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#posting this so y'all can understand my mad ramblings of 'SAVE ME OMPHALE'#mst3k#hercules unchained#video#either with your shield or on it#mythology#i guess???
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ngl some of you so called “allies” are not good at hiding your disdain for anyone inherently masculine in the LGBTQIA community
#transandrophobia#crazy how everyone is totally cool and supportive of the lgbtqia UNLESS men are in it#then woah. hold your horses. these men are abusive!!!#where the fuck did that shit come from#what is wrong with y’all#first aro/ace men?#now the transmascs?#Are you actual allies or are you just misandrists using your identities as shields#transmasc#transgender#sorry i don’t wear skirts and wear makeup often i didn’t do that when i thought i was cis either#sorry for not being a quirky white teen online#•dodgetalks
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Harry Kim saying Naomi is lucky to be born on Voyager and that he would have given "anything" to have her life when he was a kid...
#He sees NO downsides????#Also I love how Neelix was yelling and panicked and Harry was like 'haha ok buddy. Hey this little guy is ugly huh~? See ya later!'#absolutely unbothered and not the least bit curious - love him <3#saw someone post about how they don't like 'once upon a time' bc Neelix doesn't tell Naomi right away about her mother .... bro.#c'mon. Anyway I love Neelix and him trying so hard to shield Naomi from bad things / upset bc he KNOWS how fucking painful#it is to lose a family DID make me tear up.#Also Naomi in that burned-down forest (symbolic of innocence?) was a kickass visual. Neelix telling her about his family and Naomi trying#to comfort HIM??? SHE'S SUCH A GOOD KID MAN....Neelix making her a flotter doll was also v cute#OH AND Naomi going 'I Am Borg...' and Neelix going '~??? No you're not~!!!' and Naomi giggling...added NOTHING to the#episode - as it should be!! Sometimes you've just gotta have a really cute silly moment <3#Tuvok: [says something] / Tom: Nice bedside manner Tuvok =_=#Tuvok: [about to say the most beautiful comforting words you've ever heard one parent say to another] And I took that personally.#Love how Naomi is scared of Seven at first...girl that's your roommate.#HEHEH she starts off the series scared of her but by the end she's her little buddy and also her intern#but yeah never forget that Harry Kim can and will say the most unhinged things but so casually that no one will really clock it#NEVER forget that he says he remembers.....either being an infant or his own birth - both WILD to me#Harry Kim lowkey loves destiny and being special and the idea of 'chosen ones' and the narrative even though he will fight it all if it#harms the ones he loves#Harry: (guy from an alternate timeline who replaced the dead Naomi with the alive one from his own) That kid's living the dream <3
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do you ever think about how buck was able to pull and lift eddie to safety, while eddie wasn’t able to either pull or lift buck? like I know the physics were different and eddie would be able to pull and lift buck under the same circumstances that buck did it, it was just impossible to lift him up onto the ladder in contrast to doing the standing lift buck did to get him into the firetruck but still WHAT A FUCKED UP PARALLEL to incorporate both pulling and lifting again *screams into hands* (also to have both of those instances in the shooting be the only times eddie is making noises of pain, which while horrifying to hear were also indicators that eddie is still very much alive to feel it, while buck was just quiet and dead, but that’s another kind of fucked up)
#9-1-1#buddie#nobody does parallels like 911#yes I am still stuck on the lightning strike#and the visuals and the parallels#and eddie's desperation as he tried to pull buck up#he must have known from years and years of experience (and an innocent but intimate familiarity with buck's body) that he wouldn't#be able to pull him up like that#and yet#our base instinct is still to pull our loved ones in close because proximity does help with protecting someone#offers your own body as a last resort to shield them so OF COURSE it's instinct to pull buck close#but eddie can't#he can't even do that when buck did it for him#(also eddie screaming in pain when buck pulled him and lifted him is one of the reasons why I have trouble believing that eddie doesn't#remember it because I would imagine that that pain cut through the hazziness and confusion and burned the impressions into his memory right#next to buck's blood spattered face but aslkdfjasjkl obvs there's no proof for that)#either way I am convinced eddie knows that buck pulled him to safety and he couldn't#anyways#hello yes#I am having a parallel breakdown on this fine sunday morning
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honestly it's just frustrating. you have people finding misogynistic cishet dudes and defending their emotional neglect of their sexual partners because it superficially resembles aromanticism even when the men themselves do not identify as aromantic and are often neglecting their sexual partners specifically because they view a girlfriend as the only type of woman who deserves any type of effort and so if the chick they're fucking isn't their girlfriend they can treat her like dirt. and then when people are rightly like "hey fuck you for defending a misogynist" the same people who claimed the cishet guy who never at any point claimed to be aromantic was aromantic and therefore criticizing his misogyny is arophobia go into the aro tags to despair at how many people HATE aromantics so they can whip a bunch of bystanders into a frenzy because they've heard that people are discrediting aromanticism, and therefore are encouraged to read the original unrelated posts or people getting pissed at someone defending emotional abuse by calling it aromanticism in bad faith or not at all, and so you get a mountain of people theorizing that the attack on cishet aro men was manufactured by TERFs instead of people who think that girls who date guys deserve dudes who don't see them as a freelance contractor they can expect sex from without having to treat them with the bare minimum respect they feel a girlfriend is owed.
#aromantic#aro#cishet aro#like im certain some of its either bait or ppl who just are misogynistic or contrarians#who are just acting in bad faith#but the shockingly high amt of ppl who just could not be bothered to actually look into the source of the 'discourse'#before publishing long completely incorrect theories in response to someone making a clumsily worded poll#if youre one of them or worse you actually interpreted the original conversation in that bad faith#well. thats embarrassing. work on your reading comprehension and compassion so this doesnt happen again#bc as an aro guy myself i dont rlly wanna have my identity used as a shield for sex pests please and thank you
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every time theo ends up saving liam’s life it’s by pulling him to safety from behind… something to be said about liam silently trusting theo enough to give him his back (and theo’s unspoken willingness to have it even at the expense of his own safety).
#you can have my back any day. or you know. you could have mine.#something something you can be my wingman anytime bullshit you could be mine#sorry but ‘ive got your six’/battle boyfriends/girlfriends is one of my fav dynamics#i have one ship type at the end of the day….#im not dying for you. im not dying for you either. but i will fight with you. lets fight.#guys… that was their mid fight oath to each other….#theo in memory found: wraps his arms around liam from behind to drag him into the elevator away from the riders#theo in triggers: standing behind liam. pulls him to the side by his arm to keep him away from nolan and figure out whats wrong#theo in werewolves of london: walks up behind liam in the locker room and keeps him from killing gabe/doing something else he might regret#(side note the shot of their faces beside each other in the mirror is sooooo symbolic of theo being liam’s voice of reason in a lot of 6b)#theo in wolves of war: tackles liam from behind to keep the hunters from shooting him#ALSO theo in wolves of war: positions himself between the hunters and liam as they’re both running away so he can push him ahead/shield him#taking damage he probably could have avoided had he just ducked#LIKE. yeah. theo will probably never admit it but he is so protective in his own convoluted emotionally repressed way#and liam lets him do it also in his own convoluted emotionally repressed way bc he doesn’t HAVE to give theo his back or the room to be the#one that comes to his rescue#they are partners !#:( my sons i miss them#thiam#theo raeken x liam dunbar#theo x liam#theo raeken/liam dunbar#theo/liam#teen wolf
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the funniest moment I ever had in a trust was in the hydaelyn fight when I got a stack marker and all the scions came running over to me and then. then. at the very last second every single one of them ran out from under the stack to group in the middle (AI anticipating the next attack I presume) and the stack went off .0001 seconds after they ABANDONED me before I could catch up and the wol's mom resundered the shit out of my poor lizard boy. the sheer and utter betrayal of that moment. exquisite. hydaelyn was like yeah you guys should probably just get on the moon ship and gtfo
#ffxiv#ffxivmp#mp#it was my second time trying to with trust and had been months since the first time I'd done it#so I didn't remember the fight well either#BUT ALSO urianger ran me over with his aoes twice#twice!!!!#I swear that man gets an aoe maker and runs directly at me he did this in the dead ends as well#the second funniest moment in a trust was in malikeh's well#when we jumped off the cliff#and g'raha was like 'well struck' in a pained voice at the bottom#and alisaie was like 'you'll pay for this!'#I was like okay team that is what we call the ground and you hit it first#scion ai is the secret extra mechanic you have to learn in trusts 😔#alisaie ran the look away in front of me in lapis last night#I was like alphinaud your sister just tried to kill me you'd better shield my ass to make up for it#I'd finished leveling pally to 90 a while back but never tried it#and suddenly had like 4 new blade attacks and was like ??????#love them though
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Izzy took one look at Cirie and said ‘That’s mother!”
#I feel so bad bc Izzy is arguably thee best ally shield and cover Cirie has and Jared is.. there?#why is a stranger doing more for your mom’s game than you as her son?#I know first chance Cirie gets she’s dropping Izzy and bringing Jared#it’s an easy win either way but damn#Jared doesn’t deserve second place for breathing and being misogynistic like 🤢 I’m sick actually#we lost Hisam and JARED is still here? 🔪#bb25
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the maister system and the new 'find vocations out in the world' system is...ok, but I prefer the old colour system
#saint plays dd2#like coming in as someone who knows nothing abt how DD:O worked DD2's vocation system feels like a major step back#95% of the augments are useless and aren't worth using so there's no real build variety anymore#nor is there any real weight to choosing what to run in terms of combat effectiveness and QoL stuff like carry weight anymore#bc there's only like 5-8 augments worth taking bc the stat bonus are insultingly low for the effort of leveling the vocation#and the colours feel arbitrary bc it's not a tree system anymore. thief is green bc it's green and there's no hybrid green#whereas in DD1 every base vocation had a hybrid colour mix and it made logical sense#strider (yellow) and mage (blue) became a magick archer. strider and fighter (red) doubled down on the melee and became assassin.#while keeping the bow as a sidearm.#pure red became warrior and dumped the shield for 2h colossal but slow attacks. pure blue sacrificed utility for highest tier damage spells#and so on. it just felt so much more intuitive and felt like actual growth when you could 'upgrade' to a hybrid vocation bc#you actually needed to have X number of ranks in both colours before you could take it whereas in 2 they're all just standalone classes#and the meister skill systems are....ok. I don't know how I feel abt all of them being connected to optional sidequests you can fuck up#or straight up just miss bc this game still has the weird design flaw of having points of no return where quests autofail#also like I feel to get the meister skill either you or your pawn should actually have like. maxed the vocation out.#like it feels weird when I get magick archer and then immediately unlock the meister skill at the same time#when I haven't even bought the vocation yet.
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04. entry made after experiencing a nightmare. ( for kim mayhaps? :0 )
DEAR DIARY... // always accepting!!!
poised vertically among a dozen and a half of its brothers on a shelf that is not cramped, but in equal measure begins to lose its space, is a notebook. hands pluck it out by the top ridge along the well-made blue spine, the skin of it covered carefully in a deep navy, the papers a pristine white. inside, the handwriting is dense and thick and fast, bunched together on each line, a code with it's cipher in the language itself. it has not sat here long. the date on the inner cover like the notice of an eviction in black, fluid pen; '50 - '51.
you open it. its pages rustle as though a guarded cage has been opened, rendered vulnerable, almost meek despite the intimidation of straight iron and pressed paper, rustling like a snarl. you sit with it, you learn it, it learns you. it is uncomfortable with what is asked of it. you ask anyway.
you reach back into the memory it holds. it gives way, like sticking your hand in the guts of a soft oily thing, or jello, reaching for a pearl in a clam-shell.
━ I have had more nightmares in the past two weeks than I have in four months. I don't know how much longer I can do this.
Maybe the stress is getting to me. Seeing the recently deceased is never good for your health, but I can't afford to take leave. If I did, all the ground I'd been covering my entire career will be torn out from under me. I'm lucky. I think it's more than just the corpses.
I keep watching him die. There is blood drawn. Kortenaer aims higher. Shoots. The bullet ruptures his liver as a virulent bomb inside of him. he is unconscious after an unimaginably painful half-second. Someone shouts. I panic. I attempt to stop the bleeding. I do not see de Paule. She aims. Shoots. I wake up in the 57th infirmary. I am forced to ask what happened to him instead of being told. I am informed there was nothing they could do, dead within the two days I am unconscious, an excruciating death as the liver and gallbladder poisons his bloodstream even as the bleeding stops. I do not get to see him again. I do not even know if there is a funeral held. The trial never happens. They were gone. We remained. I remain.
The dream changes often, sometimes being so abstract as if only pertaining to the color of his existence or Martinaise itself, but the point remains the same. somewhere in Jamrock, another little light blinks out.
This hasn't happened since Eyes, and never this constant.
I wish I could call him.
I don't know. I'm tired. I want to hear his voice. I want to talk to him again. It's late. He'd answer.
The ink is allowed to dry for a long, long time. the pearl is clutched in your right hand. your reaching the end, oblivion, always cut short.
I'm going to work on the Kineema. I can't really, the only thing to do is something to I want to do with him, but an unnecessary tune-up is enough to keep my hands busy.
Maybe then I'll be able to go back to sleep.
#BITES BITES BITES BITES BITES THIS. chews gnaws. i love u kim u are sm to me.....#thank u grimm i care him SO much. i did backflips to keep this vague enough for u to actually read w/o too many spoilers BKHB#which tbh i'd do either way just bc kim is Vague like that so BHGKRT#━ ♔ cardinals with snow-brushed wings : asks.#deathwis#MUSE / Kim Kitsuragi#STUDY / Kim Kitsuragi#━ ♔ shielding your eyes from the bright noon-light : studies.#━ ♔ you sing but only the pavement listens : ic.#death //#violence //#━ ♔ wanting like flesh knitting over a wound : xxx.#grief //
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companion!tav questions
General 3, 11
Story 8, 17
Romance 7
for Diodore! (I love that name it's fun to say)
Ooh, several questions! This'll be a bit of a long one lol (and thank you!!)
General:
3. Does she have any comments or advice when you recruit other companions?
Shadowheart: "It's not...common for a cleric to obscure their deity. I suppose I can't begrudge her commitment to secrecy."
Lae'zel: "She reminds me of my aunt... I'm not sure how I feel about that."
Astarion: "Gods, rogues [eye roll]. His dagger skills had better match his audacity."
Gale: "...Is that what all wizards are like topside?"
Wyll: "I can respect an idealist. We need someone to bring up the mood around here."
Karlach: "Oh...oh my. [Clears throat] She seems nice!"
Halsin: I can't for the life of me think of a specific line but it would be something trying (and failing) to keep cool and not show how excited she is about him officially joining the team lol. She'd be asking him a lot of questions about Surface flora and fauna in the "walking around" random dialogue.
Minthara: "She may not be a thrall of the Absolute anymore, but that doesn't mean we should bare our backs to her. Tread carefully."
Jaheira: "[Whispers] Am I supposed to recognize her? Did I miss something?"
Minsc: "Some people have a devil on their shoulder, some have a rodent. I guess."
11. Are there any moments in the game that trigger unique dialogue for her?
A few things might:
She would have a couple lines wondering why a Baenre would join the Absolute after you meet Minthara.
She talks about remembering her father mention the Society of Brilliance after you meet them in the Underdark.
She reacts...a bit badly when you meet Karn'iss and explains her own fears about becoming a drider if you talk to her afterwards, as long as your approval is high enough (moderate or higher). If you didn't get certain details in Act I, you would get them at that point.
(idk if this is what the question meant? But uh hopefully I covered it.)
Story:
8. Does she have comments on who Tav chooses to spend the night with?
For sure. For low-normal approval, she'd make a snarky comment about it and move on quickly. For moderate & higher approval she'll ask about it in an attempt to be supportive ("this is what friends do, right? This is what bonding looks like?") but if you try and give her details she gets embarrassed and backs off.
17. If romanced, how does she react to the Dark Urge trying to kill her in Act 2?
Pausing for a moment to process wtf is happening and then getting very matter-of-fact. She'd talk them through it logically, trying to keep them grounded, except for the last bit before the last saving throw, where she'd accidentally show how scared and concerned she is for them. She would very purposefully place a hand on their shoulder, arm, etc. throughout to try and reach them and show that she's not scared of them (whether or not that's true). Durge would get her Aura of Protection bonuses on their saving throws. Lots of "hey, hey, look at me"-s.
Romance:
7. What questions can Zethino ask Tav about her in the Love Test?
I'm assuming this means from the pre-existing bank of questions she asks from? I got these from the love test ask game/master post(?) that veilkeeper posted.
What, if anything, do they miss most about their home?
When they die, what will be their legacy?
What is the worst thing they've ever done?
Typically, she would approve of honest, straight-forward answers and disapprove of answers that are clearly flattery or that she views as being too sugar-coated.
The questions are from this ask game!
#i thought about coming up with specific answer choices for the zethino questions but im tired and my brain is mush#trying to balance her thorniness & her wanting to do well by people is a bit of a Task#hopefully it came off properly? at least a bit?#im trying not to over-think about “what if she seems too much like xyz companion” ive decided i dont care actually#there's a reason she either gets along really well or *really* horribly with certain characters at first#hopefully the intro dialogue isn't too close to what's in the game lol i don't remember most of them and didn't feel like looking them up#Anyway thank you for the questions!!#and im sorry it took so long to fill out i had to really think about a few of them#bg3#ask game#bg3 ask game#diodore#the stars shield#bg3 tav#companion!tav au#my post#jay rambles#if any mutuals are doing this and i missed your post about it please hmu so i can ask you things
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Waaait...
The Emperor is fucking Balduran?!
#no wonder he wants to rule#and sorry ansur#you try to kill him and you're surprised he turned on you?#yes some people want to die human#other would rather keep going in whatever form they're in#it's like khal and khalil#khalil sacrifices himself to save the people from the crimson curse and retain his humanity#khal would go down fighting the curse with every neuron in his brain until caynan made him into his mindless dog before giving up#and even then at every spark of sanity he had no matter how small he'd still try to bite the blood god's fingers off like a mad dog#so yes#if Khal became an ilithid#he wouldn't join the emperor#but he wouldn't betray him either#he'd go#cool#rule your shields emperor#i'm gonna go meet that one mindflayer in the underdark to see if he can help me find a way to... fix this
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this is such a small moment, and I totally missed it the last time I read this chapter, but
if I had a nickel for every time Wen Ning went out of his way to save Jiang Cheng and got kicked in response, I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's kinda funny that it happened twice
#wen ning#jiang cheng#mdzs#disclaimer: i am a jc apologist hes my meow meow don't fight me#it's just curious#something something wen ning saving jiang cheng again and again even though jiang cheng hates him with a passion#and wen ning himself has plenty of reasons to hate him#except he just... doesn't? or maybe it's just another negative feeling that he decided to repress until the end of his existence#aside from the golden core drama he either delicately avoids jiang cheng or tries to help#and i still maintain that the biggest wen ning character moment isn't him going ham at jiang cheng#it's him shielding jiang cheng with his body the next day#(you can argue that he did it for jin ling but a) it can be both and b) jc was already shielding jin ling with his body)#(and jin ling's safety is more important to jiang cheng anyway)#jiang cheng's reaction to that was priceless tbh#like yeah the kindest man in the world first decided to end your whole career and then saved your life again. like what do you even do#special thanks to wang zhuocheng for acting this scene in cql#that facial expression was a+#anyway i hope they enjoy bumping into each other while chaperoning juniors on night hunts bc i need this enemies to begrudging allies arc#if nobody got me mdzs q ep 26 got me
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"Mmm, I don't really want to fight right now, though. Sounds like a hassle. My hair is super nice today too, and this is totally gonna ruin it."
"If that's the case, you can feel free to forfeit...though I was hoping to get a little bit of a workout from this."
Zahine Besiira: His biggest three abilities are his affinity for ice, and his abilities to inflict charm (which he's not allowed to use, because it doesn't really wear off, and tends to essentially brainwash whoever gets hit with it), and frenzy respectively. For ice, he prefers to use it at a longer range-- typically forming arrows and a bow of ice that will spread over his opponent's body, or burst once they're hit, depending on how gory he feels like getting that day...though he can also use it for deflecting other ranged attacks away from himself. He's exceptionally knowledgeable in anatomy and the like, and his precise aim allows him to target vulnerable areas with relative ease. As for frenzy, the most dangerous thing about this state is that it makes the opponent lose any and all inhibition, and they will fight even at the expense of harming themselves. It also usually tires them out quickly, as they expend huge bursts of energy to attack pretty much whatever catches their attention.
Aside from that, he's actually the most dangerous when he's up close. Typically, he tries to keep a more "impersonal" approach to fighting, which is a big part of why he usually fights at range. Once he's fired up enough to allow someone to get in close, he uses his brute strength to take them out immediately. Surprising to most, his physical strength is actually much higher than his magical strength, so they'll get close thinking he'll be at a disadvantage, only to have him literally crack them like a glow stick. Also, major healing! But he doesn't usually do too much of that in a fight, if he doesn't have to. He's stubborn about that.
Ber Bireth: Primarily a caster, relying on elemental magic (He really has next to no physical strength. It's very similar to what an average human's might be)-- he favors the earth element most, as he feels it gives him the most range for "status affliction" type attacks. That being said, he does also tend to favor large scale, powerful magics right off the bat, and has the energy to cast them more frequently than most others would. Tends to just wrap himself up nice and cozy in the strongest barrier he can cast, and sit there while his ranged magics force his opponents to run around the field like a headless chicken, trying to dodge them.
The biggest issue with fighting him (in a battle like this anyway-- otherwise it's the fact that he just regenerates immediately upon being killed, and comes at you like an angry cat that you just tried to drop in a bath tub) is by far his command over time based magics. Though he's no longer one of the masters of the Stream of Time, he's still able to do things like temporarily speed up, slow down, or stop time. He can also leap forward and back in any given timeline, but he's not allowed to do that here. He also isn't allowed to just indefinitely pause time to decimate his opponent while they're frozen. Soul sight and hearing means that, if his opponent has a soul, Ber knows exactly where they are at any given time. He can also manipulate souls like his dad can, but...again...that's not allowed here either. No murder, baby Ber. That's bad.
#[Let's get it started -memes & games-]#(Ber-- much like his father Lerato-- is an absolute MONSTER in a real fight#because either he blasts the shit out of you with his magic and wins#or you manage to break his shield and accidentally kill him because he's kinda squishy once he's actually hit with an attack#and then he regenerates to perfect health#pissed as hell#and uses his time manipulation to just wreck your absolute shit#or if he feels especially sadistic#just rip your soul right out of your body and crushes it#to be fair though Zahine is also absolutely terrifying in a fight#he has that vibe in a fight where like...#you know that trope where the character is like...the really deeply unnerving type of cool calm and collected in a fight?#and then they're close to being beaten or someone they love is in trouble#a switch flips#and they pull that uno reverse card like 'haha I was just kidding the real fight starts NOW'#only to do something in an absolutely terrifying display of power and ability?#that. that's Zai.#tired and kind of eccentric doctor by day#ex(?) psychopath by...whenever he feels like it)
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Honestly it makes sense to me — firstly that Seekers are trained to be adaptable. They work alone or in small groups; they travel to remote areas; they are armed specialists and investigators rather than soldiers; they never know what they are going to come up against or what resources will be available to them. Versatility is key. While I wouldn’t say they’re trained in every weapon, I would say they’re trained in both ranged + melee and are given a solid foundation in unarmed combat. They’re training people who can survive despite a disadvantage, who are incredibly aware of their surroundings, and who can assess a situation at a glance.
I feel like . . . their training actually favors one-handed sword + dagger. Inconspicuous, easy to carry, won’t raise too many eyebrows. Gives them a balance of distance and close quarters. If a Seeker is moved to draw their blade, it will not return to the sheath unbloodied. The emphasis is on fast, fatal blows combined with their abilities to weaken / incapacitate. Their opponent will be dead quickly. Sword and shield is rarer and mostly used when they’re working in conjunction with templars.
Cassandra’s foundation in dragon-hunting is fairly compatible with Seeker training. Nevarran hunters do work in groups (they have guilds and everything), but the emphasis is still on finishing it quickly. I do think there are sub-types of dragon-hunters depending on what role you play in the hunt. Matthias and Anthony specialized in a very rare, very risky form. Essentially, they used a khopesh to get in close, hook the scales, rip them back, and stab at vital areas beneath. This can be done with only the khopesh, but there’s typically a short spear involved for that fatal stab.
So Cassandra’s fast, she gets in close, and she finishes it quickly. Tbh I’m not entirely on board with the dual swords she has in DoS, but I do enjoy her being paired with Byron who favors the sword and shield. The reality is she was way too aggressive then. Having her learn something new with the shield and then the nature of sword + shield itself forces her to slow down a bit. She has to play defense more rather than being all hacking and slashing. She still throws herself in head first, but it’s not as bad as it was.
She's also paired with templars far more frequently than other Seekers. She is in a unique position as the Right Hand of the Divine. While she does still trend toward solo missions, only taking a small number of companions when necessary, she is nevertheless responsible for commanding the Knights-Divine. Being templars and specifically templars assigned to guard the Divine + Grand Cathedral, they by and far favor sword and shield. She does keep her own distinct style, but it behooves her to have an understanding of their style, and she's certainly picked up elements of it.
This is all makes khopesh great for her, honestly. Khopesh are short, but they have a versatility to them: they can hack, thrust, and hook. They can also be used solo, paired with a shield, or paired with something like a short spear. It gives her the adaptability necessary for her work, including when she works in concert with the Knights-Divine. It also supports her fast, aggressive style.
#META / HC: PRIMARY.#META / HC: WORLD.#RE: SEEKERS OF TRUTH.#templars imo are more focused on fighting in groups and on defense + subduing their opponent#Seekers are fast aggressive fuck you give the Maker my regards#I do still say every Seeker adds their own flair over their life and they're not really homogenous the way templars are#they don't need to be#but they all have the same foundation#that foundation is end the fight quickly#weaken your opponent and then take them out#they're often alone in unknown territory against unknown potentially powerful threats and arcane / demonic threats moreover#if you don't finish that shit fast you won't survive#and you don't take chances with their survival either#the mindset is that it's better to seek forgiveness for killing the wrong person#than to risk the right person surviving and killing / maiming innocents in the future#also propaganda about the Maker / Andraste guiding their swords to slay the wicked and protect the righteous#so if the Maker / Andraste let you kill them they were probably guilty of something 🙃#anyway. Cassandra. aggressive. takes big risks. has had to train to restrain herself#yet even restrained she throws herself in so hard it's worrying#Cassandra just. rips back someone's shield or sword arm with her khopesh then slashes their throat
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can’t stop thinking about that tiny henley/eric moment from the last hohr episode. like maybe i’m just being too optimistic, but the romance plot is coming. i’m sure of it. please.
#henry shields please tell me that henley’s in love with eric#how else am i supposed to interpret it???#ik it may have just been a joke and wasn’t meant to mean anything#(most likely was just that)#but i will not stop overthinking it until we either get confirmation or the series freaking ends#dave hearn can you hear me. use your gm powers to make them fall in love. please.#they don’t even have to be in love! just make them fuck or something!! validate my feelings!!!#anyway until that one specific moment is explicitly addressed#i will be thinking over that scene until the next episode
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