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Lizzy - She/Her - 20s - 18+ only - I draw stuff and occassionally write stuff - also post art and cats - Come cry with me about Dragon Age
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I totally understand why Cullen didn’t wanna hang out  during Inquisition. My Hawke would have just picked on him lolol;;;

#lmao#such a lost opportunity to not have Cullen or Hawke have a conversation in Skyhold - or have them comment on each other#or have Cullen's messenger deliver passive aggressive messages between the two of them#after you pick up Hawke they should have joined the war table discussions for the time you had them#(i know it would be impossible to account for the different perspectives Hawke could have but I can dream)#dragon age inquisition#dai#dragon age
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I've always wanted Shale and Cadash to meet and I'm doing my own little comic about an DA:O AU where after Shale gets registered at the archives they are now the appointed guardian of a very young baby Cadash.

Anyway, this is a sneak peak of the adventures of Shale and Cadash lmao.

#Shale: IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE#Everyone else: SHALE NO SHE IS NOT MADE OF ROCK#traditional dwarves would rather give a baby dwarf to a big sentient pet rock than to loving relatives who are surfacers lmao#big stone golem > surfacer relations#my art <3#wip#rough sketches btw - i'll try to clean them up#Pebbles Cadash is her name because its cute <3
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Something something Heinrix when you don't bring him to commorragh something something

please don't let this have been done yet ffs

#Heinrix: “I miss my wife Abelard.”#Abelard: *looks at the camera like he's on the office*#OP your tags are on point - he's going mental during that time I can only imagine how much caffeine he's ingested#i did act 3 twice because I wanted to see the variations and I'm still torn on which I preferred - love that there's equal content for that#heinrix van calox#warhammer 40k rogue trader
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Pour one out for the realest down bad mfer in the history of video games.

#the sound i made lmao#i love you space Mr Darcy#his voice actor knocked it out of the park holy shit I loved his romance so much#the romance in datv was such a let down - the most unromantic and awkward workplace flirting sim#i could hardly understand why the fuck these companions were friends with Rook - let alone why they'd want to kiss them lmao#rogue trader got it right with how it managed the build up of tension and people having clashing ideals and beliefs#owl cat I am begging for more content in the next dlc...also to fix your banter so I CAN HEAR IT PLEASE#heinrix van calox#warhammer 40k rogue trader#datv critical
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When a Law and Order episode ends with a controversial acquittal you just know that some minor character from ten minutes ago is going to be waiting on the steps of the courtroom with a gun lmao

#DUN DUN#i'm sensing a pattern here#there are so many actors in these shows holy crap - the whiplash when I saw a baby faced Sebastian Stan#is being on law and order a requirement for having a career in hollywood? lmao#when will the crappy guards in this courtroom have their day in court for their negligence over the years??#It took me a decade plus to realize that Detective Briscoe did the voice of Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast - INSANE
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"'BioWare Magic' exists to serve man, and never to rule over him." Faded words found within the pages of a dust-covered 'BioWare Employee's Handbook'

I think one of the most messed up parts about BioWare is that they renamed crunch to 'BioWare Magic'. Because they did make magic. They made such magical worlds, stories, and characters that managed to captivate so many hearts and minds - that potentially left such a profound mark on the lives of those who experienced those stories. These games were one of the reasons I got into drawing as a hobby! They inspired me so much!

We're they perfect? No. But in some of the darkest times of my life I found an escape - a distraction that gave me some comfort and allowed me to escape the stresses of my life for a little while. Something that gave me a genuine feeling of joy when depression hit me particularly hard. I still hear tunes like the theme for Castle Cousland or the Inquisition menu theme and just get this rush of emotion within me because I have so many happy memories associated with the first three games.

I got to go on adventures -> I made my own character who got to influence change in this lovingly crafted world, and who could be as daring and strong as I wished I was in real life. I got invested in these characters -> they became friends, companions, and fell in love and I was there every step of the way. I got lost in the story and lore of this world in a way that no other fantasy game has managed to grip me.

That is magic.

It's vile that they called crunch - the most toxic and disgustingly prevalent aspect of gaming development 'magic' - it is the complete opposite. Reading about the burn out, the stress leave or a 'stress casualty' when a developer left for good. Getting a job in the industry you love, to create things that you love, only to have that love twisted into this corporate psychological dumpster-fire of a work culture...

A healthy, well-run studio would not have had four iterations of the same game, their core developers hemorrhaging with every new iteration, before being dumped at the finish line with this frankenstein mess of a game.

There is no alternative to Dragon Age - it's the only thing like it. It's just so sad that it ended the way that it did.

#I've connected the dots#“foul and corrupt are EA”#how fucked up is it that they renamed crunch to 'BioWare magic'? because that's what it is!#because they made such magical stories and characters - it *is* magic and they turned it into some psychological shit#“your making magic!” as you crunch and work and work and work#'crunch' culture is fucked and needs to be burned down fucking hell#you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in sparkles#well the 'bioware magic' all ran out - i hope all those devs are doing well and doing something they care about and are well suited for#if the studio survives (and i doubt it) i'd bet the only way we see another game is in a decade plus and as a proper reboot#finished a game I actually enjoyed (rogue trader) the other day and while it wasn't perfect i still love it <3#can't say that for datv which prompted me to write this#bioware critical#dragon age critical
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Just remembering how I planned to be playing DATV long into 2025 -> over and over for each previous playthrough - theorizing, reading lore posts, and making art because I was so excited to get back into the world of Thedas again...only to have the game uninstalled, the series dead, and absolutely no desire to create anything for the game we got.

#lmao i had such high hopes#joplin cut save me#if you had told me last year that I would not be playing dragon age at the moment I would have said you were crazy#this game just saps my enthusiasm for the series as a whole - I can't see myself ever playing this game again lmao#still working on some fanart for Dragon Age but I've been super busy lately so i'm only now getting time...#finally finished Rogue Trader the other day and I loved it - i'm looking forwards to the new dlc!#i long for the day there's a mod that fixes the frequency of party banter like in dai - It triggers so little >:(#datv critical
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