#sigruned

[chaikachi]

"So rather than try, she throws out her hands with a growl, grabs him by the lapels of his stupid coat. Lets the conversation crash to a halt as she pulls him into her space and…"

Hey... go read Reciprocity by @sigruned if you haven't already. It's phenomenal. bonus sketches under the cut

I sketched this in procreate initially cause I didn't think I would colour it. Ended up bringing it into sai and lost a bit of the emotion from the original sketch by having to redraw it, but oh well. 😔 Also a zoom in on the doodles in the corner inspired by another part of the fic's most recent chapter:

I support Ruby shaking Oscar (and/or Oz) like a pringles can whenever they're being cagey little jerks.

[strqyr]

The longer I think about it the more convinced I'm getting that, if Gretchen was the spring maiden, she got involved in Summer's mission somehow and that led to her death? (My current theory is also that Summer used the first question in the lamp, but the specifics don't matter so much, just that spring was involved). A training accident never cut it for me as an explanation for what happened to her, but I would have thought if it was a lie and if Oz was going to come clean about this it would have most likely been in the whale during v8? Like sure you're still hiding things from everyone else but I would have expected him to at least explain to Oscar the real reason Hazel hates him so much given the circumstances. What if he actually doesn't know the full story himself for once?

what gets me is that, in what happened to gretchen, we only have ozpin's word—one that was only heard by oscar—to go by. hazel obviously blames ozpin, and he allied with salem because he believes she has a vision of world with no kingdoms and no huntsmen academies, but i can't remember a moment where hazel actually talks about what happened to gretchen, and thus we have no way of really knowing if it lines up with what ozpin is saying or not.

perhaps fittingly, hazel does say this on monstra: "nice story. but if gretchen's death taught me one thing, it was never to trust you." of course this isn't in response to anything gretchen related, but if there's something afoot with her death, well. it's a pretty telling line.

it's not unheard of that a student could die on a training mission—a signal student died (and that caused the teacher in-charge of them to resign), and yang almost died on a mission she should not have been on in a first place as a first-year student (which does not help ozpin's case here)—but there's definitely this feeling that something's up with gretchen's death, especially with how choice comes up alongside it; pyrrha was said to have made a choice too, but it wasn't exactly an informed, let alone 'no-pressure' one.

it's possible ozpin doesn't know the full story, but if gretchen was the spring maiden, it's an easy conclusion to come to that her presumed death had something to do with that. the 'training accident' explanation alone could be a cover-up to some extent. it could also explain the discrepancy: gretchen died on a 'training mission' and the spring maiden 'ran away', and if ozpin doesn't know what really happened to gretchen (but has his suspicions because she's a maiden and missing) then it's better to muddle the truth instead of connecting these two events and risk the information getting out. else the next thing you know, everyone is looking for gretchen rainart and if she's not already dead, then the chances are she will be soon.

it'd be a bit convoluted way to go about things, but it's not impossible. (it's not like the inner circle is ensuring that the maidens have a proper support system or anything. they're pretty alone out there, so hey, what's possibly-sorta-kinda faking a death of one in an opportune moment gonna matter? no need to get their family involved too.)

and if there is more going on with gretchen's death, then connecting it to summer's mission would make sense. hazel's dead so there's no reason to talk about it for closure, so the other option is to tie it into something really important... and maybe learn if there's an alternative, narrative-only meaning behind the "no more gretchens" line.

[fernacular]

Missed these crazy kids

[salemcantupdate]

DAO folks, plus DAA cause I love them. All of them a drawn to look about how I headcanon them at the start of DAA (hence why Anders is still a golden boy). Plus some general headcanons.

Specific praise to @kesterite cause I used their art as inspiration for specifically Sten and Alistair.

[misty-seashore]

Yes, I like the Deep Roads, and what will you do for me. Finally I can show this art in full. I drew this seven months ago, but I'm still proud of it.

[sirguyofdykesborn]

relapsed

[llysaan]

I am, once again, begging for a continuation of the warden’s story 🙏

I know it’s super unlikely, but I would love to see the awakening gang travel with the warden to find the cure to the calling (Also I want Anders and Justice there but I know it’s just wishful thinking 😭)

[hexxalite-hecate]

Well well well. Look who it is

You thought I forgot Awakening? I didn't forget Awakening bitches

(Justice is hard, don't @ me)

Bonus Witch Hunt babies:

Someone stop meeeeeee

[pumpkincalico]

POV the son of a war criminal, an apostate on the run, a banished elf, a dead dwarf, a drunk dwarf, and a possessed rotting corspe walk into your tavern wyd

[notebooks-and-laptops]

No no no because Sigrun DIED because she was a duster. She DIED because of it. Poverty killed Sigrun. She is a walking corpse killed by a society that didn't give a shit about her until she died for it. God I'm OBSESSED with her dialogue with Nathaniel about this!!!

[vindicia]

A god of war... a god of pain, of suffering, of destruction. The Norns said I chase a redemption that I know I can never deserve. What does that make me? God of fools? A god of... hope.

GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK: VALHALLA (2023)

[enolezdrata]

[kesterite]

I gotta refill my insomnia meds at the pharmacy

[admdiamond]

came from someone that broke our neck with her toes and now saving our life

[babayagaii]

played awakening for the first time so ofc i had to draw the silly loser b-team (ft my orlesian girlboss)

[orzamara]

SIGRUN | Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening