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This fucking guy. I had forgotten about this fucking guy.

First of all, “Estormo?” “Estormo the Lightning Mage?” Surely that’s an ancient Ehlnofex name of grand esteem! Fucking “Estormo.” If he had been a fire mage, he’d be, what? “Eferno?”

…Actually, “Eferno” is kind of cool. “Estormo” is NOT.

And let me try to figure this out. Ancano finds out I’m going to Old Bromjunaar to get the Staff of Magnus from Morokei, who they KNOW has awoken like the other dragon priests, raising a horde of ethereal draugr slaves and setting up magical traps all through Labyrinthian. They also know by now that I’m the Dragonborn, because of that time I ABSORBED A DRAGON’S SOUL IN THE COURTYARD OF THE COLLEGE.

I’m the Chosen One, out to claim one of the most powerful artifacts in all Tamriel from a demi-litch, and Ancano is apparently like, “Well, okay, he might survive that. But if he does, HE SHALL BE NO MATCH FOR ESTORMO!”

Look, Ancano. It’s real cute you have faith in your boyfriend like that. But he’s a dude in a black robe who shoots lightning from his hands. I thu'umed him up against a wall and face-changed him with three hits from a frost mace.

Granted, I guess Ancano’s relative sense of Thalmor “might” is fundamentally screwed up, because when I actually show up with the Staff and start shooting the Eye with it, he seems genuinely amazed that his stupid plan of “shoot ball with lightning, see what happens” is now failing.

I guess when you’re raised constantly hearing how “superior” your race is, it never occurs to you that MAYBE your stupid level 4 destruction spells are exactly as shitty as anyone else’s stupid level 4 destruction spells.

Either way, I would think Ancano would have realized that if a guy is a lightning mage who named himself Estormo, he’s got to be a fucking idiot who is DESTINED to fail hilariously.

Warning: This is Anti-Delena. Don’t say I didn’t warn you so leave

I’ve noticed that Delena stans called Stelena “cliche”, and honestly I laugh. Yes they have their cliche moments, but are they cliche overall? Hell no! Delena is just full of cliches and if you wanna know how here’s why…

Good Girl Falls For Bad Boy:

Elena Gilbert described as “compassionate, caring, empathetic, kind, intelligent, beautiful, friendly”. She’s the star student and is the most selfless person ever (note the sarcasm)

Damon Salvatore described as “a sociopath, narcissist, vicious, and remorseless” ladies man

Through Elena’s good grace and purity she changes Damon into a “better” man, and they fall in love. (Again note the sarcasm) Yeah, so that’s one cliche but boy oh boy are we just getting started.

Over dramatic Love Declarations (Which are just empty words with no meaning behind them, they’re only said to be dramatic):

Christ how many do they have?!

They’re like those romantic comedy cliches. I mean do I have to pull out the receipts:

Even those romantic comedies are more heartwarming and sweet than Dullena is.

Over The Top Cliche Sex Scenes:

Ripping their clothes off ✔️

Check out this website (http://www.indiewire.com/2009/03/5-worst-sex-scene-cliches-227284/) and look at #1-3 which talks about cliche sex scenes. Delena fits them perfectly. (God it was hard to look at these)

Side note can we talk about how Nina’s sex scenes with Ian looks like she’s just acting. That she’s trying to make it look like it’s pleasurable and oh so orgasmic, but it’s just acting. With her sex scenes with Stefan her face looked like she was in pure, bliss pleasure. Receipts:

Anyways, Over The Top Kisses:

Rain kiss ✔️

Slamming into each others faces ✔️

Jumping into each others arms ✔️

For some reason whenever they kiss it’s almost as if they are never in sync with each other. It’s always messy and sloppy.

Hell They Even Went Through Their Own Amnesia Plot Line:

When in fresh hell did The Vampire Diaries become a goddamn soap opera?! Elena loses her memories so Damon does everything he can to get her to remember their “amazing” love story! Hilarious! This was nothing but lazy writing, and the writers trying to show that Delena can overcome any obstacle such as fate and amnesia, but they can’t overcome Damon not resisting compulsion, Damon infected with the ripper virus and almost killing Katherine in Elena’s body, Damon and Elena breaking up 5 million times because “Oh, we’re bad for each other.”, and Elena wanting to be just friends with Damon but they can’t because if she ain’t offering him up any sex even while they’re broken up then he doesn’t want her around him. WOW! 

Last but not least the whole enemies to lovers cliche:

I had heard that some people really dislike the idea of Solas with anyone other than Lavellan. Can anyone confirm if that’s true? And also why you dislike it?

A part of me wonders if Solas could see ~beyond the ears~ and fall for someone based more on their mind. He can be a really good friend with any inquisitor. It doesn’t seem like it would be a huge stretch for him to develop stronger feelings. Especially with as much of an intellectual as he is.

I’m going to stick my nose in here for a minute - feel free to ignore me if you like.

I’m actually coming at this from the other side; I’m an avid Solas/Non-Canon shipper and it’s for the reasons you mentioned, the whole “seeing beyond the ears” bit. 

I interpret Solas as having a preference for elves because they are what he is familiar with. It’s obviously easier for Solas to see Lavellan as a person. She is an elf—and while she is not immortal, she is still physically something that Solas has been ingrained to regard as a person. But with someone like Trevelyan, he does not have that common ground. She is of a wholly different race and one he does originally not have a lot of respect for. 

I love that in the game, the human Inquisitor can gain Solas’s respect — it’s very satisfying to see Solas regard them (someone he didn’t even see as a person at first) as one of his closest friends. Even in Trespasser, there is a sense of true friendship between them, a fondness despite their opposing goals. 

(I would treasure the chance to be wrong again, my friend.)

I like Solas/Trev because it takes that even further. I love the idea of Solas getting to know a human, a member of a race he previously disliked, and coming to see her as a person. And then coming to see her as good person, as a friend, one that he likes spending time with and… then that slow slide into more than friendship. I see Solas as a person who values other people for their minds, for their spirits, and I do think that if he came to admire another person enough, their race would become a non-issue. (There is that great bit of dialogue in the beginning of the game where Solas scoffs about judging people solely by their physical natures; that line about Varric’s chest hair always cracks me up.)

For me, the reason I ship it is because I see the relationship as being about looking beyond the surface, about questioning one’s prejudices, and two people coming to respect one another, despite their differences. 

When he questions her, he lets slip the three things that make her real. 

Your mind - 

     Your morals - 

          Your… spirit?

None of these have to do with her as an elf. 

it’s so sad

But did anyone else find it a bit distasteful that the writers went from the Scooby Gang mourning Tyler, to a montage of them goofing around and having a ball in the amusement park?

Like wtf? They were all forcing themselves to muster up some, half-hearted, pathetic, crocodile tears (with the exception of Matt) one minute and then riding the bumper cars the next.

Plus there’s the fact that Plec & Co.™ managed to make even Tyler’s death all about Elena and the fact that she’s dead, because everyone just misses her sooo much…

TRAVEL TIMES IN THEDAS

i am a terrible perfectionist so i have spent all evening working out distances and travel times in thedas

(above map is super big & hd so click here to zoom)

one box = 35 miles

35 miles ON AVERAGE, in fair conditions/flat ground =

2 days walking

1 day on horseback

¾ day in a carriage

½ day by ship (or less)

reasoning & mathsy bits under the cut

Kevin Williamson talking about The Vampire Diaries (Stelena) in 2016.

HES TALKING LIKE THIS IN 2016! IMAGINE HOW THIS SHOW WOULD HAVE BEEN IF HE HADN’T LEFT IT TO JULIE PLAGUE.