#Can’t stop thinking about about this

[hasthecityrearranged]

You could use a little pick-me-up

Melanie La Barrie as Hermes, Rachel Tucker as Persephone, West End 2025: @callmelasagna’s master

[sadgirlautumn]

“kids spend too much time on their devices” well what else are they supposed to do? there’s no corner shops with pinball machines in them on every corner anymore. there’s no malls or stores in small towns for teens to hang out in without being suspected of shoplifting or kicked out for loitering. sidewalks are too broken for them to ride their bikes and there’s no bike lane in the street to make it safe for them. i just don’t understand where they expect these kids to go when they keep taking places away from them. and yes having no safe public places for them is what leads a lot of teens into addiction if they end up at a place where people aren’t truly looking out for them.

[jimmyjrsmusoems]

earlier my husband opened our snack cabinet and something fell out and he put it back and then a second later i heard him say very quietly “no, it chose me” and then he took it and walked away

[gothicwill]

“Jayvik hug” this “jayvik hug” that, what about Jayvik “bridal carried that man and frantically ran through that building and left everyone else behind bc he had to save him”. What about that.

[noodles-and-tea]

PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4

[lunar-years]

To Snow, Lucy Gray is forever the same 16-year-old girl who ~betrayed~ him, and she haunts him accordingly. But Lenore Dove ages and grows gray alongside Haymitch, like she’s walking next to him through the years instead of lying in her grave. If you even care.

[thenevarranaccord]

What’s really jumping out at me on my second playthrough is that the writers of the first three games understood that your character was the main character. The Veilguard writers clearly thought that the main characters were their characters, the companions.

Every scene is about setting the companions up as cool or competent or sympathetic. Often, this is done at Rook’s expense. The companions get all the witty one-liners; Rook’s attempts at humor not only frequently fall flat, but are frequently called out for falling flat (even when they’re completely automatic and the player has no say in them).

The companions have all the knowledge and skills; Rook just brought them all together and gives them all pep talks so they can focus. I’m trying to edit out all of the comments where Rook is like “Um… what????” from my videos, and let me tell you, it takes WORK. There are A LOT of them. I can count on one hand the number of times when the Inquisitor or Hawke comes across as dumb, but it seems to be a built-in, unavoidable part of Rook’s character. I have not selected a single “purple” option in all of Act 1, and Rook is still coming across as the kid who tries to be the class clown to cover for the fact that he’s always confused. Rook’s role in most scenes is to say “Uhhh… what?” so that the companions look smart.

Rook is always the one offering sympathy and never the one getting it. No one actually comes to comfort you after Varric’s death. No one asks you how you’re feeling about having to lead the team now that Varric is gone. No one tries to reassure you or give you advice for dealing with the trickster god haunting your dreams. We’re told that Neve could keep Solas out of your head, but she never actually offers to do this for you. No one comforts a Shadow Dragon Rook when Minrathous is destroyed or a Grey Warden Rook when Weisshaupt is destroyed. Rook’s problems don’t matter. Only the problems of main characters matter.

Rook is a secondary character in their own story.

[katsinspats]

Tragic: Guy you based your entire villain backstory on doesn't even remember you

[rissaito]

turnfire hunt 🦖👾🌱

i love this guy so much… 🥺 i didn’t understand the hype until i read his lore and played the natlan quests and now… now i get it. his sad childhood and big bug eyes have charmed me through and through 🙏

[cosmicjiver]

They’re in love btw

[cobaltgiant]

This game has had me in a chokehold since release.

[n0ahsferatu]

🧬 heart of the machine 🧬

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[thetrialsandtribulationsofeb]

“eddie is the yin to buck’s yang”

buck is eddie’s joy, eddie is buck’s home

[aherdofbees]

Timelapse drawing under the cut

[jaybirdscoffee]

shoutout to helen richardson and michael shelley, two individuals Who Just Laugh Like That.