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G's last ND concert Sept 2015
Tomorrow G's husband's jet is coming to pick her up and take her home to the home they designed and built. She will be able to go to the chapel B built for her.
Her husband is finishing a tour and having a benefit for HOF.
Since G has sung with ND in 2015, she has gotten married. Built a new home and chapel.
She has performed at Grammy's with her husband. Done a commercial at the Grammy's.
She had done a Las Vegas Residency.
She had had 2 #1 CM hits with her husband.
She had done 6 Seasons of the Voice since 2015
She has released a record and toured with that record and just recorded another record.
She has a husband that buys her beautiful jewelry.
She has won numerous awards and performed all over the world.
Her and her husband have stars on the Hollwood Walk of Fame.
She has appeared on mutliple talk shows.
She has performed with her husband on his tour and at festivals.
She has performed at Superbowl events.
She started GXVE
G has done great without ND and her ex.
She is loved and cherished by B!
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hear me out, if the do a corrupted by the title Cody heel run? Bringing Dustin back to try to try to bring Cody back to the light and just being like "I'm 55 man, I can't do this much longer but I'll fight for you until I can't anymore" kind of thing from Dustin and like, have a match where Cody's just going off on him but Dustin won't give up and just before Cody's about to kill him basically he comes out of it and then they can hug and cry and we can get the WWE Rhodes Brothers run we always should have got and then Cody can retire Dustin and then he can induct him into the 2015 HoF and everyone is happy
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Charles Haley who played from 1986 to 1999 is a 5x Super Bowl champion, winning 2 with the 49ers and 3 with the Cowboys. A versatile defensive end/linebacker, Haley was inducted into the HOF in 2015.
IG: nfloncbs
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Day 13 — Favorite Picture Official or Unofficial
Another question about the photos. I like it. There are several official photoshoot that I like. I can mention for example Bryan Adams' photoshoot in 2015 for Zoo Magazine; Olaf Heine's photoshoot for the promotion of Reise Reise in 2004; again Bryan Adams in 2022 on the occasion of the release of the band's eighth album; Andreas Mühe's photoshoot in 2012 on the occasion of the US tour, one for SZ Magazin and the other completely naked; the photoshoot for the Untitled album in 2019 by Jes Larsen; Mike Hutson's photoshoot in 2001; Olaf Heine's photoshoot in 2016 in Brazil; Gottfried Helnwein's mythical photoshoot for Sehnsucht in 1997 and 1998; Eugenio Recuenco's photoshoot for the single Amerika or the album Liebe ist Für Alle Da. And I'm not even talking about Frédéric Batier's photobooks, Jens Koch's exceptional work or Matthias Matthies' all too rare ones !
In short, there are a lot of official photos that I love. Rammstein was lucky enough to work with some very talented professional photographers !
I have selected a few that I particularly like :
Photo taken in 2005 on the very famous Bernauer Strasse, a historical place that perfectly reminds us that Rammstein's history is intimately linked to Germany's. I really like Olaf. If Matthias Matthies is the one who has known the band for the longest time (even before its creation), Olaf is the one who has collaborated the most with Rammstein, be it for live photos or photoshoots.
A photo from P.R Brown's photoshoot at Tommy Guns Barber in New York City in 2010. I find them really beautiful, very classy. It's a bit of an unusual photoshoot, because usually you see the guys either in the studio, in "industrial" locations, or on or near the stage. I don't know the story of this photoshoot, why they took these pictures in this place with these outfits. But the rendering is very classy !
This photo is from Jens Koch's 2019 photoshoot for Rolling Stone magazine. I like to see the guys wearing something other than dark colours. In this case, we are served with this photo, they look (almost) angelic. I like this picture because it's been 4 years since the guys had a photoshoot and 10 years since an album promotion photoshoot. And yet, there they are on top of each other, still united. Well, Richard seems more united with his Till, even downright possessive, but they all seem happy to be together and that's what counts !
That's it for the official photos. For the unofficial photos, there are two that I love :
This one of Motor Vertrieb taken at a tug-of-war competition and featured in the late Gert Hof's "band biographical" book. Just because Till and Paul make me burst out laughing every time I see it.
And this one by Danny Uhlmann in 2017 at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. It's so rare to see the six of them doing (off-stage) activities that it's touching. And I'm adding a heart to this photo for skin care !
#31 days rammstein challenge#31dr+c#rammstein#till lindemann#paul landers#flake lorenz#christoph schneider#oliver riedel#richard kruspe
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https://www.tumblr.com/punklee-fanatic/745048057840844800/down-bad-since-the-beginning we need more AJPunk/PunkLee IRL clips/scenepacks 😭 almost all the clips I’ve come across are from tv days 😭
Honestly we need an entire reality show. We’ve been making do with scenes from 2015 for far too long. But I’m hoping she goes to the HOF so we can see them together again!
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OC INTERVIEW
I was going through my Sy tag and found this old tag game from [checks timestamp] 2015. Since I'm dusting her off for a new playthrough I thought I'd update it.
Tagged: some 9 years ago by @ofwolvesandshatteredshields (HAHA SURPRISE!)
Tagging: oh god oh fuck um. uh. hm
@storybookhawke @hawkeykirsah @greywardan @dammithawke @warden-mahariel and ive run out of people. do it anyways its fun
Pick one of your characters and answer as if you're them being interviewed. Tag some others.
CHARACTER: Sylaira Mahariel (Longbowman, Ranger, Assassin, HoF, died bringing down the Archdemon)
If I get into it I may compile like an actual article written by Brother Genitivi about Warden Mahariel (interviewed after the Landsmeet but before the battle of Denerim) but thats a bigass maybe lmfao
ANYWAYS LET's BEGIN
1. What is your name?
Sy Mahariel.
2. What is your real name?
That is my real name. Sy is short for Sylaira, if you wish to be pedantic. Most simply call me Grey Warden, which suits me just fine.
3. Do you know why you were called that?
I'm called Grey Warden because that's what I am. …Oh, you meant the name?
My parents died before I had the chance to ask them. Ashalle told me once that my mother honored Sylaise; I assume that's why. Our names are similar, though I'm not exactly the best disciple of the Hearthkeeper.
4. Single or taken?
Taken for granted, primarily. Next question.
5. Have any abilities or powers?
I am a Dalish hunter. What does that tell you?
…Oh, all right. We - the hunters, that is - are proficient with longbows, shortbows, light blades, and simple potion-making, though we usually leave that for the craftsmen. Basic survival and tracking skills are also standard. Personally, I prefer longbows. Mine is dragonthorn and sylvanwood.
And over the course of the Blight I've picked up the skills of a ranger, and Grey Wardens have their own abilities.
6. Some have called you a Mary Sue. Thoughts?
Is that a reference to some shem hero? There are far too many.
7. What's your eye color?
I'm sitting right in front of you. Have you not eyes? They are blue, last I checked.
The color used to be deeper, in fact. It's faded out some in recent months. Blight sickness will do that.
8. What's your hair color?
…Black, as you can see. Have you received a blow to the head recently? What is the relevance of this, anyways? If you're committing my likeness to paper, focus on the vallaslin. It is the Hearthkeeper, Sylaise's pattern of clan Sabrae. Also in blue, I may add.
9. Have you got any family members?
My clan is my family. I had to leave them when I was recruited by the Warden Duncan, or risk spreading the Blight to them all.
10. Oh? What about pets?
There is a wardog that imprinted on me after the battle of Ostagar. Clever thing, highly loyal, obsessed with food. He reminds me of an old friend of mine, so I call him Fenarel.
11. Now tell me about something you don't like.
You don't have enough paper in that little notebook of yours, Genitivi, nor do we have time. In summary, though: Darkspawn. The Chantry. Wastefulness. And arrogant shems who think they know what's best.
12. Do you have any hobbies you enjoy?
Look around us, old man. We are in the midst of a Blight. I am one of two total Grey Wardens remaining in the entirety of Ferelden. Do you think I have time for hobbies?
Before the Blight, I enjoyed assisting Master Ilen, the clan craftsman. He tells me I have a good hand for bowmaking.
13. Ever hurt anyone before?
I challenge you to find me a Dalish hunter who has not.
14. Ever killed anyone before?
[She stares deadpan at me.] Are you serious?
You're serious.
Yes, I have killed people, you stupid shemlen.
Humans threatening our clan. Bandits. Carta. Blood mages. Tevinter slavers. Overzealous templars. Casteless thugs. Deeply, deeply stupid farmers hoping for reward money. Idiot knights defending the honor of an honorless man. At least two Arls and a Teyrn. Shall I continue?
15. What kind of animal are you?
I am an elf.
Ah, metaphorically. I've no idea. Wardens are associated with griffons, are they not? Likely one of those.
16. What are your worst habits?
I hold onto hope when I should be practical, according to Sten. I am too forgiving, according to Morrigan. I am too compassionate, according to Shale. I catastrophize too much, according to Zevran, which seems silly, to me; we're in a Blight. This is a catastrophe. I am too reckless, according to Alistair. And I drink too much.
17. Do you look up to anyone?
In the clan, I looked up to the hahrens; we all do. I looked up to Duncan, when he was alive. Neither of those are available to me now.
18. Orientation?
Looks to be… south-southwest.
That's not what I meant.
I know what you meant and am giving you an easy out.
19. Did you go to school?
Isn't that what shem nobles do with their children? No, we don't do that. We follow the Vir Tanadhal or Vir Atish'an, and every hunter knows the Vir Banal'ras. Dalish children are taught our history and culture by the hahrens. But no, there is no "school".
20. Would you want to marry and have children one day?
I did, once. I was… you humans call it 'betrothed'? I had hoped to marry Tamlen. But that is not possible anymore.
21. Have any fans?
Preoccupation with me tends to lead more to assassins than 'fans'.
22. What are you most afraid of?
I do not hold fear in my heart.
23. What do you usually wear?
I spend most of my time on the battlefield, so, armor.
24. Do you love someone?
Yes.
24a. Care to elaborate?
No.
25. When was the last time you wet yourself?
[she levels an icy glare at me and does not answer]
26. We're not done yet…
Then stop asking stupid questions.
27. What 'class' are you?
What, like noble, commoner, mage? The Dalish don't do that.
28. How many friends do you have?
More than you'd think, although likely I will not see many of them again. And the people traveling with me will always be important to me.
29. Thoughts on pie?
Leliana's mentioned that. It's a type of food, yes? I've never had it.
[We take a brief intermission while I find us some pie.]
This is… fruit? In a pastry? It's good. Impractical - we could never make such things in the aravels - but tasty.
30. Favorite drink?
The only 'drink' we get with any regularity is… I'm not sure how to describe it, actually. Alistair calls it "Grey Whiskey". It's quite something.
In my clan, we make honey mead and wild fruit wines. Those always remind me of home.
31. What's your favorite place?
There is a birch grove in the Brecilian forest. I imagine it's fallen to the Blight, by now. I used to go there with Tamlen, a long time ago.
32. Are you interested in someone?
[She does not meet my gaze.] Even if I were, such follies are dangerous.
33. What's your cup size?
[I had barely enough time to notice her glare before her fist shot out and collided with my nose. In lieu of an answer, she threw a rag at me to staunch the blood.]
34. Would you rather swim in a lake, or the ocean?
[She laughs. It's unexpected, but a lovely sound.] Have you been to the Ferelden coast, Genitivi? It'd be safer to swim in Orzammar. Lakes, thank you very much.
35. What's your type?
Not you. Next question.
36. Any fetishes?
[She glares at me.]
37. Top or bottom? Dominant or submissive?
[She stands to leave.]
38. No, please don't leave. I'm sorry. Do you prefer camping or sleeping indoors?
[She sits back down.] You, old man, have a fondness for dangerous and inappropriate questions. This I will answer, though my patience wears thin.
I prefer camping. My entire life prior to the Blight, I remember being able to hear the wind in the trees and see the sky. It is comforting to know one's place in nature. Walls and roofs have their place, but I don't like them, and I particularly dislike being underground.
39. Do you carry anything sentimental?
…Yes. All Grey Wardens wear a pendant that we receive after the Joining. And I've kept my old hunting gloves; Ashalle gave them to me when I received my vallaslin, and they were made by Master Ilen. [After a long, heavy moment, she slips a ring off of her finger and places it in my palm. It is a simple band carved from wood, detailed with elfroot leaves, warm in the hand.] And this - you call it a promise ring, I believe. Tamlen gave me this, a long time ago, before we came of age, before the Blight, to declare our intent to marry. Ma vhenan. Ma abelas. It reminds me of what I have lost. I will carry it until my death.
40. Thank you for your time.
Mhm. I recommend leaving the city, old man. You're in no condition to defend yourself from hordes of darkspawn, and they're approaching quickly.
#warden mahariel#dragon age origins#oc interview#sylaira mahariel#hero of ferelden#atc arts#cuz the portrait#anyway she's romantically entangled with alistair bc he reminds her of tamlen#long post
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I saw your back and forth with pro el/riels, what they do not get is history does not equate endgame. The have limited themselves to these little moments in an effort to make their ship bigger than it was, when it so obvious it was always a plot decoy to Elucien endgame. Chaol, Dorian, Nesryn, Tamlin, all are examples of characters who we thought would end up with certain characters and did not and they shared more than stolen glances and almost kisses.
How do el/riel ignore SJM's own words and explanation as to why she mated Elain and Lucien? She publicly has made it clear she had plans for them. She even went as far as to include them in her headcanon modern vacation when she wasn't even asked directly about them, she practically blurted it out. I find it funny how El/riels refuse to acknowledge it's existence, or say those are old interviews, but yet cling onto a 2015 comment about potential multiple mates. See the Hypocrisy ? The only interviews they care about as "evidence" are the ones that fit their narrative, same as textual evidence in the books.
There is always a counterargument why Azriel and Elain are endgame despite the multiple seeds set up for other potential storylines. Could SJM make them endgame? Sure, it is her world, but I find it less likely given the events of ACOSF. Like TOG, what happened in CoM, does not matter given the events of HoF, and so forth, so same applies to ACOTAR, does not matter if Elain and Az stole glances, if SJM introduces a mate, that ship has tanked IN FAVOR of the mate and considering she used heavy, prominent mate coding for Gwyn, says it all. She also did not need Gwyn if she wanted Az and Elain to end up together, she already had Elucien's mating bon, Azriel's unresolved feelings for Mor, along with Rhys disapproval of them as obstacles, there is no need to introduce Gwyn. Do El/riels really think SJM is dedicating this many roadblocks for them? Are they not familiar with her writing patterns? Character's arcs are about the struggle within themselves, their own healing and acceptance, not a million damn reasons why x and y can't be together.
Elain and Lucien were so minimally involved in ACOSF, it screams upcoming arc for them both in the future, while SJM took the time to plant seeds for Azriel and Gwyn. NO, these were not romantic, but that's not the point, all that matters is the potential.
SJM once said she loves for her couples to banter, challenge one another. When have Elain and Az ever bantered, why does Az HIDE who is he after 2 years of knowing her? Why per canon, stay away from her, say it's wrong. Hypothetically, done nothing to help her learn her powers or give her strength, the way we see with other endgame couples. In the few moments with Az and Gwyn, in another couples book, we see them banter, she looks at him for approval, asks to train with daggers, Az thinks of her joy, admires her. All El/riels can say is Gwyn is evil as a counterargument. Which is sad and pathetic. Like come, come up with something better than that.
When it comes to Az and Gwyn, we have two individuals who are warriors, will fight alongside battle with an upcoming war brewing, she may fly a pegasus, given Valkyrie lore , Az alongside her. SJM has done so much to set these two up as equals, the way she made Feyre almost as powerful as Rhys, Nesta leading an army of Valkyrie while Cassian leads the Illaryan's. Mates are equal. Like sorry, but Elain is not going to be alongside Azriel in that battlefield, she won't even wear leathers, her strengths lay elsewhere, and THAT IS OK, but she is so similar to Lucien, who also prefers words over violence. Yes, both will do what is necessary, but it is never their first choice.
In terms of Gwyn. Yes, she returned to the library, but where exactly could she have gone? She has no money that we know off, no family she knows left, SJM was not going to dedicate chapters at the end of ACOSF of Gwyn's decision to leave, that requires its own dedication and will be in future books, bu tshe did foreshadow it. There is no reason to give her a secret parent linage and unknown power if she was not meant to be a factor in upcoming books. Just as she foreshadowed Elain leaving the NC. She is giving readers clue's in the direction she is going. How people miss these context clues is beyond me.
It's one thing to say, I like Az and Elain because x,y,z and that is ok, I've been part of multiple fandoms and it's part of the fun in shipping couples, even couples who are not endgame, but to act as if more than half of the fandoms, yes, I do believe it is now more than half, including the El/riels who jumped ship publicly lack reading comprehension is absurd.
El/riels will attack and bully anyone who disagree, like where do they get off on acting as if their ship is the only one that can exist in the fandom? They are setting themselves up to look foolish if we are to go off the way that bonus chapter ended.
And what exactly is wrong with Gwyn returning to her home? Did everyone honestly expect her to move out just because she's started finding her way? Does she even earn a salary to move out? She has lived there for the last two years and the other priestesses are a family of sorts. So logically it makes sense for her to return there.
Yes, I think SJM made it a point to mention that she returned there to show us that she's not completely healed and that makes perfect sense. Because no SJM heroine starts off her novel in a perfect place. She needs to start at the bottom and work her way up. Which means Gwyn returning to the library places her exactly where she needs to be when it's time for her to start her book.
And spot on with Elain. The other characters don't seek her out, she doesn't want to wear leathers, the color of the Night Court sucks the life out of her, she tried using a weapon then returned it "and didn't look back." The mental gymnastics being done to make Elain a fit in with the IC (despite what Elain "declares" to anyone in a book that's not her own based of all the hints suggesting otherwise) is quite impressive.
And YES! Elain and Az literally say nothing but awkward formalities to one another. She has now made two jokes to him because that's simply a characteristic of who she is (refer to the lines about the Human Queens and Amren) but do they honestly come across as two people who have ever had a REAL conversation during the entire time they have known one another? It's cringe worthy, how hesitant they are around each another. She could have made them endgame but the second she started the narrative that them being together is wrong, that she's too innocent for his world, that she doesn't know who he is, was when she said goodbye to that ship. That is all SJM ending a couple right there.
Celeana had sex with Chaol and didn't end up with him. Feyre was engaged to Tamlin and didn't end up with him. E/riel had a near kiss and it's a joke if that's the thing that anyone is using to convince themselves of endgame.
Of course SJM hasn't built on Elucien at all. Why would she? The second those two start talking, really talking, is the second they're going to realize how much they like one another.
Elain isn't Nesta. Nesta could talk to Cassian and hold on to her anger in order to help her keep her distance. It was easy enough for SJM to have them interact but still keep them at arms length. But Elain is not an angry character. Once she and Lucien interact, there's nothing to really put them at odds. They're both really caring, and emotional characters who don't lash out. So the only way to make it look like they won't be together (since the will they / won't they needs to stay a mystery until their book) is to make it so they don't talk. Seriously, the second we get Elain or Lucien's POV and the second we see them really talk, you're going to KNOW they are ending up together. I think it's going to be so apparent and that's 100% why she's created this storyline where Elain refuses to interact with Lucien.
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ARSCH HUH, ZÄNG USSENANDER!
Diese vier Worte setzten vor 30 Jahren ein starkes Zeichen gegen Rechts. Am 9. November 92 brachte die Kampagne von Künster:innen und Musiker:innen 100.000 Menschen auf den Chlodwigplatz, um nach rechtsterroristischen Angriffen, unter anderem in Rostock Lichtenhagen, wortwörtlich den Arsch hoch zu bekommen und die Zähne auseinander. Auf die Straße gehen und laut gegen Nazis zu sein, wurde etwas Selbstverständliches in Köln.
1999 demonstrierten viele Kölner:innen gegen den ersten großen Naziaufmarsch seit dem 2. Welt- krieg. Anlass war damals die Ausstellung über die Verbrechen der deutschen Wehrmacht. Antifa-Gruppen und die Zivilgesellschaft verhinderten den „Anti-Islam Kongress“ der rechtsextremen Wählergruppe Pro-Köln auf dem Heumarkt. Gemeinsam haben wir später KöGiDA eine Abfuhr erteilt und HoGeSa aus der Stadt geworfen. Wir alle haben gezeigt, dass Nazis in Köln nichts verloren haben.
Doch wie sieht es heute aus? 2015 hat die AfD Einzug in die deutsche Politik gehalten. Und seitdem hat sie es geschafft mit Populismus und Lügen die Mitte der Gesellschaft zu infizieren und die Agenda sämtlicher Parteien weiter nach rechts zu schieben. Sie hat es geschafft unsägliches, menschenfeindliches und sexistisches Gedankengut wieder sagbar zu machen. Nicht klammheimlich, aber schleichend. Zwar hat sie in Köln mit den bundesweit schlechtesten Wahlergebnissen bislang nicht punkten können, aber der Kampf gegen Rechts ist in den letzten Jahren nicht leichter geworden.
Über 11.000 Fahnen von Kein Veedel für Rassismus, wehen als klares Statement dieser Stadt aus vielen Kölner Fenstern. Aber das reicht als anti- faschistisches Engagement nicht aus. Wir müssen in Überzahl den Arsch hochkriegen und auf die Straßen tragen.
Im letzten September ist das zum ersten Mal krachend gescheitert. Der Leverkusener Nazi Markus Beisicht, der mit seiner Bürgerbewegung Pro Köln 2008 hier noch von Zehntausenden mit wehenden
Fahnen vom Hof gejagt wurde, hat mit seiner Partei Aufbruch Leverkusen dort jahrelang herumgeplänkelt. Aus seiner rechtsextremen Gesinnung hat er dabei nie einen Hehl gemacht. Jetzt hat er die Chance gewittert in einer Melange aus Coronaleugner:innen und pro- russischen Pseudo-Friedensaktivisti die sozialen Proteste für sich einzunehmen. Und obwohl er auf seiner Kundgebung zusammen mit anderen rechten Rednern klar nationalistisches Gedankengut verbreitet hat und vorm Kölner Dom gar die erste Strophe des Deutschlandliedes abgespielt wurde, ist es ihm gelungen, fast doppelt so viele Menschen zu mobilisieren wie unser Gegenprotest. Am 4. Dezember will er es wieder versuchen.
Neuer Naziaufmarsch am 04.Dezember
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Setzen wir an dem Tag hier wieder ein deutliches und massenhaftes Zeichen, dass wir Nazis nicht die Straße überlassen. Denn gerade jetzt muss es wieder heißen Arsch huh, bevor es eines Tages zu spät ist.
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Okay so I’m kind of curious! I know nothing about Dragon Age other than a bit of what I’ve seen from you, but it looks like Inquisition is on sale on steam right now. Is it a game you’d recommend playing yourself vs watching the cutscenes? And is it like part of a continuity or mostly standalone? :D
Dang all THREE Dragon Ages (Origins, DA2, Inquisition) are on sale on Steam right now. 10AUD each. Those are good prices. Wish I only paid that much for them.
Disclaimer that I have not played any Dragon age since 2015 and may misremember some stuff or my opinions may not hold up once I get around to replaying them.
I'm incapable of being brief sorry. This is almost 1000 words. 😔 TL;DR you can play the games stand alone, and I personally would recommend playing yourself.
Are they stand alone?
So each Dragon Age game's core plots and major characters are generally independent of each other. The protagonist is also a completely different person in each of the three game. You don't need to play any of the other games but they are all in the same world occurring sequentially one after, so you do get more out of it from playing previous games.
Characters from previous games will appear (or be referenced) in subsequent games, but usually it's major characters getting a cameo, or minor characters playing a larger role. There's a few exceptions - e.g. Varric is a party member in both DA2 and Inquisition - but it shouldn't leave you too confused. Events from previous games also build into newer ones, but anything important should be covered within the game you're playing. They're designed for both returning and new fans to enjoy.
Even if you start with the first game (Origins) you're gonna feel a bit lost with the world at first, because they did a fair amount of worldbuilding during development so even in Origins they'll reference characters and events as if your character already knows about them. Ya sort of just figure it out, although I think Origins does the best job of introducing the various factions and groups in the world and how they interact with each other.
That being said, I've only ever played the games in order so I can't really comment on how well they work for new players. But at the same time I never played the DLC for Origins and DA2 either, which I later found out had relevance in later games. (I believe current Steam versions of the games come with all DLC)
Watch cutscenes or play yourself?
Each of the Dragon Age games has some gameplay problems. Origins and Inquisition are both pretty long games with some slow or annoying bits, especially if you're doing sidequests and such. Fandom jokes include complaining about pretty much every main quest in Origins (there's a even a mod to skip one section) and especially complaining about The Hinterlands in Inquisition. DA2 is shorter but also... that game was very clearly rushed out and needed more development time. Lot's of location repetition.
Personally, since I'm a character-driven person and I like fantasy, I'm happy to push through the boring bits since I like a lot of the characters in the game and I want to romance people uwu. Frankly I don't even remember that much of the gameplay or actual plot details. I remember characters and vibes.
Speaking of romance; Dragon Age is a franchise that gives you choices that effect the world and characters around you. Choices vary in the significance of their consequences, but some of those choices can carry over and effect the worldstates into the next games.
This is why I personally would not watch a playthrough of the games. I have some strong feeling about the choices I make and would be annoyed to watch a playthrough that does things differently. (Tabris is best HoF option I shall not be swayed. King Alistair players DNI, this is a Queen Anora household. Templar supporters also DNI.) It's also why I'd need to replay the other two games before I get to Inquisition, because I don't like the default worldstate.
As a new player you wouldn't have that same issue, but you do lose out being able to make those choices as a playthrough watcher. If you don't want to play the previous games and want to go straight to Inquisition I don't think it would bother you either, since you wouldn't know which choices the game has defaulted for you. But again, they're decently long games so if you're rather just watch a playthrough, that's an fair option.
Side note + conclusion
If you're interested in the Dragon Age posts I reblog, warning that they're proportionally most likely to be from DA2, although I do like and share posts about all the games. It's a love or hate game for pretty good reason (some people will just recommend skipping it) but I fall into the love camp, I think because I like the characters and the plot is on a smaller scale.
Choosing to start with Origins and play all three is valid, only playing Inquisition is valid, playing Inquisition and then maybe feeling like playing the previous games is also valid. I only wouldn't recommend starting with DA2.
Ah, also the games have mature ratings. You can look up/ask about the details on that. From memory the most distressing would be implications/suggestion/aftermath of sexual assault (I think mostly in the first two games?) and slavery being a sort of thriving institute in parts of the Dragon Age universe.
If you have any other questions or confusions about the games/characters/world at any point, you're welcome to ask me. Even if I don't quite remember the details I can check the wiki to help block you from any unwanted spoilers. ✌
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"THE COVER WAS JUST KEV DOING HIS INTERPRETION OF A ZOMBIE AUTOPSY."
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on alternate/"zombie surgeons" sleeve art to "Severed Survival" (1989), debut album by American death metal band AUTOPSY. Artwork by Kev Walker.
ERIC CUTLER (guitarist): "Kev Walker had an idea for an autopsy painting. We didn’t give him a lot of detail like we did for the original cover. Once we saw it, we liked it. But we never talked with him. Both Kent and Kev came up with such different ideas. (The cover) was just Kev doing his interpretation of a zombie autopsy. We were in Belgium in a pub the first time we saw it in about 1991."
CHRIS REIFERT (drummer/vocalist): "Peaceville was thinking about making an alternate to get more distribution, and we just thought it was cool to have more art. We liked the first cover but it was two for the price of one. I don’t know how (label founder) Hammy knew Kev. I think it’s the only album cover he’s ever done. Now he’s doing "Spider-Man" and "James Bond" comics. I think I talked to him on the phone once or twice. I did relay that there was someone named Spike who had done a drawing with zombie doctors. He was this 13-year-old cool kid and we jammed in his garage."
-- DECIBEL MAGAZINE, "Autopsy: The Illustrated History (Hall of Fame Bonus), August 12, 2015
Sources: www.decibelmagazine.com/2015/08/12/autopsy-the-illustrated-history-hof-bonus & Picuki.
#AUTOPSY#AUTOPSY band#Death Metal#Death/DOOM Metal#1980s#Hardgore#AUTOPSY Severed Survival#Sleeve Art#Severed Survival 1989#Zombie Surgeons#Zombie Surgery#Peaceville#Kev Walker#Kev Walker Art#Horror Art#Zombies#Peaceville Records#Chris Reifert#1990s#Eric Cutler#Horror#Danny Corrales#Cover Art#90s Metal#Severed Survival#1989#Death/DOOM#Kev Walker Artist#DOOM!#AUTOPSY Severed Survival 1989
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ignore if it’s been answered already but the stanford hof ceremony on the 9th is mostly a speech/presenting awards thing, not so much a dinner since it’s held at Bing auditorium. usually they’ll introduce the inductee by listing their accomplishments at stanford and beyond then a presenter (someone whose close to the inductee like a past teammate or coach) would give a more intimate introduction followed up by a speech by the inductee themselves. on the 10th, during the football game, they usually introduce them to the stadium audience during halftime or before the game, similar to how CP and KO were honored at a football game after they won the 2015 world cup. sometimes, stanford athletics releases a 1-on-1 interview with the inductee where they self reflect about their time at stanford and where they are now
oh yeah!
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Glauconar Yue: List of works
Novels
2007 El Empalador. Novel. Bizarro, Lima.
2017 Crónicas del templo negro. Novel. Luis Arbaiza, Lima.
2020 Das Herz des Zahnradmädchens. Novel. Epubli, Berlin.
Other Literature
2003 Poems in Elisión. Año 1, Nº 1 y 2. PUCP, Lima.
2008 Poems in Fósforo. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA.
2008 Poems in Poetas y Narradores del 2008. 3rd place in a contest. Ricardo Calderón, Miami.
2010 "Amor Puro“, poem in Golgota. Año 10, Nr. 22. Lima.
2011 "Kürbis, Kürbis, hüpf herum!“. Hörspiel. NSW-Anime Radio, Weddendorf.
2013 Poems in Richtungsding. Ausgabe VI. Dichtungsring, Düsseldorf.
2013 "Eterno despertar", Short story in 201. Altazor, Lima.
2013 "Evocaciones Literarias", Short story in Altazor. Año 1, Nº 5. Altazor, Lima.
2013-2014 "El magnífico mago Mystére", Series in Heroclash.
2015 "The Taming of the Snake", Short story in Relatos increíbles. Año 1, N.º 3. Acuedi, Lima.
2016 "La iglesia del padre Samael", Short story in El Bosque. Año 3, Nº8. Lima.
2017 "La chica más blanca del primer ciclo". With Carlos Carrillo. Short story in Nictofilia. Año 1, N.º 2. Cthulhu, Lima.
2017 "Bichos". Short story in Tenebra. Torre de Papel, Lima.
2018 "Coloquio demonológico entre Lilith e Ishtar". Poetic dialogue in Nictofilia. Año 3, Nº 4. Cthulhu, Lima.
2019 "Midnight Radio". Short story in Richtungsding. Ausgabe XII. Dichtungsring, Düsseldorf.
2020 "Transmutación". Short story in Perro negro de la calle. Año 4, N° 40. Lagos de Moreno.
2020 "Tres sonetos en honor a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz". Poems in Pluma Literaria. Año 1, N° 10. Buenos Aires.
2021 "Segunda caída del templo de Entheria en su quinta edad". Short story in Relatos Increíbles. Año 5, N° 20.
2021 „Das bleiche Mädchen von Übersee“. In Zusammenarbeit mit Carlos Carrillo. Kurzgeschichte im Sammelband Dämonenliebe. Twilight-line, Wasungen.
2021 "La leyenda del Llantapa". Short sotry in Titanes. Aeternum, Lima.
2021 "Rencuentro fatal". Short story in Eros en el Averno. Cthulhu, Lima.
2021 "Guerra con Chile: Campañas terrestres". Chapter in Hiztoria del Perú. Sakra, Lima.
2022 „Der Letzte Chaufa des Grafen zu Lerchenfeld“. Kurzgeschichte in der Zeitschrift Stadtrevue. Köln.
2022 Poems in Un hogar llamado cuerpo. Poetas trans de AbyaYala. Pez en el árbol, Oaxaca.
2023 „Der Flug der Titania“. Rollenspielabenteuer im Almanach für die Gratisrollenspieltage. Redaktion Phantastik, Essen, und Pegasus, Friedberg.
2023 Poems in Queer: Nun Reden Wir. Linn Schiffmann, Dortmund.
Performances
2013 „Die Verwandlung“. Dramatische Lesung. Regie und Performance mit Tänzerin Mihyun Ko. Treibsand, Bochum.
2013 „A day, a Session, a Performance“. Tanzstück. Performance unter Regie von Lihito Kamiya. The Roof, Duisburg.
2014 „The Grave Tragedy of the Kitty [...]“. Tanzstück. Dramaturgie und Performance mit Choreograph Yuta Hamaguchi. Kunstraum, Düsseldorf.
2015 „DanKe“. Tanzstück. Dramaturgie mit Choreograph Yuta Hamaguchi. Kunstraum, Düsseldorf.
2016 „Algodón“. Intervention und Tamzperformance. Dramaturgie mit Tänzerinnen Magda Agudelo und Kathye Molina. Theater der Gezeiten, Bochum.
2018 "La llave del conocimiento". Obra teatral. Guión y actuación junto con Julián Brock, Omar Valencia y Emelyn Yábar. Atelier Automatique, Bochum.
2019 "Artsy Fartsy Ficki Facki". Theaterstück. Schauspieler unter Regie von Caroline Königs. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Zeitmaultheater Bochum und Kunstwerkstatt Dortmund.
2019 "La leyenda de la monja alférez". Obra teatral. Guión y producción. Atelier Rottstr Hof, Bochum.
2019 "Collective Clips of Body Motion". Intermediales happening. Dramaturgie mit Choreographin Mihyun Ko. K21 Ständehaus der Kunstsammlung Düsseldorf.
2019 "The Fragment Show". Soundperformance. Konzeption und Lesung mit Musiker Nicolo Sommer. Bücher Ober, Düsseldorf.
2023 "24 Hours". Tanztheater. Dramaturgie mit Choreographen Mihyun Ko und Junghwi Park. Tanzfaktur, Köln.
Film / Video
2014 „Here to There“. Dramaturgie. Kurzfilm unter Regie von Lihito Kamiya. Bochum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf.
2015 „Heidelberg Variations“. Darsteller*in. Kurzfilm unter Regie von Lihito Kamiya. Heidelberg.
2016 „Lesen aus der Trinkhalle.“ Intervention und Video am „Tag der Trinkhallen“. Organisiert von der Literaturzeitschrift Richtungsding. Bochum.
2022 „Three Broken Dolls“. Videoperformance als Teil der Installation Queering Documentation: 1. Materiality. Seoul.
2022 "Discurso de transmutación alquímica". Videolesung als Teil der Kölner Literaturclips. Literaturhaus Köln.
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