they're so real
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okay okay okay
it is a little jarring that this is happening in the second conversation I ever have with Taash. I mean yeah that does frequently happen IRL but I kind of wanted to get closer to them first. at the same time I think it probably happens so fast because the transphobia would have been even worse if players got used to thinking of them as a cis woman.
the actual dialogue is. yeah it's basic and extremely on the nose. it's also so accurate it's coming for me in my home in a way that a video game never has before
up until this moment I don't think I really thought that deeply about how it would feel to play a nonbinary character in a video game. or how it felt that I never have been able to before. In BG3 I could play not a man or a woman (stupid clothing and body type restrictions aside), but that wasn't the same as actually playing a character of my gender the way cis people have always been able to.
seeing Rook say this stuff, suddenly I was my PC in a way I never have been before. Like, I've been able to empathize with PCs, feel their feelings, but I've never had any sense that my PC is an avatar for actual me, myself, the person typing right now. And suddenly Rook was saying the stuff I've said, about my own life. What I would have said to Taash if it were me.
I'm sure- I know- lots of people find this stuff cringe, or unrelatable or condescending. But I appreciate getting to have that new experience.
okay okay okay
it is a little jarring that this is happening in the second conversation I ever have with Taash. I mean yeah that does frequently happen IRL but I kind of wanted to get closer to them first. at the same time I think it probably happens so fast because the transphobia would have been even worse if players got used to thinking of them as a cis woman.
the actual dialogue is. yeah it's basic and extremely on the nose. it's also so accurate it's coming for me in my home in a way that a video game never has before
starting to worry that none of the datv characters are massively lying to me :(
Lucanis and Davrin... get a room you two
oh my god lmao is this what I saw some assholes seething about on reddit. is this what "the game won't let you romance women as a straight man" was about. that's so funny akssdhghdjksjd. but wow can't believe they're repping the "I guess I'm a lesbian because I'm super uncomfortable being in an m/f relationship" to nonbinary bisexual pipeline I feel so seen
this is my favorite scene in the whole game so far but also unfortunately it made me finally realize that Taash and I have the same horn shape lmao ;_____; makes sense that I would like it on them and on me lol but I must go change it immediately
screaming crying throwing up etc etc
even on low quality, I just loooove the textures on my Rook so much.
#it's always really bugged me that you could put scars over half a character's face but you couldn't change how their eye looked on that side#so I'm so happy for the heterochromia/cataracts/bloodshot options#datv blogging#dragon age blogging#I should take another look and see if there's any way to add asymmetrical eyebrows#but eh maybe rook just draws them on.
yeah, stuff like this is ridiculous and depressing and I can't argue otherwise. attempting to make the concept of tomb raiding politically correct is way more offensive than just letting your characters have a little gray morality as a treat
and in that moment, Rook suddenly learned a lot of things about themself very quickly
still very early in the game but omg
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I love how much Dock Town looks and feels like Kirkwall. It totally makes sense, since Kirkwall was a Tevinter colony!
I'm getting newspapers with Neve right now and getting a little in my feelings about it, relating to my love/hate relationship with my own city.
ouuuuaghhhhh. oughhhhh.
I love how much Dock Town looks and feels like Kirkwall. It totally makes sense, since Kirkwall was a Tevinter colony!
I'm getting newspapers with Neve right now and getting a little in my feelings about it, relating to my love/hate relationship with my own city.
incredibly delightful dynamics happening here with the mage trio
oh my god they're fandom friends. game of the year.