#and still she's a mage

[ineed-to-sleep]

Blacked out in front of my tablet and woke up with sketches of my Touchstarved mc + Kuras my beloved. woops

#I found out dr. kuras is 6'6 I said hold on lemme get a stool so I can climb this man #touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved kuras #kuras #sleepyscribble #oc.emma #my mc is meant to be a self insert but also like. I wanted to come up w a design and character arc and everything jkvkvk #so I ended up basing her on my personality/looks but taking her into a direction that would fit the game #she's like. me but 'characterized' and a bit exaggerated for the sake of being a character yk #the way she turned out is that she's basically a friendly happy go lucky mage who laughs at her own misery but hides #a deep layer of self loathing underneath all that bc of her curse #having been cursed all her life she believes she's a monster and the sunny personality is a way for her to 'make up for it' #but at the same time she feels like a farse. like she's only luring ppl in to an inevitable demise #and she thinks she's selfish bc despite knowing the danger she poses she still goes out there and puts herself among ppl #bc she craves human connection. even tho she feels guilty for 'indulging' in it #anyway I love the cursed mc concept in this game <3 it's been really interesting to think abt how that would affect someone #also I kept her physical features looking pretty much like mine #bc I wanted to draw myself in a cute way. teehee #but the clothing I was basically thinking like. early game simple clothing that she didn't rlly pick for herself #and maybe later I can have an updated design w something she would actually pick for herself

[chococrystal]

Scrybe (+ some others) sketches

Silly card game has dominated my mind as of late

#inscryption #inscryption spoilers #i guess idk if i shud still use that tag #magnificus #grimora #leshy #p03 #lonely wizard #pike mage #rebecha #goobert #uuuhhhh wont tag the Uberbots lol #i at least drew the magicks ppl more than once lol #anyways love the game #am obsessed over it with my sib lol she made me play and it was so over bc love card games #finished all the entries from Kaycee's mod recently too #help #shroomart #love all these old ppl wtf scrybes #inscryption scrybe

[beaulesbian]

#i understood that reference

(part 2)

#dragon age #daedit #dragonageedit #dragon age absolution #dragon age absolution spoilers #some name dropping from the games that i was always pointing at the screen like: I KNOW THAT PLACE/NAME #expect amelia pavus!! who is she??? i need to know #how is she related to dorian? great grandmother or something? so interesting i want to know OTL #miriam dragon age #hira dragon age #roland #lacklon #qwydion #daa spoilers #mine #gif:da #da absolution #ALSO i was thinking why is hira's contact in the hanged man if it would be pressumably [redacted]? #maybe its someone else and shes still playing all sides.. i want s2 now OTL #i wanted to gif some of the mages spells but i never rlly played a mage ups haha so idk the names and stuff.. #leliana #cassandra pentaghast #josephine montilyet #-> when she appeared for the 2 seconds!!!! i was so happy to see josie ♥♥

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

I said I wasn't going to get started on the topic of Aveline ruining Carver's chances with the guard but I lied okay, it's Carver Hawke defense hours.

Here's the thing; it doesn't matter if you believe Carver was or wasn't fit for the guard. That's a different debate that I'll get to. What matters is Aveline's in no position to tell the guard not to accept his application. Why does she think that's her right to judge whether or not he's fit?

Carver should've had the chance to prove himself one way or another. If it turns out he's not a good fit, then let him fail. Let him learn from it.

"Oh but failure could mean lost lives-"

Aveline doesn't get to talk shit about failure and the people. Plenty have died on her watch yet she still believes she's a good guard and Guard-Captain.

"maybe Aveline's protecting him, Carver could die while on patrol-"

Carver could die working in the Bone Pit, or serving as a templar, or when he's running around with Hawke. Carver could trip and fall down a set of stairs and die. In fact, he can die in the Deep Roads, somewhere he wouldn't have to go if the Hawke's weren't desperate.

Either Carver fails as a guard, or more likely, he succeeds and proves himself worthy of it.

But let's be real, Carver probably kept getting rejected due to being a Fereldan with a past of smuggling/mercenary work and Aveline only reaffirmed the decision, either because they asked her what she thought or she stuck her nose in unprompted.

But what irritates me is that she admits to telling them not to accept his application, and then has the balls to call Carver too proud to take up a trade or find another line of work.

Carver tells her, "And who would take on a Fereldan apprentice? Maybe in another year I could work my way up to pissboy." He has a good point here. Aside from the guard, the only other place Carver could work and use his skillset is with the Templars. Or go back to mercenary/smuggling work.

And Aveline doesn't even have a real answer for him. No suggestions, no encouragement, nothing. Just "Fine, let's crawl down some holes. Good bloody luck for your sake."

Also, if you do the Mark of the Assassin DLC in Act 1-

Aveline: You should see if any of the noblemen are looking for new men-at-arms. Carver: Are you trying to get rid of me? Aveline: It's a role with some autonomy. A good fit with your training and... tendencies. Carver: After serving King Cailan? You want me to suffer some poncy git who needs two servants to wipe his own ass? I'll find my own way, thanks. Aveline: I wish you would.

You wish he would?? Aveline, he was trying to find his way into the guard, a position he'd make a good fit for, and you helped deny him of it because YOU didn't think he would be good enough, I just-

If I haven't made it clear yet, I firmly believe that Carver would've made a great guard. He wants to help people, to be a protector. He's loyal, and despite what Aveline claims, he can follow orders and take his duty seriously. We see him do incredibly well with the Grey Wardens, after all. If he were a guard, he wouldn't have to go down into the Deep Roads with Hawke, and I think he would've been okay with that! He's so hurt and bitter when you leave him behind because that effectively tells him, "I don't need you." Carver's spent the whole first act telling you he wants to go on the expedition aka that he wants to be needed.

But if he were a guard, he would be needed elsewhere. He'd be in training as a recruit. He'd look after Leandra while you go. He wouldn't be backed into a corner with no income and only the templars left as his chance at forging his own path and providing for his family.

He doesn't get that opportunity, though.

By the way, if he becomes a warden, you can get this banter:

Aveline: I'm glad you found a place with the Wardens. Carver: Well, it's not the city guard, but it'll do. Aveline: Carver... it wasn't the place for you. Carver: No, it's all right. It is. It cost a lot, but I get it. I really was a bit of a tit those days, wasn't I? Aveline: Well...

This banter makes me want to scream.

Aveline's just... she's so insistent that she's right. She's someone who will double down rather than entertain the idea that she's wrong and it's not just with Carver and the guard, it's with everything. The "my beef with Aveline" list gets longer and longer every time I replay da2, I swear.

Say what you will about Carver, whether you think he would've been a good fit or if Aveline's right and it wasn't for him, he was denied a chance and it cost him so much in the end. He either dies, or he joins the templars where he deals with Chantry's bullshit trying to brainwash him with "mages aren't people" and "magic is a cancer in this world", or he's infected with the blight and becomes a Grey Warden, forced to serve the rest of his life fighting darkspawn, tormented by voices and nightmares.

I will never not be bitter about this.

#dragon age 2 #da2 #dragon age #carver hawke #aveline vallen #aveline critical #oh and also forever bitter that hawke doesn't have the option to talk to aveline about this #because listen my hawke would be on this #carver would be annoyed and all 'i don't need your help >:[' but that's not gonna stop ed from turning on Big Brother Mode #this is just one of many reasons i can't do the friendship path with aveline #i hate the thought of doing rivalries for all my other companions but i feel like aveline's rivalry route is the only chance to shake her #of her unwarranted over confidence and make her realize that she's not this lawful good 'i stand for all of us' guard captain #she still stands with me in the end but at that point i wouldn't be surprised if she was just doing to because she still feels she owes ed #for getting her outta fereldan and into kirkwall rather than because we're loyal best friends y'know? #she's certainly not doing it for the mage rights #but anyway i never miss an opportunity to defend carver #that's my baby brother and i love him

[onedivinemisfit]

If she was raised in the church. I keep thinking about that. How different would that have gone down, would sothis have awakened earlier? Would rhea have brainwashed her? Would jeralt still be a part of her life?

FE3H (c) Nintendo

Art: Me

#fire emblem three houses #fe3h #byleth eisner #female byleth #raised by the church au #i guess #myart #just did the mage outfit real quick #would she be meeker? #would she have discovered her knack for magic earlier and skipped swordmanship? #would rhea have forced her to take sword lessons? to anticipate the sword of the creator #would jeralt feel more and more alienated? #going on longer lasting missions #leaving her alone more #would rhea initiate her to her purpose earlier? or keep her in the dark still? #so many thinkies

[possamble]

a few intensely angry/tired marcilles just because

#marcille donato #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi manga spoilers #dungeon meshi spoilers #she has such a sweet face but her murder glares are out of this world #she suffers so deliciously. mwah #i do love that she has two modes of being angry #1. spoiled little girl throwing a tantrum #2. genuinely going to fucking kill you. run. #i still don't know if ryoko kui was intentional about naming her a potential variant of marcellus/marcus #but it adds sooo much flavour to her character. my darling little mage who was named after the bloodthirsty god of war #dunmeshi panel meta #marcilleposting

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Hiii everyone, say, how do your Hawkes go go about sharing their estate? If they do it at all? Is everyone free to come and go or are they more private? Or do they only invite their LI to stay? I'm curious!! :)

#lay rambles #my ocs #oc: liam hawke #oc: lilian hawke #both my hawkes are very social w their friends but i love comparing their boundaries around it #theres variation in rules for specific ppl with both of them ofc but theres still general differences #with liam its all very open and everyone can p much come and go whenever #they dont get extra keys (theyll get lost and he doesnt want randos finding them lol) but they know where to find the spare key #and bodhan and sandal and orana know to let them in whenever #hes very lenient in this this regard but he does have rules abt what he does and doesnt want them to do #mostly its about not making too much of a mess lol bc liam prefers to clean himself #(he doesnt trust the crew with his household and also he has particular ways of doing things and Hates when theyre done differently) #so things like keep your dirty garb at the entrance dont cook by yourselves (this was banned after they did it one (1) time lol) etc #also no fucking allowed. do that somewhere else for the love of the maker he does NOT want to walk into that in his own house #(and it also comes back to liam not trusting them with cleaning but also Not wanting to clean that up lol) #also he is not fond of them going into his room uninvited. most of the house is chill but that is *his* space #he accommodates these rules by e.g. having spare slippers and a little washing basin in the entrance hall for dirty shoes/feet #always makes sure to have snacks in stock that he knows they like #food will have notes abt what to leave for leandra/orana/etc but otherwise food is prepared with his friends in mind #and in general he'll make sure to adjust the space/routine in little ways to accommodate them #(air out when fen isnt there cus he doesnt like drafts; keep curtains open cus anders prefers open spaces; etc) #lilian on the other hand doesnt like when her friends come into the estate without a heads up (cept for emergencies) #but once they have her 'ok' its basically mi casa es su casa #dont yknow. overdo it and get too rowdy but otherwise do whatever #however. she also expects everyone to clean up after themselves. she aint here to play maid and youre all adults #also liam has a general 'please try to not be too wild when leandra is here' and lilian doesnt #not cos she doesnt care but cos leandra is bothered by sth she can speak up herself #oh and lilian uses the basement space as temporary refuge for anyone who needs it (mostly escaped mages) #also side note: both offered gamlen to stay but he refused (out of pride/remorse) #...this got long and i ran out of tag space lmfao so this is it for now xD

[lavleyart]

So on my birthday there was a blue supermoon :D i was busy with my gf on that day but now here I am and here is my late bday gift to myself lol. Vaati is the man on the moon XD

Fun fact: Did you know that I started posting my art online on my birthday in 2013? So that means I am now posting my art online for 10 years! And guess what my first ever art post was Vaati naturally.

It all comes together so nicely I love it omg.

#vaati #the legend of zelda #vaati the wind mage #legend of zelda vaati #loz vaati #minish cap #i dont think my 15 year old birthday self would have expected me to still go so strong over him ten years later #she sorted her obsession in as teenage crush and though 'thats normal for my age it will go away' lol #but since when am I normal actually lol #vaati fanart #loz fanart #zelda fanart #minish vaati #blue supermoon

[faneth]

#reupload because it doesn't show up in my tag<3 #fanes art #mage the ascension #wod #world of darkness #Can You Tell That Shes Euthanatos #i mean barely. but still

[purplebehittindifferent]

My first dnd session went- about as expected

#lavender moot #art #my art #dnd #dnd art #dnd character #did she open the mimic with mage hand? yes. did it still bite her leg REALLY HARD? yeah.

[herssian]

stagnation

#art #ffxiv #xau #zenos #zenos yae galvus #final fantasy xiv #comic #she changed from summoner to red mage for this and still got her ass beat #but that vercure came in clutch pray emoji

[andaniellight]

There are so much subtle implications of this encounter, and the way the story-telling is executed very neatly here still astounds me even on my second and third watch.

Frieren, the mage who helped and succeeded defeating the Demon King, emotionlessly explained to her unexperienced pupil about this demon, Elder Sage of Corruption, who invented Killing Magic so lethal that obliterated 40% adventurers and 70% of mages in the region. The demon was that bothersome that she had to put him on hold in temporary seal so they could continue their journey to kill The Demon King, because she nearly got defeated by it. Sounds worrisome, but then most human around that region typically don't live longer than a hundred years (the thought must be even more prodding now that her party had left her one by one from old age), and Frieren must've kept this in her mind, and it takes precisely no more than eighty years for the seal to become unstable; endangering so many lives once more.

We are the audience, but in this moment we are also Frieren's intrigued pupils. No one knows yet what's the plan, and it's Fern who learned the defensive spell first-hand while all we could do is watch. Ask: Frieren... what do you mean Fern is ready to face this demon? She's never fought a demon before, right? And this is the one demon who you considered so powerful. This is the demon who almost killed you and your friends back in the day...

And there's your answer. Back in the day, Qual the demon was dangerously powerful. Even in present day, eighty years later, Qual the demon is sharp enough to catch up with what's he missed. Qual figures out the complex defensive spell against Zoltraak that needed years for mages all across the land to create and perfected, from vague analysis, only in a minute. From that alone and countless experiences, Frieren knows better not to be cocky, even when she's told her (again) unexperienced pupil to protect her from Qual's relentless Zoltraak, because she knows the study and the result are going to work.

Only Frieren is sure of that, though. Lets Qual think he still has the chance to regain the upper hand. Doesn't care that Fern doesn't know either because, regardless of anything, fear will not compare to and withstand the experience at last, and Frieren wants Fern to feel proud of herself too when she defeats this demon who almost (almost) defeated her mentor once, a long time ago.

#Frieren #Sousou no Frieren #Frieren Beyond Journey's End #Fern #Fern The Mage #Frieren At The Funeral #it's 'the past can still catch up so fast to you in the future but you can still do something about it' at its finest #but it's not just about trust Frieren has for her pupil. it's also about how much of a lil shit she is putting us on edge lmao

[razumdars]

female hawke should have been buffer

#sophie.txt #was thinking about the disparity btwn f!hawke and m!hawke's voices #the VA for f!hawke is great but she's not goofy enough. she sounds too delicate and feminine #i know that hawke can have a range of personalities with the red blue purple thing #but m!hawke's delivery is like. hes kinda a dingus regardless #f!hawke should have had that energy too #and they should have made her just as big as m!hawke #yes even if shes a mage #if mage m!hawke gets to still have big beefy muscles then f!hawke should too #but as we know. bioware are cowards when it comes to this sort of thing #alas #dragon age #da2 #hawke #also. tbh. hawke shouldn't have been voiced in the first place. but ive done that rant before

[thethiefandtheairbender]

rayllum has zukaang vibes and one day i will elaborate further in a proper meta but it's like

you were raised all your life to hate me. i don't hate you. you are exiled from your home for being too compassionate, and i say you don't deserve it; you aren't ready to hear that yet. neither of us can ever go back to the homes as we remember them. you saved me and i will always see the goodness in you, the way you depend upon the goodness in me even when i lose myself to rage. my forgiveness is our cornerstone. (i ask you to kill me if i ever go too far; if i become someone you don't know). you are gruff and hurt and i am happy and yet so incredibly sad. we are perfect opposites. we are are two sides of the same coin. you are me and i am you. we write our own destinies. we will not become the killers they wanted us to be. above all else, you are my friend, and that is everything to me.

Hell, they even both get Judged by scary Sun Fire Dragons together + bonus points for falling in love with your people's view of death incarnate (to literally worryingly degrees). Also they're both alterous as hell

#atla #zukaang #tdp #rayllum #obviously rayllum has their own stuff on top of all this bc #the amount of layers is Insane #otp: kindred spirits #otp: the most amazing person i've ever met #rayla being pushed back towards the path of an assassin the same way he's getting pushed back towards being a dark mage #chef's kiss #the way she's still the gruff/grumpy one tho

[lesbaurinkos]

my g&g designs from this :D gryphons and gargoyles you are everything to me

#I LOOOVE THEIR LITTLE PARTY I LOVE G&G #no one asked about my thoughts for their party comp but they’re imo a tank (archie obvi) and 3 dps #in my vision here sorceresses are a healer class and alice woulda tried to raise betty to be one too (safe & off the front lines) but #obvi that’s not what betty really wanted. so she’s a dps but she’s still got rudimentary healing spells in case of emergency #(guy frantically writing a g&g au in their notes app between classes. i think about this all the time) #if anyone plays ffxiv. in my head betty’s basically a red mage but more physical fighting less spells. just a mild vercure. hope that helps #and archie’s paladin design while it’s based off ffxiv’s paladin armor i would say his skillset is more like dark knight. self-sacrifing et #riverdale #archie andrews #jughead jones #betty cooper #veronica lodge #riverdoodles

[raayllum]

realizing half the reason i want viren to live is just so him and kpp'ar can meet and i get closer to my ideal "tdp as a workplace sitcom" scenario in which everyone's at a council meeting figuring stuff out and opeli says "high mage?" and kpp'ar, viren, and callum all look at her. she sighs heavily, clarifying, "current high mage" to make it clear it's just to callum

#being high mage more like part of the worst hot boy club in the world #i am not immune to carrying the weight of your predecessors on your back as a burden & a warning sign #high mage club #opeli still liking kpp'ar more than she likes viren would be so funny to me too