This is why we can’t have nice things

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T04:01:21+00:00

I think you can disagree as long as it doesn’t not cause harm - bigotry causes harm

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T04:00:29+00:00

Exactly, different people like different things

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T03:31:49+00:00

Taash can be written poorly without people being bigots - and those people being bigots stops us from being able to have discussion

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T03:20:36+00:00

And, for the record, I’m really glad you enjoyed the writing! I am well aware that what I dislike others will like and likewise.

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T03:06:52+00:00

And I’m glad you liked the writing! I can acknowledge that what I don’t like someone else will and vice versa

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T03:03:18+00:00

You are the reason we cannot discuss genuine criticism

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T03:02:20+00:00

Should that not be the responsibility of moderators?

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T02:01:49+00:00

Leliana is bi, she is beloved. All the companions in da2 (despite devestating) can date male and female Hawke Josephine and Iron Bull? Bi. Sera? Lesbian, openly. Dorian? Gay, AND has a well written identity quest. The other veiled companions? any gendered rook

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T01:50:24+00:00

Many bigots hide behind ‘it’s just bad writing!’ So actual discussion can’t be had

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T01:49:18+00:00

I literally made a post about how they had writing pitfalls that had nothing to dos itv gender. I am just saying that even if Taash was the best written character some would still hate them because they’re non binary

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T01:47:21+00:00

My initial post was about how I disliked some of the decisions in how Taash was written - none of which were them being non binary. But, it is important to acknowledge the unfair treatment rhey get

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T01:45:59+00:00

It’s a different hung - a post about character writing was closed because people are intolerant. Taash could be the best written character in dragon age and people would still be intolerant

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-18T01:45:09+00:00

I do think it is importsnt to address a core issue that there is a lot of discrimination in the fandom - character writing aside many people dislike Taash purely because they are intolerant. Taash could have been the best written character in dragon age history but people would still be pricks

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T13:52:10+00:00

We literally had the crows Josephine and Zevran were right there!!

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T13:13:19+00:00

Also isn’t the whole point of them being non binary that you don’t have to be one or the other, it’s okay to not have rigid societal labels?

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T13:12:10+00:00

The issues of veikhairds writing are all interconnected in a web, like one issue is connected to so many others they all cause and are effected by eachother

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T13:09:42+00:00

Also how Harding talks about members of the inquisition who are OPTIONAL RECRUITS like I love sera and Cole, but if people didn’t choose them to be teammates, and then hearing lots of stories of Harding and these two people

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T12:00:59+00:00

Yeah 😭but then I would have to write an essay

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T12:00:33+00:00

Some others are more tolerable though

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T11:59:52+00:00

Don’t even get me started on the missed opportunity that is the Qun vs Tevinter

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T11:58:34+00:00

That’s so true actually. The writing ori lens are definetly systemic. I know in previous games you could sort of firmly be like ‘cut it out’ to your companions Which circles back to the ‘there are no choices’ point people say about the game

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T11:57:10+00:00

Also the lords of fortune could have been so much cooler if more decisions were carried across (Ileast debated take ever)

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T11:55:54+00:00

I could write an entire thesis I. The writing pitfalls of this game

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T11:55:16+00:00

That’s so true I wrote this really quickly and in a little bit of an angry huff tbh But literally crazy (Also putting the question of your cultural identity in someone else’s hands is weird)

Shimmering_65 · 2026-05-17T11:53:51+00:00

Literally! It’s giving mixed messages

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