God Of War Ragnarok Is So Real For Giving Us Found Family Dinner Scenes With Everyone. Even If Theyre

god of war ragnarok is so real for giving us found family dinner scenes with everyone. even if they’re all either awkward or end in arguments

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omg I forgot I have this pic of my dog trying to fit in a dog bed too small for him 😭😭

If the Farmer was sick, what would the villagers bring as gifts to aid recovery?

Willy - driftwood to light a fire

Gus - homemade chicken noodle soup and garlic bread

Jodi - hearty stew

Emily - a flannel blanket

Pierre - a bag of groceries

Gunther- reading material from the library

Caroline - tea

Haley - an eyemask to help with sleep

Penny- bath salts from the spa

Clint - an extra sprinkler while the Farmer is down for the count

Harvey - medicine and herbal supplements

Marnie - barn kittens for company

Sebastian - portable video game console

Maru -star charts

Pam - a little hair of the dog

Alex - spare small TV to watch the game or dance competition reruns

Evelyn - Ginger cookies with dried cranberries (high in antioxidants) and a bouquet of flowers

Mayor Lewis - a box of tissues and throat drops

Linus - a guide about trees

Leah - fresh honey from her bee boxes

Sam - good tunes on a mix

Vincent/Jas - homemade get well soon cards

Shane - some comfort junk foods from Joja Mart

Elliott - a sounds of the ocean track to help the Farmer drift into sleep or stories on tape (preferably read by Elliott himself)

Wizard - herbs. Do you trust them? Should you trust them?

Robin - would come over and fix up broken objects or update furniture for ease

Demetrius- mushrooms (no not magic...)

I've been watching some videos about plot choices in DA:O and DA2 that I've never seen, and Merrill has this amazing line in the Gallows at the end of Act 3, if you side against her and the mages. It speaks to everything I adore about her character, and sums up the central conflict of the entire Dragon Age series so poignantly:

"If I leave these mages to die, or I help you kill them, what then? Magic can't be made safe, and it can't be destroyed. Fear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could."

That's the thing I love about Merrill. Out of all the mages we encounter throughout the series, on both sides of the mage-templar conflict, Merrill has always been the one who, despite her flaws, or maybe because of them, understands the hard truths about magic that almost no one else seems able or willing to accept.

This line in the Gallows reminds me of another line she has, a banter line with Anders after Justice takes over and almost kills that one girl.

Merrill: Are you all right?

Anders: I nearly killed an innocent girl. How could I be all right? There's no definition of "all right" that fits this state.

Merrill: I'm sorry.

Anders: You're sorry? For me? This could be you. You could be the next monster threatening helpless girls.

Merrill: Anders, there's no such thing as a good spirit. There never was. All spirits are dangerous. I understood that. I'm sorry that you didn't.

Merrill understands that magic is not safe, and will never be safe. And until the rest of Thedas is ready to accept that, the mage-templar conflict will never end. Because until you can accept that there's no silver bullet solution to the problem of dangerous spirits and mages who choose to hurt people, you'll never be willing to do the hard work it takes to co-exist.

I love you How to Train Your Dragon. I love you The Sea Beast. I love you “everything we know about you is wrong”. I love you “you can be a hero and still be wrong”. I love you children questioning generations of propaganda. I love you adorable yet dangerous creature winning over a child with an act of kindness in the midst of a war. I love you children ending your parents wars through an unlikely friendship. I love you children teaching your community to chose forgiveness and peace. I love you power of friendship overcoming generations of hate.