#so that's a noteable weakness of veilguard's writing imo | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

minweber · 1 month ago

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Since everyone is posting Rooks, wanted to show off mine:

Yarina "Found In a Crypt, Raised In a Cave, Who'd Have Thought That Human Connection Is Something I Crave" Ingellvar, who is apparently the protagonist in a story about a sheltered introvert forced to interact with people, only to suddenly find out that this shit is actually pretty easy.

#the thing is #while I do not think that in most cases they come from a place of intellectual honesty #I do have to agree with comments about there being almost no real aggressive or confrontational options in Rook's default lines #it does hurt the the experience I think #those are very rarely the options I want to choose but their existence tends to add meaning to the 'nice' ones #so that's a noteable weakness of veilguard's writing imo #however at the same time I find that it is a good thing for me personally #since it ended up giving the bottom option lines - which tended to be the aggressive and self-serving ones for Hawke and Inquisitor #a lot more of 'calmly confident and to the point' vibe #which really made Yarina's personality click for me #Before starting the game I wanted to really lean into the Mourn Watch angle with her #and play someone who spent more of their life among the dead than the living and so #while competent and well-meaning #has all the social skills and graces of a potato #but it very quickly became clear that with the lines available to Rook this isn't really an option #so instead emerged Yarina who is very new to the world outside of Grand Necropolis #but whom her sheltered upbringing robbed not of social graces #but instead of ANY form social anxiety #and who - upon venturing out into the world of Thedas had discovered that it is very big and scary yes #but also that she has the fattest hog and the biggest horns around #and that apparently its possible to be confident and assertive without being an asshole #so I am having a lot of fun with her right now #dragon age #dragon age veilguard #dragon age rook #qunari

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