#ben bard

[mariocki]

The Ghost Ship (1943)

"The man is dead. With his death, the waters of the sea are open to us. But there will be other deaths, and the agony of dying, before we come to land again."

[letterboxd-loggd]

7th Heaven (1927) Frank Borzage

May 24th 2023

[thebeardlyben]

While I forge ahead on my 2022 Gnollvember YCH commission to hopefully post here soon, I thought I'd add all of my 2021 entries as a refresher (and because I failed to post all of them here last year XD) Here are 30 pieces of my bard Abott, enjoy!

[viamutationis]

OH GREY WARDEN, WE'RE REALLY IN IT NOW.

ID in alt text, notes and oc infodump under the cut! PLEASE ask me about them they're my new babygirl of the week

Yeah. Ben-Hassrath Cousland is wild, I know. This was one of those 3 am thoughts that became a beloved oc and now they're my canon protag. Basically: She was being trained to be House Cousland's left hand to spy within the noble courts and intercept threats to her family's rule, and a large part of that meant being covertly sent to Orlais to train as a bard. Buuuut the bardmaster she studied under was an undercover Hissrad, and she wound up being converted to the Qun by her. Teenage Laurentia was in a spot where, like every kid, she was questioning the Andrastian beliefs she was raised with and all the unfair things she noticed in her society, so she was very open to the Qun.

Her role once she was sent back home was basically just to send reports detailing the inner workings of the Ferelden nobility and to be aware of any Tal-Vashoth activity in the area. Pretty benign shit, and the former task is what she was doing for her family anyway. Still recruited by the Wardens the normal way, via Duncan doing his "come with me if you want to live" shtick after the fam dies. None of the Blight Crew find her out save for Leliana, because Leli knows everything. She only reveals it to Sten just as he's about to hop on a ship back home LMAOOO.

They're genuinely very compassionate and sweet. A lil whimsical. Highly loyal and protective. Very lawful good (emphasis on lawful). It's a weird sort of internal reconciling - they are genuinely kind to most people and love listening to others' issues and helping them out. It just so happens that this makes them an excellent spy, because they're exactly the sort of person people feel comfortable opening up to, and they see no issue with passing relevant information on to the powers they spy for. The kindness is genuine, but it's also a tool, if that makes sense. Their duty comes before any attachments. On that Master Coercion grindset.

No romance because they're aro, but they do have a little homoerotic espionage cat and mouse goin on with Leliana (singing campfire songs and trading stories and braiding each others' hair included). They get along with all their companions besides Morrigan and Oghren, and even Morrigan is more just.. cordial passive aggression.

They exist in the same worldstate as my Orlesian Warden-Commander Gavriel! He's a veteran warden who joins them on the road after Lothering because his ass snuck into Ferelden to help the Wardens solo, and then he'll later become the WC while they become Arlessa because they have more political experience and he has more military experience.

They generally make the nicey nice choices, albeit not where magic is concerned, and even then it's purely out of an abundance of caution. They do NOT annul the Circle, they do that secret third option where you tell Greagoir there could still be blood mages so he puts the mages into quarantine and Wynne still joins you but the game counts it as siding with the Templars. They let Isolde kill Connor, rip lil dude. (Not like they have a choice, they would rather that than the blood magic anyway, but they kill Jowan soooooo.) Besides that, all nicey choices. Bhelen on the throne, Anvil destroyed, Zathrian reconciles and everybody lives, Ashes are not tainted, Loghain recruited, Alistair and Anora rule jointly, Gavriel and Morrigan know they'd never agree to the Dark Ritual so they do it behind Laurentia's back and nobody dies lmao.

Small notes on their disabilities: Wynne was the healer that did their cleft lip surgeries as a kid!! Their last surgery was when they were 6, so they do remember her :D & their hearing aids are lyrium-infused lazurite, the runes are all enchantments that combine to make it collect and amplify sound like an actual HA does. I love bullshitting magic technology.

Their mabari is named Princess, because they got her when they were 10, okay.

[afrogwhocantdraw]

I doubt anybody will know this song but sheep in wolf's clothing by Marilyn mei is so Ben Clarke it's actually crazy

[trans-xianxian]

tagged by @llycaons to make a poll of my top 5 favorite characters tyyy hehe

hmm I will tag @qujianglin @enok1 @mqfx @recapitulation @rosasappho @vampirekinn

[thaimolpiyas]

started playing divinity original sin 2. obviously i love ifan also here is my godwoken arthur + bg3 stuff

[taliesin-the-bored]

And now, for the most niche poll I’ve ever posted or even encountered on this website:

[smashpages]

Out this week: A Last Goodbye (Band of Bards, $5.99): 

In this one-shot by writer Travis B. Hill and artist Ben Humeniuk, a man and his dog travel across an apocalyptic Earth to visit home one last time — only to encounter a group of mutant cannibals targeting one of the last surviving human communities.

See what else is arriving at your local comic shop this week.

[seeyabythemarina]

Fall Little Benny Boo Fall

The decrease in fairy population happens between the 20 years of Auradons creation. Beast anti-magic bans and teachings of the fairy killing words is killing many. In get more concerning when some fairy die from no belief from just a few months and not years. When the idea of child from villains on the isle of the lost is learned about Peter and tink rush and take the kids.

Not trusting Aurdon and neverland being morally dubious like the kids are used to they live their pretty well.

When Ben gives the proclamation and invite for the VK's the fairies are scared that Auradon will convince the VK's the forgot magic. They already were consider assassinating beast for how he's ruin things for magic creatures so Ben might not be far out of risk.

[leonsgotit]

[image ID: leo from rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles standing with his sword resting on his shoulder. a screenshot of a tumblr post from user greelin that reads “having transgender bard swag is a thankless job but someone in this godforsaken group has to do it” end ID]

[platearmourpiglet]

Can somebody explain to me why they have a German accent??? 🤣🤣🤣 I mean hearing Ben go Ja!! is hilarous but...are they parodying a specific band...?

[thebeardlyben]

After 3 years and one EPIC final battle that lasted well over 20 rounds, our D&D campaign finally concluded on August of this year. The feels were real and the ending was bittersweet. And during that time we've made some really special life-long friends. I originally drew this as a holiday gift for the group in December of 2021, but it also works as a great stand-in for the times we spent together playing this remarkable adventure. Thank you Danelle, Robyn, Leila and Gareth for being the best humans <3

[flutteringfable]

yeah because i get to see u again venven :3 <3

[nicoooooooon]

Wipe, Rust-oleum White, Montana Gold Blue Magic, Medite 2, spray paint, dowels and plaster (2011) and M3, Medite, acrylic, aqua resin, enamel and casein (2015) by Sadie Benning