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Varric Tethras as a character is wild. He calls everyone by a nickname. He writes trashy romance novels. He’s a prolific liar. His family got them kicked out of the dwarf kingdom for rigging dwarven Wrestlemania matches. He has fingers in literally every crime ring in Kirkwall. He lives in a pub. He named his weapon after his absent girlfriend with whom he has a restraining order. He denies his involvement in keeping the wizard police away from his friend’s illegal magic Urgent Care. He’s the mom of the friend group. And he does this all while being four feet tall

a helpful flow chart for all aspiring game devs out there

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING…

I shot her. I remember everything.

The Lady of the Lake is pretty chill. Her cousin, the Witch of the Waterfall, is a little less sociable.

You get a sword but you won’t like where

a few notes: --this is apparently a piece that is very difficult to play --this flute is keyless, which requires the player to use extremely precise finger positioning --Lizzo is wearing two inch acrylic nails

the runs at the end are both stunning and flawless!

Cool. The flute is cool. But I got some more info that I feel is important.

That's James Maddison's flute. James Maddison owned over 100 slaves. Due to debts he had to sell land and slaves over his lifetime. By the time of his death he owned 36 slaves. No slaves were freed during his lifetime or in his will.

The power that this successful Black woman has over his legacy right now.

Not just playing his flute, but shaking her ass while playing his flute.

Oh, the white supremacists are so mad.

You know how often people play instruments that are hundreds of years old? Instruments are made to last hundreds of years. They're preserved through use. First chair violinists in major orchestras often use violins that are centuries old.

My aunt owns and sells instruments both young and old, and it's a huge dishonor to the memory of the creator to demand that the instrument go in a museum never to be used.

-fae

Something really cool about this video is that Lizzo is usually in really extravagant outfits, which is awesome to see! But we as fat people are expected to over-perform gender and be dressed to the nines just to deserve basic respect. If we're seen wearing baggy pants and a simple shirt, we're called slovenly, lazy, ugly. So I love seeing Lizzo being able to wear not just the extravagant outfits but also outfits like this that are a "fuck you" to every fatphobe who thinks fat people must put on a performance to earn basic respect and dignity.

Not only is Lizzo playing James Madison’s crystal flute, she was invited to by Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress and the first actual librarian to have the job since 1974 (she was appointed in 2016). She is also the first woman and the first African American to be the Librarian of Congress.

She invited Lizzo by @ her on Twitter because she saw Lizzo would be in town for her tour. Lizzo spent three hours touring the LoC and looking at historic flutes in the collection.

Carla Hayden was previously the head librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, which is the city library organization for Baltimore. She kept the libraries open during the Freddie Gray riots so people would have a safe place to bring their kids.

She’s a cool lady and I hope more people get interested in the LoC and it’s holdings. They have a lot online and you don’t need to make an account to look.

Context:

The original video, for anyone who hasn’t seen it:

And the relevant album cover:

Sessler was a teenager when “We’re Not Gonna Take It” it was on the charts. Probably had MTV so he saw the video.

No fuckin’ idea how he thought it was in support of “traditional American values.”

Never not reblog. Dee Snider is iconic and queer as fuck for a cishet man.

-fae

This is just infinitely funnier when you know bout Dee’s time before congress where this exact song and music video was artfully but bluntly defended against conservatives in 1985. 

The actual full 30min ‘discussion” is on youtube but this is my go to video for the historial context and still getting to see Dee own the shit out of a bunch of pearl clutching holier than tho’s. (Him suggesting seveal times that Al Gore’s wife was a filthy minded liar is just a highlight)

this bucky:

with this nat: 

love on the highway. <3

Dragon AGE 2

this obliterated me

Antigonick, Anne Carson

the bravery of a girl who has to decide what is for dinner and then cook it and then wash dishes every day forever and ever.

That's called being an adult

no it’s called being the bravest girl on planet earth

Sometimes, probably even often, you see your progress in the things you don’t think about.

While your emotions may feel just as intense, maybe you catch yourself thinking “this will pass. It always does” instead of thinking about giving up.

Maybe you still have irrational thoughts but you catch yourself challenging the thoughts.

Maybe you allow yourself the space to feel your emotions instead of burying them. Maybe this means you validate your emotions, even if they don’t make sense to you.

Maybe you’ve learned some new coping mechanisms or learned to reach out for help.

Maybe it’s realizing not everything is a personal attack on you and that people are just being people trying to get through their own lives. Someone’s being short with you? Maybe you think they’re having an off day instead of thinking they hate you. Maybe it’s in the way when a friend has to cancel plans you don’t immediately think they hate you.

There are so many other possibilities but my point is that when you think you haven’t made progress, try taking a closer look at how you react to certain things now than you did before.

I bet you’ve come so much further than you think you have.

my brothers share special interests and my favorite thing to do is walk in a room and be like "hey guys can you tell me about the mariana trench" and then sit there for an hour while they both infodump to me about the ocean it's extremely entertaining

and my parents are always like "oh my god why would you do that" bitch. I want to learn about the ocean and these two thirteen year old boys r my most trusted source

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I mean, I could google questions I have about medieval weaponry and horsemanship, but on the other hand I could message my sister the simple statement “have question about historical saddles” and get both a phone call and a comprehensive 3 page google document within an hour

Seriously, if you know someone who has a special interest you’d like info about, go ask them! It costs zero money, you make them happy, and you learn way more than a basic google search would tell you.

Asking is a love language

Asking is a love language

Reblog if you had a Tumblr for 5+ years

James “Bucky” Barnes (Winter Soldier) and Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow)