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if you are complaining about dragon age veilguards artstyle being inconsistent with dragon age's overall artstyle then I know for a fact, that you have not played all the games. You are lying, because consistency?? in dragon age?? this is Alistar in all three games

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if you are complaining about dragon age veilguards artstyle being inconsistent with dragon age's overall artstyle then I know for a fact, that you have not played all the games. You are lying, because consistency?? in dragon age?? this is Alistar in all three games

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One of my fave things about the DA games is the parallels of characterization between the protags.

The Warden and The Inquisitor both have a kind of dignity and honor about them. They're both like "I absolutely did not want to be in this position, but here I am and we'll get this done one way or another." They both force people to work together for a greater good and unite under their banner and both are reasonably competent at their jobs.

Hawke and Rook on the other hand... things are just going wrong constantly for them, they are both consistently on their 13th reason, and their main defense is a "the horrors persist but so do I" attitude. They also did not want to be in the position they're in but they're "DOING MY FUCKING BEST CUT ME SOME SLACK I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE STEPPING UP" and if one more thing goes wrong they're both going to just start biting people.

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evka dragon age it seems i've grown quite fond of u

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"nursing" a headache sounds too kind to the headache. like nursing a kitten. they should make a phrase that captures the violent hatred i have for headache. deathmatching my headache (and losing)

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every time i see someone call kirk and spock the oldest ship, i'm filled with the urge to go "hmm actually the holmes and watson girlies have been here for a hundred years now", and i refrain because i know the natural conclusion of this game is gilgamesh and enkidu

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The lords of fortune are not actually toothless nice pirates they just fucking lie

they have a corpse disposal pit and multiple banters show that the No Animals Or Prisoners In The Arena thing is a lie

they're just hastily sweeping their skeletons into a closet to avoid scaring the new people (taash and potentially rook)

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spite wants hands and feet

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Manfred core

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Don't know much about Bellara yet but I like the design! 🌞

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Veilguard does have a lot to say, it’s just that what it has to say is about individual actions, regret and guilt, and relationships with other people rather that systems of power and oppression like the other games do. That’s not bad, it’s different, and it doesn’t erase what the other games had to say on those issues.

What Veilguard says about individual actions, personal accountability, and the importance of relationships with other people is really interesting and I’m getting kinda sick of people saying that it has nothing to say because there’s no big mage vs templar choice where we reiterate that it’s bad to oppress people.

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Had me yelling, screaming “me and who” until I passed out from dehydration.

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Sera warmup sketches before commission work.

I need to get a scanner :P

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mwa

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One more mini rant about the Game Awards for good measure. One award that really irks me in a bad way is Silent Hill 2 being up for best narrative. Why does a story that was written and released 23 years ago get to be up for best story of 2024, it would be like someone rewriting a game of thrones and being put up for a Hugo award. It just doesnt seem right to me

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Father and son at the Necropolis 💚