Jace | He/him
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The woman sits at one end of a crooked-legged table, concentrating hard on her plate of blood sausage.
It’s nice. Warm. The soldier and his family are chattering, but between trying not to drop the sausage before it reaches her mouth and the ringing in her ears, she can’t make out what they’re saying.
She overcompensates and squishes the sausage in between her fingers, the dark mince inside bursting out of the skin. Gerdur taps the table to get her attention and asks, “You sure you don’t want me to cut that into pieces for you?”
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look at me. listen to me. bigots and queerphobes don’t know the distinction between a trans person, a gnc cis gay person, and a cisgender heterosexual crossdresser. all of these people are just queer degenerates to them. that is why their anti-drag bills are written so vaguely as to encompass any possible mundane gender nonconformity - so they can target as many of us as possible in one ruling. and that’s why you need to stop trying to put lines between these groups in regards to ‘who’s more oppressed’ and ‘who has the right to talk about gender’ - gender nonconformity and transgenderism are punished in exactly the same way. cut one of us and the other bleeds. our fight is the same.
idk what trans man or trans masc needs to hear this but if ur experiences with gender or gender identity make another trans man or trans person in general uncomfortable, that is entirely not your problem.
if you’re 50 years old and have lived the majority of your life as a woman and feel comfortable calling your younger self a girl and a woman and saying you used to be a woman, and some 20 yr old trans guy says that makes him feel dysphoric bc his experience is that he’s always been a man, that’s not your problem.
if you’re medically transitioning and want to look a certain way in order to pass for safety or comfort and someone says that makes them uncomfortable because you’re “inferring men have to look a certain way to be men”, that’s not your problem.
if you can’t or don’t want to medically transition and someone says that your body gives them “secondhand dysphoria”, that’s not your problem.
if the way you experience sexuality or queerness doesn’t make sense to someone and they think your identity is a reflection of their identity, that’s not your problem.
someone else’s unresolved issues are not your problem, and if they try to make them your problem, laugh at them and then block them/walk away.
Every time AO3 makes an update, there’s a chorus of ‘and can we please please please be able to leave kudos on each chapter pleeeeease?!?!’
In theory, this is a nice idea. We’ve all smashed the kudos button on our favourite fics, bemoaning the fact we can’t give them all the love.
But ya’ll, kudos per chapter would absolutely fucking suck.
For readers, it would suck because it would compound the existing problem of making it hard to find fics that are good and not just long - not that a fic can’t be both! But there are plenty of Pulitzer-worthy one-shots out there that are buried way way down the list when ranked by number of kudos, because they’re beneath a bunch of 50/? fics where the author lost sight of where the hell the story was going 30 chapters ago, but their fic has had 50x the chances to be viewed so has more kudos. It would encourage authors to release their fics in lots of little chapters instead of a few longer ones/one-shots as they might otherwise have done (and as might otherwise suit the story).
And for authors it would especially suck, as it would compound the existing problem of people not commenting. Kudos are very much appreciated, but comments make an author’s day; but so few people bother, and frankly, it’s disheartening. Let people just click a button to show their appreciation for each new chapter? The hits:kudos:comments ratio would get even worse than it already is.
You can already ‘give kudos’ for each chapter of a fic on AO3 - by commenting. Hell you can literally write ‘kudos!’ It will make the author smile, I promise.
A common complaint ive seen about dragon age inquisition is about its roleplay capacities
Specifically about the way the origins dont really affect the narrative when perhaps they should, and the lack of meaningfull control over your characters story
And while i think thats honestly a good criticism, it might unintentionally be a really good framing for the inquisitor
Because, as has been going around a bit,
the narrative is a bitch.
Your inquisitor isnt lavellan, or cadash or adaar or trevelyan
Your inquisitor is
The inquisitor.
Their identity before is removed from them, they are stripped of their autonomy (because look they ARE captive and they CANNOT refuse their position, not really)
And they are put into the position of an unwilling martyr
An icon of a religion they may or may not even be apart of
A symbol for things they might not believe
Because it doesnt matter if they believe
It doesnt matter who they are
Theyre a symbol
And the people believe
The inquisitors feelings dont matter to the narrative, nor the people
As long as they keep smiling and waving and doing their job
Why does everyone in kirkwall say the WEIRDEST shit to carver. I just saw an npc on the docks say "You look like a sinker. Dense." to him as he walked by her. leave my snotty little brother alone already
There is so much more I could say about this, but there is not enough room. Remember to check with reality rather than believing conspiracy theories promoted, supported, and funded by white nationalist hate groups.
Missouri is proposing 20% of the nation’s anti-trans legislation this session. Gender-affirming care for young folks is on the edge of being criminalized (so much love to trans friends in states where that has already happened).
Please keep up with the anti-trans legislation in your state and combat it. There are lives at stake.
Transphobes do not touch this post.
Image ID: a 10-image cartoon comic featuring Joey, a boy with short hair.
Image 1: Joey, upset, gesticulates towards an open laptop. Text reads: The reality of St. Louis trans kids. Last week, a former (non-medical) employee of Washington University’s Pediatric Transgender Center was featured in a viral article about how the clinic was “rushing” kids into medical care and “mutilating” us. Every single thing she said was a lie, but the media loves it. Footnote reads: I wouldn’t give any more attention to this, but it is immediately endangering the lives of trans people. Missouri has launched a state investigation and is actively attempting to criminalize gender-affirming care based on conspiracy theories.
Image 2: Joey points to a map of the United States where Missouri is singled out, and a map of Missouri where St. Louis is indicated with a star. The text reads: The Transgender Center, located in St. Louis, Missouri, has been the target of hateful attacks from the far-right state legislature for years. It is part of Washington University Hospital, a branch of a prestigious private university.
Image 3: A younger Joey injects his T shot in his leg while someone takes a photo. Text reads: I can tell you that everything in the article is false because I received care at the Transgender Center beginning at 16 years old. My medical transition has brought me nothing but joy. What a gift it is to be trans!
Image 4: A younger Joey sits on a couch and stims with a tangle fidget toy. Text reads: No one is “rushed”. I sat on many waitlists, had to have 6 months of specialized gender therapy and a diagnosis of gender dysphoria before even being referred to the Center, and I was denied as “not ready enough” by an endocrinologist the first time I finally got an appointment. Footnote reads: If you’re curious about what it looks like to be a trans kid, I did another piece on that! Check out tinyurl.com/transkidscomictumblr.
Image 5: A colorful map of the United States shows how many states have a Negative Gender Identity Policy Tally and how many states have criminalized gender affirming care. Joey holds a credit card. Text reads: St. Louis’ Pediatric Transgender Center is the only one in the region, meaning the waitlists are extremely long. Plus, no one in the only industrialized country without free healthcare is getting medical care for fun. Many American trans folks have to fundraise for our care.
Image 6: Joey, distressed, sits on a couch while talking on the phone. The person on the other end says: “That’s me!” Text reads: This former employee spoke about specific cases, and patients have been able to identify themselves. She shared our private medical info and called us horrifying.
Image 7: This is split into two panels. In the first, Joey holds up a box of condoms and a packet of birth control pills. Texts reads: She especially hated trans men such as myself, saying that trans ideology was destroying “girls”. She lamented about hormones making us “sterile”, which is a complete lie. We trans mascs have to actively prevent pregnancy. In panel two stands a doctor. Text reads: Every time I had an appointment at the Center, doctors reminded me: Remember: testosterone is not a contraceptive! Footnote reads: The wonderful Erin Reed wrote a breakdown debunking all the lies in the article. See tinyurl.com/erinreedmissouri.
Image 8: Joey, masked, sits at a circular table with his brother, an unmasked boy with fluffy short hair. Joey’s brother is showing him his phone. Text reads: Major newspapers continue to platform these complete lies because they bring in engagement and money. The Washington Post tracked down my little brother’s personal cell phone number to try to get in contact with our mom – the president of an organization supporting trans kids in Missouri. Freaky, right?
Image 9: Joey, looking disgusted, leans against a door frame while talking on a cell phone. Text reads: But no one wants to talk with me, the adult who medically transitioned at this clinic as a minor and has not “desisted” in six years. The Washington Post reporter, who didn’t know anything about trans people, talked with me for 20 minutes and used a sentence of mine in an article about “both sides of the debate”. She didn’t mention that this former employee is being legally represented by a recognized anti-LGBT hate group, nor that all of her claims are unsupported by reality or science.
Image 10: Joey looks angry and gesticulates. Beside the drawing are two photos of Joey, one of him happy in front of a trans flag, and the other of him drawing up testosterone to take his first T shot. Text reads: There is no debate. There are trans people, and there are people who want us dead. There is truth and there are conspiracy theories. Where is my viral article in a major paper?
Published Feb 16, 2023. End ID.
When i first met alistair in da:o i was actually kinda shocked that i like him?
Like theres something to be said about the way the fandom had me perceiving him (vanilla straight boy whos kinda awkward) vs the actual man in the game (menace??? Horrible, hilarious menace of a man??)
Like i understand why we like him now, i am smitten, BUT ALSO WHY DO I ONLY EVER SEE HIM PORTRAYED AS THE BORING VANILLA LOSER THATS SO MEAN
I started my ACTUAL FIRST DA:O PLAYTHROUGH (embarassing for a DA nerd i know), went human non-mage because im a loser
Saw gilmore and
Immediatly went
"yes, you,
You shall be good friends with mr cousland right here"
fandom: dragon age.
rating: general.
pairing: carver hawke/oc (pre-relationship)
word count: 416
A/N: found this little piece i wrote ages ago about carver and my grey warden oc august’s first meeting. entirely without context for the reader, rip, but mayhaps i will write more about them to make that context!!!
He says his name is Auguste.
Carver hates the e at the end. It’s too orlesian and feels funny in his mouth.
“So August,” he says with a frown.
The other man frowns right back. “No, it’s–”
“August,” he insists, and August crosses his arms against his chest, glaring up at him with something hot in his gaze.
He’s a little over head shorter than Carver, skin pearl white and body clearly malnourished under his armor. He looks like he’s barely able to stand without assistance, to be honest. The tips of his ears are faintly sharp, but otherwise he looks entirely human. Mixed heritage, then, Carver guesses.
His round eyes are a little bloodshot but still clearly storm grey and unflinching as they stare straight into Carver’s own. His mousy brown, still blood caked hair is a mess.
He can’t be any older than Carver himself.
August doesn’t say anything in a while, just looks at Carver in a way that makes him feel flushed with annoyance. Or something.
“Carver Hawke,” August says slowly. He didn’t have that thick of an orlesian accent two minutes ago, when they were introduced. “A very Fereldan name.”
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varric tethras 🤝 magic earring ken
cock ring necklace
listen to me. thoughts do not have moral weight. a thought will never hurt anyone. the actions you take because of a thought can hurt yourself or other people, but the thought itself is powerless and there is no such thing as thought crime.
"but i have thoughts about being violent towards people! towards children! surely that makes me dangerous!" are you being violent? for real? with your actions? if not, then you are not actually hurting anyone
"but i have thoughts that are offensive and hurtful! they're bigoted, or they're horribly rude, or they're invalidating to others! i'm a horrible person." and what are you doing with those thoughts, exactly? are you taking bigoted actions, or saying those rude things, or taking steps to actually invalidate people? no? well then. no one is getting hurt. and in the meantime, if it really bothers you, doing things like helping unlearn your biases (both against minorities and just, like, against furries and theatre kids and shit) might help some of those thoughts go away, but sometimes you just get shitty thoughts.
"but i have horrific thoughts about sex!" are you hurting people. are you forcing people to do things they don't consent to. or are you just playing the upsetting possibility in your mind over and over again, and acting like that's even remotely the same thing?
thought. crime. is. not. real. OCD. is. hell. (and anything else that may cause intrusive thoughts.) but it does not define you. your thoughts will always, always come secondary to your actions. you're gonna be fine.
You know Fenris isn't always perfect but he IS one of the only dragon age characters who knows the word "sorry", which I think we don't give him enough credit for
Sebastian sounds like shrek
dear anon i am giving u an ibuprofen and tucking u into bed. like a grandparent w dementia whom i found wandering the empty halls and mumbling incoherencies. sleep well ily
I need everyone to know that i started daniils HD route and finished marbles nest BEFORE touching anything haruspex related
So when i finished my first playthrough of marbles nest
And looked up alternate endings
I was just
Convinced that you STOLE THE WORMS ENTIRE HEART for the open heart ending
Like
Thats what i assumed
There's probably lots of things that are legally wrong with the Burakh adoption scheme
But my only real gripe is:
Theres only one single bed in the hideout
Where the fuck do your children sleep, Artemy
No one touch me i GENUINLY loved the UK performance
Someone kick me
Why am i having butterflies???
God my dad just said smth about italys performance thats really nice
"the older one is trying to help the less experienced one with the way hes singing
Hes assisting"
And WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT WHILE WATCHING YEAH
I CAN SEE IT