A merry life and a short one.

The game does a REMARKABLE job with portraying the BLATANT hypocrisy of the colonists and the Founding Fathers. It's in the way they are so quick to use Connor and his skills for their own ends, never TRULY giving back to him in anyway that's equal to what he gave them.

It's in the way Connor calls out Sam Adams hypocrisy for owning Surry. And the way Sam claims the liberties of those who aren't white can wait because THE WHITE people don't have their freedom. But "don't worry. We will get to them when we get to them"

Except the kind of freedom he's equating is one of economic and political representation for men like HIM while those like Surry are literal PROPERTY. While people like Connor are treated like pests who's land they can steal and who's culture and identity becomes a holy fucking mission to destroy. While women full stop WERE NOT CONSIDERED AT ALL. This was a war for the freedom of white men. Not everyone and it's a joke it was at all considered a war for freedom.

George Washington also being the massive racist he was. Actively USING Connor for his own ends and throwing his people to the wolves while dressing up his own bigotry in a heroic veneer you can smell from a mile off.

And Charles Lee. Oh that bastard. THE racist. His monologue to a CHILD who's throat he is crushing being so cruel, so devoid of any humanity right before he burns a tribe theoretically because he could not find the precursor site. Showing the true colours of this man we spent hours befriending. How the "eager, enthusiastic side kick" act Haytham fell for peels away to reveal a deeply bigoted man.

Haytham's own short comings too. Connor's white father excusing his racist buddy even when he learns Lee KILLED his wife/partner (to put it bluntly) Haytham actively using the danger coming for Connor's tribe to manipulate Connor. Using this as a tool for his tactics instead of the serious matter it is without a care for how it would affect Connor AND assuming point blank Connor would FALL for it.

It's in the way that guard sees Connor and Haytham together and says mockingly "tasted the forest fruits did you?" To Haytham while Connor is RIGHT there.

It's in the way at the end of the game Connor stands on his own, looking at the new country he helped form and realising his people are still gone, pushed away because of the deals and politics formed by the colonists he helped. It's in the way the last shot of the revolution happens, and Connor looks back to see a fucking slave auction. Realising he was used again and again by people who claimed freedom and equality but never actually MEANT it in the ways it should apply.

It's in the way Achilles as a character is important and how his identity shaped him and his sense of the world.

It's in the way Connor can't go by his REAL name.

So sorry everyone that I have been offline for a hot minute!!! Been going through a lot this semester personally and academically. Now that things are dying down a bit, I’ve had time to compile sketches I’ve forgotten to post, so I’ll be doing that for a couple days! Thanks for hanging in there with me!! ❤️

Haytham: Shut up, please.

Selfship: To ship yourself or a self-insert with a character, whether it be platonic, romantic, or familial.

Yume/Yumeship: A different word for selfship. Short for yumejoshi (feminine), yumedanshi (masculine), or yumejin (gender-neutral).

F/O or Fictional Other: A character that you ship yourself with.

S/i or Self-Insert: A character you created that represents yourself in the world of a series, movie, book, video game, etc. They usually (but not always) have similar personality and features to their creator.

Romantic F/Os: Fictional characters that you feel a strong romantic attraction to. You may imagine yourself being in a relationship with them.

Familial F/Os: Fictional characters that you feel are like your family. This could be characters you consider your parents, siblings, kids, etc.

Platonic F/Os: Fictional characters that you consider to be your friends or feel a platonic love towards.

OC x Canon: Shipping an original character such as a self insert with a canon character in their world.

Canon x Canon: Shipping two canon characters with each other. This may be canon in the story or not. Many selfshippers feel uncomfortable seeing their F/O in these ships.

Y/N or Your Name: Mostly used in fan fictions, it’s meant for you to insert your name into the story like a self-insert.

Comfort Character: A character that can bring somebody comfort without self inserting. (Or just in general)

Doubles or shared: F/Os that you and another person may have that are the same character

Sharing NG: “Sharing Not Good” this person is uncomfortable with sharing their F/Os or interacting with people that have the same ones

Let me know if there’s any I missed/should add!

Desmond time travels to the AC3 AU and thinks his free will has no consequences

Meme based on this⤵️

Mourn Watch Week Day 5 - Memorial Gardens

So, "okay" is a word that doesn't appear much in DA dialogue through the first three installments, though it's become quite common by Veilguard.

Likely not an intentional evolution, but a symptom of the fact that the language used in DAV is generally more contemporary than the other installments. Still. Let's play in the space. Because it's not that no one uses "okay" before then. It's actually a relatively common Varric word -- he says it in both DA2 and DAI.

Obvious conclusion: "Okay" is dwarven slang.

(Corollary headcanon: Increased contact with the surface has spread dwarven slang more widely. Perhaps even helped by the popularity of Varric's books...)

Over my breakfast this morning I stared into space wondering what the origins of "OK" could be in the dwarven context. Orzammar is the obvious O. So... Orzammar Kingdom? Orzammar King?

Of course. "OK" is the seal that Orzammar's king uses to express that a document has his approval.

King of Spades, Swords, and Crows

Available as a print!

Bluesky version

Inverted version after the cut :)

I got about one page of (mostly suggested) doodles done since yesterday, based on;

Though I did only get like... 1.5 Spites in there (I count the glowing eyes as .5)

Also I am no good with wings oops

(Spite Dellamorte)

A quick, silly, colourful artwork before I dived into lineart hell for the next five hours lmao