Well the one with the test is basically a math-punning teddy bear, but apparently he's a stickler for not having retakes.
I'll try sending him an e-mail. Thanks for the comments, everyone.
Okay, who else thinks that after all of those burns, EggCrusher should have been upgraded to honorary Dark Lord of the Sith?
'Tis I ...
Crusher, Lord of The Eggs. All shall bow and tremble before me!!!
On a RL note,
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Yesterday I promised sliders for both of my Lavellan's and here they are. Now I can't take full credit of these sliders, because they are tweaked versions from sliders posted somewhere (lost my sources to the great computer crash). Inside spoilers there are in-game screenshots of my elves, just for reference. I tried to upload all relevant sliders, but if something is missing let me know.
I'm pretty sure he says "Where did you think we were?"
I'd associate him with a waltz.
In terms of fic writing, I've been looking up multiple things, including images and the main issue I sometimes run into is finding reference images that are not overly sexual, in the wrong position, or unrelated. Looked up clothing info and information on tanning (how to prepare skins for eventual dyeing/tanning/leatherworking). I needed only about two or three lines that referenced it, but Nirwen's mother is a tanner, so that was researched.
I've also been very mindful when writing about the past to try and avoid some of the awful stereotypes that often plague tales of queer romance. Even though their relationship does inevitably end and sure, they have their conflicts, there's sometimes such a lack of relatively happy F/F stories. I had this discussion the other day with some people, with regards to fanfiction as well as general literature.
(I found this the other day, for October: http://www.queerromancemonth.com/if anyone else is interested.)
Yeah.....this is kind of what my research has led to.
I've also concluded that I think I would enjoy dancing with Zevran more. Let's face it, Zevran would be something like the Samba, Tango or Rumba.
I also decided that I think Fenris would be a mosh pit and Alistair is senior prom. I'm trying to think of others.
*rewatches*. Yep. So he's speaking completely past tense and Quizzie is speaking in the present. That still doesn't make sense.
"Where did you think we are?" sounds more awkward to me than the line in the game.
"Where did you think we are?" sounds more awkward to me than the line in the game.
"Where did you think we are?" sounds more awkward to me than the line in the game.
It is kind of weird that the past tense was being used...
@Mairemalley, maybe Solas was already out of the Haven scene in his head even though Lavellan was still there...?
Solas fans dissecting every little detail to do with Solas.
It is kind of weird that the past tense was being used...
@Mairemalley, maybe Solas was already out of the Haven scene in his head even though Lavellan was still there...?
Solas fans dissecting every little detail to do with Solas.
That's how we roll.
It is kind of weird that the past tense was being used...
@Mairemalley, maybe Solas was already out of the Haven scene in his head even though Lavellan was still there...?
Solas fans dissecting every little detail to do with Solas.
This is probably it. I didn't even notice it in the game lol.
General statement: there seems to be a lot of mess-ups in solas's dialogue writing (or we're all just overanalyzing lol)
they're probably tons of other mistakes with the rest of the companions too. I mean if you stare hard enough at something, you're bound to find imperfections.
(but really solas has the soul of the maker in him and is actually shartan's dad whose come to spread righteous elven dominance over all of thedas)
^it's funny how half of that is kinda true
It's really just a way of speaking that is a thing in English. I don't think we need to read into it. It's grammatically correct as written and isn't referring to the past.
Just googled a sentence and found this book quote:
"A smirky Crystal, her foot planted firmly on the accelerator answered, “Where did you think we were going?"
It's a moment taking place in the present, yet uses this tense.
It struck me as discordant the first time I heard it in game. I forgot about it until I was watching that clip and all the 'heyyyy' came flooding back.This is probably it. I didn't even notice it in the game lol.
General statement: there seems to be a lot of mess-ups in solas's dialogue writing (or we're all just overanalyzing lol)
- past tense talking in the fade
- during the mages quest, when you find Solas in his cell he says "We saw you die!" in protest to your quissy still being alive. While this might not sound awkward on paper, it sounds very awkward said outloud and in context. He wasn't with anyone in the cell. He probably hadn't seen the other companions for 2 years. Why would he say we? He was completely alone when quissy find him. Seems like a slip-up in the writing
He's not talking in the past tense. I am trying to remember if this particular way of speaking has a name/which tense this is, but he's not talking in past tense. This is just how people talk.
And "we saw you die" refers to the moment when you and Dorian succumb to Alexius' magic and go into the future. You had companions in that moment.
And "we saw you die" refers to the moment when you and Dorian succumb to Alexius' magic and go into the future. You had companions in that moment.
true, but considering he was alone for 2 years ... using "we" just seemed a bit awkward. Every time I hear that line it always sounds wrong to me .. x-x
I don't know Cee, I agree with you about Crusher's third point but I don't think your example sentence works for the Fade situation. Solas is talking about a prese situation like it has past while Crystal was talking about a future situation, that was happening, but she spoke as if it was done with.He's not talking in the past tense. I am trying to remember if this particular way of speaking has a name/which tense this is, but he's not talking in past tense. This is just how people talk.
And "we saw you die" refers to the moment when you and Dorian succumb to Alexius' magic and go into the future. You had companions in that moment.
He's not talking in the past tense. I am trying to remember if this particular way of speaking has a name/which tense this is, but he's not talking in past tense. This is just how people talk.
And "we saw you die" refers to the moment when you and Dorian succumb to Alexius' magic and go into the future. You had companions in that moment.
It's really just a way of speaking that is a thing in English. I don't think we need to read into it. It's grammatically correct as written and isn't referring to the past.
Just googled a sentence and found this book quote:
"A smirky Crystal, her foot planted firmly on the accelerator answered, “Where did you think we were going?"
It's a moment taking place in the present, yet uses this tense.
It struck me as discordant the first time I heard it in game. I forgot about it until I was watching that clip and all the 'heyyyy' came flooding back.
If it does mean that Solas was already "out of the Fade" at that time, it tells us something about how the Fade works, no? Or how Solas/elvhen interact with it.
I can see now that I'm going to be completely insane by the time DA4 comes out.
"but guys, listen! According to my charts, intranscendentalism in the Fade is both concurrent and concomitant with the bifurcated nature of the Elvhen as CLEARLY expressed in my post on the post-exilic relationship between dragons and the dichotomous fractures of the primordial entity of the evanuris!"
To the American part, no, not that I'm aware.That's how I read the "we" who saw Quizzie die.
If that's some manner of colloquialism, is it maybe more of an American thing? Dunno. I've never heard it before, though I have heard the likes of "where do you think you're going?" So, yeah, it may just be a way of speaking. One I find abhorrent, but oh well
He's not talking in the past tense. I am trying to remember if this particular way of speaking has a name/which tense this is, but he's not talking in past tense. This is just how people talk.
And "we saw you die" refers to the moment when you and Dorian succumb to Alexius' magic and go into the future. You had companions in that moment.
^This. Solas and the rest of the companions saw Alexius use magic which caused the Inquisitor and Dorian to disappear and they assumed they both got killed. They didn't know that Quizzy and Dorian were actually sent into the future, which is the reason for the "we saw you die" line.
As for the past tense thing, I never really thought about it until someone here brought it up but like Cee, I just assumed that's just how people talk. (I tend to sometimes talk in the past tense as well, even though it's the present. )
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