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working on another comic chapter

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The response to my Evka and Antoine fanart is making me giddy. Good to see we all wanted to be the third in their marriage.

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The sweetest married couple in all of Thedas

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doodlin' the best part of Veilguard

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I've started the slow and inexorable march towards purging my twitter account of posts, so if you wish to find me elsewhere, I'm now mainly posting here and on Bluesky

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I'll be honest, finishing Dragon Age Veilguard just made me want to replay Origins

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Some thoughts on Dragon Age Veilguard and Rook.

I'm currently only halfway through Act 2, so no endgame spoilers, but I have thoughts about the game that I doubt will change with the ending.

It should have been the Inquisitor's continued story.

Straight up.

I don't hate Rook, far from it, I think they're charming most of the time and the VAs do a good job with the acting, but Rook is just a Guy ™️

They're literally just a person who has no special qualifications for leading the Veilguard, aside from being Varric's partner. All of your companions are far more qualified experts in their field who easily outshine Rook in their chosen faction. Rook is just their manager, making sure they all have what they need in order to save the world. They're the Commander Shepard to their crew, if you're generous. But Rook doesn't hold the rank of commander, they're just a mildly controversial figure within their faction. Yes, Solas is in their head, but he's not particularly helpful most of the time (likely because his role was diminished after the pivot from Dreadwolf to Veilguard).

Like, I like a regular dude being thrust into a story as much as the next guy, but when the motivation is just 'Rook wants to save the world because they live in the world and it would kinda suck if it was blighted by the gods', I feel like that's not quite enough. Yes, you get some more direct stakes if you play as an elf, but that's one choice of four potential races, so I don't think that counts.

The Warden was also just a Guy™️before Duncan recruited them, but they were one of the only few wardens left. Hawke was just a Guy™️but their story was much more personal, and what was at stake was moreso Hawke's family and friends. The Inquisitor was just a Guy™️but their ability to close rifts gave them a unique role within their organization.

None of the other protagonists were replaceable (within their story circumstances). I feel like Rook is kinda replaceable. If they got knocked out for a week and couldn't lead the team, any of the other companions (especially Harding or Davrin) could easily take over.

Imo, it would make a lot more sense if Varric and the Inquisitor had been the ones to track down Solas. It would make a lot more sense for Solas to be stuck inside the head of the Inquisitor. It would make more sense for them to be leading a new, smaller team after the dissolution of the Inquisition (or even if not disbanded, they could have left Cullen or Cassandra in charge).

I know Veilguard went through production hell. I know they had to pivot away from live service multiplayer. I know it's insane they even made a final, polished single player game after such a pivot. I know they were probably expected to make something to please the masses or risk studio closure.

I just think it's such a shame that what we got has so little in common with earlier titles, especially lore-wise. Rook is not a terrible protagonist. But the Inqisitor would honestly have been a superior choice, in my mind. Same new companions, same setting, same antagonists.

I'm sure a version of that exists out there somewhere, as an early concept. I'm just sad we didn't get to see it.

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couldn't focus on shit tonight so I just made a new Rook instead. Solin De Riva, Crow rogue and all around 'get it done and shut up' type.

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hello yes I love her already ngl

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Mouthwashing timelapse 🐎

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bit of a milestone for these Stardew comics - this is the tenth one I've drawn <3 and of course it had to be hurt/comfort.

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Mouthwashing is a neat little game, love these characters who all have a good time

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wip

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If jimmy has zero haters I am dead

with jimmy, it's on sight.

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What exactly is mouthwashing? It’s been all over my TL on here and on twitter

It's an indie horror game by developer Wrong Organ (they've also made the game How Fish is Made) about a space freight crew trying to survive in the wake of their vessel crashing and leaving them stranded.

While I can whole-heartedly recommend it for its story and characters and overall execution, it does deal with some extremely heavy topics and imagery, the main one being sexual assault. Not in an outright graphic manner, but that theme more or less permeates the whole game.

It's also trippy as hell and some of the actual gameplay is a little... not my thing, but still. It's a good game. Best indie I've played this year.

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I know I just said I didn't have the mental capacity to do Mouthwashing fanart right now but. my hand had other plans. (wip)

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Mouthwashing sure was. a game.

I was not expecting to find Silent Hill-esque leves of emotional devastation in the silly little indie space horror and yet here we are, huh.