you guys are never gonna believe this but i just randomly got hit with an idea for Spooky Month angst from a fucking MY LITTLE PONY FAN SONG
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I think there are a lot of valid criticisms to make of Garrus as a character (and what I like about his writing the most is that you can actually do this in-game), but when people dislike him because "he's a cop!!", it's so funny to me.
Like yeah ACAB and all, don't fall for copaganda, but like ... You can't seriously dislike Garrus because he's a cop when you're literally playing Military Propaganda: The Game. Garrus expicitly joins you because you have even less oversight than he does. You play not only as a high-ranking Alliance soldier, but you become a Spectre, beyond touch by even the Alliance itself. Garrus joins you because he thinks he can get what you have. Because he thinks you will let him get away with shit he didn't get away with before. And yeah, that's off-putting for sure, but think about it for a moment. What does this say about Shepard's position in this, that he can reasonably believe this, and that you can actually agree with him (if Renegade) without consequence? That you can decide that yes, I will indulge this, and the game just lets you do that and makes it a perfeclty valid approach to being a Spectre.
"Oh but my Shepard is moral and would use her powers for good! She's a Paragon! Garrus is bad because he doesn't believe in regulations!"
Hmm, so you're saying that the problem with this power structure is that there are good cops and bad cops? And not that the whole system is fucked from the start? Hmm ... Seems like you've fallen for some sort of ... proper gander ...
My point is, dislike any character you want. It's perfeclty valid to dislike Garrus, because he's bloodthirsty, at times amoral, a vigilante, thinks he's above the law etc, and yes, those are often the traits of a wannabe bad cop, but to dislike him only because "he's a cop!" while other characters, including your own precious Shepard, get a pass?
Bro, you're playing as military in a game that glorifies violence and ignoring politicians and protocol. A running gag is hanging up on your employers because they're silly little politicians who talk too much and want to hold you accountable. You're basically Cop 2.0. Ultracop. The galaxy's cop mommy.
Put things into perspective and get an actual reason to hate the guy. Because if he's a cop, then what are you?
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hate liking TT villains because i’ll see “nightshade” in a normal context but be like “HUAAGH ITS THE! ITS THE GUY!!! THE THE THE GUY!!!!”
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I was bored in class, so I started drawing (I think it's okay for Pomni art)
I suck at drawing jesters
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BG3 would really benefit from a rivalry mechanic. And by that I mean I would benefit from it. And by that I mean my Tav would benefit from having an enemies-to-lovers romance with Astarion because they keep doing good things just to piss him off, including being nice to him and upstaging him in being an overdramatic bitch. I headcanon them as having a worsties dynamic in Act 1, before Astarion suggests sex and makes everything worse confusing. Like they're mostly shitty to each other because they're so alike that they fill the same personality niche and keep stepping on each other's toes. Hiraeth is a better charmer but Astarion can pick locks better, shit they're used to doing on their own now outsourced to someone more skilled, etc. I know a bitch when I see one, etc.
But also they should be able to challenge him/tease him more directly to his face that the vanilla approval system doesn't quite support. I get that he's very fragile in the early stages of the relationship but I think he's sturdy enough to handle someone gently refusing his shittier ideas without the confines of a linear approval system. There are traces of this in some of his conversations if you play as good-aligned but still have high approval, he'll try to manipulate you (pretty blatantly) into doing some selfish/power hungry things by appealing to your good side, so there's clearly canonical support for challenging his worldview.
Also I feel like I'd trust Larian to handle it better than BioWare did, without it devolving into abusive territory ...
Although this is all just me asking for an already massive game to support my highly specific headcanons that already work well enough in-game ... I guess I'll just have to think about them some more and shut the fuck up (lying) 😔
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gently screaming... kicking my feet.... father time is in my brain right now demanding attention.... smfh... another side muse on this blog thst I've mentioned maybe like twice?? Written once (in an ask thing) and I 👁👁... I know he wpuld likely be short lived but YALL if I don't feel TEMPTED to give him his own blog ... I don't wanna figure out a url and graphics n stuff tho (maybe later dkabfkf)
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