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Rakshasa in a Top Hat

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Expect randomness: RPGs, fanfiction, rants, essays, painting...
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Chapter 6 of 8

And I do think I'll be sticking to 8 chapters for this one. I've got the DLC's endgame already mapped out.

What I didn't plan was the full writeup of the Chant of Light that is being crafted over on dreamwidth. Once it's ready and posted I'll toss up a link here but per my previous anti-AI rant I shall NOT be posting any essays of substance here on tumblr ever again.

The Shrine of Dumat calls out to those who would remember. And Anders... is forced to remember.

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Chapter 5 of 8, assuming it doesn't get away with me again

Because Varric drank all the booze and they fled Kirkwall without supplies. The image of icicle dicks and trying not to giggle while Sebastian calls everyone degenerates has been a mental image I've had for the better part of a year.

And something is going wrong with Anders. Slowly. Terribly. Corypheus is Calling to him...

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Chapter 4: A Gift of Music

Chantry critical. And Meredith hasn't even enacted Martial Law yet.

There's three years between Acts 2 and 3 of Dragon Age 2. The city didn't go to shit and stay there, nor did everything go immediately horrible. This chapter takes place through Fall and Winter of 9:35-36 Dragon and shows just how close Kirkwall came to recovering. And who was responsible for that recovery.

Worldbuilding into what it means to be a Nightingale of the Chantry and what it means to be Disavowed.

This chapter was directly caused by:

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On Dragon Age Worldstates

I seriously doubt my first Rook will be my canon worldstate

My canon worldstate is in no way the First playthrough of any of my games. Honestly, I spent most DA2 games romancing Sebastian and I'm still not sure why, other than he pretty and he's got a better hip sway than I do IRL. I've fallen onto Dorian's dick so many times.

I have played every single Origins background and honestly assumed my default would be the rogue. I play DA2 most often as rogue. DAI was the only one I favored as mage.

And yet...

Warden Eliot Amell. Kath Hawke. Deskar Trevelyan. They're my worldstate now.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you're expecting DAVG fics from me, for my expansive worldstate, you'll have to wait. Perhaps for years. Long enough for me to play several Rooks to get my own actual canon Rook figured out.

Luckily I got shit to do.

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Making Huizhou inksticks (徽墨), famous for its high quality.

Notes:

  • The characters OP pressed into the inksticks are 山白, OP's username
  • The "internal heat" referred to in the video is a term in Traditional Chinese medicine referring to a cause of inflammation, swelling, twitching, etc.

[eng by me]

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magebird

Seeing the process of products like this, made using traditional methods, is so fascinating to me. How many iterations must there have been to develop the technique that’s most effective for the best quality? How many mistakes were made through the centuries trying to determine the best tools, the best methods, the ideal drying times and ratios of ingredients? Obviously this is a very high quality version of an ink stick being demonstrated, but that says that there was has been enough cultural value in a very fine product to make the time, effort, and materials required worthwhile. I love this type of work, where the practical and artistic intersect. It says a lot about being a person.

God i love when there's processes to watch

I saw sticks like this in the Minneapolis art museum. I wish they’d had photos or videos like this to explain what I was looking at, because this gives me so much more of an appreciation for why those things are being treated as artistic objects.

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Chapter 1 of 2

The Inquisition In Exile era. There's more to it than just what the Inquisitor is doing. In fact, I'd say the Inquisitor is a bit player in the world after the Inquisition is officially Disbanded. He prefers it that way, it lets him stalk the world hunting Solas as a demon hunts a god.

Meanwhile, everyone else is doing stuff. Such as the Mad Prince of Starkhaven realizing he's low on options and allies and seeking alliance.

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