#solas enjoys it tho :3

[astrxealis]

started da inquisition today played for 7 hours straight so far Thumbs Up good game

[alaztheri]

I finished Dragon Age: Veilguard. I am finally free. Some thoughts below the cut if you're interested. It will contain major spoilers.

Overall, I have mixed feelings about the game. I did enjoy playing it, the scenery was gorgeous, and the exploring and treasure chest hunting were really fun.

The main story and lore reveals were also fascinating to follow, but I do agree with a lot of people who said it was heavily sanitized to avoid controversy or not make people uncomfortable. Which I find odd because you can depict problematic themes while also NOT glorifying them.

I was curious to see more of the Titan lore and the Dwarves, but maybe future games. I think Hardings' quest was the most lore-heavy for me.

I can't speak for all romance routes, but for Lucanis' one it was cute, I love a good slow-burn. But this also felt like it needed some extra lines, cutscenes or reactions/facial expressions/body language. Spite is the best thing ever, Bioware will have to pry him from my cold dead hands.

I'm not a big fan of how most of the dialogue was written. Very VERY shallow in some scenes, and sometimes it felt like the characters just had to say their lines instead of talking to each other. Also, can we collectivelly please move on from stupid one-liner jokes every 3 second of a conversation? thx Davrin and Lucanis' bickering is 10/10 tho, kept me entertained the whole game.

The ending felt a bit all over the place, but this could just be me. LOVED seeing Solas in his Dread Wolf form battling that Archdemon. I thought that was really badass. I personally chose the Solavellan ending, because my Inquisitor romanced Solas in the previous game. And honestly, I quite liked this ending. Got very emotional thinking back on all the things my Inquisitor went through to get her to this very moment.

To be honest, I do see myself replaying this in the near future, even if just for the map exploring and listening to party banter while I roam aimlessly through Arlathan or Treviso.

[fenharel]

some of my thoughts after finishing veilguard a couple days ago before i start my second playthrough :)

ok i think its important to note first that the things i was most looking forward too was 1. solas, 2. solavellan, 3. lore. im self aware enough to know that this will have had some influence towards what i expected from the game and what i enjoyed/cared about or not 👍

good

solas: im honestly so happy. my man is finally happy and reunited with his wife!!!!!! my heart feels so full 😭 this game was a solas fans wet dream. absolutely loved everything we got. hunting down regrets and watching old memories. talking to him in the fade. the entire crossroads!!!!!! him shit talking elgar'nan. watching him go trickster mode and imprison rook. fighting the archdemon as the dread wolf!!!!!! i could go on forever. CHEFS KISS TO IT ALL<3333333333333 if anything i wish there would have been MORE im greedy what can i say

solavellan: screaming crying throwing up. i still cant believe it oh my fucking god

lore reveals: i found all the reveals about all our old theories so fun. i didnt like all of them (old gods are just dragons? c'mon.) but overall it felt so rewarding to have picked up on it all. or be totally surprised by something (mythal and solas the reason for the titans and the blight? wow.)

the executors, forgotten and forbidden ones: the next big bads of the next game huh!!!! loved what we got for the most part, the mysterious circle codexes where probably the most interesting in the game. anaris actually showing up shocked me. i wish bellaras brother didnt say "for plot reasons i must die" and actually told us something about him but oh well. im cautiously optimistic about the secret ending for now. what it implied could go either way for now...

main quest: not all of them, but a lot of them were awesome. dare i say some quests were up there with the best main quests in da??? weisshaupt was epic. or the blood of arlathan. every time we get to talk to solas (thehe<3). the final bits. the strong points were so strong that the low points got highlighted a bit too much imo

act 3: by far my favourite act. this was soooo good. the romance finally (?!) kicking it. suicide mission 2.0 stressed me tf out. the varric reveal? send me to the asylum. solas tricking rook? king behaviour i was cheering for him while crying about varric. the dread wolf transformation. the conversation between solas/mythal/lavellan at the end. i basically was in tears throughout half of the thing. couldnt read the credits at all. act 3 was amazing

minrathous vs treviso: i loved this especially with the angst of playing a shadow dragon who failed minrathous. and then the consequences and quest changes this causes throughout the game was really cool. i wish there were more bigger choices like this since it felt a bit flat choice wise besides of this one, but it was amazing.

villains: ghilan'nain and elgar'nan were great. they really felt like the tyrannical gods they were supposed to be. im so glad there was mostly no corypheus-esque cringe. (tho especially ghil had some video gamey lines but sdjkfhjksdf i still love her)

neutral

rook: i dont really care much about rook.. 🙈. mind you rook was certainly not the reason why i wanted to play this game so im sure a second playthrough will make me warm up to them more, now that my head is more free, but it just didnt insta click. rook didnt feel like a real person to me, almost nobody had any (to my taste) realistic reactions towards them. the stakes just were too high for them to get treated this way (nobody is pissed off that they freed the gods? everyone just believes them when they say gods are walking around? everyone just agrees to work with them? nobody cares how rook is doing? or who rook even is? idk.) i didnt like the introduction much either. the shepard treatment didnt work for me here, just believing that rook is fit for the job because varric says so wasn't enough for me. rook also has barely anything going on for them either besides of being the relentless "good guy". we never see them doubt themselves or be fearful or be mean. all the dialogue options are the same as well. its.... boring. anyway i dont wanna bash on rook, i know i'll end up liking them more later. the headcanons will be headcanoning<3

companions: i... don't have strong feelings about most of them? all of them got to me sooner or later, made me cry. but afterwards im still 🤷‍♀️ about most. i didnt feel like we get to know them as deeply as we get to know companions in the previous games. i really really missed sitting in the lighthouse for hours and talk to them, ask them about their profession or what they are about outside of cutscenes like in the previous ones. i think that would have helped me click with them faster. i didnt find all companion quests very strong either. the "high stakes" of the main story made some conflicts feel a bit like we can just fix that after the story lol. i did not like the mass effect 2 treatment of them much... (but me2 is overrated anyway sshh dont kill me<3) some companion quests i did find interesting lore wise (bellara, harding) even if i wish that some of them would have went a bit deeper there. anyway i know i'll probably end up loving them all after a couple of playthroughs, this almost always happens to me, dai is the best example.

combat: don't care. this isn't my type of combat, i don't play a lot of super actiony combo dodge dodge block combat games. still hate the limited abilities. at least it didn't feel too clunky on mouse and keyboard and it was "fun enough" to me so thats good

puzzles: i could put them into the bad category but at least they weren't too terrible so i don't want to be too harsh. but i don't enjoy doing them. i dont want to search for a crystal in a bush. i mean i did them all but at what cost. this felt like filler i thought they wanted to avoid by not adding fetch quests???

bad

pacing: this games hardest battle imo. the pacing of the game is... strange. act 1 is way too fast. it feels like we're running and have absolutely no time for anything. (makes sense! didnt work well though). act 2 then drags a bit with all the companion quests, and the mix really drags the progression of the romances as well to a ridiculous degree. at least with lucanis, idk how it is with the others. i love him and i can headcanon to fill in the blanks so i liked his romance, but it does make it seem like nothing is happening for 50 hours for everyone who doesnt like to headcanon around. anyway, the pacing/storytelling felt often not fitting. it was trying to be mass effect in a story that is too complex and the lore too rich to run through it. this felt like the main reason why we just never went very deep into the lore of the factions or new npcs, or learn or see certain things, the complex nature of the crows, or tevinter magisters and their slaves, we are just running all the damn time? we never get to explore certain things that would feel unnatural to come up in a conversation or in some other way because we are limited by the things the story "has time for". or what the devs had time for.

wishy washy writing: not everywhere but in some places and im not used to that in a da game so its a bit baffling. "the blight is different now so thats the reason for x trust me bro" ok....? "the first of my people do not die so easily" = mythal is shattered and lives on, makes sense. but the other evanuris are all dead, even the ones that were "dead" already? why? idk........ i shall stay delusional for now and hope i've missed something in my completionist run that i now in my next run will find somewhere lol. besides of that, the tone and language used by rook and companions is strangely unfitting as well. coloquial words like "it's cool" are frequently used, among other things. it stands in contrast to the writing of the previous games and is often immersion breaking.

limited worldstate: i had hoped they at least commit to it when i heard about this. but then adding little references that could have just been made personal by switching one line just made the reference a bit jarring sometimes instead of exciting. or making morrigan eat mythals memories for the regret quest....really? this could have been the well of sorrows choice, why could they not have just made the inquisitor show up in the crossroads if they were the one that drank from it. this whole choice thing + some other problems ended up feeling like something they didnt really want to do but ended up doing because the game was in development for so long they just had to finally fucking finish it. and it sucks for us.

the veil: why... is it still there? they left breadcrumps of clues throughout the entire series about all the positives it would do if it was gone, even add a damn prophecy, and then just dont do it.... ever perhaps? must the blight really be cured for this? demons forever feared? listen im just glad solas is ok at the end of the day but he could still have had his redemption/healing/forgiving himself moment after destroying it imo.

i wish the inquisitor was more involved in everything :((( the moments we did get made me SO happy but. yeah.

no quicksave and the skip button that ruined my screenshots deserve their own bullet point what the hell

anyway enough yapping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! overall i loved the game because the stuff i cared about the most was the best aspects of the game sdkjhsdjkf im not ashamed to admit that this is my new solas 2.0 game. ..... <3

[fenharel-babe]

A quick ramble of Papae Solas:

In my canon, Solas meets my Lavellan 3 times in total after DAI and it all ends in sex (ofc it does bc Bloom has NEVER had it before him and she’s in love with him sm and he’s a weak weak man). The first time is like 3 years after Trespasser, the second is about a year after that (he needed more) and then the third time is about a year BEFORE DATV.

It’s all sad and angsty the third time bc she KNOWS He’s going to do something from the way he’s acting and she’s just enjoying it the best she can without worrying about anything.

But rn I’m thinking about something. I believe in DA, because it’s a magic world, there could be a spell similar to birth control, like something that would stop pregnancy. I imagine that they use that spell each time instead of a condom (since they never know when they’re going to meet and Bloom never thinks about it bc he assures her he uses the spell) but….this time…the spell breaks. He uses it because he’s so cautious and so is she.

But he’s so upset and focused on losing himself in her and his magic is a little drained from all his work that…the spell breaks as soon as they both orgasm. He doesn’t realize it, but *she* does. She knows it broke, and she had a good feeling of what would happen. Instead of freaking out (at least out loud) and telling him, she kept it a secret from him and made sure none of his agents, enemies, or her past enemies (since she disbanded the inquisition) knew about this pregnancy.

The only people she told were a few of her family (the inquisition members that are close to her and her family from the Circle and such) members. Her brother being the first and then…DORIAN!!! She knew that man would be upset if he wasn’t one of the first people she told lmao. But ANYWAYS!!!! She freaks out and she’s, like, genuinely nervous and afraid. She has a human son, BUT he was adopted when she was in Kirkwall (before inquisition). So….shes never given birth before and it’s frightening, but she pushes through it all.

Solas NEVER knows. He has 0 idea about this pregnancy and that his love is literally carrying their children. He stops seeing her because he needs to focus on his mission, so she feels lonely and emotional though she understands. She never told him, so why would he visit? Once the twins are born, she raises them with her family the best she can. She gives them so much love, just like the others do. Even if they don’t understand her truly, she always says that their father would love them, that he *will* love them. She knows she’ll save him and that everything will be okay. At least she keeps telling herself that anyways.

So they’re literally only a few months old when DATV happens, but she will STILL go to that man to yell at him and talk to him and make him be safe and happy even tho she literally just gave birth a few months ago. Doesn’t matter. She’ll push through it, she’s survived worse. But yeah when she finally arrives and they get Solas, she eventually pulls him aside and tells him she needs to show him something, and when he says they’re all busy (the usual excuse he uses when he’s afraid to confront something) she basically says “NO. WE ARE FACING THIS NOW” and he listens. She’s never really yelled like she would at this time, so he knows it’s serious. He follows her through an eluvian to Joseph’s (her brother) and Cassandra’s home (they got together in my canon :)) and she shows him the twins.

He feels like he’s in a trap. Like he got slapped in the face, punched in the stomach, or even stabbed. It’s just…what? She had twins? And they’re his too? He has so many questions, but he goes quiet when she asks him softly “…Do you want to hold one of them? I want them to see your face. Please.”

And he holds one at a time. What else could he say? Deny her this little request? He wants to see them, hold them, love them, and he *does*. Even if it’s a quick moment, he holds them close and whispers his love for them and his apologizes and sorrow. He feels even MORE guilt towards Bloom since she dealt with this without him, but she doesn’t blame him since she never told him. She just says “This is another reason to keep fighting. *This* is why I’m so desperate to help Solas, and why I want to save you. I love you, and I can’t let you leave *us*.”

‘Us’ no longer means her family, but now THEIR FAMILY. And he fights harder because he doesn’t just have his love to return to, he has his own children to protect and live for. He can’t abandon them now that he knows they exist. He can’t, and he won’t as long as he has breath in his lungs.

At the end of the battles, they live. Solas and her manage to live together, making sure to hash out all their issues and deal with them together, and raise their kids with such love. Bloom makes sure to pay attention to Cameron (her human son), too, don’t get me wrong. She makes sure *all* her kids know she loves them with everything in her. And Solas does the same, making sure their kids (and Cam too even if he never sees him as his actual dad since he’s a teenager by the time Solas meets him) know he loves them more than anything.

[broodwolf221]

really enjoying jadal cadash <3 still doing a lot of work re: figuring her out, but i like what i have so far

going with the canon background, so she was part of the carta, and the carta definitely did some Bad Shit when she was working with them, but she wasn't good at it. she'd let ppl go, couldn't extort anyone to save her life, that kinda thing

however, they found out that she was good at sales. she's charming, personable, and has an easygoing manner that puts ppl at ease, so she was their go-to member for making deals, building rapport, etc. over time she became quite proficient at it, building up a certain shrewdness that benefited her work. but at heart she's really quite sincere

her wide range of experience and ability to read between the lines of interactions made her an obvious candidate to send to the conclave, but obviously becoming inquisitor was Not part of the plan

building her as a specifically Black character and the lack of good in-game hairstyles is painful ahh so i'm still theorizing about what kind of style(s) she'd go for, although i think she'd switch to protective styles once she was a part of the inquisition. in the carta she had people she trusted to help her with her hair and she would wear it more intricately styled in those days, although again, i'm still working on the particulars. i just know that in her carta days it was higher maintenance and as inquisitor she shifted towards protective styles

she romances bull and obviously that's like. there's smth fun there about sizes lmao but also she just really cares about him

some little details about her:

she does not care for animals. at all. any of them.

she's a sword & shield warrior and she's good at it, although violence is far from her preference - but she's grown to accept the reality of it while part of the inquisition

she's very ???? about everyone calling her the herald/the inquisitor. she's not upset she's just confused like okay..... sure.... whatever you say i guess.......

saw bull and was like "hm. wanna climb that."

started talking to bull and was like "oh shit i actually care about him. still wanna climb him too."

then she slept with bull and was like "oh wow that was not what i was expecting. hmm. i like it tho."

pretty close with everyone - she's a people person!

she's wary about mages re: lack of exposure/lots of horror stories, but she trusts solas, dorian, and vivienne

in a similar vein, she's wary about qunari but trusted bull early on

she, like pretty much everyone, is deeply wary about spirits/demons but went the templar route (absorbing the order) and is like *points at cole* he saved me he's good he's my friend everybody be nice

[m4sonn]

┊ ˚➶ ｡˚ ☁️The Gang’s Favorite music Artists.

The gang’s favorite music artists and songs! :3

(Thanks to my friend @peachyponyboyy whom I collaborate with for this posts and posts like this)

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Pony Boy

>Blake Sheldon, he secretly likes country but won't admit it. 

>Post Malone. He loves Sunflower, got him into the spiderverse.

>Taylor Swift, his favorite song from her is “ME!” and “You Belong With Me”

>Unironically listens to Panic! At the Disco.

 >Live Laugh Laufey, Favorite song is “Letter to my 13 year old self” 

> Mitski enjoyer, knows every mitski song. His fav mitski song is a pearl.

> Listens to one Lil Uzivert song and it’s “The end”

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Sodapop

>Schoolboy Q. I Don’t need to explain further. “Collard Greens” on BLAST.

>He has a wide variety of music, on spotify his liked playlist has around 7,300 songs added.

> Enjoys himself some Laufey after Ponyboy introduced her to him. His favorite song from Laufey is “Valentine” or “I Wish You Love”

>Kendrick Lamar, he recites “tryna strike up a chord, it's probably A Minooooooooor”

>He is all the way on kendricks side of the diss, He started screaming like a girl when he heard “Meet the Grahams”

>Metro Boomin, he loves the spider verse album he had made. 

> listens to one mitski song and it’s washing machine heart (found it off of TikTok, has been listening to that song since 2020 when it went TikTok famous)

> he went to a mitski concert once with pony and Johnny and only knew washing machine heart. looked at pony like he was crazy when he started scream singing to all of the songs

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Darry

>Honestly, he listens to whatever is on Top 100 Hits or R&B stations.

>Definitely a country music person.

>probably listens to the “did your boots stop working” song and says he relates to it (???)

>His favorite artist is Hozier, favorite song is “Take Me To Church” absolutely.

>Like I said, No Doubt is one of his favorites. He cries everytime he hears “Don’t Speak” (DON'T SPEEAAAK, I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU’RE SAAAYIN, SO PLEASE STOP EXPLAININ.. DON'T TELL ME CUUZ IT HUUUUURTS)

>Destiny’s child listener, fav song is survivor (he relates on a personal level)

>Dolly parton, “A SINGLE MOM WHO WORKS TWO JOBS WHO LOVES HER KIDS AND NEVER STOPS” (also relates on a personal level)

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Dally

> He listens to fucking Playboi Carti

>He probably listens to random ass trap music with the dude just sayin “Yeah, oh- yuh, poppin pills” and shi

>In secret he listens to The neighborhood and Arctic Monkeys, “Daddy Issues” and “Arabella” are his JAM.

> I feel like he listens to Peso Pluma, he tries singing along to “Ella Baila Sola” but struggles with spanish.

> He’s also an enjoyer of 6arelyhuman, kreyshawn, ke$ha, and ICP, change my mind.

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Johnny

>He is SUCH conan gray fan, it's not even funny.

>Mitski’s “Nobody” on BLAST.

>Him and Dally share a cig over “Daddy Issues” by The Neighborhood. They just sit in silence.

>Bro’s playlist consists of The Cranberries, The Smiths, The Strokes, The All American Rejects, and The Offspring, Literally any 80’s through 2010’s Indie or Grunge Artist/Band he loves.

> “Let The Light In” is a song he shares with Ponyboy, they’ll sit in the park sharing earbuds, watching the sunset while reading Gone With the Wind.

>One of his favorite songs is “Je te laisserai des mots”. He enjoys Euro music.

> listens to System of a Down

> secretly likes the living tombstone, tally hall, babymetal, wheezer, and lemon demon but refuses to admit it.

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Two-Bit

>Lets be so fr he only listens to Disney Hits.

>If it's not that he listens to whatever Darry listens to.

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : Steve

>Listens to stupid shit like Ice Spice or smt, Nicki minaj on blast tho ❗❗❗

>listens to whatever Sodapop listens to.

>Also has the Lion King Soundtrack on repeat.

> enjoys lil uzivert, but only the songs before he came out as nonbinary, not because he’s homophobic but because he just thinks they’re better

[starheirxero]

Ok so, I ask a lot about our favorite boi (Centi... my Beloved...) however I was wondering if you have any interesting thoughts about other characters in the castle (Which, assuming is similar to canon and is only Sunvent).

As a result I have three big questions! One, which is based on almost every universe having eclipse drinking massive amounts of tea, does he like tea/ can eat? Two, does he interact with the world's inhabitants outside of when eclipse does, and does he enjoy it when he does (even if eclipse is there?)

finally three, since in most AU it is explained that the reason eclipse isn't rotting from the star power is because he is using something else as a conduit (a servant, since every surviving lord has a servant). does eclipse use sun as a conduit system, and how do you head canon that effects him?

if these are completely irrelevant its totally fine if you can only answer one or two (or if you just feel like answering a bit of this, I'm just happy to brain rot in the Centi box)

Anyway here is this as ask box rent

DEAR BELOVED MUTUAL JUSTAFUNKYDUDE DID U KNOW U R MY LIFEBLOOD. I ADORE ALL UR WORLDBUILDING QUESTIONS IT FILLS ME WITH AN ENDLESS JOY

1) I think technically Lord Eclipse could eat/drink (nanobots and/or star power stuff) but I think he simply chooses not to unless it's for dramatic effect, yk? (hence the lack of mouth) Like, I drew him with a wine glass one time, but it was definitely just for dramatic effect and to seem like he's "casual" in the situation rather than to actually enjoy it LOL

2) I'm assuming you mean Sunvant here and in that case: yes, he does actually interact with the other followers a good bit and yes, I'd say he usually enjoys it(and probably especially with Lord Eclipse there)! Or, like, during the earlier years at least. Since Sun was basically Lord Eclipse's right-hand, he was regarded with as much respect as Eclipse himself! His very presence was like a morale boost LOL

But, I think that as Lord Eclipse started to become less and less sociable, Sun started to be recognized less as "the saint" and more "the favorite" which led to colder or outright cruel treatment from some. He still goes out and interacts with other people, but a good outing is no longer defined by how many people he helps and instead by how many people don't outright taunt him </3

3) OH YESYES I'VE HEARD OF THAT IDEA !!! Anima Sola was my first introduction to the concept and it is so cool to me LMAO 🙏 I don't think Sunvant is used as a conduit in this world tho?? Maybe. I dunno that might be subject to change now actually LOL

I feel like if Centiclipse did use Sun in such a way, there wouldn't be too too much change?? or. well. mmm??? Not too much change in the dynamic, but maybe a bit of change in what is focused on, if that makes any sense.

Lord Eclipse telling Sun that if he wants to stay his servant and hold onto such a power, then he needs to act like it(not that he would ever get rid of Sun, he needs him too much). Sun being horrified at his own fantasies of finding a way to rip out the connection between him and Eclipse. OOO maybe certain dissenters would try to kill Sun in hopes of taking down Eclipse.....

I dunno, I'll definitely say it's fun to entertain!! It's almost a dlc sorta idea! It just adds on to what was already there and makes it a little more angsty LOL

[ramon-tikaram-love]

so i finished Veilguard two days ago and now have more time to do other things, but i'm still experiencing some end of story blues and don't feel like doing much (listening to Still Got the Blues now). but i'm sure i'll feel like it soon. i miss the characters.

i enjoyed the game a lot and thought it was good, but it had some flaws.

my biggest issue was that Inquisitor and Dorian, and possibly a few other powerful individuals, didn't help Rook and Varric stop Solas' ritual at the beginning. as far as they knew, Solas was going to destroy the world. that ought to be kind of a priority to stop, even if they were busy with stuff. there was never any explanation for this and it partly ruined my immersion throughout. i can't think of any satisfying explanation either. and it shouldn't have been that much harder to make work gameplay-and-story-wise to be better than the current situation.

Rook was a bit OP and did too much. i think some more heroism should've been delegated to other companions and NPCs. another thing that lessened my immersion.

the graphics and animations were really nice all around. the story was engaging and dramatic, with impactful choices, and i enjoyed the system of companion quests, particularly liking Emmrich's and Davrin's stories. Taash's, Harding's and Lucanis' were nice too. most of the companions and other NPCs were entertaining and likeable, and the areas were beautiful and fun to explore. and there were both big sad and big happy moments, and mixes of both. also funni.

i missed dracolisks, and was disappointed we didn't get to meet some previous companions. actually there were quite few we got to meet. i was looking forward to seeing Zevran at least in a side-quest in Antiva. but it was good with those we did meet. Dorian and Inquisitor were the most important! lovely that their romance was incorporated too <3<3<3.

when i started the game i didn't know much about what i wanted with my Rook, only that they'd be a non-binary elf. i wanted to romance all the companion men, but the game didn't let me. i soon fell in love with Emmrich tho <3. i do have a thing for elegant necromancers.

[vounoura]

general da4 thoughts; major general spoilers (I mean it)

destroying the entire south off-screen is a bit of a choice; I can't say I necessarily disagree with it bc the evil gremlin in my brain loves that shit, I actually loved how bleak a lot of the stakes were esp in act 2/3, how every victory came at extreme cost, that they were brave enough to force at best one mandatory main character death and at worst a TPK, and that they weren't afraid to take a baseball bat to the places we loved. On the other hand, I wish we'd seen some of it. Rook having to keep northern Thedas from imploding in on itself while also helping the Inquisitor down south in engagements against the 2x Blight could've been really cool, esp. bc the Inquisitor has a weirdly absent role for how much Solas is involved.

If you are going to do it off-screen tho; as someone who defended the decision pre-release, this is where you really feel the lack of reactivity imo. I do think more choices should've been included, particularly with the fight in the south. If the states you left places in from DAO/2/I affected how they fared during DAV (ie. maybe Gaspard is the worse political choice in DAI, but his aggressive military response in DAV is what keeps Orlais alive when the 2x Blight hits; maybe banishing the Wardens from Orlais significantly affects if they can defend themselves when the Blight knocks on their door, and by the time you can repeal that decision it's already too late. maybe saving both Amaranthine and Vigil's Keep gives at least a part of Ferelden a better chance to survive, whether or not the Inquisition is still around and the Inquisitor has an army to use should be massive, etc) I think maybe the decision to have the south under a losing siege off-screen would've gone over / felt better if at least you could've affected how it went down a bit. I know they want to make the threat and power of Ghilan'nain and Elgar'nan really apparent, but still. I guess that's h/c territory for me now

That being said like I said I actually really enjoyed the really bleak stakes, and I have a lot of whinges and quibbles but still mostly enjoyed the experience. granted I am extremely easy to please re: DA and I fully admit that, but my heart almost did not recover from the endgame I did not know if Neve survived helping the VJs for like a full hour

[oopsallmabari]

ok yayyy it seems like it was just an adamant fortress thing, attacking while in the fade didn't trigger any sticking

rip tho I would have enjoyed watching clarel actually run through the battlements as opposed to getting stuck and then teleporting away when the game realized she was supposed to be elsewhere😂

anyway I brought solas bull and cole with me for maximum Everyone Hates This Except For One Fuckin Guy :3

[tinta--branca]

waow !! a get to know me tag !! thanku for the tag @giselberts it's v sweet of u <3

last song: ready (mulher batida) by orelha negra and a garota não

favourite colour: i think it's pink ?? I haven't checked in in a while but i've been rlly into like pastel pink these past few months

currently watching: foundation! though i stop when im not sick so i'm on like,, episode 8 i think? enjoying it so far very good vibes

last movie/tv show: watched a few episodes of digimon tamers for nostalgia a few days ago :'D

spicy/savoury/sweet: i like all of them but recently i've been more into sweet foods,, i'm also craving fruit something fierce rn

relationship status: qpr wahoo !!

current obsession: i'm in uni application hell so it's all a bit scattered atm D: we'll say seals since that's always the case :'D they're so cute

last google search: 'build outdoor wall house flipper' because i decided to zone out and play for a bit instead of working shhh

tagging anyone that wants to do this tbh,, tho also @rimetin, @not-today-solas, and @rustmountain bc u guys use tumblr sometimes right ;3;;

[alastorswarlock]

My feelings on the dragon age games

Origins: just about perfect game, tho it's been like a decade so some of that may be nostalgia glasses, tho just having Morrigan and Alistair show up in inquisition makes it like 10% better so willing to say it holds up. 10/10

2: game is riddled with flaws, your party all hates each other, and has samey level design.but on the flip side it has the best combat, we got Varric out of it and the boss fight with the arashok is both fun & satisfying so it gets a pass: 7/10

3: It's a little too long if you do all the non-critical areas, the hinterlands is a nightmare and character creation is pretty lackluster. However, great party if a little betrayal happy (looking at you Blackwall, Bull and Solas) and I really enjoy the story, I end up having different opinions each playthrough. Also has advantage of only one available on current gen, so I've played it the most, thus I have the most emotional connection. 8/10

[bloomingdead]

finished the veilguard and feeling a little insane abt it

i really enjoyed the game as a whole but definitely have some gripes with the lore and the way information was relayed to the player. like i understand that it’s been 10 years since we’ve seen the world and we’re on the other side of the continent but damn. just damn.

i love that at the end my inky and solas had the same scar tho :3 v cute and unplanned win even if i thought their final interaction was good and bad. loved everything that was said, didn’t fully love them entering the fade together tho. really hated that i got more of a resolve to my inquisitor’s story than my rook when it’s my rook’s game. but i will be replaying it so maybe there was a glitch and I’ll get more of an ending for rook second time round.

[duxvitrum]

i'm bored so might as well fill the entire thing out

What was the first Dragon Age game you played? Dragon Age: Origins in 2011, I didn't know shit, I didn't understand shit, but I LOVED IT. It was dark and grimy and waaayyy to hard for me at the time, and I've fucked up so many things I'm sure, but I mostly can't remember it.

Which Dragon Age game is your favorite so far? It's DA2. I've played through it at least seventeen times, with full playthroughs being like seven, six or seven. I have my Hawke's story down to every little minute detail and I absolutely adore the story and the companions and EVERYTHING. Sure, it has some flaws, but eh. I love it nonetheless.

Do you usually play as a warrior, mage, or rogue? Which class are you planning to try first this time around? Which subclass? Oh, mage, mage all the way. And yes, I do play blood mage Hawke (trailer canon!) but I never use the sacrifice spells because it feels wrong. Technically in my HCs she only started using blood magic after the events of Kirkwall, so eh. And my Inqui is a riftmage. My Warden is a dalish elf, so she's an assassin duelist - and I don't really know mage classes in DAO whoops.

What does your worldstate look like going into DAV? Uhhhhh I can't possibly state every single choice, but. Alistair is king, Kieran is his son. Hawke supported mages. Inquisitor drank from the well and promised to talk Solas out of his bad choices.

Do you typically use a preset character and name or spend hours in the character creator coming up with a custom one? I customized my elves, but I love the default Hawke so damn much she is as she is. I will customize my Rook though, that's for sure.

Do you have your Rook(s) planned out to any degree? If so, would you share some details or ideas you have? Not yet, to be honest, but I'm glad we have n/b options! Lately I've been loving non-binary protags (the remaster of Saints Row and Baldur's Gate 3 have blessed me with those options).

Which character from the previous games or other media are you most hoping will make an appearance in DAV? Dorian is a given, Fenris too. I hope for DAA cameos - like Miriam! And Qwydion!!

What faction are you most excited to learn more about? Veil Jumpers, most probably, although Shadow Dragons sound cool as fuck. Hell yeah, resistance!!

Which romance, if any, do you plan to pursue first? To be honest, as much as I love all the companions already, I'm not looking forward to any romances. I've joked about my love for elven boyfriends and Lucanis looks pretty sick, but so does Bellara. So, we'll see! Maybe I'll go the CBP route and pick an NPC who can't be romanced to headcanon our relationship lol.

Which location are you most excited/hoping to explore in-game? Minrathous looks SICK. I can't wait to run around this dark and gloomy magic city like DAMN. Also the nevarran Necropolis!!

What's one thing you'd really like to see in this next game? Not sure there is anything in particular, I'm just excited about the game itself. Unexpected cameos would be banger tho.

What's one thing you're hoping we DON'T see in this next game? Erasure of past historical events to smooth out the plot. Like. Please.

What's one thing you've seen confirmed so far that you're a fan of? The battles. I know people like strategy and tactics, but the flashy battles are amazing. Also mages can MOVE WHILE CASTING FINALLY.

What's one thing you've seen confirmed so far that you're NOT a fan of? Uhhh there was something, but it was so miniscule that I can't even remember it right now.

Do you have any unpopular opinions about DAV so far? Nope, not that I know of.

What's one crack theory you subscribe to (yours or someone else's)? That Solas sucks with his plans and we'll have him as an ally yet again lmao. Does that count?

Are you interested in all the lore and speculation or do you focus more on the games and stories themselves? I don't read books/comics myself, but I enjoy reading theories of people that do. I mostly am interested in the plot of the games.

Which aspect of fandom are you most looking forward to? (e.g. reading/writing fic, the bounty of gorgeous art, getting to know new people, etc.) NEW ARTWORK. I don't read much DA fanfiction, but ARTWORK.

Are you planning to replay any of the previous games, watch Dragon Age: Absolution, or read any of the books/comics/short stories, or are there other games you want to play in the meantime? I am currently replaying DA:I :)

Post a picture or gif that conveys your current level of excitement for Dragon Age: The Veilguard!

[broodwolf221]

so. solas with the other companions.

canon: blackwall teaches solas a card game and they play. solas wins. <3

canon: solas and the iron bull play chess. solas wins here, too <3

canon: solas tells josie stories <3

i suggest:

solas plays chess with cullen; shares book recommendations with vivienne; definitely plays hanged man with varric; genuinely asks cassandra if she's enjoying the sequel to swords and shields (she does not think it's a genuine question tho); gets sera back for every prank in really subtle ways; discusses magic and books with dorian (they judge skyhold's pitiful library together); just hangs out with cole regularly bc it's comfy.

[lavellander]

I reserve the right to Not listen to the poll results but…

keep in mind I’m on console so unfortunately solas and cass are out (and also I’ve romanced them before). josie not included bc I’ve already romanced her and hollis would never get bw her and zaniyah <3

also some thoughts under the cut if anyone is inchrested

blackwall

infinite love and respect to the blackwallmancers but he just doesn’t really do it for me with a fem inq I’m sorry 😭

but I’m not entirely closed off to the idea idk

bear blackwall supremacy though

cullen

hollis has debilitating and terminal I can fix him disease

also extremely not immune to psychologically tortured men w sad brown eyes

still deciding whether she’d give him the time of day At All given his former templar status. hollis is more ok with open conflict than I am so I go back and forth w it

sera

hollis is first and foremost a mage who does not shut the fuck up about magic ever. I am unsure if sera would tolerate them lmao

I do rly enjoy sera tho and feel like I don’t get to take her out in my party often

idk seramancers sound off all I remember of her romance is that you shave her name into your pubes or something

bull

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hollis would not be into rough sex for trauma reasons n it feels kinda disingenuous to initiate that w him “just to get to” the romance

however I’m basing this thought process on what other ppl have said abt the bullmance so again if you have input lmk