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Mild spoiler for dragon age the veilguard (goes through the opening section at Arlathan)

I nearly died laughing at Morrigan’s dialogue about solas 😂

Morrigan: it explains why he knew so much about ancient elven history, and why he grew so vexed when I tried to explain it to him

I’m obsessed that they threw this dialogue in. We’ve all been laughing about this for years and now Morrigan straight up admitting it just made me super happy 😂

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Something that drives me crazy is people talking about how the dialogue in the Veilguard is “modern.”

1) Technically, NONE of these people are speaking English, they’re speaking the common tongue of Thedas which is being TRANSLATED into English so we can understand the game.

2) They aren’t speaking the old-fashioned version of their language. They’re speaking the “modern” version of their language that feels casual to them. Do you seriously think that people from the Middle Ages thought that their language sounded old fashioned and proper? No. Obviously they were speaking casually and with slang. Applying this to Dragon Age, then, a more accurate and appropriate translation that captures the spirit of what these characters are saying would actually be one that is more casual and modern!

3) Even when fantasy writers make their characters speak “old-fashioned” it’s not even historically accurate to real life lol. All the fantasy writers talking “formally” are actually just imitating and recreating a particular register of speech and lexicon created by other fantasy authors. If we were actually writing like the Middle Ages we’d be writing all our fantasy books in old English with thees and thous and slang that only historians with this area of study know the meaning of. Yet I don’t see any fantasy books or games with people talking like that.

That said, you can totally prefer a more elevated language style for fantasy (though I maintain that it less accurately captures the spirit and true dialogue being said by the characters and hugely narrows the gap between registers so it makes it more difficult to make different characters speak uniquely from each other). However. Saying that the more modern language approach is bad writing and not an intentional and VALID decision is just foolish. It’s not and or wrong. It’s different.

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Eve Ingellvar I adore you

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This is the best day of my life.

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he was so real for this... 😔

(ty to my bestie @arbokzee for this cameo based assassination attempt LMAO)

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TOMORROW your journey begins in Minrathous.

Pre-order Dragon Age: The Veilguard!

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seeing posts for halloween being tomorrow like, oh yeah i forgot that was tomorrow. all i've been thinking about is dragon age 😂

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Please remember to tag your spoilers!

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I need this to be my first art post here, will figure out what else to post and queue things later Do you think sometimes he just glows in his sleep...

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has this been done already??

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Less than a week away (feels bizarre to say wtf)

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yall. in a few days we're getting new dragon age. new companions who will stick with us for years. new narratives to pull at our heartstrings and occupy our thoughts and drive us a little crazy. new banter to delight at, new jokes. new dialogue to pick apart for hidden meanings. new dialogue options that don't match the voiced lines. new locations to explore, new architecture to admire, new flora and fauna to study. new codices to collect. new spells to toy with, new builds to create. new npcs to meet. new outfits to gush over or criticize, to see in fanart over and over again until it's like meeting an old friend. old mysteries to finally solve, new mysteries to uncover and chew on for however many years. NEW LOREEEEEE

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Regret

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Turns out I know exactly how Scooby Doo feels when he sees a sandwich that’s been left unattended

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The Eldest of the Sun and his Felandaris throne of thorns.

Last fanart of my fanon design for Elgar'nan, I cannot wait to see the canon one! Commissioned by the lovely @xdevil-kidx who I cannot thank enough 🥺

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My dream ending where Lavellan and Solas run off together and get married in secret and the only person invited is Cole 🤧🤧🤧