An'daran Atishan

Before this challenge I was rarely drawing and if I did it was mostly chibis, I got back to regular drawing, trying new things and enjoying art again through Solavellan and this challenge, so I thought I’ll put them all up in a huge post, just to be there for me as a reminder how it started back then. All are done in one day of work (if I colored them later I’ll add that) This one will be huge,  so to not spam your timeline I hope the keep reading thing works xD

Good morning! I’m salty.

I think we, as a general community, need to start taking this little moment more seriously.

This, right here? This is asking for consent. It’s a legal necessity, yes, but it is also you, the reader, actively consenting to see adult content; and in doing so, saying that you are of an age to see it, and that you’re emotionally capable of handling it.

You find the content you find behind this warning disgusting, horrifying, upsetting, triggering? You consented. You said you could handle it, and you were able to back out at any time. You take responsibility for yourself when you click through this, and so long as the creator used warnings and tags correctly, you bear full responsibility for its impact on you.

“Children are going to lie about their age” is probably true, but that’s the problem of them and the people who are responsible for them, not the people that they lie to.

1) chosen to go onto AO3 in the first place

2) chosen the fandom you wish to read about

3) had the chance to filter for the things you do want to see like a specific pairing or a specific AU

4) had the chance to specifically filter out any tags you don’t want to see like, oh I don’t know, incest and non-con and dub-con and paedophilia

5) had the chance to set the rating level if you wish to remove any explicit content at all

6) have read the summary of the story, which aren’t always great but are the only indicator of what the story will be like writing wise so something about it was good enough for you to click on it.

7) have read the tags of the story which will tell you what is actually in the story. If you have used filters to remove stories with things you don’t want then there shouldn’t be anything in here that’s a shock to you but maybe there is. That’s why the tags are there for you to check for yourself.

8) Then you have to actually click on the story. You cannot see anything other than the summary or the tags without personally deciding that you are going to open and read this story.

9) Only here, at step number nine, do you get to the adult content warning pictured above. You have been through eight different steps, the last six of which have also been opportunities for you to see that this has adult content. And AO3 has *STILL* stopped you to ask one last time “are you sure you want to read this because it has things that only adults should see in it”.

If after this point you are reading incest and paedophilia then it’s probably because you specifically went looking for it.

DO NOT EXPECT STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET TO DO THAT FOR YOU!

Did a super quick sketch for the prompt “slavery” and had to do Ashalle for it, before she escapes at the conclave. I love it even more thanks to the contrast of the last sketch I did for her returning to Tevinter. I’ll add it just to show her growth with the inquisition, her relationship with her friends and Solas of course.

I hope you are all having a nice Sunday. And maybe wanna share a bit of your wip in the process. 

Something from that “turned into a 10k story” kinktober-prompt I finished last night:

Blow by blow, she exhausted herself against his overwhelming force. No matter how often they fought, Zenos kept being mesmerizingly terrifying in battle. When she watched him fight, it was like he had found a way to wield violence like it was a form of art. And with it, he painted and carved and molded the world around them into something new. 

In a way, he was like that both in battle and in bed alike. For when the fighting stopped, he continued much the same way, littering her skin with intricate patterns while writing a symphony with her moans and screams alike. 

Each time they clashed, he took her, slowly crushing her views and beliefs until all that was left of them were the remnants of a battlefield. A canvas he made only for her, for which he handed her the brush and expected her to paint something new.

tagging (if you feel like it, if not, ignore!) @elveny @elfyourmother @captainderyn @alamhigyoooo @anchanted-one @serial-chillr @faelavellan​ @curiousthimble @cornfedcryptid @schoute @allycryz @in-arlathan @irlaimsaaralath @kemvee @kittimau @zuendwinkel @barbex @fandomn00blr @charlatron @deathvalleyqueen @wardenari @lynmars79 

I was tagged by @starsandskies @lavellanvibes @charlatron and @serial-chillr to post a WIP......AGES AGO!

Unfortunately I have had the worst art block for almost two weeks so I have been super slow to produce anything new (or worth sharing). I DO have this piece I am working on for my @cozy-autumn-prompts event that I can share though!

Sunday speed sketch of husband ✏

When this account was created, it was never intended to post ANYTHING. So, in fact, this will be the one and only post this account makes and I’m only doing so in response to some lovely messages this account received. 

What is this?

This is an account for a person and/or group of people to send content creators in the DA Fandom love anonymously to counteract several creators getting hateful messages during Kinktober 2020. The account will remain active even after Kinktober 2020 to send positivity. 

Are you sending all the positive anons in the DA Fandom??

No!! ANYONE can send positive anons in the DA Fandom and I ENCOURAGE you to put some love in the asks of your favorite content creators. I hope this account just starts a movement of being kinder to each other in general. 

Can you send _______ some anon love?

Maybe. This account is going to continue sending anon love to anyone targeted by hateful anons AND just fantastic content creators AND enthusiastic content lovers. There is a list of people this account plans to send love to, but suggestions are welcome! I’ve opened up the ask box if you want to recommend someone with two caveats: 

If this person is new to the creator(s) of this account, it may take some time for someone to familiarize themselves with their work and leave a meaningful anon. 

If this person is known to have participated in toxic fandom behavior of any kind without ever apologizing or changing their ways, they will not be receiving anon love from this account, but this account also won’t be used to call anyone out. Those asks will simply be ignored. 

I don’t like that second bit. Who makes the decision about what is toxic? 

The owner(s) of this account. If you don’t like the decision, make another DA love account and start your own campaign of positivity. More power to you. 

On that note, all IPs are tracked to this blog, and if we notice a troubling pattern of hate mail coming to us, evidence will be gathered and sent to people who are very good at collecting and disseminating evidence. 

Who is running the account? 

Probably not aliens. Probably. 

On that note…

Have YOU been sent asks complaining about your writing or artwork depicting characters as too sexual? Or even described as “hyper” or “over” sexualized?

Have YOU been sent asks complimenting your writing but saying they don’t like your usual pairings (especially if it just so happens to include Cullen) and they suggest another pairing? 

Have YOU received asks about how your portrayal of certain characters and in game fictional cultures is wrong and going against their “canonical” coding?

Well I have bad news for you. It turns out you’re a victim of an apparent concentrated effort of POTENTIALLY a group of people within our fandom who want to enforce their own headcanons and ideas of “properly” portrayed sex.  This is due to a few artists and writers being targeted with suspiciously similarly motivated asks and a few reported in without their answering. It’s beginning to look like a pattern, and all suspiciously during Kinktober.

So be wary of these asks and know you are not alone.  If you have received multiple of them, I suggest you block one of the anon asks and then refresh the page. Chances are - it’s the same person going on a harassment campaign.

If not, then you may very well be a victim of a rising Fandom Police Group. They have likely deemed what you portray as problematic (or sexist, or ableist, or racist, etc) and if you don’t comply to their subtle way of negging or threatening by either changing, deleting it, or just all around chasing you out of the fandom, they will no doubt try to collect the interaction for a future Callout Post™ where they will attempt to publicly shame and guilt you while the horde of anons who take advantage of such situations begin sending harassing anons including but not limited to: death threats. 

While there are a few suspects to who the responsible parties are behind this, we can’t really be sure. But we are investigating this thoroughly.  For now though, block/report for harassment and keep going producing the content you want - so long as you tag responsibly and accordingly.

Please check out Cybersmile for resources.

Darling, you are the only exception