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[rayroseu]

Wait this is actually interesting, so from what the story implies, Wild Rose Castle is weaker than Black Scale Castle because it probably has no magical atmosphere that serves as its defense, there's probably fewer troops here, and the fact that its just on a clear meadow makes the terrain not suitable for defenses unlike Black Scale who is atop a mountain and covered in a Valley.

So I kinda think that Wild Rose Castle is a newly built castle in Briarland. After all, Meleanor was a kid only 200 years ago so Wild Briar is probably that age as well (or more), i think that age is young (compared to Black Scale which probably several centuries old?) thats why it has weaker defense facilities.

Maybe Wild Briar is older as Black Scale, but this game says this is Meleanor's castle so I assume she's the one who had built this.

But I have this HC that this castle is actually built because of Levan. For his diplomatic mission between humans. Building a castle in an easy terrain would make sense to make it easier for magicless humans to transport in. Because I don't really expect(?) Maleanor who is a military commander, which she probably has knowledge of strategies, to not see how disadvantegous this location is considering its close to humans

But I also think Wild Briar was built as like a refuge for the faes that live far away outside Dragon City(I wont call it dragonopolis lol)

Wild Rose being a few centuries old also kinda makes sense since the Silver Owls only recognize Meleanor as the only ruler in Briarland, they probably arent aware theres a queen named Maleficia because she's ancient(?) atleast I didnt caught any silver owls mentioning her iirc(?) They went to the mountains near Dragon city yes-- but like it was to pursue General Lilia and not to besiege Black Scale as well even they kinda had the potential to do so since they took down Maleanor and Silver Owls' is implied to be very greedy--

I actually think its more interesting to not summarize Maleanor's cause of death as just her overestimating her win against Knight of Dawn-- I actually think its because of several reasons such as:

"Wrong time" in working out the diplomatic relations between the conflict between humans and faes, Levan's plan to educate wasn't pointless effort, but I wish the story states as well what he did to counter the fact that the faes hates humans not because of a misunderstanding, but because of their mistreatment towards faes(the story literally implies rhe humans kills faes meanwhile we have yet to see a royal guard fae that killed humans the story only tells us they chased them away), Levan does this when its clear that the Silver Owls was getting hostile, like objectively speaking, this was kinda not the right time to communicate and Meleanor was the receiving end of the build up hostility of the Silver Owls

This is kinda countering my first point, but Meleanor's decisions was kinda weird too in the story lol, why send your best Generals to the enemy fortress.... 😭💥 But I actually think this is interesting as well, because its likely a reference to the wars in LiveAction Maleficent... I remember watching that movie especially Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil and just wondering why the Moors never plans (and even if they do its very simple, just charge in and overpower the enemy with strength), they just charge in instead of treating it "like a chess" where you save your best pieces in dangerous situations and everyone has a role in dispelling the enemy. They also hold this belief that only the strong ones would guarantee their success and heavily relies on them. Meanwhile, Queen Ingrid used deception and control to subdue all the faeries. Like Meleanor/Faes vs Humans, the faes never thinks about what the human enemy plans, they rely on raw dodging it lol probably alluding to the fact that the faes have trouble thinking like a human.

And lastly this point lol, poor choice of headquarters, the terrain is easy for humans to invade in, and the castle is still weak, also the fact that Wild Briar was alone in fighting several human nations was a factor as well because it couldnt get back up in time because it was too far away from Black Scale Castle, kinda adding Wild Briar was outnumbered too atp

[silent-partner-412]

my dad works at atlus and he told me that in persona 3 reload akihiko and shinjiro get to kiss. so do mitsuru and yukari. you can trust me on this, it’s real

[rawliverandgoronspice]

I don't get why people hate the timeline so much, its not like you can't pretty much completely ignore it when you play the games. The only time it even approaches mattering to the story is when there is an explicit sequel like botw and totk or zelda and zelda 2

Hey sorry your ask got lost in the sauce of my broken tumblr, but: yeah!

I mean, I get why in some sense. It's been a heated point of debate and I think some people understandably resent the space it has taken not only in fandom discourse, but in how people began to understand the game and its narrative aesthetic choices. There is such a thing as over-rationalizing everything to hard logic, and sometimes it's just not the fandom for that --especially when you begin to forget it's all just fan theory and start to forget what the games are supposed to be like and evoke beyond just strict facts displayed in a linear way.

What I think bugs me with TotK in particular is that it both evokes and relies on continuity and the idea of a timeline, of archeology, of history itself, while being so loose and vacant with it that it both is doing Timeline Shit while also completely failing to understand why some parts of the fandom were invested in Timeline Shit to begin with.

But that's just my two cents of course!

[vaugarde]

imagine if instead of having vic mignogna keldeo, we got an iris movie about her relationship with kyurem

[trans-xianxian]

very ironic that there have been several story beats throughout fontaine like "the melusines are often infantalized by people but they are fully autonomous beings who deserve respect" and then half of the fan base is like awe cute little melusine baby who is like a child and a kid and a baby who needs to be taken care of by other characters because they're like a human toddler 🥺. die.

[witherbythesword]

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[alhavaradawnstar]

what were the "big three" of falmeri culture... passes you the microphone

[villainartist]

there is smth to be said abt how chihiro is always always always depicted in feminine clothing in merch + supplementary material despite her horribly written backstory like.

at some point, if she really wanted to 'stop pretending', she could easily make the choice to wear smth more unisex and 'subtle' but she always goes for the cutest, most feminine looking outfits and its like girl........ girl.....!

[heymacy]

joy list? joy list ✨

i was tagged by @whatwouldmickeydo, @energievie, @gardenerian, @creepkinginc, @7x10mickey, @metalheadmickey, @mishervellous, @ardent-fox, @heymrspatel, @gallawitchxx, @y0itsbri, @whatthebodygraspsnot, & @sleepyfacetoughguy to share some little joys!

i won’t lie to you, friends in my phone, life has been less than joyful lately. but i’m trying my best to celebrate little victories and find happiness in the simple things. so here, in no particular order, is a list of things that make the days bearable 💛

✩ quesadillas, teriyaki, and tacos ✩ when there’s a dog in the drive thru at work ✩ sunflowers 🌻 ✩ when my monstera Maggie puts out a new leaf 🌿 ✩ literally everything First Aid Beauty has ever made ✩ when my cell phone battery is fully charged ✩ songs with really good bass lines that vibrate the entire car ✩ telling my best friends “good morning” every single day ☀️ ✩ my therapist, who would be disappointed in me if i didn’t at least try to make this list ✩ getting my silly $7 drink for free ✩ listening to the songs my friends put on their IG stories because it’s like a little window into their souls ✩ building playlists 🎶 ✩ people who are tactful, empathetic, inclusive, and kind ✩ valentine’s day flowers from my nanny kid 💐 ✩ tip day 💸 ✩ angst with a happy ending ✩ crystals 💎 ✩ laughing uncontrollably with my wife ✩ making other people happy ✩ new books ✩ you guys 

i’m Quite late to this so i’m only tagging a few people: @iansfreckles, @greggster, @thisdivorce, @howlinchickhowl, @sunoficarus, & @crossmydna 💫 ily’all sm!

[detectiveneve]

see my bg3 first romance dilemma is I could feasibly see Emrys romancing any of the cast (except for Minthara which… sad. babygirl I could love you if not for having to commit war crimes to get you.) so trying to choose a romance? impossible.

[faeiapalette]

“One’s humanity” is something that can be assessed and confirmed by a single action, huh…

[kimmkitsuragi]

alright making a pact w myself i will try bg3 A LITTLE BIT.... only a little bit not too long.... and Only If i can write this thing and email it to (redacted) tomorrow.

[anachronistic-falsehood]

AUUUUUUAAUUAAOOOOOOO!! NO EFFIN WAY DUDE. WHO BROKE THIS VASE? WHO BROKE THIS VASE? seriously guys. everyone who's here, at my aWEsome PARTY, this HUGE crowd of people, that's DEFinitely here right neow. somebody broke my grandma's vase, and that was the last thing she gAve to me before she DIED. i swear to all things FOOTball and or skayteboarding, that i will fOIND yaou. don't make me cry these inCREDibly manly tyears!!! anyone can speak up here and be a part of the scene. specially those of us who aren't IMAGINED and are actually here on the styage. like, not the peoPLe who are imagined to be here through means of suspension of disbelief. VERY well, i shall conTINYUE searching for the culprit in the next room! (hey stephanie, you wanna bake some cookies?)

[x-letsbreaksomerules-x]

Saw your tags that were like “I have more thoughts about Anders but no I shan’t.” Well I think you should

It's hard for me to concisely talk about all my opinions about Anders and more specifically the chantry explosion and the way that its spoken about in game(and outside of it). But i think it's interesting just how hard Inquisition rails against Anders, despite everything that the game shows us(especially when it comes to unity and drastic measures being needed to save the world). And i won't get deep into 'Anders was right!!!' territory, because do i think blowing up a church was right? Not really(and writing wise. this was a very charged choice. remember how post-9/11 these games are, thats important). But i came away from the Chantry explosion feeling a little like the morality of that action doesn't matter in this context. Anders didn't care about it being truly justified, at the end of it. He knew what he'd done was in fact wrong, and drastic, and people are dead now. But he was right about the fact that there are many cases where nothing is ever going to change if something horrible doesn't happen. The Chantry could hear petitions and even want good things for the mages, the Chantry could change, little by little, but that slow progression still allows the preservation of their power. Inquisition rails really hard against Anders, but it has no choice besides proving him right in the fact that desperate times often call for desperate measures, and disaster does in fact prompt change. In fact, if i want to get really funny about it, i could point out that this game's entire premise is how disaster brings people together or wakes them up, and how the game can get really hypocritical when it comes to what its trying to tell us. But i'll leave that for another time when i can form a stronger point about it. I think a lot of people get into these like, debates about if or if not Anders was right to do what he did, and i think they kind of miss or diminish the point sometimes. End of the day it wasn't about if it was right to kill people or blow something up or how terrible and awful the chantry is and if these people deserved their fate because they're rich or evil. It isn't really about them. The chantry explosion, at some point, is no longer the product of a personal vendetta, it was a tool to force people out of compromise and into something different. Because compromise only ever resulted in the preservation of existing structures of power. Anders was wrong to kill people and blow things up, and that is important. That wrongness is important. What he was right about, is that it was always going to take something that wrong and terrible to change things.

[impossible-rat-babies]

finished the stormblood whm quests and boy howdy I am so full of THOUGHTS

[brokentoothmarch]

Man Idk wht th Fuck is Up w me Regarding (Thing tht affects my life heavily) Ive been Thinking abt it More in these Past few Weeks than i Hv this Entire fucking Year so Far Wht is it Thts Triggering this. How do i Make it Stop