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thinking rookanis thoughts

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'Goodbye'

The last time they saw them, before they became a legend to all Thedas, and the elvhen.

(I almost had a breakdown doing this, but I pushed through, so here you go 😂)

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The Slow Arrow 🏹

Getting to draw Felassan for a commission is actually a dream come true, I love this man SO MUCH 🥹🥹🥹 Thank you to @veloxaraptor for letting me do this!!! ❤️

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I know a lot of people have their Lavellans drink the Well of Sorrows, and I completely understand why.

But devil’s advocate: Think of the Lavellan who doesn’t.

The Lavellan who listens to Solas when he begs her not to (which he’s actually supposed to do in the game). Who is so torn because she’s a First, it’s her duty to preserve the lost lore. But when Solas, the man she loves, pleads with her, she (reluctantly) agrees. Because she loves him and trusts him when he tells her it’s not safe.

So Morrigan drinks it. And suddenly, Morrigan can read elven. She can speak it fluently. She knows so much about the ancient world now. She spouts all these facts about eluvians and the wars the elves fought with each other.

Think of how devastated Lavellan would be to see that.

The angst. What she gave up, for love. Would she blame Solas for it? Would she be able to forgive Solas, or herself, for what she gave up? For what she lost a chance to have?

And then Solas breaks up with her.

But then she meets Mythal, sees her control Morrigan and is like ‘okay bullet dodged actually.’

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Latest commission for Victoria. Who else thoroughly enjoys making their fella blush? 😜 Rook certainly does! Thanks again, Victoria- this was super fun! (Plus, bonus close up of Luc's little shoulder hussy demon.)

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Meta doesn't want you to know about Sarah Wynn-Williams book Careless People. So much so they got the courts involved so she can't promote herself. Would be a shame if a bunch of people not tied up in court promoted it for her…

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“Trump won, we remind you, by a mere 1.5 percentage points, and he failed to reach the 50% threshold in the popular vote – in other words, more people voted for Harris and the other candidates (50.2%) than Trump (49.8%). It is utterly breathtaking to imagine that Trump is trying to reinvent America based on a 1.5-percentage point win that hinged on high prices and a weak Democratic ticket in a stub campaign. It takes a titanic ego, unhinged from political reality, to believe he has a “mandate” to attempt such a sweeping inversion of our national identity. This is simply not what Americans voted for.”

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BTRTN: Trump at 50 Days – America is Unhappy, and Increasingly So

I mean, we told the dumb fucks who voted for this criminal fascist that this would happen, and they mocked us. So.

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Minrathous 🐉 🐍

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I've been asked several times recently if there's confirmation in the files that the first room in the Fade Ossuary is related to Rook. Yes, there is. But actually, it's also mentioned in the game. That's what Spite is talking about.

To get past the locks you have to get past the guards. The first room has a lock, but no guard, which surprises Rook. And Spite explains why.

Rook: Nobody's here. Spite: Of course not. Rook can't be here. Rook: Me? Why not? Spite: You open doors. You don't close them.

Lucanis can't imagine Rook as his guard. Rook is the reason he's free. And if he imagines Rook as the key, which they are, then for him it means releasing a demon.

Symbolically, the first room is Lucanis' cell. The place where he and Rook first met.

Compared to the real Ossuary, there is a table with playing cards and fewer ice crystals. Alas gambling Rook is a hidden detail. Not everyone will know about this. If you romance Emmrich, you'll hear that he's afraid to play cards with Rook. If you romance Lucanis, Rook will say they can play cards with Spite while he sleeps. Elek in Minrathous calls Rook a killer in wicked grace. Maybe it's mentioned somewhere else, dunno. So I think the cards are also hinting at Rook.

As for the files, in the Ossuary the entrance to Lucanis' cell named Lucanis Cell Door.

But in his mental prison, this entrance has a different name. Door to Rook.

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Davrin💙🪶

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to the light

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"Everything will be alright. I've got you, don't I?"

lena-oleanderson // sea meets earth by fever fever // calling a wolf a wolf by kaveh akbar // portrait of a lady by t.s. eliot // x // great expectations by charles dickens // writing prompts for the broken-hearted by eden robinson // saying something by carol ann duffy // moodylilac // my love mine all mine by mitski // screenshots from dragon age: the veilguard

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I'm trying to sort out what you're mad about here... though, in general, I do agree that Veilguard hand waves and glosses over some things while paying excessive detail to others (looking at you, Lords of Fortune) in unexpected ways.

Veilguard is the first time we have seen any details on the Mournwatch or Rivaini Seers (barely anything on the latter though, unless I missed something). I don't quite follow why you feel like this is an affront when through all of the other games the only perspectives on spirit personhood that we saw in depth were either Solas and Cole, which is world shakingly atypical, or where from within the very narrow minded cultures that you describe as unfriendly to spirits?

I could say something very similar about the Titans too. There are substantial clues to their history as living entities all the way back in Origins and we really just don't see them play out until the Descent DLC and Veilguard. Outside of those two in storylines, the only perspectives we get are from cultures that have been explicitly erasing the Titans history from existence, or have very little exposure to that content whatsoever.

sick to my stomach when i think about how clearly inquisition set up a major worldview shattering revelation regarding the personhood of spirits and how they have been dehumanized for millennia and framed by thedas' major political and cultural institutions as worthless, soulless evil demons that everyone should fear and revile. but then inquisition, through cole's story and through solas's dialogue, asks: what makes a person? what does it mean to be a person? are you willing to expand your definition? or will you shut out any being that seems strange, confusing, or unknown to you? we were taught that demons take over bodies because they want to join the physical world, that they are jealous of the spark of humanity and want it for themselves. solas confirms that spirits are drawn through the rifts in the veil due to their wish to join the living, they want to experience life, and are corrupted by the shock of the change. jaws of hakkon presents us an alternative to the spirit-fearing chantry ideology; the avaar live in peace with spirits alongside them. it leads right into the reveal of the titans as incomprehensible, alien, almost eldritch being beyond understanding: what about them? if you accepted spirits as people, will you accept these beings too?

trespasser then explains why spirits have such a desire to be with the world, because they are not supposed to be separate. they are not jealous, as the chantry teaches, but trying to unite with a half of the world that was lost. veilguard continues the message - some ways more artfully than others. spirits became the first elves, there is little argument against spirit personhood now. the mourn watch, in all of their ret-conned glory, treat spirits as beloved friends and coworkers and adopted children. rivaini seers chat with spirits regularly. its unambiguous now. spirits are people. the chantry's dehumanization efforts are wrong. we should do something about it, right? theres someone who has experienced the corruption and dehumanization of spirits firsthand? first used as a tool and then demonized beyond recognition? who wants to fix the hostile environment that leads to the constant corruption of spirits into demons? we should want that, right? nope! its ok. just leave them! they are indeed people but who cares :)

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Boo | Baldur’s Gate 3 - dev. Larian Studios

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Idk what to say, in my head they are in their own well deserved paradise or something