#asks for bee

[jack-of-blades]

I just saw a post talking about the circle and I have no idea what that is? Maybe it's only because I've played Veilguard but is it like mage school?

In the northern half of Thedas it's a mage school yes, in the southern half it's a prison and its full title is the Circle of Magi, the wiki page for it is here if you want to give it a gander and this is the one for tranquility while we're at it

[carpathian-skies]

Love the cripplepunk vibes Esper has, are there any plans for a story beat where she gets a prosthetic?

I get the vibe but the cpunk movement is rooted in our world and the pressure to be palatable or to constantly try to minimize our disabilities and a refusal to blend in and be quiet. In Hygiea folks aren’t expected to sand themselves down or cling to inspiration porn. It's a social taboo to look down upon someone who's disabled in Carpathian Skies (which is what I one day want to happen irl). Ridiculing or diminishing someone who's an amputee or any other kind of disabled would be viewed in the same "what the fuck are you doing are you 6 years old???" energy that is used towards a grown person making fun of someone else for needing glasses or who has sickle cell anemia

Giving Esper a prosthetic would kind of shift the framing into “this is something that needs fixing,” and that’s not the angle I’m interested in for her. When act one begins, she's still very much in the accepting what has happened to her phase. Instead of moving into "this needs to be fixed" I want her to follow "this needs to be accepted." Esper is an angry and traumatized character when the story begins, and I want her character development to be involved heavily with accepting that she needs to ask for help, I don't think a prosthetic arm would fall into the help category for her specifically. There's plenty of things she used to be able to do that she was amazing at that now she can't. There's no amount of rehabilitation or advancement of tools that can get her to where she used to be. A little bit of background on her character, Esper used to be a navigational rune carver which basically meant she made the magical equivalent of code that skyships use to get from point A to point B. This is a process that normally requires two hands and now that she only has one she has to start over and alter the skills she used to have. it's going to be an incredibly slow and frustrating process; I don't want there to be a magical hand wave and suddenly she's back to the way she was with her amputation serving as nothing more than character design embellishment

Circling back, that's not to say prosthetics don't exist in Carpathia as Wynn has a prosthetic eye and there's another character down the line who has prosthetic fingers. If we step to the side, mobility aids are treated just the same, Desdemona uses a cane and there is another character who uses a wheelchair and another who is blind that has a guide dog

Ah... I typed more than I mean to! Apologies for the ramble, the TLDR is that I don't want prosthetics or aids to be treated like a default progression or some kind of upgrade path every disabled character is supposed to follow. "My prosthetic/aid is an extension of who I am" is a trope that's used a lot in stories that I don't want every character to subscribe to, Esper is one of them. Cpunk isn't a movement in the world of Carpathia because there is no accepted discrimination to begin with against disabled characters

[throo]

can I please please please please have your url please please please please please please

I know that's you Lou Wilson

[tunnelsnacks]

I’m once again thinking about when you go on that mission with Glory in Malden and if you take Deacon with you she compliments the player and then adds “and Deacon, you’re not so bad either” and he responds with “I aim to please” and then Glory quips back with “really? Since when” and that always drives me insane! Because when he following the sosu around he’s completely different than he was before they met!! he was an intel guy he was an out in the field guy!!!!

[tadfools]

Wyll's not that interesting of a character of course Larian isn't focusing on him. Be happy they're listening to player feedback and expanding on things players want ffs

There's a difference between pandering and listening to feedback my dear. Pray tell me who is responsible for Wyll's writing? From where was he created to be cast aside from? Who set the companions on equal pedestals only to lower his with dusted mediocrity in comparison of care and thought

[blorbofrommylazaruspit]

Is it true that you worked on the sacked batgirl movie?

I did! I won’t say what department because gods knows who’s on tumblr these days but a lot of the sets were cool as shit and it’s a shame the director(s) were little more than giant children in suits

[jack-of-blades]

The babification of spite is so funny considering how tame I found the romance to be. Dude had like, 1.5 scenes of steam. If spite wasnt babified maybe we'd have something steamier qq

I don't think Rookanis is supposed to be steamy. I think it's supposed to be mundane and gentle and sweet and kind and slow. I think it's a love born out of admiration and friendship. I think it's clumsy and that Rook and Lucanis' teeth clinked into each other and their noses bumped the first time they kissed. I think they laugh as they learn how to fit together. I think Lucanis stands every time Rook walks into a room and he always opens doors for them and Rook softly shakes their head with a smile each time. Their love isn't a dramatic fight in the rain, its two cups of coffee cooling while they make their bed in the morning.

I think Rook reminds Spite not to squeeze their hand so tightly cause people are fragile, I think Rook reads to Spite, I think Spite guards both of them while they sleep, I think the three of them dream together

If you want steam may I suggest Davrin or Taash

[jack-of-blades]

I'm confused, you're a Sollavellan romancer? I thought you were queer and nonbinary????

I am all three?