#the rooks have returned

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Alexei Kondratievich Savrasov (Russian, 1830-1897) The Rooks Have Returned, 1871 Tretyakov Gallery

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1360

first posted in facebook november 8, 2024

alexei savrasov -- "the rooks have returned" (1871)

"nature is always breathing, always singing, and the song it sings is full of majesty. contemplating nature is the highest pleasure" … alexei savrasov

"the rooks were sailing about the cathedral towers; and the towers themselves, overlooking many a long unaltered mile of the rich country and its pleasant streams, were cutting the bright morning air, as if there were no such thing as change on earth. yet the bells, when they sounded, told me sorrowfully of change in everything" … david copperfield

"[this] charming painting itself is known to every russian schoolchild" … vladimir petrov

"this sad message of 'change' is finally dawning on every american citizen" … al janik

[mythalism]

from @/elfbotanist on twitter who is posting from trick's bluesky; they elaborated a bit on exactly what the intention of the solavellan ending is

[agentark]

do you ever think about how in the literal very first scene with Rebecca, we learn that Unit Bravo had no idea she even had a kid

she chose UB and The Agency over the detective so consistently, so frequently, that her team didn't even consider that she had some kind of life outside of them, with someone waiting for her at home

[pinkwarden]

thinkin' about Spite being, true to form, spiteful about Lucanis neglecting their deal in ways that are petty and stupid. He takes over for the night? Consider:

Lucanis' favorite cup goes missing bc Spite hid it

His grocery lists have items randomly redacted

All of Lucanis' similarly sized daggers are suddenly crammed into the wrong sheathes. Thanks Spite :)

Of the spices he uses most, Spite picks one and dumps out just enough that Lucanis will come up short next time he needs it

He reorganizes the pantry by color instead of whatever the fuck system Lucanis and Bellara painstakingly decided on

He carves those geometric lines from the logbook into the dining room table with Lucanis' most expensive knife

Spite takes a piece of bread from the kitchen to eat in their cot bc Lucanis thinks eating in bed is gross and he'll know Spite did it when he sees the crumbs

Maybe he goes after Davrin once or twice with pebbles meant for his shoes, but it never works out bc while Spite’s piloting the body of a Crow, he doesn’t quite know how to use it like one

[dreadeves]

rosemary & jack/johnny are a comedy actually. rosemary is all ‘i want kit to grow up happy and safe and trusting and without the responsibility and knowledge i grew up with’ and kit’s all like ‘my father destroyed my ability to believe people are willing to give something for nothing & i cannot believe people actually like me unless im useful to them in some way’. like. i’m so sorry girlie. you picked the wrong man

[purplecritter]

Neve: The Detective

Other refs:

Rook: The Player's Character

Harding: The Scout

Neve: The Detective [you're here]

Emmrich: The Necromancer

Taash: The Dragon Hunter

Davrin: The Warden

Bellara: The Veil Jumper

Lucanis: The Mage Killer

Varric: The Silver Fox

[mrsrookhunt]

Rook: Look at that splendidly ornate comb! Ahh! Magnifiqué! Trés, trés bien!! I--

Exhausted!Yuu: Oh my god, here we go again. Another TED talk today? You've already given 7.

Rook:..I beg your pardon?

Exhausted!Yuu: Everytime you open your mouth I get the urge to say, 'welcome to the comedy club!'.

Rook: Excuse-moi--

Exhausted!Yuu: I'm sorry but be glad you're not part of my world because there's a role in a show 25 years ago that's calling your name. I hope you like being Phoebe Buffay's ex, because you've been doing some damn good impressions since I got here.

Rook:...

Exhausted!Yuu: That's what I thought.

[swimmingtrunks]

THIS is my Rook, and I am enjoying her quite a bit, even when I'm finding other areas of the game lacking. She's a cheeky lil' shit of a crow who's trying her best.

[rahabs]

Well, on the upside, Veilguard’s absolutely horrid writing and utter lack of meaningful roleplay mechanics made me appreciate Inquisition’s already watered-down writing and roleplay mechanics.

[cybershock24601]

Rook does in fact have a mabari, it's just that Rook is a member of the Mourn Watch so her mabari is bones and seeing how everyone is reacting to Manfred, the absolute sweetheart, she just decided to leave her bone dog at home until she brings it back to the lighthouse one day and most everyone gets real freaked out by how she spoils and babies the creepy skeleton dog.

[geekgirles]

Society if we had got that Unhinged Anodite Gwen Arc:

[tuxedo-rabbit]

My thoughts:

Combat reminds me of playing da2 on console. I don't hate it, but after playing so many crpgs its going to take some adjustment.

Rook seems to talk a lot without player input. As long as Rook has more personality this isnt necessarily a bad thing. I liked when they did this with Hawke bc of how much personality they had, the inquisitor on the other hand was done very blandly. We'll see how they do with Rook.

Having the ritual take place at the beginning is very cool. I like that its bc we distracted Solas that the Gods are released. Oops! I know why they used Varric, but I think a lot of people are going to think it feels weird for their Inquisitor to not be there for this moment. They're going to need to invent a strong reason why they were absent.

Despite how much I liked what I saw, the gameplay reveal has tempered my hype a little bit. It reminded me direction Bioware has been taking the series gameplay wise is the opposite direction of the type of games i like now. Regardless, as long as the story and characters are strong I'm sure I'll play the hell out of this game.

[mythalism]

still losing my mind over my rook. in a bad way as in i cannot for the life of me figure her out. i have been so deeply thrown off by the mercar foundling military family backstory that it has literally broken my brain. i can’t reconcile that and the character that’s been in my head since we learned about the faction origins. i think i might have to go veil jumper or crow or even grey warden and return to the Mercar of my dreams once i know the story and thus have a better handle on who i want my canon rook to be

[jangmi-latte]

i can't get over rollo's ssr fuck.

[coconutwaterbending]

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