#i am going ham on a dead fandom with a few other people gathering and calling it a civilisation

[just-another-sickfic-blog]

The Mentalist "Fugue in Red" should have absolutely been a 2 parter but not in the murder case sense. I mean they could have done it that way but it wouldn't have mattered because boy howdy there absolutely NEEDED to have been some kind of emotional resolution.

Honestly with Jane's memory being brought back in such an abrupt and traumatic manner, I had expected him to lash out or shut down and they end up separating after a messy argument.

Lisbon has to do an introspection of what exactly her motivations and whatever while Jane begins to consider his life before and after and everything else.

There was never an episode where Jane and Lisbon were separated by conflicts that didn't involve Red John and this would have been the perfect time to show case them separating because of contrasts of their personalities coming out in the ugliest ways one as a result of one of the most heartbreaking and brutal situations.

I love them but they are fundamentally messy bitches

[cyanidecrystal]

DRAGON AGE: THE UNTOLD STORIES Podcast Announcement + Auditions

Welcome to my newest project, a podcast based on the events of Dragon Age games.

It’s Dragon Age: The Untold stories, an audio drama. The series will consist of 3 seasons, later called “books” (one for every game), 1 additional stories Awakening special and more.

The show will be character driven, focused on relationships between them and exploring the DA lore, in creative ways, making games into an even more plot driven experience.

But to make the podcast I need voices for all the characters! So this is a casting call for all you voice actors, aspiring voice actors and bored people with microphones in the fandom. And this is what I need. You can try out for more then one character. Send your lines to dragonagetus@gmail.com.

BOOK 1 “ORIGINS” CHAPTER 1 “FADE”

Recurring Characters*:

+Adresin (The Gray Warden)

Young, male, but slightly feminine, rebel type, any accent.

Line 1: “Can I get you a ladder so you can get off my back?”

Line 2: “I’m so sorry… I wish it was me… Can you hear me?! I wish it was me!”

Line 3: “I… I don’t know what to say. Thank you.”

Line 4: “You aren’t worthy to die by my hand… You shemlen scum.”

+Flemeth/Narrator

Old, intelligent, trickster.

Line 1: “I am a fly in the ointment. I am a whisper in the shadows. I am also an old, old woman. More than that you need not know.”

Line 2: “You are required to do nothing, least of all believe. Shut one’s eyes tight or open one’s arms wide, either way, one’s a fool.”

Line 3: “Men’s hearts hold shadows darker than any tainted creature.”

Line 4: “You’ve rage enough inside you, tempered into a blade of fine steel. Into whose heart will you plunge that one day, I wonder?”

+Duncan

Older, leader, fatherly, commanding.

Line 1: “The Chantry teaches us that it is the hubris of men that brought the darkspawn into our world.”

Line 2: “I am so sorry…”

Line 3: “I hereby invoke the Rite of Conscription.”

Like 4: “We need to leave now.”

+Tamlen

Young, impatient, wannabe leader type, any accent.

Line 1: “You are my best friends, it’s just… It didn’t seem like I’m yours.”

Line 2: “HELP ME!”

Line 3: “Why do shemlen always need to assign ownership to everything?”

+Merrill

Young, naive, girly, welsh accent.

Line 1: “It’s a Keeper’s job to remember. Even the dangerous things.”

Line 2: “Oooh, a trick! Very clever.”

Line 3: “I let you down, Hawke. Again. I’m so sorry.”

Line 4: “Let the Dread Wolf take you!”

Supporting Characters:

+Fenarel

Young, any accent.

Line 1: “I wanna go with you!”

Line 2: “Is the Keeper sending you back to that cave to look for Tamlen?”

+Marathari

Old, stern, leader, welsh accent.

Line 1: “There are few things in this world more powerful than a promise kept. Remember that.”

Line 2: “Farewell, da’len.”

+Ashalle

Old, motherly, kind, any accent.

Line 1: “Your parents would be so proud of you.”

Line 2: “I suppose you’re old enough…”

+3 background voices (male)

Line 1: “You’re the Gray Warden!”

Line 2: “We’re sorry, elf! We didn’t know this forest was yours!”

OTHER RECURRING CHARACTERS**:

+Alistair

English accent, young, uncertain, “jokey”.

Line 1: “For the Grey Wardens!”

Line 2: “So there you have it. Now can we move on, and I’ll just pretend you still think I’m some… nobody who was too lucky to die with the rest of the Grey Wardens.”

Line 3: “You… you’re alive. I thought you were dead for sure.”

Line 4:  “Absolutely not! Riordan, this man abandoned our brothers and then blamed us for the deed!”

+Morrigan

Mature, based on the in game one.

Line 1: “Oh, you fear barbarians will swoop down upon you!”

Line 2:  “At least they have chosen freedom over subjugation. Better hardship and danger than slavery.”

Line 3: “I want you to know that while I may not always prove to be… worthy… of your friendship, I will always value it.”

Line 4: “The truth does not “go away.””

+Leliana

French accent (not based on the in game one, french natives welcome), young, feminine.

Line 1: “Let me introduce myself. I am Leliana, one of the lay sisters of the chantry here in Lothering.”

Line 2: "Dear Journal… Leliana has shown much affection for me. Even asked me to come to bed with her, but alas, subtlety is lost on me.”

Line 3: “But the shoes! Living with these ridiculous trends was worth it for the shoes!”

Line 4: “I was framed. Betrayed by someone who I thought I knew and thought I could trust.”

+Sten

Deadpan, low pitched, stern.

Line 1: “Why are we stopping?”

Line 2:  “Either you have an enviable memory, or a pitiable life, to know nothing of regret.”

Line 3: “Qunari do not waste resources. And few are more valuable than lives.”

Line 4: “That would be different. The Qunari would improve your people. The humans have improved nothing.”

+Wynne

Old, motherly, intelligent, determined.

Line 1: “I… I thought it was a legend. I didn’t believe…”

Line 2: “T-this cannot continue. We have to stop it…”

Line 3: “I’ve never been in an alienage. Life must be… hard here.”

Line 4: “I will not lie motionless in a bed with coverlets up to my chin, waiting for death to claim me.”

+Zevran Aranai

Spanish accent, flirtatious.

Line 1:  “We… are ridiculously awesome.”

Line 2: “Planning has never been my strong suit. Now, killing…killing and love-making. Killing and love-making and witty retorts. Those I am better at.”

Line 3: “You wish to talk? Ah, good! I have a question for you. How well-versed are you in poetry? Antivan poetry specifically.”

Line 4: “ Ahhh, I grew up in a place such as this. They say you can never go home again, but for ten silvers an hour you can get pretty close.“

+Shale

Stoic, deadpan, a literal rock.

Line 1: “The darkspawn are an evil that must be destroyed, it’s true. Though not as evil as the birds… damnable feathered fiends!”

Line 2: "Oooh, Shiny!”

Line 3: “Now, let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?”

Line 4: “Does sound like a delightful place where it comes from. Mages on leashes. What will they think of next?”

+Oghren

Permanently drunk, loud, middle-aged.

Line 1: “As one of the blighters, I sodding salute you. Let us show them our hearts, and then show them theirs.”

Line 2: “Misery, vomit and malt liquor. Ah, reminds me of home.”

Line 3: "If you’ve ever heard of me before, it’s probably all been about how I piss ale and murder little boys who look at me wrong. And that’s mostly true…“

Line 4: "Shave my back and call me en elf!”

+Loghain

Stern, older, leader type, commanding, determined.

Line 1: “There is nothing I wouldn’t do for my homeland.”

Line 2: “Your fascination with glory and legends will be your undoing, Cailan. We must attend to reality.”

Line 3: “Hate doesn’t describe it. I’ve seen painted, masked lords beat an old farmer to death with riding crops. To this day, I don’t know why. Is that hate? I saw good, sensible men fighting armored chevaliers with nothing—no weapons, no armies, not even hope of success—to see the occupation end. Is that hate?”

Line 4: “Traitors! Which of you stood against the Orlesian emperor when his troops flattened your fields and raped your wives?”

+Eamon

Old, intelligent, english accent.

Line 1: “Nobility does not exist without obligation. We owe everything we have, even our lives, to our land and people.”

Line 2: “Must we sacrifice everything good about our nation to save it?”

Line 3: “ Ah, Warden… No. I’m afraid we can’t leave the fate of all Ferelden up to your dog. Anyone with a leftover ham bone could buy his allegiance. Choose someone else.“

Line 4: “You have gathered an army to replace the one lost at Ostagar, Grey Warden. Let us pray…that it will be enough.”

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*Recurring characters will appear in more then one chapter.

**These characters won’t appear in the first chapter, but they are important and I need them for later.