#ask gala

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

I used to enjoy writing exy games because it felt really fast paced in my head and then I watched a professional lacrosse game...... mfs had like 3/4 of BOTH teams just standing still at any given time waiting to see where the ball went. It was like elementary school level soccer, ZERO excitement

anon you might've just found out the answer to why on earth Nora thought having six players was a good idea. those bastards can't stand around doing nothing if they have the whole court to cover by themselves

[galagraphia]

Hey! It's great seeing another Pillars of Eternity fan! I was wondering who you normally have in your party? I only just learnt about it since the deadfire launch so I'm playing catch up :)

Hi! Nice to meet you :) I have a core of the party that never changes, it’s Eder, Durance and Aloth, and I rotate everyone else. Currently the other 2 companions are Sagani and the rogue I made myself - Mira.

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

andrew reminds me of morticia addams. no, i will not elaborate.

goth, hot, fully invested in his family and made to be courted? yeah, i agree

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

What exactly are 16 hour days? how did 2 weeks become equal to 3 and all that-? didn't really get that

Ok, I'll try to explain in the most didactic way possible but please let me know if any part of it is still confusing.

So, per canon, the Ravens operate on 16 hours days. This means that every 16 hours, they start another day in their Raven Calendar. In theory, this means they can cramp their daily routine to be more effective.

How does it work? 24 and 16 actually have very small least common multiples: 24x2=48 and 16x3=48. So in practice, every three Raven Days their timekeeping matches up with Regular Days and that's how they can carry life:

Let's say they begin counting their Raven Hours at Regular Time midnight. First Raven Day ends 16 hours later, 4pm of the First Regular Day, Second Raven Day ends 7am of the Second Regular Day, and Third Raven Day ends midnight of the Second Raven Day, and it all starts again.

So for every two Regular Days, the Ravens actually lived an extra, shorter, one; and this is why Neil feels like he spent three weeks there instead of two. (14 24-hours days vs 21 16-hours days)

Years ago someone made a schedule and technically they could spread their classes just so it would make it possible for them to attend while also living the 16-hours mess, and I fully think this was Nora's intention when she wrote it, but personally I think it's more feasible that they only enter this routine during summer and winter practice, when they're only living among themselves.

In case it helps, here's the schedule I made for my fic that's helping me keep track of stuff: the numbers on the left are the Raven Hours, and the ones in the right are the Regular Hours they match up to in each day

For comparison, in canon the Foxes practiced up to 9 hours a day in the summer, adding 18 hours of practice in two days. Following this schedule, in the same amount of Regular Time the Ravens practiced 21. Now think of this three extra hours every two days for the whole summer. And they don't take weekends off.(spoiler: they practice about 864 hours more in the end)

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

In honour of your tags on this post : Please tell me all your thoughts on Kevin Day! I love to hear anything you have to say about aftg in general, but there's never enough content about Kevin.

Oooh, I'll never pass an opportunity to talk about Kevin!

I really love that lately we've learned to embrace pathetic men. Kevin is a wet cat, he's scared and wounded and aggressive and really we just need to plunge him in a warm flea bath and he'll become a lap princess.

This is all great. Let us all accept weakness and be kinder to Kevin Day.

But!!! Let's not forget!!

This man is THE SHIT. He's the hottest girl in school. He's the best exy player since the sport was created. At 18!! He's the star of the most badass moment on the entire series.

He refused defeat, he refused half-assed attempts. He demanded the best because he could give nothing less and kept his pride because it was all he had left. Kevin Day couldn't afford to doubt himself because the entire world already did.

Kevin was left broken in the gutter and clawed his way back to the top. He dragged himself drinking and crying to the only acceptable outcome.

And there's nothing braver than a coward who chooses time and time again to keep going.

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

My opinion:

Kevin: votes. Would do a “get out and vote!” campaign, not even necessarily bc he actually cares about elections personally but bc that’s just what Kevin Day: Exy Star would do

Dan: votes but only for president bc as an exy college coach she’s made aware when voting is

Matt: votes

Nicky: in Germany. Didn’t vote when he wasn’t

Allison: forgets to vote, didn’t really try to remember

Aaron: only votes when Katelyn tells him she herself is going to go vote that day, he tags along and votes whatever she votes as if he’s reading her answers on a test

Renee: votes

Neil: on an intellectual level knows he legally is capable of voting. subconsciously sees voting as something for other people though. does not care enough to change this or think about it much

Andrew: doesn’t vote bc he doesn’t feel like it

Also those “get out and vote!” campaigns just make the both of them resistant to the idea

Oh, this is very interesting.

Honestly I think Renee either only votes for president OR only local elections, both because of a "actually make an impact" argument.

I love the idea of Kevin making it a Brand for him. He absolutely would even though he probably has the most vanilla position possible (but knows his shit he's an historian).

I'm on the fence about Aaron still. I don't think he would be anti voting but I do see him as a nihilistic American dreamer aka "the system will never be fixed it falls on the individual to change their own life."

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

you once said in your tags that there is a saying in what i assume to be your native language (?) that translates to "built like a wardrobe". it was to describe and Andrew and his titties.

i want you to know, I've thought about that regularly since

YES. It's in Brasilian Portuguese (although probably a very countryside slang) and I'm glad I've inflicted this on others.

Also I want everyone to know that when I say Andrew is built like a wardrobe I'm imagining the beauty and the beast one:

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

ah! hello!

"keep it. there's too little of us left to squander it away on other people"

do you know if this is a quote from aftg (andrew i think) or if I just made it up? cause I can't find where it is in the books but I'm pretty sure that's where I'm remembering it from

Hiii!!

Umm I'm fairly sure this isn't in the books, but it could be from a fic? It does sound like something that could be said in an andreil scene.

Unfortunately with many fics being locked now it'll be harder to find a match on google, but good luck!