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[Sable Rhapsody]

Hahahahaha I laughed so hard at this.

 

Best Death Chicken    

 

Pokemon spoilers if anyone cares:

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The plot of Pokemon X/Y involves the bad guys sealing the legendary Pokemon into a giant death laser and using it as a battery.  And I was like, "I don't care if that's a death chicken.  THAT'S NOT COOL AND I'MA HELP RESCUE IT"  And that, combined with Yveltal's extremely cute animations, is how I got emotionally invested in a Pokemon.

[Gwyvian]

Best Death Chicken    

 

Pokemon spoilers if anyone cares:

Spoiler

The plot of Pokemon X/Y involves the bad guys sealing the legendary Pokemon into a giant death laser and using it as a battery.  And I was like, "I don't care if that's a death chicken.  THAT'S NOT COOL AND I'MA HELP RESCUE IT"  And that, combined with Yveltal's extremely cute animations, is how I got emotionally invested in a Pokemon.

 

I am... a little amazed at that plotline.  Hahahaha but it's great! And here I spent all my time rolling my eyes at Pokemon, without realizing the hidden gems...

[Sable Rhapsody]

I am... a little amazed at that plotline.  Hahahaha but it's great! And here I spent all my time rolling my eyes at Pokemon, without realizing the hidden gems...

 

Most of the time Pokemon games are eyeroll-worthy.  But the plots of X and Y touched on things like creation and destruction, redemption, extremely poor life choices, and a villain who used to be a decent guy and destroys a city on his way to global extinction.  I was very confused at this sudden onset of "serious plot threads" in my Pokemon games

[Cee]

Side note: Since AC Unity keeps crashing my computer (and by extension my browser), and since I've never gotten around to closing the clan name generator page, I now have a "Daily Clan Name" thing going on.

 

....Sometimes an hourly thing, actually.

 

Regardless! Today's clan name: "Worthless Butchers"

 

Because butchering should be a pointless activity.

 

I've been inspired to go generate a few.

 

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Descriptive Sharpshooters - Will they talk too long to take the shot?

Responsible Thugs - Well, if you're going to hire thugs, it's best that they are responsible.

Bawdy Power -

Abstracted Criminals - Not quite as high quality as the responsible thugs.

Terrific Hooligans - More fun than the responsible thugs.

Harsh Strategy - If you insist.

Groovy Perpetrator - Sounds like an enjoyable antagonist. Solas, take notes. You and Austin Powers have something in common, kind of.

Clean Mafia - When you value hygiene over responsibility.

Makeshift Superpower - The Inquisition?

Profuse Movement - Probably not the most stealthy of tactics.

 

[Gwyvian]

Most of the time Pokemon games are eyeroll-worthy.  But the plots of X and Y touched on things like creation and destruction, redemption, extremely poor life choices, and a villain who used to be a decent guy and destroys a city on his way to global extinction.  I was very confused at this sudden onset of "serious plot threads" in my Pokemon games

 

Oh, I can imagine. I've had a few stories that confused me like that, they started out as meaningless fluff and then suddenly they dropped a boulder of heavy plot cream on top that left me frothing at the mouth. (I think the slice of pie I just ate is influencing my brain in strange ways.)

 

I've been inspired to go generate a few.

 

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Descriptive Sharpshooters - Will they talk too long to take the shot?

Responsible Thugs - Well, if you're going to hire thugs, it's best that they are responsible.

Bawdy Power -

Abstracted Criminals - Not quite as high quality as the responsible thugs.

Terrific Hooligans - More fun than the responsible thugs.

Harsh Strategy - If you insist.

Groovy Perpetrator - Sounds like an enjoyable antagonist. Solas, take notes. You and Austin Powers have something in common, kind of.

Clean Mafia - When you value hygiene over responsibility.

Makeshift Superpower - The Inquisition?

Profuse Movement - Probably not the most stealthy of tactics.

 

 

Brilliant! Now I'm inspired:

 

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Dispensable Sharpshooters - Whenever one goes bad or it turns out your custom sniper is not the right color, unwrap another one! Get the 10 power pack for a limited time!

 

Unarmed Privilege - Because drinking tea and staring down your nose is more powerful than bungling strongarms.

 

Ordinary Thugs - Lack of recognition can be a bonus! Hire imminently forgettable thugs to blend in: infiltrate a crowd without using intelligence!

 

Delicate Power - Muscles are so garish.

 

Acoustic Criminals - Join the group of popular musicians of the twentieth century! We accept younger members, too. (Some members might be excluded for quality.)

 

Assorted Vigor - People of varying physical strength unite! We race every day to destroy concepts of competitiveness.

 

Loutish Domination - *sigh* We can't be bothered with all this "recruitment slogan" business. We just rule. Totally.

[Ellawynn]

Even Pokemon gets in on this trope with Yveltal and Xerneas.  And for how little plot the games have, IMO they did a pretty good job of describing the necessity of destruction, and the balance of the two.  It doesn't hurt that the giant laser vampire phoenix of destruction is, in fact, the cutest thing who loves head scritches:

 

 

Yeah, I remember how Last Airbender was, like, all about the idea of balancing chaos and order (And just balance in general) instead of just eliminating the "bad" one. That was something I always really loved about the show.

 

Most of the time Pokemon games are eyeroll-worthy.  But the plots of X and Y touched on things like creation and destruction, redemption, extremely poor life choices, and a villain who used to be a decent guy and destroys a city on his way to global extinction.  I was very confused at this sudden onset of "serious plot threads" in my Pokemon games

 

And then there were the old Pokemon days of this (Spoilered for size):

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*Sniff* Sometimes I miss them simpler times.

[Siha]

Hey there everybody. How are you holding up? Obviously you're still around.

I've played a bit of TES Online recently and though it's all that fantasy context and elves and lore and everything, all it did was show me how much I need a new Dragon Age.

[fangs4fun]

     

 

It's late and I was scrolling through my Tumblr feed (which of course is flooded with DLC stuff), and uh... that over the shoulder still of Solas kept popping up. I couldn't help myself.

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[fangs4fun]

Hey there everybody. How are you holding up? Obviously you're still around.

I've played a bit of TES Online recently and though it's all that fantasy context and elves and lore and everything, all it did was show me how much I need a new Dragon Age.

 

Dragon Age helped wean me from JRPGs honestly.  JRPGs was all every played.  Well, almost all.  After playing DAO and DA2, I could not get back to completing FFXIII-2. DAI is my favorite of the series so far.  I am one of the few who actually enjoys exploring and questing and collecting stuff.

[Raeona]

Dragon Age helped wean me from JRPGs honestly.  JRPGs was all every played.  Well, almost all.  After playing DAO and DA2, I could not get back to completing FFXIII-2. DAI is my favorite of the series so far.  I am one of the few who actually enjoys exploring and questing and collecting stuff.

 

I know the feeling. I'm trying to plough through Tales of Symphonia right now for the first time. The storytelling is less an intricate weave of character and world building and more like getting whacked in the face with the exposition-brick.

 

My goodness have we been spoiled by Solas. I know the 'And the the bad guy was right beside you all along!' trope is pretty old hat, but I must have taken for granted how well Bioware pulled it off. Right now it is so jolly obvious I'm embarrassed for the already quite thick protagonist. 

[Tess]

Just found out that my PC can handle some SweetFX for screenshots. I am eternally doomed. This playthrough will take hundreds of hours.

 

 

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[CapricornSun]

Art post.

 

Post-Trespasser: Lavellan brings Solas home. Poor Solas.   (Warning for blood.) Those face knees though.

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Source: http://uuyly.tumblr....nt-to-do-in-da4

 

 

The Unending Wake, Part 29.

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Source: http://harellanart.t...e-travel-au-the

 

 

Solas portrait.

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Source: http://direchinchill...-cometh-a-quick

 

 

Sad Solas sketch.

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Source: http://monstertree-a...ad-solas-sketch

 

 

" I was Solas first. Fen'Harel came later."

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Source: http://lardypotato.t...arel-came-later

 

 

Cute artwork of kid Solas and teen Solas. 

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Source: http://neboou.tumblr...o-know-what-his

 

[Tess]

Art post.

 

Post-Trespasser: Lavellan brings Solas home. Poor Solas.   (Warning for blood.) Those face knees though.

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Source: http://uuyly.tumblr....nt-to-do-in-da4

 

 

The Unending Wake, Part 29.

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Source: http://harellanart.t...e-travel-au-the

 

 

Solas portrait.

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Source: http://direchinchill...-cometh-a-quick

 

 

Sad Solas sketch.

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Source: http://monstertree-a...ad-solas-sketch

 

 

" I was Solas first. Fen'Harel came later."

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Source: http://lardypotato.t...arel-came-later

 

 

Cute artwork of kid Solas and teen Solas. 

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Source: http://neboou.tumblr...o-know-what-his

 

The unhappy knee faces.     

[CapricornSun]

OMG, this artwork here is gorgeous! 

 

Tarasyl'an te'las - Artist's depiction of Solas creating the Veil from Skyhold.

 

Source: http://nipuni.tumblr...earths-magnetic

 

[Elessara]

Dragon Age helped wean me from JRPGs honestly.  JRPGs was all every played.  Well, almost all.  After playing DAO and DA2, I could not get back to completing FFXIII-2. DAI is my favorite of the series so far.  I am one of the few who actually enjoys exploring and questing and collecting stuff.

 

I've played TESO for a bit.  Got to the point where you had to join a group to do anything.  Which, yes I know is one of the points of an MMO but my friends and I live in different time zones so playing at the same times can be problematic and waiting around for them to log in got ... boring.  A friend also got me to try ArcheAge.  I could not get my character to NOT look like a 14 yr old girl.  I think my friend's character looks about 9 yrs old.  Maybe we just chose the wrong race.  I've also played FFXIV and that was fun for a bit until the friends I played with stopped playing.  This tends to be one of the reasons I really enjoy single player RPGs like Dragon Age.  More Dragon Age!

[FernRain]

I've played TESO for a bit.  Got to the point where you had to join a group to do anything.  Which, yes I know is one of the points of an MMO but my friends and I live in different time zones so playing at the same times can be problematic and waiting around for them to log in got ... boring.  A friend also got me to try ArcheAge.  I could not get my character to NOT look like a 14 yr old girl.  I think my friend's character looks about 9 yrs old.  Maybe we just chose the wrong race.  I've also played FFXIV and that was fun for a bit until the friends I played with stopped playing.  This tends to be one of the reasons I really enjoy single player RPGs like Dragon Age.  More Dragon Age!

 

I'm casually playing ESO and some others from the forums do if you ever wanna meet up .

 

I played AA, would play it again if with friends. The eastern people looked young, I managed to get mine looking a bit different:

 

 

That game had some fun.. I liked the dual-mounts and the horse animations. And the boats!

Me rowing my husband and 2 brothers-in-law :

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And yay 1000th post! .

 

I remember joining the forums and my first post was about Ghilan'nain's scratched butt:

 

 

The statue representing Ghilan'nain has some sort of mark on its back. I thought it could've been a scratch or claw marks and therefore related to Fen'harel hunting the halla?

[Tess]

I'm casually playing ESO and some others from the forums do if you ever wanna meet up .

 

I played AA, would play it again if with friends. The eastern people looked young, I managed to get mine looking a bit different:

 

 

That game had some fun.. I liked the dual-mounts and the horse animations. And the boats!

Me rowing my husband and 2 brothers-in-law :

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And yay 1000th post! .

 

I remember joining the forums and my first post was about Ghilan'nain's scratched butt:

I have clipper and the fiery horse in AA but got tired of being ganked...I play as firran though...well,  not atm,  back to DAI and WOW

[Uirebhiril]

The Unending Wake, Part 29.

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Source: http://harellanart.t...e-travel-au-the

 

 

I am enjoying this series so much.

[FernRain]

I have clipper and the fiery horse in AA but got tired of being ganked...I play as firran though...well,  not atm,  back to DAI and WOW

 

I tried to use only my donkey because it was the closest thing I could get to a pony . I ride ponies IRL because I'm too short to ride horses comfortably (5ft1).

[MoonDrummer]

Hey there everybody. How are you holding up? Obviously you're still around.

I've played a bit of TES Online recently and though it's all that fantasy context and elves and lore and everything, all it did was show me how much I need a new Dragon Age.

Playing ESO just reminds me how much I need a new elder scrolls game. 

[midnight tea]

Playing ESO just reminds me how much I need a new elder scrolls game. 

 

Yeah, no kidding - everybody is like "FALLOUT 4" and I just sit here and grumble "TES VI. WHEN, Bethesda!? D:"

[Kadan]

Playing ESO just reminds me how much I need a new elder scrolls game. 

 

 

Yeah, no kidding - everybody is like "FALLOUT 4" and I just sit here and grumble "TES VI. WHEN, Bethesda!? D:"

 

I haven't even completed Skyrim yet. I keep getting stuck and then give up, or start with a new PC. Some of the fights make me squirm due to the intense graphics, I really hate the giant rats! One day I will finish it though!

[S.W.]

Hey there everybody. How are you holding up? Obviously you're still around.
I've played a bit of TES Online recently and though it's all that fantasy context and elves and lore and everything, all it did was show me how much I need a new Dragon Age.

I bought Pillars of Eternity at half price during a Steam Sale for my fantasy RPG fix but I'm seriously struggling to get into it. I forget how boring elves are in other franchises. Any pointers?

I've spent a lot of this week catching up on a bunch of kids TV shows that I follow (guilty pleasures, no longer really care about my dignity), and have done a bit of academic reading. Gave up on NaNoWriMo eventually. Have been feeling quite ill recently and am seeing a doctor tomorrow about it.


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[TheyCallMeBunny]

Hey there everybody. How are you holding up? Obviously you're still around.

I've played a bit of TES Online recently and though it's all that fantasy context and elves and lore and everything, all it did was show me how much I need a new Dragon Age.

 

I just finished Divinity: Original Sin, and I liked the game very much - it was challenging, funny, creative, and had a lot of content. However, there was one thing about the ending I did not like...

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I played the multiplayer version, and the ending forced my character into a relationship with my friend's character. That was not how I had envisioned my character at all, and at no time had my character made any such indication in dialogue. It was really very awkward, but for the first time I could truly get an inkling of how horrible it must be for those who in games are forced into a relationship not of their choosing - for example those playing Fallout 4, who envision their aracters as gay, but are (at least initially) forced into a heterosexual relationship. The ending made me extra grateful for all the agency Bioware provides us players!

[Sable Rhapsody]

I bought Pillars of Eternity at half price during a Steam Sale for my fantasy RPG fix but I'm seriously struggling to get into it. I forget how boring elves are in other franchises. Any pointers?

I've spent a lot of this week catching up on a bunch of kids TV shows that I follow (guilty pleasures, no longer really care about my dignity), and have done a bit of academic reading. Gave up on NaNoWriMo eventually. Have been feeling quite ill recently and am seeing a doctor tomorrow about it.

 

Play a godlike instead of an elf?  They get some pretty interesting dialogue options, and you can play a godlike who has an elven build.

 

I took a break from Pillars because I was getting a bit sick of the uberdungeon, but I'll go back to it.  IMO the game is not the best at introducing the setting, but it does have some highlights that make it stand out from other fantasy: the morally tangled pantheon of gods, and animancy.  I'd say the game really started picking up for me when I started delving into Durance and Aloth's character arcs.  Those two are each a microcosm of the major plot elements in Pillars.

 

And have a kitty hug.  Hope you feel better soon.