#da titans

[knife-eared-jan]

Watching the scene of Harding where she talks about Isatunoll, does anyone else get the sense that her role was initially written for Dagna?

Let me preface that Lace is lovely and I'm very happy her fans get so much more content and a full romance with her and I hope it's everything you dreamed. But I just get the strong sense that her role was initially planned for Dagna before they ever started writing for Veilguard.

Firstly, as others have commented, Harding was born and raised in Redcliffe, so it comes as quite a surprose that she's a follower of the Stone and concerned by What The Dwarves Have Lost. I mean sure, it doesn't necessarily contradict anything established about her, but it was certainly never set up in any previous games with even a single hint. Dagna was from Orzammar however, and it would have made perfect sense for her to cling onto her culture in some way even if she left her home to pursue her special interest.

Which brings me to dwarves with magic. Up until now, and them introducing Harding as caring about the Stone etc., it wouldn't have made that thematically impactful a narrative for the Scout from the Hinterlands who joined the Inquisition to have an adventure to be connected to Titan magic... I'd have expected her arc more to be about how adventures aren't always fun and you can actually get hurt pretty bad in the big bad world out there or something along those lines maybe. You know who was set up perfectly for it though and would have absolutely lost it if they got magic? Someone obsessed with magic all her life and actually getting to experience it for herself now. At the cost of learning some rough stuff about her culture.

I didnt't really get the sense in DAI that Harding was meant to be more than that plot device to introduce areas at the time they wrote DAI (again, no value attached here, I just don't think they planned for anything more at that point. The devs said themselves they were surprised by how strong the fan reaction was for her). But when they brought back Dagna no matter your choices in DAO and gave her all those mysterious lines about feeling mountain-tall and lyrium and tranquil... I very much did get the sense that they were leaving crumbs for her to come up again in a titan plotline.

(And least importantly, they even seem to have given Harding Dagna's signature absent-minded rambling? DAI Dagna always seemed way more confident and verbally sparring with you than what we've seen so far for Veilguard imo.)

Idk I just feel like maybe this was concepted for Dagna initially but was changed to Harding early on because of the popularity her character got.

Edit: I should maybe make clearer, that I don't think they like rewrote Dagna as Harding at the last minute or anything like that, but that they had planned this in their little mysterious red book at the time of writing Inquisition and leaving hints for the future and changed it when they actually got to writing the companions for Veilguard because of the fan response to Harding and because they didn't want 2 female dwarf companions when one with a romance was already groundbreaking but they needed that companion tie-in to the titans.

[veshialles]

Completed the entire Regrets Of The Dread Wolf sidequest a while ago, and like you know in retrospect I suppose I should have thought it a bit suspicious that the only 2 categories of people who "don't have dreams" in Thedas are Tranquil mages, and Dwarves.

And yet finding out that this is, in fact, actually what happened to the Titans is still kind of a huge shock

[ihopeihaventboredyou]

Happy You-can't-download-Dragon-Age- The-Veilguard-until-5pm-Day!

Bringing this one back so you can all tell me how wrong I was in a week or two. Have fun, kids!

DA:I: Pondering on the Titans and Pillars of the Earth

So, I’m in DA-Hell again…  And why the hell shouldn’t I be? The characters and quests are better written than most fantasy novels these days.

Now, the Titans are an almost new addition to Thedas’ vast lore shrouded in mysteries and half-truths.

The Descent had us entering one. And yet I’d like to think that at this point, we probably know more about the Evanuris than the Titans.

Oh, I’m sure Solas knows something. At the beginning of The Descent he says that dwarves don’t dream but their designs must be inspired by something. That is a very subtle hint for someone whose friend basically opened hunting season for Titans.

There isn’t really anything to grasp here other than, maybes, kind-ofs and sort-ofs.

So, I’ll have to just go and piece things together with the help of mythology

Let’s start.

Keep reading

[olessan]

Hey uh, Lace, whatcha got there? That blue stuff that's shown up right as you cast magic?

[drempen]

Redesign time babeyy

[knife-eared-jan]

I’m betting five (5!) sovereigns that the former friend is Valta and since this is supposed to directly lead into DA:D, will have some sizable lore reveal about titans.

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DC characters - Blue Beetle 👍

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Out of Context Danny Phantom Memes for a fic i haven't posted (yet)

[poppitron360]

Reblog if you say "Oh my gods" completely unironically.

[levi-libido]

mmmmmmhmmmmm 🤤

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We're officially in the double digits!!!!! Big Post™ #10 baybee!!!!

shoutout to @lilcreaturethingfromthewoods for the idea for the fourth one, as a thank you I have moved your requested Levi meme up in the posting order to be included in this one<3 that meme is also the first time I bothered to like, actually change the names in the screenshot to match the characters somewhat what a concept huh

more aot memes

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it is actually hilarious that gabi was just there for the entirety of that trio talk

[thatonedudeinthecorner]

I love so many characters and I am actually Mister Indecision so this was the hardest thing I’ve ever done (not really, I am just dumb and stupid and like too many silly guys)

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[drempen]

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