#*cares gdi

[dorothywonderland]

BRO LITERALLY DOXXED HIMSELF TO THE CYCLOPS. he was asking to get jumped come on

[wifegideonnav]

honestly if you can’t handle harrow the ninth at its “none house, with left grief” or its “hi, not fucking dead, im dad” or its “i love a little gall on gall” you don’t deserve it at its “you hating me always meant more than anyone else in this hot and stupid universe loving me” or its “the only thing our civilization can learn from yours is that we rarely become heroes” or its “we’ll still hate each other, my dear, but my bones will rest easy next to your bones”

[varpusvaras]

You all know the trope of the Corrie Commanders becoming increasingly closer and protective of Fox as the war goes on, and sometimes become even hostile towards the rest of the CC's.

That, but they are really just competing over who Fox likes more. Thorn and Cody have a fistfight about it on the streets.

[apostaterevolutionary]

I am so sorry, apparently it’s 2024 and I’m arguing about dragon age again lmao. How did I get here! Why is this happening!! Time is a flat circle!!!

Anyway. People can feel how they want about the past games not mattering in this game. If you’re cool with it, I’m happy for you. But there’s one particular argument in defence of this choice that is really, really bothering me and I have to rant

The thing I keep seeing is “well all this other stuff has nothing to do with the main plot or Rook, so it should be cut” and that’s. Not a good way to tell stories in my opinion. Because here’s the thing: it’s not about the Big Overall Plot. It’s about the characters that live in this world, big and small

I’m going to use the example of Varric and Hawke cause I think it’s the easiest to explain quickly. Varric is a storyteller. That’s the defining trait of his character. He tells stories, and sometimes they’re true and sometimes they’re not and sometimes it’s something in between. In DA2 he tells you about his brother. In inquisition, he talks about hawke and there’s banter about several of the companions. Most of these are just little one liners that don’t “serve the overall plot” but they serve Varric’s character

And that matters

So if we take this character known for telling stories about people that have been in his life, well, he largely can’t do that now. How can he talk about Hawke, someone who can be a very close friend of his, without even their gender being a choice you can select? Or whether Varric should be saying ‘is’ or ‘was’ about them? How can he talk about the companions in DA2 or inquisition when a lot of them don’t have to be recruited or can die? Will he limit himself to only characters that are guaranteed to be a part of it and alive? Or is it that he and Rook will have such a shallow relationship that Varric, of all characters, never talks about his life and past exploits?

Or has Varric as a character changed so much that he doesn’t even want to tell stories anymore? That Hawke living or dying means nothing to him? That the friendships he built with people in 2 games mean nothing to him? That he’s become literally unrecognizable?

This is where the problem is. Sure, Rook maybe doesn’t care about these people they’ve never met. But do they care about Varric? What about if a companion mentions an old friend of theirs, talks about an experience they had that made them who they are - is that only okay if that experience isn’t from a previous game? Or are all the characters so flat that we never learn anything about their connections to others outside of Rook? Is this story SO focused on this player character and this plot that NOTHING else matters, even within the world, and there’s no depth to be found in any of the characters that feature in it?

Writing characters so that they only ever talk about things that “directly serve the plot” is how you get flat, unremarkable, boring, forgettable characters. And that’s not something I would have accused bioware of doing even if some instalments are stronger in this area than others. But it sounds like that’s what they’re doing here, at least with the past characters. Cause sure, maybe Morrigan is so closed off she’ll never mention her son and partner. That’s believable, even if iffy given that they’ve said she’s going to be more involved than we think. But Varric? VARRIC??? Never mentioning ANY of the people he used to spend time with and care about except Solas and maybe some of the inquisition characters that can’t die or not be recruited but also carefully skirting around what happened to them in the game? That’s literally not the same character

And I would expand this to like. A letter mentioning this or a codex mentioning that, or ambient dialogue about so and so - that makes the world feel deep and those random, unimportant NPCs feel richer by connecting them to the larger world. It’s not about “serving the plot”, it’s about making your world and characters deep enough that they feel real, lived in, and like something we can actually care about

[genshin-impact-updates]

"Two Worlds Aflame, the Crimson Night Fades" Version 4.6 Events Preview - Phase I

Hello, Traveler~ Version 4.6 is coming! Let's take a look at what kind of events will be in this new Version update~

[nashvillethotchicken]

Literally obsessed with the covens tradition of holding unaligned/new vampires to vampire rules they never heard of and that more than likely don't cover them cus they aren't in the coven and how it doubles as a way for Armand to try and get a boyfriend

[ghostofbambifanfiction]

The plushie thing broke me. There were so many parts of this chapter that I loved, but that was perfect in a way that words can’t demonstrate.

I cannot lie to you, when I thought of it, and of how it would make Sirius feel, I started crying.

[trashyalphys]

Hey so yea I’m not exactly a bkdk shipper but MAN can I see what you guys are getting at LMAO. Lifelong friends stumbling into adulthood together or smth like that

[sidesteppostinghours]

woo fhr sexyman doodle dump

[alessandramortt]

god the way i forgot for like 7 and a half episodes that this is a marvel show...... i am both dissapointed and surprised, which shoud never really be a combo. Also ghost agatha was bad simply bc it didn't let me appreacite kathryn being an apathetic b*tch in all its glory

[emry-stars-art]

Next person to apologize for adding to my posts/ranting in the tags gets left in the stocks ‼️ stg! Tag rants and additions and asks are the only things that have been motivating me to keep creating like this!! Please never stop yourself if you have thoughts!!!

[mostunclean]

seeing an absolutely gorgeous bucky concept only to scroll down to the description and read time and time again the art is ai generated is one of the greatest fandom disappointments there is

[mysticalflyte]

Please Mr. Shimada! Eat first, then play!

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[1punch]

tfw your grief is so crippling it destroys planets and stars without even caring

[youraveragecatastrophe]

The subtle team red moments, especially with regards to Carmen, this episode

Like all of them being so worried and somber during the hospital sequence

Shadowsan working twice as hard to take care both of the VILE missions and of Carmen herself while she's recovering

Zack and Ivy working hard to make the warehouse into a living space, and thinking about including Carmen's "oldest traveling companions"

Player practically begging Carmen to take it easy - noting the Botswana mission isn't the easiest, then reminding Carmen not to take unnecessary risks

Zack and Ivy exchanging worried looks when Carmen talks about going back on the field

Ivy's unwavering faith in Carmen (masking her own worries) vs Zack voicing his concerns openly to his sister. Both of them ending up following Carmen (and saving her from Tigress)

Player all but barking at the idea of calling Chief for help after her role in Carmen's ordeal

Shadowsan calling Player and immediately asking about Carmen's safety

Just- the way all of team red is concerned about Carmen, worried she's gonna go too far and try to take on too much too early (which would be typical of her)!

They all love her so much

[onedivinemisfit]

Izuru

AnS (c) Akizuki Sorata

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