@cindymeltzer: also - interesting parallel that I noticed when I went back to check the beginning of your liveblog cindymeltzer: helena and nora both did the same thing of choosing to talk down the bartender at the start of the game, but then when it comes to the first warden they chose to knock him out blackjackkent: ooh that's a good point cindymeltzer: I'm curious if you have headcanon on that - I do for Nora blackjackkent: will have to include that in my writeup here XD blackjackkent: i think my headcanon is that helena is fucking DONE blackjackkent: rofl cindymeltzer: lmao very fair blackjackkent: i think if she hadn't just had the incredibly frustrating conversation with solas right before this, too, she might have been able to find her control blackjackkent: but she's pissed blackjackkent: and frustrated cindymeltzer: *nods* blackjackkent: and there is a cloud face in the window cindymeltzer: yeah >.> blackjackkent: and she's scared blackjackkent: which she wouldn't admit blackjackkent: i'm a little frustrated with myself cos i feel like i've never really gotten a firm hand on Helena's characterization in quite the same way that i did with my previous few liveblogs blackjackkent: but that 'not scared' thing has definitely stuck as a throughline. she wants to act like she's got everything under control blackjackkent: and i think in these moments when things get really bad she gets kind of frantic. like when they fought the dragon in minrathous cindymeltzer: you still have 2/3 of the game left. this is the last quest of act 1, and there are 3 acts in total blackjackkent: cool 😄 cindymeltzer: there is plenty of time for characterization handling blackjackkent: 🙂 blackjackkent: It's reassuring to hear you really started getting a handle on Nora at this point too cindymeltzer: oh for sure. like I had headcanoned about her backstory before this but this was the first time I felt like I could integrate it
