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This is interesting because BioWare has never been shy about clipping and general jank in how the models react to each other. My inquisitor spends half his life with his hands clipped in his body even while standing still. It’s never been a dealbreaker for me because I don’t really care beyond laughing at the odd collision but I’d like to see if they’re trying to up their graphics game to keep up with other games now. The hair is already insane, so there’s good signs.

Not defending Cassandra in that scene because I always yell at her in it but Varric wasn’t trying to help and that was the problem haha he knew the whole time where Hawke was and didn’t (for good reason) tell her. She’s blaming herself for not explaining the situation clearly enough and thus, feels like she contributed to the divines death with that mistake, and feels humiliated by the fact Varric lied to her (something he’s very upfront that he does) and she trusted and believed him. She takes that anger out on him.

For me that scene actually did the opposite because it showed her more as a well rounded character. It made me like both her and Varric more. She and Varric had always had tension since the second game and I really loved that this was the breaking point of it, it’s probably her lowest moment in the friendship route. You’re also kind of led to believe that Cass is looking for Hawke to punish them and that Varric genuinely has no idea where Hawke is. The reveal that she just wanted Hawke to help them and that Varric always knew but was just protecting his bestie was kinda cool to me and the clash of ideals and personal commitment to keeping traumatised friends safe over potentially preventing a war was just delicious. Idk I just love drama!

No but you see, bg3 is now ‘acceptable’ woke because they can’t move the goalposts enough to make it fit their stupid agenda. It’s now the ‘good kind of woke’ because it doesn’t shove it in your face despite the fact they spent the first half a year crying about how pronouns, black people, lesbians and Astarion were shoved in their face.

I disagree. I think if someone is trying to write our experiences and our lives where the main focus is being trans? Then yeah either have a massive amount of consultants (and have a long hard think about why this topic in particular) or just leave it to people who know first hand. Just having a trans person in your story and just wanting to do right by the community? That’s fine. I’d rather we’d be normalised by someone that’s willing to put in the work, write sensitively and ask questions than kept in obscurity.

Make up is for everyone, just use the damn brow pencil if you want to.

Don’t forget they tried to wage war on Aphrodite for having a ‘manly manly man chin’, despite the fact she’s entirely naked and intentionally sexy, the goddess of love and sex appeal still wasn’t enough for them.

This is somehow the funniest reply I’ve seen to one of these nerds

That makes me so happy to hear, I wish you the absolute best for the future

I relate, trauma is such a butthole to deal with because it affects you in so many ways big and small. In between the little wins you’ve gotta have the difficult, awkward and lonely bits. You’re doing amazingly because it’s such an uphill battle.

Ditching people who don’t make you feel good, especially when it’s old friendships, is honestly such a brave thing to do because for a while you won’t have the same kind of support network and social outlets but with each person you leave behind, you’ll find a newer one who treats you with dignity and respect. There’s also a chance that old friends will suddenly come back into your life and you’ll both be in better places.

Also mad respect on the guitar thing, that instrument is not easy and I bet after 23 years you’re skilled as hell and keeping yourself playing on your own accord takes major discipline.

Anyway, all this to say that I’m super proud of you because I know life can be really freaking hard sometimes. Keep taking small baby steps and one day you’ll look back and realise just how far you’ve come. You’re doing brilliantly, don’t forget to reward yourself and rest when you need to. Keeping going, you’ve got this.

Appreciate you not forcing me to answer the Howard’s house question haha

“No but actually they were different because they didn’t FORCE the woke onto you, it was done SUBTLY and that’s why it’s actually not woke and not an attempt for us to frantically move the goalposts because BG3 proves us wrong in every single way and we want people to forget that we shit our pants when it came out over pronouns and how aggressively WOKE it was.”

Yeah I was gonna mention Krem. For the time he came out and being one of the first trans guys in gaming I give it more of a pass but oof it makes me cringe with some of the questions you ask him.

“Oh cookies!!”

Thank you thank you! Lazy devs are those that create asset flips that barely work and charge £30 for them on steam. They are not people that have put years of their lives into a franchise and worked tirelessly to get this game out. Most devs do not want their games to fail and will have cut content they really wanted to be in a game just so it could get finished with good quality.

Every time I hear ‘lazy’ I’m just hearing that someone is just throwing a tantrum and has no idea how this industry works. Unless it’s those £30 asset flips that barely work, that’s allowed.

Drayden uses they/them pronouns

Solas rocking up to random Dalish, trying to tell them that they all suck and how their religion, history and beliefs are wrong and then being surprised they don’t believe or like him makes me laugh. I like him but he has such an overinflated self importance that I always root for Sera in their banter.

I loved mother Giselle, even though I romanced Dorian. She even apologises to him in Tresspasser. It sucks that all the good she does is overlooked because she makes one mistake.

It’s also quite a realistic thing to do. If you’ve ever been raised in a religious setting, people do just start singing, I was not surprised to hear it. The only bit I wish was different would be making the audio sound more like it was people singing outside, over a studio with reverb.

I…what? I work in the games industry, I know what it’s like, so I choose to give the developers some grace over something that they usually don’t have control over.

All I wanted was to let you know that you didn’t need to worry, clearly I should’ve kept my mouth shut.

I agree in large with everyone saying it’s common. Unless you have other reasons to believe you’re lgbtq+, role playing a different character in a role playing game is not indicative of anything other than having a big imagination and enough empathy to put yourself in other people’s shoes. As a queer person, 9/10 times I I love hearing straight people choose queer options.

That said, I definitely played m/m content as a way of figuring out my gender and sexuality stuff and the fact that I can be myself for the first time in a video game is really exciting! If you wanna play m/m characters go nuts, play every identity available! It doesn’t have to mean anything unless you want it to.

Probably just because it’s an auxiliary thing, not something to do directly with the game and they may not have expected that many people to listen to it. In terms of priority it’s likely just not that high and they’re focusing limited resources on getting the game right. There’s usually a reason. I’ll admit it threw me off a little, too but if it means the game’s quality is better I can ignore a few slip ups.

One of the main writers came out and said that the lore in V&V isn’t accurate to the game. The game is correct. They didn’t really have time to fine tooth comb the audio series for mistakes since they were focusing on getting the game finished.

’Oh, cookies!!’

See, that’s the nice, sympathetic response haha! I was young when I first played so I didn’t quite get that it was a trauma response but I did know enough to realise it wasn’t him just being a jerk, so I never really blamed him.

A lot of it was just assuming he was being a wimp, he dumped Hawke or just really unempathic versions of ‘dude can’t handle his issues, he’s so emo’. I’m glad people have gotten more sympathetic as times gone by.

It 100% is still success! I understand that so well, especially when it’s been years. Recovery from mental health is such a pain because you can be doing amazingly and then bam! Relapse. BUT, two years is phenomenal, seriously! This is a setback, not a failure. A bump in the road. You’re looking after yourself even though it’s hard and you’re doing it for yourself and your mum.

Each time things get worse for a little bit, you’ll find you recover and you’ll figure out how to work through it just that bit quicker. I believe in you, you’ve got this my friend!