#DQXI spoilers

[daezedglownut]

I really love how the game starts out with you saving Gemma, and you think “ok, they’re obviously pulling the ‘childhood friend to lovers card’ here” except you finally leave your hometown, meet a twink in prison, see the world, and if you CHOOSE to, you can “marry” him, and end up closing the game with you saving him in the same way IN THE SAME PLACE.

Only this time the scene has bedroom eyes.

Incredible.

Idk, I just love how the game lets you play the Luminary 100% straight if you want, OR as “the only gay in the village” who only really seemed to emote and smile when he was taking part in a pride parade, and got a less than traditional happy ending - and it’s played completely straight! (Pardon the pun…)

Don’t even get me started on Sylv’s Act 2 adventure, and how it subverts the “those evil gays are recruiting our innocent kids” trope, and instead tells this beautiful story of queer community and how, with the right support, all these closeted guys felt safe enough to Be Themselves and start their new life - despite their age (Tetsu 🥺💕)

And again, none of this is played off as a joke.

I truly love this game like no other.

[jubilfetv]

i have so many of these

[elikha]

Cringe luminerik angst (I think about this often🫡)

[fridka]

Warning, spoilers for Serena for act 2

so we just got to that part of the game, and oh my god… I don’t entirely trust the finality of this event, because there’s been a couple copouts in the story so far in that regard, but.. damn, it still hit like a truck

A couple wips under the cut if anyone’s into that

[lubbee]

Confession

[twonatic]

Finally completed DQ11 after putting it down for what 3-4 years

[magentasky234]

Playing DQ11 again and realised that Erik and Veronica's arguing reminded me of Erik and Mia. I think Erik sees her as a sister like Mia.

Spoilers under the cut:

He was one of the saddest about her death, saying "No..." when she faded away and reaching his arm out. He also said "No!" and punched a tree. He truly cared about her, despite their arguing. He lost a sister a second time.

[dontmindme2600]

I love Erik insisting that we go to find his fuck ass Orb immediately after the MC finds out his village was destroyed and has to read two whole emotional letters from dead relatives. “Don’t worry, you can tell me about it later.” That man truly does not give a fuck, he longs for The Orb.

[arorabbit]

a little overdue, but heres my blog intro/pin!

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[edit july 28 2023: added 9s/eve to n:a ships list]

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[fuddledance]

an old edit but i still like it

[corneille-moisie]

I wanna talk about this twin eagles statue in the entrance of the Kingsbarrow (There are potential spoilers in this post ! It's indicated where they are, but you might want to avoid this post all together if you don't want anything spoiled at all. This being said, hurry ! Play the game ! XD)

There's a lot of imagery going here, but let's begin by the beginning.

The twin eagles is the symbol of Heliodor, right ? It's on its banners, it's a huge golden statue, in the castle, at the bottom of the staircase leading to the throne room, it's on King Carnelian's brooch, it's on the heliodoran guards' capes, and it's on the armour of both Hendrik and Jasper, amongst other things :

Hendrik and Jasper, at this point in the early story, are considered heroes, according to the book found in the house in the far eastern part of town (yes, the one some tourist is looking for, for a side quest), and inseparable, to some extent. I always assumed that the twin eagles were symbolizing the two of them.

But that's also pretty easy to assume, so let's dig a little more.

Mild spoiler alert for Act I after this sentence, as I mention why you're in the Kingsbarrow, what you're fighting in there.

So, two eagles, right ? With weapons. Sitting on an orb.

You get to the Kingsbarrow to retrieve an orb, and to get this orb, you'll need to fight two grim gryphons.

Let's take a look at the weapons on that statue.

A sword, an ax, and a torch. While these can be found in Dragon Quest games since the very first game, I want to point out something else that is going to be a tad bit more spoilerific as I'm going to refer to Act II of the game and your 8th party member. (like... it's weird to only have 7 party members, don't you think ? ;) )

The obvious part here is that both swords and axes are weapons Hendrik can be equipped with, and, sure, you just used a torch to get out of the sewers with Erik, so here's that for direct references, but...

A torch is a symbol for light (duh). Not only is the Luminary someone who can bring the light back to Erdrea after Yggdrasil fell, but he can't do it without the spark of light that Hendrik figuratively becomes by turning Cobblestone into Last Bastion. ("spark of light" being used verbatim by Queen Marina to refer to Hendrik, and again, by (actually) King Carnelian to refer to both Hendrik and the Luminary, both in early Act II)

Then again, and this time, spoilers alert for Act III, after Yggdrasil fell and it is revealed that Jasper is on the bad guy team, Hendrik kind of loses his "twin" knight fellow. But do you know who also turns out to be a knight ? Sylvando. In Act III, Don Rodrigo sends your party to the Kingsbarrow to bring to light that friendship is a very strong weapon. Ultimately, it unlocks a pep power that involves both Hendrik and his ax, and Sylvando and his sword, and which also unlocks the last part of both their skill trees : Fraternity for Hendrik, Chivalry for Sylvando. Friendship/torch + Hendrik/ax + Sylvando/sword = Twin Eagle Statue in the Kingsbarrow lol.

But THEN AGAIN, the whole thing might also be a symbol strictly for Hendrik, as, still in act III (SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER ->), he feels like it's his duty to fight the ghost of Jasper, so his soul can be put to rest. As a result, Hendrik gets the Twin Eagle Armour, as his old companion's soul is now cleansed from Mordegon's influence, now that they finally shed light on what actually happened.

Now, I think that wraps up this info dump that I didn't realize i would do when I first set foot in the Kingsbarrow... I'm gonna go back to the game lmao. Time to go to Hotto :)

[daezedglownut]

UGHHHHHH I LOVE when games foreshadow shit…

I’m in the Royal Library of Sniflheim, and those three faded books in the study all tell you… a lot 👀

“Of ye forbidden deed: most forbidden……… terrible power………. Time’s shattered……. World…… shalt fall to ruin…..”

“Of spirits and ye plane beyond: this tome concerneth……. Realm……… all but invisible. However within dwelleth, ……..spirits of sprites, faint yet….. mayhap…….. even time itself……….”

“Of ye first age: long, long ago….. age of…… gathered together…….. lo, ye forgotten……… a people lost to time……..”

Really fun looking at this with the knowledge of the rest of the game!

[incorrect-dragonquest-quotes]

11: how many of those have you had today?

Erik lying in a pile of popsicle wrappers: now is not the time to talk about my flaws as a human

[blvcklizard]

Act 3 wouldn't hurt anywhere near as much if, throughout the whole game and especially act 2, there hadn't been multiple plot relevant instances of the party going "the Luminary was never meant to fight alone, we made it that far together and we will stay by his side no matter what" only for the Luminary to turn around and leave them at the first opportunity.

I'm not even saying this to criticise the time travel plot (I dislike that for a different reason, although to be fair, the gameplay was super fun and I love Veronica lol. Anyway), this is actually a pretty interesting characterisation of the Luminary. Not in the sense of "asshole that doesn't give a shit about the feelings of the people that risked their lives to stay by his side" but how far he really is ready to go to undo his mistakes. It's at the very least implied that he blamed himself for Yggdrasil’s fall, and enough to throw away so much and disregard his friends' wishes. I don't believe he didn't think of them; they were all in for saving Veronica and Erdrea before they heard about the consequences, and he probably didn't even hear what they said. He failed at the one thing he was destined to do with terrible consequences, and he's ready to leave his friends, who actively decided to stay by his side despite all hardships on multiple occasions and who said that losing him is too much for them, if it means he can go back. It's that selfish selflessness that's written into his character.

[optmstcontmblr]

So how long is Dragon quest XI exactly? Cause every time I think I'm coming up on the end or something it just keeps going. Which isn't a bad thing, quite the opposite really but like seriously, how long is it?

[whiskiijack]

Unfinished, but I can't bring myself to finish. I wasn't happy with how it was turning out, and Rendering was becoming tedious and I don't have the attention span for that really.. i hope it is enjoyed regardless.