God I fucking hate the Winter Palace part of DAI. Hate it hate it hate it bite bite bite snarl 🤬
Why is the political intrigue necessary? I hate the whole idea of the Inquisition, so much politics, so little world saving.
In Origins, you had to go gather your allies to fight a world ending threat and then do the Landsmeet, and I feel like Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts is trying to recapture that. But the thing about the Landsmeet is that all that political intrigue directly affects YOU, THE WARDEN. Loghain betrayed YOU. His betrayal made the world ending threat worse for YOU. After he betrays Cailan, he plasters wanted posters all over with your face on it. And on top of that, your companion, who may be your bestie or your lover, has a personal stake in the Landsmeet. Alistair hates Loghain for killing Duncan and Cailan--his half brother--and depending on how you handle Loghain, Alistair may decide he hates YOU. And there’s also a chance of putting your bestie slash lover on the throne.
These are all VERY PERSONAL STAKES.
In DA2, there’s noises made about Hawke potentially becoming Viscount, and even though that’s not really fleshed out, it’s still something that DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOU.
The Winter Palace shit? I don’t know these people. I don’t give a fuck about the empress of a country I don’t live in. There are zero personal stakes. No matter who comes out on top in that whole situation, the Inquisition fucking handles it as if nothing happens. Consequences different for the next game, maybe, but like, if it doesn’t make me feel like oh fuck this is going to hurt me or my friends directly, then WHAT. IS. THE. POINT. OF. THIS????
i hate this game i hate this game i hate this game
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Currently screaming and writhing in pain and agony within my head.
To-Do list
-Take notes
-Draw examples for commissions
-Draw some fanart to upload content
-Try not to let the existential dread kick in
-Battle the executive dysfunction
-Pretend the depression isn't crawling through my flesh and blood as I go about my day
-Question if taking my anxiety meds would make this any better or any worse...
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One of the Dakota Gold setting’s primary defining concepts.
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Imagine befriending a flock of birds and then a giant bird-looking dragon wants to be friends too
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The maths fandom is wild. “Real” and “imaginary” numbers? I think you mean canon and non-canon. You guys seriously go “this is my number oc his name is i and he is the square root of -1” when in numbers canon lore it’s actually impossible to square root a negative but sure whatever. “Complex numbers”? I think you mean a character x oc ship. “f(x) = 3x - 5”? That is self-insert fanfiction.
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Little things adults and older people can do to help younger people and children feel included, safe, and respected as an equal individual:
Ask before touching the young person - even for hugs. Ask before you take pictures of them, and let them see photographs of them before they are printed or sent to others (even family).
Apologize when you are wrong
Ask for a young persons thoughts on a subject, then engage with them after they have spoken
Demonstrate behaviour you want to see from them (see: apologizing). Say "excuse me," say "thank you," say "please" to them
Validate their feelings, even if they don't know how to express them just yet
Remember that this is the first time they've been alive, and that you've had way longer to "figure it out"
These are some things I wish other adults remembered when engaging with young folks. We so often forget what childhood felt like and how unfair it all was because we were often awarded freedoms as adults that we never had as children. These kids are equal to adults, and they deserve the same courtesy, respect, kindness, and understanding we give to other adults.
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