#forbbiden

[theskytraveler]

Not Wyatt being triggered like a sleeper agent by the word "odds"

[mooneeswrld]

𐔌 . ⋮ enemies to lovers prompts .ᐟ ֹ ₊ ꒱

“I hate you.” “Funny. That’s not what you whispered last night.”

“You really think I’d betray everything for you?” “I think you already have, and it terrifies you.”

“Move over.” “There’s barely any room.” “Then stop breathing on my neck.”

“We’re trapped in here until morning, so can we at least try not to kill each other?” “No promises.”

“You’re shivering.” “And? That doesn’t mean I want your help.” “You’re going to take my coat whether you want it or not.”

“You’re hurt. Let me see.” “It’s nothing—” “Shut up and let me take care of you for once.”

“Who did this to you?” “Why do you care?” “Because—because I do, alright?”

“Stay behind me.” “I can handle myself.” “I know. But let me do this for you.”

“Why are you looking at me like that?” “Because for the first time, I don’t know if I want to fight you or kiss you.”

“You don’t get to just walk away after everything.” “Then tell me to stay.”

“I thought you hated me.” “I wish I did.”

“You always do that.” “Do what?” “Look at me like I’m a puzzle you already know how to solve.”

“You don’t have to like me.” “That would make things easier, wouldn’t it?”

“You keep staring.” “I’m just trying to figure out what’s so special about you.” “Let me know when you do.”

“If you’re waiting for me to say thank you, don’t hold your breath.” “Please. As if I’d waste my time expecting gratitude from you.”

“You’re insufferable.” “And yet, you’re still standing here talking to me.”

“Tell me this isn’t a terrible idea.” “Oh, it is. But you’re going to do it anyway, aren’t you?”

“You should go.” “I should.” “But you won’t.”

“You’re hurt.” “I’ll survive.” “That’s not the same as being okay.”

“I don’t need your help.” “I didn’t say you did. But I’m here anyway.”

“You’re not as terrible as I thought.” “Careful. Someone might think you actually like me.”

“It would be easier if I hated you.” “Then maybe you should try harder.”

“You don’t have to prove anything to me.” “That’s the problem—I think I do.”

[misssoully]

💖Eternal Embrace Legacy Challenge💖

-A Legacy Of Forbidden Love By @misssoully-

This Sims 4 legacy challenge focuses on the enduring power of love that transcends boundaries and defies societal norms. Amidst rival families, cultural differences, and societal pressures, follow the journey of a family bound by forbidden romances, determined to preserve their love across generations.

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Basic Premise:

The legacy begins with two teen Sims from rival families or backgrounds who defy their families' expectations and societal norms to pursue a forbidden romance.

As the legacy progresses through ten generations, each heir navigates the challenges of maintaining their family's love and unity while facing external pressures and internal conflicts. Additionally, they strive to end the ongoing feud at some point during the generations.

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Rules:

1. Forbidden Romance: Each generation must feature at least one forbidden romance that defies societal norms or familial expectations. These romances are predetermined for each generation.

2. Ongoing Conflicts: Maintain ongoing conflicts or tensions between the founding families throughout the legacy. These conflicts will influence their aspirations, traits, and relationships. Some heirs will attempt to stop the family's ongoing feud in certain generations.

3. Complete Rules: Each generation must complete its rules to advance to the next heir.

4. Mods and Custom Content: Mods and Custom Content are allowed and can add more spice and drama to the challenge, but they are optional.

5. Cheats: Cheats are only allowed when the first generation is living with their family and when they are moving into another lot to start the legacy challenge. Once they have moved out, no more cheats are permitted.

6. Money Tree: Each generation must have at least one money tree to represent their family wealth and crest.

7. Funds for Heirs: When each heir moves out of the house, they will have no funds to start with unless they have a part-time job. They can transfer the money they earned from their part-time job. Alternatively, use a spin wheel or a random number generator to determine how much money they should get from their parents, using a range of $0-$1,500.

8. Life Span: The life span must be set to the normal life span, with an additional 50 days for the elder life stage so they can live long enough to see their grandkids.

9. Occults: Occults are allowed if you want to have an occult love story while doing this challenge.

10. Lot Traits/Types: Each lot that the heir lives on must have the Simple Living lot trait. If you can't afford to buy a house, you must make the lot a rental until you have enough money to buy it, or you can live in the rental lot as long as you please.

11. Family Pet: Each heir must have an animal as a family pet.

12. Family Keepsake Box: Have a family keepsake box or any box that can store items.

13. Family Graveyard: Make a family graveyard for this legacy. If you are playing with vampires, this is optional.

14. More Traits Slot Mod: If you have the More Traits Slot mod, there will be an extra trait beside the rest of the traits with this symbol (+). You can choose any three traits out of the five traits that each heir must have.

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If you are interested in playing this legacy challenge use @misssoully and #eternalembracelegacy & #eternalembracealegacyofforbiddenlove so I can see how you would play this legacy challenge.

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Generation One: Star-Crossed Lovers

You and your lover are the scions of two feuding families in (the world you chose to live in). Despite the animosity between your guys' families, you guys both meet by chance at high school and fall deeply in love.

Traits: Romantic, Erratic, Family-Oriented + (Cheerful and Loyal)

Partner Traits: Romantic, Loyal, Hot-Headed + (Bro and Genius)

Aspirations: Soulmate (for both partners)

Career: Your choice

 Rules:

Must be a teen.

Achieve maximum friendship and romance with each other despite family disapproval.

Have a best friend in high school to help you with your secret relationship.

Complete the soulmate aspiration.

Reach the maximum level of Charisma and three other skills.

Reach level 10 in the career you choose ( if you want to run your own business make it have a 3 stars rating).

Marry in secret without the knowledge of both families.

Run away together where both your families can't find you.

Add the private dwelling trait on the lot you move to.

Have 1 child together.

OPTIONAL

Complete the message in a bottle collection.

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2. Generation Two: Secret Romance 

 You are the only child of both your parents, raised in secrecy to shield you from the ongoing feud. Despite knowing the truth, You struggle with your family's legacy and the pressure to maintain their forbidden love.

Traits: Loner, Socially awkward, Art lover + (Perfectionist and Maker)

Aspiration: Painter Extraordinaire

Career: Painter

Rules:

Maintain a low profile to avoid detection by rival families.

Maintain the family's hidden love letters/photos and memorabilia.

Have no good or close friend.

Complete the Sugar Skulls and Decorative Eggs Collection.

Live in a small/tiny/micro home.

Add the Quiet lot trait or the private dwelling. (You can add both)

Make part of your house have an art studio.

Complete the painter career.

Complete the painter extraordinaire aspiration.

Reach the maximum level of Painting, and two other skills.

Date a sim that is married.

Must have a child/children with that married sim.

Have a painting of your parents, lover, children/child, and pet.

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3.   Generation Three: Forbidden Union 

You face the pressure to honor your family's legacy while yearning for freedom and independence. You rebel against your family's expectations and fall in love with someone from a background deemed unacceptable by your relatives.

Traits: Hot-head, Self-absorbed, Foodie + (Childish and Kleptomaniac)

Aspiration: City Native

Career: Criminal (Oracle Branch)

Rules:

Get dislike by 12 Sims.

Drop out of high school.

Move out of the family home to assert independence.

Must live in one of the apartments in the city.

Max out the Mischief, Programming, Singing and one other skills.

Engage in a romance with a Sim from a background opposed by the family. 

Buy a voodoo doll and bind your lover with it.

Complete the city native aspiration.

Complete the criminal (Oracle Branch) career.

Learn all the food recipes in the city living food stalls.

Complete the Snow Globes and Posters collection.

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4. Generation Four: Sacrifices

You struggle with the burden of family expectations and your own desires. You grapple with sacrificing your own happiness for the sake of your family's reputation.

Traits: Proper, Good, Gloomy + (Neat and Overachiever)

Aspiration: Successful Lineage

Career: Doctor & Stay-at-home parent

Rules:

Have a family dinner with your parents and siblings if you have one every Saturday when moving out of their house.

Marry a Sim that is approved by your family, even if it goes against your own desires.

Complete the successful lineage aspiration.

Reach level 10 of the Doctor career.

Make the Sim quit their job once they complete the Doctor career and become a stay-at-home parent, focusing on raising their children.

Reach a maximum level of Cooking, Parenting, and two other skills.

Adopt a stray kitten/puppy.

Have 5 children.

Create a club for Sims who have kids.

Have a toddler play date for each child.

Each child must have atleast two milestones for each categories at their infant stage.

Each child must maximize all their skills at the toddler stage.

Each child must complete at least one child's aspirations.

Each child must be an A+ student in high school.

Each child must have at least one good character value before aging into a young adult.

Each child must graduate from high school and go to university to get a degree.

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5.   Generation Five: Reconciliation 

You seek to mend the rifts between the both  families of the first generation/heir. You strive to reconcile their past conflicts and foster unity through diplomacy and understanding.

Traits: Outgoing , Ambitious , Snob + (Vegetarian and Geek)

Aspiration: Friend of the World

Career: Law (Judge Branch)

Rules:

Complete the Law (Judge Branch) career.

Complete the friend of the world aspiration.

Reach the maximum level of Wellness, Video Gaming, Research and Debate, and two other skills.

Befriend with 5 sims from the first heir family side and 5 sims from the first heir spouse family side.

Organize 5 events or gatherings(parties) to bring both families together to resolve the dispute between both families.

Marry a police officer and have a secret affair with a criminal.

Complete the void critter card, Holiday Cracker Plushies, Simmies , colourful marbles and my Sim trophies collection.

Have a baby with the sim that your sim is having a affair with and go on a vacation with them for 3 days.

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6. Generation Six: New Beginnings 

You have a fresh start and new beginnings. You seek to break free from the constraints of the past and forge your own path, unbound by family history.

Traits: Genius, Self-assured, Non-Committal + (Adventurous and Party Animal)

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Part-time job:Manual laborer & Life guard

Career: Social Media

Rules:

Complete the manual laborer and life guard career as a teen.

Move out as a teen to start your own legacy and separate yourself from both families.

Live in 4 worlds. (If you move out of your parents’ house and live in the same world but on a different lot, it still counts.)

Complete the postcard and seashell collection.

 Go on a vacation in 2 different worlds to explore new opportunities and experiences.

Host 5 parties and live stream them with a drone.

Reach maximum level in Media production, Entrepreneur and three other skills.

Have  3 failed relationships with 3 older Sims from 3 different worlds you move to.

Marry an older sim that is a global superstar.

Complete the Renaissance sim aspiration.

Complete the Social Media career.

Start a lifestyle brand.

Become a proper celebrity and start a lifestyle brand.

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7.   Generation Seven: Struggle for Acceptance 

You face discrimination and prejudice due to your family's history. You fight for acceptance and equality, challenging societal norms and advocating for change.

Traits: Green Fiend, Active, Insider + (Freegan and Recycle Discipline) 

Aspiration: Leader of the Pack

Career: Civil Designer (Green Technician)

Rules:

Live on a lot that has eco and reduce and recycle lot traits.

Make a club.

Complete the leader of the pack aspiration.

Complete the Civil designer (Green Technician) career.

Marry a rival coworker.

Adopt at least two kids and give birth to 1 child.

Only use the furniture that you made with the fabricator machine.

Purchase the brave trait in the reward store.

Reach maximum level in Fabrication, Charisma, Logic, Handiness, Gardening and one other skills.

On the neighbourhood action plan board convinced people to vote for Clean Energy Production, Eco-Friendly Appliances,Green Gardening, Power Conservation, Self-Sufficiency,Tech Support, Up cycling Initiative and Water Conversation.

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8.   Generation Eight: Legacy of Love

 You embody the values of love, compassion, and empathy instilled by your ancestors. You endeavors to honor their legacy by spreading kindness and positivity to those around you.

Traits: Generous, Animal Enthusiast, Clumsy + (Goofball and  High Maintenance)

Aspiration: Friend of the Animals

Career: Conservationist (Environmental Manager)

Rules:

Become good friends with 7 sims.

Have 5 enemies.

Adopt a cat and a dog.

Complete the feather,frog,insect, fish collection.

Marry to a sim that is your friend or best friend ex.

Must have triples.

Max out the Pet training, Logic, Charisma and two other skills.

Do 10 odd jobs.

Complete the Conservationist (Environmental Manager).

Complete the friend of animals aspiration.

Rescue a horse, max out all four horse skills and win at least 1 competition.

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9.  Generation Nine: Redemption 

You seek redemption for the mistakes and conflicts of previous generations.  You work to reconcile past grievances and heal old wounds, paving the way for a brighter future.

Traits: Squeamish, Jealous, Materialistic + (loves outdoors and Nosy)

Aspiration: Neighbour Confidante 

Career: Politician (Charity Organiser)

Rules:

Be friends with 8 sims at your first heir's side and 8 sims of the first heir's spouse.

Talk up about each sim to them from the opposite family to be with.

Have a family barbecue with them.

Go on a vacation with them (if it restricts you to the amount of Sims it allows you to take or invite, make it not all the Sims from one family side you invited.)

Donate money to charity every Sunday and Friday.

Organize 3 events to contribute money to charity or fundraiser.

Complete the Neighbour Confidante aspirations.

Complete the Politician (Charity Organiser) career.

Max out the Debating , Charisma, Gardening and three other skills.

Have a romantic relationship with one of your sibling spouse or partner.

------------------------------------------------------------10. Generation Ten: Unity and Harmony 

You're the final descendant of your legacy, embodying the culmination of love, unity, and harmony. You strive to unite both families once and for all, ensuring a legacy of peace and acceptance for future generations.

Traits: Music Lover , Bookworm, Creative + Wise (You have to choose this trait when you become an elder, but for now, you can pick any trait) and Paranoid

Aspiration: Best Selling Author & Big Happy Family

Career: Writer (Author Branch)

Rules:

Write stories about each generation from 1-10 make a copy of them and publish it.

Meet 12 Sims from both the first heir's family and spouse's side.

Introduce them to each other so they can become friends.

Marry to a sim that is a friend of your family.

Reach level 10 in writing, a musical instrument skill, and two other skills.

Complete the the Best Selling Author and Big Happy Family aspirations.

Complete the writer career (Author Branch).

Have a family dinner party.

Invite both families to your wedding, engagement party, and birthday party.

Invite both families to your all children’s baby showers and birthdays.

Go on a family camping trip or vacation with them. (You can invite as many Sims as you want, but you must not go below 5. Another tip: you can switch to their household and make them go on a camping trip or vacation as well.)

Visit the family graveyard.

Move back to the world where it all started. 

[misscryptidart]

Glascow Willy Wonka Experience scam disaster AI piece of garbage lmao moment I love you

[notsosmug87]

Look at this awesome white boy band

Trailer didnt give much else besides a Zane pod and That fuck ass dragon at the end

No jay (in trailer)

Also

WOAHHHHHH

[acourtoflight]

it’s been 1,287 days since Azriel regretted landing at the HOW because Gwyneth was there and was trying to figure out how to get her to stfu because she kept asking him questions. It’s been 1,287 days since Elain shrunk away from Lucien and almost kisses Azriel instead. 💜

[smallerthan3]

second phase HITS (me)

shadow(s) of yharnam.

lost in the forbidden woods.

[cnl0400]

Ok this may be nitpicking but my problem with the whole "Father's love" Is that your father Is the reason your sister is death, the whole reason y'all went to war... They casted you away because you didn't want Lilith to die...

The thing Is that Father's love Is not unconditional, If you didn't started the war, your sister would have died anyways, for the crime of loving a human too much, he practially made you choose between your loyalty to him or your love for your sister. Thats why Lucifer whole speech of "All Father did was love me, but I couldn't see It" feels shallow, because It undermines the tragedy of falling from the CR in the first place. Like If Seraph Lucifer had fallen in love with a human, he would probably had the same fate as Lilith. Simeon Is stripped of His own angelhood in S3/S4 for stealing the ring of light to save MC, so it's not like the CR Is better in the future or anything

I think Its unrealistic to expect OBM to put Father/God as this 100% Bad guy (with the whole uniting the three realms and all that) but also I feel like Lucifer should have more complicated feeling about this. I don't doubt Father loved him, but I don't think the conclusion of Lucifer arc should be that "All my Father did was love me but I was too prideful to see it"

[n0tsillybb]

are wed just gonna ingnore cinder used motherfucking fire in the seson 2 part 2 trailer??? like-

LOOK AT HIM

[rosewaves06]

if i wrote a remus lupin story on wattpad about him falling in love with Sirius’s twin sister but she about to be betrothed, but she’s also in love with him and the marauders help her run away would y’all read it

(i’ve already started it just want to know if i should post it or not)

[starray04]

Klance 🫶

Forbidden soulmates cause we were robbed of Klance in Voltron 😔

Inspo from those anatomy of a hug vids

[abyssalwyrm0]

Lucifer and Cain have a talk.

Lucifer: "Did Adam ever abuse you?" He sks his son, trying to put an end to this silence.

Lilith left them alone to have a talk, meanwhile she was talking care of the royal duties for the two of them. She knows Lucifer need to have a talk with his long-lost son so she can wait to have her turn with her stepchild that in another life she could have called son and she would be saw by him as his mother as Eve. Too bad that the world was cruel for everyone.

Cain: "No, but he never pretended to be my father. Adam raised me but let clear from early on that I wasn't his son, even when I was too young to understand. For him I was a constant reminder that his second wife cheated on him with his ex and the angel she ran away with." The First Murderer says, still looking up at heaven in the red sky of hell. "After I killed Abel, he said to me my face in front to mom and the angels that he regret don't having crushed me on a rock when I was a newborn before I could harm any of his sons." He clenches his fists and Lucifer looks horrified for a moment, rage sparking in his heart.

Lucifer: "You didn't deserve it, Cain. You deserved to have a father, I wanted to be a father but I didn't even know you were my child until you appeared here....and your stepmother is having troubles in giving birth....no one of your siblings survived until now." The Devil looks to the floor as he thinks about how he wasn't present on Cain's life and Lilith's curse given by his own family.

Cain: "I thought it too for a long time as I saw how much Adam loved Abel and his other children on his own way. I was so envious, nothing I did made him accept me as his own. My mother also tried to make us get closer, but this only got him angrier with her and then they fought more." He remembers their fights.

Lucifer: "How Eve was....after me and Lilith were banished? We lost contact with our Evening Star after giving her the Apple. You know, planned to make official our relationship and live in our own corner of Eden, if not somewhere else, but everything quickly went to hell after we unleashed Evil."

Cain: "Bad but it could be worse. Adam wasn't abusive with her either if you're thinking about it, but he held a grudge for having lost everything and being stuck with mother and me on Earth. She tried to make things work between them; so he did too begrudgingly out of a sense of duty, pragmatism.....and also because he was afraid to be alone. I hate Adam, but also pity him." He remembers how miserably he was with Eve.

The Mother of Humanity actually tried to make things easier between them. It was out of some feeling of love she still felt for him despite everything or just pity? Who knows, Cain didn't really understand even now what his mother and stepfather felt for each other and honestly? Regardless of what Eve really feel for him, Adam doubt and refuse to consider the possibility she trully love him because he knows that like him if she could chose she would have left.

Lucifer: "Did your mother ever talked about me and Lilith?"

Cain: "No more than Adam who was cursing your names constantly. After I was old enough to understand things better, my mother had a talk with me in which she told about her story with you and Lilith."

Lucifer: "Did she regret us? "

Cain: "She feel regreat but not remorse. My mother told me that despite everything if she could go back in time she would still eat the Apple, I don't know if she changed her mind after I killed Abel..... I never saw so much rage in her eyes before. I think she hates me now." It hurts him the mere thought.

The way how Eve looked at him, Adam and the angels as she cried, hugging tightly Abel's body, haunted Cain up to this day.

Lucifer: "I see." He reflects for a moment. "Heh, she and Lilith are more similar than people give them credit. " He says with a little of humor, wondering like Cain if Eve hates him and Lilith now.

[anti-eluvians]

First Veilguard playthrough thoughts! Spoilers obviously. I started writing things down about 24 hours in, most of which was exploring the maps and avoiding plot (as is tradition).

Overall I loved it. Obviously. One doesn't cry for twenty minutes over a world they don't care about. Or write however many words this post ends up about events that didn't affect them.

Post introduction- I'm really worried about Lace. She's taking everything too hard and I don't know if I can save her without romance.

Bellara is so cute and so smart, but basically Merrill if Merrill had been supported. That romance may appeal to me later but not on this run

So they really put something to steal on the very first aravel we can ever board. Really? Really???

After D'Meta's Crossing- the chat with Varric where he comforts us about the hardship of leading and says he met us during our faction's catalyst event. Doesn't that make him this game's Duncan? So all Rooks happened but only the one he was WITH got recruited? I love and hate that because we know what happened to Duncan.

Solas said the Blight we've dealt with since Origins is a tiny fraction, and that his rebellion drove the Evanuris to turn to it as a weapon. That sounds a LOT like the time Andruil went too deep "into the Void" and Mythal had to beat her ass to cleanse her. So WHO or WHAT is in the Void that actually created the Blight? Is it Titans?

If the lyrium ritual dagger is such pure lyrium dwarves wouldn't work it... is Rook gonna be okay carrying it around??? Clothing is not enough to protect someone from lyrium poisoning! Are we gonna start hearing the song and hallucinating like Origins Templars?? Honestly I would love that lol

I'm quite pleased that my pre-game take on Rook has panned out! My Rook chose to join Varric & Lace on their mission so she's not nearly as weighed down as my other three leads. Warden was forced to Join or die. Hawke was forced to flee and stumbled into infamy trying to protect their family. Inquisitor picked up the wrong rock and was shunted into their role as Herald/Inquisitor. Rook could have said no, but chose this path. Having had a choice is so freeing!

Reading that Lorelei (the Shadow Dragon vendor) was from Denerim is the second time I cried. Loghain sold her into slavery before the Warden could rescue her and I feel, weirdly, personally responsible for failing her.

I can't believe Lucanis is so charming and doesn't even try. I can take him out with anyone and they get along. Not sure yet if that's a HIM thing or Bioware avoiding the friction of Anders/Fenris and Vivienne/Blackwall.

So the Dalish and Veil Jumpers know that the Evanuris sucked actually. That is AMAZING for me because I've wanted my Lavellan to shout what she learned (from the Well of Sorrows and in Trespasser) from the rooftops. That it is now common knowledge means SOMEONE shared what the Inquisition knew! And I have no reason to think it can't be my girl at an Arlathvhen. Which is what I always wanted for her; spread the word, brace the world against whatever Solas did next.

My clever brilliant snarky sister pointed out that maybe there are seven Old Gods for Tevinter but nine Evanuris because Mythal and Solas weren't sealed and don't count. I had to stare at a wall for a while. And if they really are the same entities, which Archdemon was which Evanuris?? And also, we're out of dragons so what happens after? A question Solas snarked at Blackwall in 9:41, the ass.

They really got to built the Kirkwall they WANTED with Minrathous. Twisting winding streets so easy to get lost in. I wish DA2 had gotten the development time it deserved.

Griffons made me cry happy tears and jump up and down. Losing the griffons immediately had me in stunned silence. And now.... it's Amaranthine all over again. Virmire. This sucks haha

I looked up the consequences of "Minrathous or Treviso" because I had to stop and go to work in the morning & cannot wait another 10 hours having simply CHOSEN. Mostly I feel like I made the right choice but Neve may never forgive me and that hurts. Reddit is also saying that the faction shop in the abandoned city is GONE. Does that mean I failed Lorelei again?? That she's dead??? Or just won't sell to me anymore? I have to wait until I get home from work and I really don't want to know!

Update: they fucking executed her. By burning. I have never sought out fights with a Dragon Age faction before but I scoured Minrathous for Venatori. It felt like hunting Cerebus after the ME3 coup. I wanted blood and by god I took it.

In Arlathan forest after Davrin's mission I think I found the trail of the fourth Forbidden One. I had forgotten I even hoped they would be in the game!

The book club throughline is very cute and very sweet. I may even use it as the DAV group tag somehow. The cooking and domestic life stuff is heartwarming. Healing. I hope someone has written lovely canon-compliant fanfic for me to find after I finish the game.

The devs really went all out with the set dressing stories. Finding the corpse clutching an Evanuris relic made me put the controller down for a sec. And finding Keeper Hawen's skeleton made me outright cry.

I can't remember if Varric narrated in DA2, but I know he didn't narrate as much as they have him doing in this game. While it is fun listening to him write our story while we're still in it, it's also kind of disheartening to know how many people are stacked against us! Shut the fuck up Varric!

Gotta love the devs leaving little treats for players by key locations. Loot bags, ore, small chests-- like tempting a dog into a car with snacks lol

Tell me why the map that feels most "Dragon Age" is the worn down, miserable, dark, decrepit farm swamp. It feels like Lothering and I hated that place

I take it back I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE THE ECHOING WELL

After the Cobbled Swan meeting:

Wow okay wow okay so the South is OVERRUN with the new Blight and that's why Inquisitor isn't involved. That makes sense and I appreciate Bioware acknowledging there would need to be a Good Reason. that said I am still annoyed she has a prosthetic at all but also started shaking and crying immediately.

Still thinking about this. everywhere we've ever loved is burning. And despite trying to rally the South again the Inquisitor made time to save Lace's Ma? Shut up I'm emotional again. though I wonder how "evil inquisitor" players feel about that move... Also glad to see that APPARENTLY non-Well Morrigan and Well-Drinker-Inquisitors reached a truce in the last 10 years. I hated having any PC who distrusted Morrigan.

Regrets of the Dread Wolf:

Wow. There was so so SO much information stored in the Regret murals. So many theories confirmed. Solas was a wisdom spirit, ALL elves were spirits, the elves waged war and killed the Titans, Solas and Mythal were Very Close, the Black City was elven/the Chant is incorrect. I should be reeling but really I am just. Vibrating out of my skin. Seven years of wondering, vindicated. What I did NOT expect is for Solas's dagger to have caused the Blight by sundering Titans and their dreams/lyrium. We thought lyrium and blight could be connected but never quite to this extent. THAT has me reeling.

So like. The Evanuris used Solas' dagger to end the Titan war, which also created the blight. They then went mad with that corrupted force (including Andruil and her Void swim) (Void = the emptiness left behind by the death of Titans?) and killed Mythal. Solas locked them, and all knowledge of the blight, away in slumber using their life force to power the prison. However the prison/veil also split magic and spirits from the material world, destroying the world order. Then the magisters siderial (one per locked-away Evanuris) accidentally let a pinprick of that power out, starting the First Blight. Do I... do I have it right.

Hold on (reviewing footage) the FIRST MEMORY we can view says Solas and Mythal met in secret because he had already split from the group. So is his rebellion NOT rooted in her murder?? Which is what he said in Trespasser??

the Regrets questline is destroying me. Morrigan ended up carrying Mythal anyway, after seeing her mother's ghost regret dying? After all I did to keep her as herself! Then that final word from Mythal that the elves of today can and will surpass Arlathan-- I started crying again. Leave me alone!!

Weisshaupt. Very emotional and too immersive for me to remember any thoughts. But I swear to god if Cabin In The Blight is Anders I will SCREAM.

Genuinely worried that Varric is a fade ghost and that's why no one ever visits him. That he died at the ritual and Rook is hallucinating.

You know the longer I think about it the more upset I am that Morrigan inherited Mythal. I spent the last 3 games trying to prevent what was, apparently, her inevitable fate. Why even give us the choice of the Well? Why offer the Dark Ritual at all? I'm used to going against canon (Warden Alistair) but this feels like a slap in the face to all my choices. All this along with essentially wiping southern Thedas off the map. So what was the point of our hero's effort? Just to, as Solas said in Trespasser, buy a few more years of peace?

Lace's fight with the Shade was such a great scene. I can't help but remember that she was present for the DAI Corypheus finale and saw him split the earth, lifting the Inquisitor's party into the sky. When she turned around to split Rook & Co from her own platform I gasped.

Emmrich wants to be a what

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Took a 3 week break for the holidays, came back and started the loyalty missions. Sad I don't expect to see Cole or Sandal in the last act. This game broke Sandal's perfect score!

I also realized while gone that Lace was so angry at the start but seemed to settle down suddenly because the Shade split off. Her anger LITERALLY LEFT her body. And now she has dwarven/Titan magic. If we get another DA game I NEED it to be about the dwarves.

Poor Taash. Shathann (Sumalee Montano) knocked that final scene out of the park and I wept.

Loved the treasure hunt! And a new Compassion who talks like Cole and wants a big hat!! Cuuute

All these Chasind/Alamaari references got me emotional too. Makes me miss Jaws of Hakkon and Ferelden.

Wow the Warden puzzle in Sharksmouth is both so satisfying and so annoying! I love all the nods but hate that none of these statues are people from Last Flight. You know. The book about the Fourth Blight. That one.

On the other hand I got the Meredith unique item (mage flavor) so I can't stay mad loll

Okay! So! Wow! I would never guess that Taash's plot would be the one to highlight What Lies Across The Sea. frankly, I thought the executors would be on the same level as the snake men: namely, a joke that Bioware would never follow through on. And WHAT is all this NOISE about a STORM! Green clouds like Fade magic? The original Kossith settlers fled across the sea only to fall to the First Blight. The tablet says those blessed with dragon fire "see the unseen" so what is it about dragons (and archdemons) that means they can fight back? Is the Qun a sign that the Kossith left behind failed? So the Executors founded or inspired the Qun? This quest left with so many more questions I worry we'll never have answered.

Lost and Profane left me so upset I didn't write anything down. Seeing what became of Isseya was too terrible to feel good about saving the griffon babies. And then having to choose what happens to the griffons left me actually out loud sobbing for 15~ minutes. My sister sat with me until I calmed down. Yes I chose Arlathan but I feel like a traitor to my Warden and everyone who ever hoped to see a griffon again. And not being able to show Isseya Revas' feather because I decked the First Warden does not make me want to load an old save, it makes me angrier at the writing.

Bellara's mission hit less hard. I thought we would have to choose Cyrian's fate not... that. She really is Merrill The Second. So just like with Merrill I encouraged her to keep the item with lore of her ancestors. Also Anaris was looking for shelter from a storm. Bioware what are you up to

Still worried about fade ghost Varric. Are we keeping his soul from peace? IS there an afterlife for dwarves? Only if the Maker is real! Or is it all bad/slipshod writing because Mary Kirby was sacked before writing ACTUALLY wrapped???

I feel the need to point out that with the new rules introduced with Corypheus and enforced by Isseya, The Architect COULD TOTALLY COME BACK. UTHA WAS RIGHT THERE HE COULD ABSOLUTELY BODY HOP AND JUST BE CHILLING IN THE DEEP ROADS COME ON

Emmrich saved Manfred. My personal distaste for undead was less important than saving Emmrich's son (though we couldn't ask Fred's permission and that does bother me a bit).

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Okay it is January 2025. My sister says I will likely finish the game this weekend. So here are my 'pre end of act 2 and/or third act' thoughts:

If Solas really killed Varric I may just take any chance to break the egg. I've had Varric way longer and he's been too important to too many of my heroes to go out like this.

IDK how to feel about the option to encourage my Inquisitor to actually get back with Solas. I had thought before playing DAV that she might DIE with him so if that's on the table I'm prepared for it. But they had her mention "give it all up for him" and uhh was that an option? Yes she loves him enough to die with him but does she love him enough to LIVE WITH him, and accept allllll his bullshit? I don't know. It'll depend how they present the choice, I guess.

I also said pre-release that if I could sacrifice Rook like we could sacrifice Warden in DAO that I would. That WAS before I romanced anyone so I don't know if I would go through with it given the chance. That's what save files are for I suppose?

My sister is being SO OMINOUS about act 3. She gives me the saddest looks but also says she loved the ending, I don't know what to think!!

I also built my Rook playlist on the idea of playing a Lawful Evil/Renegade Rook but the game has not allowed or led me in that direction. So now I'm considering going full renegade in act 3 as like a character breaking point... but my girl Mercar has held up far better than any of the other three did this far into their plots.

Knowing who writes the Randy Dowager has me in stitches and also agony

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Well. Finished the game January 12. So much happened in the last four hours of gameplay that I really haven't processed it yet. Let's start with: I hate being right about Varric. Loved the prison quest, hated everything that happened. And how long were we gone? Days at least, weeks more likely, but the damage to Minrathous could happen in moments if Elgar'nan wanted it to. Viper is so strong and noble and definitely dying soon. Take the Joining you ass!

The Juggernaut(s) looked so much like Meredith's final form I got angry at her all over again.

So the Evanuris are gone and there will be no more blights. That's.... huge. The Evanuris were real and also the Tevene dragon gods. So the only religion left with a leg to stand on is Andrastianism. I do noooot want to meet the Maker. If the Maker is real then Varric can be with my Hawke. Don't turn that into another spirit thing.

And the void that sucked up Lusacan's body. Was that The Void where Andruil found the blight? Where does it go? Why did it take the dragon? He would have been a good source for more Joining materials, which are now a finite resource. The end of Grey Wardens, Dragon Age's staple faction, is in sight. That plus only having 50 years left to the "dragon" age really worries me for the future of this franchise. We cannot keep skipping a decade ahead.

Absolution ending Solas is just... wandering free? That is the OPPOSITE of what I want but having seen the other options, it is certainly the one I prefer. Finding out he CAN call himself a god (fight end) did fuck me up. And hearing DAI music followed by Lost Elf made me cry again. My Lavellan going with him feels less terrible if they can still visit her family and friends. And help people. However she IS still mortal so there's still a tragic end coming. This also means every headcannon and drabble I have are entirely plausible...! ...?

And what was with that stinger?? The Veilguard Remains Vigilant. Sure but do we get DLC? A book? Comics? A DLC?? The thought also occurs that a "storm that drinks the sky" sounds like the black hole that ate Lusacan. So are we veering into space metaphors/magic now? And is the consistent mention of Andruil hinting that she or the Void WILL return?

Wait was that slide about Arlathan saying the Golden City had returned? I read it as the Elves had a chance to make their own nation again, but the phrasing is actually very different isn't it... oh my. That would be cause for an Exalted March when word gets out.

That the Well of Sorrows song (any Inquisition song really) made me gasp every time it played highlights how flat this score is. I can mentally listen to Lost Elf or Dawn Will Come at will. But the only noteworthy DAV song was the menu theme and that's disappointing. Lorne Balfe and Hanz Zimmer have both done AMAZING work: what happened? I want to want to listen to this album, but I can't think of any specific song. Sometimes Arlathan sounded Mass Effect. Sometimes Minrathous sounded Anthem. I hope data miners will find and share the unreleased tracks, but I WISH the score had more emotion.

As much as this game hurt me, and as much as the world state choices let me down, it DID give me more Fade missions than all other games combined. I would love it for that alone.

And finally, quality of life improvements I wanted:

Beacons labeled on the map (so I know where the hell I'm going)

Previewing clothing & weapons (so I know what I want or don't)

Any explanation of the Valuables/faction points system (so I know not to sell everything to Veil Jumpers!!)

Enemies as red dots on the mini map. This seems self explanatory. I had to check with my party if there was another enemy nearby.

And an interrupt system. There were several cutscenes I would have liked to interact with via interrupt, especially at the end. This is less QoL and more something I said out loud several times.

[bookish-brainrot-00]

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Arts credits:

@llibiarts

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Carrying on the tradition of redrawing a Hives album cover every time a Forbidden Five member is revealed. spoilers, kinda. Og under cut:

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A collection of mini fun facts : I'll explain them base on the sequence of the geography (MAP)

The CAPITALs : (orange circles)

Last time I talked about how palace in the anime take reference of Forbidden Palace,  🏛️ which is located in ☆Beijing, the capital city of Ming and Qing Dynasty.

However Xi'an🏛️ (aka ★ChangAn) is the capital city of TANG Dynasty,

which is the clothing style of the characters. (ChangAn is the ancient name of Xi'an)

FASHION :

During TANG, ★ChangAn, was a cosmopolitan and multicultural city since it is the starting destination of 🐫 Silk Road.

Ah Dou is wearing a riding suit, know as Hufu 👕. It was a fashion among the noble ladies to wear Hufu for horse ride🐴 . Hufu is male clothing of the *Western region (part of 🐫 Silk Road). [ *West is Central Asia, not Europe]

LOULAN : (red on map)

Maomao was curious of 💐Concubine Loulan who has Northen facial feature while wearing Southern outfit. In history, LouLan was the name of an ancient 👑kingdom at *Western region. It's location is modern Xinjiang near the now dried salt lake Lop Nur (MAP). The carved wooden beam above is an artifact of Loulan Kingdom.👑

NAIL POLISH :

Just as the anime, Balsam is a major ingredient for 💅nail polish (also for blush and lip color).

Balsam flowers are usually found in Central, East and South of Asia. When my grandma was a girl, she grounded the flower patels and apply them on nails then wait for a while , letting the juice to stain the nails before getting rid of the residue.

In ancient time, 💅 nail polish are made of juice of the grounded petals of balsam mixing with potassium alum. This chemical is used in drugs and silk painting / writing. 📚

WRITING :

Silk is more often used for painting than writing since it is expensive. Potassium alum is applied on silk as preparation for painting and writing.

Other than silk, bamboo and wooden slips were being used for writing, before paper is commonly used.

OX BEZOARS :

🐃 Ox bezoars (the drugs that turns Maomao into "upper moon demon" ) is used for de-toxing. 牛黃 is Chinese and kanji character of ox bezoars. Nowadays, it's made into tablet form know as 牛黃「解毒」片. In this context 「解毒」is meaning de-toxing. But some people mistaken 「解毒」means de - posion and think 牛黃「解毒」片 (Ox bezoars) can get rid of poison intaken by individuals, since Maomao mentioned to JinShin to use poison if she is ever facing death penalty.