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the only morally correct character arc a fictional clone can have is transitioning

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i never want to read the words "live action remake" ever AGAIN!!!!

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how does hard drive never fucking miss

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can you fucking please look at yourself with the eyes of a lover? fuck

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More older Kieran!! He’s still figuring things out 🥹

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running off to italy and letting minrathous get destroyed by a big dragon like this is for you Fenris 🫡🫡🫡

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My lyrium pusher: got some straight gas 🔥😛 this strain is called “The Descent” you’ll be zonked out of your gourd 💯

Me: yeah whatever. I don’t feel shit.

5 minutes later: babe I swear I just saw a dwarf made of red lyrium running through the deep roads

My buddy Lace pacing: I̴̳̘͎̼̬͇̦̋̑S̴̥̥͈̰̓́Ä̶̰̜͍̗͚́͂̓̊T̶͕̺̝̖͌̑͂Ų̸̙̙̟̦̰̻̺̔̎̈͌̌̉͝N̸͙̓͑͆̍̑̔Ô̶̡̗̮̰̤̤͖̗̪̒̎͋̈̐̔̒̈́͝ͅL̵̡̢̛̖̫̗̗̼͍̈̈́̓̊̓Ḷ̷̡̘̖͓̳̽̀̐̊̕

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it’s interesting how many people, including myself, share the similar sentiment that veilguard is actually incredibly fun while playing, and its the process of thinking back on it after finishing where it begins to fall apart and the holes begin to show… i think it’s especially interesting because at least for me, the other dragon age games are the opposite. i hate playing inquisition, but when i sit and look back on it i cannot help but admire how brilliant the writing and characters are. dragon age 2 can be a slog by act 3 but when i finish and think back on how the story unfolded i know in my heart that it was a masterpiece. i got bored or frustrated while playing them but these games stuck around in my head after finishing them for the first time not just for days or weeks but for years.

veilguard lacks this. i had A LOT of fun playing the game. i love the gameplay loop. i like the puzzles. i love the environments. it was probably the easiest dragon age game to blast through 60 hours of. but then the credits roll and instead of analyzing character arcs and deconstructing banter, im stuck on all the plot holes and missed opportunities.

veilguard gets worse the longer i let it marinate in my brain, rather than better. each rotisserie turn of the story over in my head reveals more and more nothingness - or just clumsy attempts at misdirection so i don’t think too hard about what’s missing. the dragon age games have always been an olympic sized swimming pool that you can dive headfirst into if you want, and you will be rewarded with a corresponding amount of depth. veilguard is one of those kiddie pools at a water park with slides and fountains and a water-based jungle gym on top - it’s fun on the surface and packed with things to do. but if you attempt to dive? you’ll crack your head open.

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there are so many moments in veilguard where they Almost hit on something really good but then it's never touched again. like. harding has an entire religious crisis that is never touched on outside of that one scene. bellara asks how the dalish culture can continue; what do they keep, and what do they leave behind? the question isn't discussed again. neve thinks it's nbd that mythal chose to side with elgar'nan and remain in power after the war? can we interrogate that? discuss whether or not you can change something from within - and if you should even try?

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what bugs me about Morrigan in datv is that her story prior means nothing. her journey to escape an abusive mother, a destiny she didn't necessarily want, her journey of becoming a mother she never had... it all doesn't mean anything in datv. she's still an instrument of higher powers and what she worked for so hard is not even present.

and that's heartbreaking imo.

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still losing it over this exchange, emmrich pls

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did not play a rook de riva but the image of viago trying to be a bit cute just before the battle of their lives and going “you like my furrow :) called it the thinking man’s dimple ☺️❤️🙂‍↕️😁” before teia is like “…not in public i don’t” and then, looking 0.5 cm over his beautiful gf’s shoulder. to his horror. his protege slash sibling slash subordinate has just walked up to them and definitely overheard that

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Got sidelined by his own fucking demon 😭

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The sweetest married couple in all of Thedas

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Dreadwolf would go so hard if they treated "Solas being in your head" as possession by a pride demon

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mage killer

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oh my god. iirc there was this bit where, after their mother dies, taash said rook acts like they’ve never lost anyone. i don’t know if everyone gets that line but it felt like it came out of nowhere. is that because of how rook acts about varric? like taash saw harding & neve had been grieving while rook never did (because they never knew)?