#idc if he was being teasing and flirty— that made me sad

[my-maehem]

Why do I feel like crying? This made me have sad thoughts for some reason.

[imageingrunge]

A needlessly thorough review of DATV so I can move on with my life:

WHAT I LIKED:

The story pacing flows better without all that open world slog from DAI I am not bombarded by 50 side quests that have no baring on anything other than rp flavor

The game is pretty, CC is nice

They gave you far more opportunities to flesh out your Rook's background than in DAI and da2 but it's not as fun has having a mini origin story from DAO

no fall damage and if u run out of a combat zone ur companions follow u too

Hossberg wetlands really remind me of dragon age awakenings and I like the way the blight looks there, it gave me a nice nostalgic feeling for the older games

WHAT I DID NOT LIKE (IN DETAIL)

Voice Acting & Dialogue

It is really hard to be invested in a game that feels the need to recap everything you just experienced from 5 minutes ago, (verging on insulting my intelligence) and the silliest part is while i do hate this I got so checked out after act 2 I needed the recap 

A lot of the dialogue and banter is just empty small talk and meaningless pleasantries that sucked the life out of me, had me longing for the days of hearing Ohgren's beer belches reverberate off the walls in the deep roads:

 Voice acting is really consistent, I hated it when you never knew how your inquisitor would sound in DAI sometimes too serious for a funny comment or like yelling at Cassandra and cullen over nothing - Rook is more consistent but it comes at a loss of personality every line is uttered in the same annoying tone that had me being like damn can he stfu already (da2 was ideal voice acting for me if they cant deliver that again just go back to a voiceless protagonist)

Me whenever my rook opened his mouth: i was getting violent on that skip button

The dialogue between rook and their companions holds it back from being enjoyable at all really- here's some examples:

Emmerich's personal quest in act 2: "I want to do this immortality rite it's a very high honor in my order but rook I might die in the process permanently, I am an orphan and afraid of dying" Rook: "You could die?!?! That's awful". In Origins you can have a conversation with Wynn about her inevitable death and respond in a manner similar to rook and Wynn teases you by saying "well i'm not going to live for ever dear" it made me smile and sad about not being able to really help her. Did not feel that way Emmerich though, Im so uninterested in him as a character my response and feelings are "old people die all the time" and then 'wait why the fuck haven't you done this immortality ritual yet instead dragging me over here to collect some flowers"

Companions & Romance

the flirt options aren't all that flirty, its just rook being nice, all the romance content seems behind a 'romance locked in' moment (that comes in so late in the game u already forgot who u were even flirting with at times) so you can't hop ur way from one bed to another before deciding on 'the forever one' (remember when I could ride the iron bull then break up and be with Cullen- I don't think that’s an option here)

The companions are all pretty forgettable, I did everyone's personal quest (with the exception of Taash tried to kill a dragon for them n failed so bad i just moved on) and forgot there was even an approval system with them or that I was supposed to pick choices for them. It felt like i was on a train going in one direction where it did not matter what I said or did to them they would be fine. It’s like I've lost and gained nothing by doing these quests. The deepest thing I learned about Emmerich is that he is a 50 yr old orphan scared of dying. And it makes me not care all that much about them beyond “I just need you to function enough to get me to the end of the game sure Taash embrace being Rivaini, yes Harding live peacefully w that Titan shit inside you idc… Lucanis..ahh what was ur issue again I forget”

I made Lucanis live peacefully with Spite (stuck as an abomination that's supposed to be as volatile as Anders & Justice) Let Emmerich become a lich and no one batted an eye. Everyone just heehee haw hawing over Emmerich's new skeleton form and I forget about spite a lot unless he comments on something i've killed. Was there supposed to be some moral quandary? to make Emmerich a lich I had to "kill off" Manfred... the walking skeleton who might as well have been a rock with a pair of googly eyes attached to him for all i care

I don’t want to help Bellara light funeral pyres in a puzzle game play style that isnt a deep message about death. I want Aveline's speech about reading her favorite book to her dying father after hawke lost thier mother.

For Neve's romance, it took the whole world falling part and everyone dying for her to kiss me for a 2 time and then pity fuck me and afterword she’s like I’m leaving don’t want to be too distracting. All these lines carry no weight like bad actors w no chemistry

jaw on the floor comparing this (first time I said "i love you" to neve)

to the first time I said it to cullen and how he treats u before the big battle

I get that she isn't lovey dovey but at 70 hrs in and 2 kisses it feels like she just dont love me </3

Combat - as a spellblade mage*

combat was this weird mix of sometimes fun sometimes a new and unique form of human torture (wydm press shift 4 times n hold down e then press V C and 2 IM ON A KEYBOARD!) Once u make it past level 20 u are immortal but ur enemies are sponges I dreaded every single dragon fight despite that being my favorite thing to do in DAI. Don't ever want to see another Ogre in my life they body me into corners that hitting space can't save me from.

At some point u just gotta run around the place a lot hoping ur companions can do the damage for you bc the mobs aren’t interested in them at all. i was spamming 2 n slamming on that E key hopping it would be over n done with already, If i wanted to play a flashy monster hunter game, well then id play tw3 at least that combat is fun.

Lore & Story building

At the end of Trespasser, I was under the impression that the conflict in DATV would revolve around solas amassing an army of elves all over Thedas to rebel against the Evanuris. He had a whole network of Spies working against the Inquisition and the Antaam, and planned to restore the elven people, upend their religious views, and try to tear down the veil as a way of atonement. So I was understanding of there only being 3 import choices ( 1- who you romanced, 2- Save or redeem Solas 3- Disband or Keep inquisition). But that's not the story we get; instead its this??

The veil jumpers are like engineering mages with no ties to Solas beyond being an elves. There is no religious struggle they just seem to accept that these Gods have always been evil and need to be stopped. Solas is just a one man army trapped in the fade off screen for like 70% of the game. Should I have just kept the inquisition around after all? The only mention I got was my disbanded inquisition choice was inky going "my name still carries weight in southern thedas" and it seemed like disbanding or keeping it would have an affect on how easy or hard it would be to stop Solas but no it really doesn't at all

“It doesn’t feel like a Dragon Age game”

A criticism I rarely take seriously because that can mean so many different things? Like what is it the atmosphere? The aesthetics? The “dArK fAnTasy” none of these things have ever stayed consistent in any dragon age game. And I’d say DA franchise lost its teeth/edge when dai rolled around it was pretty light in the world of dark fantasy

However…theyre kinda right this time around....

It doesn’t feel like a dragon age game because they removed a lot of the lore your were exposed to in the previous games to the point where this might as well be another game all together. (i am not even a lore nerd but i do need something there to feel like i am in a dragon age game)

Yes the city is named Minrathos you were are told of its cultural significance and history as the seat of the empire but looks like a shittier version of kirkwall (and I kept getting lost going around the map so I hated it even more for wasting my time) Honestly the city felt super high tech and out of place in a fantasy setting imo, I missed it when everyone lived in a wooden hovel in the middle of the woods.

There is no reason for the venatori to follow Elgarnan and ghilian'nan or for the Qunari either but it all gets hand waved away with "they offered us power"

Reading the Inquisitors letters made me feel like im in a spinoff game and the real story is happening somewhere else. And sad to like baby take me with you!! i want to save u from this nightmare

A lot of the factions are sanitized to the point of being boring Darvin's little 'we're warden we don't do blood magic that's just not right" baby I let the wardens sacrifice elves to Corphyeus 3 weeks ago :/

Qunari Culture

So the whole reason you were fighting the Antaam in DAI was because they believed you were in cahoots with Solas, who's whole plan to them is to sow chaos and disorder- that is a HUGE no no in the Qun so they see it as their sacred duty to stop you. The Qunari we meet in DATV mindless npc mooks who attack you not because your with Solas but because the Evil elven gos promised them uhh power n shit for stopping you. Like I know I did not just waste my time in DAI reading about how egalitarian the Qun is everyone is like a Hive, they depend on each other so selfishness is rooted out so wtf was going on in Treviso with these guys. A whole culture decimated down to being darkspawn mobs part 2

What made me never want to play another DA game ever again:

Everything you ever did in Orlais, Ferelden, Kirkwall is pointless. No matter what the last letter from the Inquistor is "yeah the blight reached the south Denerim is gone, ferelden is blighted beyond repair, we took back Skyhold but barely. The Venatori disposed of whoever you put in charge of Orlais and there's giant leviathans rising out the sea in Ostwick"  There is no conclusion to this it's just the state of the world now

I cant even pretend my non solas romanced Inky is happy and safe after all this? My hof and Alistar might as well be dead for all that it ever mattered. I get that the devs wanted a clean slate but did they have to burn my house down and salt the fields? It feels so spiteful and mean, like they wanted to make a whole separate game and tack on the "dragon age" title to it for money. If they're not interested in the lore or world building why should I? it made me fully checked out of the rest of the story. Like damn idgaf about elgar'nan and the other one give me back Redcliff

TLDR I dont know if i should be sad that I still care about this or glad its over either way im blocking all datv tags n moving on

[camouflagedlove]

i think casual players (like my friends) hate Emma and she doesn't deserve it. she didn't owe feelings or a relationship to Jacob. should she have continued to flirt with him after? no but I do believe that's part of her facade and insecurities, she wants people to like her and that's how jacob liked her. I want ppl to understand she wasn't a bad person. the dare she was given was either kiss her ex (which we know he would've tried to use as evidence they should get back together) or kiss her friends crush: either way I feel she'd have gotten heat. I feel her choice was hard but made sense. she made the kiss a Little Much to get Jacob to get it but in reality it was just a game and she didn't do it to hurt Abi.

I also think of her in a deep and autistic way

i feel like she is afraid of people not liking her, and puts on a performance (canon) so if ppl do dislike her it doesn't feel as personal. her 'flirting' with jacob during the game was, to me, a defense. she's uncomfortable with the energy so she needs him to like her therefore act how he likes (which is flirty). Jacob put her in a situation where she was somehow rude for not returning his feelings the same or having the same wishes so she performed for him. is that the best thing to do? no, but can you blame her? trapped at camp with her fresh ex who keeps hounding her and moping. I can see her being like "well I just have to be nice✨️ to him so he let's the night be comfortable"

disclaimer: I don't dislike Jacob nor think He's a Bad character but I do think it's important to recognize yeah he has the right to be upset, to have feelings but it's also unfair of him to keep going after her after she made her position clear. he's ignoring her no. like he can be sad but he needs to recognize how he comes off trying to 'convince' her. and the fact that he was willing to literally trap her at camp just to 'convince' her is weird and to me makes me understand Emma's stance more.

anyways I'm an emma defender idc that she kinda caused drama with the truth or dare kiss, she was put in an unfair position and she didn't Make the dare. should she have made the comment about Nick being a good kisser? maybe not but I feel like she meant it like "ooh abi he's good /teasing" and not "nah nah a boo boo I just kissed your crush" abi had every right to get upset but I do feel intentions are important and Emma's intentions weren't to hurt Abi they were to avoid kissing Jacob (which feels obvious to me bc when he started gloating she seemed to make her decision)

that all being said a lot of this is interpretation based if you disagree with anything that's fine but be nice about it cause I don't mind discussion but I dont like arguing

[atinycarat]

☼ ateez as your college bf ☼

rating: sfw (mentions of teasing) 

category: super soft, college au vibes! 

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SEONGHWA

you guys probably met in class or exchanged numbers only because y'all were apart of a group chat. 

"we should study at the coffee shop together" yeah, real smooth hwa 

you guys take super cute selfies together, if you don't think he'll wear matching outfits with you then you're sadly mistaken! 

really bashful when talking about you, gets flustered when you compliment him 

cute and subtle around friends, but once y'all are alone it's a different story 

he wasn't kidding about that daddy kink, but that's a story for another day 😳 

super romantic and loves kissing your cheeks softly, not very touchy but we'll hold onto you all the time protectively 

HONGJOONG 

how did you guys meet? y'all don't really remember. maybe @ some college event where you complimented his pants 

"wanna come hang in the studio with me?" 

he's always busy, but he makes time for you, wants you to be there with him while he's working just because your company relaxes him 

his phone background is a live wallpaper of you probably jamming out to some song he made, he loves that moment too much 

isn't the most romantic, but talks about you like you're his everything. "yeah, that's my baby" or "oh my partner made this, it's pretty cool" 

due to not being romantic, he gets a little awkward or shy when it comes to you complimenting him or saying you love him, but he says something equally as sweet in return 

definitely falls asleep on facetime with you just so you both can wake up together, just a v chill couple 

YUNHO 

he approached you at the cafe and said he liked your keychain, he didn't care about the keychain he just thought you were cute 

ENERGETIC MAN, TALL MAN, KNOWS NOTHING BUT BEING TALL AND CUTE 

very gentle and caring, always offers his jacket and holds your hand because he is so happy to be with you and around you 

his petnames are never the same tbh, "baby", "apple pie", "chicken nugget" it can be anything 

always down to cuddle anytime anywhere, loves feeling like he's protecting you in his arms while kissing your forehead 

he gets super sOFT when you wear his hoodies or jackets. most boyfriends get agitated if you steal their stuff but yunho encourages it and shit like "yes take them all idc i wanna see my partner in my stuff" 

protective as hell, will probably fight for you if it ever comes down to it, nobody crosses his BABY!! 

YEOSANG 

he took a while to open to you, but he was sweet each time. always listening carefully and being genuinely interested in what you would say but his face made it come out the wrong way bc he probably looked bored BUT HE REALLY WASN'T 

when you both confessed to each other, you were probably shocked because he seemed bored 

"oh, i thought i made it pretty obvious y/n" in his own special way he did sure 

master of surprises, he'd bring you cute little gifts and draw little doodles for you 

smiles a LOT MORE when you're around him, super gentle when you guys hold hands 

he doesn't ask for much, he just wants respect and reassurance because he's going to give the same towards you 

"emma watson? who's emma watson? never heard of her before in my life." she's still in his heart, but she's not like his partner at all that's for sure 

(there aren’t any gif icons of him so pls take this cute little selfie <3 )

SAN

you guys probably met at a party and he came up to you and talked to you like he knew you 

if he doesn't get attention every 5 seconds he's probably gonna die, that's fact 

san: 🥰  y/n: *looks away for two seconds* san: 😰

he's the type of boyfriend who will tell you that he loves you every single day, gives you so many hugs and kisses and compliments you no matter what circumstance 

"whoa seriously y/n you're so beautiful. it's like you're unreal." even when you just rolled out of bed being sleep deprived and unwashed hair. he doesn't care, he loves tf out of you 

gets jEALOUS v easy when someone stares at you for too long he just holds onto you and hugs you but he'd get over it pretty fast because it's you so of course there's trust 

constantly calls or texts random things hoping that you have a good day or again him telling you that he loves you and how lucky he is 

MINGI

*insert cheesy romance sitcom where you both run into each other randomly and he helps pick up your stuff* 

L O U D. a big ball of positivity, always makes you laugh when you're upset or sad. he loves seeing your smile so he always does goofy stuff just to see it 

ALWAYS trying to impress you "yea i bench 900 pounds, i bet you didn't know that huh?" he makes obvious bluffs sometimes, but you just go along with it

random hugs out of nowhere. doesn't matter where you are, he just wants to be closer to you because he's super affectionate with the person he loves 

"hey y/n, i just got tickets to the zoo but..." dramatic sigh "i have nobody to go with...oh whatever shall i do?" 

he really likes spontaneous dates and he sets up things for you guys to do all the time

he's scared of a lot of things so he's gonna be afraid but he's still gonna protect you as if ghouls and goblins don't exist in the dark (in mingi logic, they totally do) 

WOOYOUNG 

you guys met through mutual friends, he visited your friend one day and probably looked over at you and was like "wow, you're cute" and casually went about his day 

teases you CONSTANTLY, he kinda wants to see you squirm and get reactions from you. randomly kissing the side of your neck or brushing against you...it never ends 

SUPPORTIVE AS HELL. even if you do something wrong he's gonna blindly defend you. "so what if y/n wants to punch babies?! let people live!" 

if y'all ever argue he gets sensitive as hell and just stays quiet while you speak before taking his time to speak. he respects you and refuses to upset you any further if he did 

makes matching charms so you guys can wear it together whenever you're around each other 

still flirts with you as if you guys are strangers. you could be cooking something and he's like "damn, you got a boyfriend? 😏" again just to tease you and get a rise 

you guys ALWAYS laugh and have a good time with one another, it's never a dull moment with him 

JONGHO 

you guys met at some college event to where he sang a beautiful rendition of a song and you complimented his voice when you saw him later that day. he just says thanks and it goes from there 

y'all were friends for a hot minute after that, he didn't want to jump to flirty mode because he has to feel you out first. once he confessed, he expressed his feelings more 

overprotective as hell, but he does it very cutely. "y/n, it's cold...come close to me okay?" 

sings you to sleep when you're having a very rough night, cuddling you and pulling you to his chest while he sings love songs to you. (ugh that made me soft bye) 

prepares small little gifts for you, but kinda just pops up with it instead of surprising you because he sucks at surprises 

super careful with you and intimate, just kinda stares at you sometimes because WHEW you're so beautiful

people think he's a serious boy but he's so soft to you, hand-holding and cuddles will happen along small occasional kisses. they say he doesn't like affection, but you're a different story ok!

gif icon credit - retrcmoon - diamondgifs - hotelgifs 

[dachi-chan25]

B-Pro Zecchou Emotions Ep.2 thoughts

-Tsubasa is so relatable in the beginning of the episode before entering the conference room to meet Killer King, she was like 'ok i know i am on time and stuff but is it polite if I just go in? Should I knock? Should I wait a bit more?' Like i have done that a LOT.

-Gods the twins are so cuuute♡♡♡ and Haru teased Tsubasa for being awkward (yes give me this Reverse Harem stuff ) .

-Mmm this Tono guy is so serious!!! I mean I like my RH guys on the playful flirty side so maybe that's why even though he is so pretty I don't feel so much for him as the rest of Killer King.

-Really?? They just left Yashamaru's stuff there?

-Oh god, Tsubasa a girl you don't need to collect his stuff yourself (especially because he went all psycho on you last season) but omg u are so kind 😍😍😍 I've been thinking this since the first episode but I really feel Yashamaru leaving them reaaaally hurt Tsubasa I mean he was her mentor and she could always depend on him, he was always kind and supporting with her plus she knew how much he meant to the guys and they can't exactly take their time to be sad or to try to understand Yashamaru's actions so yeah it just makes her worry and be sad a lot.

-😢😢 the photo with the B-Pro babies... oh shit, wait she looks a lot like Yashamaru even has the same golden eyes, is she his sister or something??? (Gods i am so not ready for when shit hits the fan with Yashamaru)

-Yes Thrive and killer king will be singing together!! Oh yessssss Aizome is gonna be a center (gosh I love him so much) along with Tono

-Rehearsal time! Oh so you can't help but look at Aizome Tsubasa??? (I still ship this like crazy) mmmmm seems like Goushi it's pretty annoyed with Tono I just bet he just lacks passion or love in his dance or something like that I've watched too many ídol animes not to know that.

-K so he is just practicing in the park (kudos to u my guy I do musical and I would die of embarrasment if I did something like that) and he is very frustrated. Wait where did that ball came from? Oh shit poor kids he just scared the crap outta them 😂

-The choreographer is just too extra, now I feel really bad for Tono, the poor boy doesn't even know what he is doing wrong, and now all Killer King is worried.

-Akane is just so cute and considerate.

-ohhhh Thrive is there, Aizome stop being such a flirt (kidding i love u) ahhh I love Goushi' blushy face he is such a tsundere and my baby Ashu just trying to be nice with everyone.

-Lmaoooo this guy is really chasing Goushi down until he tells him what he is doing wrong??? So extra i love it (k this Tono guy it's growing on me).

-Oh no baby no, he is studying Aizome but I just, u don't have to be exactly like him to be charming i am sure u have your own kind of charm u tol serious baby.

-ahhhh Killer King practicing together, and oh god he really just winked and did that cheerleader pose (I wanna hug his awkward self) omgggg he blushed!!!!!!! That was so cuteeeee.

-Oh he is apologizing to the kids he scared (so sweet ) and he brought them sweets but nope they are just too scared... Ahhhh Tsubasa (she is so cute and so nice) yes u talk to him ( aaaand I ship it) ahhh she helps him give the kids sweets and kinda helps him find his own charm that's beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍

-Lmaoooo the choreographer is so annoyed xD but yayyy he made it (k I knew this was gonna happen but idc i need this happy simple stuff in my live)

-The concerts animation always look awkward to me tbh, but ahhhhh Moons and Kitakore are in the audience 😍😍😍 my supportive babies.

And that's it.

Ohhhh god that was such a cute episode, obviously we are getting a sort character episode for each of Killer King's members and I am cool with that we need to know them and I am so excited cuz next week Moons is gonna be with them and my fave boy Hikaru is gonna be there!!