#the cupboard game

[rebouks]

♦ simulated dreams ♦

[flightofthedragon]

I wonder, was changing out Solas for Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain the first step in scrubbing the game of all possible nuance, or caused BY said scrubbing?

Exchanging one complex antagonist, for two simply evil antagonist, makes no sense for any good storyteller and that's still what I consider(ed) Bioware, so why do it?

Functionally Solas and package deal Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain do the same thing in the game, they threaten the same thing - bringing down the veil. Except Solas has compelling reasons. Even the few he shared or hinted at in Trespasser, were enough to make people consider siding with him.

While Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain are so cartoonishly evil, no one will seriously consider siding with them. And as they bring no deeper understanding of the Evanuris or ancient Elvhenan*, I can't help but feel their presence, and specifically, them replacing one of the most interesting characters Dragon Age has ever had, is JUST to simplify the narrative.

Was this done because Bioware decided they didn't want to tear the veil down, so they needed everyone in the fanbase who thought that tearing the veil down was the logical (maybe even moral) endgame of Dragon Age to turn against the idea?

And Epler couldn't think of other ways to change people against Solas' plans, than to replace the motivated antagonist with Scooby Doo villains? (Same reason he had Varric killed.)

Or was it because somewhere down the line of each reinvention, Dreadwolf got mandated to be the simplified DA game we got?

We'll never get the real answer, and I'm not even saying we're entitled to know what happened behind the scenes to get to this point, I just wish we did.

*There is something deeply ironic about Bioware introducing two of the Evanuris in this game but the only deeper understanding we get of the time of the ancient elves is through memories of Solas. Pretty much all of which were already revealed in the previous installments if you paid attention.

[clarissaweasley-10]

i still cant believe that old brat Santa, didnt give me a "Hawthorne Brothers buy 1 get 3 free package set" 😤😤

[exy-shmexy]

Bee adopting the twinyards when they are toddlers so they both grow up in a healthy environment and the only times she needs to worry about them is when they grow a bit older and the house is suspiciously silent for a suspiciously long amount of time

[mumblelard]

just enough salt to fill the cellar

getting just enough of something feels like a kind of faith that i will be able to find more of what i need when the time comes. maybe this is what it means for me most of the time. something about trusting myself in a material way in the face of uncertainty

it feels like a kind of protest against the hoarding impulse at the heart of this system. i am resisting, in the language of the system, the overconsumption that defines and sustains it

but sometimes when i get just enough and no more i know it is a lack of faith in the future itself. an expression of doubt, measured in cups and ounces, that there will be enough time left to use even this amount, never mind bothering to get any more

[darkhorse-javert]

Tagged by @aloveforjaneausten to post 9 books I want to read in the coming year.

Many have lived on my shelves waiting to be read, but there's a couple coming out this year. :) Here's to lots of reading.

Tagging: any one who wants a go

[lgwilt]

Seven Sentence Sunday

Tagged by the brilliant @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, thank you! 💚 I'm trying to get better at doing these - they definitely help with WIP inspiration (and as a reminder of the truly ridiculous number of WIPs in my drafts folder).

A snippet from an angsty timeslipping fic:

“Nearly there,” Mobius promised, tightening his grip on Loki’s arm. “Where are we going, exactly?” “You’ll see. Just trust me, ok?” After several more twists and turns Mobius ushered him into what looked like an abandoned office turned glorified store cupboard. The limited space was almost entirely taken up by a large desk shoved against the far wall, piled high with an assortment of broken and discarded office supplies. One of the ceiling panels was hanging loose, disgorging a writhing mass of multicoloured electrical wires; there was something unsettling about the sight, almost grotesque, as though the TVA’s pristine façade had been stripped away, leaving the entrails open and exposed.

Tagging @insert-witty-user-name-here @dewdropreader @blackbirdofasgard @mirilyawrites @starport-seven-five, if you'd like to (for now or next week) 💕

[hershelwidget]

I really wanted to remember how to play Uno but I had nobody to play with so I set up a thing using six of my plushies. I made drawings of the event because Sun/Moon, BoTW Link, Jack Skellington, a panda, a rainbow sheep, and a Shiny Mimikyu playing Uno together was the FUNNIEST bit I have ever committed to.

The drawings! Actual images of the scene under the cut :3

Half of the game was everyone bullying the rainbow lamb and the other half was bullying Jack but the bits where they hurt the lamb were CONSIDERABLY funnier because I was able to use voices for them at the beginning. This poor girl was SOBBING

Honourable mentions for parts I didn't draw go to this one point where EVERYONE had said Uno EXCEPT for the lamb, a bit where Jack and the panda had teamed up for a single round and then the panda said "fuck it" and kept on blocking Jack's turns, and perhaps my FAVOURITE bit of them all: The Staring at each other that lasted the whole game.

Ok now og pics!

This was a very interesting experience! I really wanna try this again with other games, so let me know what games you’d like to see these guys play next!

[marigoldthegamer]

Guys.

GUYS.

GUYS.

I just finished Kaneshiro's whole place in ONE DAY. (minus the mandatory visits)

Just.. LOOK.

I feel so fucking proud of this. Like. I needed to tell someone about this.

Also:

I'm playing the Royal version of the game.

I have the camera strap equipped on all party members.

I was already seriously over-levelled before I started the palace (we're talking like level 27 before I even entered).

And finally, I have been hoarding items since the start of the game, lmao.

[obliviongate]

Mythic Dawn: Getting the Amulet of Kings will be easy it's being guarded by old monks

Jauffre:

[judesstfrancis]

nobody asked but I think eddie and wayne play board games together when they both have a night off. I think they'll put on a record they both like and play go fish or something for an hour or two after dinner. u can't tell me I'm wrong bc I won't listen

[regicidal-defenestration]

Exhibit of Sorrows is a really good game do you want to get emotionally attached to some cute lil clown guys without even meaning to look at my guy Mr Floaty

[ID: A pedastal in a colourful environment. On it is a round clown doll with a smiling face, wearing a blue suit with yellow stars, a matching hat, and red shoes. He is attached via a tube to a pump, and is floating in the air. End ID]

[notcatherinemorland]

tagged by @kallistoi !! first 10 songs on your "on repeat" playlist + tag people

Graceless by the National

The Fall by half-alive

Heather on the Hill (acoustic) by Nathan Evans

Glockenspiel song by Dog Is Dead

Years on by Novo Amor

Stray Italian Greyhound by Vienna Teng

Take me to Church by Sinead O'Connor

I want to know what love is by Foreigner

Stay Alive by Jose Gonzalez

Opaline by Novo Amor

I've been doing 3 separate play-by-post threads for my d&d pc, so all of these songs are from her current playlist!! My little drow cleric is not having a nice time in the desert dungeon crawl lmao

tagging: @photographerh @fireryn @caiternate @nightmarefemme @chiefskye @meggydolaon @worthlessclericbuild @royalwhitehorse @dracolizardlars @frogs4macattack @lesbianlizzybennet and anyone else who fancies doing this, please consider this a tag!! :D

[pastafossa]

i get how it might seem like a good idea to put a tarp over the hole in the ceiling but i can’t get the image of the plumbers peeling it off and a gazillion spiders fall from it like balloons in a game show and then they scatter like they’re in an indiana jones movie i’m so sorry to disturb you with this information 😭

I CHANGED MY MIND THE TARP IS A TERRIBLE IDEA

[milf-harrington]

my friend: *leaves the room while we're watching a movie*

me, pointing at the screen: "tits!"

the same friend: *comes sprinting back into the room*

[twofoursixohjuan]

More of the untitled 100 Cupboards Monmouth backstory fic please

thank you!

"Questions already?" said Monmouth, but there was less heat in it. "It was, as it happens. Haven't had one for a while. I was starting to think I was over it." He blew out a short breath and leaned back against the rocky wall, staring out at the cave mouth. "How much did you see?" "All of it, I think," Henry admitted. "I was...in the ceiling, sort of, right up until you threw me out. How did you do that, anyway?" "I'll show you sometime," said Monmouth absently. "Not now. Gives me a headache."