#kintxt

Doubtless there are other posts about this but I'll explain for anybody who doesn't know about this because I'm so happy about it:

Art Nouveau is inspired by organic shapes and the natural world. It emerged also from the Arts and Crafts movement, which was a response pushing back against industrialization.

Makes sense for elves because of their relationship to nature and how old they are, right?

Dwarves, on the other hand--their motifs are inspired by art deco. Art deco, in turn, was the replacement for art nouveau, embracing technology and industry and focusing on geometric shapes.

Example from the Hobbit movies:

i couldnt hear exactly what was being said, and i dont remember how he looks, but dad/henry was basically asking me why i took apart the mangle toy. i dont think he was mad, just a little confused by it

dad, if your out there

            There’s a sharp intake of breath, the sound of metal-laced footsteps, and warm hands take his face, fluttering over his skin.

            “Amatus,” Dorian breathes, pitched up in worry. His fingers comb restlessly through the downy crop across Swan’s scalp. “You cut your hair!”

            Swan just sways there. No words could express the breadth of his emotions. Relief, to see his love--revulsion, as well. Shame. Confusion. And grief, always grief.

            He can hear Varric ushering people--and Hawke’s mabari--out of the room, and the muffle of their voices after the door is dragged shut. Dorian’s anxiety continues to grow, but his magister sensibilities have begun to check his behavior. Fingers trembling lightly, he steps back, taking Swan’s hands in his own. When he brings them to his mouth to kiss them, a wave of grief crashes into Swan at the memories this simple action brings back. All those times, all those kisses. It feels a hundred years gone, though it’s only been a matter of months.

            He’s no longer the person he was then.

i got halfway through act 2. then i found out minthara was a recruitable character. so i reloaded several hours of gameplay, got her, played through to act 2 again.

then got sad about not having the tieflings. so i played that section again with a mod so i could have the tieflings with her, and then. they added the ability to get her and the tiefs legitimately in patch 5. so i did that and replayed that section AGAIN. but it turns out... if she was hostile to you when you knocked her out, the game will think she's dead. i only found that out after i had played the githyanki creche and beginning of act 2 a third time and she wasn't at moonrise.