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Finally done, I guess rendering really does save lives?

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Both kinds of Bioware girls got a lot of rep at the 2024 VMAs

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date idea: we drink wine while a dilapidated mansion crumbles around us

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direct follow up from this post.

I like to think of Alistair visiting the Hero of Fereldon pretty often even as a king. The tomb is said to be pretty grand in Weisshaupt Fortress. Always bringing her a bouquet of roses in hand and he talks to her about his life without her and his troubles. Counting the days before he's called into the deep roads. In hopes of joining her finally in the fade.

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A thing I wish DAO went into more: the way Alistair is in some ways incredibly selfish. Like, the way he refuses to take charge of the group is treated as kind of endearing in the text, but the game doesn't really get into what a massive burden he just... drops on the junior Warden present with no warning or discussion. Think about it: the Warden is heavily implied to be very young (possibly younger than Alistair, definitely around the same age), most of them have no real experience in leadership, several of them have no experience in the world outside their small corner, all of them have only been Wardens for a few days. And Alistair dumps leadership of the group on them and refuses to take any of that weight. Does your Warden like leadership? Are they any good at it? Is it exhausting and difficult for them? Alistair doesn't care! He doesn't want to lead, and that means you have to lead, and whether or not you want to lead has no bearing on that. It's not a discussion, there's no suggestion of sharing the responsibility of leadership as the Wardens of the group; Alistair metaphorically throws the responsibility at you and runs.

But if you go for low approval with Alistair it's basically all about calling him childish and immature, even though I think a much more compelling low approval dynamic is the Warden despising Alistair for putting so much on them with no hesitation, but being stuck with him (because they know as well as he does that they need all hands on deck Warden-wise) and stuck with that burden of leadership (because a Warden kind of has to be in charge of the group and even if one didn't no one else in the group would be very good as a leader in this situation, and Alistair has made it very clear that he won't take it). Even at high approval it would be very compelling to have this sense of resentment at how Alistair just assumed they'd take on the burden of leadership and refuses to take any of it for himself. But that aspect gets completely ignored in the story, you don't really get the chance to raise the matter aside from asking why you're in charge despite him being the senior Warden present a couple of times.

It also adds something really spicy to the fallout of sparing Loghain, though, because... Alistair forced the Warden to take on leadership. He made them be the one to make these hard choices. It's never been a discussion, it's never been the Warden's choice whether or not they take on responsibility for these tough decisions, Alistair always just expects them to do it. And now they've made a call he doesn't like, and he abandons the group on the eve of battle because of his wounded feelings? I'd argue that's as much a betrayal as sparing Loghain if not more so, and certainly more of a betrayal of Duncan's memory; Duncan understood that a good Warden must be driven by necessity, not emotion or even morality, and I feel like in the Warden's place he likely would've made the same call. They need Wardens around to kill the Archdemon, as many as they can get, and even one more could make the difference between victory and defeat. The Warden and Alistair may not know the details, but with the most senior Warden present saying they should make Loghain a Warden instead of killing him a logical assumption would be he has a very good reason for saying so and maybe they should listen to him! I would've loved it if during the argument with Alistair after sparing Loghain you could really get into that "You forced the responsibility of making these decisions on me when I never wanted or asked for it, you don't get to throw a tantrum now that I've made one you don't like" aspect of it, but you... don't. And that's a shame, because it takes a lot of depth away from his dynamic with the Warden.

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It's Always Sunny In Ferelden

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the most enjoyable part of DAI is watching the advisors cuntily arrive at the war table like it’s a rupaul’s drag race season entrance. cullen did a sheet mask beforehand, josephine’s eyeliner is as sharp as the tip of that quill, & leliana’s been waiting three games for her moment to truly serve. morrigan guest stars - thirty, flirty, & no longer homeschooled

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Holy Elven Trinity ✨

So while I'm in my flop era rn let's take a look at these 3 pieces that I did some time ago, I love them т_т

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Another fav piece of Mass Effect lore: whatever Tali was going through that fateful summer of 2185 Treating your heartbreak by buying yourself a vibrator is #relatable

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THE WITCHER: SEASON THREE Episode 5: The Art of Illusion

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girlies who were obsessed with pushing daisies watching chainsaw man now

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my own private idaho is actually a movie about how so many things can change so quickly, how someone who you thought would be in your life forever could grow so distant over just a few days. the movie has SO many scenes of mike and scott being happy together in the first half and even beyond that, scenes where they just burst out into laughter or cause chaos and just spend time together; the only reason the movie is sad is because the ending casts a shadow of impermanence over the rest of the story. it’s like watching home videos of good memories from a distant past, or looking through old photographs of a time where things felt ok. the movie is actually about the overwhelming nothingness of life, there’s not really an “ending” in the real world that wraps stories up into little bows; things just keep going on and on. you just end up back on the road again. it’s just about the story of a few days where something big happens, even if it’s little in the scope of everything.

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I don’t think people realize this…but Guts has no obligation to take care of Casca. It’s not like shes his wife, they aren’t married nor did he promise her anything. They dated for like, two weeks then the eclipse happened and tragically Casca became disabled. I know it sounds shitty, but I don’t see how people expected Gut’s to spend his life caring for her, making her a priority when he could be working on his own mental health….

Hey Anon!

No offense, but I don’t think you realize that Guts and Casca loved each other way before they even “dated”, as you said. xD

I mean, he offered her to come along with him and leave the Band of the Falcon right after they realized they were deeply attracted to each other. Rather than calling that dating, I’d say it sounds more like a proposal of sorts. Anyway, Berserk’s world has nothing to do with ours so the social constructions just aren’t the same.

My point being, nothing really binds Guts to Casca, he has no obligation as you say, which is why he went on his own as the Black Swordsman for two years. So the reason he chose to make her a priority when he came back is very easy to understand...

It’s because he loves her a lot.

Yes, it’s that simple. :3 However if you’re one of these fans who think they just slept together once with no deep feeling behind, then I think you should reread the story because you’re missing a lot on the main dynamic which is theirs, with Griffith.

Additionally, it’s because he loves her and makes her his priority, that Guts himself will eventually be able to heal.

TL;DR there is no depth that love cannot pull you back from. That’s what Berserk is about.

Good day, Anon!