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lostacanthus

dusting off ye olde ell jay

Jan 22, 2014 05:07

Between orangerful being back and posting a ton, and the fact that, while I find tumblr endlessly amusing, it is not doing it for me in terms of conversation... I have decided to come on back to ol' faithful. Ol' reliable? Whatever. One of those. Or both ( Read more... )

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orangerful January 24 2014, 05:23:01 UTC

YAY I'm so glad to hear you're applying to a bunch of schools! Plus, Philly isn't that far away so we can come find you if we need you for shenanigans!!!!! I know that MICA is in Balitmore - where is Ringling? And when do you hear back from them ( ... )

lostacanthus January 24 2014, 07:13:35 UTC

Ringling's in Florida. It was originally my first choice before I got swayed by SCAD. They're my top right now because I think they actually have a concept art major or minor or something like that that is more specific to what I want to do. Moore just has illustration. MICA has a concept art minor I believe, but I kinda wanna get out of state... be on my own for a bit, idk. I haven't applied to Ringling or MICA yet, I just jumped on the Moore thing because of the admission fee waiver. I'm going to look over costs for them all a bit more carefully this time and send some emails about any enrollment fees before I go any further lol. After that I'll need to go around and get references from some of my professors again. Which kinda sucks ( ... )

itches January 29 2014, 08:38:32 UTC

Anders just thinks he's changed, when he really was just that way all along

There is the theory that Merrill puts forth to Anders

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

lostacanthus January 29 2014, 10:59:51 UTC

Oh right! I forgot about that!

I don't know that I agree 100% with her that there are no good spirits (see Wynne's in Asunder) but yeah, Justice wasn't all sunshine & roses to begin with.

But omg. I was just reading her dialogue with him and

Anders: Maybe you don't really understand the difference between spirits and demons.
Merrill: Did I ask you?
Anders: Spirits were the first children of the Maker, but He turned his back on them to dote on His mortal creations.
Anders: The ones who resented this became demons, driven to take everything mortals had and gain back the Maker's favor.
Merrill: Your "Maker" is a story you humans use to explain the world.
Merrill: We have our own stories. I don't need to borrow yours.

And this bit

Anders: Do Dalish honestly not recognize the difference between demons and beneficial spirits?
Merrill: We've never thought of the Fade as the home of our gods.
Merrill: It is another realm, another people's home. No different or more foreign than, say, Orzammar.

Sorry I'm just a bit

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itches January 29 2014, 12:22:33 UTC

You clearly need to spend more time with Merrill. Behind the whole naive and insane-obsession thing, she's way more put together than you'd think.

see Wynne's in Asunder

I wouldn't go so far as call that spirit good, because we know nothing at all about it. All it does it possess people who should have died and keep them alive, like some sort of parasite. It doesn't seem to take control ... but still. I'd need to know more about what it wants, what it thinks and why it does things before I'd go so far as tag it as good or evil.