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whats everyones first video game (criteria can be whatever you want but im going for the first game i remember playing as a kid) mine's harvest moon friends of mineral town
It is a good time to inform the world that my first games were the ones my father was programming for me.
We had a pc without hdd or anything to store data, so every time i wanted to play he would just write a game.
Such a weird day.
Woke up and the first thing I saw was a message from my friend about NASA finding very probably fossils on Mars.
Went to BBC fully expecting this information to make headlines.
Found out that the big news is that a guy I've never heard of died and everyone is celebrating.
Read about the guy and yeah understood.
Still sad about fossils going completely unnoticed. and also current state of humanity.
Sent the fossils news to dad. We talked a lot about how extraterrestrial life was perceived in his youth.
He told me how tech was so much worse that when the probe was sent to Venus surface it was believed it would find life there. And he is pretty pessimistic about extraterrestrial life by now.
Later he read more on the fossils and conceded that this looks legit.
He is a physicist with side interest in geology, and was teaching me about these things since I was very young.
Super glad our relations are improving.
Hey!
I decided to compile a list of possible GtN modern!au catholic scenarios for Harrow and her parents.
Or, how to write her family background which will not break Catholic lore:
1. The darkest. Priamhark is a priest, he has a secret family and can't choose between the Church and the marriage (priests can stop doing priest things and have a family, totally possible). Pelleamena is super devouted too, but can't stop the thing either. They strictly forbid Harrow to tell anyone, however tells another priest during a confession which is super confidential. He makes it public, Priamhark is not able to deal with it and unalives himself. Harrow feels it's totally her fault.
2. The most probable. There is a thing in catholicism called Third Orders, which are branches of several monastic orders made of people who for some reason cannot fully commit to monastic lives (e.g. having young children). They observe much more rules and rituals than lay people, but not as strict as other monastic branches. Harrow's parents can both be that, and also want to go to monasteries when Harrow is of age. I'd recommend Carmelites specifically, cause they are famously super mystical and also visions are a large part of it. Saint Teresa of Avila, one of the founders, is famous of having super duper erotic visions of her and Jesus, which also fits the theme.
3. The "exotic" one. There are other Catholic churches apart from Roman Catholic! They are in full communion with the Roman one, which means that a person from one Catholic church can get all the sacraments in the other, and its totally fine and normal. They include a lot of African, middle east, and orthodox-majority countries. Many of them strongly resemble orthodox churches in esthetics, and you can go for it if you want to go for that orthodox vibe one can often see in fanart. Some also allow married priests.
And yes, you can just go for Orthodoxy too. Many Orthodox branches outplay even Roman Catholic Church on guilt field, and also introduce disempowerment field.
would be fun if language acquisition echoed language evolution a la recapitulation theory. kids going through an indo european phase.
https://xkcd.com/2567/
fuuuuuck there really is an xkcd for everything
Lately I've been watching a lot of long ass lectures on WW2 on youtube. My whole feed was full of these lectures.
Suddenly, 40k lore videos started to appear. Idk how and why. Looks like YouTube algorithm decided that WW2 lectures and 40k lore videos are very related.
So. I decided to give it a go, 40k has always been around me, but I knew next to nothing about it. I watched some videos, then decided to read a book.
My soul sometimes craves for good old vroom vroom pew pew, and I mostly play games when it happens, but now I decided to read. Watched some more 40k videos and chose Gaunt's Ghosts.
Now I've finished the first book, and that was... weird. Not the narrative itself, but how it was written. It felt like the author was just dropping various narratives when he was starting to get tired of writing that particular part, and a lot of it was literally like
"With a grim but determined look on his face, looking at overwhelming forces facing them he took his weapon, simple but reliable, as reliable as men around him... he felt rage in face of these impossible odds. The battle was about to begin.
Then they won and felt very good about it. On to the next thing".
And these incredible pacing leaps were everywhere. And it was also unbelievably goofy. And the weirdest thing is somehow it worked and I enjoyed it a lot. Wtf?...
Welcome to the fandom!
Avoid the bad sides of it, the bad sides are terrible.
Thank you!
What are the signs of bad sides?
Complaining about lore changes in a agressive way like the people who got agressive at Fem Custodes or are still agressive about the Necron Changes a long time ago, unironically thinking the Emperium are the good guys that ones self explanatory, Black Templars fans watch out for not always bad but i have noticed a higher concentration of the bad side.
Anyone who says anything about warhammer now becoming political, its a satirical fictional universe, its always been political.
And the things you look out for in any fandom, any of the -isms and -phobias and such. Warhammer just atracts people like that due to its nature of what its satirical of
generally if you see spmething thats of slight suspicion play it safe and get out of there.
Aha, thank you, especially for the specific stuff, will watch out.
I feel like a lot of people started to notice that things are political nowadays when politics started to bang on their doors, and that's something universal across many fandoms.
Lately I've been watching a lot of long ass lectures on WW2 on youtube. My whole feed was full of these lectures.
Suddenly, 40k lore videos started to appear. Idk how and why. Looks like YouTube algorithm decided that WW2 lectures and 40k lore videos are very related.
So. I decided to give it a go, 40k has always been around me, but I knew next to nothing about it. I watched some videos, then decided to read a book.
My soul sometimes craves for good old vroom vroom pew pew, and I mostly play games when it happens, but now I decided to read. Watched some more 40k videos and chose Gaunt's Ghosts.
Now I've finished the first book, and that was... weird. Not the narrative itself, but how it was written. It felt like the author was just dropping various narratives when he was starting to get tired of writing that particular part, and a lot of it was literally like
"With a grim but determined look on his face, looking at overwhelming forces facing them he took his weapon, simple but reliable, as reliable as men around him... he felt rage in face of these impossible odds. The battle was about to begin.
Then they won and felt very good about it. On to the next thing".
And these incredible pacing leaps were everywhere. And it was also unbelievably goofy. And the weirdest thing is somehow it worked and I enjoyed it a lot. Wtf?...
Welcome to the fandom!
Avoid the bad sides of it, the bad sides are terrible.
Thank you!
What are the signs of bad sides?
Lately I've been watching a lot of long ass lectures on WW2 on youtube. My whole feed was full of these lectures.
Suddenly, 40k lore videos started to appear. Idk how and why. Looks like YouTube algorithm decided that WW2 lectures and 40k lore videos are very related.
So. I decided to give it a go, 40k has always been around me, but I knew next to nothing about it. I watched some videos, then decided to read a book.
My soul sometimes craves for good old vroom vroom pew pew, and I mostly play games when it happens, but now I decided to read. Watched some more 40k videos and chose Gaunt's Ghosts.
Now I've finished the first book, and that was... weird. Not the narrative itself, but how it was written. It felt like the author was just dropping various narratives when he was starting to get tired of writing that particular part, and a lot of it was literally like
"With a grim but determined look on his face, looking at overwhelming forces facing them he took his weapon, simple but reliable, as reliable as men around him... he felt rage in face of these impossible odds. The battle was about to begin.
Then they won and felt very good about it. On to the next thing".
And these incredible pacing leaps were everywhere. And it was also unbelievably goofy. And the weirdest thing is somehow it worked and I enjoyed it a lot. Wtf?...
maybe i like my tech a little bit inconvenient
maybe i like pulling out my debit card instead of using apple pay. maybe i like untangling my wired headphones. maybe i like typing something into the search bar instead of using siri or whatever. maybe i like curating my own social media feeds over an algorithm. i just don’t think everything has to be perfectly streamlined and efficient i like it when things feel tethered to the real world.
I am so used to have wired headphones attached to my smartphone. That's how I don't lose my headphones AND my smartphone. They are attached to each other. They save each other. They help each other survive in this world.
New Crow Time 🐦⬛🦊🌟
I could be a Shadow Dragon, too. But like, a really boring Shadow Dragon.
No for real- activism relies so hard on spreadsheets. The Shadows probably have a bunch of stressed-out book keepers. Like. Someone has to keep track of the Minrathous Community Bail Fund. I guarantee you there are so many boring coffee fueld Shadows (I saw that percolator in their HQ 👀)
Sweet. Pretty sure they don't have amphetamines so that coffee had better keep coming lol
Man can you imagine if Tarquin had joined the revolution only to end up doing the exact same thing as his day job?
I suppose that is how things go...
Lol for sure. Any activist group squeals with joy whenever someone good at spreadsheets and math joins. They'd never let Tarquin do anything remotely dangerous cause where would they find another accountant?
Just losing my mind at the implications that the companions have all been trying to help Rook grieve Varric, and Rook doesn’t know
Emmrich, wise and long-familiar with grief, being told by Neve and Harding what happened; understanding why sometimes he overhears Rook’s muffled voice in the Infirmary, talking to no one. He takes Rook to the Memorial Gardens and mentions he talks to his parents, thinking Rook might be comfortable with the same. Rook lights candles and rings bells but Emmrich watches, sorrowed, to see Rook still seems in deep denial.
Neve takes Rook to the Wall of Light; a Shadow Dragon Rook knows just what this means but any Rook can understand the solemnity, the power of remembrance. Neve reenergizes Brom’s light and looks to Rook, hoping Rook will mention wanting to make one for Varric. Rook is kind and comforting to Neve, but Neve is lost in wondering why Rook doesn’t take the chance to open up. She can’t figure it. Maybe Rook just can’t face it, not yet. Maybe Rook does something privately. She isn’t sure but it nags at her.
Davrin’s not big on talking about feelings. He’d rather just move on. But he sees the way Rook seems a little hollow sometimes, a little distant; he sees how Rook takes so quickly to Assan. “Hey Rook,” he says, and invites them to come with him and Assan to safe places in Arlathan, where the woods are clean and green and growing, where real sunlight dapples through the trees. Rook always seems to love these outings, seems lighter afterwards. But Davrin feels a little confused in that Rook never seems to realize the outings are mostly for them.
Taash is another person not big on feelings. But they know how much feelings can twist you up and mess with your head. When Lace tells them about Varric they feel badly for Rook, and think to how they feel when they’re struggling. Epic fights, dragon fights, drinks with the Lords. Taash is perfectly capable of doing all that on their own. But maybe bringing Rook along will help get them out of their head a little bit. Does it help? Taash isn’t sure.
Bellara’s double-versed in grief after what happens to Cyrian. Rook helped her through trying to reach him, and Bellara wonders, in her own pain, if she can help Rook a little bit too. Especially if Rook is elven, teaching Rook about the braziers and the challenges is another tool she can share about her or their people, another way that might help Rook with their grief. Neve’s told her that the Wall of Light didn’t seem to help Rook much, but maybe a different funeral tradition could help them instead. Rook helps her light the braziers and Bellara feels her heart lightening, though she wonders at Rook, who seems more moved by Bellara’s reactions than anything else.
Lucanis is nearly as allergic to dealing with feelings as Davrin is, but he immediately clocks how Neve and Harding are acting, and asks what happened before he joined them. They tell him about Varric and that they’re worried about Rook, that Rook seems to just be shoving those feelings down without dealing with them. Lucanis is no stranger to that, but while it’s fine for him, he doesn’t want to see someone who risked their life to save him share that struggle. He brings Rook to Caterina’s funeral planning to show Rook it’s okay to admit the loss and honor it. When that doesn’t seem to make a dent, he falls back to his standard - lavish meals, small gifts, coffee. He knows it would help him. He just wishes it helped Rook too.
Lace hurts the worst after losing Varric and Lace is where Solas’ magic comes the closest to faltering. Rook can see Lace is down, she’s quiet, she’s afraid after what happens with the gods escaping; but Solas’ magic holds and Rook can still never see quite why. Lace would love to sit over drinks one night and share stories about Varric, but she sees that Rook doesn’t seem ready, and she doesn’t want to push. Instead she writes letters to Ma, to the Inquisitor, to Cassandra, to Aveline, maybe even to Hawke. She writes out her stories with Varric’s old quill and she carries a bolt of Bianca with her. A dozen times she goes to talk to Rook about him, and when she tries Rook turns away or changes the subject. It hurts, but Lace knows she can’t make Rook talk about him, and she hopes in time it will get better.
This just absolutely crushes me the more I think about it 😭
Edit: Varric’s death is Rook’s personal companion quest every other single companion tries to help them with, and can’t 😭😭😭
Parallels Between Solas Regret Murals and Chantry Iconography
Dalish religion around DATV time
I've been meaning to write this a long time ago, and here I am:)
Firstly, some points I need to make clear:
1. I don't agree with the question "What happens if our divine beings actually exist?". It is a question asked through agnostic lenses. The very starting point of faith is the fact that divine beings do actually exist. The new modus of interaction with the world, however, might be a big surprise for many reasons.
2. Very few fictional settings managed to create a full fledged religious systems of their own, DA is not one of them. It heavily relies on real world religions so that our brains can fill in the blanks with our experiences.
So. The question I see for the Dalish is:
How can our religion cope with the fact that some gods from our pantheon are running amok spreading the Blight?
I prefer this one to "are our gods evil?", cause we don't know anything about ethics and morality in Dalish religion. My bet is on a system where questions of good or evil just do not apply to gods. They do what they do based on their spheres of influence.
But one things they are definitely NOT supposed to do is spreading the Blight.
What answers might be here? I think that Dalish religion can adapt in one way: to work around the fact that these are the actual gods.
It can lead to an upsurge of mysticism in the Dalish, and some complex theologies, like:
- We do not follow actual material beings. There are transcendent places beyond the Veil, where true essence of our gods reside, and it is these essence we believe in, and here we introduce some new practices for this new understanding (dalish becoming gnostics).
- There is the Maker, who first sent the Evanuris to the elves, but they were corrupted. They then send Mythal again - as Andraste - for humans, but this too does not work out. We are waiting for some new figure (dalish becoming messianic)
Or Dalish can just revise the stories, like:
- There was a war with the forgotten ones, and in this war Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain were killed. Forgotten ones assumed their identities and tricked other Evanuris, and these guys we are currently seeing are not actually our gods. By following these two we remember their sacrifice.
- Or even, all our gods were killed in the war. Mythal and Fen'Harel imprisoned only the forgotten ones. Or these two were going to do this, but at the last moment Fen'Harel betrayed Mythal. This produces rather bleak reality, but still viable.
The most fascinating variant is if all these ideas take root in various places or among different Dalish, and the religion just fractures - perhaps temporarily, to then reconcile it into one very different religion.
I post here less cause work, and I also decided to finally play bg3, "the true successor to DAO", best game ever etc etc.
And err... errr.... many things ppl accuse datv of not having but bg3 having? These things are... not in bg3?
Like, in bg3 NPCs do not really react to my race (drow, which is slightly weird tbh). I rarely have any race specific or class specific dialogue options, even when situation prompts it. Companions are all pretty straightforward and with little subtlety or nuance.
It is also not very dark, I'd say much less than datv. I mean, it's not a dark fantasy setting, so why would it be, but still that's an argument people make.
I mean, it's a good game and I enjoy it a lot, and it follows a lot of the same video games conventions as datv. The things I pointed out here were non-issues for me, these are just arguments I see a lot. So I was paying attention to these aspects.
But a last bit of evidence that many people were approaching DATV in bad faith, and it makes me so sad.
“Veilguard refuses to address why the Veil needs to stay up.”
No. It does. We’ve been addressing it since Trespasser. Literally the plot of the game. It’s the whole reason we’re here. The Veil stays up cause Solas is wrong to want to kill innocent people to fix his mistakes instead of letting the people of Thedas take care of their home themselves.
Solas isn’t the main character of Veilguard, or Dragon Age. Signed,
-A Solavellan shipper who cares more about the lore than Solas because I know what franchise I’m playing.
Not since Tresspasser. The Inquisition is about the Veil tearing just a little at some places, and look how fun and wholesome that was.
Has DA fandom wildly changed since the last time I was here? Just saw one of my ficlets got 50 likes and 3 reblogs. One of which was me! I’m glad people liked it but am really puzzled on the ratio. Like, are we not yelling and flailing about each others’ OCs anymore? In the Make Your Own OC fandom? 🥺🥺🥺
Send me a tidbit about your Rook and I’ll share something about one of mine! Let’s yell about our precious blorbos together 💜
My second Rook is a Grey Warden. He is a son of two Vashoths. He hates when people call him qunari, because he does not follow the qun. He is firmly and hoestly andrastian. He lives in a hope some day people will stop making assumptions about him and others like him and accept them as just another peoples in Thedas who can be anything and believe anything.
(he is the weirdest character I've created as PC - for me, I mean. Not my typical character)
I’ve noticed something and I’m not sure if this has been mentioned before, but after defeating Ghilan’nain, Rook entering regret prison and after Solas’ speech, Rook awakes/lands at the same place where Solas and them had spoken, but instead they awake in Solas’place with their statue on the other side of the divide.
My idea is, that Rook couldn't possibly regret their own existence ( not sure how else to express this). Since Solas had been in the regret prison before Rook and before they entered the prison for the exchange to happen, Solas was still the anchor until he was able to take the dagger.
Which means to me that he manifested regret that took on Rook’s shape. Which means that he either already regretted what he would do to them to get out of the prison before it even came to it or that regret manifested shortly after he had turned on Rook and left with the lyrium dagger.
