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The thing about Veilguard is that yes, you may enjoy the characters and yes, it might be fun to play but it absolutely has NO staying power. 0. Zero. There is no real difference between the Veilguard cast and the cast of literally any feel-good fantasy novel. There is no real difference between the Veilguard companions and any other light easy to dip into fantasy media. And the Thedas in it is also just generic fantasy with nothing really interesting to explore or unique about it. It's just what's popular in fantasy today.

Therefore, in 10 years, I just don't think anyone will be talking about it or replaying it. Other things will come along to replace it. Fans of it will be easily pulled away by similar things. It might be fun to play in and sit in for a few months but that's kinda. It.

Compare this to DA2, a cult classic kind of game. Now THAT has staying power. There's little to replace it, because nothing else has what it has. Yeah, other things do have those same themes and tensions, but the specifics that make it unique are not replaceable because they're integral to THAT world to THOSE characters who have been INFLUENCED by that world. The circle, Kirkwall, the gallows, tevinter slavery, the religious tensions, andrastism, the refugees of the blight. It's all unique!

And I am so sorry I cannot remember a single line of Veilguard companion banter. Not one. I'm trying right now but uhhhh the most I can think of is I think that Harding and Taash talk about siblings. but DA2. Every line of banter enhances the world and the characters in some way. The 'did you ever think about killing yourself. I'm serious.' banter will be being disected for years to come. I've been directing it for years. It has more to say about those characters and the world they exist in in four lines of banter than Veilguard managed in a whole game.

#THIS #honestly I only played it for solas and inquisitor and dorian #didn't play da2 but dai is so close to my heart so beautiful #and veilguard is just... there #nothing remarkable #oh yeah also for varric but well that reason didn't survive long

tofutomato

you gotta read, you gotta write, you gotta draw, you gotta watch films and shows. there is literally NO time to be employed

#text post #about me

postergirlfornothing

a common AI syntax to look out for in AI texts (literature, fanfic, captions) is this:

"not this. not that. just a..."

eg.

"he was alone. not by himself. not really. just withdrawn to some distant part of his head."

I SWEAR — half and more of the AI captions have it. I'm sick of it

i mean, obviously, someone could actually think and write a syntax like that. but if it is overused, just saying, maybe, maybe be suspicious 🧐

#text post #ai #ai literature #no AI was used in the making of this post :))

selenaigomez

ANASTASIA (1997) dir. Don Bluth and Gary Goldman.

#anastasia #fave #movies

vhen-harel

The Inquisitor was the first person Solas refused to kill. And that's so interesting to me because some parts of the fandom like to repeat that Solas will kill anyone who gets in the way of his goals.

Yet, if you look at everything that follows Trespasser, the Inquisitor is exactly the kind of person that interpretation says he should have killed. Across the comics, short stories, and supplementary material, the Inquisitor never stops pursuing him. They direct others to follow every lead, determined to either "stop" Solas or "save" him from himself.

And Solas knows this. He knows exactly who the Inquisitor is. He knows they will never stop looking for him because they don't. Varric's confrontation with Solas happens because he's carrying out the Inquisitor's mission given to him through Charter (who he also never kills).

Yet after Felassan, after killing Flemeth, after killing others, he never goes after the Inquisitor.

If the interpretation is that Solas believes the ends justify the means and would kill anyone who stood in the way of his goals, then the Inquisitor should have been the first person he removed from the board. Instead, he spared them - and every move against him that followed began with that choice.

Solas sealed his fate by leaving Inky on the playing field.

#solas #solavellan #dragon age #yes #😭😭

vhen-harel

You want to know how badly Solas has it for Lavellan? Look at what happens after the Fade kiss. If Lavellan suggests they remain friends, he agrees. That should have been the end of it — the perfect exit, the graceful way to step back. But when the balcony scene comes, it isn’t Lavellan who reopens that door. It’s Solas. He’s the one who brings up the kiss, despite Lavellan suggesting they remain friends. Then, the same dialogue on the balcony plays, the same sequence unfolds. It's like Solas is trying one last time, against his better judgement to open that door, despite Lavellan handing him an escape.

It dismantles the idea that their romance depends entirely on Lavellan's pursuit. Yes, Lavellan initiates much of the physical closeness, but the emotional initiations belong to him. Again and again, his dialogue reveals him as the one who raises the stakes, who admits the depth of feeling. He is the first one to say 'I love you', to go all in on his first flirt lines, to admit how he is drawn away from the Fade, a desire to live in the physical world with Lavellan. Bringing up the kiss after agreeing to stay friends shows just how deeply it affected him, how deeply Lavellan affects him - that intimacy with Lavellan is not something he can file away, not something he can forget, no matter how much he tells himself he should.

#the solas romance is the best game romance exactly because it's not player driven #the way that mf flirts w u I'm weak #u are nice to him for 5 seconds and he's like would u like to be dominated in the bedroom #solavellan #dragon age

nicolasnelson

ARWEN FEST day three: sacrifice

Have I been a fool? To give up so much for a woman who betrayed me? A woman who I might not even see again? You will see her again. You did the right thing, my lord. As I knew you would.

#I'm not okay 😭#gwenthur #bbc merlin

1-jar-of-stars

me about a show i really like: the writers are so fucking stupid

#text post

slyandthefamilybook

I can't remember who said it but I saw a comment or tweet talking about hypocrisy that essentially said The Hypocrisy Is The Point. hypocrisy is power. it's the ability to set rules for everyone else except you. and if power is a virtue then hypocrisy is a virtue. it's why you never really get anywhere with "by your logic..." or "then wouldn't that mean...". it's not that they don't realize they're being hypocritical. they do it on purpose to prove that you have to listen to them and they don't have to listen to you

#@ my boss #text post