#bizarreshark

[wikipediapictures]

If captions aren't too much work for you, I think they're great!

oh, they’re absolutely not too much work! all i have to do is copy-paste from the wikimedia commons page where i get the image from. i know some people aren’t into captions bc it “ruins the aesthetic”, but i think they’re cool sometimes (and also are obviously very helpful for accessibility reasons). i probably wouldn’t include them on every post just bc some of the stuff i post is obviously quite mundane/familiar (like probably wouldn’t caption something from the article “bicycle” unless there was some kind of missing context—situations where the title of the article explains the photo). it would probably be quite helpful for posts about animals and other things like that!

thanks for your input! i think i’ll make a poll for it to see what the people think.

#ask #bizarreshark

[becauseanders]

Ooh I'm curious, how do you write Aveline?

basically, with growth.

because the kirkwall crew is a family and i firmly believe they all help each other learn and grow, and i am standing by that. because it just doesn’t make sense in the context of da2’s narrative for them to not all be genuine friends who genuinely love each other.

so my take is probably going to be a bit skewed because i always play mage hawke, but i imagine that for a warrior or rogue hawke then aveline’s time with bethany could also work.

so pretty much i see the aveline we first met as being fairly cringe, yes. i mean, the woman married a templar, and i fully get and support that being a criticism. it’s not great, for sure. but that could have been ignorance born from privilege, and that doesn’t make it okay but it also doesn’t mean she can’t change and that wesley’s untimely death coinciding with her damn near straight up joining the hawke family doesn’t mark something of a clean slate for her.

but then she gets to kirkwall, again basically as a hawke (i mean, doesn’t she also get into the city through gamlen’s bribe connections along with the surviving hawkes?), and joins the guard. which is also…a thing, but i’ll get to that. but as a fereldan refugee in kirkwall, she should see right away what oppression looks like first hand. and while it shouldn’t take experiencing oppression to care about it, i like to think that she did start to open her eyes to the bigger picture as a result of how she’s treated in kirkwall. on two separate occasions jeven calls her “fereldan bitch” and “the fereldan with the orlesian name,” and the latter is spit out with every bit the same amount of vitriol. so now in a world where she’s not only experiencing being so grossly othered and treated differently for reasons outside of her control but is also hanging out with mages all the time, that ought to be a wake up call.

she also has a strong sense of justice, almost if not as great as anders’s, hers is just misguided. but it doesn’t have to be? maybe in the beginning when she’s still stuck in not knowing fuck about shit regarding the plight of mages, but by the end of act 1 she should have a pretty good idea of what three members of this found family she’s stumbled into risk every single day just by existing. and honestly? she should respect the living fuck out of anders for what he risks in helping people and what he means to other fereldan refugees. because she, albeit not to the same degree, should understand how hard life in kirkwall is for people like them. add that strong sense of justice and the compassion that should have grown from her experiences and her friends’ experiences, and she should eventually be able to see how fucked up the world around her really is. and maybe it takes a minute because she’s stubborn as hell, but as far as i see it she simply cannot live this life without changing her perspective on some things.

there is one point where she talks about not really believing in the maker and hawke can say, “but you married a templar,” to which aveline will respond, “i married a man,” as if to say his being a templar wasn’t really a consideration. and i don’t remember what act that’s in but i will acknowledge it is not a great look, and it isn’t necessarily an excuse but that probably gets entwined with grief and if you add a crisis of conscience because of her previous world view being turned completely on its head to that and how that could affect her grief…that could have been really interesting to explore! but we all know better than to think bioware would offer us anything that deep.

and yes, she joins the city guard, so it is with a heavy heart that i must acknowledge acab applies to aveline. but i also like to imagine that maybe at first she believed in what she was doing, but through her time with hawke (or bethany), anders, and merrill, she starts to recognize how what her job asks of her can actually be so very wrong, and that she adjusts to this accordingly. i think varric writes her the way he does so she can keep her job, because in my head she starts using her position to try to help people. anders makes a comment about her term as captain not being mage-friendly, but what if that’s just varric on his bullshit? what if she actually does let mages escape when they haven’t done anything wrong, and that’s why varric wants to protect her position? and she’ll kill templars with you if you need to fight any while she’s in your party, so who’s to say she couldn’t do that when she catches templar abuse while on patrol? so what if that’s why varric has anders and aveline at each other’s throats all the time, and maybe that’s why she’s so awful about things like the elves the arishok is protecting in act 2. (also she’s so mean to isabela because she’s jealous of her. which is still bad, but also something she can grow out of and apologize for. and then you also find them drinking and laughing together in the barracks at one point, so…bioware just really had no idea what they were doing, did they?)

and yes i know just about all of this is a massive reach, but i feel like bioware kind of forces us to reach with this game. like, if anyone in your party hates each other or actively works to hurt each other in da:o or da:i, then that still sucks but it also doesn’t make as little sense as it does for your friends to not be friends in da2. seriously, bioware, these people weren’t joined together for some higher calling, they’re just a group of lovable assholes who somehow keep ending up in world-altering trouble. but for them, unlike the other games, their companionship is about being friends first and accidentally being put in charge of fixing all of kirkwall’s problems second. we do not need it to be so volatile between them all the time, bioware, it does not make any sense!

and thank god for da2 being a tale within a tale and varric canonically being a huge liar, so we can take this story and do whatever we want with it, including making friends friends!

sorry this got so long, i just…have feelings, lol.

anyway, bioware’s shitty characterizations and character dynamics and general writing are so sad, alexa play “we are family”

#the trash makes noise #bizarreshark #aveline vallen #dragon age #dragon age ii

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

34 from the ask meme?

34. is there a song you know every word to by heart?

Oh man. like? a lot. hjsdjkfhdss with my hearing, I basically only can enjoy songs if I know the lyrics and have them memorized and can sync up the lyrics with the sounds I hear in my brain. So basically every song I listen to and enjoy I know by heart.

But, to answer I'll give a weird song I somehow have the entirety memorized. Gunpowder Tim vs. The Moon Kaiser. Yes all 10 minutes, yes all 4 mini songs and yes all the narration. Why? idk tbh.

#Eldritch IT Answers #bizarreshark

[mycoblogg]

What's the dryest mushroom specifically?

hey, alex !!

this question is a bit complicated, because mushrooms don't work like plants or animals, so the "dry" vs "wet" concepts does not quite apply to them :-)

mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi, so, naturally they contain a lot more water than, say, mould, lichen, or even the underground mycelial networks. the average mushroom is between 85% & 95% water !!

from the little resources available on the topic, oyster mushrooms seem to produce the "driest" fruit bodies, as they are - on average - made up of about 85% water when fresh.

hope this helps !! :-)

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[faux-fires]

Quiz meme

Tagged by @ranilla-bean to take this quiz and make a moodboard of the result!

once again nailed (teehee) by an internet quiz (except for all the parts that are wrong but i am choosing not to dwell on that). i made the moodboard in MICROSOFT PAIIIIIINT so tbf i think they got me on the 'simple' part, but nonetheless i think it is a cracking representation of my SOUL:

Tagging: you poor suckers who made the mistake of popping up most recently in my notifs - @mikkeneko, @hoochieblues, @elvenforestwitch, @bizarreshark and @eldritchsword. Also tagging literally anyone else who wants to give it a go! I've been tagged in a few of these memes so watch out, any one of you could be next. 😏

(actually if you do/don't like being tagged do let me know in the replies, I love it personally but I know some ppl don't!)

#memes

[storybookhawke]

Do you have a link for the wwI handers au?

For No Good Reason by GhostGarrison

please heed the warnings and tags :)

#trash shark #sbh ask #my pride and joy #handers #mhanders #da2 #for no good reason #trash-shark #bizarreshark

[desertsharks]

Tonight! We’re taking over zone one at @elsewherespace with our homies @nihiloceros @fatheavenband and @bizarresharks! Doors at 8pm! Get there early to catch all the awesome. #sharksandwich (at Zone One at Elsewhere)

#sharksandwich

[becauseanders]

top five songs you'd add to an Anders playlist?

oh hell yeah, thank you! <33

"rock 'n' roll suicide" - david bowie

"marian" - the sisters of mercy

"god gave me no name (no thing can hide from my flame)" - lingua ignota

"anhedonia" - chelsea wolfe and emma ruth rundle

"map change" - every time i die

[fandom music ask game]

#the trash makes noise #bizarreshark #thank you! #anders #my love #music rec #ask game #ask meme

[faux-fires]

15 questions, 15 mutuals

Tagged by @ranilla-bean!!

were you named after anyone? nope! parents straight-up made up a name for their firstborn (moi) and i've spent the whole of my life wearily correcting people's pronunciation.

when was the last time you cried? two days ago i made mySELF cry thinking of a sad story beat for a wip, making me, officially, an even bigger nerd than suspected

do you have kids? nope, and not particularly interested. my brother's of the same mind. i think it's because we grew up so damn poor, i feel like i spent my 20s just getting financially stable and my 30s are for all the things my middle class schoolfriends got to do in their teens.

do you use sarcasm a lot? noooooooooo why would you even ASK me that

what's the first thing you notice about people? if dude, clothes. if women, eyebrows. if i'm not sure, nose.

what's your eye color? grey-blue

scary movies or happy endings? rana's answer is spot on for me too: "happy endings bc i am a wimp"

any special talents? i'm pretty good with people! i can make friends easily it's the keeping them that's hard

where were you born? uk

what are your hobbies? cross-stitch, vidya games

have any pets? yes, three: resentful bag-of-dicks tabby cat merlin, pretty but cheeky westie sybil and adorable but somehow perpetually damp (?) scottie basil

what sports do you play/have you played? swimming, archery. i really really want to get back into horse riding but i don't have the time or the cash to invest in all the safety equipment

how tall are you? taller than my mum HAHAHA

favorite subject in school? classical civilisations - the way my school worked you took latin for two years and then the content was split into two subjects, latin and ClassCiv. i was garbage at latin and the teacher disliked me so the fact that i was good at classciv and picked it meant he had to keep seeing me which i took a certain vindictive glee at. however you picture me picture a spotty teen version of me smirking across a desk as i turn in an essay that is TECHNICALLY an a but you know i cannot pronounce a single latin word in it correctly.

dream job? aging socialite with a purse dog, or anything classed as a 'lazy girl' job

Tagging the last 15 peeps to interact with one of my posts mwahahaha: @hollyand-writes, @mikkeneko, @loudfederationscreeching, @sulkybender @carabas, @hoochieblues, @biioshocker, @elaseolvidah, @wardenkay, @overthinkingfeathers, @bizarreshark, @dorianpink, @flashhwing and i've lost count, so anyone else who wants go.

#memes

[becauseanders]

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

♿️🙃

72 notes - Posted May 23, 2022

#4

"Jewish tradition teaches that a nefesh, or a full-status life, begins at birth. Other religious traditions believe life begins at other stages. Restrictive abortion laws — rooted in only some religions’ interpretation of when life begins — impose religious beliefs on me. This is a violation of my rights."

just a friendly reminder for when we talk about abortion bans and the "religious right" that the problem is NOT religion as a whole, it is SPECIFICALLY CHRISTIANITY and a severely bastardized version at that, but banning abortion is inherently antisemitic (can't speak for other religions but i imagine this does apply to others as well) and therefore so is throwing all religion under the bus for the actions of the distorted sects of one! i, a jew, am a deeply religious person yet these bans infringe on my and many others' religious freedom—in an actual, legitimate definition of that term—just as much as they infringe on anyone's basic human rights!

also, from the National Council of Jewish Women:

Does Jewish law state that life begins at conception? No, life does not begin at conception under Jewish law. Sources in the Talmud note that the fetus is “mere water” before 40 days of gestation. Following this period, the fetus is considered a physical part of the pregnant individual’s body, not yet having life of its own or independent rights. The fetus is not viewed as separate from the parent’s body until birth begins and the first breath of oxygen into the lungs allows the soul to enter the body.

Does Jewish law assert that it is possible to murder a fetus? No, Jewish law does not consider a fetus to be alive. The Torah, Exodus 21:22-23, recounts a story of two men who are fighting and injure a pregnant woman, resulting in her subsequent miscarriage. The verse explains that if the only harm done is the miscarriage, then the perpetrator must pay a fine. However, if the pregnant person is gravely injured, the penalty shall be a life for a life as in other homicides. The common rabbinical interpretation of this verse is that the men did not commit murder and that the fetus is not a person. The primary concern is the well-being of the person who was injured.

According to Jewish law, is abortion health care? Yes, Jewish sources explicitly state that abortion is not only permitted but is required should the pregnancy endanger the life or health of the pregnant individual. Furthermore, “health” is commonly interpreted to encompass psychological health as well as physical health. NCJW advocates for abortion access as an essential component of comprehensive, affordable, confidential, and equitable family planning, reproductive, sexual health, and maternal health services.

What does Jewish law say about the rights of the person who is pregnant and the rights of the fetus? Judaism values life and affirms that protecting existing life is paramount at all stages of pregnancy. A fetus is not considered a person under Jewish law and therefore does not have the same rights as one who is already alive. As such, the interests of the pregnant individual always come before that of the fetus.

Do abortion bans unduly favor one religious viewpoint over another? Yes, different religions believe that human life begins at different stages of development. Science can explain developmental timelines, but philosophic and religious viewpoints largely determine what exactly defines “life” or “personhood” for each individual. NCJW believes, as the First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees, that no one religion should be enshrined in law or dictate public policy on any issue — including abortion

78 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

#3

boba fett: *tripping balls after ingesting a lizard*

me: oh, like miette!

83 notes - Posted January 6, 2022

#2

modern au: sokka with tourette’s and autistic zuko

sokka meows as a tic, zuko meows as a stim

echolalia from both parties ensues, and it’s adorable

133 notes - Posted June 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

changes in barometric pressure, my beloathed

207 notes - Posted November 2, 2022

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