“Loghain Mac Tir isn’t even my favorite character from Dragon Age but he is truly one of the most interesting and complex antagonists in recent video game history. Profoundly hateable. Traitor to his king yet zealously loyal to his country anf deeply fearful of seeing it annexed again. Loving father. Takes responsibility for his own actions. Wants you dead so, so badly but will finally join your cause if necessary. No one is doing it like him.”
“Wise king Maric once said: can you plotect Ferelden wis me pretty please 🥺
And Loghain protected Ferelden ever since
Wise king Maric said couple of times: I don’t really feel like ruling can you do it in my stead 😔
And Loghain ruled Ferelden (very angry)
Wise king Maric once said: hey tf are you doing why would you abandon the army to try to save me never ever again trade my army for the king army is very hard to assemble 😡
And Loghain said,
Ok
This man runs on wine, love for his daughter and promises to a dead man. He is desperate, bitter and has no honour in him because he will do anything to save the land. Simple farmer who fought against occupation and laid his life for a guy he simped a bit too much.
He is one of the most charismatic antagonists world has ever seen, who makes dao story struggle personal for your pc regardless of the origin you chose: everyone wants to punch this guy in the face 🔥🔥🔥”
vs. Taash
“first openly nonbinary character using they/them pronouns in an AAA mainstream game i have ever come across and i was very emotional about it”
I view reading fantasy/sci-fi stuff as “this work of fiction is being translated into english so that I can understand it, meaning some phrases should not be taken literally” lord of the rings style, and then I meet people who nitpick every word or phrase that “shouldn’t exist in this story” and I’m like wow you guys are truly miserable and unimaginative. and also you tend to assume that english words all popped up in the 19th century and you never bother to check the etymology of the words you’re claiming “shouldn’t exist in this universe”
like sorry but in an apocalyptic alternate-universe earth, the phrase “train of thought” is plausible even in a world without locomotives, because the word “train” comes from the 14th century, and it meant “to drag”
that’s why we call dress trains “trains”. because they drag. the word wasn’t invented for locomotives.
y'all say shit so definitively like idk man I think it depends. the english language is OLD AS FUCK. a lot of words you believe are modern just aren’t
All of this can rightly be called my fault. Whether or not you can do better remains to be seen. But if you can make this the end, Warden, I will follow you. I swear it. » I’m glad to have you. I suppose we’ll see how long that lasts.
when brandon sanderson talks about villains in his famous free youtube writing class video lectures he’ll say ‘what’s the difference between gollum and sauron’ and of course he means the villain that’s present in the narrative and characterized in a way the audience can potentially relate to or sympathize with vs. the looming threatening anonymous far-off force (among other things). but every time he asks that i think 'well one of those guys tracked down frodo and got his ring back’
Brandon Sanderson: What’s the difference between Gollum and Sauron?
make that blorbo disabled. hit them with the disability beam. especially if they obviously were or should have been disabled in canon but canon didn’t meaningfully dwell on it
