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Quinn Meinerz sharing a critical post about ICE
Haven’t seen many athletes comment on the news in Minneapolis outside of Haliburton, but here’s two time All/Pro Broncos guard Quinn Meinerz, who takes the field in an hour:
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This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
azeez al-shaair is wearing “stop the genocide” eye black on sportscenter
13.01.2026 04:42 — 👍 1396 🔁 127 💬 14 📌 11rightwingers always call women “too emotional” but renee good states she’s not mad in a calm voice while the agitated emotional ICE agent unloads his gun umprompted and calls her a “fucking bitch” after she’s dead
09.01.2026 21:51 — 👍 8685 🔁 1623 💬 74 📌 29every victory speech is like “to those that did not vote for me just know i will work with you”
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
In case you forgot who the person is that people are trying to make a martyr
12.09.2025 01:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Last night was one of the best wrestling moments I've ever seen. One of those moments I will remember forever
02.03.2025 20:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m on vacation but logged back on just to say John Cena heel turn holy shit
02.03.2025 04:55 — 👍 2241 🔁 87 💬 124 📌 14
Look at this bullshit. Only on specific videos that ✨they✨ don’t want to be spread around do they limit sharing to “one chat at a time.” This video lists companies that don’t support DEIA practices or BIPOC community, & that we shouldn’t spend our money there. TikTok thinks that’s “harmful content.”
25.01.2025 14:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I’m tired of living in unprecedented times.
24.01.2025 04:05 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Alright the Born Again trailer was exactly what it needed to be to hook me back in, the Netflix daredevil was always A tier for me and I hope Disney can find that magic again
15.01.2025 16:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A head and shoulders shot of Cassandra, in heavy armor, as she first appeared in DA2. I almost forgot she looked like this back then.
Head and shoulders shot of Cassandra, as she appeared in Dragon Age Inquisition. The character artists did such an amazing job translating her into the new engine.
![A still from a DAI cutscene which includes Cassandra and the now-infamous "[DISGUSTED NOISE]" subtitle. Honestly, I just had in my head a sort of... short, derisive snort? But I didn't want to SAY "snort" in the subtitles because the LAST time I did that the voice actor literally snorted. As in snorted like a pig! Miranda read this line the first time and started laughing, she didn't know what to make of it, and laughed more when I tried to describe it. The result is now infamous.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6idaktmmodnebdn4zeyi7xdn/bafkreigpn2uikrcluyuzghukqjqurqxt6geqroxfzrvyrfd2n55mdtf4u4@jpeg)
A still from a DAI cutscene which includes Cassandra and the now-infamous "[DISGUSTED NOISE]" subtitle. Honestly, I just had in my head a sort of... short, derisive snort? But I didn't want to SAY "snort" in the subtitles because the LAST time I did that the voice actor literally snorted. As in snorted like a pig! Miranda read this line the first time and started laughing, she didn't know what to make of it, and laughed more when I tried to describe it. The result is now infamous.
CHARACTERS - Day Nine: Cassandra
This is the last of the (major) characters I wrote during my time on Dragon Age. I could go into others, and considered moving onto Stray Gods... but I feel like fewer would be interested, and I honestly can't keep up the pace. So let's make this the last, for now.
Dorian, as he appeared in-game. This was the work of U Ri So, a character artist from Korea who'd just started at the time - Dorian and Cullen were her first big tasks, and boy oh boy did she knock it out of the park.
The reveal poster for Dorian, shows him casting a spell with a snowy wilderness and ruin background. I kind of love that he got the same staff here that Orsino had in DA2, which the writers referred to as "the Staff of Violation". For reasons unknown.
A screenshot from one of the Dorian romance scenes, with Dorian resting his head on the player's shoulder. At the end game, I think? So cute. I think this was Sarah Hayward's cinematic work? She did such a great job, and was so committed to doing the translation of story to screen justice.
CHARACTERS - Day Eight: Dorian
Now this is a fun one. It's no big secret I have a lot of feelings about Dorian, not least of which because he was my first (and only) gay male companion. There's a lot more to him than that, of course (as there should be), and it was quite a trip. So let's go!
A screenshot from the Stone Prisoner DLC, showing Shale in front of one of the buildings in her initial quest area.
A row of pigeons, up close to the camera with HVAC system in the background. Staring with their beady little demon eyes. My eternal nightmare.
CHARACTERS - Day Seven: Shale
Oops! I realized I'd moved on from DAO but missed one of the companions I'd written. Which checks out, honestly, because I almost didn't write Shale and, even after I'd written her, she almost didn't happen anyhow. Then she did. Prepare yourself for... PIGEON QUEST. 🦤
In-game image of Fenris from Dragon Age 2. I'd objected strenuously to the art team's plan at changing the elves to a more "distinctive" appearance. Not that I opposed the idea in theory, but I thought they ended up looking too alien, and according to the lore elves were generally considered attractive. The art team mocked and dismissed me (quite literally, I'm afraid) and the rest of the team had bigger battles to fight. For Fenris, at least, he reached a point of being kinda sexy despite the change... so not all bad, I guess?
A piece of unused concept art for Fenris: bare-chested, quilted armor on the legs, giant sword on the back. I was looking through the Fenris concept art pieces online and saw this and thought "hey, this one actually looks pretty good... if you ignore the DA2 elves-are-barefoot thing". I want to say maybe this was a piece done for the cancelled expansion, for a potential Fenris model update?
A screenshot from one of the DA2 conversation scenes with Fenris, in the mansion he occupies during the game. He did a lot of drinking. I got accused, at one point, of glorifying alcoholism? I mean... I don't know if Fenris was an alcoholic, but if he was the bitterness of these scenes certainly doesn't feel like glorification to me.
CHARACTERS - DAY SIX: Fenris
Now, DA2 is a story all on its own but I'm not going to go there other than to sum it up as "we had just over a year and a half to make this". It's why I only wrote one follower, Fenris, and although it'll make his fans mad: I probably shouldn't have.
Let me explain.
Wicked was.... The greatest movie musical ever. Truly incredible because I expected it to suck. I've never gone from ambivalent to wowed about an actor in one movie as much as I was by Ariana Grande, she fucking killed it.
24.11.2024 19:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I keep forgetting that Zevran is an elf, honestly. My mind immediately goes to "twink".
DA2 Zevran. Oh god. He doesn't even have face tattoos! As soon as they cut him and Alistair getting custom face sculpts, we probably should have cut their appearances.
I still remember reviewing the DAO sex scenes with the team, and noting the gender- or race-specific variations - like this one. I blushed so hard. Keep in mind we'd never done anything like this, previously.
CHARACTERS - DAY FIVE: Zevran
I was going to skip over Zevran, honestly, as I felt like I didn't have a lot to tell in the way of stories about him... but I know he still has some (ardent) fans. Plus, on reflection, I thought maybe I DO have a few things to say. 😅
Sooo we'll see how this goes.
Original flavour Alistair, in DAO. Always with the eyebrow.
We don't talk about DA2 Alistair.
I actually really appreciate the artists took the time to give Alistair a unique appearance in DAI. Probably my favourite version of him.
CHARACTERS - DAY FOUR: Alistair
Ah, Alistair. Depending on who you ask, he's the adorable woobie with the biggest heart or the irritating, over-used man-child. Yes, he is indeed all of those things. Good characters have flaws to go with their virtues. Ugly spots. That is literally their humanity.
Ahhh the original version of Flemeth's appearance, after we'd cut her unique model. I almost forgot that this is what it looked like. Bah, it's fine. Shapeshifter, right? We'll ignore that shapeshifters don't change into other human appearances - Flemeth is special.
I remember when the artists brought me the concept for DA2's revamp of Flemeth. I was in love immediately. Hair horns? God yes. I'll do whatever I need to in order to explain this, thank you.
Look at that outfit. LOOK AT IT. This is where Morrigan gets it from, clearly. "Watch me serve, daughter, but know you will never do it QUITE as well!"
CHARACTERS - DAY THREE: Flemeth
I have a type. I admit it. There are certain wells I can return to repeatedly and always find something new to explore.
One of them is older female characters. Mike used to rib me about it. Consider Wynne. Meredith. Genevieve. And, of course, the biggie: Flemeth.
Ah, Kieran. So dapper! I had a moment of "but what if the Warden wasn't, you know..." because he's SO white, but the artists just went "shhhh shhhh it's maaaagic" and I had to admit they were correct. This whole sequence had already stretched the limits of our resources and then some.
The Old God soul is transferred! Only appears in one of the three versions, but such a magical moment.
Ah, yes, the (awkwardly animated) Dark Ritual scene. Why didn't we just fade to black? Or move the camera to look at the fireplace or something? I'll never know.
CHARACTERS - DAY TWO: Kieran
(Technically this is an addendum to yesterday, but I make the rules here so nyah!)
Heading into DAI, I had a bite-sized problem on my hands. I knew Morrigan would feature. I also knew we were importing previous choices. So now I had to contend with: the Old God Baby. 🧵
Morrigan's original appearance in DAO. I can't help but look back on this and balk at the old graphics, but at the time I was *enamoured*.
The DAI version of Morrigan - so awesome.
I remember pleading with the artists: "If we put her in the Orlais plot, can we give her a dress?! PLEASE PLEASE" It almost didn't happen.
Some of the first art we put out for Morrigan. I remember seeing this and asking "why does she look so YOUNG?" - that's when I learned how parts of the team thought she was, like, 18. The idea persisted for some time.
CHARACTERS - DAY ONE: Morrigan
Morrigan began, waaaay back, as a bit of Morgan le Fey (hence the Dark Ritual) mixed with Delirium from Sandman. The Delirium elements subsided into more of a weird cadence of speech as my idea of Morrigan solidified - more cynical, wanting to connect but unable to. 🧵
Dragon Age.
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