Dalek_Thal

27 | DemiMale | He/They A masc presenting white person who likes modern Star Wars, actually enjoyed Ncuti Gatwa's era as the Doctor and was deeply affected by The Owl House (please God let us get a season 4). also Australian. Assume all dates and times I say are Australian. Sorry.

[dalek-thal]

Fuck it, the Rulette from Game Changer needs to be spun off into its own show. That was great and I desperately want more of it.

[broodwoof]

reblog if you are veilguard positive!

i've found my little zone in fandom that i'm comfortable in, but it occurs to me that others are still struggling to find the people who actually enjoy this game! and who talk about it!

so please do reply or reblog if you're veilguard positive and talk about it uwu

[dalek-thal]

Started a new job yesterday. Training materials are AI slop, the one coworker who I really get on with is leaving today, and I think its head office might be a den of nazis.

I think I might quit tomorrow.

[dalek-thal]

Two hours in, and I walked out. Going to send an email to HR of that company and leave it at that.

[dalek-thal]

I did, however, leave a note.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[dalek-thal]

Started a new job yesterday. Training materials are AI slop, the one coworker who I really get on with is leaving today, and I think its head office might be a den of nazis.

I think I might quit tomorrow.

[dalek-thal]

Two hours in, and I walked out. Going to send an email to HR of that company and leave it at that.

[dalek-thal]

Started a new job yesterday. Training materials are AI slop, the one coworker who I really get on with is leaving today, and I think its head office might be a den of nazis.

I think I might quit tomorrow.

[beachedvampiresquid]

Wanna trigger the Origins hatemaxxers? Confirm that if DAV isn’t lore, then none of the games need to be lore. It’s a free for all!

Also someone called it the Make Origins Every Time club and the MOET is all I can think now.

[dalek-thal]

Y'know, it's always slightly terrifying when I find out I'm not the only one who read a given thread on the other hellsite. Makes me feel perceived.

[dalek-thal]

Dimension 20: On a Bus is the only good episode of Dimension 20, because it is the only one that is actually honest that they're not really playing a ttrpg mechanically, they're just riffing off each other and doing improv comedy.

[orcposts]

TOOLTIP: you can get more funny juice by performing the "jerking off" activity. find it by selecting genitals from your inventory!

[goblinposts]

> use genitals

[orcposts]

You can't use that right now!

[goblinposts]

> use hand on genitals

[orcposts]

You can't use that right now!

[goblinposts]

> use genitals on hand

[orcposts]

You can't use that right now!

[goblinposts]

> help

[orcposts]

I don't know that word.

You are clobbered by the OGRE!

You have lost your genitals. . .

[goblinposts]

man fuck this game

[catchymemes]

[the-second-moon]

on the use of the word "okay" in thedas

So, "okay" is a word that doesn't appear much in DA dialogue through the first three installments, though it's become quite common by Veilguard.

Likely not an intentional evolution, but a symptom of the fact that the language used in DAV is generally more contemporary than the other installments. Still. Let's play in the space. Because it's not that no one uses "okay" before then. It's actually a relatively common Varric word -- he says it in both DA2 and DAI.

Obvious conclusion: "Okay" is dwarven slang.

(Corollary headcanon: Increased contact with the surface has spread dwarven slang more widely. Perhaps even helped by the popularity of Varric's books...)

Over my breakfast this morning I stared into space wondering what the origins of "OK" could be in the dwarven context. Orzammar is the obvious O. So... Orzammar Kingdom? Orzammar King?

Of course. "OK" is the seal that Orzammar's king uses to express that a document has his approval.

Don't worry everyone. It all makes sense now.

[dalek-thal]

"OK" being the Orzammar King's seal and now part of common parlance through the Merchant's Guild is now canon.

[dalek-thal]

Underappreciated plus of Veilguard's existence:

Trespasser isn't the end.

[dalek-thal]

Replaying the Dragon Age series again because I'm running a DATTRPG campaign in July and vibes are important.

Jfc Dragon Age Inquisition has a fucktonne of dialogue with the inner circle companions, and so many minor locations that you just kinda stumble upon but have cool bits of lore in them.

I've pulled roughly 60 hours in two weeks just exploring the game in depth and taking notes on it. What a wild game.

[orpheuslookedback1]

Am I allowed to say that Dragon Age Origins over-relies on violence against women to make itself seem more gritty and dark.

[postcardsfromheapside]

keep saying it - whenever I get in an argument with people about Veilguard not being dark enough, when we compare point for point the violent aspects of each game in the series guess which one has a specific element people think makes it “realistic” and therefore “better”

[dalek-thal]

And what gets wildly infuriating is how it's literally just women who suffer to that extent in Origins, to the genuine detriment of the setting.

But sure, let's pretend that, in a setting with Broodmothers, female dwarves and Wardens would ever be allowed into the Deep Roads. Because that makes total fucking sense.

[staff]

for april fools we’re deleting this entire site sayonara you weeaboo shits

[teaboot]

how does it feel to post something and immediately get notes?

I need u to understand that notes on tumblr are essentially non fungible prize tickets redeemable only at the rooty tooty fresh n fruity fun time arcade in clown town missouri, home of the infamous dry and opaque oversized tee-shirt contest and the world’s largest free-standing rubber chicken this side of georgia

[subtextsays]

georgia big chicken mentioned

[dalek-thal]

Screw it, throwing the question out to the wolves.

As discussed in the past, I run tabletop rpg campaigns in a range of systems and settings for a small group of fellow friends and nerds. Coming up in July is my next Dragon Age campaign. I've been running these games with music and SFX for the last couple years, and I had a silly idea that I should use the actual Dragon Age sfx. The SFX from Dragon Age Origins was quick and easy. DA2's on the other hand... well, I've extracted it all, but it's 35,000 unsorted and untitled 1 - 15 second sounds. Before I disappear for ten years trying to organise them (or just give up on using DA2 at all lol), has anyone already done the dirty deed of sorting and naming all the DA2 SFX files? I'm largely looking for monster/enemy sounds, but hit and spell sounds would be helpful too.

[bogleech]

Hey so I still see people utterly baffled by how religious fundies (still a majority in America and moreso its senate) react on certain issues so uhhh is it actually not common knowledge what the antichrist is all about? You guys know his defining characteristic is ending war, right? That he’s foretold to unite the world under his leadership by preaching global peace and solving basically every single problem in the world? So you know when you try to talk to these people about equality and togetherness they literally believe that’s what makes you an agent of the devil right???

[parfstar]

im sorry what.  so.  ok im assuming they think that this is all like.  to gain trust and then take over or something?  because.

[bogleech]

Yes, he’s called the “antichrist” because he’s an imposter Jesus and the majority of the world will love him when he ends all class divides and erases all borders, creating one world government with him at the top. That’s the “new world order” they’re terrified of. But they think he’ll oppress true Christian believers who see through his ruse, which is why they’re constantly looking for signs that they’re being discriminated against and panic when they lose any control over government. This is why they fear diversity, immigration, socialized anything. The less religious right are pretty clearly still running on the same logic; they might drop some of the spiritual lore but this is where they get the idea that all progressivism leads to the “real” fascism. Some believe the antichrist isn’t a literal person either but just that entire set of beliefs, so everyone protesting against war and trying to feed the hungry is a *collective* antichrist.

[bogleech]

So from the notes it turns out people are MUCH less familiar with all this than I suspected and that’s honestly kind of alarming, guys, you should really really pay attention to things that affect so much of this country. No these are absolutely not obscure or fringe beliefs, these are MAINSTREAM with megachurches, Trump voters, the GOP and a vast proportion of the wealthy. Alex Jones and multiple Fox News hosts openly believe word for word what I described here.

And yeah as several people pointed out it isn’t even explicitly in the bible, but something some radicals pieced together in maybe only the last century. My uncles all believe it to the letter and they all believe it’s what the Bible is “supposed” to be communicating.

A lot of people are also confused as to why they would believe the peace and unity are villainous things and what the difference even is then between the “antichrist” and actual Jesus, which brings me to another thing I realize some folks CRITICALLY overlook about American Christianity, which is that they do not believe in good or bad deeds. They believe the same deed can be right or wrong strictly according to whether or not it’s performed by a believer with God’s stamp of approval. Like, they KNOW the Satanic Church and Witch Covens do community service or donate to cancer research and they are not confused, surprised, bitter or embarrassed by that at all. It’s exactly what they’re taught to expect. They believe the forces of Satan do primarily “good” things so people will think he’s just as good or better than God. So if a pastor heals a sick child with a prayer then that’s good, but if a “witch” heals the same sick child with “magic” (not something I believe exists, but they do) then that’s a false miracle from the devil and the child was better off dying because now everyone involved is a sinner who deserves hell. They’re taught to view you as a ridiculous fool if you don’t grasp this difference, and every single argument you might make is a part of the satanic trickery.

After all, they think our entire existence on this Earth is an insignificant speck in the grand scheme of things. The suffering in the world isn’t a bug to them, but a feature that God set up to test everyone’s worthiness, teach them lessons and filter out the faithless, so they actively do not believe it’s always morally right in itself to help people or save lives. Rather, certain people are just intended to suffer and die and it can be MORE wrong to help them.

[bogleech]

Sorry to put this big ass thing on your dashboards again but I’m downright awestruck by the notes. There’s 15,500 of them at the time of this reblog and almost zero disagreement, just hundreds of people expressing absolute terror that they didn’t realize they were living under the thumb of a doomsday cult, and I’m really really sorry for that because I really did not expect to be the bearer of that news to so many. If you haven’t looked at the notes for yourself though, they’re pretty eye opening even to me, especially the next most common type of response on it:

….And something I’ve heard before but still neglected to mention:

…..so that’s all pretty nightmarish confirmation of how pervasive this mindset is around here, but you know, if the majority of reactions to this information have been either “what the fuck are you talking about?” or “yeah I WAS taught this and I’m better now,” maybe that’s a sign that it’s slowly but consistently fading with every generation?

I actually wasn’t raised religious AT ALL, and it was still impossible for me to not hear this shit constantly in the 80′s and 90′s from basically everyone outside my immediate family. It’d even crop up on television and radio stations that weren’t even supposed to be christian-oriented. Just boom, there’s an evangelist suddenly talking about how Only God is Allowed to End War and Satan Takes the Form of Kindness, like these were just normal banal perspectives to toss in between a relationship advice segment and the latest movie reviews. I’m really proud of every person saying they escaped from that indoctrination and actually feel much better and more hopeful about the whole thing. It might not be fixed completely in our lifetimes but clearly it is fixable.

[bogleech]

Bringing back my most viral post because: