často myslím na osobu (či osoby) co píše ty vymyšlený zprávy na prostírání v bageterii. v těch je prostě všechno - siligůfi jména jako ze slovních úloh, satira a zábavné novotvary, za které by se nemusel stydět ani shakespeare. nekecám, že ten člověk je v mojí top desítce autorů.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is really out there making me dive back into certain character hyperfixations from my earliest Pokémon fandom days. I haven't thought about these people in nearly a decade
ok but the thought of the code actually glitching to break Etoiles armor hits hard though. these monsters are literally made up of code, they can glitch appearances, glitch items - of course they glitched his armor.
besides that, it's an ultimate blow to his character.
he's upheld his expectations as the islands greatest warrior, their defender. with this comes not just that responsibility, but a sort of respect for who/what he's been fighting off. the codes he's grown so used to. if he were to ever lose, he'd expect it to be from exhaustion. from being physically unable to lift himself up and fight anymore, because there would be no other way he would not stand and fight - but he loses without being given a chance to win. the code messes with Etoiles’ own player coding to unnaturally break his armor, giving a dirty death to someone who fights with duty and honor.
it wasn't fair, and that's the entire point, it was never going to be fair. like how they psychologically fucked with him using fake Pomme before, and almost won - this was never a fight to see who could win. it was a fight to ensure that he would lose. he’s reminded of something important - that he can bleed, and he can die.
this island doesn't play fair, and he can't shoulder the weight of the world on his own. a single shield will never be enough to protect a whole village. and now he's lost the actual shield, the one thing he could use to protect them all.
the loss leaves him without protection, both feeling guilty failing as the guardian of the island, and unsatisfied, because how can he say he truly got a chance to beat the challenge? there is no satisfaction in this loss, no way to come to terms with his failure, because it wasn’t done on an even playing field.
it’s hardly a consolation, knowing his loss was unnatural, unfair, because it’s a loss he could not afford. not only did he lose the shield, but he learned that there are moves that are unfair and unnatural that he can’t fight against. how’s he meant to fight something that can influence his own coding, especially without the shield that gave him the chance to fight in the first place? how’s he meant to protect the island, when he can’t protect himself?
Do you wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous people have any idea how happy you have made me? I love you all, genuinely so much. Thank you for being here and helping me grow. Please stay with me, I promise to keep going at my best. 💕
youtube "I'm a True Origin Fan" gamerbros out here saying shit like "so they dropped solas as the main villain and dropped in 2 elven gods instead fml"
you fucking weak low effort bitch. The "2 blighted gods left could be elven" thing has been hinted at since 2009. Yeah it's been a breadcrumb trail, but some of us have been stalking this shit since the beginning. And given trespasser, this should not be surprising. If you had spent any time in the fandom reddit/forums/etc over the past 14 years, you would've seen these theories. The more recent trailers from 2020 onward had all but confirmed this as well.
"origins was turn based combat"
No. It was Real Time with Pause. (like your precious BG1 and 2, smeagol)
"DAI and DA4 aren't even made using the same engine as DAO and DA2"
Correct, the current year is 2024, they are using the frostbite engine. Are you still running Windows 7? Windows Me?
"Solas was set up as the main villain in Trespasser! We were supposed to kill him!"
Barring the obvious choice you're ignoring at the ACTUAL end of Trespasser; He literally tells the inquisitor flat out the other evanuris are still here, waiting, and are sadistic slavers who would destroy the world for power if ever freed. If you are having this much of a problem with a complicated antagonist becoming a (likely temporary) ally due to unforeseen circumstances, maybe go watch a shallow anime or something.
"DA didn't have bi/pan companion romances"
Yes it did. Leliana and Zevran in DAO. and Every companion in DA2. Iron Bull and Josephine in DAI.
there's more, like the whole grown men wishing for more SA content in DA games bit, but i'm getting really pissy the longer i write. If the only thing you like about Origins is the RTwP combat and you don't even care about the story/characters that much, you need to at some point realize you just don't like these games. Go play something else.
Meanwhile, I will be over here, being right and reveling in how much of the lore pieces I've obsessed over for 14 years are finally coming together.
Hello supers, 4*Townies, and all my mutuals who love me. I’M BACK! School’s a bit icky but the bright side to that is I’m taking animation classes and I have less periods this year! I may not be as active as before due to school and I know I still gotta finish up my AU, but I will try to stay active on here at least a few times a week.
So uh, here’s a small little sketch of Jesse:
He’s a werewolf 👀 I may end up making more sketches of him as a werewolf soon. Probably in October.
Before the fight everyone doomposting about Etoiles accidentally killing Pomme was bad enough, the thought that Etoiles would be confident it’s the code and then it’s not - but now post fight, it feels so much worse, because god even after every bit of evidence pointing to Pomme being fake, being a code, Etoiles still couldn’t go for the kill. He only went for it after exhausting every single way he knew to make sure, their code, the health potions, the tp for all the eggs - and even then he was sick over it. Even then he couldn’t swing unless Pomme swung first. Even then he revived it twice.
The thought of it being accidental is bad. The thought of it being on purpose because there was truly nothing else to do? So much worse