#sPOILERS

[prokopetz]

Inadvisable fanfic premise #137: Mouthwashing ten years later sequel in the form of an epistolary narrative told via the medium of insurance claim filings as a team of investigators try to piece together from physical evidence what the fuck happened here and who to blame.

[birdy-babe]

“The master of my fate” “I realized too late”

It’s their stories. It’s their motifs. Stolas learning that he can make his own life and Blitzo learning he can love people.

[msunitedstatesjames]

I've touched on this in a couple of other semi-related posts before, but I find it hilarious and I appreciate how much Johanna Hezenkoss thinks Emmrich is the protagonist of Veilguard. Like, this woman could not give less of a fuck about Rook. She almost always refers to Rook only by their relationship to Emmrich. She refers to Rook as "one of Volkarin's hangers-on," "that impudent whelp following [Emmrich] around," "Volkarin's companion," and as Emmrich's "paramour." None of these imply that she thinks Rook has much agency. Instead, she acts like Rook is just helplessly following Emmrich around like a puppy, helping him complete tasks (which I guess is partly true).

If Rook romances Emmrich, Hezenkoss assumes that Emmrich seduced Rook and not the other way around, even though Emmrich is noticeably older than Rook and has hardly left the Necropolis in years. She's seemingly amazed by it, and yet it never once crosses her mind that Rook might have initiated the relationship (which is actually the case).

She also refers to Emmrich as the one who destroyed her construct, which is technically true, but she ignores the major assistance he had from Rook, another companion, and most notably Manfred. He couldn't have pulled it off without their help, and had in fact given up, but Hezenkoss acts like Emmrich was her sole opponent in that battle.

I've said before that part of the reason for this is that Hezenkoss seems to think of herself as the main villain of the story, so Emmrich must be the main hero. Hezenkoss says that some of the other big bads of Dragon Age, the Venatori, were nothing more to her than slightly useful and genuinely annoying. She clearly thinks herself above an entire organization of some of the most powerful mages in the world. And she sees Emmrich as pretty close to her in terms of raw power, since she almost invited him to her Vengeance Party but ultimately decided he was too much of a danger to her plans. She also states that she tried to get him to join her in the past, which I don't think she would do for anyone she considered to be less than her equal. Emmrich is genuinely the only person in the game she shows any respect for. Though she mocks his age and finds him to be too sentimental, too moral, and too fearful, she shows signs of agreeing with him on some topics, and she obviously respects his abilities if nothing else. No one else in the game acknowledges his frankly ridiculous knowledge and skill level (except Solas in the end) as much as Hezenkoss does.

And really, Emmrich does have main character energy. Though he does have some age and mortality related fears, dude is overflowing with confidence. When you first meet him, looking for a Fade expert, he has absolutely no problem telling you he's the best possible person for the job. Though he apparently hasn't left the Necropolis in years, he's totally down to join the team and go anywhere you want him to go. If you romance him, he is initially surprised, but he quickly turns into the smoothest dude around, and throughout the game you can hear him comment on some of his many relationships through the years. He's well-dressed, well-spoken, charismatic, highly educated, unfailingly kind, extremely powerful, and he's done so well for himself that Harding mistakes the son of a butcher and a cook for a member of the Nevarran nobility. No wonder Hezenkoss thinks he's the protagonist. The real protagonist is just out here winging it on guts and good luck alone.

[timethehobo]

Once again thinking about Emmy during those weeks when Rook was gone. The angst potential. 👌

[cipher-club]

he's adorable and he hates andrealphus, this guy is all right 😊😊

[anemicjellyfish]

Satan: ...

Satan: your...

Satan: WHAT

[sharpace]

They're both doing equally well post-divorce

[sans-undertales-pussy]

[moodyvoid]

[glesbianupland]

one of my top favorite movie gelphie moments

[evansbucks]

OLIVER STARK as EVAN 'BUCK' BUCKLEY 9-1-1 - S08 E08 · Wannabes

[prokopetz]

The trouble with trying to figure out what real-world political ideology Ranni the Witch is supposed to represent is that textually she's an anti-monarchist in a setting where being King makes you twenty feet tall. There's only so much allegory you can trim away from that before you're not really talking about the same thing anymore.

[zmyaro]

IDK how to tell you theater is inaccessible to many people, not everyone knows how/where to find illegal recordings, and if there is an official, easily obtained recording of a performance, I haven't heard of it. I am one of the biggest fans I know, and I didn't even see a recording of Wicked until like ten years after it premiered because of internalized queerphobia, and I didn't get to see a live performance until a few years after that. So yeah, this is a lot of people's first time seeing it, and it takes you almost no effort to tag your spoilers.

[cipher-club]

One half wants him, the other half hates him. Just like the Fandom XD

[evansbucks]

RYAN GUZMAN as EDMUNDO "EDDIE" DIAZ 9-1-1 - S08 E08 · Wannabes