meanieweenie wrote...
I'll try. It may end up looking like a 5th grader wrote it, but I'll try. I can always see it in my head but somewhere along the line I lost the ability to write it out. Meh. We'll see.
With that said, it's time for me to go. Real life beckons.
LOL. That was funny at the end.LolaLei wrote...
****ing brilliant isn't it!meanieweenie wrote...
LolaLei wrote...
Hehehe, this is completely off topic but you have to watch this video. It's actually quite sad... right up until the end LOL:
HAHAHAHA! That WAH WAH WAH at the end almost made me pee myself! (TMI - sorry!)
*Edit* It's a shame Tonia isn't about, her rogue would've loved that one!
You really just have to keep trying....you know keep tweaking it and If you want ask someone...thats what I do...not that allot of people have seen my writing tho...just trying to help:)LolaLei wrote...
meanieweenie wrote...
I'll try. It may end up looking like a 5th grader wrote it, but I'll try. I can always see it in my head but somewhere along the line I lost the ability to write it out. Meh. We'll see.
With that said, it's time for me to go. Real life beckons.
I have the same problem, I can see the scene clearly in my head but I can never conjure up the right words to do it justice. So I made a daft video for page 500 instead lol.
Modifié par cacey lee, 31 août 2012 - 01:21 .
R2s Muse wrote...
LOL. That was funny at the end.LolaLei wrote...
****ing brilliant isn't it!meanieweenie wrote...
LolaLei wrote...
Hehehe, this is completely off topic but you have to watch this video. It's actually quite sad... right up until the end LOL:
HAHAHAHA! That WAH WAH WAH at the end almost made me pee myself! (TMI - sorry!)
*Edit* It's a shame Tonia isn't about, her rogue would've loved that one!
cacey lee wrote...
You really just have to keep trying....you know keep tweaking it and If you want ask someone...thats what I do...not that allot of people have seen my writing tho...just trying to help:)LolaLei wrote...
meanieweenie wrote...
I'll try. It may end up looking like a 5th grader wrote it, but I'll try. I can always see it in my head but somewhere along the line I lost the ability to write it out. Meh. We'll see.
With that said, it's time for me to go. Real life beckons.
I have the same problem, I can see the scene clearly in my head but I can never conjure up the right words to do it justice. So I made a daft video for page 500 instead lol.
You still have time...it doesnt take that long to write 200 words....it doesnt even have to be that long.LolaLei wrote...
cacey lee wrote...
You really just have to keep trying....you know keep tweaking it and If you want ask someone...thats what I do...not that allot of people have seen my writing tho...just trying to help:)LolaLei wrote...
meanieweenie wrote...
I'll try. It may end up looking like a 5th grader wrote it, but I'll try. I can always see it in my head but somewhere along the line I lost the ability to write it out. Meh. We'll see.
With that said, it's time for me to go. Real life beckons.
I have the same problem, I can see the scene clearly in my head but I can never conjure up the right words to do it justice. So I made a daft video for page 500 instead lol.
Yeah, I guess if I had more time I'd give it more of a try, but I wasn't sure how long the thread would stay under 500.
brushyourteeth wrote...
speaking of insane abominations....
https://encrypted-tb...mV7ijOpumLyCA3g
****** Uldred, how're they gonna bring him cake if they're dead? Does he really want zombie cooties all over it?LolaLei wrote...
brushyourteeth wrote...
speaking of insane abominations....
<snip>
He's certainly got his priorities right!
LolaLei wrote...
I was just lurking around in some of the other threads in the main forum and someone mentioned that in DA2 we were practically drowning in mage's/the mage plight and that it's high time we got a proper Templar companion to see the other side of things. I'm very inclined to agree. Don't get me wrong I'm all for mages but we've yet to truly experience the Templars plight from a personal level, and what could be more personal than Cullen to fill that role! We already know him and have experienced a little of what he's been through, he's likable AND has enough inner torment for us to actually begin to sympathise with his situation.
The Templars are so easy to hate, I want to see a different side to them so that when it comes to me making that "difficult decision" (whatever it may be) I'll genuinely feel torn about the choice I need to make.
brushyourteeth wrote...
I am on the Atkins diet, so I snack on things like celery and BACON!
... and I went down a pant size yesterday. OH YEAH!
R2s Muse wrote...
****** Uldred, how're they gonna bring him cake if they're dead? Does he really want zombie cooties all over it?LolaLei wrote...
brushyourteeth wrote...
speaking of insane abominations....
<snip>
He's certainly got his priorities right!
LolaLei wrote...
LOL So, that's what that pic I posted this morning was all about... Yup, Cullen + naked baking... Uldred may not have been as insane as I thought. Mwa ha ha ha.LolaLei wrote...
Cullen was supposed to bake it. That's why they kept him alive, for his cooking talents!R2s Muse wrote...
****** Uldred, how're they gonna bring him cake if they're dead? Does he really want zombie cooties all over it?LolaLei wrote...
brushyourteeth wrote...
speaking of insane abominations....
<snip>
He's certainly got his priorities right!
There is noLolaLei wrote...
I was just lurking around in some of the
other threads in the main forum and someone mentioned that in DA2 we
were practically drowning in mage's/the mage plight and that it's high
time we got a proper Templar companion to see the other side of things.
I'm very inclined to agree. Don't get me wrong I'm all for mages but
we've yet to truly experience the Templars plight from a personal level,
and what could be more personal than Cullen to fill that role! We
already know him and have experienced a little of what he's been
through, he's likable AND has enough inner torment for us to actually
begin to sympathise with his situation.
The Templars are so easy
to hate, I want to see a different side to them so that when it comes to
me making that "difficult decision" (whatever it may be) I'll genuinely
feel torn about the choice I need to make.
Except we do get to see that, with Redcliffe. There's an example of a possessed mage wreaking havoc on one village... and then there's all the rather weak abominations to slaughter through for the rest of the game, to show just how rare that situation really is and how badly the templars have spread the propaganda about that happening at any time to justify their tyranny. The templars **** so continuously about magic's supposed dangers that I don't really feel the need to see more cinematic propaganda on the matter. Of course, despite the Dead Trenches, I still supported the Architect, so maybe it wouldn't work on me regardless.brushyourteeth wrote...
I think one of the reasons that it's so easy for us to sympathize so completely with the mages (besides the fact that we like to root for the little guy and we've all felt like that someone who's been persecuted for being different at some point or other) is that when characters talk about a single possessed mage destroying an entire village, we have no idea what that looks like or what it really means. We do however see Templars being jerks in both games, and that's a lot more memorable than the ones who are level-headed and compassionate (the one who gave Wynne sweets when she was first fetched to the Tower... d'aww).
We don't understand how scary magic is because the games haven't done an adequate job of showing us that. Even when the Ferelden Circle gets all abominationed... I don't know. I feel like that scene should have been as scary as Hespith in the Deep Roads was. That if we'd been forced to sit and watch dozens to hundreds of people get slaughtered by a monster maybe we'd know where the devs were coming from on this one.
I drift sometimes.LolaLei wrote...
Lol Xili, I wondered where you'd been!
I can honestly say with all the genuine respect I have in my little human body, that you have always been an enigma to me, Xilizhra, and in every way I find my thinking to be generally backwards from yours.Xilizhra wrote...
Except we do get to see that, with Redcliffe. There's an example of a possessed mage wreaking havoc on one village... and then there's all the rather weak abominations to slaughter through for the rest of the game, to show just how rare that situation really is and how badly the templars have spread the propaganda about that happening at any time to justify their tyranny. The templars **** so continuously about magic's supposed dangers that I don't really feel the need to see more cinematic propaganda on the matter. Of course, despite the Dead Trenches, I still supported the Architect, so maybe it wouldn't work on me regardless.brushyourteeth wrote...
I think one of the reasons that it's so easy for us to sympathize so completely with the mages (besides the fact that we like to root for the little guy and we've all felt like that someone who's been persecuted for being different at some point or other) is that when characters talk about a single possessed mage destroying an entire village, we have no idea what that looks like or what it really means. We do however see Templars being jerks in both games, and that's a lot more memorable than the ones who are level-headed and compassionate (the one who gave Wynne sweets when she was first fetched to the Tower... d'aww).
We don't understand how scary magic is because the games haven't done an adequate job of showing us that. Even when the Ferelden Circle gets all abominationed... I don't know. I feel like that scene should have been as scary as Hespith in the Deep Roads was. That if we'd been forced to sit and watch dozens to hundreds of people get slaughtered by a monster maybe we'd know where the devs were coming from on this one.
Modifié par brushyourteeth, 31 août 2012 - 01:58 .
My way of thinking is rather strange to a lot of people; not many seem to get my insistence that no one deserves to die, for instance. But I am curious about the specifics of what you mean; it can be PM-based if you prefer.I can honestly say with all the genuine respect I have in my little human body, that you have always been an enigma to me, Xilizhra, and in every way I find my thinking to be generally backwards from yours.
Xilizhra wrote...
My way of thinking is rather strange to a lot of people; not many seem to get my insistence that no one deserves to die, for instance. But I am curious about the specifics of what you mean; it can be PM-based if you prefer.I can honestly say with all the genuine respect I have in my little human body, that you have always been an enigma to me, Xilizhra, and in every way I find my thinking to be generally backwards from yours.
Yes, craft prompt! see here: http://social.biowar...31/467#13907324Reznore57 wrote...
So what's up with this 500 page festival ?
You're all doing something to celebrate?
Well, it is clear that the vast majority of abominations are fairly weak and not that much more dangerous than humans. So either the templars somehow completely missed this fact, or they're deliberately fearmongering to keep their power. And I don't "venerate" the mage side; they're just people. Oppressed people, but nonetheless just people. The templars are not just people; they're an army of addict prison guards who rule by divine right. All that really differentiates them from the magisters is that they rule over a minority, and have marginally more oversight, probably in part due to greater numbers. In fact, I can, and I have a very hard time believing this wasn't intentional, paraphrase Fenris' line about the magisters to use for the templars: "I have no doubt that some are good and noble men, strong enough to resist temptation. But how many temptations do you wish to offer a man before he will give in?"When you say things like "the templars have spread propaganda that make it seem like abominations are a greater threat than they are".... okay, honestly (and again, this is said with absolutely no malice or judgment whatsoever) I just haven't seen anything in the lore to support that. It sounds very much like you're determined to hate one side and venerate the other.
And I kill templars in the defense of life. That's my motivation.I tend to believe that humans (which in DA includes other human-ish races) shouldn't kill other humans unless it's in the defense of other human life. I'd say the same thing goes for oppression. Humans shouldn't lock up other humans unless it's in defense of other human life. The Circle system as it stands now takes that charge too far for my liking and punishes both trustworthy and nontrustworthy mages equally, but the oversight definitely still needs to be there.
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