Giving Lucanis the task of killing Ghilan’nain has its perks - like this line. Look at our man panicking.
just another father-son talks... o.g sound
Varric Tethras as a character is wild. He calls everyone by a nickname. He writes trashy romance novels. He’s a prolific liar. His family got them kicked out of the dwarf kingdom for rigging dwarven Wrestlemania matches. He has fingers in literally every crime ring in Kirkwall. He lives in a pub. He named his weapon after his absent girlfriend with whom he has a restraining order. He denies his involvement in keeping the wizard police away from his friend’s illegal magic Urgent Care. He’s the mom of the friend group. And he does this all while being four feet tall
So Lance is 100% the kind of guy to just walk into Keith’s room when he’s had a bad day and plop on him
Like, right on top of him
They aren’t even dating yet, this is just a Thing™ for Lance
Keith was just lazily scrolling through his phone and BAM
Arms full of cute, sad boy
He’d ask Lance wth and when Lance tells him it was a bad day he just
Goes with it
Because that’s Klance culture; Keith can’t reject Lance it is just not possible
So Keith continues scrolling through his phone
Only now he’s taken to scrolling specifically through memes and cute animal videos
Both of them are Lance Weaknesses™
and Keith knows that
It doesn’t take long for Lance to glance up at Keith’s phone and crack a smile at the meme currently displayed there
Keith can’t help the small smile that graces his own face when it happens
Then Keith plays a video of kittens
and Lance friggin coos
And Keith is so Gone™ for this boy that his face breaks out into a full-on grin
Boy’s Whipped™
They just lay like that for a while, Lance’s mood slowly getting better the more cute animals and stupid memes he sees
And Keith’s happy smile is just fond and wide
Because a Happy Lance™ is a Happy Keith™
After they start dating, these become full-blown cuddle sessions filled with gentle kisses and soft caresses
Keith had created a folder specifically for things that would cheer Lance up
Lance doesn’t know this, but the folder was created before they even started dating
The day Lance finds the folder creation date, Keith explains that he just wanted Lance to be happy and took steps to make sure that happened
Lance doesn’t let go of his boyfriend for the rest of the day
These two are so in love and im dying
The movie Wicked is proof that any source material can be vastly improved by simply making the intense female friendship much gayer + the mutual male love interest both wildly bisexual and lowkey down to just be their third
Please watch Avo Rabo, their Voltron reaction videos are the funniest things in the world
(TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN BEFORE WATCHING)
PASTELS FOREVER
My friend and I are having an argument over which is better, Neon Rainbows, or Pastel Rainbows. If you think pastel rainbows are better
reblog this post
if you think neon rainbows are better, reblog this post
PREACH IT!!!
a criticism I see of sao is often along the lines of “what’s the message? that video games are better than real life? that being trapped in the game was Good, Actually? that doesn’t apply to real life at all. that’s a useless thought experiment akin to contemplating the ethics of fucking your clone.”
the way the aincrad arc was about how you have to find love and happiness in the here & now, no matter how bleak things are. because when fighting for a cause, it’s so easy to deny yourself joy until that far-off dream is achieved; you tell yourself you’ll rest after you’ve saved enough money for early retirement. or when capitalism is over and homelessness eradicated. or when you’ve finally reached peak physical form. or when the war is over.
but so many people die before that happens. or they live to see it but shortly succumb to trauma or just the ravages of time. all those years spent fighting for your cause, but now you’ve won you’re an adult and you never had a chance to have any semblance of a childhood. or now you’ve grown so accustomed to misery, you don’t know how to treat happiness- so accustomed to pressure and hatred, you’re cruel and harsh to the people around you.
in sao, life went on, in its strange way. people went fishing. they got married. they cooked and ate for pleasure. they did quests and events for fun. people sarcastically say “they’re trapped in a death game and all they can think about is buying a cottage and fucking?” as if there wasn’t a very direct reasoning for this in the plot. them experiencing a sort of burnout, as well as distrust in the system as it was. them realising their own mortality, that they could be killed any day now; that it’s better to die in love than to die miserable.
I finally finished it!
I got majorly distracted with only 2 sections of this left, and it gathered dust for a bit. But here it is! All the angst!
My Emmit Hawke, purple and unromanced. He's just very tired and never given a break, so might as well strand him in the Fade, right? (I love my Hawke, promise)
There was originally a part 2 that has a bit more of a hopeful tune to leaving him behind, but I dunno if I'll get to that. We'll see.
I totally get the strict cullen parent headcanons, HOWEVER I don't think he would be
all throughout dai people make jokes abt how he's a stick in the mud, sera calls him general uptight, etc etc but he's so soft for the inquisitor
I note how his voice softens when speaking with the inquisitor. if you side with the mages and you go to shrine of dumat, when speaking with him he's serious, some anger towards Samson in his voice, but when you ask why he's coming his voice gets so soft saying he'd sleep better knowing he was by your side
he gets vulnerable before sending you off to corypheus, praying you return safely. he tells you he doesn't dance, but for you he will. he offers you his most prized possession for luck. the silly lil boyish smile he has after his kissing scene
there's also his hug scenes!!!!! when you return from defeating corypheus, before you go off into the eluvian for the last time, when he's praying for your safe return in the chapel. they're so tender...
in non-romantic instances, he's happy, joking and relaxed when he plays chess with dorian, whom he considers a friend. he starts off grumbling during wicked grace but loosens up and laughs with people he trusts
ofc he's a stern commander, he takes work very seriously, but around people he loves, cares about, or just people he trusts, he melts a little. I think there's that untapped softness within him
he wouldn't be a strict dad, I think he'd melt for his kids and they'd have him wrapped around their lil fingers 🫶🏽
*if you dislike cullen, don't leave hate on this post, you can do that on your own post thank you*
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