#{ dash commentary. }

[idolbound]

I think the fandom's hate for DA2 often forgets that the devs were forced into a like, 15 month development cycle by EA. It was pretty clear in how the game's levels were designed and reused, and it couldn't be polished into something more. But, what we got was a micro-level scale story with macro-scale consequences to the overall story of the series; it was a personal journey of an everyday person and all of their friends living in a shitty city, enduring the impossible stories of grief and change, all while dealing with the overarching consequences of the conflicts caused by a religious-political institution in real time.

Also, DA2 gave us Meredith, who is, by and large, not a god or supernatural entity, but just a woman, who was allowed far too much power that went entirely unchecked during her reign. It's a reflection of real world politicians and military leaders, which therefore makes her the most realistic type of villain in the series (and that's long before they gave her the red lyrium idol to turn her into a Boss Fight™).

Ultimately the other aspects of the games in this series - the level design, the combat, music, etc. - are all going to be subjective, especially when in comparison to the other games / your own personal preferences, but to say that it's just "objectively bad" when the story in and of itself is a departure from the other games where you get put into the role of Designated Hero™, whereas Hawke, for the most part, is Just Some Guy (gender neutral) (and this is also why I enjoy Rook in a similar-ish kind of way, where you accidentally become important at work), is really missing the point of what they were trying to do. I fully stand by the point that if Kirkwall got the DAV environment treatment today, it would be way more popular than it is.

[ketsumyo]

Y'ALL SHITPOST FASTER THAN I CAN SCRIBBLE LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[airxn]

[rcguish]

oh he's chasing. he's chasing, and immediately catching up to him, and immediately grabbing that fucking arm. " the fuck do you mean, FATHER? "

[goldnepenthe]

Wait, you guys have pets?

[crosaidi]

" But if 'e's a spirit or — god, or wotever, does he even make babies like how mortals do? Can't 'e just wank or some shit an' say lo, have life—— "

[fortruechaos]

Can every person I meet who has a complex about being programmed or having their personality scrambled or reset or whatever and then lashes out at me because they think I've risen above it just start paying me five rings

I have risen above it though. btw

[biisutoarm]

What is your favorite color?

MINE'S GRAY.

[starsburned]

"i highly advise against ripping out your own tails unless you want to damage your spines, or leave yourselves paralyzed. permanently. it'll go away on its own. until then, leave it alone."

[idolbound]

Meredith does in fact Judge, and she will in fact, Kinkshame while she's at it.

No she does not see it as hypocritical, because she is Righteous and Correct™ :')

[ketsumyo]

reminder that tsubaki's dad is a shinigami ( 1st division, seated officer ) so he has access to seireitei group chat.

[heartinhands]

you guys are all so lucky (except rain and mick) you didnt know me in 2021 when i had revolver ocelot brain damage

[afraidofchange]

"You might all be tall and can reach the cupboards without climbing on the counters, but I'm at perfect boob height for most human women. You can't beat that."

[rcguish]

he's quite glad he missed the talk of praise. no one needs to know his knees almost buckled when grusha kept telling him what a good job he'd done when they cooked for the first time.

or about the time that they said he did so good in front of steven, and silver almost choked.

no one.

[furby-organist]

> "I miss my alternates. I'm a lonely pack animal without a pack. Tragic!"

[songsofreason]

killing myself because vergil is going to have to be mean to aerith