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GODZILLA!!!

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I wanted to participate in all of Neve week so badly but unfortunately life kinda got in the way 😔 @datvcompanionweeks

I couldn’t leave the week without drawing at least SOMETHING for my wife though so here we are :)

Full and references under the cut

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No because you don't understand. Flemeth stole the golden MIRROR. she stole a symbol of Morrigans individuality and personhood, something that would allow Morrigan to look at herself and say 'thats me'. She smashed it on the ground and it fractured into a thousand tiny pieces, and her daughter wept over it.

The lesson was not about the futility and lack of use of shiny objects, the lesson was about control. It was about stripping Morrigan not only of possessions but of ways to identify herself. Because Morrigan wasn't being raised to be herself. She was being raised to act as a host, a body, a sack of meat, something that personhood could reside within, not a person with agency herself.

I'm INSANE

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What the beginning of Veilguard feels like:

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Local prostitute accidentally becomes a Grey Warden and gets adopted into foreign viscount’s league of bisexuals. More at six.

Bro is made of sugar and spice and everything nice

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Favorite villain in the Fallout Franchise?

bethesda

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“They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool”

Been listening to a cover of “Working Class Hero” sung by Marianne Faithfull a lot recently. It just fits Neve so much I had to make a painting of her as the album cover :)

This one really makes me proud. It’s been way too long since I’ve actually painted something and it came out so good ahhhhhhhhhh

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dark grows the sun, and in summer soon come mighty storms...

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DATV Show

i have been spinning this idea in my head ever since the trailer came out

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Commission Info on my website (nananarc.art/)

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Some follow up posts following the recent Bloomberg [article]. Rest of post under cut due to length.

Jason Schreier: "One element of the Dragon Age story that I want to emphasize: If the team had known in 2021 (after the single-player pivot) that they'd ship in Oct 2024, it'd be a much different game. Instead they were always under the impression they had to finish in 6-12 months, which led to all sorts of problems. This happened with Suicide Squad, too, and countless other games that seemed to be in development for years but in reality were just delayed half a dozen times, offering the team little opportunity to plan or make smart long-term decisions" [source, two]

Jason Schreier re: this Reddit post which is titled 'To the DA devs after that Bloomberg article': "I suspected that hearing the whole story behind Dragon Age: The Veilguard's tumultuous development would lead to a lot of fans expressing empathy for the people in the trenches [link]" [source]

Blair Thorburn: "the worst part is that those issues were called out almost immediately, and the choice was made to push on. this strategy backed the team into an impossible situation from the start, and it was a miracle we shipped at all, nevermind shipping at the quality we did. our narrative team were heroes." [source]

Jo Berry: "Having seen the circumstances under which they were trying to create... I mean, I only came in right at the end and it was still -- holy shit." [source]

Brian J. Audette, rt'ing the article: "Reposting without comment except: I refute that we made a bad or compromised game. We made the best version of what we released, warts and all. I'm damn proud of it and the team. We couldn't have made a _better_ Dragon Age, only a _different_ one." [source] "Still the best reviewed game I ever worked on in a 25+ year career." [source]

John Epler: "my career up to this point has been largely motivated by spite and the good news is it seems I am in no danger of running out" [source]

John Epler: "still the truest thing I've ever posted" [source] John Epler [prior post]: "sorry one last DA thing, i just want to say, once again, that the team did some incredibly herculean shit to get this game done. they deserve all the kudos and credit in the world. i've never seen people work so hard or care so much. grateful to know them all." [source]

Also:

User: "I guess my big question is why did the game get an 83 on metacritic with all these problems." Jason Schreier: "Sometimes reviewers just don't align with general reception. Fallout New Vegas got an 84 while Fallout 4 got an 87" [source]

User: "Christ. Second major BioWare game in a row to inspire an investigative "what the hell went wrong?" piece from Schreier." Jason Schreier: "third" [source]

A user queried the part of the article that stated the Mass Effect team overhauling DA:TV's ending, mentioning that this seems unfair to say.

Jason Schreier: "Well, the ME team steered it and, most importantly, got the resources to make it happen. But I see your point and obviously in game dev, credit is always a funky thing." [source]

Following the Suicide Squad post above:

User: "the difference being that suicide squad's live service push was determined by studio leadership, whereas the dragon age decisions came from outside bioware right?" Jason Schreier: "I don't think it's quite that simple. If you run a studio owned by a company whose execs are coming in with powerpoint presentations about how live-service is the future, it might be "your choice" what kind of game to pitch but what's really going to secure you a budget?" [source]

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Stonewall Riots + 5 Names To Know

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In my head my HOF, Champion and Inquisitor are all cousins/second cousins so I decided to draw their grandmother :)

(I’m not very well versed in Dragon Age lore so sorry if I get something wrong) Her name is Lailani and she’s a circle mage who became the mistress of a knight-commander Templar before escaping to the Ferelden countryside. A very mysterious woman indeed, not even those closest to her will ever know how she escaped.

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My oc… from yesterday testing brushes my bestie recommended

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Artwork of my baby girl Sheva (She/her)❤️