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Bothering the beast

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when you censor yourself like this -> *** on my dash i respect your right to privacy but I AM trying to decipher it like we're playing hangman or something. is there an o in there give me something to work with

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she was 17 bullying the entirety of london society

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one of the greatest tragedies in life is that you will always be loved more than you will ever know. someone in class finds your presence inviting and warm, even if you’ve only ever exchanged a few words with them—maybe none at all. someone on the street loves your smile and it gets them down the next few streets. someone you used to be friends with still wishes to fondly call your name. someone you used to be friends with five years ago would give anything to be in the same room as you today. someone who regularly comes into work is disappointed when you aren’t there to brighten their day. someone missed you today. someone noticed you were gone. someone loves you when you’re there; someone loves you when you’re nowhere to be found at all. you think you have always disappeared when you’re no longer in the picture, but you’ve never left the frame.

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Narratively, the most terrifying thing Solas says is “I am not a monster” because there are two types of monster husbands— 1) where the monster husband denies he is a monster (like the Phantom of the Opera) by saying “I am not a monster” and is then narratively punished for hubris or 2) the ones where the monster husband sees themselves as a monster and accepts that they’ll never be accepted because of it, who is then proven wrong (like Beauty and the Beast).

“I am not a monster” Solas I’m begging you not to say that particular phrase. Those particular words in that particular order. If you would please instead deride yourself and say “I am a monster” I would feel better and your trajectory would be better

Solas you can shapeshift into a giant wolf. Please.

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“I am going to get a good grade in ___________, a thing that is both normal to want and possible to achieve” drifts through my brain with positively alarming regularity.

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Just Shivana (I think I’m in love with her)

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Just for fun.  Banter.  If Zevran was in the Inquisition and he and Solas hated each other for whatever reason.

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Zevran:  A curious thing, for a life-long apostate to volunteer in a company such as this.

Solas:   Is it now?  The fate of the world is at stake, is it not?

 Zevran:  But to be under the thumb of the Chantry?  Surely self-preservation must play some part.

Solas:  If I save myself and in doing so condemn the world, then what purpose would living serve, exactly?

Zevran:  Well, there might not be women anymore, but wine and song could still be had!

Solas:  Until the demons found you as well.

Zevran:  Oh, exciting!  Hopefully the desire ones.

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Solas:  Now I find myself wondering why an Antivan Crow would be joining the Inquisition.

Zevran:  For the charming company, of course.

Solas:  Especially one that seems to have so little interest in the fate of the world, or interest in anything beyond the scope of their narrow amusements.

Zevran:  I suppose…I hadn’t thought about it like that.  Thank you, Solas.

Solas:  Ah, sarcasm.

Zevran:  No, no, no.  I genuinely am feeling enlightened.  Thank you so much.

Solas:  (Sighs.)

Zevran:  I will widen my amusements immediately.

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Zevran:  So, Solas.

Solas:  (Sighs.) Yes?

Zevran:  I was wondering…would you mind terribly if I called you hahren?

Solas:  You did not strike me as Dalish.

Zevran:  Oh, I’m not.  I just feel it properly encapsulates our relationship.

Solas:  You do realize that I am fully aware of the fact that you are building towards some crude attempt at humor?

Zevran:  Hmm, you are right.  Perhaps I need to be punished, hahren.

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This is so wholesome

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how did I survive being a teenager in high school. now as an adult I’m realizing that if I get up at 6am i’d have to fall asleep by 10pm to get eight hours of sleep. this is an insane realization I was apparently not aware of at the time

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was so caught up by the beauty of another fat tav mod that i went into the comments and got ambushed by the fatphobia...

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There was a demon-spewing hole in the sky. Somebody had to stop it from destroying the world.

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fuck it homebrew boop button. reblog this post to boop the person you reblogged from.

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Boop!

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I always thought it was like an exaggeration when horse people would talk about how silly it was for anyone to think that riding a horse does not require any particular level of skill or balance or anything, or even that they "drive themselves" (???) but just the tags on the reblogs of that "can you ride a bike and/or horse" post from me alone are demonstrating how overconfident some people are in their (often entirely theoretical!) ability to stay on an alive and moving animal with a will of its own.

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hey don’t cry. trees grow out of the ground.