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hot take: if bioware wanted to move on from the previous dragon age games and have a fresh start, they should’ve just made a new game series. or make a new trilogy about events BEFORE origins. they could’ve also made a spin off without introducing varric, morrigan and harding again, since our past choices DO affect them. having only 3 choices matter after almost 20 years of the series history is baffling to me.

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I feel like Astarion is misunderstood by this fandom

I see a lot of memes, videos, or conversations about how to get him to like you by doing things like kicking puppies, hating children, and being overall a bit evil, and how he's just a violent and power-loving guy.

Astarion approves of certain questionable choices and violent acts because that's all he knows. He spent centuries as a puppet controlled by a power-hungry sadist who taught him that's all there is to life, and to break out of this cycle of abuse, Astarion has to become his master and gain the same power he has; there's no other way to end his suffering.

When he meets Tav, that's the first time he has EVER been free and not controlled by his master. He's seeing the world around him without anyone manipulating or leading him for the first time in hundreds of years. Of course, the first actions he would want to take are chaotic ones—the ones that make him feel powerful for the first time in forever! He has the power! He can be more powerful than his master! Not only that, but he can get his revenge and finally be in control of his life forever!

That's where you, as a Tav, can come in and show him that the world he knows, of constant struggle for control and power, isn't everything. Being powerful is great, but not at an expense of someone else's life. As Larian said, Astarion's arc is about either breaking out of a cycle of abuse or continuing it.

Astarion at his core, isn't evil or a violence-loving vampire; he just doesn't know how to survive in this world by doing something else! It's normal to follow the example you've seen and to have the urge to show your abuser that you're stronger, and to want to take everything from him. I love the fact that we can take Astarion's act in such different ways.

To diminish his character to such simple statements irks me the wrong way, because I feel like this is a bit similar to how Fenris' character was simplified into "he hates all mages, he's broody and rude" when DA2 came out. Astarion and Fenris hate what they had to do, what they were forced into and the sourness of their character is only a natural outcome.

You can show people that there's another way, and they can always change because of the kindness they are shown, even if they don't understand it at first and that's why I love Astarion's character so much.

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i've got a lot on my mind... and well... in it...

(redid my character a bit and now i love her even more)

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awww geeby!

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the worst part about finishing Disco Elysium is that whenever I’m in a mood to play something it immediately disappoints me because NOTHING will ever compare to the genius of Disco Elysium’s story

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just thinking how cool it would be if Miranda stayed loyal to Cerberus and the Illusive Man - in ME3 she could be fighting against Shepard after getting indoctrinated and would take Kai Leng’s place.

Imagine the surprise when the first time you see her is when she is trying to kill the Salarian Councilor, probably while rocking a cool new outfit. Imagine the angst if you romanced her or befriended her, the hesitation to fight her, the betrayal… Maybe based on our choices there would be a chance to convince her to abandon Cerberus in the last showdown and save her life… it’s such a missed opportunity i cannot stop thinking about it!!!!

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i'm replaying the Mass Effect Trilogy and I was checking the map on the Citadel. how did I never figure out that the Citadel Tower is in a shape of a Reaper?? i feel very blind and dumb lol.

i suppose that's how all the species in ME would feel as well. the Reapers have been hiding in the plain sight for ages and no one even realized it...

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« Our influence will stop Saren! in the battle today, we will hold the line! »

A kind of poster for the Virmire mission. My favorite quest from the first game! So iconic. Now I thought that the picture shows the characters that can die during this task. So much responsibility on Shepard!

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I love Anders and Fenris dialogue because it's just the most bat shit insane set of character interactions. "did you ever want to kill yourself?" "Why was your ex lover labotomised again?" "You don't have the temperament for a slave btw" "do not bare your heart to me, mage, unless you would have me rip it out" like the girls are at each others THROATS in this nondescript werehouse tonight

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“Nothing is going to keep me from you.”

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my fav conspiracy theory is that everything will turn out ok eventually

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Some sketches I did re-reading the series Felix, Net and Nika. Mostly inspired by their altertravels (they were travelling to alternative worlds).

I feel like I needed to draw one of my fave characters there (half of them are my fave, gosh) - a crazy chemist, Mr. Kurtacz, who the trio met several times during their travels (and he was always having a different job).

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dos2 dialogue is a gift

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