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"....he's right behind me, isn't he?"

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Taash x Harding unstoppable siege machine

Doodle prompt fulfillment from my pat of treon

One of my favorite character interactions between companions, a wonderful prompt input ✨

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I love when you’re reading multiple fics by the same author and you start to spot all the phrases and adjectives they like to use

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When writing a character struggling with shame

Shame isn’t guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. It’s corrosive. It rewrites self-worth. And most of the time, it whispers, not screams.

✧ Start with silence. Characters carrying shame don’t confess it on page one. They avoid. They deflect. They joke. They become perfect. Shame thrives in secrets. Let it fester before it speaks.

✧ Show the disconnect. They don’t feel lovable, even when they are. Compliments bounce off them. Praise feels like a setup. They think kindness is a trick. Show them flinching at affection.

✧ Give it a backstory. Shame doesn’t appear from nowhere. Maybe they were told they were too much. Not enough. A mistake. Shame is always planted by someone else, then internalized. Find that origin moment and make it hurt.

✧ Let them sabotage good things. They get a healthy relationship? They run. They succeed? They downplay it. They get seen? They shut down. Shame convinces people they don’t deserve good things and they’ll act accordingly.

✧ Body language matters. Hunched shoulders. Arms crossed. Averted eyes. Shrinking into themselves. Shame has a physical posture. Write it.

✧ Watch their inner voice. Shame doesn’t sound like “I’m the worst.” It sounds like “Why would they care about me?”or “Of course I messed it up.” It’s casual. Constant. Cruel.

✧ Make healing slow and clumsy. Shame doesn’t vanish after one pep talk. It takes safe spaces. Relearning. A lot of awkward baby steps. Let your character accept one small good thing and then panic about it later.

✧ Let them rewrite their own story. Eventually, they’ll have to look at who they were and say, “Even then, I was trying. Even then, I deserved love.” Let them get there. Let it be earned. Let it feel impossible and then let it happen anyway.

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serenity

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Don't distract Gale pls, he's yearning

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i also think combining Taash's gender crisis with my Rook(nonbinary and never cared) and Imshael (can switch form on a whim) would have been quite the trio and a moment(tm) for them

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Day 6 - The Road Less Traveled

A quick entry for @datvcompanionweeks Davrin Week day 6!!

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rookanis tarot card ( wip )

inspo

messy sketches

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*cawing noises in the distance*

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I just really want them to have a good night's rest, heavens know they need it

I like to imagine that once things settle down Spite allows Lucanis to stay put at night and actually sleep when they're with Rook. Because after everything both Rook and Lucanis have a hard time feeling like they are truly safe, so Spite takes it upon himself to guard them when they sleep. Promised Lucanis to wake him if there ever were a threat. However, it ends up with Spite taking over to wake one of them from their night terrors more often than not. He is not the best a comfort but he knows that they can help each other, so he watches and he waits.

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I couldn't r e s i s t...🌶🌶🌶

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OC as a Deity

I was tagged by @captainmagpie-risha & took the what would you be the god of quiz for my main Rook Nadia de Riva. This was super fun!

Honestly, Nadia is very preoccupied with vanity. I haven’t explored it much in my fic yet, but she definitely puts a lot into her appearance, especially with maintaining her hair. If she gets gunk in it, she’s definitely freaking out a little bit. She’s also a huge romantic & her favorite part of any story is the love confession.

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are. are you telling me that if the romanced mage warden dies and alistair is king, he deadass stares greagoir down over her dead body and grants the circle of ferelden its autonomy after ordering it rebuilt somewhere safer. first you have to deliberately leave him behind so he won't die for you and then he does that for you once you're gone, even when you're broken up??? absolute and literal king behaviour of the highest order????? the actions speak louder than words of it all??????? I think I hauve covid

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Astarion reminded me of someone...

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“There were times I would've been thrilled if everyone who put their hands on me burst into flames.”