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whelp looks like i won't be able to play The Veilguard on release day even though I didn't schedule for work the entire weekend 🤡🤡

I'll have to buy a desktop computer and don't see myself having the time to do so before next Thursday, and even if I did I don't think I would have the peace to play

oh well, guess now I have an even beter reason to stay off the internet until...perhaps even the end of the year :-I

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playing as a tabris warden and especially playing as a fem tabris warden is just a constant over and over gut punch. you're getting married but then you, your cousin, and several other women from your alienage are kidnapped during your wedding by the arl's son. you slaughter your way out of it to save your cousin and the other women, but there isn't a victory in it— you know there will be retribution for killing a palace full of guards and several nobles even though you were defending yourself and your kin. you're forced to leave your home and join the grey wardens without being given even a single night to recover. you know there will be a purge. you don't know if you'll ever see your family again.

you're taken to ostagar where you are the only woman amongst the grey wardens, and not only that, you are the only elf among them. you remember nessa, the girl in your alienage who was afraid of leaving because she feared what the soldiers would do to her after going so long without seeing a woman. your status as an elf and a woman are constantly remarked upon. you have no choice but to stay. you are fed darkspawn blood by duncan; the blood kills one man while he slaughters the other in front of you. you are supposed to feel grateful to have survived this.

and even later when you seek help from the dalish, what do you learn from zathrian? the same injustices that were inflicted upon you have been repeated over and over for centuries. what do you learn when you seek help from the mages? templars lurk in every corner, always watching, driving mages to the same violence you yourself committed. what do you learn in orzammar? to be a castless woman is to be not considered a person, who's only worth is the children she can bear for the same nobles who keep the castless subjugated. to be chosen by a noble is supposed to be an honor. why does this feel familiar?

AND THEN. what do you learn from the deep roads? darkspawn in all of their corruption are no different; you learn of the broodmothers. it is the same everywhere, no matter where you look. nothing changes. even your other party members, leliana and zevran, have their own stories. and you don't have another choice but to keep pushing on.

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ngl pre-ordering The Veilguard back on the second of October/02-10 has really helped my excitement, despite how much I liked the trailers, at first I was feeling I'd maybe wait until a sale, and especially after the choice reveal thing I was feeling lukewarm (maybe also bc there isn't really any companion yet who has really grabbed my attention) but now seeing how well the game is doing when it comes to pre-orders I'm really excited to get to play it day one with so many others <3

I don't think I have ever actually played any game on release? Closest would be playing on the day of an SWTOR or Genshin update, but never a release day...exciting stuff ^-^

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DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION (2014) ↳ 20/?

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hate to say it but why when seeing Spite interact with Lucanis did my mind immediately go to Gollum/Sméagol 😭😭

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Something something the reason Varric struggles to see the inquisitior as a person (repeatedly calling them a symbol and expressing how it's hard to remember that they're not at both the end of the wicked grace scene and in one of his own one on one scenes) is actually not about The Inquisitor or What They Are To The People or The Singing at all.

But it is an internalised coping method for himself so that he doesn't get super attached and burnt just like he did with the da2 gang. I mean. Look no further to how Sera calls him out on this one.

Like it's kinda crazy the roles Varric fulfills in DAI all the way to WARNING LOVE INTERESTS THE INQUISITOR IS A BAD IDEA just like Wynne does in dao. He's literally so damaged and the ghosts of Kirkwall follow him everywhere and he's SO aware of what it means to follow a hero and let yourself care about them and their friends.

Anyway.

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(feel free to rb so more folks can vote)

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Warmup drawing of young Solas looking bored and pretty

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i like to imagine the act 1 kirkwall gang hanging out on those steps outside gamlen’s place for no reason. just sort of lounging and bickering

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RIVAIN — An ancient Grey Warden fortress sits among sparkling waters and lush greenery of the Rivain Coast; the Lords of Fortune call this paradise home. The servants of the gods have their own plans, however, and threaten to turn this sanctuary into a battlefield.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) Journal #8 | Exploration Across Thedas

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trapped in carrousel for his crimes

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i wonder how the inquisition scouts feel about me, cassandra, varric and solas chasing a burning ram right through one of the camps. not our most graceful hour

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love how mage Rook uses the staff to channel magic

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dissociating after a Hard(ing) day

(tweet)

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varric’s favorite outdoor activity is going back inside

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the inquisition needs some elfroot

Cullen: let’s LAY SIEGE to a TOWN and STARVE THEM for THREE DAYS

Leliana: let’s ASSASSINATE THE KING and PLANT A DECOY

Josephine: let’s BLACKMAIL THREE OFFICIALS and DESTROY A MARRIAGE

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absolutely deranged about the level of details being put into neve's design: the snowflakes in her net, the serpent's scales, serpent hat design, cunty serpent belt and rooster's feathers on the sides of her shoulders...

update: her earring :)