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[CulturalGeekGirl]

ademska wrote...

CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
Basically, I think Alistair is straight in canon, but that doesn't mean I won't read a fanfic where he sleeps with Anders. OF COURSE I WILL. Don't be crazy.

also wow i have yet to see that fic and that is just a tragedy.

Ask and you shall recieve! (Fortunately I remembered where I saw it.) Courtesy of our own Miri1984

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Modifié par CulturalGeekGirl, 24 juin 2011 - 10:24 .

[kromify]

CulturalGeekGirl wrote...

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

CulturalGeekGirl wrote...

So in your mind, bacteria have emotions? Since they will avoid areas where the temperature is likely to kill them, moving to areas where it will allow them to continue to live?

And are you saying that a robot who has a self-preservation command in it also has emotions? I'm not sure where you're drawing the line here.

Emotion is the self-preservation command. They are necessary to drive the instincts required for our survival.

And I am saying that a tranquil is a human for whom emotion has been removed and replaced with the same kind of instinctual self-preservation as bacteria and computer programs possess.

How much of a brain must one have to have emotions? If a bacteria isn't enough, is a planarian? How about an earthworm? An ant? a lamprey? How far do we have to go up the ladder of brain function before you consider the instinctual self-preservation impulse an emotion? You say no to the baterium right?

My point is that for the tranquil, the instinct toward self-preservation is no more advanced than it is in a bacterium. It is not a complex mix of free will, philosophical thought, and passion.

maybe go a little futher down the phylogenetic tree. to something with a brain, or at least a ganglion. bacteria have a physiological mechanism to do what they do - they must have one because the bacteria that don't die pretty quick.
plants have these mechanisms too - but no one claims they have emotion.

and i think DG has gone on record as saying the tranquil do like survival  

[ReiSilver]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

While on the subject of fluffy, what is the deal with mages and feathers? There are so many mage-outfits with feathers I'm starting to think that this is a preference coded into their DNA or something - or maybe some clever commentary about being a free bird out of the cage.

And fur come to think of it... feathers and fur
Maybe to make up for missing out on leather and metal?
Nah, mages are just Total Fashionistas of all Thedas

[CulturalGeekGirl]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

While on the subject of fluffy, what is the deal with mages and feathers? There are so many mage-outfits with feathers I'm starting to think that this is a preference coded into their DNA or something - or maybe some clever commentary about being a free bird out of the cage.

Augh. My fanfic writing friend has a drabble about exactly this thing that she showed me a few days ago, but she never finishes or posts her DA fanfic and also she is a jerk. I'm going to bother her to post it somewhere when she comes online. Grumblemumble.

[kromify]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

Oh, Kromify! About time you joined the party

oh hi! i spend a lot of my time sleeping these days  

[AndreaDraco]

Arquen wrote...


by Estic on DA

Wow! This is one of the best rendition of Anders under the influence of Justice I've ever seen! The artist really did a top-notch job!

Modifié par AndreaDraco, 24 juin 2011 - 11:16 .

[kromify]

AndreaDraco wrote...

Arquen wrote...


by Estic on DA

Wow! This is one of the best rendition of Anders under the influence of Justice I've ever seen! The artist really did a top-notch job!

i get the lighting, but it does look like anders has gone a bit red in the face. all the exertion of waving his stick around  

[ReiSilver]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

ReiSilver wrote...

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

While on the subject of fluffy, what is the deal with mages and feathers? There are so many mage-outfits with feathers I'm starting to think that this is a preference coded into their DNA or something - or maybe some clever commentary about being a free bird out of the cage.

And fur come to think of it... feathers and fur
Maybe to make up for missing out on leather and metal?
Nah, mages are just Total Fashionistas of all Thedas

So that's why the Chantry locks the mages up. They're totally jealous.

"Sun and fire motifs? Girl, that is sooo Blessed."

...I'm sorry that was terrible XD I'll just go over here now....

[Toastyblue2]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

While on the subject of fluffy, what is the deal with mages and feathers? There are so many mage-outfits with feathers I'm starting to think that this is a preference coded into their DNA or something - or maybe some clever commentary about being a free bird out of the cage.

Funny, I just wrote about mages and feathers in a Warcraft/Dragon Age fic I wrote on a dare. (The prisoner that's being referenced in this excerpt is Anders.)

He wore feathered pauldrons. In her mind’s eye, she saw Medivh, his tall and powerful form dressed with similar adornments. Medivh’s own pauldrons had given him the appearance of a crow, a form into which he commonly shapeshifted.

As the feathers upon the prisoner’s coat shivered in an unseen breeze, Jaina faintly wondered if they desired the freedom that their former owner once had. Perhaps there was a connection there, one between mages and the birds of the sky. It seemed that both needed a disconnect between the mortal binds of gravity and the endless possibilities of a wide-open horizon, in metaphor or in truth.

EDIT: Maker, massive formatting fail.

Modifié par Toastyblue2, 24 juin 2011 - 12:27 .

[ReiSilver]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

ReiSilver wrote...


"Sun and fire motifs? Girl, that is sooo Blessed."

...I'm sorry that was terrible XD I'll just go over here now....

Oh, don't sell yourself short! That mental picture makes me laugh I can totally see it happening. But I have to give it to the Fereldan templars, the gold and purple colored skirts they wear look just fabulous. Clearly, the mages must have given them some advice - which is incidentally why the Fereldan Circle is the most liberal one. True fact.

why hello new personal head-canon.
Why am I imagining a uniform-design contest being held in the Fereldan Circle? I feel like I should draw this.
Oh man, Anders, Jowan and Finn stading around a sketch book
"No, no, no, It has to be festooned with ruffles, FESTOONED!"

Modifié par ReiSilver, 24 juin 2011 - 12:36 .

[Arquen]

kromify wrote...

*SNIP*

i get the lighting, but it does look like anders has gone a bit red in the face. all the exertion of waving his stick around  

Actually, those clouds and debris in the background is the CHANTRY BURNING. So, the red "glow" is the fading light from the fire and BOOM! One of my favorite pics. I love how subtle yet effective it is. I WISH I HAD MORE TALENT!
I need to practice more. Damn work preventing me from developing my hobbies.

[kromify]

Arquen wrote...

kromify wrote...

*SNIP*

i get the lighting, but it does look like anders has gone a bit red in the face. all the exertion of waving his stick around  

Actually, those clouds and debris in the background is the CHANTRY BURNING. So, the red "glow" is the fading light from the fire and BOOM! One of my favorite pics. I love how subtle yet effective it is. I WISH I HAD MORE TALENT!
I need to practice more. Damn work preventing me from developing my hobbies.

but my interpretation's more fun   

[Toastyblue2]

Queen-Of-Stuff wrote...

Toastyblue2 wrote...

Funny, I just wrote about mages and feathers in a Warcraft/Dragon Age fic I wrote on a dare. (The prisoner that's being referenced in this excerpt is Anders.)

He wore feathered pauldrons. In her mind’s eye, she saw Medivh, his tall and powerful form dressed with similar adornments. Medivh’s own pauldrons had given him the appearance of a crow, a form into which he commonly shapeshifted.

As the feathers upon the prisoner’s coat shivered in an unseen breeze, Jaina faintly wondered if they desired the freedom that their former owner once had. Perhaps there was a connection there, one between mages and the birds of the sky. It seemed that both needed a disconnect between the mortal binds of gravity and the endless possibilities of a wide-open horizon, in metaphor or in truth.

EDIT: Maker, massive formatting fail.

Yeah, the formatting on this site is cursed. A sign of the Maker's hatred, I tell you.

I wish I was familiar with Warcraft, because what you wrote looks interesting. Do you have any more?

Thanks! The piece is called Wings of Feather and Bone. (Rated Adult for naughty bits, naughty actions, naughty language, blood and gore, etc. etc.) I was actually shocked, as I was writing it, how well that the two worlds worked together when put side by side.

[Mekarah]

ElleMullineux wrote...

Oooh... I've had fried ice-cream. It was delicious

Right? When I read that I thought "Well, obviously someone has never been to a Chi-Chis"

As for the feathery pauldrons, it's where they hold all of their power, duh. That's why they're so fluffy -- it's like Gretchen Weiners' hair in Mean Girls, except instead of secrets they're full of ~magic

Modifié par Mekarah, 24 juin 2011 - 03:36 .

[ashyraine]

Spamming this picture EVERYWHERE because Yamisnuffles is that awesome.

Death to all Templars!

[YamiSnuffles]

ashyraine wrote...

Spamming this picture EVERYWHERE because Yamisnuffles is that awesome.

Death to all Templars!
-snip-

Hahaha. I went here to post it and then you already did my job for me so I don't have to self promote.

Seriously though, it was meant to be:
-Templar killing
-repeated scuffles with religious authority
-black bird themed outfits
-a vengeance arc
-promiscuous, carefree youth tempered by a super important cause
-etc.

[Hill-Hurwitz]

ashyraine wrote...

Spamming this picture EVERYWHERE because Yamisnuffles is that awesome.

Death to all Templars!

*nosebleed* Oh, God... C-could these two, like, go make-out somewhere for a little bit? Don't mind this creeper with the popcorn.

[ashyraine]

YamiSnuffles wrote...

ashyraine wrote...

Spamming this picture EVERYWHERE because Yamisnuffles is that awesome.

Death to all Templars!
-snip-

Hahaha. I went here to post it and then you already did my job for me so I don't have to self promote.

Seriously though, it was meant to be:
-Templar killing
-repeated scuffles with religious authority
-black bird themed outfits
-a vengeance arc
-promiscuous, carefree youth tempered by a super important cause
-etc.

No wonder I love them both so much   You should put all of that in the picture description And you'll never have to self promote if I'm home from work lol. I will post your picture EVERYWHERE. It's even on tumblr now. And I never post on tumblr. Ever.