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[zundely]

One thing I want to get off my chest when it comes to a lot of DAV writing criticsm is that a lot of it feels to me like it stems from how much DAI writing didn't bring closure to people.

So much of DAI's choices and events feel like a set up for Something BigTM to happen in the future. Well of Sorrows is the one (to me most disappointing) example that comes to mind of something big and potentially dangerous being set up and then game never bothering to really pay it off.

I think that led to expectations of Veilguard being more of a direct follow up to events from the previous games (I vividly remember people being disappointed when they learned that the Dreadwolf when it was still called that will have a new protag). It had expectations on it that previous Dragon Age games did not have of bringing closure to all the open ends Inqusition left, which I think would be detrimental to the game even if they didn't decide it also needed to be a soft reboot.

To be fair- making Veilguard, a game that was more of a sequel then all the other Dragon Age games before it, a soft reboot of the series was... a choice. I definitely think the way this game tries to evoke nostalgia while not carrying over much from previous games is a major detrimentto it's writing. But I do feel like we are being unfair when we blame Veilguard for not giving us a satysfying ending to a game from 10 years ago. Neither DAO nor DAII left major plot thread hanging in the air for the next installment, there were cameos but you didn't need them for plot and character arcs to have a satysfying conclusions. Heck, it is often said how DAII's ending is rushed and feels unfinished and yet it still provides a more satysfying ending then Inquisition does. And Inqusition did get it's finale DLC.

Now I don't want to say "Veilguard is great actually and Inqusition sucks"- they both have it's ups and downs but I do think it's a good example why 'mystery box' approach to writing sucks and why it almost always inevetably leads to people being disappointed. And the root of the issue with why Veilguard can feel disappointing does start with Inqusition and it being a lot more interested in alluding that things will have consequences then actually having us face those consequences.

[dragonsyot]

wow toby art dump okay

commisions open! info on my strawpage!!!

[scaryfaggot]

endgame among us group

[noodles-and-tea]

Haha… yeah… that’d be crazy…

[macbethz]

Well I like it but it’s not very well written. Also it’s a visual mess. The plot doesnt make any sense and the creators suck and its politics oscillate from mildly problematic to frankly baffling. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. However. the character

[charlesoberonn]

It's gonna be such a funny mess when Donald Trump dies of a stroke on April 1st, 2024.

Naturally everybody will think it's fake because of the date only to lose their minds (both positively and negatively based on their opinion of trump) when realizing it's real

There will be massive celebrations in the streets and on social media and lots of predictable "don't speak ill of the dead" discourse about those celebrations

Weird evangelicals will pull some weird number trick talking about how Jesus was conceived on April 1st and that makes Trump a sort of messiah and people will make fun of that

The Republicans (after they're done with the faux-sadness and faux-outrage) will stomp over each other to be his successor but none of them will succeed. They'll tear each other apart and have no single nominee for the November elections.

There will be discourse about if Biden and the living former presidents should go to his funeral (they won't, he was a traitor insurrectionist)

The Ukraine-Russia War immediately goes in favor of Ukraine as morale in the Kremlin is reduced. China similarly backs off from its threats on Taiwan.

Ten thousand new memes are made, some sticking around for years to come.

Not a month later a bunch of unofficial biographies of Trump hit the bookshelves, many with new details about just how awful he was.

[savrenim]

......suddenly struck by the idea for a piece of worldbuilding of "fae don't like iron bc it is the most stable element*"

*as in elements higher you can extract energy via fission and lower you can extract energy via fusion but iron itself there is no excess binding energy to extract at all

[dionysus-complex]

funniest Kamala Harris VP picks go

[nat-20s]

Just thought to myself "can't women have a bad time in fiction without rape being involved" which really shows you how much you're in the fucking trenches if you are both a horror fan and women fan

[agnesmontague]

devastating news for the discourse poster: “media literacy” in the modern age includes the ability to identify which posts are bait

[leo-artista]

Incorrect quotes ft. Stan twins

[goodugong]

I don't know where it came from, but several years ago this idea popped into my head unbidden, and for some reason it tickles me. I don't know if it's funny, but I like it and I made it into a zine, I hope you enjoy it.

It lays out really nicely as 3-up spreads on A4 paper, so you can print, staple and fold it, then cut it into 3 zines. It made it really easy to print up 20 of them to trade at this art social thing I went to

micron, rotring and sharpie on printer paper, coloured and screentoned digitally, 2024

If you want a digital or physical copy

[itsscaredycat]

the triangle obtains a mortal human body! and depth perception!

edit: AU created by @/waty_mot and @/LosanPostle on twitter!

[samglyph]

As a horror guy I vehemently do not support hatred towards romance girlies. Sister genres in my opinion. We both enjoy familiar tropes. We both enjoy interesting relationship dynamics explored between two or more people. We both enjoy werewolves.

[nikoco11]

trying to learn how to draw anthro also !! it’s very hard and very fun