Time for the juicy gossip, I take it?

it is deeply important to me that anders is an unpleasant hypocrite who has terrible vibes and sucks to be around. however it's also important to me that everyone is nice to him forever and be gets everything he wants on account of him being my beautiful princess with disorders

"i miss when the dragon age companions were mean" y'all can't even handle vivienne

doodle of Assan

ended up going in a different direction for my mourn watcher rook, but i still like the design ✨

idk bro i miss alistair

vora'shivan, your heart is a good heart. so trust it. i love you, bellara. and i'm proud to be your brother.

I can be trusted with photo mode

so funny in dragon age inquisition where everyone was like "hoooly fuck. can solas shut up. can he stop talking about spirits and the fade for 5 fucking secondsss." is like if you had a coworker who texted you nonstop like "broooo I love surfing i love the sea 💦🏝⛵🌊 haha water and shit yo. man let's hit some waves let's cowabunga let's swim with the fishiessss haha hmu" and then you find out he's poseidon

For all of the superficial "care" Dragon Age has taken toward representation and against bigotry, I still maintain that the cruelest thing the writers did was the complete obliteration of elven/Dalish culture.

To have the marginalized, enslaved, diaspora race trying to hold on and reconnect with their heritage for 2.5 games, only for you to turn around and say "Actually their gods and people were the evil slavers all along and they've been giving themselves slave markings because they're so ignorant and don't know any better" is... nauseating to me.

Maybe I'm taking it too personally. But it's giving "you people sold yourselves into slavery." "Their barbaric religion is actually full of monsters and demon worship."

I was holding out hope this would turn out not to be true, or at least their would be some pushback or alternative perspective from other elven NPCs. It looks like that is not the case. And for that reason - I'm out.

(But if I say Solas espouses textbook fascist ideology couched in the rhetoric of liberation because the writers don't understand what liberation is, I'm the bad guy lol.)

"i sure hope no elven deity breaks free from their prison in the fade and starts wreaking havoc on thedas"

the nefarious ghilan'nain:

pin up your girlfriends hair transgender style

For the love of fucking god, stop recycling the same bullshit claim that Isabela "isn't really Black".

Isabela is Rivaini. The Rivaini are Black. This has been said multiple times by developer David Gaider. Hell, even if that wasn't the case, he also specifically called Isabela a Black woman! [X]

Holy shit the official cosplay guides released are a godsend for art too!

Example:

I like how they decided to highlight "Dark Circles" for Lucanis... like yes this IS a crucial part of his appearance thank you

Emmrich has GRIPPY SHOES

My (spoiler-free) thoughts on Dragon Age: The Veilguard

The review embargo has lifted and I can officially say that I've played through Dragon Age: The Veilguard early! 

Here are my spoiler-free thoughts and personal opinions on the overall gameplay experience: 

veilguard secret companion.or something