if you dislike Neve Gallus you will not see heaven

Arthur 21 he/it interacts from @chambertomb actually blog title coming soon I am changing my theme at 5 am no sleep style

[wiionme]

Hogan McLaughlin

[a-state-of-bliss]

W Magazine March 2017 - Kate Moss & Luka Isaac by Mert & Marcus

[onelessvenatori]

Writing mid gay fanfiction while Good Luck, Babe! plays loud as all hell in the cafe I'm in. #pridemonth

[7dmom]

Mice straight up go on missions and no body talks about it

[nonexistent-triangle]

the irredeemable pervert is generally well regarded among their friends for their insightful thoughts and all around pleasant demeanour

[asharaks]

lets address my favourite topic: dev bias in writing. "i don't like sera because she's annoying" the guy who wrote sera also wrote jacob taylor. can we take the marginalised romances away from this guy. he hates black people and he hates lesbians. there's a certain impulse in some of these devs to take...i guess schadenfreude?? in writing romances that "punish" the player - from gaider's "alistair is a manchild and terrible partner" to whatever weekes says about solas - there is something in particular in these devs' loathing for women (or people playing women) that makes them willing to weaponise unimaginable bigotry in punishment.

kristjanson writes a lesbian, and gives you absolutely no opportunity to extend her kindness or empathy: sera is marginalised across several dimensions, both in- and out of-of-universe, as an elf, as neurodivergent, as a lesbian, and her romance is marked by scenes you are intended to read as hysterical, irrational, unreasonable. your reward for being interested in a neurodivergent lesbian is getting shouted at, having a bow pointed at you, don't you regret this? and again, in mass effect - you romanced Black man and he leaves you without a word, he takes up with another woman and starts a family behind your back, what did you expect?

kristjanson's writing is so full of racist, homophobic, bigoted tropes that are levelled against the player and the romance in a way that feels like punishment, like he wants to make sure no-one (no woman) can have a joyful, fulfilling relationship with a marginalised person, like you don't deserve to be successful in these relationships without conditions. and i love a difficult, unconventional, even tragic romance in games, but in contrast to the treatment the other romances get it is notable to me that kristjanson singles out the lesbian and the Black man for treatment that not only punishes the characters involved but leans heavily on stereotypes particular to those groups.

if you are a woman, or playing a woman, devs feel all too comfortable belittling and insulting you for pursuing the romances they choose to make available in their games, to the point of self-sabotage, and that is a significant factor that needs to be taken into account in any analysis of how these storylines play out.

[queam]

Queen Anora

[secondbutton]

♡ ➝ You're a softy. ⚔︎ THE THRILL OF THE CHASE (2/∞)

[woodwool]

severely deficient in whatever vitamin makes u a person

[kosmogrl]

[quietwingsinthesky]

the dynamic between two people who love a third person so much and come to understand each other because of that is so important to me. you would put them first, and so would i. you understand why we have to save them from themself. i trust you with their life, and so, that means more than if i trusted you with mine. the love doesn't have to be the same, but it's powerful enough that you understand why you're not the only satellite drawn into their orbit.

[dalishious]

The way in which we need a body hair mod for Dorian in DAI like the ones available for Lucanis in DATV... A chest trim maybe I can buy but Dorian Pavus is NOT smooth.

[footlongdingledong]

thing thats good: yay

thing thats bad: aww

thing that has both genuinely amazing pieces of storytelling and abysmal dogshit slop both happening like entirely interchangably:

[kittyoperas]

rogue & a thief & will tempt your fate !!

[dalishious]

Also while talking about the ending of DATV. The fact that Davrin is the one and only companion to not have any epilogue slide actually about him, but instead only about the fate of the griffons, is the perfect example of the elephant in the room when it comes to his writing.

[dijon-mayonnaise]

Davrin comm :)

[necromancyofslay]

still boggles my mind that davrin isn’t Thee hottie of veilguard btw. i mean we All Know Why. but come on. what happened to the inherent charisma of warrior with big shield you guys loved warrior with big shield when it was alistair and cullen