This Is Me Far More Than Id Like.

This is me far more than I’d like.

Reading a draft of your own fic chapter and l o v i n g it is great up until you get to the point where you just stopped fucking writing

My only complaint about this map is the labeling of the Western Approach as “Hot Arid.” It’s actually a cold desert, like the Atacama and Gobi deserts (there are other cold deserts in our world too, and they even look sandy, arid, and warm in color tone). The color palette in the game can be confusing, as it’s warm oranges and browns, but there are clues within the lore and even in the game itself.

The novel Asunder describes the Western Approach as cold:

The Approach had a strange sort of beauty to it even so. It was a desert, but not a warm desert with glowing yellow sand. It was a cold desert, mottled purple like an unhealed bruise. Rocky pillars jutted out of the sand like brittle, twisted bones; there was a sense that the howling winds had long covered everything else. Even so, it didn't seem forbidding and horrible . . . just stark, and perhaps even a little sad. It was as if the world mourned a mortal injury inflicted long ago.

It’s important to note that the Approach’s desertification is due to a Blight.

Within the game itself, you actually can hear area banter from Dorian that confirms that the Approach is meant to be cold. Credit to DAIHell for finding the voice clip here: "I thought deserts were supposed to be hot.” Similarly, he complains in the Hissing Wastes that it’s freezing, and “Why is a desert freezing?” The Iron Bull also comments on the climate of the Wastes, referring to it as a “dry cold.”

When in doubt, remember that Thedas is actually in the southern hemisphere of its planet, and thus temperatures increase the further north you go, not south. The Arbor Wilds may be an exception due to the amount of magic there, as it’s much more difficult to explain why there are jungle creatures in a very southerly zone. As for the Frostback Basin...I got nothin’. Something something god of winter imprisoned something?

The Climates of Thedas

Weiterlesen

which one of u was going to tell me that tea tastes different if u put it in hot water?

Mass Effect Headcanons

I headcanon that of all the sentient races in the galaxy, humans are one of the most touchy-feely (partly because touch releases endorphins and is important to human well-being IRL), and this likely confuses any non-human love interest Shepard has to some extent.

I’ve been helping my friend play through Dragon Age Inquisition, and we’re working on The Descent DLC right now. There’s a gauntlet of darkspawn to fight through along the way, and we did some exploring to find all the supply caches for restocking potions because I couldn’t quite recall where they all are, and you know what the internet seems to be sorely lacking? A map of the supply caches during this gauntlet!

So here’s a map of the supply caches in the darkspawn gauntlet of the Ruins of Heidrun Thaig!

Because I keep seeing posts (on forums, on Tumblr, elsewhere) that mention two caches, but there are actually three you can reach during the gauntlet. Three.

The third is up on a side ledge you have to jump to. I’ve drawn the route in blue.

You’re welcome.