#venting a bit

[sleepdeprivedmint]

just for the record i would like to remind everyone that this stupid account is still run by a mentally ill t-girl

been a good few months since i first started posting, but it’s still true, and i’m still stuck in literally the exact same position i started in, with no therapist, no official diagnosis of anything, and also basically no sleep

stars the fact that this might be a rent lowering gunshot is sad

[raerdaemon]

if you're pissed off that frankie isn't trans, i think you need to seriously evaluate the way you look at transness and trans women. YES, EVEN IF YOU ARE A TRANS WOMAN.

cis women are more than capable of sharing our experiences. cis women are more than capable of being on the receiving end of transphobia, even if they are not the intended targets.

there is NOTHING wrong with frankie being cis, or just not being a trans woman. we can still identify with her. and i encourage trans women to identify more with cis characters. they do not need to be trans for you to see yourself in them.

[velvet-lane]

writing here have been such a healing feeling for me, i always thought everything I did wasn’t good or people wouldn’t want to read what i wrote so i stopped myself from actually posting for years…

thank you so much for all the love! it’s very healing for my insecurities guys, ily all of you 🩷

[rustfoxes]

Disjointed DAtVG feelings/opinions

I've played the game for a bit, I'm not too far in yet, and honestly? I hope it gets better. Spoilers & venting below as you might guess.

Everything seems to be tell, don't show. There's very, VERY little trust in the player. Characters happen upon a ruined village? "The village is ruined! There's no one here!" Yes, we can see that. Character looks upset? Text pops up on screen to tell you that IN FACT!! Character is upset. Couldn't have guessed.

Everything is explained out loud immediately, except the arguably actually important things. If I remember correctly, there's no mention of the 10 year (?) timeskip from DAI, everyone just now knows everything about elven magic and the Fade and the Veil EXCEPT FOR THE PLAYER. None of that is explained! New players are expected to just know, which in some games works, but when you throw characters into a magical forest and say it's Arlathan forest, how tf are they supposed to know what Arlathan is.

Why is Varric a brunette all of a sudden

Characterisation of returning characters is fucking wild. Fun, jokey Harding? Massive chip on her shoulder and real aggressive for some reason. Soft-spoken and measured Solas? Yelling, again, for some damn reason. Where is his iambic pentameter? And he hates blood magic all of a sudden?? Did the writers play the earlier games at all? Solas SPECIFICALLY says in DAI that blood magic has no morality to it and is merely a tool.

The game is linear to the extent that I cannot for the life of me see the point of the game asking you to wrap up unfinished business before moving forward. What unfinished business? You've locked us into a small room with 0 exits and 1 chest. There is no business.

So far there's been zero time for any of the story to breathe. There are no story beats, because the drum machine that is the pacing just keeps hammering on. The gravity of the situation has no time to set in for anyone. THE ACTUAL GODS OF MYTH HAVE BEEN BUST OUT OF GOD-JAIL. THIS IS A HUGE FUCKING PROBLEM. "Yeah, well, people would've died if Solas hadn't been stopped from tearing down the Veil." And this is preferable???? What the actual fuck. DAI Solas wanted to rebuild and to safe-guard his people. TWO of the people he wanted to PROTECT EVERYONE FROM are now out. But oh man, that Solas, he would've hurt folks. You think the wondertwins won't? Jesus fucking Christ.

The gameplay more or less just completely scraps character classes. Playing a mage rn and for some damn reason she has separate ranged attacks. What the actual fuck. What is the point of making people choose a class if a damn mage has to stand next to enemies to attack?

So far doesn't feel like an RPG at all. Starts in media res which is fine, but your character is already established as a cool hero and an important figure. Why? Why weren't we along for that ride?

Character movement is janky af, DAI was much smoother 10 damn years ago. Hopefully they'll somehow manage to fix it.

Either they needed better actors or a much better voice director, because holy shit is the dialogue awkward and halting and just... no.

Writers have clearly had shoes far too large to fill. Dialogue wants to be funny and witty and clever. It is not. Specially not with the phoned in voice acting.

Where have my Welsh/Irish elves gone? Wtf happened there? Also why wasn't there anyone around to tell the actors how to pronounce the elvhen words??

Why the fuck is the rogue our healer.

All quests so far have been walking from A to B, collecting some coins along the path, and then fighting 5 or 10 enemies. No variation at all.

Idk man, I really hope the game will find its legs as it goes on, but so far? Massively underwhelming and honestly quite disappointing. Absolutely does not feel like DA. People critisised DA2 for being rushed and DAI for a whole host of shit, but at least I felt like I was playing a Dragon Age game.

[howdivinelyandutterlyexhausted]

I have a derm appointment in the morning, and I'm anxious and having trouble getting to sleep.

I don't think there's anything concerning that they'll find and have to slice off of me, but I've been wrong about that on 2 occasions now (and correct only once) so...

Tomorrow will either even the score and allow me to breath easy until the next body scan in a few months, or it'll *really fucking suck*

Especially because I have some pretty important work responsibilities in the afternoon.

And I don't want to be a re-traumatized mess.

Or dealing with the pain of a skin biopsy. Again.

[lilacwriter07]

ayo fucking prices are getting on my fucking balls a lot -_- I really need to eat mouse bites for my sugar free chocolate which used to cost 1,74 .

Now it's 2,94 ?!

I know it's just chocolate but come fucking on !

[sitronsangbody]

Breaking news: 3 paragraph tumblr post did not cover the full nuance of extremely broad issue

OP due to hang in the town square by morning

[void-spells]

"I'm not biphobic! You just hate lesbians!!"

*claims butch and femme are lesbian exclusive terms despite the opposite being true for decades*

*makes jokes about killing a bisexual woman's male partner*

*unironically uses the term "les4les" positively as if it isn't a concept steeped in biphobia*