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Armed with bows, daggers, and any number of dirty tricks, the rogue’s primary focus is damage: tearing foes down one at a time with systematic efficiency. Rogues commonly use a mixture of stealth and mobility to reach positions of advantage, be it a sniper’s perch away from enemy blades or behind an unsuspecting mage. Deadly and resourceful, rogues can tip the balance of any strategic assault.

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me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

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D&D Character Alignment Charts for Dummies

Normal

Defined by Lawful Good

Defined by Chaotic Good

Defined by Lawful Evil

Defined by Chaotic Evil

Defined by True Neutral

Defined by Philosophic Theist

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Morrigan and Leliana saving the Warden from Fort Drakon

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Val Royeaux Chantry Sister: The Maker would send no elf in our hour of need!

Shartan, Garahel, Ameridan, the Hero of Ferelden: *stares into the camera*

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Schooners or galleons? Snow or rain? Weathered vests or elaborate tailcoats? Dolphins or sharks? Shanties or ballads? Pendants or brooches? East wind or west wind? Sirens or selkies? Pistols or harpoons?

Schooners or galleons? Snow or rain? Weathered vests or elaborate tailcoats? Dolphins or sharks? Shanties or ballads? Pendants or brooches? East wind or west wind? Sirens or selkies? Pistols or harpoons?

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i just went through your whole poetry tag and it’s so good! i wish i could write as well as you do. do you have any advice?

aw thank you anon! i really appreciate it! i had no clue that when i first started posting my poetry here i would gain so many admirers <3

i’m not a professional writer, so please take all these tips with a grain of salt, but here’s what i’ve found that works for me!

9 tips for writing better poetry!

practice! i’ve been writing poetry since i was 13, and i’m 20 now. that’s 7 years of practice, and honestly, most of what i wrote for probably the first 5 years isn’t what i would consider “good”. but i had to write it all to get to where i am today, so the number one piece of advice i can give is to practice as much and as often as you can. 

write about literally anything you want! i don’t care if it’s an overdone poetry topic. i don’t care if it’s extremely silly. i don’t care if it’s embarrassing or trivial or dark and heavy. if you wanna write about something, write about it. trust me, it’s much easier to write a poem when you care about the subject you’re writing about. hell, i once wrote a poem about how i keep accidentally cutting my legs while shaving. 

read others’ poetry! i have a whole board on pinterest titled “poems i love” where i store all my favorite poems written by poets with a similar style to me, as well as a few poems in other styles. while i read, i make note of what i think sounds good and what i think i would write differently. this is a fun and easy way to train your brain to write better. 

find a style that works for you! similar to artists, every poet has their own style, but ours include syntax, diction, and punctuation. finding a style can be difficult, so i suggest you try different things (such as rhyming vs not rhyming, long poems vs short poems, etc) and decide what you feel most comfortable with. but honestly, the only real way to develop a style is to give it time and practice. 

don’t spell everything out for your readers! personally, i prefer poetry that is clever and makes me feel smart for understanding it. the easiest way to make yourself--and your readers--seem clever is to imply what you mean, rather than stating it outright. for example, in my poem “Savior” i wrote “when i told him i was dying, i expected him to leave, but he didn’t. he just holds me longer now. he holds me tighter.” instead of having to include every emotional impact of the narrator’s confession of dying, (like how their lover wants to care for them, how he wishes he had more time with them, how he knows he’s losing them soon, etc) i wrote something that implies all of that at once. 

don’t worry about grammar/punctuation rules! as long as it makes sense, do whatever you want with grammar and punctuation. i promise no one will care.

keyboard > pen and paper! this one is definitely a personal preference but i prefer to type all my poetry because it makes it so much easier for me to do things like: move around lines/stanzas, change out words for better ones, or add/remove things quickly. 

be proud of yourself!! be proud of your words!! i promise if you believe in yourself, it’s gonna make it so much more fun, which is gonna make it so much easier. 

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I think my writing is improving as I stop asking myself “is this good enough?” and start asking myself “is this honest? Is this true to me?”

“Good” is so arbitrary, but the harder I focus on being honest over being good I think the quality improves and connects more genuinely with people

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bruh the only time a man should have an abortion opinion is if he’s pregnant

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DM: “So, the bank robbers are all wearing baklavas–”

Me: “… Isn’t that a dessert?”

DM: “… Balaclavas!”

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outside of Kvatch, Cyrodiil - circa. 3E 433

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Joey Batey at The Witcher Premiere | London 17/12/2019 [x][x][x][x][x]

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*listens to a song and makes a little amv in my head* this ones for all the telepaths out there ...

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why is Anders like. so liked in the fandom. I don't get it he's voiced support for tevinter slavery and is just. downright cruel to fenris about everything. and if you try to not flirt with him and say you aren't interested just after apologizing for his friend being made tranquil he takes it as an insult

Some of the main reasons I like Anders:

His multifaceted advocacy for equal rights for mages, including going as far as risking his life to help mages escape the Gallows and get out of Kirkwall

He himself has gone through a lot of trauma in the Circles, including but not limited to an entire year of solitary confinement, and yet he gave up the only protection he had from them (the Grey Wardens) because he couldn’t stand him having freedoms that other mages didn’t

He does nothing in half measure, and is so full of passion for the people and things he cares about—and this isn’t just special with Hawke, lest we forget he travelled all the way to Kirkwall in the first place because of Karl, and even before that lest we forget the very reason he merged with Justice was to help his friend

Speaking of Justice, I really like how much his personality and Justice’s personality in Awakening blend together in his character in DA:2; it truly is a matter of showing what is told in the way you can pick pieces of both characters as they were separately now merged together, and I find that to be a really interesting and unique piece of character progression that not only builds him as a person, but adds to and reflects the worldbuilding with how magic and spirits work

He’s super open with affection in his romance, and just like Merrill, declares his love for Hawke without hesitation

When he’s not with Hawke, he’s providing free health care for Kirkwall citizens and refugees that the rest of the city openly shuns and attacks, and in return they protect and love him; he is at the same time showing people mages aren’t scary, but people just like them just by doing what he does

As a “Zillennial” I can’t help but like and relate to his nihilistic sense of humour

And to respond to your points:

“He's voiced support for Tevinter slavery”

...Where? Show me where in the game that Anders says slavery in Tevinter is okay actually.

If you are only referring to the allocation of friendship points if Hawke is an evil motherfucker who gives Fenris back to Danarius, then I would like to counter this with the fact that the friendship/rivalry point allocation for all the companions is messed up at times. And in fact in regards to that specific scenario, they should all openly attack Hawke for doing such, in my opinion. Leliana and Wynne attack the Warden for poisoning the Sacred Ashes, but apparently no one even tries to stop Hawke selling Fenris back into slavery? Really, Gaider?

Anyway, some other examples of the friendship/rivalry point allocation being really morally messed up and/or OOC:

Fenris gains +10 friendship if Hawke threatens to expose Thrask having had a mage daughter unless Thrask pays them, and +10 rivalry for promising to keep Thrask’s secret

Aveline gains +10 rivalry for attacking Varian in the slaver

Merrill gains +5 friendship for accepting Torpor’s bargain to possess Feynriel, and +5 rivalry for killing Torpor

Aveline gains +10 friendship for turning Keran over to Meredith, and +10 rivalry for letting him go

Aveline gains +10 friendship for allowing Isabela to negotiate with Castillon the slaver, and +5 rivalry for killing him

Varric gains +5 friendship for allowing Isabela to negotiate with Castillon the slaver, and +5 rivalry for killing him

So lets look at that last point as a similar example to Anders’ friendship/rivalry change during the quest Alone. Varric and Aveline gain friendship points for letting a slaver go free, and rivalry points for killing him. Are you going to say Varric and Aveline support slavery too, then? Or are you going to acknowledge that friendship/rivalry point allocation should not be taken at full value of who characters are, but rather sometimes simply added for the sake of game mechanical benefits and consequences of choices, and don’t make sense?

“He’s downright cruel to Fenris about everything”

Yeah. They’re rude to each other. They have a hostile relationship and it’s not good, but the way you’re phrasing this is as if it’s only a one-way street. Fenris is also rude to Anders about everything.

This isn’t to say that either negates the other, but that they are on the same level of antagonism. It’s not just Anders bullying Fenris, or just Fenris bullying Anders. They are both at fault.

“If you try to not flirt with him and say you aren't interested just after apologizing for his friend being made tranquil he takes it as an insult”

I do agree that the dialogue here is messy.

I would like to point out though, that it is entirely possible to get through it without flirting and without him trying to initiate anything. I know because I literally just did it with my new playthrough I started.

Anyway, this blog loves and supports Anders. ✌

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