#i thought it was cool they were so inspired by 2018 gow but not like this

[medowlarken]

this has been argued to death at this point and i'm still going to play, but genuinely curious how they're going to handle a varric that doesnt go into specifics about hawke. like that's canonically one of his closest friends and who he started this whole mess with? merrill, who he canonically adored, literally had an eluvian sitting in her house in the ten years they knew each other?? there's an abomination in the new party, is he not going to reference anders at all??? the guy who blew up his city and set off the major chain of events that changed his life forever?????

idk. this is def the game where varric gets retired as a character and it feels wrong to send him off without specific references to the kirkwall gang, ESPECIALLY a hawke that gets left for dead in the fade. ten plus years may have passed, but to completely scrub EVERYTHING from dao/da2 and most of dai is such a bizarre decision for a 'choices matter' franchise. if you don't want to deal with the admittedly convoluted fallout of past player decisions, then make it fifty years in the future, not ten. your pookiebear solas is literally immortal, he can wait.

[gloryseized]

9. why were you drawn to each one of your characters?

Ask Meme: Multimuse Meme!

ohhhh this is a fun question!

Link -- I think it was back in 2017, right around when botw first came out that I ran across some artwork exploring the idea of Link being mute and I thought that character idea was so cool! Exploring both how a character could be powerful but then have the 'weakness' of not being able to speak was fascinating to me, and also empowering. Not only was it a new way (to me) to explore a relatively well-known character and a new challenge as a writer, but placing someone who didn't speak specifically into a fantasy setting I thought was very cool too. So when I decided to take the plunge to make this blog, I decided to throw this guy in there after he'd been rotating in my head for years.

Akira -- Again, there's some heavy influence of fanart and fanfiction that helped to inspire/maintain interest in this character. I was intrigued by his story, how he gets thrown into all the nonsense--how he somehow knows the right choices to make while also clearly flying by the seat of his pants. And similar to Link, we get basically a blank canvas for Persona 5 MC, and I thought it would be fun to see what I could bring to the table for this muse given the things that are locked into canon. It's a sandbox with the walls where I know how far to go and then all the toys inside to play with ^.^

Will -- I love Will. I see a lot of myself in Will's character and I didn't want to write him for the longest time because I write his significant other Nico who (still) has me by the throat and will not set me free ever. But because I made the multi, I decided to throw Will in too.

Marinette -- I recently got the husband to start watching this show together after I took a break sometime during season 1/2 when it was first airing. And we were immediately hooked. I don't tend to find myself drawn to female muses, so I wanted to see if I could try my hand at writing Marinette. I definitely vibe with a lot of her insecurities, and taking the step back to write them has been nice to get an outside perspective.

Mimir -- I do love an old wise muse, especially an old wise muse that's been through a lot like Mimir has. I love all the nuggets that are dropped about his history in the different stories he tells, but I also love his characterization and support he gives to the main characters in gow 2018/ragnarok.

Duck -- She is baby. (This sentence was the first thing I wrote to reply to this meme before anything else.) Princess Tutu is an anime that deeply influenced how I think of stories and hope and earning happy endings. I loved Duck in the entire show and any chance to write her here as been a treat.