I'm playing through Dragon Age 2 again and I just can't get over how... idk how to say it exactly, but the way you feel, in every moment of this game, how much Varric loves Hawke. It feels entwined with everything, it breathes through every part of the narrative, it blooms diegetigally through the integration of story and gameplay, makes you a co-conspirator in that love in a way maybe only a video game could.
It's in the way I don't think this story is a defense of Hawke only -- or even primarily -- directed at Cassandra, but at Hawke themselves. Beneath everything else going on there's the quiet, utterly unshakable refutation of Hawke's worst fears: Did you think you mattered, Hawke? Did you think anything you ever did mattered? . . . You're a failure, and your family died knowing it. Rising through the story as Varric tells it there's a fiercely tender voice saying: Yes, you did matter. In tragedy or in triumph, for better or for worse, in love or in hate, you always mattered. The ultimate tragedy of Hawke is always right there in the open before the story even starts letting you in on telling it; they couldn't fix anything. They couldn't stop the downward spiral Kirkwall was set on -- the real truth is that no one person ever could. And yet the point of DA2 is that it matters that they tried, and it matters that there were people who loved and were loved along the way, however badly it all failed in the end. Hawke is the Bioware protagonist who succeeds the least, and they're the character who matters the most, to me. (This is also why the Absolution reveal did not shake me in the least haha, my love for Hawke has nothing at all to do with whether they succeeded or failed at anything.)
What Varric is saying, in the only way he seems to be able to say the really real things -- through stories -- is so simple and so fundamental. You were here, and I loved you. There's the emotional heart of it, at the end of it all, that love and grief and recognition. It's so dizzyingly intimate. There's so much distancing, layers upon layers of obfuscation, to be able to say it. It drives me insane!!!! It makes me feel the same way that 'Poem' by Langston Hughes does:
I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There's nothing more to say.
The poem ends,
Soft as it began,—
I loved my friend.
He loved his friend. They went away from him. What more is there to say. (Many, many, many things, when you're a compulsive liar and storyteller, but hey sometimes you have to deploy a whole armada of lies to tell one simple truth, I understand, I'm a writer too lol)
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i’m going to sound insane for this but could you post some vids of richard hugging ? very curious about the hugs you speak of
A small and tiny hugging-compilation of our beloved cuddly guitarist (no concept to this post as to why/how long/how intense the hugging is, just Richard cuddling and smooching others):
First, some gifs of Richard squeezing people to the fullest:
(last gif by richard-mooserr)
Now another point of view of the on-stage birthday celebrations this year (I love this one especially because you can see his face while he hugs Schneider):
Flake also gets some hugging:
And two times of giving Till lots of love:
Not sure if you had something like this in mind, dear anon. Since searching for hugs in videos requires a lot of time, and that's something I currently don't really have (getting ready for vacation with my family), I hope this will suffice for now 🤗
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Our drives home, foolish jokes, kidding on the set — all the behaviour of kids in love — he’d never known it before, nor had I. I was a complete virgin when I met him, and Bogie began to awaken feelings that were new to me. When he took my hand in his, the feeling caught me in the pit of my stomach. My heart would literally pound. The simplest word, look, or move would bring a gut reaction. He was the shining love of my life. - Lauren Bacall
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HAPPY (not belated wtf do you mean?!?!?) BIRTHDAY‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
(I whipped this up quickly so its kinda shitty srry 😭)
Anyways ima say some nice stuff now cuz ngl your like KINDA maybe a WEEE little bit of a cool awesome person ‼️‼️‼️‼️
Your arts so crunchy rararararar I could go on and on how I love how you draw and like just wanting to know how you draw in general RAHADHSDHDAK. I FUCKING LOVEEEE YOUR CLOWN AESTHETIC OMG IMA GO TO THE MALL THIS WEEKEND AND SPEND ALL MY MONEY ON FUCKING CLOWN SHIT CUZ OF YOU /hj /pos you have this very nice welcoming vibeee your very chill and cool like if I knew you in irl I would be to scared to talk to you, I’d just stare at you from across the room trying to work up the courage to talk to you (spoiler I don’t /silly) /pos EVERYTHING IN YOUR ART STYLE COMES OUT SO CUTE AND VIBRANT AUGHGHFHUSFDHWFDJVWDHVDEJVEDH I mean I could go on but I’m not rlly used to complements soooo I’ll start writing shit down (I already have like 672346243762347 things to say I just…. Don’t know how to say them /silly /hj) anywayssss ily you pookie… but….. but your old….. YOUR AND OLD MANNNNNN EWWW ima have to send you to an old persons home soon 😔😔 /silly
I READ THIS OVER AND OVER AND I GEUWIRKWWKSLW
I AMSTIMMINGSOHARD
THISIS SO SWEET OHMYGOSHHHH
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OMG-
AAAAH IDK WHAT TO SAY I AM BLOWTF AWAY 😭🧡
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Got any weird/funny facts to share about the country you live in?
i live in the good old (not good actually, and not even that old) united states of america so i'm not sure i can provide anything that people don't already know.
so instead! i'll give you a fun fact about the other country i've got citizenship in, brasil. the shape of the capitol city of brasilia is shaped as a big cross that looks a bit like an airplane or bird.
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today's ted lasso hot take is that i've decided jamie and simon aren't awkward or distant from each other at all. i think they both just fucking adore each other actually. like yeah i know what the more reasonable, logical, probably correct backstory and current relationship there is. i just don't care. i want jamie and simon baking together and infodumping about their special interests together and being dorks together. i do what i want
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Sneak Peek of Kiro’s Perception Date Translation
*If you don’t qualify for the 16+ rating of the game (CN server) or are uncomfortable with explicit content, then PLEASE DO NOT READ BELOW THE CUT. This date is probably one of the most explicit yet!*
*Spoilers for future content below!*
Y’all, this date got me SCREECHING HOLY SHIT!! This is only just a tiny snippet, but...
🥵 🫣 💦
If you’re curious, or unbelievably horknee for Kiro like me, then you have got to read this...
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Kiro: Feel it carefully.
As he spoke, he moved a little closer to me, and a faint sweetness flooded into my nose. I subconsciously turned my head to the side, crashing into his deep blue eyes.
Warm breath hits my face from only a few centimetres away.
The breathing mingled together, silently syncing with the other. The sound of a heartbeat roared in my ears, making me unable to tell whether it was mine or his.
Kiro: You haven’t found an answer yet?
His voice sank into my breath, and I couldn’t help but hold mine.
MC: I smell a sweet fragrance.
MC: I heard a heartbeat, and…your breathing is in sync with mine.
Kiro: Who said that MC has low perception? She obviously has great potential.
He clasped my waist tightly with one hand, and covered my lips lightly, giving me another intimate sensation.
The overlapping breaths twisted and turned between our lips, and the detailed tracing caused a burst of numbness.
All my attention was focused on the burning breath, and then the extremely slow and suppressed gasps drilled into my ears.
Kiro: Tell me again. Give me your description.
(Screen goes black)
The voice approached my mouth along with a sweet kiss. I couldn’t help closing my eyes, too shy to describe everything I was feeling.
I instinctively wanted to flee but was restricted by my bound hands and confined legs.
MC: …You untie me first.
Kiro: That won’t work.
Kiro: You have to learn to feel me with other senses.
The sound that came out of my mouth was swallowed by his, making me unable to stop trembling.
Kiro: On the premise that you are not used to it, you must first limit the ways you are used to.
Kiro: Amplify other senses to make them more sensitive.
Kiro: And…this is just the first step.
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