#but there's a codex that literally leans into “punch a venatori”

please don't jump me for this, mary kirby is a fantastic writer but i have a very glaring issue with lucanis' writing that really makes me cringe every time i think about it and it's the fact that he was very clearly written around the millennial tumblr joke of "running on spite and coffee" and the like and it doesn't really give him a lot more room for more character depth. a lot of veilguards comedy feels a lot like the writers in the writing room tried to predict what memes would be made and created those characters around it, instead of creating fully rounded characters and let the jokes happen naturally

#datv #da the veilguard #dragon age the veilguard #veilguard critical #bioware critical #I see what was done with Dorian too #like I get it the Magisterium is an awful institution designed for stagnancy #but there's a codex that literally leans into “punch a Venatori”