fearandlothering:

Emerald City ComiCon, Day 2 | Part 1 of ???

Fanfic is going to make this Evangeline vs. Hawke thing a reality. Because I’m going to write it. Though I didn’t quite know how much I wanted it until this afternoon.

It’s really crazy to randomly run into cosplayers you admired the fuck out of before even attempting to cosplay from said fandom, it’s a little like being starstruck. I feel so unworthy, holy crap.

[Hawke: fearandlothering (duh) | Evangeline: hemisphere]

Can I just say that I’M GLAD THIS PICTURE TURNED OUT WELL? Seriously, I am so sorry that my hands in the gloves were NOT agreeing with your phone :( At least Jenny managed to snap it for me. Your costume turned out wonderfully!

(also I’ve been giggling at your username since I first saw it whenever ago, so it’s great to put a face to the name, so to speak! :D)

popculturetart:

commanderbishoujo:

grim-dark:

i think there’s an argument to be made for the fact that her voice IS hyper-feminized and sexualized compared to garrett’s, high-pitched and breathless and much more emotionally compact regardless of which option you pick (none of her options were as divergent from one another as garrett’s, from what i remember)

like, i specifically don’t play as f!hawke because it triggers the fuck out of me to be forcibly reminded every time she sashays somewhere or opens her mouth that in order to be a hero, you have to first and foremost be a breathlessly feminine sex icon - that sex appeal is a prerequisite for subjectivity

but this is

not that argument

this is, instead, a really gross slut-shaming and misogynistic argument

so stop it

I really don’t understand how people are getting “sexualized” out of her voice at all?

even people who have legit critiques of f!Hawke (unlike OP)

like I literally don’t hear it

I stick to Snarky!Hawke because it’s the only version of Hawke I can stand regardless of gender so I can’t speak to the other personalities but she’s sassy. at no point was I thinking “oh gross they’re trying to make her sound like a male gazey sex kitten”. she’s flirty when the situation calls for it but mainly she’s sassy

OTOH M!Hawke’s voice puts me to fucking sleep because it’s just such a Generic Rugged White Man Voice. I literally could not even get out of Lothering the one time I tried a m!Hawke, I was so bored (it also did not at all fit the effeminate m!Hawke I wanted to play either)

I mean I am well aware that all of this is subjective as hell and I don’t have a problem at all with legit critiques even if I don’t agree with the majority of them, or even people just not liking her voice

but I am really not seeing it here

 #but I also have zero problems with her animations too#and to me there’s a fine line between legit critiques of f!Hawke’s presentation #and femmephobia #and too often even legit critiques start veering off uncomfortably into the latter for me #cause sometimes I feel like there’s a perception #that a Strong Female Hero has to sound/walk butch-ish in order to be legit #which is why FemShep is univerally adored #but FemHawke tends to be dismissed by a lot of those same folks #and as someone who IDs as femme #reminds me a bit uncomfortably of how masculine of center folks are taken more seriously in queer circles

Co-signing and reblogging with Bisho’s tags because they’re also important.

I happen to like MHawke’s voice a lot, but otherwise I am agreeing so hard with Bisho. The idea of strength and might being masculine traits, with feminine sexiness as being something that cheapens this, frustrates the hell out of me.

I wore makeup when I did martial arts. I did so knowing that I would sweat it all off in the process, but I feel more comfortable, personally, at least starting with my usual presentation and letting my body do what it needs to do. I have a somewhat petite and fairly feminine body, and that didn’t make me a better or worse fighter than a more broadly built woman, it just made me move differently and learn to emphasize different things when I kicked or escaped—that’s what you call individual style. And I could walk out of the roda with my hips swaying or with a dancer’s step, because that’s how I walk, and it didn’t make my kicks land any better or worse than they did when I played. I could sing our songs with my usual soprano, but that doesn’t make me any less fierce when I stare down someone bigger than me. And I won’t speak for how people perceive me, but any sexiness that I might have doesn’t change the fact that I will break you if you threaten my loved ones.

Maybe your female PC is butch or maybe she’s feminine, or maybe she’s somewhere in between. Hell, maybe your PC of any gender/sex is feminine and that’s no reason to underestimate them. People find strength in different places, conviction in different places, and our might will shift accordingly, but we will be no more or less mighty. To underestimate a fighter simply because of their size or voice or walk is a mistake—not just because you won’t be prepared for their onslaught, but also because you’re putting a person (in this case a woman) in their place merely because you perceive them as being too feminine to be ~*~traditionally~*~ strong.

Well, screw that. I am a feminine woman, and hear me roar.

(Source: dragonageconfessions)

magelyrage:

Dragon Age- Had Sex by *cherrysplice

GPOY

cosplayblog:

Group Cosplay Week (Day 6):

(Left to right) Varric, Marian Hawke, Fenris and Isabela from Dragon Age 2

Cosplayers: virusq (Varric), Sheila (Marian Hawke), Sylar (Fenris) and Allegra (Isabela)
Photographer: David Difuntorum

Oh hey, I remember this picture!!

fuckyeahbiowarecosplay:

virusq:

This is probably my most popular deviation on DA.

Aicosu (Sheila & Sylar) as Hawke and Fenris.
SubitoAllegra as Isabela
VirusQ as Varric
Photograph by Unkletdog

Balboa Park, San Diego, 2011.

GUYS I’M GOING TO CRY IN SAN DIEGO WITHOUT MY BB AWESOME BALANCED PARTY

YOU LEAVE ME ALONE, I GET HANDED OVER TO THE ARISHOK. YOU DID THIS ;____;

Though seriously, insisting that Mel and I giggle in the background while Sheila and Sylar make out was clearly one of my better decisions. Also, Sylar’s feet were BURNING there!

(Source: , via booksandcorsets)