Stories Can’t Hurt Us

She/her | Whovian | Ineffable Husbands | Aziraphale--Crowley—Geralt-coded | Critical Swiftie | Asexual Autistic Doctor Truther | Autistic Aziraphale Truther | David Tennant Derangement Syndrome | Good Omens | Dragon Age

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I just now realized that there is a certain coziness to inquisition that Veilguard just doesn’t have.

I have a very sentimental attachment to Skyhold that I don’t have for the Lighthouse.

I even liked the Tempest in MEA.

The Lighthouse is so soulless. Despite its previous owner… 🤣

No, but seriously, the Lighthouse is the most lifeless homebase ever.

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Can’t help thinking of the fact that Illario and Lucanis are clear victims of pretty extensive child abuse, so bad to the point that one of them developed an inferiority complex, and the other one is so terrified of his guardian that he is afraid to stand up to her.

And the game doesn’t even bother to delve into this complicated topic.

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The mishandling of Lucanis in VG feels like a personal blow.

I liked his character so much in TN, I fitted him into one of my inquisitor’s backstories.

Like, they met in passing because they were literally from the same country (Antiva) but ever since the game came out, it doesn’t make sense anymore, and I had to change my fucking hc.

So yeah, what they did to Lucanis feels like a personal affront to me and the headcanon I worked quite hard on and grew proud of.

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If you were upset with GO3, just rewatch Staged 3.

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Many DW Fans: Rose is the best companion intro!

Me: Excuse you, The Pilot is right there!

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I’ve only ever cried during two regenerations.

Ten’s:

And then 12’s:

I was actually sadder with 12. Despite the fact that he had a really fitting ending.

I fucking didn’t want this mad scientist sunglass-wearing college professor to go yet :(

[thememedaddy]

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I think I may have figured out why I’m not upset nor overjoyed at the finale.

I just don’t care?

No, literally, I just lost interest.

I’m not crushed.

I’m not satisfied.

I’ve just moved on.

That’s pretty much it.

I just feel indifferent.

It didn’t disappoint me.

I literally just stopped caring, it’s just hit me that that’s why I don’t feel the same level of rage others seem to feel.

I don’t care.

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Honestly, in a perfect world, I feel like RTD and Moffat would run the show together, because one their strengths is the other’s weakness, and as a cohesive unit, they would balance each other out. Not sure if that would work or their egos would just cause them to step on each other‘s toes, honestly. But this is me being hypothetical. 

A show like Doctor Who needs two showrunners, in my opinion.

Some of the best episodes have been those written by Moffat while under the guidance of RTD as showrunner. (The Empty Child, TGITF, Blink, Silence in the Library, Boom, etc.)

It’s a shame nobody over at the BBC figured this out, because then a lot of the problems could be fixed.

Not the only ones, but it would help.

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One thing that actually really turned me off, was a comment that Rook makes during the MoC quest about the size of the villa and whether it was necessary to have a house that big.

Lucanis has some sort of response along the lines of, “Oh, we need extra rooms for guests!”

All I could think of was how much he came across as just one of your typical average privileged billionaires, and it made me wanna throw up.

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Bellara’s “lighthouse book club” sounds like one of those events that if you attended, you’d just end up leaving mad because everyone there is fucking wrong.

Just looking at all of your companions in this game, you know their opinions on any sort of literature is going to be dead wrong.

Not a single person in this group clocks me as a genuine intellectual.

At the very least, they’re pseudo-intellectuals.

Don’t ask any of these goddamn people for advice.

They all just looked it up on Reddit, anyway.

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And it’s too hard to describe this in a way that feels honest 

I love you, babe, I promise.

And I hope I never see what your face looks like going 

A face I swear I could spend my whole life knowing

Here’s to hoping

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OK, but how this game handles important matters like grief or survivor’s guilt.

Because Davrin shows signs of it after Weisshaupt.

But since this game is a scaredy-cat and doesn’t like to dwell on uncomfortable topics, it chooses to make a joke about truffle hunting, instead.

Fuck you, Bioware.

And how about Lucanis snd his PTSD? He also doesn’t behave like someone who literally just lost his grandma after being in prison for a year.

And don’t tell me that that one scene where you “plan a funeral” where Illario makes it very obvious he doesn’t have Caterina’s ashes because he’s guilty as fuck is how this game shows the process of grief. Because it makes light of that situation too!

This game just doesn’t handle important topics that should be handled with sensitivity and grace.

Maybe the coffee will help /s

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Re-watching the Calliope episode of Sandman, and when the student asks Maddoc about his new book, he respond with, “That would be telling.”

Honestly, I think that was a missed opportunity for him to reply with:

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Honestly, my dream showrunners in a hypothetical world for Doctor Who. Would be these two ultimate fanboys.

It would never happen, but that’s what fantasies are for right?

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Me, replay a video game that I’ve already played like 20 times: Ok, I’m going to play differently this time. Shake it up.

Also me: *plays the exact same way I always do*

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No, really, why does Flynn the Medic get such a detailed cutscene? What importance are they to the story?

Don’t get me wrong, making NPCs seem more important than you might think is not exactly uncommon.

Witcher 3 has plenty of randos with touching stories that add flavor to the world.

Unfortunately, Flynn is extremely one dimensional, and the only thing we really know about them is the fact that they are

1. Non-binary

2. They survived the Joining.

3. Their mentor, Oskar, is dead, but we don’t ever get the chance to meet the guy before he dies, so that’s a bust.

I really think that Bioware just doesn’t know how to do open world games, or RPGs.

Even though VG was scaled down significantly from inquisition, it is poorly done.