#i had my criticisms ofc but they still felt like dragon age.

[lyriumrain]

My thoughts on the game are all over the place at the moment. I'm at 100 hours and I still haven't finished (to be fair some of that time is me returning to maps with no quests hoping to find something new)

I'm so torn on it. I really do love a lot about it, and I don't think it's a bad game. On the contrary, I think it is for the most part, stunning. On the other hand, I get really bad vibes from it too. It feels like the series I knew is dying, and veilguard is the nail in the coffin.

I know that sounds dramatic, but I'm well aware senior staff have been laid-off, people who care about this series, the people who were here at the beginning - they're either gone or probably will soon be. I don't think I'm going to like where it goes from here if the mmo-adjacent elements and shallow companion quests/interactions are anything to go by.

It's frustrating, because I DO like the characters. I just wish it was a bit more.... mature. Bioware's writing style has always had a goofy slant to it - I know this! But there's no counterbalance here, imo. Or very little, at least.

Idk - take everything i say with a grain of salt. Just my tastes and feelings etc etc. I really loved Origins, and it's still my favourite game in the franchise. I guess I just hoped the series would go in a different direction.

[sorryimovedacc]

To avoid further spoilers I watched GoT s7ep6...

Ok this all probably doesn’t make sense, if I have time I’ll write up one of my analysis’, this is more like a brain fart I just had to write up, so if you do end up wasting your time reading this, apologies if there’s spelling mistakes, it’s currently 1Am and like I said, it’s a brain fart. I’ve done these before but I just keep them to my self because in the end they technically are for me lol. I won’t tag this as spoilers because you don’t have to ‘Keep reading’ if you haven’t seen the ep yet. Honestly? If you don’t want to get spoiled because people don’t tag stuff just say off the internet or watch the episode lol.

Ok well this season has really been ruined for me but hey at least everything in this episode was a surprise except for a few sceenshots of Dany’s winter dress WHICH OML I DIED WHEN I SAW IT BECAUSE WAS IT ME OR DID SHE LOOK LIKE AN ANGEL?? I’m going to admit I did say Thoros was probably going to die but I was 100% sure Tormund was going to, so I had a hand over my mouth throughout the whole episode; I’m extremely relieved he’s not dead yet...even when there were like 4 death flags just in this episode, like when the hound said ‘How are you not dead yet’ I kid you not, I was on the brink of tears. Moving on...

I love the Hound and the absolute no fucks he gives but that’s old news; and ofc it was really nice to see him save Tormund, nice character development. Honestly I can’t wait to see the episode in HD because it was pretty fucking intense in general. And yea, RIP Thoros :/ As long as my boy Tormund is safe for now I’m ok

About the Arya and Sansa scenes...Honestly? I’m confused and kind of annoyed? Ok I love everything about GoT so like I don’t even mean this tbh because no matter what happens I’ll praise it forever, but let me be a critic for a sec

Honestly the Winterfell scenes have been quite boring idk, nothing’s been happening? like I know Sansa and Arya used to fight but srsly?? Arya’s my fav stark, she’s always been but why is she acting so bitchy?? I find it pointless rn because we all know the enemy there is Littlefinger and I’d rather have more scenes of him plotting and being the ol’ Petyr in the earlier seasons rather than see the stark sisters act this way, because I know damn well it’s going to end with both of them offing Littlefinger, heck it might even happen next episode idk. (I am contradicting myself here because ik littlefinger left that letter there on purpose to set Arya and Sansa agains eachother but IDK I JUST FELT LIKE SAYING IT, BRAIN FART REMEMBER?)

What else...

Tyrion’s speeches I always love and I’ll mention it again, DANY’S FUCKING WINTER DRESS HAD ME FALLING OFF THE CHAIR BECAUSE OMG IT WAS GORGEOUS.

And I guess this brings us to Dany to the rescue scene.

Well like I said before, I’ll love GoT no matter what, and the main issue I’m having this season (which is the issue ik most people are having) is that it’s sooo rushed! now the reason it’s a problem for me is because we just have 1 episode of season 7 left and then season 8. Honestly I don’t even want to think about it ending and it’s going waaaay to fast rn. 

I’ve even stopped caring about issues other people are having like, Jonaerys being rushed or forced, because I wan’t to love GoT anyway. And you know what? Fuck it. I ship it too, I used to crack ship it ages ago and yea, they’re related, that’s where I started having issues with it but 1. They don’t know yet and 2. they’re Targs and incest was normal for targs. And no, I don’t ship incest, but you know what? It’s obviously going to happen, like did you see the end of this ep? So I’ve just decided I’ll be happy about it rather than not. Now I’d like it even more if it wasn’t so rushed, but I have faith in grrm to see how differently everything will turn out to be in the books. 

OK SORRY I GOT CARRIED AWAY

Dany and the rescue...oh and Tyrion mentioning Jon being in love with Dany. Well I’ll be honest, I expected one of the dragons to become a white, if not both Viseryon and Raeghal which is still a possibility but it didn’t stop me from screaming at my screen when it did. And you can just see the pain in Dany’s eyes T_T

And when Jon gets out of the water I kid you not I said: ‘wait, what if Benje-’ and then boom, Benjen’s there! I cried I cry about everything I watch but AGAIN, it was rushed! it was so sudden! he was there and then he was dead! I almost didn’t cry. 

Aaaand yeaaaa then the Jonaerys talk was cute I’M IGNORING THE FORCED DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE I’VE ACCEPTED IT AND I’M HAPPY and like idk if anything else is going to happen between them next episode because Dany just fucking walked out lmao. Honestly? I thought they’d have sex LOL