#I worked to help compile it!

[fumifooms]

Chilchuck analysis speedrun: As a hardworking half-foot who grew up poor and discriminated against and had his gullibility taken advantage of multiple times in his early adventuring days, Chilchuck thinks optimism is a dangerous flaw. He’s stressed and strict all the time because his job is noticing details like traps that could get everyone killed before anyone knows it, he takes the lives of everyone to be on his shoulders, and with the way he speaks about it that probably partly reflects how he felt about taking it upon himself to provide for his family too. His life’s always been pretty centered around work and has become even moreso now that his wife left and everyone is independent, and due to past events he’s very iffy with bonding with coworkers. He thinks feelings and job are a disaster mix. Like with his wife or with parties hiring him as sacrifice, being open or having good faith is vulnerability which can get you hurt, so he processes and shows all his stress as anger instead of worry. Doing strict dieting probably isn’t helping the irritability what with hunger, and on top of being a hunger suppressant alcohol might be the main stress reliever he has.

His grey hairs are so earned

[danieyells]

Ritsu investigating Hyde. . . .

Leo investigating Dante. . . .

Ritsu running into Leo sneaking/breaking into the staff room. . . .

They come to an agreement to share their findings, two people going through information will be faster and easier, especially the two smartest first years. . . .

Ritsu and Leo working together. . .Leo telling Ritsu about Hyde because he's known Sho since they were in middle school so he's known Hyde since he was younger even though he only saw him once in a while. . .Ritsu telling Leo about Dante and the case regarding Alan and Alan's father. . . .

Two genius first years working together. . . . . . .

[holdmymetaphor]

okay when i started rewatching house, it took me until 3x15 but i started to notice a pattern in house's wardrobe. the scene where foreman was trying to express sadness(?) at house's (fake) brain cancer they were both wearing pink.

After that I noticed that any time house was wearing pink, they were particularly vulnerable moments. Moments that he's feeling tender or open. Moments where he is being pretty earnest.

Then I started to notice that other colored shirts came up at different times. Light blue was his most neutral state, it represents logic and reason imo. Maybe a little bit of humor. There's a lightness or surface-ness to it.

Purple represents something like consequences or grief or guilt. any time there is purple someone is bearing the weight of a decision that was made, or a complex situation.

Black represents, as you can imagine, death. the darkest moments we see house in black.

The other colors aren't as prominent, but I have theories. Red is sex, power, life, excitement, ego. tan is neutrality. white is almost naive. green is rare and house never wears it. Dark blue is still logic but more solemn, more deep. its also interesting to note the times when he doesn't wear a t-shirt under his dress shirt and leaves like 3 buttons open (hubba hubba) and when he /only/ wears a t-shirt. I think his dress shirt is almost like his armor.

[ganondoodle]

i am honestly starting to worry i did get some damage from the one covid infection i got last summer, i dont want to make assumptions and im not saying it lightly but i dont know if i have ever had this much trouble with doing art, sure theres ups and downs that are sometimes longer or shorter and lots of factors playing into it but ....... i feel like the kind of problems i have now werent there as much and could be easier 'solved'

(like taking a week long break or even just a day and just playing games or literally just sleeping over it once has helped but it doesnt feel like its working at all anymore ..)

like it feels like my brain is a dried out sponge and nothing i do is getting it soaked again, theres stuff in there, i cant get it out without water but everytime i pour something on it it disolves before touching it or runs through like its not a sponge but plain rock unable to take in more than a few drops, literally what is happening here

[felassan]

this post is just some info on yesterday's DA:TV Fandom party at SDCC. :>

What was this party? [Here] is a post with the pre-event information that was made available. [Here] is a pre-event article that contains an interview with the organizer. And [this article] on the event contains some additional information, like on the versions of this party held in previous years, which helps for context. There was no new DA:TV information of note from the party

Links to Fandom (the company's) Twitter account, their Instagram. If you look at these (including on the Instagram Stories), you can see some pictures and stuff from the party. for those interested in watching a video version of some of these, Ghil Dirthalen posted a video recording that she made last night of Fandom the company's Instagram posts [here]. there are also more pictures and stuff from the party that you can see if you click through to [some of] the source links below here in the rest of this post.

As was previously reported the other week, Jason Derulo headlined the party (like as in a gig). Here's an image of him there [source] (the him singing DA stuff part was a joke tho btw hh). They considered having an orchestra because of DA's musical score but they got Jason Derulo

One of the party props was a big background of the DA:TV key art [source]. Here you can see the DA:TV logo on another backdrop. [source] This tweet contains both of these backdrops from a different angle

There was also an archway prop based on this DA:TV key art, and big screens which projected images from the game (including of Varric and this screenshot) [source]. It looks like these images were also projected to television screens? [source]

This tweet contains the questions and the answers to the DA-themed scavenger hunt (transcription of this at the end of this post), as well as a partial look at the map layout of the party

This is how photos taken in the DA themed photo booth look (this DA:TV screenshot was the backdrop) [source]

There was a VIP section at the party [source]. Gary McKay, the General Manager of BioWare, was there [source], as were John Epler and Zach Mendez (Lucanis) [source], Ali Hillis (Harding) [source], Nick Boraine (Emmrich) [source], Kari a BioWare Brand Director [source], Jessica Clark (Neve) [source] and Corinne Busche [source]. Erika Ishii (Rook) also visited but got kicked out of VIP hh [source]. Some cosplayers from the DA community were also personally invited by BioWare & PR at EA Games and attended! like Ladytoxie as Bellara ^^ [source, two], and some celebrities also, such as Doug Jones [source]

Ladytoxie mentioned that they will be posting a Vlog of their experience and coverage of the event, "probably next week" [source], having documented it at the time [source] (tysm!!)

Ladytoxie reported that it was a good, memorable experience and that everyone was lovely [source]

There was supposed to be some DA:TV-related pins and lanyards being handed out at the party, but these got stuck at customs, so there wasn't any goodies being handed out [source]

Links to some more images from the party: [one], [two], [three]

Scavenger hunt text (questions and answers) transcription:

"Clue 1: Step up to spot the flames where Fandom's 20-year tale burns bright, celeberate twenty years of worldbuilding where this terrifying Dragon Age wiki takes flight. Answer: Archdemon Clue 2: Follow the path and find the shining blue gem, discover the wiki of this Dragon Age elven hedge mage for your chance to win! Answer: Solas Clue 3: Search for the place where steel balls ricochet, where the flippers dance and the wizards gather to play. Find the wiki of a dwarf and son from the House of Tethras, known as a Dragon Age rogue with his crossbow, Bianca. Answer: Varric Clue 4: Venture to where 360 degree views are spun, where fans share your favorite #/fandom20 with props that are comically fun. Scan the QR code to reveal this order of warriors who defeat the Blight, and with the invasion of darkspawn, they put up a legendary fight. Answer: Grey Wardens Clue 5: Finish your scavenger hunt quest where Dragon Age lore comes alive, a photo booth adventure where fantasies thrive. Pose in a setting of this wiki's southern continent vast, two moons overhead, in a world built to last. Answer: Thedas"

[source]

[echonidae]

:"3c first batch of doodle commissions!! thank you all again Han, Vivid-Myth over on dA, Squidice over at @iced-squid, Tanija at @tanijathefaun, and Kanahani over on dA also!! :"D also, quick doodle orders are still open (they've yet to close, actually!!), and the queue is running on the lower side as well!! :"3c they're $5 USD each, a lil' 1000x1000px 30min doodle of your OC!! more info on them over here!! (*^▽^*)

also-also!! :3c i'll be taking (for the first time ever since starting to offer commissions) a proper bit of time-off and away from commission work, from October 14th to November 19th!!! :"D (doodles will then take a break too for the meantime, and i'll message everyone on queue too prior to it, but i'd like to let folks know right away here too!!)

(more commission-related things under the read-more :3c)

this past while, i've been working on getting a new commission batch open as i've nearly reached the end of the queue for the big orders as well, but i'm afraid i won't be able to work on much until the Oct. date– i'd very much rather avoid opening new slots only to make folks who already paid for their orders wait for a whole month on any and all updates. that said, even if i can't get new slots open now, i certainly shall have them up once i'm back on November 19th, and ready to go!! :"3c there shall be announcements prior to my going away too (option updates!! and a new option for the bigger orders too!! :'D), so i'm mentioning now but i'll talk about it at length soon!! for now tho, i hope you like these here doodles c: and i shall continue working on doodle orders until Oct. 14th!! (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

[katyspersonal]

Ngl chat, I have plans to do an art project for every Soulsborne game (original DeS, DS trilogy, BB, ER + ER Fortnite and maybe Sekiro) where I just draw every female or female-adjascent character jthyrtthr This is exactly the goal my "autistic collector" fix needs I guess XD (Though with how I am cursed with this dumb "having life" shit I'll probably be like, 40 when I finish all them.. -_-)

I guess I'll also have to be objective! For example, 'Melina is GEQ' is a subjective theory, as compelling as it is, so they'd be drawn as a separate characters! (I have tons of ideas and headcanons for GEQ anyways tho so it will be a banger!) But 'Snowy Crone used to be Renna' is an objective theory, so I'll just draw her. The hardest one is the matter of "I don't even think this character is female, they're probably some flavour of transmasc, but objectively developers probably implied a girl so I gotta include her". Etc etc..

I can confirm that my specific brand of autism is the most unfun thing to have possible tho because I always feel "obligation" to be objective with character compilation art projects like this even though it is not like someone is paying me or holding me at a gunpoint hfhfjjyfg The enemy is always in my head... 🤦‍♂️ Though thankfully I still posses at least enough creativity to sprinkle repetitive, boring designs with some headcanons (DS2 I am looking at YOU violently reusing faces and clothes!!!)

[lesbiancarat]

saw someone on reddit asking about seventeen solos and listed the ones they knew and asked if they missed any (including covers and OSTs). and man if there's one thing maintaining the carat resources carrd over the years has taught me it's that most carats don't even know or remember half the stuff svt has released outside of their official discography

[lordofthesoups]

please arthur lester give me the strength to lock in and get these files organised

[colorisbyshe]

GOD I LOVE HAVING RESEARCH SKILLS I LOVE BEING ABLE TO FIND INFORMATION ON MY OWN I LOVE BEING SELF RELIANT IN A FUCKING PINCH

[pokimoko]

I have had it with these motherfucking spam bots on this motherfucking site.

[outlying-hyppocrate]

Dear Crispin: (A warning in advance as this will be long)

I write to you now at the edge of my consciousness, my body in a fugue state of transitional absentmindedness. Before long I will likely assume a different state, and as consequence lose my creative drive and passion for a short time. This is to say that I sympathise with your artist’s block, as something not so dissimilar blights me every few days.

Particularly, it centres around roughly a dozen individuals (separated into 3 stories) and their attempts to survive in this world. For the most part, this story and setting differs little from our own Earth, with the key difference of two things: the provable existence of the divine, and the existence of North and South Tasmia islands (existing in the stead of Australia).

These gods interact with the physical plane via two methods, each corresponding to their own methods of feeding. The gods grow in power as they are thought of more, growing in conceptual strength as they take up more space in the collective consciousness of mankind. So when they wish for good, consistent growth, they form contracts, granting mortals a fraction of a piece of a drop in their sea of power in return for a variety of sacrifices or rituals that bolster that god’s place in the common memory of humanity.

And when they are starved, seeking that rapid, growing, violent growth of fear and hatred. They create Saints, living, breathing conduits of their divine fury that render the earth asunder and fell cities in their footsteps. Both are methods of forcing more of humanity to think of them, and by cause grow in power, albeit one through love and the other through fear.

Gods exist for everything, hence their abundance. As Alek, a character in TLS once said,

“There is a god for everything. One for the chair your sitting on, one for the air you breath, one for the right root of your left upper premolar, like I said, for everything. As long as there is an idea for an object, like the idea that fire hurts, there is a god for it that can be worshipped and contracted.”

Furthermore, there exists the Lower Worlds, oft considered the realm of these gods, an infinite realm of infinite floors and no rules, each floor corresponding to a unique “frequency”, not unlike a radio, and each frequency applying to its given god.

But this very feeding method of the gods is the subject matter of my writing to you today, and explaining how it works. One of the many reoccurring concepts of TLS is the variety of explanations for these gods, how they so easily disrupt the laws of physics and why they function as they do.

Some argue that they are manifestations of some dormant force within the mind. Some argue that the Lower Worlds consist of a mirror matter, our minds paying off the entropic debt into this matter. Others that the gods are simply beings of a different dimension, poking their fingers in and spilling their rules into our own.

The issue is found, not in these solutions, but in the fact that each and every one of these interpretations works. They are all completely plausible explanations for every facet of the divine, each and every solution. This raises the question, which is the right one?

The answer, is all of them. You see, it is revealed late into the story that the Lower Worlds behave like quantum particles, their contents and rules existing in a superstate. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, it means that these worlds, and by extent the gods that are formed from them, are multiple things at once until observed, at which point they collapse into one possibility.

In other words, the Lower Worlds have no set rules, logic, or systems, only the ones we apply when we attempt to reconcile it. It is an amorphous sea of possibilities, collapsing into whatever form we grant it.

Like a liquid, it fills the container it is in, morphing to whatever people consider it to be. This is why the Lower Worlds lack the logic and reason of our world, for so many have differing views on its functions and logics, resulting in an ostensible lack of order.

This is why every solution to the gods works. This is why gods are intrinsically linked to concepts and how we apply to objects. This is why gods can so easily ignore our rules.

This dimension is one of undefined energy and possibility, a sea of potential superstates and wavelengths, collapsing in the exact moment a link between idea and thing is formed into one constant state, that state being a god.

When a god, or concept it thought of, it expands the definition and dimensions of that concept, granting it a “larger container” for it to inhabit, and by consequence granting it greater power.

If you link the ideas of fire and pain, as one so often does, a new god is birthed, one of painful flames. As more people grow to fear and love this god, more conceptual “mass” is granted to it, more access to the unending undefined energy within the Lower Worlds, expanding its reach into the infinite, explaining how they feed.

Apologies for both the length and strangeness of this rambling, as I had written this after many a month of conceptualising, and desperately desired some form of sharing this work of mine with a fellow mind.

Kind regards, Valerie

(PS: I truly pray non-religiously to whatever limbo of superstate energies hold power in our world that you may be free from that cursed block, and that the waters of creativity my flow in your fields once more)

dearest valerie,

[kandicon]

Pspsps Magnus Archives fans :33<

I am currently in the process of making a playlist of every song* that has ever been paired with a tma animatic out of a curiosity to see the range of songs that this fandom thinks have the right Vibes. As of making this post, the playlist has 266 songs and is 15 hours and 46 minutes long.

*Songs that have appeared in multiple animatics with only be listed once (For example: 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton and The Killing Kind by Mariana's Tench both have two animatics that I am aware of, but they both are only in the playlist once), unless the versions of the song in the animatic are different.

But!!! I know I am far from finding every animatic and animation that this fandom has made because we all know how fucking huge of a fandom it is. So this is me begging y'all to please send me or reblog this post with links to the most obscure Magnus Archives (or Magnus Protocol) animatics/animation memes/animations/pmvs/etc. <3 <3 <3

Under the cut is a list of animatics and songs I have found that I am currently having difficulty with adding to the playlist for some reason or another. If y'all have any advice with that, it would also be appreciated <3

see the day- brian david gilbert (TMA animatic by 3sides1eye - A cover of The Altogether's "See The Day" by Brian David Gilbert. Although Brian David Gilbert does have an extensive Spotify, this does not appear to be any of the songs on it.

Nerdy Prudes Must Die - TMA Animatic by Ghost Artist - This animatic features the song "Nerdy Prudes Must Die" from the musical with the same title. I fear I may be missing something obvious here, as this musical seems to be incredibly popular and a few other songs from the musical are on Spotify already.

God Games (TMA AU Animatic) by CircusComics - Same situation to the other musical animatic above. Features the Ares & Aphrodite song from the God Games section of EPIC: The Musical.

𝙰 𝙽𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑 [The Magnus Archives MV] ⚠️flashing + S4 spoilers⚠️ by Akidachi - For reasons I am not currently aware, Overslept's Spotify has gone down and all attempt to access their website fail (I have tried on multiple devices and gotten the link to it from multiple sources). The only reason I am aware their Spotify ever existed is that their Facebook page still contains a link to it. This animatic contains the acoustic version of their song "A Nervous Stomach" which appears to still be available on their active bandcamp.

The Magnus Archives || OBEY meme || FLASH WARNING 13+ by Fizzyrot - Not sure what the music from this is. It's the exact same audio as the original OBEY meme, and the dialogue is taken from the 1995 movie Batman Forever.

What Is Love || The Magnus Archives Animatic by Spyruce - This one is partially unadded and partially added. "What Is Love" by Haddaway appears briefly at the end of this animatic and is thereofore added to the playlist (though it does not play long enough to get a distinctive version, the 7" Mix is added because its popularity makes it the most likely to have been the one playing); however, "What Is Love?" by Bill Wurtz does not appear to be located anywhere on Spotify. Since Bill Wurtz already has two songs on the playlist ("I'm Best Friends With My Own Front Door" and "Just Did A Bad Thing"), I don't particularly feel like this artist is being left out.

And When I Die || The Magnus Archives (Animatic) by Pencil Splinters - "And When I Die" by The Heavy doesn't appear to be placed on The Heavy's Spotify, even though the rest of the album it belongs to fully is. The version of "And When I Die" by Blood, Sweat & Tears was added in its place, but if there is a way to add The Heavy version instead, I will swap them.

AD BREAK | The Magnus Archives Animatic by kuppatan - The background music for this is familiar, but I can't place it for the life of me. The audio is official and the music exists within the existing audio too, so I think it may be just some fairly popular stock music.

[alittleemo]

if i knew i was going to be taking an incredibly involved studio with a full semester partner project i simply wouldnt have also accepted a heavily involved internship during that same semester. and yet my partner knew this full well and did just that :|

[self-spaghettification]

just wondering if youre ok with me spam liking your posts bc i love aaravos & viravos LMAAO im new to tumblr and you fill up their tags so sorry

seriously tho i love aaravos' lore so much its not healthy at this point. there gotta be some sort of document with all canon lore/evidence thats connected to aaravos at this point istg🙏 the brain rot is real

of course not, spam is no bother, it makes me happy if anything! i wish you a warm welcome to viravos tumblr my friend >:) we could always use more soldiers for our delusional cause 🫡 its true i post them too much 😔

and yes in fact there is such a document, in fact a few! :) may i refer you to d-pennants post? their blog also holds tons of other useful info! too bad theres nothing past arc 1 <\3

masterlist

everything we know about aaravos

as well as some other links :)

all of his lines!!

related guide to aaravos part 1 & part 2 by cartoon universe!

tdpo s4 q&a aaravos questions

viravos presentation that has even more things linked in it…

tdp 6x01 masterlist (UPDATED!)

6x01 video leaks as well as the trailer audio

there’s also his reflections patience & ripples if you haven’t seen that yet!

also if you’re interested in even further reading and have the time, my own theories or others are tagged under tdp theory or tdp s6 speculation on my own page :)

(+ a list)

but there are a lot of great other ones out there i have yet to read (or at least reblog) as well!

like this or this or these !!

aaand if anyone else on tdptumblr has any other pertinent info about aaravos to contribute not listed here, please feel free to reblog or reply with it 👀 i hunger.

[luckbucket]

none of the text was proof read, take it up with my lawyer that doesn't exist