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maybethings:

whitethornwolf:

kamidoodles:

morgahn:

Kossith Seeker

KOSSITH SEEKER
SCREAMING
IS THIS REAL 

:D

THIS IS AWESOME YES GFGFLJKSR

YES THIS IS REAL.

MAKER TAKE THE WHEEL

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You know, I feel like I can really relate to the characters of Deus Ex: HR.

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sakuratsukikage:

impressioniste:

ladymalstroemart:

Commission for sakuratsukikage (as a gift for impressioniste, of her custom Hawke and Anders)

Commission info here!

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I reblogged this earlier when it was first posted, with basically nothing but incoherent keysmashing. I’m reblogging it once more because I can actually use words again, and properly thank both ladymalstroem and sakuratsukikage for creating something so unbelievably perfect.

I’m so sorry, but I can’t put this text behind a cut because it’s on an image post and it’s really long and rambly, so if you don’t feel like reading a whole mountain of feelings, then please feel free to start scrolling, now.

I know we all have our feels-attacks and flail-fits on the internet, but I am honestly, truly, actually tearing up while I’m writing this because the thought that went into this and the perfection that is the finished product really just hits me that hard.

I don’t really post much about my custom!Garrett (henceforth known as NotGarrett, since he shares the same name, but not appearance/personality as default!Garrett) except to share a screenshot or two occasionally. He’s not the first Hawke I played. He’s not even the second (that was my first Marian). I think he might be my fifth or sixth, or something like that. But he’s the one that sticks with me the most and means the most to me in terms of the character that I’ve created for him.

Sometimes you build a character that you just love so much you want to hold them forever and never let go, and that’s basically how I feel about my NotGarrett. But I keep most of those feelings to myself, because as defira85 recently said, it’s difficult to put something that means a hell of a lot to you up for public gaze, and ultimately, scrutiny.

But he’s the one that I go back and replay events with. The one I have ten billion saves for. The one that I’ve spent endless hours tweaking, running around having ALL the banters, building the relationships with his companions painstakingly to where I want them him, crafting his character.

I’ve commissioned a lot of art, though not for myself, and even the few times it has ultimately been for me, I’ve never felt comfortable asking for someone to do art of my Hawkes, this one in particular. It’s for the same reason that I always only write technically Default!Hawkes (at least, appearance and name-wise) in my fanfiction — it feels almost too personal, like you’re inviting someone to come in and see you naked. I share a lot of myself here on my blog, but there are always some things I keep hidden, and sometimes I let those things slip through my characters, because at least then it feels disguised and safe. Safer, at least.

Anyway. This character and his relationship with Anders are the things that I base the majority of my Hawke/Anders feelings and writings on. This is the Hawke that’s actually in my head, regardless of what the one I’m writing looks like or is named, most of the time. And therefore both the individual characters and their relationship are really personal and important to me… and this picture just nails everything about them that I love so stupidly much.

I’ve talked privately with sakuratsukikage about a lot of this stuff, my personal neuroses and issues and how much I love this particular character, so the fact that she went and got this as a gift for me, especially with all the hell I’ve been going through in my personal life right now… I don’t even know what to say. ‘Thank you’ is ridiculously unsuitable and inadequate.

You’d think that maybe I’d be disappointed that I can’t see Anders’ face (and his generally fabulous nose, and probably his ridiculous puppy eyes, considering this picture), but I’m not, not in the least. Because I don’t need to see it. I can see Hawke’s expression. I can see their body language. And I know what his face looks like, without having to actually see it.

When I look at this, I see Hawke pulling Anders close, despite gentle resistance, a reassuring hand on Anders’ arm that’s almost giving permission, saying it’s okay, articulating that with his own hand on Anders’ waist, a word of reassurance on his lips.

It’s the kind of intimacy that matters and means the most to me between these two—affection and acceptance and gentle understanding.

There’s so much to be said in a look or a touch that doesn’t require words, and everything about this picture matches up so cleanly with the way that I see them in my head that I just sort of lose the ability to articulate it after a while. And just looking at this one still image creates scenes and pictures in my head that move and breathe and are full of life and love, the moments before and the moments after—everything that makes them terribly real to me.

Seeing this first thing in the morning just put rose-colored glasses on everything I had to deal with for the rest of the day, and that’s not something that happens to me often. Thank you both for the amazing gift. It’s a lot more than just a picture.

<3<3<3<3  I’m so glad you like it, and that it could make you this happy.  I was thrilled, too, because I love your NotGarrett, and it came out so incredibly beautiful and perfect.  It’s honestly one of my favorite pieces of fanart for this pairing so far, and that’s saying something, since this pairing has some absolutely incredible, stunning, amazing art.  And I second exactly what you said about it—the tenderness, the look on Hawke’s face (and Anders’ inevitable puppy-eyes, as well).

Anyway, knowing it made you this happy is everything I could have hoped for when I commissioned it.  I’m so, so glad you like it.  And thank you to ladymalstroem for her beautiful, gorgeous, perfect art, and how wonderfully she captured that particular custom’s Hawke’s features and expression.  (Damn, he’s handsome.)

Wow, it’s truly inspiring to see that my art can have this kind of effect on someone, I’m so humbled by both of your words. Thank you both so much for being so lovely about this, and I’m so happy I could do this for you. Believe me when I say that this means a lot to me. This is why I keep coming back to fanart, and damn everyone who says that fanart doesn’t have as much, if not more, value than original art. 

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doctor-who-companion:

OMG GUYS IT IS HAPPENING! IT IS FU*KING HAPPENING OMGGGGG

I CHECKED IT IT IS LEGIT IT IS FUCKING LEGIT.

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

OH MY GOD

OH

MY 

GOD

MOTHER OF GOD YES. BEST FREAKING FAN SERVICE EVER.