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Whenever I come across Silco's old design I completely lose it over the fact that every feature is completely different EXCEPT for his EARS.

LOOK AT THEM, I can't deal. They made this British mugger lookin' fella and were like "No no this will never do, throw the whole thing away. Except those gargoyle-looking flappers, they are fabulous."

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Mel Medarda thing

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Thiiiiis. It’s just more interesting to me when magic is hated and rare because.. well I like it when it remains a novelty. I dislike when magic becomes as ubiquitous and commonplace as technology in a timeskip or whatever because it quickly becomes so “whatever” that the magic of the magic itself gets watered down. In other words, taken for granted and with that comes the thing I loathe the most in stories with magic, which is the over-reliance on magic to the point that people are incapable of functioning without it (one of the things that annoyed me the most when I was a kid reading about the wizarding world of Harry Potter). Sometimes writers do this to make a conscious point, and othertimes they don’t realize how lame this worldbuilding tidbit is, but either way it lessens my enjoyment because I simply don’t like reading about societies that are too convenient and automated. I like settings where things are still largely done by hand and when magic is used, it’s treated as “woaaaah”. In a weird way, it keeps people grounded to the labor that is required to accomplish certain tasks. There is a weird cathartic masochism in stories where people struggle due to technological limitations. There’s a reason I found the merging of the mundane and the spirit worlds in LoK to be lame. If it must exist I prefer it to be restricted to a small pocket of the world or a phenomenon that occurs at a specific time.

These are all my preferences. I’m fine with Varric’s crossbow, the dreadnaught (I guess), the eluvians, and statues and crypts being triggerable by magic or veil fire, but I don’t want to see a magical printing press possessed by a spirit/fey in DA. But yeah I’m just not entertained by huge “it’s a whole new world now” changes because I’m more interested in playing around with what can be done in this one.

Look I’m gonna come out and say it: I’m a “tear it all down and shoot the CEOs and billionaires” person all day but I love the idea that keeping the Veil up makes Thedas worse off because it makes shit narratively interesting for me. “How does one persevere and endeavor for their rights when shit is so lame and fucked?”. I like reading about characters from underprivileged backgrounds securing rights by way of political maneuvering and military prowess, since that is the “underdog hero managing to score a win for their people, and all of these tiny wins stack up and eventually, like a game of RISK, you see your labor bear fruit as the board turns your color”. Tearing down the Veil sorta kinda puts a wrench in that set-up I really enjoy.

But me wanting people to work on the Sisyphean task of changing an asshole world through slow mortal mundane means doesn’t mean I’m a centrist IRL. The Veil is essentially a blanket of Whump covering all of Thedas and I want that intact for my personal entertainment needs. It’s a little treat for myself. Real life sucks and I like my fiction to portray different yet familiar ways that it does suck and how unfair and cruel it can be while also offering the opportunity to write in some hopeful change to keep it from being Warhammer 40K. Eat the rich irl. Keep the rich in power in fiction because I love to hate them.

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For a game that’s supposedly progressive, they removed that awesome promise for Feminine Rage that we were hoping for.

Still cannot believe how utterly, profoundly, and miserably they wasted Flemeth.

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This beauty was painted by this wonderful artist!

I'm in love!

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Look I’m gonna come out and say it: I’m a “tear it all down and shoot the CEOs and billionaires” person all day but I love the idea that keeping the Veil up makes Thedas worse off because it makes shit narratively interesting for me. “How does one persevere and endeavor for their rights when shit is so lame and fucked?”. I like reading about characters from underprivileged backgrounds securing rights by way of political maneuvering and military prowess, since that is the “underdog hero managing to score a win for their people, and all of these tiny wins stack up and eventually, like a game of RISK, you see your labor bear fruit as the board turns your color”. Tearing down the Veil sorta kinda puts a wrench in that set-up I really enjoy.

But me wanting people to work on the Sisyphean task of changing an asshole world through slow mortal mundane means doesn’t mean I’m a centrist IRL. The Veil is essentially a blanket of Whump covering all of Thedas and I want that intact for my personal entertainment needs. It’s a little treat for myself. Real life sucks and I like my fiction to portray different yet familiar ways that it does suck and how unfair and cruel it can be while also offering the opportunity to write in some hopeful change to keep it from being Warhammer 40K. Eat the rich irl. Keep the rich in power in fiction because I love to hate them.

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I miss my hot evil gay dad

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If he did that in front of me, I would die

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I want to eat that man, chew him, devour.

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Tweaking, screaming, gripping sheets

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Pieta

It’s always season one for me, sorry.

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Silco in the middle of my sketchbook reference page

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Hot people like silco.

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You want some totally Shimmer free choccy milk from Silco?

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