#games of chance

[economicsresearch]

pages 235 and 243 - hoopin'.

[haveyouplayedthisboardgame-poll]

[rhianna]

1498, Ya know it

[galleryyuhself]

Galleryyuhself - saturate my eyes as your at it.

[noisemx]

Deb JJ Lee -

you secrets and little cavities are showing

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[chloesimaginationthings]

The day FNAF Charlie Emily was shut out..

[katsinspats]

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

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy one year anniversary to In Stars and Time!

[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.

[economicsresearch]

pages 235 and 243 - everything I said before, but maybe there's a worm that has taken over everyone's brain and it makes them good at basketball, or good at coaching basketball, or supporting the local basketball team. Or maybe it just makes you shit yourself bloody and then your brain falls out your ears and you're dead.

If it's just shitting yourself bloody, I have that.

[kukobs]

i love reading andreil's interactions pre-tkm or even pre-trk because they're so hostile with each other it's so funny, they don't like each other at all. meanwhile i'm rubbing my hand together like "hehe you have no idea what awaits you you FOOLS. you guys are gonna LOVE each other unconditionally, live TOGETHER and raise KITTIES while living a good, domestic life forever you MORONS 😏"

[rhianna]

card games of chance and skill

Gambling Fools footnote

[chthonic-kids]

y'all

[toramirr]

“They’d been so discreet for so long, and Kevin had undone it all in a heartbeat.”

[chloesimaginationthings]

How Jeremy Fitzgerald survived the FNAF bite

[wordvomit555]

I think that the most special thing about David Wymack is the fact that he not only gives people another chance, but also doesn't force them to do anything with it. There are so many characters out there who give a second chance and are disappointed if the person doesn't then raise to their full potential, but not Wymack. He will give you a chance and what you do with it is entirely up to you. And if you fuck up he will give you another one, and another one and not once will he make you feel guilty for fucking up again.