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[dawnstone]

Ooooo, Transformers puns and references in the Western Approach?

 

Do tell.

It's here:

http://dragonage.wik..._Gate_Guardians

 

Some excerpts:

 

"...At first I took it to be no more than met the eye, a simple spiked statue, but as I approached, this deceptive icon transformed into a warrior as graceful as it was massive..."

 

"...The armored figure spoke with a voice to make the sky quake and the stars scream. It sought magic to keep itself alive, it said, and the blood of the earth was the energy on which it survived..."

 

Edit: Aha, Caddius beat me.

[Joe25]

Thedas might lack hot and cold running water, but at least no one can trap you in a burning room with no doors... or make the pool ladder disappear while you swim... or force you to tinker with the TV until you electrocute yourself. 

Solas: NOOOOOOOOO!

Simquisitor: What is it dear?

Solas: Nothing my love.

Simquisitor: Solas, I'm going to be having a baby in a week, and I was hoping you'd give up your job as wold leader to take care of it? 

Solas: Why do I have to quit my job?

Simquisitor: Because I just started working at the ticket booth, and I now I can be a rock star if you just give me three months. Plus, you killed the last one.

Solas: But in three month the kid will be in college, and I will only have a month to live and hope for grand kids. And, I didn't kill the last one. The oven did.

Simquisitor: Uh. Is everything about you? What about my dreams?

Solas: I care about your dreams.

Simquisitor: Than let me have this. In a month and a half it will be a teen, and you can go back to work. Plus, With my round face and your pointy face the kid will ugly as sin. So you can have you elder years all to yourself.

Solas: I love you.

Simquisitor: I know.

[Suketchi]

http://dragonage.wik..._Gate_GuardiansHere you go.

 

But does it not sound like it's a Titan? 'Blood of the earth' and everything! 

 

It's here:

http://dragonage.wik..._Gate_Guardians

 

Some excerpts:

 

"...At first I took it to be no more than met the eye, a simple spiked statue, but as I approached, this deceptive icon transformed into a warrior as graceful as it was massive..."

 

"...The armored figure spoke with a voice to make the sky quake and the stars scream. It sought magic to keep itself alive, it said, and the blood of the earth was the energy on which it survived..."

 

Edit: Aha, Caddius beat me.

 

Aha, thank you! I think I remember that codex...

 

...Holy ****, how did I miss this?! My inner geek has failed me. I'm so disappointed in myself right now. That's what I get for skimming  T_T

[Cee]

  captaincaranis has made a new post with Solas in armors

 

 

The new ones.

 

http://captaincarani...d-cruel-fashionthe rest.

[Commander of the Grey]

I just logged into the Keep for the first time in months.
.........
32 Lavellans...
All for Solas and all but two abandoned for whatever reason.

Is there a Dread Wolf helpline?

[Ulv Elskeren]

I appreciate the shout-outs, but I can't stand when they're mixed up with theory-crafting.  It leads to lovely theories collapsing like a deck of cards. No reason that they can't be both a shout-out and part of the actual lore, but...

 

I am completely on board with it being both.      BW's writers are deviously clever bastards, and easter eggs make the perfect lore camouflage.  Most people catch the reference and assume that's all there is to it.  

 

There are also way too many Cole lines with dual real-world/in-game meanings to convince me that anything gets tossed into the lore just for kicks- this one included.  Totally a titan.     

[Uirebhiril]

  captaincaranis has made a new post with Solas in armors

 

The new ones.

 

http://captaincarani...d-cruel-fashionthe rest.

 

What the ever loving hell is up with that Avaar armor. That is horrendously ugly.  

[Renmiri1]

[Renmiri1]

also this... let the speculation begin

 

[Caddius]

Wut. 

 

It's times like this I realize I really need Madrar on speed-dial. 

[midnight tea]

Wut. 

 

It's times like this I realize I really need Madrar on speed-dial. 

 

Don't take it as him saying 'yes' It's not like he's not known to be a notorious troll

[Caddius]

Don't take it as him saying 'yes' It's not like he's not known to be a notorious troll

I know.

But still.

He's either rolling around in his office, cackling, "Oh man, I can keep them tripping over themselves with that one for months. Hey, Susan, why didn't we put the Black City up there?"

or he's rolling around in his office, cackling, "They finally found it!"

I do think that getting into the Black City should be a bit more, um, difficult. I doubt that Mythal likes to hang out there. Mind, if anyone can pull it off, it's probably Kieran of the Old Soulful eyes...

[Joe25]

Spoiler

I can only say this so many times. Video game tattoos are a stupidly bad choice. I know they love the game, but why get something unoriginal that will not reflect your taste , or be remembered in ten years. Yes the Qun tattoo looks nice, but to anyone who isn't not a DA fan it is going looks like your artiest drew the Native American symbol that looks a lot like it upside down. 

[Uirebhiril]

I can only say this so many times. Video game tattoos are a stupidly bad choice. I know they love the game, but why get something unoriginal that will not reflect your taste , or be remembered in ten years. Yes the Qun tattoo looks nice, but to anyone who isn't not a DA fan it is going looks like your artiest drew the Native American symbol that looks a lot like it upside down. 

 

That was only and entirely a joke about what Solas said on the balcony scene during the romance portion and how it translates. I don't think anyone is getting Schmoopyface tattooed anywhere. While sober, at least.

[midnight tea]

I know.

But still.

He's either rolling around in his office, cackling, "Oh man, I can keep them tripping over themselves with that one for months. Hey, Susan, why didn't we put the Black City up there?"

or he's rolling around in his office, cackling, "They finally found it!"

I do think that getting into the Black City should be a bit more, um, difficult. I doubt that Mythal likes to hang out there. Mind, if anyone can pull it off, it's probably Kieran of the Old Soulful eyes...

 

I suppose at some point we'll just have to wait and see I too think that Kieran (even with help of FleMythal) parking eluvian right in the middle of Black City - and nothing happening/nobody noticing - is just unlikely. The reflection of Skyhold seems more plausible.

 

That is... unless we'd get a theory that Skyhold is/was part of Golden/Black city at some point... which I'm not sure I'm buying as well, even with Skyhold obviously being important for some reason.

[Joe25]

That was only and entirely a joke about what Solas said on the balcony scene during the romance portion and how it translates. I don't think anyone is getting Schmoopyface tattooed anywhere. While sober, at least.

I hope not. I still laugh a little when I go into a game stores and see people with Halo tattoos. Halo one was a life changing game to someone, but those symbols still look like a Rorschach test.

[midnight tea]

I hope not. I still laugh a little when I go into a game stores and see people with Halo tattoos. I Halo one was a life changing game to someone, but those symbols still look like a Rorschach test.

 

... Well, it's still better than people tattooing advertisements on their faces/else for money^^;

 

http://www.dailymail...nger-exist.html

 

Like... why? I can understand that some people may want to make quick cash that way, especially if they feel they have to... but how is body billboard even considered a good idea for advertising in the first place???

 

Here's an option for Solas, I guess

Spoiler

[Joe25]

... Well, it's still better than people tattooing advertisements on their faces/else for money^^;

 

http://www.dailymail...nger-exist.html

 

Like... why? I can understand that some people may want to make quick cash that way, but how is body billboard even considered a good idea for advertising in the first place???

 

Here's an option for Solas, I guess

Spoiler

Because people like to laugh at people's personal mistakes and pain. That is why there are so many TV show about coverup tattoos.

 

Solas is so lucky. He can have all the bad tattoos in the world, and they can be gone by the next day. If I get a bad tattoo I have to spend 8,000 dollars on lazier treatment. 

[Cee]

I can only say this so many times. Video game tattoos are a stupidly bad choice. I know they love the game, but why get something unoriginal that will not reflect your taste , or be remembered in ten years. Yes the Qun tattoo looks nice, but to anyone who isn't not a DA fan it is going looks like your artiest drew the Native American symbol that looks a lot like it upside down. 

 

I think anything with real personal meaning can make a good tattoo, but after it stands some time and is still meaningful to you. I don't have any, but if I did there are about three things that have been meaningful for 10,15, 20 years that I would consider. I think the only game-related tattoo I might consider would be a tiny triforce. I have friends with Final Fantasy ones, comics stuff, it kind of depends, I guess. Nothing in DA has lasted that long yet.

 

There's at least one person out there with a Solas tattoo as of several months ago and it's like.....'Yeah, I think that may be too soon'.
 

[midnight tea]

Because people like to laugh at people's personal mistakes and pain. That is why there are so many TV show about coverup tattoos.

 

Solas is so lucky. He can all the bad tattoos in the world, and they can be gone by the next day. If I get a bad tattoo I have to spend 8,000 dollars on lazier treatment. 

 

Are there? I think it may be an American thing - in fact, it likely is, considering that tattoos here either don't have a good reputation (not that I think there'e anything bad with them myself - maybe if my skin wasn't so delicate, I may have gotten something, somewhere. Plus, I designed a few myself or was asked if my designs could be transformed into one and that was super-cool ), or are simply too expensive (especially if someone wants a high-quality tattoo).

 

Huh, I kinda wonder if Solas can remove ALL tattoos or just vallaslins?

Also, there might be regions which he would have hard time reaching - can you imagine him taking his shirt off and us finding out that he has an elaborate 'yakuza style' dragon tattoo on his back?

[Cee]

Solas has admitted to a wilder youth. You never know what has been erased.

[midnight tea]

Solas has admitted to a wilder youth. You never know what has been erased.

 

A giant wolf head with description "Born To Be Wild" XD

 

[Blackout62]

Are there? I think it may be an American thing - in fact, it likely is, considering that tattoos here either don't have a good reputation (not that I think there'e anything bad in them myself - maybe if my skin wasn't as delicate, I may have gotten something, somewhere. Plus, I designed a few myself or was asked if my designs could be transformed into one and that was super-cool ), or are simply too expensive (especially if someone wants a high-quality tattoo).
 
Huh, I kinda wonder if Solas can remove ALL tattoos or just vallaslins?

Also, there might be regions which he would have hard time reaching - can you imagine him taking his shirt off and we find out that he has an elaborate 'yakuza style' dragon tattoo on his back?

 
Ah yes, that eternal question and the comical scene of Lavellan pulling out her collar, looking down at her chest and saying "The Void, Solas? It took three months to get all that done."

[Joe25]

I think anything with real personal meaning can make a good tattoo, but after it stands some time and is still meaningful to you. I don't have any, but if I did there are about three things that have been meaningful for 10,15, 20 years that I would consider. I think the only game-related tattoo I might consider would be a tiny triforce. I have friends with Final Fantasy ones, comics stuff, it kind of depends, I guess. Nothing in DA has lasted that long yet.

 

There's at least one person out there with a Solas tattoo as of several months ago and it's like.....'Yeah, I think that may be too soon'.
 

I not saying all game tattoos are bad. It is just a lot of the ones I see are "See the wall pick a number" tattoos that eighteen-year-olds get because they have little cash. Small tattoos can have a elegance that a whole sleeve will never have, but big tattoos that have little effort placed into them show it ( the devil is in the details). 

 

What kind of Solas tattoo?

[Cee]

Someone got a concept art Solas tattoo http://middagsrester...from-dragon-age

 

I like small symbols more, I think, in general. One other thing I'd consider is a tiny combination dog pawprint in a heart line art.