me: wow its great that anders was written so relatable for someone whos bipolar/cluster b, it seems very realistic and i wonder if the writer did it to show realistic representation of those disorders that have overlapping symptoms and are so heavily stigmatised :)
the first rules of being pretentious and a hater in an honorable way is to not take yourself too seriously and acknowledge that you’re being a little antisocial. if you become self-righteous about your correct attitudes and opinions on things that dont matter then you have become the very cringe you have sworn to fight
Some random ambient dialogue I caught when you interact with the Tree of
Echoes where Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain threaten to experiment on your
love interest.
I’ve included the options you hear for Bellara, Emmrich, and Lucanis (I
haven’t romanced anyone else yet so I don’t have their dialogue…for
now)
Since Dorian was sent to study under Emmerich as a child, do you think he bullied him? Because if there is grown man who is capable of being bullied by a 10 year old : its Emmerich, and if there is a 10 year old gutsy enough to bully a grown man : it’s Dorian.
“It goes beyond dread. It can’t be reasoned with or soothed over. It comes without warning, in the dead of night, in sunlit streets. A raw, strangling fear, struck somewhere deep past the heart.”
A study\redraw of “Death and the Maiden” by Marianne Stokes
Origins: the world is ending and you and your one remaining coworker are the only option left to save it.
II: the unavoidable tragedy of a queer friend group/polycule trying and failing to save their fucked up city
Inquisition: you went to a conference and accidentally ended up in charge of saving the entire world (again) with a team of colleagues who are (mostly) professionals and outstanding in their fields.
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Veilguard:
Rook: hey, I suffered from “sudden field promotion” after “fucking everything up worse than it already was.” I’m putting a team together to kill at least one, maybe three, Gods
Seven of the most unwell people in Thedas: say no more, I’m in
Many of you have reblogged this with some variation on “but the Veilguard characters are so nice!” or “they’re all too stable to be unwell, no one’s actually bitchy!”
I am terribly afraid that you have conflated “the ability to be pleasant despite the horrors persisting” with “actual lack of personal horrors.”
sorry but being mad that characters were upset with you about which city got destroyed in dragon age the veilguard is the most unbelievable, incomprehensible complaint in the world
i apologise, i mean, yeah, it’s SOOOO irrational and unfair that characters were mildly upset with you and angry in the heat of the moment that you either a) abandoned a defenseless, already battered city to the full force of the blight or b) didn’t stop a venatori coup in minrathous, allowing them the power to execute anti-slavery activists in the street and pile their bodies up in wagons for months to come. did the companions who come from and love these cities leave the party for the duration of like two whole quests? did they make you feel bad? did the game not allow you to rationally explain your choice until they forgave you completely? oh my god. that’s wild. that’s so unlike how real people would act.
WERE YOU FORCED TO MAKE A CHOICE YOU’D REGRET EITHER WAY AND STILL HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CONSEQUENCES? IN THE GAME ABOUT REGRET? IN THE GAME THAT REQUIRES YOUR CHARACTER TO GET LOCKED IN A PRISON OF THEIR OWN REGRETS? THAT’S CRAZY. WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS TO YOU. THAT’S CRA
