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I just learned that if Wrex is dead it's Vega that comes to the rescue in the Citadel DLC so on at least one playthrough I'd get Wrex killed so Vega can thirdwheel Shenko in even more scenes lmao

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I'm so tempted to give my Crow!Rook the most character development by making him compare the cosplaying the Crows are doing at freedom fighting with the freedom fighting of an organization that actually has a revolutionary, for-the-people, and not self-servicing purpose at its heart (the Shadow Dragons) and slowly realize that the Crows are part of Treviso's problem and they're fighting the Antaam so hard bc they encroached on their territory and power first and foremost. And that he got brainwashed to some degree from childhood to buy into the whole murder for hire having a code of honour and whatnot narrative, bc at the end of the day, you can dress it like you want but the core is just murder for hire, and having an assassin organization with no moral code that is above everyone is a terrible thing actually.

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it's..galedurge hours

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Considering how much bioware loved adding sofas in bedrooms in ME2, Rook's bedroom in DATV underwent the nlogical ext step where the bed was completely removed and the sofa became the central piece lmao

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Useless Veilguard fact of the day: Day 128

By using the flycam in the inventory screen, you can see that Rook and companions are rendered on different parts of the UI's "void" background.

Check out the tag for more useless facts: #useless davg fact of the day!

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I appreciate DATV's clearly marked romance options and the way the game drops any other started romance the moment you lock another one. Just thinking about ME1's forced Liara romance when I showed absolutely no interest in it (and the way ME2 doubled down on that in the comic at the start), and how in DAO I had to wiggle my way out of a confrontation about whom I was romancing bc I had no idea I had started two romances by accident instead of just one, makes me so damn glad DATV doesn't pull any shit like that

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I think it'd be funny if reformed!Durge still gives off targeted scary murderous aura when he's irritated/angry/etc and he just can't help it. He might seem collected and calm on the outside, but as soon as someone irks him a bit too much, that someone would know. Oh they would absolutely know. And since I'm a DurgeGale fan, I think it'd be funny if everyone in the Waterdeep market learned not to try to swindle Gale when he's with his husband.

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At this point it feels like Veilguard having a very concrete political stand of "oppression is bad" (finally and for once in this goddamn franchise) while politics take a back seat to saving the world is somehow perceived as bad bc people now can't perform fandom clicktivism and roleplay savior that is nOt LiKe OthEr pEopLe to elf slaves getting beaten in the streets and instead miss all the other symptoms of oppressive regimes that they either never learned to identify or straight up can't bc they've grown numb to them from real life. Some of the "critiques" I've seen, especially coming from DA2 fans is just... so telling.

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when a fictional universe has an interesting world and then some of the tags on AO3 are like "Alternate Universe - Modern Setting (No Powers)" (and nothing to make it interesting), "Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés", "Alternate Universe - College/University" it's like a race to make stuff the most boring they could get, especially when characters' personalities, motivations, etc are incredibly linked to the fictional universe that is getting srapped for a nothingburger AU where nothing happens ever

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Trying to find fics that cater to my choices about my first Rook

one of those is mine

painnn

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A scene from the early stages of my "Gortash gets resurrected and now has to live with Durge x Gale" AU is Durge and Gale having the most magical romantic candlelight dinner on the balcony, then the camera pans over to inside the tower where Gortash is sprawled on the sofa glaring and drinking hard alcohol directly from the bottle lmao

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Gortash gets resurrected by god!Durge(Lucas) and god!Gale

Suffering Bane's punishment was excruciating, to say the least. It might've been a week, might've been a year, or ten. But it felt like eternity to Gortash. Pain like he had never felt before. The House of Hope was but a mere joke compared to it.

It had somehow become even worse for a time, when Bane had started losing a portion of his followers to a new god - one of Ambition. And oh, how the god of tyranny loathed losing control over his subjects. And if that hadn't meant more pain and suffering for Gortash, he would've relished in his master's displeasure. And how sweet it would've tasted on his tongue if it was tangible.

Gortash had loyally served for over two decades. He had paid his dues, had aided his god in his plans, had given his best, had succeeded where countless others had failed. And what was his reward for that? Pain and suffering because of an outcome he couldn't have even controlled in the first place.

Where once was worship and respect now was nothing but hatred. What a fool he had been, all the while thinking, or rather deluding himself, that it would've been Lucas suffering his own god's wrath eventually. But Lucas had broken free of Bhaal's chains and Gortash couldn't help but wonder what had happened to him. Did the Netherbrain kill him as well? He doubted he'd ever know. But how he wished he had tried to rekindle the flame between them, instead of sending Lucas to kill Orin to prove himself capable of being Gortash's equal again. But Gortash had seen the glimpse of affection between Lucas and the wizard in his group, and bitter irritation had spurned his decision further still.

And even before Lucas's disappearance and amnesia - what they had had never been defined, always diminished by their roles, by expectations, by their plans. Love was for fools and weaklings. They had enjoyed each other's companies and bodies, but never like true lovers. That would've been taking it too far. Gortash had been better at hiding his feelings. And now that he had nothing to lose, it was easy to admit them. Lucas had been less subtle, and eventually had misstepped too many times and it had cost him a hole in his brain. And that was that. Love missed for a plan that backfired so spectacularly into Gortash's face that he was still feeling the consequences.

At some point the pain had stopped and immense exhaustion had settled in instead. Gortash's very soul was still reeling from the torture. Like before, he couldn't tell how long he had been in this new place. It was a safe assumption that Bane had grown tired of him and banished him to the Fugue Plane. Or had been banished himself and all souls at his disposal were now godless.

Amid the exhaustion, he felt a warm touch, then a tight hug, after which it felt like he was being dunked into an ice-cold river, and he startled, sitting up. The rough stone was cold beneath his behind, and a shiver went through his whole naked body. The disorientation faded slowly, and the realization that he had been brought back to life settled in his still foggy mind. It took a moment to focus his eyes on the figure leaning over him.

Lucas. It was Lucas, grinning in obvious self-satisfaction. His shoulders and arms were bare, and so was a portion of his chest, the rest covered only by the crimson robe that he wore, matching the crimson of his hair almost perfectly. While it was a sight for sore eyes, what truly caught Gortash's attention were Lucas's eyes. There was... something different in them, something not quite human, or rather - not quite half-elvish. And while Lucas's gaze seemed warm on him, he couldn't shake the feeling of being lesser in his presence.

"It truly worked!" Lucas exclaimed, then looked to his right, on the other side of Gortash. Gortash followed the direction with his eyes. And it all made sense now. The feeling of slight inferiority. It was one of standing in front of gods. Bane had always exacerbated that feeling, of course. While Lucas and his wizard lover turned god were not trying, at least by the looks and feelings of it.

"As I assured you it would," the ex-wizard said, a small smirk playing on his silver lips, "Bane's hold on his domain has severely weakened after all."

"Which makes poaching his followers all the easier for you," Lucas said with amusement.

Oh, so that was the new god of ambition. Lucas's choice of a new lover made more sense to Gortash now. Lucas had always been drawn to power, to ambition. At the time Gortash had thought that that attraction would win in the end in his favour, with Lucas wanting more than to be his father's puppet and breaking free of his yoke, to instead rule with Gortash over their made-pretend worshippers. His prediction was partially correct. But it wasn't Gortash who had helped Lucas on that path to surpassing his role. And as much as Gortash had achieved in his life, offering Lucas true godhood would've never been something he was in the position to do. The feeling of inadequacy and inferiority could almost choke him.

"I see it more as his followers realizing that there is a more worthy deity to worship," the ex-wizard said matter-of-factly, "The ambitious ones, of course. The ones who wish to accomplish more and are willing to raise above their lessers."

Gortash would have to agree. That ideology had drawn him to Bane in the first place. And with a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach he realized why he was brought back. It was not out of affection. Lucas hadn't missed him so much as to bring him back purely because of that. No, he was brought back to serve. In what capacity he was yet to discover.

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thanks davrin 😌💖

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getting real tired of seeing people make posts about their fav character like they hate their guts and then get surprised when haters get on the post agreeing like,,, maybe consider how you're expressing yourself then

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I'm honestly floored at some game's complete inability to give dark brown colour as an option for hair. No, I don't want yellow-y - green-ish brown. No, I don't want pitch black. I want DARK BROWN. Regular ass dark brown jfc how hard is that??

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absolutely no one: me: what if i put the companions in the shadow dragon casual wear

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A game character's whole arc and romance could be about getting over their ex/someone they loved, and healing from that experience, and people would still bend over backwards to say the opposite