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[Giton]

Do...can...can elves even have beards??

I think Gaider said ,"Elves shalt not have beards."

 

Someone tweeted about that a while back.

 

But elves can grow a singular chest hair.

 

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source: http://nikki-tikki.deviantart.com/

 

[Mims]

Oh, really nice collection of pantheon fanart. I haven't seen a few of these!

[Maria13]

This thread is my sweet jam.

 

I'm reading stuff that's making me want to draw (or maybe invent, whatever) comparisons between the pantheon and the cast of the Trojan War. So: Odysseus/Fen'Harel (canny and indirect, but also the long-term survivor). Achilles and Patroclus/Falon'Din and Dirthamen is pretty delightful. Like, what are they even doing in that tent, all day? Closer than brothers exactly how? And then, I guess, Agamemnon/Elgar'Nan.

 

It's harder to parallel the women, for obvious reasons.

 

I'm sure it makes more sense to do this with the actual Greek gods (and no doubt it's been done), but I think it's worth trying for powerful mortals on epic campaigns, too.This isn't an aside from the glitter topic, either, because don't even tell me that Achilles didn't bathe himself in it.

 

But Andruil clearly tracks back to Selene/Diana...

 

Achilles dressed as a woman to avoid being recruited for Troy and rumour is he looked exquisite... There's your glitter, right there.

[Sable Rhapsody]

Anyway. I get the feeling we'll see more members of the Pantheon soon, and I hope Falon'din is the next big bad.

 

And I hope he descends from on high in a shower of blighted red glitter.

[deedylovescake]

I'm super excited for Falon'Din. He sounds like a complete monster and I love it.

[Mims]

And I hope he descends from on high in a shower of blighted red glitter.

 

The real reason Fen'Harel slept for 2,000+ years was because that is exactly how long it takes to purge glitter. 

[Sable Rhapsody]

The real reason Fen'Harel slept for 2,000+ years was because that is exactly how long it takes to purge glitter. 

 

It's why he avoids Orlesian fashion.  During the Wolf Hunt DLC, Lavellan only has to threaten him with a jug of glitter to get him back in line.

[laurelinvanyar]

It's why he avoids Orlesian fashion.  During the Wolf Hunt DLC, Lavellan only has to threaten him with a jug of glitter to get him back in line.

crap. this thread has already eaten all my likes. 

[BoscoBread]

And I hope he descends from on high in a shower of blighted red glitter.

So is glitter alive???

[Giton]

It's why he avoids Orlesian fashion.  During the Wolf Hunt DLC, Lavellan only has to threaten him with a jug of glitter to get him back in line.

"Solas, don't make me get out the Distress Glitter."

 

[electricfish]

"Solas, don't make me get out the Distress Glitter."

 

 

Help, help! I'm being distressed!

[deedylovescake]

uuggghhh im out of likes and the distress glitter is here!!! 

[Giton]

uuggghhh im out of likes and the distress glitter is here!!! 

"My name is Falon'Din, King of Kings,

Look on my glitter, ye mighty, and despair."

[MTC]

This is my jam. FOR REAL. REAL, REAL.

 

The Fall of Troy--I have many strong feelings about this particular story. I would love to discuss those feelings.The tragedy of Troy is a tragedy of both a people and  a more intimate tragedy of families. And even the winners find tragedy on their doorsteps on their return. No one is unscathed. Hector is the greatest thing ever. EVER. And even in a literary historical perspective, the Fall of Troy asks us questions about how humanity confronts the godhead, how legends get formed around great figures, and how to reconcile a past that you can never get back.

 

Also the wrath of Achilles is a wrath so potent that it is the fulcrum around which the entire Illiad spins. I would kill for a Wrath of Falon'Din type reckoning.

 

Achilles totally bathed in glitter.

I'm already in over my head, but I'd love so much to hear your take on this at whatever length you're willing to invest. There's clearly a lot more to go with, other than my superficial character comparisons. What I'm reading right now is Troilus and Cressida (the Shakespeare, but I'll get down the Chaucer next), so I'm coming at this from a weird, indirect angle. It's been a long time since I've actually read any Homer, so my observations mean next to nothing. Anyway, I just want a(n ideally excellent) framework in which to imagine how that whole fall of Arlathan struggle might have played out, you know?

 

But Andruil clearly tracks back to Selene/Diana...

 

Achilles dressed as a woman to avoid being recruited for Troy and rumour is he looked exquisite... There's your glitter, right there.

Oh man, I did not know that! My cross-over is confirmed by his cross-dressing.

 

Also, I guess glitter is mined by the dwarves, because nobody else can handle it without dying or going mad? Do templars have to drink it? That would explain a few things...

[Mims]

"Solas, don't make me get out the Distress Glitter."

 

 

The obvious connection!

[deedylovescake]

I'm imaging scenes of Pompeii being buried in ash, children crying people running and screaming and falling down, but instead of ash it's glitter.

[MoonDrummer]

I'm imaging scenes of Pompeii being buried in ash, children crying people running and screaming and falling down, but instead of ash it's glitter.

Years later we dig up mummified glitter corpses

[LOLandStuff]

Falon'Din looks like an emo goth reject who tries too hard.

[MisterJB]

I read that there was a conversation between Cassandra and Solas where they discuss Corypheus' dragons and Cassandra wonders if the Old Gods were also once pets to powerful beings at which point Solas quickly changes the subject.

However, I have never been able to find any evidence of this dialogue. Do anyone here know anything about it?

[Delphine]

Years later we dig up mummified glitter corpses

I'd love that for my own burial, please. If I'm gonna die, at least I'd go with style.

[Giton]

I'm already in over my head, but I'd love so much to hear your take on this at whatever length you're willing to invest. There's clearly a lot more to go with, other than my superficial character comparisons. What I'm reading right now is Troilus and Cressida (the Shakespeare, but I'll get down the Chaucer next), so I'm coming at this from a weird, indirect angle. It's been a long time since I've actually read any Homer, so my observations mean next to nothing. Anyway, I just want a(n ideally excellent) framework in which to imagine how that whole fall of Arlathan struggle might have played out, you know?

 

Oh man, I did not know that! My cross-over is confirmed by his cross-dressing.

 

Also, I guess glitter is mined by the dwarves, because nobody else can handle it without dying or going mad? Do templars have to drink it? That would explain a few things...

Chaucer! I'm a medievalist, that is what I actually do. I study Chaucer, and I love you. I would love to talk about "Troilus and Criseyde"--it's my favorite.

 

In terms of the fall of Troy, it is really interesting because is takes the great tragedy of the city and focuses it on the drama between Troilus and his lover. So it goes from wide-angle tragedy to close-up. (Troilus means "little Troy")

 

In Chaucer, Hector is a BAMF. When the Trojan threatened to sell Criseyde as a hostage he basically is the only one to try to shut it down, "We usen no wommen for to selle!" (We aren't savages, we aren't going to trade our women like that even if it is for a warrior.") 

 

Other highlights:

 

The love scene between Troilus and Criseyde is the most erotic scene in Middle English.

 

Troilus gets to laugh at the gods.

 

And Pandarus, a creepy uncle character, subverts the courtly love paradigm.

 

I'm not going to lie, it is difficult but worth it. If you have questions and I have time, I will be happy to help. Because anyone reading that poem is awesome.

 

(Chaucer does Troilus and Criseyde better. Truth.)

[LOLandStuff]

I read that there was a conversation between Cassandra and Solas where they discuss Corypheus' dragons and Cassandra wonders if the Old Gods were also once pets to powerful beings at which point Solas quickly changes the subject.

However, I have never been able to find any evidence of this dialogue. Do anyone here know anything about it?

 

Maybe the elven gods were pets to the Forgotten Ones and managed to break free. Then decided to guide their people until it got way over their heads.

No doubt they badmouthed the Forgotten Ones and while they said nice stuff about themselves.

[nikki-tikki]

WHY WAS I NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS EARLIER THIS IS FANTASTIC.

What's up guys. Arts on the front page no big deal.

[electricfish]

WHY WAS I NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS EARLIER THIS IS FANTASTIC.

What's up guys. Arts on the front page no big deal.

It's Liz's fault! She forgot to invite you to the mass PM conversation where she introduced the idea. D:

It's ok though because your art is the first in the list!

[vierrae]

I have a dyptych, I want to make it triptych. Suggestions, guys?

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