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people who write fics. how do you feel about comments on super old ones you wrote like 2+ years ago

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absolutely flabbergasting to see people who have so enthusiastically succumbed to despair. like okay denethor, but some of us are gonna actually face the armies of mordor in battle nonetheless.

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all of this

Top things I fucking loved about Veilguard, in no particular order. Also, here be spoilers.

1. Davrin's banter with Solas at the end of the game. Just so much "Go fuck yourself, old man, this ain't about you" energy.

2. Erika Ishii's Rook performance. No shade to the British feminine VA, I just started a Rook with her, and it's fine- good, even- but Erika, they knocked it out of the goddamn park.

3. Taash's companion arc. It's so... Visceral. It's raw. And honestly, it gave me more insight into how I (as a cisgender person) can support someone who isn't cisgender. I'm not saying I didn't know before, but there were a few lines of dialogue that I was like "Oh, I need to remember that." (Specifically- "I like being a woman, but if you don't, that's something to consider." Or whatever it was)

4. The Final Fantasy X grid unlock system that you can respec at any time. HOLY SHIT, I did not realize how much I would like that until I had it.

5. The fact that every class has ranged and melee abilities. Again, holy CRAP, I did not realize how much I'd like that.

6. The hair! It's so swooshy! It's so bouncy! It flips around and has texture and it's so amazing!!!

7. The FACE CLOUD??? At Weisshaupt??? Holy SHIT, I was fucking terrified and it was so great. Also Ghil in general just constantly made my skin CRAWL and her voice was SO perfect.

8. Neve just being *chef's kiss* she's such a noir detective and I love her, I love how unapologetically she's written, I love her dialogue at the end if you have her break the wards.

9. Solas being FULLY in character. He's manipulative and conniving and also tortured by grief and regret and love, and they did not back away from the messiness of his character for a SECOND. They did not wash over the horrific shit he contributed to, and they didn't say "it's okay he did that actually."

10. The character creator. OMG. EVERY GAME DEV NEEDS TO TAKE NOTES, BECAUSE HOLY SHIT. They gave the people what they wanted and I have never been so ecstatic about eyebrow choice.

10. Okay, I know people have opinions about Rook, but let me tell you, Rook is the first character that I felt like I really COULD be. Maybe it's the heavy ADHD vibes that Rook gives literally all the time, but like. I identified with Rook as a character, as well as with the companions. I loved how pissed off they could be, and how sarcastic, even as they fought like hell for the world.

11. The solavellan ending. It was... It was what I thought it would be, but better. It was somber and bittersweet, and full of love. And I love that it wasn't a given. I love that the player was offered the opportunity to say "you know what? I don't think lavellan should be with this dude anymore." I loved that consent-- even for a pixel reconciliation-- was sought.

12. How much this game is about grief. Regret is the word that keeps being thrown around, and that's definitely a theme, but... This game is about grief. It's about grieving not only death but loss in general. It's about how people respond to that-- and how it's different depending on the person, on what is lost, on how it's lost. And it's also about hope. How important hope is, how the smallest thing can give it to you... And how it can be false. How that sometimes doesn't matter, because even false hope can propel you forward. How hope and grief intermingle, even when everything seems lost.

I might add to this list more, we'll see.

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I just finished Veilguard and god, I have so many feelings right now. The game was fantastic, and I will beat anyone who tries to tell me otherwise over the head with Varric's books.

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Astarion: So what's for dinner? Gale: I can't tell you, it's a soup-prise! Astarion: ... Astarion: Is it soup? Gale: I soup-pose it could be! *winks* Astarion: Please, Gale, enough with the soup puns. Gale: Wow, you're soup-per mean. Astarion: STOP! *one hour later* Astarion: It's fucking tacos?!?!?!

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Kyradia (Sith inquisitor), eating cereal: Ah, Hello again. We really need to stop meeting like this. Kavaraa (jedi consular), who walked out of her bedroom in her house into her kitchen: Maybe we would, if you would sTOP BREAKING INTO MY FUCKING HOUSE!!!

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Entropy: If I fall… Karlach: I’ll be there to catch you. Zai'ri: *looks at Lae'zel* What if I fall? Lae'zel: Then I’ll fall with you, never leaving your side. Minthara: *watches these two interactions* Minthara, to Nyssa (durge): And if I fall? Nyssa: I’ll be the one who pushed you.

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Lae'zel: don’t panic, i have a few knives up my sleeve for situations like this Gale: don’t you mean tricks? Zai'ri (gith tav): no, she doesn’t Lae'zel, taking dagger out of sleeve: no, i don’t

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Entropy (tav): *Laying face down on the bar* Astarion: So Karlach said she liked you? Entropy (tav), muffled: Yeah Astarion: ...and you asked her to marry you? Entropy (tav): Yeah Astarion: …and?! How’d she react?! Entropy (tav): Dunno, I ran before I could scare her even more *Meanwhile* Karlach, kicking in the door to the Wylls’s room with 12 bottles of champagne: Wyll! Babe! Holy shit! I'm gonna get married!

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Kavaraa (Jedi Consular): You know archaic Latin? Kyradia (Sith Inquisitor): I got bored with classical Latin. Kavaraa (Jedi Consular): You know normal Latin? Kyradia (Sith Inquisitor): Yeah someone from my knitting club taught me. Kavaraa (Jedi Consular): YOU HAVE A KNITTING CLUB? Kyradia (Sith Inquisitor): You don't know everything about me Jedi. Now do you want a sweater or a scarf?

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I wanna be very clear Nellie the elephant is not an English thing that’s Siobhan specific I have never ever heard of this I am very English

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Glad I’m not the only one who immediately was like oh she wants her own dragon so bad

Once I realized that Lae'zel is just a horse girl with extra steps she really grew on me

Like you BET she has little red dragon figurines and books stashed somewhere in her tent. You BET she writes underdog stories about taming and riding a red dragon. It's my headcanon that my Tav catches her making doodles of her on a red dragon at like 2 AM. I love it. I love her.

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Me on my 4th seeing this post

I’ve now finished two playthroughs of BG3 and I still want to keep playing. I think I may have a problem…

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Consume me romance game

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I love Karlach that is all