I Was Busy Failing School And Hmm I Wonder Why. Like Dang I Can't Focus On Anything Because Of This Man,

I've been watching some videos about plot choices in DA:O and DA2 that I've never seen, and Merrill has this amazing line in the Gallows at the end of Act 3, if you side against her and the mages. It speaks to everything I adore about her character, and sums up the central conflict of the entire Dragon Age series so poignantly:

"If I leave these mages to die, or I help you kill them, what then? Magic can't be made safe, and it can't be destroyed. Fear makes men more dangerous than magic ever could."

That's the thing I love about Merrill. Out of all the mages we encounter throughout the series, on both sides of the mage-templar conflict, Merrill has always been the one who, despite her flaws, or maybe because of them, understands the hard truths about magic that almost no one else seems able or willing to accept.

This line in the Gallows reminds me of another line she has, a banter line with Anders after Justice takes over and almost kills that one girl.

Merrill: Are you all right?

Anders: I nearly killed an innocent girl. How could I be all right? There's no definition of "all right" that fits this state.

Merrill: I'm sorry.

Anders: You're sorry? For me? This could be you. You could be the next monster threatening helpless girls.

Merrill: Anders, there's no such thing as a good spirit. There never was. All spirits are dangerous. I understood that. I'm sorry that you didn't.

Merrill understands that magic is not safe, and will never be safe. And until the rest of Thedas is ready to accept that, the mage-templar conflict will never end. Because until you can accept that there's no silver bullet solution to the problem of dangerous spirits and mages who choose to hurt people, you'll never be willing to do the hard work it takes to co-exist.

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Well, since MANY people seemed to like the first editions of Ace (I'm very flattered by the way, THANK YOU SO MUCH! 😳🫶) with the initial design (more specifically the Alabasta and Pre-Timeskip) I decided to bring you a part 2!

26.02.2019  Even my Nerevarine changed a lot (became an orc for instance lol), I still like this thing. And still love my dumbass baby Julan <3 

Fem!Morty bringing some breakfeast in bed <3

Can't belive I've never told you guys I have an One Piece OC who is like one of my main source of serotonin in almost a year now (he's much older than one year actualy, but I've got hyperfixated on him just year ago.) So have a bunch of my fav sketches of him A bit of info about him is under the spoiler

So yeah, meet Mortimer. He is a cook of Heart pirates crew. Dorky and playful guy, flirty, teasing, VERY affectionate to those who's he trust enough. But also have almost zero self-preservation, low self-esteem, very overprotective and easily triggered for violence (he geniunely tries to not to buuuut). He is a former celestial dragon's slave/pet (how unique, I know!) so yeah, it messed up his head pretty much.

Also ate zoan devil fruit, model eagle owl.

Feel free to ask things about him, I'd love to infodump :""^)

(Green-haired girl is @/mooseypersonal's OC, Sanai!)

Thinking about my new farmer, Faust. They are an old magical being in human disguise, something similar to changeling I think?? I'm just projecting on them my desire to be some grumpy old thing in the woods.

Treating myself by making some dirtbag Nosferatu dude, as I’m gonna play VtM soon for the first time :^) His name is Sparrow Cutter btw!

Revisiting DAO and my original Feral Short King™, Tamaris. I'm too broke for new PC