DONT BE SUSPICIOUS

i have a lot of reasons for prefering mage hawke over warrior or rogue (carver is one of them) but one of my favorite things about mage hawke is their armor is just so cool looking. i love it. but i feel like we need to talk about the

GODDAMN DOORKNOCKER HAWKE WEARS FOR A FUCKING BELT BUCKLE

why is it there? who NEEDS A BELT BUCKLE THAT BIG. just WHY is the belt so big to begin with and don’t tell me it’s because hawke’s huge ass fanny pack is there because guess fucking what

that’s right, sebastian “gets made fun of for his weird belt buckle but here is MAGE HAWKE with a BOAT ANCHOR ON THEIR PELVIS” vael has several packs and his belt is smaller

it’s unnecessary? it’s not needed! and why are there huge goddamn spikes pointed in??? hawke is gonna stab themselves? why are you like this? why are you like this so much so often all of the time? why??

rogue armor: covered in an unneeded amount of buckles, but fairly practical warrior armor: overall very efficient, practical design with a chestplate you could kill a man with

mage armor: dude, i don’t know. cover yourself in glue, roll around in the fabrics department and see what sticks

starkhaven aesthetic: beautiful, clean, soft, friendly kirkwall aesthetic: the Capitol from the Hunger Games, but in the Hunger Games arena

I HATE THIS SO MUCH BECAUSE IT’S PROBABLY TRUE

The dog lord comment!!! is spot on!!! Like see dog lord exhibit A: Cullen. Also according to the DA wiki Fereldan winter attire is just fur and occasionally a piece of fabric to treat Orlesian into thinking they’re actually wearing some sort of clothing instead of just covering themselves in fur

JST: bringing an active geth onto the flotilla for a trial about bringing active geth onto the flotilla

So, your queer history lesson for the day:

Everyone’s heard that pirate’s call each other “matey”. What you probably haven’t heard is that the word matey comes from “matelote”.

In the Caribbean this word was used between buccaneers to signify a life partner. Matelotes could inherit from each other, shared space, fought together, could speak for each other when one was incapacitated or absent, and more often than not the relationship was romantic and sexual.

That’s right folks. Pirates had a term for their gay life partners.

In light of this, I present to you a new alternative for significant other and partner. Bring back matelote.

(You can learn more about the practice of matelotage in: The Origins and Role of Same-Sex Relations in Human Societies by James Niell)

Arrr! Matelotage was such a great idea!

In an age when the English Navy ran on “rum, sodomy and the lash,” (as noted in many writings of the time), homosexual relationships were punishable by death.

The result here was that in the English Navy, relationships went underground. Very often, they became forced, often between a superior and a subordinate. When English crews went on the account, becoming pirates, they looked for a way to legitimize relationships of honest affection. Matelotage [French; meaning ‘seamanship’] , now used as an English word, became a term for a legal marriage between two men. […] In pirate society (and only pirate society) two men could “marry.” They would exchange gold rings, and pledge eternal union. After this, they were expected to share everything.  Plunder and living spaces were obvious, but couples in matelotage were also known to share other property, and even women. If one of the partners was killed in action, pirate captains were careful to make sure that the surviving member received both shares of plunder, as well as any appropriate death benefits. Simply put, homosexual relationships had been kept under wraps by people in fear for their lives because of draconian laws. Among sailors who had practiced this form of release themselves, it lost its sense of being alien, and so became accepted and legitimized as soon as they (by turning pirate) gained the right to make their own laws. {X}

There’s actually a series of gay pirate romance novels where I first heard about this.

protecting the people at a minute’s notice

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I’ll just…

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Welcome to Night Vale: The Man in the Tan Jacket

Emily Vancamp as Sharon Carter in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”

Here’s an example of what we call a “soft no”. Sharon turns down Steve’s offer in a way that’s meant not to insult him but never actually uses the word “no”.

Steve clearly gets the message, though, and importantly offers to leave her alone. Sharon’s comment afterwards gives him an opportunity to try again later, but he doesn’t press and respects her rejection of his company even though it’s probably hurt his feelings a bit.

Just in case you ever wonder “What would Captain America do?”; there you go.

never do something steve rogers wouldn’t do.

Unless it’s jumping out of a plane without a parachute, you probably shouldn’t do that

I just have to add - I’ve seen interviews with Marvel people where they say that this scene demonstrates that Cap’s awkward with women and doesn’t know how to ask women out on a date.  And it drives me crazy, because - as the OP says - Steve behaved perfectly here.  It was a very charming, nonthreatening offer, and he accepted her rejection with good grace.  You can’t help but feel that to Hollywood, the fact that she said no means he asked badly - which is exactly how I’d expect Hollywood to think, namely, the idea that men should keep pressing and pushing women until they say yes

Read this, then read it again.

That’s a keeper for the wedding album.

this would be the cover of my thank you for attending cards

so if you romanced anders hawke mentions in inquisition that they don’t like to leave anders behind, but they have him hidden in a “safe place”

and if carver’s a grey warden hawke mentions that they had aveline hide him

imagine carver and anders being reluctant roommates

carver and anders holed up in some tiny cottage in the anderfels, trying desperately not to kill each other

“A house I pass on the way to work has this sculpture in its yard. Its about 8 feet tall.”

(Source)

“HELLO NEIGHBOR STEVE, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BARBEQUE ON THE EVE OF THE BLOOD MOON.  I FEEL WE GOT OFF TO A BAD START.”

“NEIGHBOR STEVE, DO YOU NOT WISH TO PARTAKE OF THE UNCLEAN FLESH-MEATS OF PIGS AND THE POLLUTED ESSENCES OF TOMATO?  PERHAPS YOU ARE A CAROLINA STYLE MAN, NEIGHBOR STEVE?”

“PUT THE GUN AWAY NEIGHBOR STEVE, YOU KNOW I SHALL ONLY RISE AGAIN WITH THE DAWNING OF THE MOON.  WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS MANY TIMES.”

“LOOK AT THIS PICTURE MY SON DREW OF YOU AND CHILD TIMMY, YOUR SON.  ARE THEY NOT THE PICTURE OF PACT-MATES?  THIS COULD BE YOU AND ME, NEIGHBOR STEVE.”

“YOU MISSED THE UNHOLY NEXUS OF POWER THAT IS THE KEY TO MY CORPOREAL FORM, NEIGHBOR STEVE.  YOU WILL NEED TO RELOAD NOW, SO I WILL GO INSIDE TO MY HELL-WIFE AND PUT YOU DOWN AS A SOLID ‘MAYBE’.“

Drew a comic thing of the neighbors.

I can’t believe this has finally happened. Someone actually managed to make this post better

@editorincreeps isn’t this one of your distant relations?

Ol’ Luke is misunderstood and terrifying. But It is good people.

Anders and ser Pounce-a-lot for day 191

(wakes up at reasonable hour) (stays in bed for two more hours)

(goes to bed at a reasonable hour)(stays awake for two more hours)

look at those little girls’ faces, they’re so in love

THIS is what the new ghostbusters for

Just an attempt at a Critical Role doodle

There they are, the two genders.

only a cis deals in absolutes

When you’re introverted as fuck, and your friend drags you to a party and then leaves you by yourself