#Serena Amell

[aeducanka]

Dropped everything to do my Dragon Age gals (gender neutral) in this lovely picrew!

Left to right: Emerald Aeducan (she’s demonstrating a nyan), Kallista Tabris (they’re actually enjoying themselves, don’t get fooled by her facial expression), Serena Amell (she’s doing absolutely fine, haha! why do you ask?).

@bluekaddis, @aylaaescar, @etoilebinaire and everyone who wants to, here’s your call to arms! No pressure, of course. <3

[reverienne]

@aylaaescar inspired me so here's "Who's Barbie and who's Ken?" featuring my main blorbos at the moment.

Barbie: Emerald Aeducan (DA:O) Serena Amell (DA:O)

Ken: Corinne Varyn (Wayfarer)

Whatever crime they committed, they regret absolutely nothing: Kallista Tabris (DA:O) Juliander Strzygomski (Shepherds of Haven)

If you think this is enough to make them panic, think again - they'll be getting out of this mess: Bogumiła Niepołomska (Shepherds of Haven)

[dragcnage]

I loved a maid as fair as summer with sunlight in her hair.

I loved a maid as red as autumn with sunset in her hair.

[shutupaboutandraste]

Dragon Age Questions 4, 5, and 6!

4. What was your first Warden (gender/class/race/personality)?

Serena Amell! Female/Mage/Human/Nuetral Good. She's basically my self-insert and I never actually finished her playthrough because her save got deleted when I switched laptops. (Alistair Romance)

5. What was your first Hawke like (gender/class/temperament)?

Garret Hawke, male/mage/purple! I really wanted to play default Hawke my first go around since I think Garrett and Marian are kind of unique characters. I still haven't finished his playthrough either whoops. (Fenris Romance)

6. First Inquisitor (gender/class/race/personality)?

Shiva Cadash! Female/Rogue/Dwarf/Serious but becomes a mother hen! I basically dared myself to pick a class that wasn't mage lol (this was when I made Warden Isadora Cousland as well as my "canon" timeline goes Isadora -> Garret -> Shiva.) She starts as a hardened assassin but her companions "soften" her into a long suffering mom friend. (Blackwall Romance)

[jennserr]

J5 with all the OCs you listed! (I’m a recent follower so I didn’t even know you had OCs :o)

hey, welcome! and thank you for the ask ^w^ i’ve actually only somewhat recently started to reveal them (well, as of a couple months ago). i’m even currently working on a sideblog dedicated to them and the rest of my writing, but it’s still under construction (css is a bitch). when it’s done though, it’ll have detailed character pages and profiles (which i may or may not copy some of onto my main blog like the gremlin multi-fandom blogger i am)

J 5. what brings them the most joy in the world?

marie kondo would be proud of this ask

Valentina Ledoux: seeing the people she cares about be happy

Adrianna Hawke: being truly seen as herself, as just a person

Lucas Trevelyan: being accepted

Ashawyn Lavellan: sticking it to the chantry sunsets and sunrises that paint the clouds in gorgeous palettes

Yasena Adaar: breathtaking views

Reka Cadash: compliments on her beard

Kirsa Runadotten: learning new things about magic

Serena Amell: seeing everything the world outside Kinloch Hold has to offer

Athenna Surana: cloudless nights and starry skies

Elizabeth Peterson: finally feeling like she fits in her body

Leah Riley: riding a motorcycle on a sunny day (with her gf pressed against her back with her arms around her)

Kate Ryder: throwing herself into working on a new project

ask me questions about my OCs!

[sugarbubbleslove]

Back in Dragon Age Hell

I had been getting the urge to replay the series because I thought up a new look for my Qunari and, well, I wanted to start from the beginning lol

1 - As my Amell who romances Leliana but sleep with Morrigan in order to have the DR child, do you think Leliana knows of it? Does the Warden tell Leliana? Does Leliana guess when she sees the child? I'm just curious to if it was ever stated at some point.

2 - Was Shock supposed to be the starting lightning magic? Because I had a quick look and noticed that Lightning required 18 magic to unlock (despite every other starting magic doesn't require any points) yet Shock is basically free? Mix up at some point?

3 - I really wanna punch Jowan. I'm gonna help him because yeah, my Amell doesn't know the truth and believe that his best friend isn't lying to him but I still want the option to punch him (Especially since I HC that my Amell had a crush on Lily and was heartbroken to discover that she was the one Jowan was talking about the entire time).

4 - Does anyone else wish Senior Enchanter Leorah was a companion. No, I don't care for Wynn. Yes, I tell her to eff off. But Leorah seems so interesting that I really wished she had been an option.

How do you think could it have happened? Wynne died so Leorah takes her place (of course, the spirit healing spec would have to come a different way since I don't really see Leorah having that ability.)

[midnghtsvnx]

anon - ¿Cuáles son tus personajes más iconicos y por qué? [Te dije que ibamos a echar chisme xD]

ANONYMOUSLY ASK ME QUESTIONS I’M BORED IN QUARANTINE

Esta pregunta seguro me va a llevar mucho rato, aguantaaaa. 

Bueno, tengo muchos personajes que al ya ser privados no están aquí pero… Uffffff, ¿por dónde empiezo? ¡Calleigh Grey! (FC: Kristen Stewart aunque originalmente inició siendo D.A.W. hay una funny historia detrás, cambié a K.S. porque estaba el Robsten en el auge y mi novio virtual llevaba a R.P. so… no necesité más excusa además de que K.S. siempre ha sido fav) Ah, ella fue mi primer personaje en tumblr, en la primera generación de Imperial Academy hace ya muchos, muchos años. Serena Fairchild (FC: D.A.W.), ella casualmente surgió en un revival de Imperial Academy y desde entonces, ah, la vida que ha tenido la pobre. Nyssa Meydenbauer (FC: D.A.W.), salió de un rp que cree, ¿Bellevue Secrets? Está casada ya y con hijas con el hijo del Alcalde, aquí Dario Wyndham. Alexane Marchetti, mi italiana favorita, salió de un rp que ayudé a administrar hace como ¿tres años? Mamá soltera y dueña del Ristorate La Dolce Vita, ¡Ah! Ella y Darcy (FC: Theo James), pj de Alberto, traían ligue y drama por ahí, me encantan ese par. Lyra Maldovan (FC: Alexandra Daddario), una escritora romántica empedernida y Jeanine Whitman una perra sin corazón, aiñs, las saqué en mi primer indie, (a Jeanine si la tengo aquí). Y tengo más, mencionaría más pero me traen feels y ah, ioraré, a muchas ya no roleo porque fueron personajes creados para ships especiales y, bueno, esos partners ya no están y prometí no volver a tocar a esos muses jamás pero viven en mi corazón y en mi memoria.

EDIT: En general, amo a todos mis muses pero eso de que dicen que una madre no tiene preferencias... Es una fucking lie porque sí tenemos JAJAJA, ah, dios, es que, ¿son las que más he desarrollado? AAAAAAH, y de los niños, Declan (FC: Stephen Amell) es el original de mi actual Caleb (él es el refrito), amo mucho a Declan pero por cuestiones personales, ya no lo puedo rolear so cree a alguien similar, estoy mal.

[tabloidtoc]

Us, May 11

Cover: Prince Louis turns 2 -- inside the life of a little prince 

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Hugh Jackman recalling what wife Deborra-Lee Furness once said after turning down a chance to party with Mick Jagger, Eva Mendes on self-isolating with daughters Esmeralda and Amada, Tom Holland on being asked if he has any issues he needs to work out with his quarantine buddies, Rupert Grint referring to his Harry Potter character’s house while praising a midwife for her work on the front lines, Serena Williams’ response when asked about BFF Meghan Markle moving to America 

Page 8: Contents 

Page 10: Hot Pics -- Kylie Jenner runs errands in Beverly Hills 

Page 11: Kevin Hart in the pool with kids Heaven and Hendrix and Kenzo, Sarah Silverman shows support for New York’s healthcare heroes, Sofia Richie and Scott Disick on the beach in Malibu 

Page 12: Serena Williams in princess attire with daughter Olympia, Pink and daughter Willow, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jennifer Lopez and a mask-wearing Alex Rodriguez in Miami 

Page 13: Molly Sims with kids Grey and Scarlett, Pierce Brosnan, Justin Theroux and dog Kuma 

Page 16: Garden of Eatin’ -- celebs with green thumbs plant their own grub -- Christie Brinkley, Lauren Conrad’s son Liam, Elizabeth Hurley, Martha Stewart 

Page 17: Eva Longoria and son Santiago, Kelis, January Jones, Cobie Smulders 

Page 18: The Craft -- stars channel their inner Bob Ross -- Demi Moore, Ireland Baldwin, Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell’s daughters Lincoln and Delta, Amanda Seyfried

Page 19: Sutton Foster, Lucy Liu, rumored couple Common and Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Stone 

Page 20: Game On -- the stars are total players -- Terry Crews, Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel, Chip Gaines, Drew Barrymore 

Page 21: Elizabeth Banks, Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara’s son Manolo, Wells Adams and Sarah Hyland and their dog Boo, Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott and kids 

Page 22: Pillow Cases -- stars take on the #PillowChallenge -- Tracee Ellis Ross, Farrah Abraham, Anne Hathaway, Halle Berry, Sarah Michelle Gellar 

Page 24: Stars’ Kids They’re Just Like Us -- Snooki’s daughter Giovanna stretches, Brie Bella and daughter Birdie apply makeup, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s son Miles drives, Busy Philipps’ daughter Birdie wears a facemask 

Page 25: Kourtney Kardashian’s son Reign cooks with help from dog Cubs, Kylie Jenner’s daughter Stormi takes a bath, Matthew Morrison’s son Revel brushes his teeth, Gabrielle Union’s daughter Kaavia is on the phone 

Page 26: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Gugu Mbatha-Raw chills out in LA, Naomi Watts cleans house in The Hamptons, Aubrey Plaza walks her dogs 

Page 27: Daphne Oz exercises, Melissa Gorga takes out the garbage, Gwyneth Paltrow does a face masks 

Page 28: Hollywood Moms -- Laura Prepon on her kids Ella and her new son 

Page 29: Loren Brovarnik’s baby boy Shai arrived early, giving back is important to Eve and husband Maximillion Cooper, Braunwyn Windham-Burke and husband Sean have seven kids for quite the quarantine crew 

Page 30: Love Lives -- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Lauren Hashian are practicing making babies again during lockdown 

Page 31: Gigi Hadid had a special 25th birthday with Zayn Malik and Bella Hadid despite being in quarantine, Nina Dobrev and Shaun White are really into each other and laugh a lot, Cody Simpson has had the best six months with Miley Cyrus 

Page 32: Hot Hollywood -- Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt baby on board 

Page 33: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have been arguing lot and Kanye is really getting on Kim’s nerves because all the parenting duties are falling on her, Chrissy Teigen continues to dominate in the Twitter game against trolls, Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari have called it quits 

Page 35: Don’t Worry Be Happy -- Parks and Recreation returning for a 30-minute special, Hoda Kotb pronounced an Arizona couple husband and wife via Zoom on Today after they were forced to cancel their larger wedding, Beyonce is the latest to join the myriad of A-listers making generous donations to those affected by the coronavirus, Tom Hanks gifted a young Australian named Corona his Corona typewriter after the boy was bullied, New Kids on the Block are giving us another reason to dance 

Page 36: Cover Story -- Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton are rising to the occasion and proving that they’re ready and willing to take the throne 

Page 39: Prince Louis’ amazing technicolor birthday 

Page 40: At 70 years old Richard Gere just welcomed his third child. He joins this illustrious club of age-defying A-list men -- Mick Jagger, Elton John, Alec Baldwin 

Page 41: Clint Eastwood, Bruce Willis, Steve Martin, Jeff Goldblum, Eddie Murphy 

Page 42: Stars have made some pretty bonkers pandemic purchases while locked up in their houses -- January Jones, Jennifer Aniston, Seth Rogen

Page 43: Chrissy Teigen, Melissa McCarthy, Paris Hilton, Do or Dye? Quarantine boredom? Box color to the rescue -- Hilary Duff goes blue, Dua Lipa goes pink 

Page 44: Wellness warrior Mark Wahlberg opens up about his superfit life in quarantine 

Page 46: My Healthy Day -- Teddi Mellencamp 

Page 48: Style -- Double Denim 

Page 52: Us Musts -- Darren Criss on Hollywood 

Page 53: Robbie Amell on Upload 

Page 54: Leah Messner on her new memoir 

Page 58: Fashion Police -- Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid edition 

Page 60: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me -- Nikki Bella 

[margoshansons]

Who are the faceclaims for each oc in the teen wolf poll?

Adrianna Argent: Lyndsy Fonesca

Isobel Argent: Madison McLaughlin

Mackenzie Parrish: Leah Pipes

Nicholas Argent: Stephen Amell

Serena McCall: Bianca Santos (subject to change)

Ask Me About My OCs!

[aeducanka]

Left to right: Kallista Tabris, Emerald Aeducan, Serena Amell and me.

I saw this picrew and I couldn’t help myself.

1. I was forced to give Kallista an updo and it was a good decision. 2. Emerald in a Christmas sweater because I'm still screaming over superior Emerald in a Christmas sweater by @etoilebinaire. 3. Serena's hair accessory is with bells so that she doesn't try to escape. 4. I forgot to wear this sweater during Christmas so I’m making up for it in this picrew.

I wasn’t tagged to do this so I can’t really tag anyone but I highly recommend this picrew to all of my followers!

[reverienne]

self-rec tag game

I saw it making rounds on my dash and you know what? I'm doing it and I'm strongly encouraging @aylaaescar, @bluekaddis / @rainhowls-arts (yes, it's my wink wink nudge nudge for you to fill it twice), @czandziowata, @etoilebinaire, @lavampira - and anyone else who wants to - to also give it a try! 💕

Rules: Share five of your own fanworks (fic, art, etc.). Then, tag five more people to share the things they’ve made.

(Mind that my ao3 fics are currently only available to the logged in users. Sorry for the inconvenience!)

1. something you absolutely adore:

Sierra's ShoH MC, Odelinka! And my ShoH MC, Bogusia!

They were made as a matching set and turned into custom acrylic keychains. Their coming into existence was a turning point in my life and I'm not exaggerating when I'm saying that they made my life so much better. Here's to more chibi keychains in the future! <3

But! I've spent way too much time refreshing the page and marvelling at my coding for Achievement Unlocked not to also count it here. It's a 70-words-long coda for Episode II of Wayfarer and my second attempt at coding. A long break made my return to CSS more challenging than I'd like it to be, but I'm very pleased with the end result and I keep shoving this little fic into the faces of all people who are up to date with the public build of Wayfarer. I think that it's just neat.

2. something that was challenging to create: 

Worst Romance Ever was both my first fic for Dragon Age, first fic published on ao3, first fic shared publically in a veeeery long time and, most importantly, my first venture into CSS coding. It's an account of a dudebro gamer criticising Emerald Aeducan's romance route in the fictional remake of Dragon Age: Origins. (Don't get discouraged by its unfinished status - it's technically finished, I'm just going back and forth on whether I should upload a little extra.) There was so much I had to learn for this project! Frankly, nothing I've made ever since matched it in terms of intensity. The layout is not perfect and I'd like to rework it sometime in the future, but it's a testament of my persistence and I'm proud of it anyway! Also, that's how I discovered that I actually like CSS coding and want to dabble in more ao3 skins in the future! So, small steps. :)

3. something that makes you laugh (or smile, if that fits more comfortably):

Zarya of disapproval! Her judgemental face never fails to crack me up. (Gosh, I really need to draw some more for Mysticons...)

4. something that surprised you (in how it turned out, how much other people liked it, etc.):

spotkania o 8. rano na Zoomie, my ~200-words-long modern AU ficlet for Wayfarer! I wrote it on a whim, published it right after, in a bout of unhinged self-confidence wrote about it on Wayfarer's Discord server... but nothing could prepare me for the warm welcome this ficlet received! It was written entirely in Polish, it was as niche as it could get, and yet! One person actually confessed to reading it with the help of Google Translate. I'm still overjoyed just thinking about it.

I ended up translating it into English the very next day, another record for me, though 8 a.m. Zoom meetings most likely got lost in the notifs and didn't match the Polish version's popularity. Still, I love both! And if you played Episode I of Wayfarer and have a minute to spare, I recommend giving it a chance!

5. something you want other people to see:

I dare to say that my art of my blorbo, Serena Amell, is quite underrated. C'mon, with some tweaks suggested to me by my best friend, I really managed to make her look very cute!

[cantusecho]

(Episode 10.

“Please fight with us.”

I’ll preface this one saying that it was pretty chill for an episode and a lot of things happened that I expected. I’ll get to that though.

But!

To start, it’s right back where the fight between Fudo and Tsubasa was ended. Shem-Ha shows back up, merely annoyed that mere “tools” try to control her lol.

She immediately starts a fight with them however, Maria quickly being the one to provide cover for Tsubasa and her family to get away in the meantime. One thing I found interesting in this fight is that Shem-Ha is using these symbols to summon attacks.

They look exactly like the symbols shown in the first episode where those weird ice sculptures came up?

It makes sense primarily because they were fighting the coffin that belonged to a Custodian/Annunaki and since Shem-Ha is one (despite being in Miku’s body) she can use them as well.

Also, she says that her power isn’t what it used to be due to her current level of “integration” so I assume that means she’s not fully merged with Miku technically? Though she also wonders if it was because she ended up summoning Yggdrasil. I just placed a link to the wikipedia page for it because I am terrible at explaining mythology and possibly what it could mean within Symphogear (since they change things around to fit their story/plot of course). The mythology elements are always fascinating though.

Maria ends up getting one of her chains around Shem-Ha, which immediately catches her attention.

As hinted before, Maria (and Serena too) are more than likely descendants of the Annunaki, specifically Enki as Shem-Ha mentions. Maria, of course, doesn’t know what she’s talking about in terms of Enki so she continues fighting. But her quote here makes me think this is why her and Serena are able to use Airgetlam?

That might not be the case, but we do know that Serena was naturally Attuned to Airgetlam (like Chris and Tsubasa are to their relics) while Maria relies on LiNKER. However, they stated in AXZ that Maria has always had the highest sync rate compared to Kirika and Shirabe and she’s able to use two relics (Gungnir and Airgetlam). These are possible factors of her being a descendant to a Annunaki but it very well may not be.

I also don’t think this makes Maria “not human” or some sort of Annunaki. Being a descendant of powerful beings like that doesn’t mean you have their power residing within you or that she’s suddenly not human. It’s been CENTURIES (putting it lightly) since the Lulu Amel and Annunaki were separated due to the implementation of the Curse of Balal so yeah lol.

But that’s the end of that because Noble Red shows up agaaaaaain.

And they’re a lot stronger than before.

Now, honestly, if I saw the title of this episode before it aired, I would have figured they’d be alive still. The title of this episode is “They Are No Filthy Rustlings” (Crunchyroll translates it as “Not a Crude Color of Rust”) and Noble Red have always been considered “filthy rustlings” basically. So that would have made it much more obvious, plus the summary for the episode was pretty much hinting to them as well.

Despite countless stones being cast against you, you still have a future to pursue. But in the end, your struggles only lead to a permanent and undeniable fate.

The kindness you knew causes your despair to ring through the stairway to heaven. Far above and far away, you look upwards to the refuge where you should have been standing. The deed committed is no evil, but simply the despair brought upon you by some illogical force.

But it wasn’t translated before the airing, or I didn’t see it until after the airing, so yeah. Lol. Point being; I’m kinda glad they’re alive because if they were seriously killed off in such a (honestly) dumb way in episode 9, I would be been like “well that was a waste”. 

So, in retrospect, I’m glad they got “revived” so to speak, but more on that later.

These peeps locked up Fudo behind like three cells/rooms whatever you’d like to call them and I’m like “will this be able to hold him” since he’s ridiculously strong. But for now, guess he’s resigned to his fate. 

And Yatsuhiro actually did end up dying. Now, this is nothing against Yatsuhiro as a character, but I personally am glad he died. And I say this because plot wise, because after everything that happened with Tsubasa in episode 9 and the moment between him and her? If he didn’t die, it would have felt like his “sacrifice” would have been a waste and just something for dramatic and emotional effect. I don’t think it would have held impact if he actually lived, and I am glad they went through with it.

Of course it sucks for Tsubasa but I hope this means that she will be able to fly free, just like he wanted her to. (STILL NEED TO KNOW IF HER SECOND SONG IS IN RELATION TO HIM LIKE I AM ASSUMING BUT NO TRANSLATIONS YET FUDGE).

Unfortunately, due to all the investigations, Tsubasa wasn’t able to make it to his funeral so there was a timeskip in here somewhere.

But one of the sweetest moments come; Hibiki and Tsubasa reuniting. Thing about this is that technically, everyone else has seen Tsubasa since the moment she took Miku away (even if it was on screen for Chris, Kirika and Shirabe) but Hibiki hasn’t. During all the events in episode 9, she was away from HQ at her father’s house, in the dark of what was happening.

So when they meet back up, it’s clear (to me) that Tsubasa is feeling guilt for her actions because...who wouldn’t be? Hibiki admits that she feels a bit messed up because she doesn’t know what to think, but she tells Tsubasa that’s she happy that she’s back, which surprises Tsubasa.

Again, I think Tsubasa reacting this way is because she didn’t think that after everything she’s done, even if it was due to her being manipulated, she could be forgiven that easily. But of course, everyone is there for her and to welcome her back because clearly they’d never turn their backs on her.

Hibiki asks her to fight with them, but she’s so hesitant and unsure of doing it again, perhaps not trusting herself of her actions, but Hibiki grabs her hand anyway before she could get too far and then Elfnein welcomes her back home.

Not gonna lie: I was hoping they’d hug her SO BAD. Me and my friend were watching it together and literally our messages to each other during this scene was us screaming “HUG HER” lmao. It was still a sweet scene regardless though.

I’ve seen some comparisons of this scene with the scene of Hibiki, Chris and Tsubasa during episode 10 I believe??? where they all join hands. Of course it took Tsubasa a while to accept Hibiki’s hand in the first season, so seeing something like this again on another level just makes you think of how far they’ve come in their friendship. Tsubasa and Hibiki don’t interact much unfortunately so it’s just nice to see how far along their friendship has come along.

AND ALSO THE PROMISE: Ogawa asks Hibiki to not allow Tsubasa to be alone back in the first season, and Hibiki saying to “stay with her” and to “fight together” is almost like a reminder of it. At least to me anyway gdfhdgjfgjfgjfh. Tsubasa even thanks Hibiki again later on in the episode in a small scene and how Hibiki holding her hand made her happy. ACK. Let me move on.

Shem-Ha, along with Noble Red, are hiding down within Yggdrasil that’s not too far from the Kazanari compound and we actually get a picture of what Shem-Ha looked like in her own body.

It seems she’s trying to gather herself together? My friend believes that Miku is a temporary vessel until Shem-Ha is able to get her own body back together, which would be nice and mean that Miku won’t be stuck within her for so long and they could just punch the shizz out of Shem-Ha in her own body but there’s no telling lol.

But flashbaaaaack:

So Shem-Ha pretty much did kill Noble Red, but it seems as if her power alone was able to make them fully be reborn as monsters. So, they’re no longer incomplete beings, teetering between being humans and monsters.

So what this means for them is that they can never have their dream realized of being human again as they are completely monsters now, which is why they are stronger. This isn’t what any of them wish to hear, so Elsa and Millaarc begin to cry while Vanessa laments over them never being able to connect with others again, saying they have been alone due to everything that’s happened to them and what they’ve been made into.

Shem-Ha instead offers them to serve her instead as she vows to get rid of loneliness and estrangement and she intends to do that by returning the world back to how it was 5,000 years ago.

Also, she makes these.

She uses the viles that normally are used for the alchemists to transport themselves away. Since she was talking about 5,000 years in the past, I really believed that these were going to transport them literally 5,000 years in the past XDDDD. Buuuuuut....

The lunar ruins were activated due to the energy from Yggdrasil, and so they plan to send a special US team there to investigate instead of the Gear users. So they are tasked with the mission of protecting it during its launching period as they figured that Noble Red would be intending to do something with the moon after Shem-Ha mentioned the Curse of Balal around Genjuro and the others earlier in the episode.

So they do indeed attack, but once again they are much stronger now. Elsa starts fighting Shirabe and Kirika and she has A LOT to say haha. She even says the title of the episode (as it’s translated by CR)

But I think this shows why I am finding them fascinating/interesting. Elsa, due to her newfound abilities, managed to destroy the rocket without much issue.

She then proceeds to explain how cut off they were from humanity because of what humanity ended up doing to them. 

Elsa was experimented on by the Bavarian Illuminati after multiple of her own family members were taken or kidnapped.

Millaarc was merely visiting another country before she was taken by a hunting group and then proceeded to get experimented on by the Illuminati. 

Vanessa has always worked with the Illuminati, but due to her accident, it left her nearly dead and they reconstructed her as an android probably for curiosity sake and experimented on her to see how she’d be effective after it all.

All of this forced them into some sort of seclusion as they were deemed failures and yet it wasn’t even their fault for becoming what they became; a failed mixture of monsters and humans. They had to rely on blood for their survival and was seen as nothing but failure experiments that only wanted to be returned back to normal.

So Elsa is saying that if she knew her fate was going to be a true monster in the end, she would have liked to never have known kindness so she wouldn’t end up being so frustrated with their new forms and heavy desire to go back to being human.

Now I admit; I like Noble Red. I am enjoying them being different compared to the alchemists or past villains. I was glad they were considerably weaker than past enemies and that they weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty. You could say the same for the others, but they were willing to do what they were told just so they could become human again.

This doesn’t excuse their actions, and I am not looking for them to be redeemed. I pity them, but to me, they don’t seem like the type that will go back now. At least, that’s what I hope. I like that they aren’t really that receptive to everyone’s attempt at offering help (which only happened twice honestly; episode 4 and this episode, 10).

And now they seem to resigned to their fate to be used and staying as monsters that it’s probably why Vanessa agreed to serve Shem-Ha.

I can’t really explain what I mean but all I’m saying is that I like them and wanting to write as Millaarc is really a thing. Lmao.

MOVING ON ONCE AGAIN---

Kirika and Shirabe get their duet this episode, aka their Zababa duet (called Cutting Edge X2 Ready go!) with their songs being played together. I assumed they would this episode since it made the most sense and what better way to top it off than with their Amalgam’s as well (which again, would make sense so lmao. Knocking two things out with one stone).

But I admit, I am really loving how the Amalgam’s look. I probably mentioned it before but I love their sleek looks and them not having armor just sticking out on them makes it look better in my opinion.

I know people miss the Ignite Module (I’m still one of those that don’t) but the risk/reward system, if implemented correctly, can be good for Amalgam as well. The keywords state that the shields that surround them can be used for defense, but if they convert that energy, it can be used for offense.

Ignite Module seemed a bit too lenient on that in my opinion; it gave them a boost in power but was supposed to have that time limit to stop them. However, if they never left the first stage, they’d literally have 999 seconds to defeat the enemy. Depending on the enemies strength of course, it could very well be dangerous but I mean...meh. I like having consequences for a power that’s considered OP or whatever. Lol. Or at least a real risk/reward system.

Brief excerpt from the Amalgam keyword---

Upon activation, it instantly releases the energy that composes the Symphogear and reforms it into a golden "cocoon," a first stage that gives the user a far more powerful barrier field (and that consumes far more energy) than normal. Next, the energy is reformed into a high-output armed gear, reorganizing into into an "imago" that serves as a second stage.

Put simply, it causes an extreme disbalance between defensive and offensive parameters. In the "cocoon" stage, defensive ability is greatly raised while attack power is greatly hampered. In the "imago" stage, attack power is greatly raised while defensive power is greatly hampered.

As a result, the number of situations where this ability is useful is limited.

I just find it more interesting (and better looking) than the Ignite Module. Now will the show implement this just as well as they “implemented” the weakness of the Ignite Module? More than likely not, but that’s what writing is for ha.

So, Shirabe and Kirika use their Amalgam’s and actually managed to defeat Elsa with it. Technically, even if no side is really the winner, Vanessa is content on them being stopped from going to the moon and she pulls out one of those viles from earlier that Shem-Ha messed around with. We can assume they were going to transport somewhere on their own but Tsubasa comes to ruin that.

This just speaks to me of Tsubasa still feeling guilt (again, as I mentioned earlier, makes sense since it won’t simply disappear just because she doesn’t have that seal anymore) so she’s literally ready to do whatever it takes to make up for them.

Honestly, this part made me nervous because I was worried if she was going to end up being teleported alone without the others. But luckily, everyone gets transported to...wherever.

My initial thoughts was them going back 5,000 years ago, because the bridge then begins to panic slightly for not being able to locate the Gear users anywhere on the entire planet.

Like that would have been insane. 

But nope. Instead, after the credits, it’s shown that they are now on the moon in the Lunar Ruins.

So now I assume these last three episodes are going to just take place in space. Lmao. I assume Chris and Maria will be using their Amalgam’s during this point as well so we can expect that.

Plus, and this is random, there are still four songs to be announced. Each blu ray DVD comes with a bonus CD that carries two songs. There’s six volumes in total and four of the bonus CDs have been revealed already. The one that’s going to be paired with Carol’s song on volume 4 is going to be Kirika/Shirabe’s songs I’m fairly certain (just doesn’t update until Friday haha) but there’s two more bonus CDs to be announced, which leaves four songs.

Not sure if they’ll be having four new songs in three episodes or doing what they did in GX, where they announced Hibiki and Miku’s duet for example after the season was done airing.

But regardless, this feels like crunch time. Three episodes left and everyone is stuck on the moon/Lunar Ruins? 

Well, guess Kirika and Shirabe got their wish lmao.)

[nilesdaughter]

Dragon Age Questionnaire

Tagged by the ever-lovely @lakambaeni​! I’m sorry it always takes me forever to get to your tags.

Tagging: @battlefox​, @tyishi​, @aurianavaloria​, and any other DA fans that follow me! But, as always, there’s no obligation to fill the tag :)

01) Favourite game of the series? I think DAI is my favorite in the series, because it was the one that really pulled me into the fandom.

02) How did you discover Dragon Age? As is usual for my entrance to fandom, it started with blogs I follow starting to share content about the game. (This was a little bit before DAI dropped.) It seemed cool, and @likhoradka​ had made a quick Handers comic that amused me, but I didn’t really get into it until @battlefox​ lent me a copy of DA2 so that I could see what all the hype was about.

03) How many times you’ve played the games? I’ve played all three games through to completion once; with DAO, I played most of the DLCs that were concurrent to the base game, but I only played the vanilla games for DA2 and DAI. HOWEVER, I have started several additional playthroughs, to the point where I have a small army of characters.

04) Favourite race to play as? Elves! Though, to be fair, this is a bias I generally have in fantasy settings.

05) Favourite class? Mages, because, again, the bias followed me from the fantasy setting in general.

06) Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time? I try to play to each character, but I still usually end up making the same decisions (so far).

07) Go-to adventuring group?

DAO: Alistair/Dog, Leliana, Zevran

DA2: Varric, Fenris, Anders

DAI: Since this is the one that I have the most characters in, this is more varied depending on the playthrough, but my PERSONAL favorite combination is Varric, Dorian, and Iron Bull.

08) Which of your characters did you put the most thought into? Definitely Enansal, even though she’s just a glorified self-insert. I just write about her the most.

09) Favourite romance? Probably Cullen, but that’s because I’ve done that one twice.

10) Have you read any of the comics/books? I haven’t got a chance to, yet! I did buy myself a copy of “Asunder,” but I haven’t had time to actually read it.

11) If you read them, which was your favourite book? TBD ;)

12) Favourite DLCs? I mean, I do love “The Stone Prisoner,” because it gives you Shale, and I love them so much.

13) Things that annoy you. Mooostly the fandom. This is why I keep to myself and my little corner amongst the lovely people behind @dadrunkwriting and @asiansofthedas.

14) Orlais or Ferelden? Ferelden, because it’s always given me Celtic vibes and therefore reminds of Ireland :)

15) Templars or mages? Mages.

16) If you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one? I personally have them existing in parallel universes. However, I like the idea that all of the DAO characters end up joining the Wardens at some point or another. I also do have two separate Tabris playthroughs that have become my “Tabris twins” headcanon.

17) What did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc)

Veleda’s mabari is Rowan. Since my first playthrough with Sylvia was with the vanilla game, she didn’t have her mabari, so I still haven’t thought of a name. Enansal and Cullen name their mabari Buster. Most of my other playthroughs have named mabari, though, but I have way too many to name them all haha I also never named any mounts, probably because I didn’t know that they could be named!

18) Have you installed any mods? I wish I could, but I definitely don’t have the space or know-how to install them.

19) Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden? Veleda definitely did not. She was actually more than happy to stay in the Circle, because she definitely started out as a huge Loyalist, and was upset that she was basically forced into leaving with Duncan. She was eventually glad for the opportunity to live in the “outside world” though.

20) Hawke’s personality? Sylvia ended up being true blue lol

21) Did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquisition? No. I usually prioritized stats (and sometimes individual colors).

22) If your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change?

Veleda: She wouldn’t have betrayed Jowan. Being away from the Circle made her realize that she should have put more value in his friendship.

Sylvia: Even if it ultimately spared his life, she always regrets NOT taking Carver to the Deep Roads with her, because she hates the time that they spent apart.

Elera: She never would have left her Clan prior to the events of DAI.

Enansal: She wishes she never had gotten involved with Aaric.

23) Do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon? Not particularly? I’d say my biggest canon-breaking content is my Tabris twins and my Kremquisitor playthrough.

24) Are any of your character(s) based on someone? Aisling Tabris, Sylvia Hawke, and Enansal Lavellan are all self-inserts, technically >_> Nan is the one that is most like me, though. Ash is my go-to persona when I make new characters, and Sylvia is really only a self-insert in the sense that all of her dialogue choices were based on what *I* would do in that situation.

25) Who did you leave in the Fade? Stroud, because holy frick, I could not break Varric’s heart like that.

26) Favourite mount? N/A

[skittymon]

Arc-V Anniversay Days 1-6

I’m caught up in my school work and exam free for a week so I can finally do these!!!

Day 1 What got you into Arc-V

I saw Zexal was ending in 2014 and saw the promos for Arc-V and figured to give it try cause I really liked Yuya’s design. I stayed with the show for about the first 30 eps until my fixations took me somewhere elsewhere.

I would still see Arc-V on my dash throughout the years and every once it while I would tell myself to catch up (”Serena and Yugo dueling?! I gotta catch up!” “Asuka’s coming back!!! I gotta catch up!!”). 

But I never actually made the effort to catch up until I saw spoilers for 126 and 127 and was super intrigued about the plot so I decided to binge watch the show during my winter break and was able to celebrate Zarcmas with everyone and I’ve been in this hell since.

Day 2 Favorite Character(s)

My poor tomato baby!!

He’s the reason I gave the series a chance and his character arc is absolutely beautiful. I relate a lot to putting a smile for an audience when really you’re crying inside. He also put a smile on my face during my first two semesters at my transfer college which helped me a lot cause I really sad until near the of my second semester there.

He also has one of my favorite archetypes and god how can you not like that face gdi zarc

My other favorite characters are Serena, Yugo, and Dennis!!

Day 3 Favorite Minor Character

I’m defining a minor character as someone who’s not a) a lancer or b) a counterpart.

The answer may surprise you but its:

Best dad!

While Yuya may be my favorite character, he didn’t start to become it until his duel with Shuzo. I ADORE that duel cause a parent dueling in ygo (thank god Yoko and Yusho followed suit)????

He loves Yuzu so much holy shit.... The moment during Yuya vs Yoko where you see him grip Yuzu’s uniform tightly I felt my heart drop. I love him.

Day 4 Favorite Legacy Character

Crow!

Crow got amazing development as a character and it was interesting to see how different he is from his 5d’s counterpart without the Legendary D-Wheeler and Jack and Yusei as friends.

Also his duel with Shun made me like Shun finally and I cry at his duel with Yuya.

Day 5 Favorite Friendship/Family Relationship

I couldn’t find any gifs with them smh but I love Sora’s relationships with Yuya and Yuzu.

Sora’s tag battle with Yuzu and Sora calling out to Yuya during his duel Zarc are two of my favorite moments in the series.

Friendship isn’t uncommon in yugioh but seeing it actually evolve an character and cause him redemption is just beautiful.

I love Candy boy and he loves fruits and vise versa ;w;

Day 6  Fandom Creator / Friend shoutout day

Obviously the little group of us called Arc-oholics are good friends of mine @pxiao @cypsiman2 @entermates @chromsai @timahina @lilias-amell @yutoknight

But also shoutout to @seasaltmemories @colorfulwatcher @blueeyeswhitegarden and @plushie-tusk cause I love you guys too :P

[musicfordinner]

What do you reach for in times of stress/depression/sadness? What’s on your sad boy/sad girl playlist???

Let’s get into it — I feel like this is going to be marginally embarrassing for me, but here we go. I’m going to take a screenshot via Marvis Pro app, which — if you have an iPhone and are an Apple Music subscriber/music nerd you might as well buy Marvis, but I digressss...

So we got a little:

Joni Mitchell, balanced out by some Coldplay — yo I don’t care, Parachutes is Coldplay’s best record! Fight me!!!

Okay my real reason I made this whole post is how much I fucking hate John Mayer but love that goddamn album Heavier Things. Add in some Sade and we’re moving!

Next, we have some Jack Johnson overkilled by heaps and heaps of Jann Arden. Okay, so sidebar: I loveeeee Jann Arden. Call it in my Canadian sensibilities but I love all the Adult Contemp Canuck chanteuses, Jann, Sarah, Serena, Alanis, Amanda... you name her, I love her. Jann and Sarah are topped for the upper echelon tho, there’s something about their voices that sit in my sad girl heart and bring me levels of comfort.

Next, Tina Dico — a forever fave. A soothing favourite alongside City and Colour and my main main main bitch Laura Marling.. who’s got this voice that makes me want to cry but also heals every single part of me on levels.

Amel Larrieux meets Tears for Fears? 🙈Okay, so I’m not ashamed to say that I love Tears for Fears. I do. Sue me. They’re amazing, a little heartbreak 80s pop, they’re amazing and Amel?! Voice of an Angel.

Sometimes I like to rage which is where Alexisonfire, At the Drive In, Anathema, Kelis and Lauryn Hill come in.

Anyway, I’m sad because my dad has COVID. It was inevitable that someone in my family would get it. Now I’m just upset and looking for something to soothe my internal anguish.

My whole weekend is fucked yo. All I have is these albums, for now.

[aly-the-writer]

Dragon Age Character List

Wardens

Evander Tabris – None (Currently) – Bard

Eveline Cousland – Alistair – Duelist

Falcon Surana – Zevran Arainai – Lightning & Frost and Arcane Warrior

Fen Mahariel – Morrigan – Ranger

Serena Tabris – None (Probably Leliana but need to playthru) – Assassin

Solona Amell – None – Creation and Spirit Healing

 Champions – I usually play a generic purple Garrett (LI Anders) or a blue Marian (LI Fenris).

 Inquisitors

Aban Adaar – Cassandra (play through not complete) – Tempest

Haleir Lavellan – The Iron Bull – Fire + Rift Mage

Lark Trevelyan – Cullen – Fire + Necromancy

Leopold Trevelyan – Josephine – Assassin

Taralyn Lavellan – Dorian - Various (emphasis on lightning) + Knight-Enchantment

 Other Characters

Amelie DuPont – Irina Priestley – Warrior: Champion

Irina Priestley – Amelie DuPont – None: Alchemist, herbalist, healer (not magical), tavern keeper

Issala Adaar – None – Mage

Kallias Floros – Luke Trevelyan – Mage: Spirit Healer

Laurencio Altimari – Linea Kingsworthy – Rogue: Assassin

Lorianne Trevelyan – None - None, Heiress and manages the Trevelyan trade deals and properties

Lowell Trevelyan – None – None, Scholar & Academic

Luke Trevelyan – Kallias Floros – Warrior: Templar

Michaela Cadash – None - Warrior

Siona Lavellan – None –Mage: Keeper + Healing