The Zandar Legacy

Ao3 Twitter Server: Darth Malgus Chubs swtor fanboying and other things. I do a lot of things on this blog I do art, I write the fic Blurred Lines, I make memes, videos and jokes. Pretty much whatever I can think of, at it's core my blog is about my ocs which have bios you can invesigate or just search for one of them they'll be plenty of content. Hope you enjoy my crazy rambling (banner art by @foxyartchive)

[chubby-aphrodite]

also i want everyone to know that the opposition to superman and co in my adventures with superman is using unsubtly racist talking points where so far every accusation has been a confession.

"earth is for earthlings" and the "homegrown all-american hero" opposed to clark and "i'm protecting my home from an invasive species"

they want superman to be "tougher on crime" when he's not executing petty thieves in the street and giving them a chance to rehabilitate themselves

even though they were just complaining about potentially being at the mercy of an indestructible superpowerful alien that isn't beholden to any higher authority and how he could become a tyrant if he wanted to even though he demonstrably doesn't and is actively opposed to any steps that would make him one

and then when one of them gets superman powers he starts executing petty criminals in the streets and smashing skyscrapers after he decides he's not beholden to a higher authority! because all he wanted to do was lash out after experiencing misfortune, and he was convinced by someone with authority over him that superman was the cause of it!

GOD i love this show

[chubbyooo]

Late thoughts on Swtor updates:

I have been very busy but just finished legacy of the siths last part that came out last week.

I gotta say when it first came out I wasn’t exactly thrilled with how short it was but now I can judge it as a whole especially those last two arcs I gotta say that was some good shit.

The introduction of Nul, Jadus and Malgus along with the dark council and exploring all the different ideologies of the Sith was great.

It felt like a legacy of the Sith and the narrative they weaved showing us who malgus was and now is as a more Vader figure vs someone like Jadus made for great narrative.

I also liked Shae and Hetas confrontation, killing her off is something I appreciate as sometimes they can rest on the laurels a bit. Rivix’s betrayal worked for me too as he had started to remind me of Lana just before he did it.

As expansions go I’d say it’s pretty solid now we have the whole thing put together, if I were to rank the expansions in my head it’s

Kotfe

Kotet

legacy of the Sith

Shadow of revan

Onslaught

Hutt cartel

So you can’t fault it it’s got third position from the top and it’s exactly what I said before about Sith ideology being explored. Malgus’ only the strongest chaos vs Jadus’ order and control then mixing that in with the regular Sith bs worked so well.

Sahar saving her brother was a fine enough resolution but defo worked for Kyradia as a character

Something else I liked a lot was as the alliance we actively got to be hostile towards our chosen faction. Like I never liked joining the Sith empire again so telling them all to shove it and remind them we’re a faction not part of them was much appreciated

So yeah I liked it the opening was fine but the second half cooked real hard if you ask me

[chubbyooo]

Also yes I plan to now disappear until the next update, I do exist on the internet on tiktok and ao3 I just don’t use my Swtor blog much anymore

See you guys in six-twelve months for 7.9

[chubbyooo]

Swtor 7.8 galactic threads full thoughts

So it’s been some time since the last Swtor update due to the BioWare to broadsword giving over. At the time many were rightly skeptical but since this point we’ve truly seen how determined EA is to run BioWare into the ground so if anything Swtor escaped more of that.

Swtor has been kinda stewing waiting for its next update and it was rightly kept back while the voice actors strike was happening. But even before that when legacy of the Sith came out it was easy to get caught up on quite how short it was.

Sure the idea was to release updates as they went into that and the whole of 7. Was legacy of the Sith but still. The updates that did come out were quite fun imo but they all focussed heavily on the hidden chain side of the conflict when to me malgus and the “legacy of the Sith” was the thing that had always intrigued me.

When we captured him I was surprised but given our power level it’s understandable, still it felt odd. Either way it built the story to the last ever BioWare update when shae freed Malgus. I must admit I can’t exactly remember shaes reasoning but she’s always been a bit of a morally grey character. Plus I’m playing a sith so tomato tomato on her allying.

Still a lot was on this update for getting back to that legacy of the Sith part, Nul was touched on and talked about but the focus was just that. I like Sa’har but it took a long time to get that holocron.

But anyway this update, I think it’s safe to say it finally got back into this Nul and legacy of the Sith stuff. The missions were as fun as any Swtor mission is but the storylines were a decent romp with about as much questing as legacy of the Sith on release tbh.

I liked the lesbian mandos it’s a long way for Swtor to have come from the no gay romances to have these two front and center kiss.

Nuls experiments and philosophy has been interesting to dig into and especially the way she hid her experiments from vitiate with a shiny new weapon or two was something i appreciated.

Returning to Ilum felt very narratively satisfying and showed a clear understanding of continuity and more to the point a show that broadsword know the story.

The conversation between Lana and my Inq about the idea of Malgus’ beliefs and joining him was a particular highlight showing a great understanding of Lana’s character.

Finding Nul trapped while a theme that never stops in Swtor made for a fun fight and added to the inqs do not steal my body list

Malgus’ idea to destroy or change for good the Jedi and Sith is great to me, it’s different it’s not Jedi vs Sith which feels so played out in the Swtor canon after the eternal empire was so different. I’m curious what exactly it means and the fact we could posit the question that the idea of changing that was not a bad thing was very interesting.

Lana again kept it so real saying there were points but their methods didn’t reflect well, she’s such a well written character.

All of this is to say Malgus’ MO is quite fascinating and deeply different from a power hungry Sith or a god like being like Tenebrae. It’s in line with the end of chapter 3 and builds on what his plans were at that point would that we didn’t stop him.

It all feels connected which is what I want.

Another point i enjoyed was the frequent options to keep things from the dark council and remain as neutral as onslaught allowed, I always want my alliance to be seperate.

And I may as well stop beating around the bush JADUS!!!! My guy is back!!! And by the looks of things he may be working on our side? I genuinely couldn’t tell his intent but his involvement in this is curious and makes complete sense. I’m not sure if his model is updated but it looks good.

It seems with Jadus, the references to malgus’ original plans and Talos that the team at broadsword are familiar with the story but I don’t know how much BioWare showed them the direction for this story before they bounced.

Either way it was fun and got me excited for the conclusion of this arc, it feels like it’s coming together and I’m excited to see where they go

[chubbyooo]

Swtor 5.8

Darth nul trying to steal my inqs form

Stay back slut

[chubbyooo]

Broadswords first story decision in charge of Swtor: we’re gonna make two lesbians kiss on screen and no one can stop us

[chubbyooo]

Playing the new Swtor update and Kyradia gets to hang out with Talos again!!!! Finally a Sith inquisition companion gets to do something even if it is my least favourite

[tsar-batushka]

In the mood to redraw memes

[cinematicexcursions]

mentally im still here

[rantfandombloggg]

And still waiting...

[srosehh]

people who write fics. how do you feel about comments on super old ones you wrote like 2+ years ago

[thededfa]

I'm on my hands and knees begging y’all to comment. I don't care if you went through my sister's attic and found my twenty year old fanfics in spiral bound notebooks, please comment!!

I don't care if I'm fifty years dead and you find my last work scrawled on the inside of my coffin, grab a psychic and comment!

[iggyfing]

absolutely flabbergasting to see people who have so enthusiastically succumbed to despair. like okay denethor, but some of us are gonna actually face the armies of mordor in battle nonetheless.

[opalxempress]

Top things I fucking loved about Veilguard, in no particular order. Also, here be spoilers.

1. Davrin's banter with Solas at the end of the game. Just so much "Go fuck yourself, old man, this ain't about you" energy.

2. Erika Ishii's Rook performance. No shade to the British feminine VA, I just started a Rook with her, and it's fine- good, even- but Erika, they knocked it out of the goddamn park.

3. Taash's companion arc. It's so... Visceral. It's raw. And honestly, it gave me more insight into how I (as a cisgender person) can support someone who isn't cisgender. I'm not saying I didn't know before, but there were a few lines of dialogue that I was like "Oh, I need to remember that." (Specifically- "I like being a woman, but if you don't, that's something to consider." Or whatever it was)

4. The Final Fantasy X grid unlock system that you can respec at any time. HOLY SHIT, I did not realize how much I would like that until I had it.

5. The fact that every class has ranged and melee abilities. Again, holy CRAP, I did not realize how much I'd like that.

6. The hair! It's so swooshy! It's so bouncy! It flips around and has texture and it's so amazing!!!

7. The FACE CLOUD??? At Weisshaupt??? Holy SHIT, I was fucking terrified and it was so great. Also Ghil in general just constantly made my skin CRAWL and her voice was SO perfect.

8. Neve just being *chef's kiss* she's such a noir detective and I love her, I love how unapologetically she's written, I love her dialogue at the end if you have her break the wards.

9. Solas being FULLY in character. He's manipulative and conniving and also tortured by grief and regret and love, and they did not back away from the messiness of his character for a SECOND. They did not wash over the horrific shit he contributed to, and they didn't say "it's okay he did that actually."

10. The character creator. OMG. EVERY GAME DEV NEEDS TO TAKE NOTES, BECAUSE HOLY SHIT. They gave the people what they wanted and I have never been so ecstatic about eyebrow choice.

10. Okay, I know people have opinions about Rook, but let me tell you, Rook is the first character that I felt like I really COULD be. Maybe it's the heavy ADHD vibes that Rook gives literally all the time, but like. I identified with Rook as a character, as well as with the companions. I loved how pissed off they could be, and how sarcastic, even as they fought like hell for the world.

11. The solavellan ending. It was... It was what I thought it would be, but better. It was somber and bittersweet, and full of love. And I love that it wasn't a given. I love that the player was offered the opportunity to say "you know what? I don't think lavellan should be with this dude anymore." I loved that consent-- even for a pixel reconciliation-- was sought.

12. How much this game is about grief. Regret is the word that keeps being thrown around, and that's definitely a theme, but... This game is about grief. It's about grieving not only death but loss in general. It's about how people respond to that-- and how it's different depending on the person, on what is lost, on how it's lost. And it's also about hope. How important hope is, how the smallest thing can give it to you... And how it can be false. How that sometimes doesn't matter, because even false hope can propel you forward. How hope and grief intermingle, even when everything seems lost.

I might add to this list more, we'll see.

[chubbyooo]

all of this

[savvysquidling]

I just finished Veilguard and god, I have so many feelings right now. The game was fantastic, and I will beat anyone who tries to tell me otherwise over the head with Varric's books.

[riachuelowii]

[chubbyooo]

Astarion: So what's for dinner? Gale: I can't tell you, it's a soup-prise! Astarion: ... Astarion: Is it soup? Gale: I soup-pose it could be! *winks* Astarion: Please, Gale, enough with the soup puns. Gale: Wow, you're soup-per mean. Astarion: STOP! *one hour later* Astarion: It's fucking tacos?!?!?!

[chubbyooo]

Kyradia (Sith inquisitor), eating cereal: Ah, Hello again. We really need to stop meeting like this. Kavaraa (jedi consular), who walked out of her bedroom in her house into her kitchen: Maybe we would, if you would sTOP BREAKING INTO MY FUCKING HOUSE!!!

[chubbyooo]

Entropy: If I fall… Karlach: I’ll be there to catch you. Zai'ri: *looks at Lae'zel* What if I fall? Lae'zel: Then I’ll fall with you, never leaving your side. Minthara: *watches these two interactions* Minthara, to Nyssa (durge): And if I fall? Nyssa: I’ll be the one who pushed you.