#ITS TOUGH

[easily-broken-by-emotion]

I need to find people who are learning german or would help me practice german. It is hard to do on your own

[unknownogre]

HEY...you...

The holidays are hard for a lot of us. So if they are hard for you I see you and I support you. You'll be okay, and you'll get through this. If you need a set of eyes to get you through the night...hit me up. I have to work today so I'll be slow but I PROMISE I'll respond.

[katvazamo]

this is the most ive blogged about watcher in two years and thats saying alot about how this might go

[ididitforthedogs]

Thoughts on veilguard below- this got long

So i think my ranking of dragon age games remains the order in which they were released. Origins is just... It's special to me. It has its faults, but it was the first rpg I've played, and there is an atmosphere about it that I remember from my first playthrough, and I've never had it again since.

I romanced Bellara (because she reminded me of Merrill) and like... The romance content was severely lacking imo. I had basically no scenes with her. Idk if this was a glitch or a feature at this point. I feel like the writers had favorites and she definitely was not one of them.

I miss the approval bars for companions!!!! Origins and DA2 let me see exactly where I stood with them and gave me concrete numbers about how much they approved or disapproved!! In DA2, if you don't give Merrill the arulinholm and you're her friend, you get the opposite in rivalry- like, if you're her friend +50 and you don't give it to her, you get rivalry +100 so that you end up +50 but the other way around. You can't get that kind of thing unless you give us the numbers!!!! I was hoping that they would bring it back after inquisition, but no.

I still don't like the combat. I don't like having to aim and I really don't like only having 3 abilities. The point of levelling up is to get more abilities!! What is the point if you can only use 3 of them? That being said, I did really like the non-linear method of levelling up.

It hurt me when Morrigan showed up looking like Flemeth. (But I still maintain that origins!flemeth is the better design)

There was exactly one (1) Merrill mention, and it was an offhand comment by Isabela at the proving grounds. One comment about Merrill, who cleansed an eluvian from scratch, who ABSOLUTELY would have loved the veil jumpers (finding out more about history? uh, yeah.). I know they wouldn't put Merrill and Bellara in a room together because Bellara is basically Merrill with longer hair, but the conversations that they would have... About Tamlen, about Cyrian, about remembering, rambling about eluvians and ancient magic...... Merrill could have been her mentor. By all rights, she should have been. Even if we didn't see her, Bellara could have at least mentioned her.

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I think my biggest problems with veilguard boil down to this: I don't buy into the premise and I absolutely hate that only 3 decisions from previous games matter.

I don't like how they made the elven gods real and evil but the maker? Oh well we'll never tell about that, pseudo-christianity gets doubt. I don't understand why it was just elgarnan and ghilanain and not the others. I still hate Solas and hate how I had to talk to him after missions and check in with how he's doing and do we want to redeem him because actually, I really don't care. I didn't want to see my Inquisitor again because I knew they would butcher it, and they did. I don't want a DA protagonist to carry through to multiple games. I finished that chapter, now let me start a new one. Small Easter eggs or codex entries are all the references I really want, because as soon as you take the PC out of player control, you're inevitably going to mess it up for someone.

The whole Varric death thing is... Interesting. But it's hard to feel that attached to the relationship between rook and Varric because we never actually see it build! It's just one scene and then just being told about how you're close and whatever. It's relying on the user to have a connection, not the PC, and that's not a very strong narrative choice. I do like his redesign, though I'm glad he's done with- I never connected with him, so I'm kind of happy that I don't have to worry about seeing him in another game again.

I don't like the davrin/harding choice. The fact that its inescapable that one of them will die, and while it's something that you pick, you don't even know that you're picking it at the time. It's a weird place for a death too- close to the end but not completely there, but also not a midpoint plot twist. Also doesn't make sense why it's one or the other.

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To be clear, though, there was a decent amount that they did well. The maps are much smaller and more contained than inquisition, which I prefer. I like being able to pick different skins for armor so that you can equip the best stuff but still look good. Solas is holding up the veil, which means I never have to see him again. Plus because I fought him at the end, he pulled the same "I am a god" bullshit as Elgarnan while getting sucked into space, which was satisfying (even though I had to spend most of the game trusting the literal trickster god). I really liked breaking boxes. The auto shimmer around chests was good. The text was actually readable. The companions felt real.

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Anyway, if you read this far, this is a checkpoint. Set down your phone or computer, take a drink, and do something other than scroll on Tumblr.

[museeeuuuum]

Also, I'm thinking of rebranding? And by that I mean changing my YouTube handle and typing out an official "mission statement" for what I hope to achieve with the channel.

[agdab]

i think my least favorite part about developing a relationship with someone is finding out what parts of myself i have to hide in order to be palatable for them

[jaffre]

ough its been a while i havent flexed my storytelling muscles in a limited time

[anngaar]

Just a youngest child from a desi family trying to survive without any one to tell him not to make bad decisions

[fandomchaosposts]

technically one of my names starts with an E in english, even if it doesnt in greek

[raquelsantos92]

It's only September.....

[nyxyn0x]

We all started somewhere and have improved with time, thank you for the positive energy!!

that’s it. that’s the comic

[lil-lemon-snails]

sometimes you just need to hear it v some stills below the cut v

[tattooyeol]

Literally can't vote in the El Dorado/Forever poll bc both songs envoke the exact same feeling in me

[nznzz]

My art style is still inconsistent, I'm still experimenting on it

[kayneshadow561]

"What do you hear?"

"ALL."

fucked up tbh

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

fun fact if you put rum(captain morgan), orange crush, and baijiu (dazhigu kaoliang liquor) together in a cup you end up with something that tastes like pure vanilla soda