#are the dragons historically accurate?????????

[granny-griffin]

”historical accuracy” ok then what about the dragons

Talking about this movie on the internet is NOT going to be fun, I'll tell you that much.

I'm just hoping the cast finds films to be in that people actually WANT to see and not some petulant money-burning scream against the animation medium.

[ladytrist]

How dare that the live action how to train your dragon did not cast real life dragons. Like I want a historically accurate adaptation. Now you’re telling me they can’t just go out and find a dragon? Weak.

[zieroses]

I think one major thing missing in Veilguard is elves making the wrong choice.

As far as I know, it’s not accurate to the lore and history that elves would so easily accept (much less already know, i.e. Strife and Irelin) that their gods are evil. I believe it’s even mentioned at one point (hopefully I didn’t make this up or read it in a post?) that Solas awoke after his long rest to find that not only had the world changed, but the elvhen had gotten it all wrong, reducing him to a trickster god and elevating the Evanuris to shining beacons of worship. And as we know in real life, a lot of people who deeply worship their idols dont so easily accept even the most damning evidence that everything they knew was wrong.

These are our gods, after all; they’ve been gone, and they’re back, and they came back for us. That you stand against them is damning for you. Maybe the Veil Jumpers believe you, but we, the Dalish in general, do not. We know our histories. We know our gods. Plus, if the Dread Wolf is aligned against them, we know which side we want to be on.

So, imagine whole encampments of Dalish - maybe even an entire exodus of them from the south - journeying to join Elgar’nan and Ghilain’nain. Imagine that by the time they arrive, it’s too late; there’s no going back, they’re already under Elgar’nan’s insidious control. There’s no chance of them telling the Dalish clans that follow: we were wrong, go back, do not come, flee. Imagine that alongside the un-nuanced evil power-chasers that are the Venatori and the Antaam, we also have to fight Dalish. Imagine, as an elf, having to make a choice the first time you encounter such an enemy. Can they be saved? And you learn: no, they cannot, and if you tried, you lose a friend, or a contingent of Veil Jumpers, because these Dalish are mind-broken, controlled by Elgar’nan.

Imagine a questline, brought to you by the Veil Jumpers (or even a member of the clan): we’ve located a clan en route to join Elgar’nan, if we hurry, we can stop them before it’s too late. So you hurry, and you intercept them. But can you convince them? Bonus points perhaps if you’re a Dalish elf yourself - bonus points perhaps if you have Davrin or Bellara with you. Three outcomes, maybe: you convince them to stop, and they go to the Veil Jumpers instead, increasing your alliance with that faction; you don’t convince them, and their numbers strengthen Elgar’nan’s, and in a later gut wrenching cutscene you encounter faces you recognize and now have to cut down; or perhaps split down the middle, you convince some but not all, and the bonuses and consequences are both present, but lesser.

Maybe also, if the game had some more nuance regarding the historical way Tevinter treats elves, this can potentially go even more poorly if you are a Shadow Dragon, or a mage. Or a Shadow Dragon mage.

This would’ve “solved” a few problems DATV presented or rather flattened out: the lack of nuance in your enemy (think Corypheus’s lieutenants and the things we learn about them that make them potentially sympathetic) and the lack of nuance in the elvhen response to the revelation of their gods’ return.

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #6492:

Hot take (that I wish wasn't considered one but oh well): The further you get from historical, the less excuse you have for not including POC or queer people. While I feel like historical fantasy already is on the hooks for this (if you've got dragons, you can have POC and queer people), but also in terms of plain laziness on part of the costuming (i.e. using clothing and hairstyles that are meant to appeal to a modern viewer instead of something historically accurate). If you aren't including a proper bustle in your late 19th century historical drama, then you aren't allowed to claim "historical accuracy" as your reason for not including POC or queer people.

[speerfisch]

'plucking off daisy petals', 2023, inspired by the painting "Paolo and Francesca", 1894, by Frank Dicksee 

[alicentflorent]

Jace really said fuck Valyrian blood supremacy and the propaganda that our coloniser ancestors spread around about dragon claiming and I really respect him for that

[thesinglesock]

I had to get the image out of my head (context)

[callonpeevesie]

Sophie is the diametric opposite of that one person who thought the Welsh flag was a pride flag. Inspired by this Tintin art

[eethok]

✨ Ye Olde Character Sheet ✨

[moodstabilizr]

if i ever get to a point where i am genuinely mad about the casting of a childrens film not being “historically accurate” i need you to put me out of my misery

[flekh]

my artistic journey

[chrisery-business]

the same white people who defend wearing box braids because “vikings wore them” mad as hell because astrid in the new httyd has them IJBOL

[m0nstr0sity]

starting a new campaign soon, so naturally, a new character for it. meet Rupert, the human fighter.

[behold-the-griffin]

okay, so I WAS live-blogging my read through of @athingofvikings fic, A Thing of Vikings, but I stopped some months ago, and THAT was because I was curbstomped by the need to create THIS:

All hail Queen Ruffnut the Wordsmith of Norway, first of her line. May her reign be long and prosperous.

[farawayfromdryland]

reddit is so stupid. i am like so peripherally involved in this fandom but obviously daemon wasn't motivated by rabid bloodlust for aemond's head he just wanted the revenge over and done with so he could get rhaenyra to focus on the war bit again (in his mind). he would be happy with 1 of 2 outcomes: the ratcatchers somehow do take out aemond. or they cause enough trouble that the greens go on guard/further the offensive so that rhaenyra must return focus to taking back the crown for her and her family's safety and/or to have her vengeance

[yakuzadumpingground]

I think my favorite comparison of Ishin characters with their real life counterparts is Ernest Satow. Yeah, he was a real person. Thing is, in real life, in the time the game takes place the actual Ernest Satow was 24.

That's a... rough 24.