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*pulls up a chair* yes hello i am here for the Fley backstory can't wait to know moreeee 👀

*slides on the floor like a penguin* HI HELLO so I assume it's about the Rani name 👀 I'm going to write down only what's explicit in the campaign so far! Sanarei was a ray of hope for Fley, back then. Literally and metaphorically, she pulled them out of a moment when any hope or even just confidence was lost. Offering Fley - Mirel at the time - the opportunity to work for her in the university/research institution, Sanarei had given them the chance to put their life back on track. Fley not only admired her, but loved her sort of as... a second mother (don't let me get into Fley's mommy issues) - except the strict caste system (that Sanarei refused to respect, even if she was of a upper caste) was so ingrained into Mirel's worldview that even that affection could not breach the sense of loneliness. For ten years Mirel worked for Sanarei, learning, exploring, studying, everything that they always wanted - but never sticking out their neck too much. When Sanarei was murdered because she did very much stick out her neck too much, and Mirel was framed for it, everything, every rule Mirel diligently followed to maintain their little pocket of safety just... crumbled. When they managed to escape they could not keep going as Mirel. Both as, well, incognito reasons and because they didn't want to be that person anymore. Fley is a name that I picked at random because it sounded good, but then I found out that it means "to be afraid" in scottish dialect and... well. Tieflings and their names. Fley is very much always, constantly, afraid to lose everything again. Rani though? They could at least try to finish Sanarei's work. Fley'Rani it was.

Oh, did I mention that the caste is indicated by the letters after the apostrophe? fun little tidbit :3c

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if you call bellara 'child-coded' i'm actually going to kill you. she is fucking thirty years old. she is filled with righteous fury and anger. she believes in good, she blames herself for everything ever because she's a control freak, but she truly wants to believe in the good of herself and others. she has a deep love for her culture. she's a successful explorer, engineer, and archivist.

she looks like this:

'child-coded' shut the fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!

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if you call bellara 'child-coded' i'm actually going to kill you. she is fucking thirty years old. she is filled with righteous fury and anger. she believes in good, she blames herself for everything ever because she's a control freak, but she truly wants to believe in the good of herself and others. she has a deep love for her culture. she's a successful explorer, engineer, and archivist.

she looks like this:

'child-coded' shut the fuck up!!!!!!!!!!!!

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@sunshinemage winking at you and blowing you a kiss mwah

Sanarei Rani'Ka, archeologist, scholar, beloved mentor

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You know what? It’s fucking hard trying to get better. It’s exhausting managing doctors appointments, doing daily PT exercises, eating better, trying to exercise, trying to meditate, and doing ADL’s. I have had a bad crash per week trying to juggle and do all of the above.

It’s easier and less acutely painful to just coast and not actively work on ‘getting better’. Is the work worth it? I don’t know yet.

But to people who���ve tried and given up, to those who don’t even bother - you still deserve care and compassion.

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saw someone say "an 11-year-old isn't even supposed to know what sex is and if you do something horrible must be happening to you and you need to get out of there" like can we be for real for a moment. have some people honest to god never heard 11-year-olds making sex jokes in their life

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🍂 holy melancholy

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What’s really jumping out at me on my second playthrough is that the writers of the first three games understood that your character was the main character. The Veilguard writers clearly thought that the main characters were their characters, the companions.

Every scene is about setting the companions up as cool or competent or sympathetic. Often, this is done at Rook’s expense. The companions get all the witty one-liners; Rook’s attempts at humor not only frequently fall flat, but are frequently called out for falling flat (even when they’re completely automatic and the player has no say in them).

The companions have all the knowledge and skills; Rook just brought them all together and gives them all pep talks so they can focus. I’m trying to edit out all of the comments where Rook is like “Um… what????” from my videos, and let me tell you, it takes WORK. There are A LOT of them. I can count on one hand the number of times when the Inquisitor or Hawke comes across as dumb, but it seems to be a built-in, unavoidable part of Rook’s character. I have not selected a single “purple” option in all of Act 1, and Rook is still coming across as the kid who tries to be the class clown to cover for the fact that he’s always confused. Rook’s role in most scenes is to say “Uhhh… what?” so that the companions look smart.

Rook is always the one offering sympathy and never the one getting it. No one actually comes to comfort you after Varric’s death. No one asks you how you’re feeling about having to lead the team now that Varric is gone. No one tries to reassure you or give you advice for dealing with the trickster god haunting your dreams. We’re told that Neve could keep Solas out of your head, but she never actually offers to do this for you. No one comforts a Shadow Dragon Rook when Minrathous is destroyed or a Grey Warden Rook when Weisshaupt is destroyed. Rook’s problems don’t matter. Only the problems of main characters matter.

Rook is a secondary character in their own story.

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what's the first movie you remember seeing in theaters? don't try and be all edgy and cool and say like tetsuo: the iron man. be honest.

Go!!

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yo for the record if you put something in my inbox and i never respond it’s not that i didn’t like it or read it it’s that i very very often see messages and go ‘oh i should respond to that’ and then i fucking forget until it’s like. been enough time to be weird

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In honor of the Ithaca Saga and Epic the Musical in general🫡🫡

Ody and Penelope have my heart🖤🖤

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The ceasefire agreement was reached and joy is floating among the Palestinian people

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noncon friendship

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Some studies from Titanic screenshots I made a few months ago. Except with Fael and Dorian >:D 

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i got the veilguard art book a couple months ago and decided to do a design study based on the mourn watch visdev during my 2 week winter break using my rook character as a test dummy