The lock slid back and the door half opened. ‘Your Eminence?’ Benítez was clutching his unbuttoned cassock together at his throat. His thin brown feet were bare. The room behind him was in darkness. ‘I’m sorry to interrupt you while you’re dressing. May I have a word?’
Conclave, Chapter 12 The Fifth Ballot
the best thing about dragon age's canon being so "decide what did and didnt happen" dependent is that you can just ignore veilguard. none of this stupid shit happening is perfectly canon compliant for your world state. if veilguard can just decide what did and didnt happen in a world state so easily its only fair the player can do the same thing. like erm actually i consulted my dragon age keep dot com and none of that shit was in there. so
BORN TO DO NOTHING WORLD IS A OVERWHELMING 鬼神 Put Em All Off 1989 I am executive dysfunction man 410,757,864,530 THINGS TO DO
when I see a frog
& it takes a hop away from me
it's like
what the fuck man.
Year 1-5 of Skyrim being out: WOOOOOOOOW!!! Look at this sick war hammer Malacath gave me! This is so awesome, I-- YOOOOOOOO!!!! THAT DRAGON IS FIGHTING A GIANT, LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Year 5-10 of Skyrim being out: I am roleplaying a deeply religious Dunmer. I will ONLY use the Ebony Mail, the Ebony Blade, and Azura's Star. I will follow their teachings, and only their teachings. The only times I don't follow their teachings is if I am literally forced on another path. I will shun and destroy any deity that is not Maphala, Boethia, or Azura. The Good Three are my light and my way.
Year 10+ of Skyrim being out: Hello Generic NPC. I know things about you. So many things. All of the things. I know where you sleep. I know what factions you're a part of. I have the sound of your foot steps memorized, I speak your words before you do. I desire for you, Generic NPC. Oh, not for anything as complex or personal as lust, Generic NPC. Nor hate. Nor is there any judgment here, Generic NPC. My reasons are more ancient, more sinister and, yes, more benevolent than anything you know too. I will follow you home, Generic NPC. I will watch you sleep, Generic NPC. I will cook only the meals you consume, Generic NPC. I will become you, Generic NPC. I will--
I miss u horror. I miss u sick nasty gross disgusting abhorrent mutilating grotesque cannibalistic incestuous gory slasher needlessly violent visual slop. I need u.
Lavellan to Solas, 0.5 seconds after entering the fade jail: So, the Veil is now bound to you, Mr. My Only Wish In Life is to Tear Down The Veil?
Solas: Yup
Lavellan: So, we’re just going to wait 60 years until everyone who remembers about that is dead and then tear down the Veil, right?
Solas: I’ve never been more attracted to you than right now
I just saw a post that deeply annoyed me because it went, "Here's a story that's like a Regency romance, but I FIXED it by making the characters sexually liberated and shame-free and polyamorous!"
This is like saying, "Here's a story that's like a thriller, but I FIXED it by having the serial killer go to therapy instead of trapping victims in his evil maze and dismembering them."
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The thing a lot of people don't seem to get is that the entire appeal of a Regency romance is watching a deeply repressed, perfectly controlled, buttoned up, straight-laced person who has never expressed an emotion before fall so hard for someone that something in them just breaks and they come completely unhinged.
It's a very specific kink that this genre is tapping into.
People who think the characters in a Regency novel are boring are missing the whole point. The characters are supposed to be boring, right up until they fall so madly in love that it drives them insane, at which point they become very interesting. Regency romance novelists are doing the writing equivalent of putting plain white featureless uncooked whole eggs in a microwave and waiting for them to explode.
having ocs is like she's my daughter. she's my power fantasy. i'm giving her everything i hate about my personality. she's a war criminal. she's never done anything wrong in her life ever. i love her. i hate her. i'm making her life miserable. who did this to her. she's unlikeable but everyone should like her. she's baby. she does cocaine in the bathroom