MsBarrows' Maunderings

“Night Watch” by Terry Pratchett

stealyourshiny:

Always know where your towel is!

How do they rise up, rise up, rise up?
How do they rise up, rise up high?

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Responsibly Priced Love, And A Hard-Boiled Egg! (x)

(Source: whatdiscworldtaughtme)

godrednueth:

via FB Meanwhile in Canada

(via vieralynn)

heretherebdragons:

melysandecousland:

persephonechiara:

Nope.

You know how I know this?

Logic and Howe’s personality aside:

Recruit Loghain. Have him on FRIENDLY. (Bugged in vanilla! Mod to unlock it exists, as does a clip on YT)

Ask whether you broke into Howe’s estate for nothing.

If he trusts you as a friend, he will tell you no, you didn’t….

I find this convincing re: Anora’s endangerment at Howe’s hands.  And then think how it would affect Loghain if Anora died.  Either at Howe’s hands or by “accident”.  It would totally unhinge Loghain, which is what Howe may be striving for any way.  Cailan gone, Couslands gone.  Anora gone.  Loghain gone.  Howe….king?  Just thinking of the possibilities.  And I suspect Howe would discount Eamon - figure he’d gotten rid of Loghain, Eamon no problem.  And the unknown bastard….nbd.   Guess he underestimated Alistair, the warden and his companions.

There is potentially one other route to the throne for Howe: by forcing Anora to marry him. (This is my personal headcanon for what was going on). Either way you slice it, yeah, Anora was in genuine peril (not to mention physically incarcerated - she was a PRISONER) at the Denerim Estate. 

He wouldn’t necessarily have to kill Anora to unhinge Loghain (further) either; just her disappearance might be enough to do it. Imagine too how easily he might have made it seem even more ominous (even horrific) that she’d vanished without trace; say, the tortured body of another young blond noble showing up in a Denerim alleyway. Yes, Oswyn, who was in the process of being tortured (for no discernable logical reason at all) when the Warden rescues him.

And then after Loghain is eliminated, that’s when Howe could produce the convenient Queen whom he’s intending to be the King of. She’d likely have been in his hands for weeks by then, if not months - 

While there’s multiple possible readings for the whole Loghain-Anora-Howe dynamics of the game, in very few of them would I think that Anora was not in considerable real danger.

whatdiscworldtaughtme:

589. Just because things are obvious doesn’t mean they’re true.

Delta Rae “Is There Anyone Out There?” (by scruffycityroots)

So far from where I started
And so far from where I want to be
The towers I watched when I was young
Are not as tall as I once believed

And this heart grows tired

Is there anyone out there?
You know me
I am the son
Of a lost country, of a new world
And we’re born to run and we never look back

Children born tomorrow
May never know the language we speak
The wisdom that they borrow
Will hint at something buried too deep

But we carry the fire

Is there anyone out there?
You know me
I am the son
Of a lost country, of a new world
And we’re born to run and we never look back

Oh, when we were young, we never knew
The pain that lay beyond, but then we grew
And all my heroes they were strange
But we all just want to be the same
But who will lead us when they are gone?
Who will save us when the wrong ones have won?

Is there anyone out there?

cypheroftyr:

fearliath:

• The amount of followers you have is how many darkspawn you have killed.
• The person’s url you reblog this from is your Marbari’s name.
• Your icon is the next King or Queen of Ferelden.
• The first item you see to your left is your weapon of choice.

Reblog with your results.

[Idea credit goes to this person]

I’ve killed 603 Darkspawn

My Mabari is named Fearliath

My icon is Alim Surana, so he’s now King of Ferelden

My weapon of choice is a hotel key card :|

I’ve killed 326 darkspawn.

My mabari is named cypheroftyr.

I’m now Queen of Ferelden (sweeeet… looking forward to taking applicants for King).

My weapon of choice is a Hooters 1.5 pint glass mug full of scalding hot milky sweet tea.

(Source: fearliuath)

When you eat your Smarties do you eat red ones last?
Do you suck them very slowly?
Do you crunch them very fast?
Eat that candy-coated chocolate, but tell me when I ask…
When you eat your Smarties do you eat the red ones last?

(Source: psync)