The Outsider’s Mark is a special brand granted by the Outsider to individuals of his choosing, which gives them access and resistance to an array of supernatural abilities.
Man though you know what makes me sorta sad is when nerdy, “quiet” kids latch on to me during camp and they just talk and talk and talk about a thing they’re into (Skyrim, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, dinosaurs, whatever). And I see the kids just light up when they say something and I can chime in with an ‘oh hey, are you talking about [x]? I love that thing! Tell me more about it.’
Like, their parents will warn me ‘so-and-so is pretty quiet and hard to engage’ but no, man, just listen, your kid is so smart and so into This Thing, they’ll engage like fuck and talk your damn ear off it you let them. Frame it in their damn terms. Or! Just! Listen to them about their Thing! And they will engage with the rest of the material! Because they know you care about them! Amazing!!!
Quiet kids are usually that way because either no one listens, or there is always someone more dominant speaking wise in their group that always talks over them and then they give up. Some quiet kids are starved for attention and really really want to talk, but don’t always get the chance to
Everyone who reblogged this are good people. Bless you, this made me happy to read
probably one of the funniest things to think abt on this hellsite is the notes to followers ratio like i just answered an ask and 15 of you liked it which is like whatever but when you think about it in relation to follower count its hilarious and so odd because this blog has well over 65k followers which means i essentially performed to a stadium full of people and only 15 clapped and that just gets me every fucking time like can you imagine being in a stadium and the performer makes a joke and only 15 people respond what a concept
everybody who skipped dragon age origins is missing out b/c at some point you help a tree who speaks only in rhymes steal an acorn from a homeless man in your quest to locate and kill a naked woman and some werewolves for an 800 year old elf
Maybe you stole an acorn from a homeless man. I bartered for it like a decent human being.
Maybe you killed a naked woman and some werewolves. I talked that 800 year old elf into dropping the curse so more innocent people didn’t have to die, like a decent person.
if you dont have zevran steal the acorn you miss out on what is arguably the best line in the whole game