Either this man was not Mr Cardoza, or my imagining of him had served me wrong. This gentleman was young, no older than Caleb, and strikingly pleasant to look at. He was clean-shaven, his hair a glossy chestnut brown, swept back with a lemon-scented pomatum I could smell from across the room. His clothes were exquisitely tailored, all jet but for the splash of blue silk at his throat. His shoes were either brand new or diligently shined each day, and a silver watch chain ran from the button of his waistcoat to his pocket, just as brightly polished. "Gideon," Ernest said. "Good of you to join us." "I am on time," Gideon replied, apparently sensing a note of displeasure in Ernest's voice. He whipped his watch from his pocket, casting a discerning eye upon it. "Precisely two minutes early, in fact."

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1. followers only. new followers are welcome 2. both likes and reblogs count 3. I HAVE to have visual references for your character. things like picrews, doll makers, sims screenshots, etc–those all count. additional info on scars, piercings, beauty marks, etc are all fine written. these are portraits that are done in one sitting without revisions, so keep that in mind. 4. I reserve the right to refuse to a draw a character without a reason. I do not draw furries or mechs. 5. If you’ve gotten a portrait from me this year already, I will pass over your entry. I want this to be fair and so the most amount of people get the chance for a portrait. I realize i still have several days left, so it’ll be on my discretion to pass up your entry.

• If you have a drawing, photo, or video that you want to make accessible, I can help! Show me what you’d like me to describe, and I can send you a rough draft
• My rate is 3 cents per word, at a minimum of $1.00 (note that a piece with a lot of detail will likely be more expensive), and I will not charge until the final ID is completed.

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In Mass Effect 2, Thane as introduced as a master assassin, trained since he was a child to be skilled at killing, and he took to the training earnestly. One of the first things he says to you out loud is that he is terminally ill with something similar to cystic fibrosis, and he isn't afraid of death because he doesn't have much time left anyway. You can help him reunite with his estranged son, and you can also romance him; if you do both, he can tell you he's starting to fear dying again because now he has relationships that will be affected by his death. It's also worth noting that Thane was all over the marketing for Mass Effect 2. In the sequel, Mass Effect 3, Thane is in the hospital due to his illness progressing and cannot be interacted with outside of it, even if he's you're love interest. He then reappears later to sacrifice his life to save an NPC being threatened by an assassin. Despite being a sniper, Thane primarily fights this guy in close quarters, and is subsequently stabbed through the stomach. There is no way to prevent this from happening if Thane survived the second game, and there is no way to save him. He later dies of his injuries in the hospital, and the game says a couple of lines about him dying a hero, but then he's barely spoken about again. If he's your love interest, you need to download a DLC in order to have any form of closure to his romance.

I genuinely feel like most people who romance Thane in ME2 had no issue with romancing a love interest who would die. That's not my issue. My issue is that his death is completely meaningless and there's no way in-game to make it better. No one even really acknowledges it in the rest of the game unless you have the Citadel DLC. I also recently learned that the person who wrote Thane in Mass Effect 2 left BioWare after its release, which makes sense because it feels like the rest of the writer's room forgot Thane existed until the last minute.

owl city - "when can i see you again?" // ilenia tesoro - unnamed // lee martens // florian i. - "same place, different time" // lord huron - "the night we met" // mika - "stardust" // olivia de recat - "closeness lines" // käthe butcher - "a hug in the garden" // iain thomas, ella frances sanders // wiz khalifa - "see you again ft. charlie puth"

• lyrics by Owl City: "Tell me when / When can I see you again? / When can I see you again? / Tell me when / When can I see you again?"
• photo by ilenia tesoro: a hand in front of a grey wall, reaching down, and the shadow of another hand against the wall, reaching up. the hands could hold each other if they were both corporeal.
• quote by lee martens: "I knew from the moment I met you I would spend a lifetime missing you."
• photo by florian I: a long-exposure black-and-white photo of a wrought iron fence. a man stands with both hands on the fence, looking away from the viewer; a woman does the same. they aren't in the same shot, but because of the long exposure, their poses are laid over one another.
• lyrics by lord huron: "I had all and then most of you / Some and now none of you / Take me back to the night we met."
• lyrics by mika: "I said 'I love you,' you said 'goodbye' / Everything changes in the blink of an eye / It's been a while, I still carry the flame / I wanna know, will I see you again? / See you again, see you again"
• art by olivia de recat: two lines drawn initially in parallel, almost touching at one point, then retreating from each other before circling back to continue on close together. these lines represent to closeness of the relationship that text written above the lines describes as: "Someone you Meet at the Wrong Time, Then Re-Meet at the Right One"
• art by käthe butcher: an illustration of two people hugging tightly against a light brown background with dandelion seeds floating around them. the person whose back is to the viewer has long black hair and a top covered in red poppy flowers and their leaves. the other person has long light-coloured hair and a top covered in yellow and white dandelions and their leaves. both are hugging so tightly that no one's face is visible.
• calligraphy by ella frances sanders: a quote by iain thomas that reads, in red block all-caps letters: "And when I asked you how you'd been, I meant I missed you more than I've ever missed anything before."
• lyrics by wiz khalifa: "We've come a long way from where we began / Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again / When I see you again." /end ID]