Apr 8, 2025
it's very funny that vg wanted to "give the elves a win" and ended up making it so they're. uhh. literally responsible for every bad thing in the setting. as a ramification of their ancestors' decision to Exist Physically. i think they were better off before that reveal honestly 😭
#dragon age#txt#veilguard critical#it's like those memes about time traveling back millions of years to push a wretched amphibious beast back into the sea#and thus avoid having to like pay taxes and exist in society now#but#unironic#go back in time and start hitting the proto-elf spirits with a broom to save all of thedas(?)#kind of an insane message honestly 😭#they really ended up with the most unsettling combo of Silmarillioncore and Racism Allegories possible....#''these people who are currently oppressed for their religion and appearance and live in impoverished marginal communities?''#''yea they Did actually cause every problem due to their hubris and their entire existence was based on stealing blood :/''#''no we will not ever define the dales or the city elves or the dalish clans as separate cultures''#''they ARE a monolith and ARE all related to their 5000 year old Evil Elven Gods''#''and therefore must disavow them immediately in order to be Good''#honestly before vg i was wondering whether they'd add another ~grey morality~ layer of like#what WERE the casteless equivalent in titan times. like that seems to be a very old concept of exiling people from the stone#were they willing to side with the elves to get revenge?#is that related to why june had a more dwarven look in the mosaics? etc#arguably it would be a closer and more nuanced depiction of colonialism if the elves were on the#''we're helping these poor little guys who got exiled :( and also there is lyrium in it for us :) but it's for moral reasons!'' mindset
