#badass-at-cuddling

[nightingaletrash]

Hey friend! I hope you're doing well. After admiring it from afar for a long time, I bought the Dragon Age games on mega sale. Do you have any suggestions for mods I should use to play? Thank you!

okay so, first off, welcome to hell I hope you enjoy your stay because there is no being normal about Dragon Age once you're in deep enough <3

second off

how much time and disk space do you have? because I use *a lot* of mods

First off, there is a learning curve to modding Dragon Age. DAO is deceptive in how easy it is to mod because for many mods, the installation is as simple as 'drop file in the override file' but there are some caveats based on how the engine works and it pays to understand what files are what, and what they do. DA2 is an almost identical process but tends to be much less finicky in practice, and DAI is infamous for being trickier by comparison due to the fact you have to use the Frosty Mod Manager, but you don't necessarily need to know the different types of files like you do with the other two.

If you have any questions about anything, feel free to ask, I'm happy to share whatever I know ^^

So starting with DAO, here are some mods I'd recommend:

Unofficial Remaster - what it says on the tin, this mod includes higher resolution textures and introduces some updated models to create consistency with the later entries in the series. There used to be a lot more involved, including other mods that help increase cohesion between games but a lot of that was cut because people bugged the mod author too much about it.

Natural Lighting - makes the character creator less dark ^^

Female Proportion Fixes - there are three versions of this mod, one for humans, dwarves and elves respectively because the originals are pretty damn bad. Humans come with two variations, Sensual and Seductress - you only need to choose one.

Elf Update - this is entirely optional, as it essentially swaps the elven designs with the less-human elf designs used in DA2. Elf Update comes with its own version of the proportions fix, so if you chose to use this, you don't need Elf Proportion Fix.

Neutral Female Armours - does away with the atrocious boobplates that plague Origin's ladies. Luckily, a similar mod wasn't needed for DA2 and DAI because Bioware largely got their shit together. There is a compatibility patch for the proportion fix mods - those files need to overwrite the corresponding files in this mod. The Unofficial Remaster also includes some retextures for this mod as an optional file.

Extra Dog Slot - because the Dog is a very good boy and deserves to come along on quests without taking up a companion slot.

Dragon Age Redesigned - again this is optional, as I use this mod solely for non-companion NPCs, as bioware's originals sometimes look a bit odd. If used with Elf Update you'd need to delete all of the elf headmorphs included in this mod to avoid getting the wrong heads showing up. There's three options to choose between, Lore, Balanced, and Aesthetic.

Goblet De-Gobbler - tackles a pretty well-known bug with modded armours and rectifies some little inconsistencies with a particular sequence.

Thedosian Grey Wardens OR Grey Wardens of Ferelden - DA2 and DAI gave Wardens a uniform, yet there's none whatsoever in Origins. Which is odd because everyone seems to recognise you as a Warden on sight. Thedosian Wardens uses the Inquisition armour models while GWOF uses the DA2 model so it comes down to personal preference. Personally I'm a Thedosian fan and use it and it's related mods - searching Thedosian on the Origins nexus will bring them all up. It's pretty much everything you need for GWOF is pretty much included in the mod however. There are also some good retextures for both available by VagranDreamer.

Origin Unique Grey Warden Armour - adds some GWOF style armour with some unique flavour. These are included in Vagran Dreamer's retexture series.

Thedosian Wardens Arsenal - new Warden themed weapons. GWOF does include weaponry as well, but this stuff is my preference. It also contains scripts that allow it to replace all NPC Warden loadouts with this weaponry

Complete Bi Overhaul - because it could be gayer. Also includes some optional files to either stop certain male NPCs hitting on a female Warden or to get them to hit on a male Warden.

There really are so many more that I could like like character creation mods and NPC morphs I use, but I don't want to overwhelm you with info. I literally use too many mods XD

For DA2, here's my top hits:

Kirkwall Expanded - a really cool mod that adds new little quests to the game, a bounty board, and just livens up the city.

Automatic Chargen - opens the CC in the transitions between the acts (this game is divided into three acts with time skips between them), so if you want to mess with the idea of your character changing over the years, this mod is 10/10

NEW Import Vault Fixes and Editable Vault - essentially a bug fixer oriented around the content imported from your Origins save, and adds the ability to tweak the worldstate in game

Sapphim's Dialogue Mini Mods - a collection of little mods that alter some conversations to tone down some unnecessary sexism and to let the game be a lil bit gayer (and shut Gamlen's damn mouth)

Wardens of Weisshaupt - puts all Warden characters in Warden gear, and gives you a choice between shiny Inquisition ported armours like Thedosian Wardens or the original DA2 models ^^

Again there are dozens more mods I could recommend in regards to armour, headmoprhs, companion gear etc but those largely come down to preference so it's best to find what you like for yourself ^^

Then there's DAI. Keep in mind that for a long time, the go-to mod manager was DAIMM. Mods from that period are DAI.mod files; nowadays most people use Frosty Mod Manager and a lot of mods are made with Frosty, as its more powerful. Some dai.mods do work with Frosty, but it can be hit and miss.

Complete War Table Operations Without Waiting - For Frosty - DAI's war table operations take real time to complete, which is terribly impractical if you actually want to just clear them out and get them done. This mod changes the waiting time so the operations are completed automatically or have a very short wait time

Less Shards Please - An Oculara Rebalance - you might have heard of the tedious shard side quest; this mod makes it significantly less tedious.

Party Banter Tweaks - Inquisition's banter is unfortunately kinda buggy, so this mod gives you a better chance of hearing your companions talk to each other! There's a lot of great convos you don't wanna miss ^^

Enhanced Character Creator - adds even more sliders and options to CC, as well as a hair slot unique to the Inquisitor that some modders use so that Inky's hairstyle isn't shared with random NPCs. It can be a lot to take in, but once you have a grasp of it, you can really customise your character extensively

Dialogue Wheel Overhaul - completely changes the way the game’s dialogue wheel works to make it more cohesive, universal, and functional

Modded Hair in DLCs - what it says on the tin; the DAI DLCs are a bit finnicky with hair mods, and this is one of the ways around it

And as usual, there's loads more I could add but if I did, this post would need links for potentially hundreds of mods lmao

sorry this took me a while, I may have overwhelmed myself a bit because I literally use hundreds of mods in these games, and I didn't want to overload you with mods and information. If you need any help, let me know because there's a lot to know. Origins can be deceptively tricky thanks to the engine and its the one that has caused me the most headaches lol

[missn11]

Ship Meme time! Ryo/Akira :D :D :D

Ahhh the perfect ship to discuss after LaCroix/Nines!

Makes sense and compels me extremely! Why their relationship is quite a huge part of Devilman's plot, like how it went wouldn't have happened if not for Ryo falling in love with Akira! (honestly the end of humanity would've come sooner, so Ryo/Satan falling in love with Akira likely delayed the apocalypse by a while! XD)

Unlike LaCroix and Nines, (Talking about the manga version of them here.) Akira and Ryo were friends before everything went wrong and trusted each other so deeply, even to the point of being willing to go down to hell to together. They understand each other like no other, and would do anything for each other and that's what damns and saves them(in Violence Jack and Devilman Lady tho XD)

Akira willingly went through the Sabbath and became Devilman for Ryo (as well to save humanity but as we see later in the story humanity to Akira really includes the people he personally knows and loves) and Ryo/Satan has Amon merge with Akira to save him from the human apocalypse since Akira was the only human he could ever love. They both make the same mistakes in some ways, when Ryo/Satan fell in love with Akira he couldn't look outside of his hatred of humanity to consider that maybe if Akira was lovable to him then maybe not all of humanity is so bad. When Akira lost Miki and her family to the mob he couldn't look outside his hatred to see that maybe there were other humans that were like Miki who needed to be saved.

I honestly think Ryo fell in love with Akira because Akira was not only a kindred spirit but also showed him that he could live in peace, even if Satan didn't realise it at the time and that's why he is regretful at what he had done to Akira by merging with Amon. In a way he had started the progress that will make Akira mirror him in so many ways.

Despite their differences they understand each other even if they don't want to admit it and in a way they enable each other cause of it. Akira in my mind did come to hate humanity once he saw the evils they committed towards the devilmen and their own fellow humans in order to save themselves and that's why he was considering Ryo/Satan's offer to join him, because a part of him did a agree with Ryo on some level, but hated to ever admit it especially after Miki died. Like even tho Ryo was messy as fuck in trying to give his offer for Akira to join his side, the fact he thought it would work says a lot to me about how much he knew how Akira actually felt about humanity.

And despite all of the anger and hatred Akira had felt for Ryo towards the end of the manga in the sequels he still strives to either save Ryo(Violence Jack) or understand him, because he still loves him.(Devilman Lady manga)

And Ryo/Satan wants to understand/love humanity better through Akira's POV either by loving Miki like Akira had(Violence Jack) or taking on his role as Jun(Devilman Lady manga)

And imo in both Violence Jack and Devilman Lady they both save each other even if the journey is really rough and messy! XD

like I've said before their love damns and saves them in so many ways, they make each other both better and worse and the world(s) is never the same cause of it. Through love or hate they are drawn together and have a hard time being apart.

The fandom plays around this ship a lot and the best ways I've seen it be done is when its both a character and a relationship study where they understand how they can go towards war or peace together...

So yeah after all that waxing poetically again, they are very much OTP but I really like to ship them as a OT3 with Miki cause honestly I feel she is what is able to keep them together or break them apart...

So yeah, thank you so much for the ask on Ryokira, they always give me a lot to think about and I'll always have feels about them 😭😭😭

[trappedinafantasy37]

Doesn't matter if she was the top or bottom that night, Minthara likes to be the little spoon. One way or another you will hold her.

[authorbettyadams]

Flying Sparks - A Novel - A Lost Boy, A Freak Storm, An Alien Warrior, Two Worlds Colliding

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[take-taker-taken]

Here in Glasgow for Clash and stopped by the store this morning…

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

so like, what's protocol,

(spoilers for netflix's damsel)

if you're a talking dragon lady who was tricked into murdering a bunch of innocent girls who weren't even the real daughters of the guy who murdered YOUR daughters, and then you murdered the dad of the latest girl sacrifice, after he had second thoughts about selling his daughter's life away (to the rich family who murdered your kids) (and protects themselves by murdering more of other peoples' kids) to save his starving kingdom and you kinda kill squished him for trying to save her- if, for example, he had a wife (now a widow) (due to you) (little awkward) whooooooooo HADN'T known about the sacrifice thing, but HAD gotten such a baaaaaad feeling that she tried convincing her stepdaughter NOT to go through with the arranged marriage, then went riding off with a stab wound to try saving her OTHER stepdaughter when THAT girl was ALSO taken to be sacrificed (to you)- but then blah blah blah, the truth comes out, her eldest stepdaughter defeats you and heals you with glow slugs, and you both burn the evil kingdom to the ground (the girl warned them) (only the castle servants took her seriously and ran) before all four of you sail off from the smoldering ruins while the widowed lady (proud daughter of the finest ropemaker in her homeland) heads home to rule their kingdom together (after FINALLY being called "mother" by her step daughter) with what's left of her family, leaving the place where her husband was killed, and you go with them, finally ending your centuries long watch over the bodies of your murdered children to make a new life with this fellow mother and her two kids....

hypothetically. how long, or how many heart to hearts would there need to be, for you (dragon milf) (lost her kids) (starting a new life) to maybe, possibly, be having a thing for lady bayford (lady queen milf) (lost her husband) (helped save her step-kids) maybe bond over caring for your kids more than literally ANYTHING else (whole starving or burning countries included) and like, bring her flowers or a shiny rock, or something.

or heck, you seem pretty set on the idea of fairness and repayment and such, what with the whole "three daughters sacrificed for the three daughters murdered" thing- and you DID kill her husband (while he was trying to protect their kid)

so theoretically, since YOU don't have a husband for HER to kill, i suppose you might decide that being her wife would be next closest thing, especially if you stood ready to lay down your dragon life for her stepdaughters. If that's not enough, promising to spend your very long life protecting her people might work too. Maybe also with giving her flowers?

..... im not saying this HAS to happen. But. If-

[ollies-moving-castle]

Bernard has palmed the blade of Damian sword because he tried to go for Tim again and stab him after he got back from a tiring mission and just wanted to spend some time with Bernard so Tim was half unconscious because he has learned to not react to Damian because that only makes the next attack worse so Bernard just grabbed it by the blade before it could hit Tim and just said something like no but very sternly and very close to Damian face he might even grab it and just say you won’t do that again you hear me

and Damian only stops because no one in the family has seen Bernard like this they didn’t know he would ever do that

(I love Damian I know he ain’t like this but I had to make him a little bit of a bitch for this headcanon to work so)

[rosetyler42]

These started out as separate pics until @lovelylivelyv put them together.

I wanted to draw Ericka in angry badass business mode. Sort of inspired by how she adjusts her clothes in HT3 and the "Don'r worry, Great-Grandfather" bit: when Ericka is pushed too far or in serious business mode, she kinda emotionally turns off and becomes the ruthless huntress or captain underneath her cheerful friendliness. She stands up straight up to look more intimidating and straightening her clothes. Eve is also surprisingly deadly: despite her elegance and adorablility, she's got a mouthful of sharp teeth - including a fangy overbite - and she's not afraid to use them. Plus, according to the eevee book (which @yamujiburo has called into question but it's a cool idea so I'm keeping it) Sylveon also have fangs hidden in their feelers. You wouldn't think an angry Sylveon would be that intimidating, but Eve manages.

Let's just say, whoever pissee them both off won't last long...

From the badass to the adorable, some point after they take care of whoever pissee them off in the first pic, they calm down with cuddles and hair play from Drac.

[theidiotwhowritesthings]

Idk of this request is even possible but what if: the reader gifted Din a Razor Crest?

It's very subtle (b/c i wrote it then forgot i wrote it then remembered and haven't finished fleshing it out), but in the early chapters of AFS Peli and Nima mention the Razor Crest. They're currently in the process of rebuilding it. It's a full ass process though b/c they're building it from ground up essentially.

[missn11]

Good morning, friend! Ages and ages ago, someone recommend a Japanese visual novel called Animamundi: Dark Alchemist. Yesterday I randomly decided to look up a Let's Play. I got about 3 episodes in and wondered why I loved it already when I realized...the art style reminds me of yours! PLUS, there's angels and demons afoot, so my hind brain is already compiling a Devilman AU. Here is the link to the Let's Play. The little sister, Lilith, is dressed in Gothic Lolita style, I think? She appears in ep2, if you want to skip ahead to admire her clothes.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbpiN3A7_4gQEK6XSlfS30OVgt7v92Cxm

@badass-at-cuddling oooh that does sound really cool, the artstyle looks fun too, I'll definitely check that game out :D and the fact there is some lolita fashion in it too makes that extra fun!

I'd love to hear more of your Devilman/Animamundi: Dark Alchemist AU idea 👀👀👀

[glittercleric]

I wish I could either draw or had the money to commission people because there's so many scenes from Voidsong that I'd like to have art of

[silverselfshippingchaos]

AHSKAHDKWHDJWB PLEASE HE'S ACTUALLY SO FUNNY..

[i-am-a-fish]

I think cuddling is really cool and I really like it but we need a more badass word for it. gripping. a nonlethal strangle sesh. body choke

[heavensbled]

@legacylivcd asked: Cloud is so tired he ends up slumping into Zack to the lull of the train as it rattles along.

And he's there to catch him, as he always will be. An arm to curl around the blonde's shoulders, hold him upright and secure as the train bumps along rail trade after rail trade. It'll be a few hours before they're back in city proper and he knows as soon as they are the debriefing will begin. Poor kid won't be able to keep those eyes peeled.

So he lets him sleep off the worst of it. Even considers offering the very prime real estate of his empty lap to lay his head on. No one else is in the car, Shinra's made sure of that, so no one would be put out if he stretched along the bench and really lay down.

But Zack doesn't have the heart to wake him long enough to suggest it. So he lets him be.

[cntloup]

intruders

husband!simon x wife!reader

i know im on a break but here's a lil smth hehe🤭🩷💫🌸

"get out through the backdoor!" Simon utters hurriedly, "and take this... just in case." he hands you the gun which he keeps under his pillow.

"i'm not gonna leave you!" you blurt out as you feel the tingle of tears behind your eyes, fearing the worst possible outcome.

"you have to! please just go! i'll take care of them!" he says in a hushed tone in order not to alert the intruders.

he reaches in his nightstand and grabs an envelope and hands it to you.

"here's all the information you need in case i'm gone." he says in a monotone manner, masking how he truly feels inside.

he's never put much value on his life, always focused to get the job done no matter the cost. until you appeared and swept him off his feet.

now he senses a churn in his stomach, utter fear gnawing at his heart, not for himself, but you. what would happen to you when he's gone?

you take the envelope with shaky hands, "simon, you mean...?" you ask, frightened out of your mind.

"yes. if i die, you'll know what to do." he responds, "please don't say that!" you plead, averting your gaze from him to hide your tears.

he embraces you tightly and kisses the crown of your head, "go!" he says and ushers you out of the bedroom, making sure the path is clear for you to head out back.

moments later, after throwing punches and slashing through flesh with sharply honed knives and bullets flying around, simon finds himself among five dead bodies and a pool of blood on the carpet.

just as he shuts his eyes and takes a deep breath, he hears the sound of a gunshot.

he's startled and filled with anxiety as he steps outside to see what happened, finding himself praying for the first time in his life that it's not you.

only then, he meets your terrified figure, shaking and eyes widened in sheer shock.

his eyes land on the blood splattered all over your shirt and you notice his anxious eyes, "it's not mine!" you say breathily, chest heaving as adrenaline courses heavily through your body.

in an instant, he runs towards you and engulfs you in his strong arms while letting out a sigh of relief, "i thought i lost you!" he murmurs in your hair, "can't get rid of me that easily, babe!" you say back with a low chuckle, though still trembling.

"i'll call price to help with the mess." he says, guiding you inside the house with an arm draped over your shoulders as you're still stuck in a state of lingering shock.

-----

"you looked so fuckin' sexy in that moment with the gun in your hand and blood all over you!" he says with a smirk as you cuddle on the couch days after the incident.

"yeah? you liked that?" you ask with a playful smile as your glinting eyes meet his.

"i'm proud of you! my wife is such a badass!" he says, a soft smile adorning his scarred lips and pure adoration dancing in his eyes as he pulls you in for a sweet kiss.

[fceriestcrdst]

my sleep is a mess & yet i am....still sleepy...