#dantooine flashpoint

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Dashpocalypse 2021 - Dantooine Edition

All right! The patch is done, the puppy has been entertained (for now), and I have made probably the first of very questionable decisions today:

Drinking a Starbucks Refresher at 1pm. My first prediction for the day: Future!Me will be cursing this decision around midnight.

No matter! Sacrifices must be made! For the Enclave! Or something.

Also, when I said the puppy was entertained, he begs to differ:

“Why is mother so cruel? Why does mother not let me pounce her endlessly and throw toys at her face when she is on the computar? All I want is to love you, Mother. And climb up on your shoulders and drape my paws around your neck so we become one giant Griffobot who will raze destruction across the cityscape with our super sonic shrieks. Is that so much to ask for?”

I digress. Patch time!

I’m going in!

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6.3 Mail Call!

The last thread was getting too long, and besides, it’s mail time!

But first, a palette cleanser for all of my possibly completely off base, long whinging/ranting:

I just love that shot. The sky, the composition, the pose, those birds fluttering off towards the Enclave, as a symbol of life continuing on. Nothing really deep, just pretty and calming.

Anyway! MAIL!

First up came while I was typing up furiously, and I’m not sure if I somehow missed out on these earlier because I kinda forgot to log in for a month or so?

Oh, Shae. Happy to help! Also make sure to give Indigo a nice punch in the helmet for me! Not because I necessarily think he was involved--that’s just how he and I say hi to each other.

Then we have:

RASS.

Rasssss! Oh my goodness I love you so much, you sweet adorable baby brother Mando. And I love that no one is letting Grey live down the fact that every form of transportation she gets on explodes.

Also him signing it “Space Pirate” -- seriously. I love. And that brotherly ribbing 😂 

Never change, Rass! Never Change.

And aww, Aryn sent us one:

 AHHH--I don’t know why I keep forgetting that she and T7 had a connection! I love that’s another connection that the Knight has (yes, I know he’s with the all the Outlanders now, but Knights had him first!), and T7′s quest to uncover the truth about Master Zallow during Vanilla.

Also, I love that Satele and Aryn are connecting here, hinted at in the devblog prequel story. They had such a brief interaction in the Deceived novel, and I love that they’re building on it here. It’ll be interesting to see Aryn and Satele continue to appear in the story.

Do Aryn and Satele swap kid stories? Do they force Arra and Theron to have afternoon tea parties on the Coruscant terrace? (I will never get over that its canon that Theron and Satele have tea parties post-SoR).

I do hope that as Aryn’s story continues, she might still be given a chance to have that forever happy ending with Zeerid and Arra. One thing I’ve noticed in Star Wars canon, a true happily ever after is... rare. And for a while it seemed like Aryn had found hers. I hope she finds it again, and that she can finally let go of her taste for vengeance.

And finally:

You know, Vinyor -- can I call you Vinny? Don’t answer, I think I will -- you don’t make the best second impression either what with this non-apology of “if anything you think I said made you feel bad then I’m sorry you felt that way” schtick. Also really? Your first thought when you looked at Aryn was... spy???

SPY??

Or are you calling the OUTLANDER the spy?

Really--who are you accusing here, buddy? Maybe you need to get your head out of those tomes and datapads and go make a friend or two. You’re starting to get a bit paranoid. Sound a little weird.

(Says the woman with a semi-permanent cork board covered in red string).

Although seriously, I do like this kind of antagonistic quality to this guy. Like I said, Jedi are no saints, and it’s nice to see a little friction among the allies. And this overreaction and extreme paranoia actually does make sense from someone who’s survived an ordeal. Like, one thing the Outlander really doesn’t know in the way the other characters do is exactly how bad things got during the timeskip. I like seeing hints of that here, and the fact that yes, the Jedi were nearly eliminated during the conflict with Zakuul, and it left a huge impression on the survivors. I think with the breakneck speed things go at in game, it’s sometimes easy to forget that.

That being said... I won’t necessarily stop Kira from sneaking a whoopee cushion under his chair at meetings if he’s going to keep this up.

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@shanfamilydrama​ replied to your text post:

Oh god yeah that dialogue with Golah was so yikes, I really like the idea that it's Malgus corruption having an effect though 👀 (though I kind of lack the faith for it to be that clever).

Oh god yeah, this was... yeahhhh... I think my exact reaction when I got to that point somewhere on Discord was “OH. Okay. So we’re doing this, huh? 🙄”

(Although I do think it’s interesting the next line right after Arn jumps in to the argument is this:)

But I’ll be honest though, I’m kind of with you on the lack of faith, mostly because it’s not ever directly stated or brought up. Unless there’s some sort of long, unfolding story here that this is just the start of, I don’t see any reason to not go “man that got weirdly intense down there didn’t it?”

But I want it to be this clever--although it might just wind up being one of those headcanon things to make the really bizarre writing choices make sense. (And it’s not completely out of the realm in established lore and canon). I’m not opposed to a more subtle depiction of a Dark Side influence/corruption, instead of it being something that completely overpowers a character and makes them start cackling like a cartoon villain, but instead brings out their negative traits. It clouds their judgement, makes them unwilling to negotiate when diplomacy might work -- but yeah... that... might be not where they were going with this.

(I mean, the other explanation is the writers decided to take some distinct liberties with characterization on the Outlander’s bloodlust?)

Loved all the scenery, there's so much left to explore and find on replays - my next mission is to feed the pets.

Oh my goodness! Everything else aside, it was just so pretty! 

(Sorry, I’m just still in love with this shot)

In the caves, in the countryside, the atmosphere down in the Enclave’s lower levels! Things started out bright and cheery, and got more atmospheric and moody the closer they got to Malgus’s little trap.

(And all those crystaaaaals)

Also I'm 👀👀 for more Grey Dantooine backstory/headcanons, pretty please!

Your wish is my command 😉