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Lavellan, handling dwarven booze so fucking badly: and then the Keeper said "I won't be mad if you don't want to go, just disappointed" and that's why I am here. I don't even know who Justinia is

Cadash: I get it, my boss threatened to kill me if I didn't show up here

Lavellan: oooooooh I feel bad for complaining now :(

Cadash: no it's fine, it was shitty of her to put you on the spot like that

Lavellan: yough are being sososos oo nice to. me

Adaar: does ANYBODY hear the screaming

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I don't think we discuss often enough that if you're playing a dwarf warden when you meet Justice he's like "hey I don't mean to be rude but like, what are you? I've literally never seen anything like you before and it's kind of weirding me out"

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The thing about the Veil is that it feels so much like a Big Metaphor but it's also quite underspecified what the metaphor is actually about and so people just have very different intuitive reactions about whether it should come down.

If you read the Veil as a metaphor for climate change, for the alienation of modern society from the natural world, for the segregation and dehumanization of certain sectors of society - then the Veil staying up feels like an awful unsatisfying outcome and there's no way to make that seem OK

Whereas if you read the desire to take the Veil down as a metaphor for wanting to return to 'the good old days' then I guess you will feel that keeping it up is the only reasonable resolution.

It's a pity that Veilguard didn't actually say much about what the world might look like post-Veil because the result is that everyone is left to make up their own minds about what the metaphor is and hence there's just an irresolvable gulf between the different ways people perceive the ending of the game

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What he wears in his off time

Solas has the energy of a man who desperately wants to be in a bathrobe but is forced to wear armour.

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"You're just mad it's not like origins"

Yeah, how dare i be disappointed in a game series that has followed a certain tone and theme for three games, and has always been narratively complex, and about navigating hard decisions and moral dilemmas, structual injustices, deep characterisations, beauty and tragedy in tandem, rich worldstates and character arcs and thin lines between heros and villains... it's almost as if my disappointment stems from care and passion for dragon age, and not from an unwillingness to accept change, or a misplaced sense of nostalgia. It's almost as if people are allowed to criticise a thing and discuss its flaws, while also enjoying other aspects of it, and voicing their opinions on the world's most unprofitable social network to a handfull of followers and mutuals, isn't going to make any meaningful dent in the game's success

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I have zero motivation to draw until solas dragon age himself telling me to lock the fuck in

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I put pocket solas into a jar!

Remember to regularly take him out for sunlight and basic care.

Do not tap the glass!!

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i think one neat Mage Combat Tactic™ in dragon age should be

if there's enemy archers, they can just... set the bowstring on fire. that's it. woe. all they have is a bendy stick now.

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Who's Hotter? Video Game Event: Baldur's Gate 3 Who Wore it Better?

Mod note: I know these are not the best photos, but it still took me about 6 hours to find them all. So if you have better ones, because I know you all can take screenshots, please send them in, and I will switch the photo.

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actually im posting these tags too fuck it

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why do baby seals look like they're on the verge of tears constantly. they legit have NO reason to be that upset.

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Top-3 most insane things said by character Anders in the game Dragon Age II:

3. "I would drown us in blood to keep you safe." [sexy]

2. "I have personally led five mages to freedom through these tunnels. They bent to kiss the ground through the sewage." [sad]

1. "I know you're looking for someone to be angry at. If it helps, go ahead and take it out on me." [WHAT. THE ACTUAL. FUCK.]

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Recently, I've been seeing a lot of stuff about how good the templar route can be in Inquisition. I have been wanting to try it for a while, but I could never think of a role play reason for why my characters would side with them until now

I'm thinking of playing a Lavellan who initially wants to side with the mages, but when she goes to talk to them and sees Alexius, she changes her mind. She feels bad for the mages, sure, but she doesn't want to screw with Tevinter. Dalish camps for sure get attacked by slavers, and she does not want to risk pissing Tevinter off and having them attack more Dalish clans should something goes wrong. So she turns to the templars instead, who she might not entirely agree with, but she sees as a safer option when it comes to her people.

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