't like him.

[thoughtkick]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[thehopefulquotes]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[ride-thedragon]

Matt saying "I'm coming for his head." about Aemond and Daemon Emma talking about the Velaryon fleet, Bethany, Harry, and Phoebe all in the promo, Olivia talking about Vhagar, Steve saying team black just has better looking people. We've never been more back.

[perfeqt]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[usefulquotes7]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed. Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[someoneintheshadow456]

All these election posts have me thinking about something I've noticed both in India and the U.S (especially since we both have elections at the same time).

And there is something I have noticed in common with both countries (and most likely world over) - majority of people vote based on their own community's interests. They vote in a politician based on what they can do for them and people like them specifically.

People in India constantly make jokes about free food at political rallies, but ensuring to people that you can feed them is one of the most effective ways to gain their trust. Trump, as awful as he is, understood how to appeal to people in a way that Hillary did not - which was why he won the 2016 election.

This means - if your criterion for voting for a candidate is based on their opinion of a social issue thousands of miles away, for a group of people you have zero connection to - it may be a sign that your community has few or no problems to be concerned about. In other words, a sign of privilege.

[perfectquote]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[dykedvonte]

Danse has to get homesick In Sanctuary. Like despite being uncertain of how much his past is real including times with the Brotherhood, those memories were home. The Brotherhood was home especially the Prydwen.

No matter all the comfort and the luxuries SoSu could put to make him feel more relaxed or like it’s his space it’s still not home. It’s so unique to him cause everyone else has a home in a sense. A thing or place they can come and go to as they please while Danse doesn’t. He can never go back to the people he considered family and they can never go to him without serious consequences. It doesn’t help that (due to his own faults and beliefs) a good majority of the new people in his life do not exactly like him.

It’s so isolating for him as the wasteland is also a different culture in general. Theres so much he’s not used to vs what he is. But all in all I think that’s a good thing. I feel as if Danse had a better arc in game it would 100% have him learning or developing a sense of home before a sense of self. I think it gets overlooked that Danse is a person that likes or feels like he needs to belong to something. A cause, a philosophy, a mission. He needs a goal. He must learn to live for himself and his purpose but it’s clear he wants to find that through something which is why he latches onto the Sole Survivor after rather than just wander the wastes. He needs something, anything to base a sense of self on at this point in time and who better than the person that opened their home to him in the first place.

He’s a dude that needs a foundation or home to ground himself on or else he doesn’t know what to do with himself or even start.

[surqrised]

The sharpest minds often ruin their lives by overthinking the next step, while the dull win the race with eyes closed.

Bethany Brookbank, Write like no one is reading

[mabaris]

sees another post about how It’s Wrong and Bad to let bethany join the circle. screams into my pillow forever