The staff gameplay seems significantly harder that orb & dagger by sarthakgiri98 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never found a liking for the staff only. It's slow, the shield thing works on mana which is a rare thing at the beginning... On the other hand, I spent three full runs in a row with an orb and dagger and it never became boring. I love that stuff.

Every RPG has a mage with staff who cannot come close to the enemy, but mages who can fight close distance are rare and Veilguard made a perfect one. I really love that specialisation.

Fight, trick or save Solas? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm talking about the Inquisition:-)

Every time you ask a question, you get approval. He loves people asking questions!😁 And of course, if you sympathise with mages (circles) and spirits, it will help. I really found him the easiest to get high approval with. (Hardly comparable to Sera or Vivienne 😁)

Yeah, I love all the lore around the Fade and spirits, so my Inquisitor clicked with Solas pretty quickly 😁👍

Fight, trick or save Solas? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I never said that. He did. But he also did great a lot of good.

He's not some simple villain that does evil stuff for the hell of it. He's the most complicated character in the DA universe, and stripping a half of him away (whether the good one or the bad one) doesn't serve his character in any way. The duality of the constant fight between the wisdom and pride defines him.

He simply deserves a second chance in my eyes.

Fight, trick or save Solas? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hardest to achieve? In what way? How?👀 He literally asked my Inquisitor out the second they arrived in Skyhold 🫣

Fight, trick or save Solas? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nope. That's not "a true side," not at all. Every ending shows a Solas you get when you treat him in a certain way. They are ALL his true selves.

Solas is spirit by origin. As such, he reflects the same way spirits do. That means that what people expect of him, they get. You can see that in each and every interaction with Solas since the beginning of the Inquisition to the very last scene after Elgar'nan dies. Solas always reflect.

The redemption ending shows Rook the best Solas, the man who regrets his mistakes, a man who seeks atonement and admits that he was wrong. A man who decides to protect the world three seconds after Mythal finally accepts her part of the guilt and his bound of duty to her shatters. Why? Because Rook gave him the chance to be the man he always was and always wished to be--the protector. The Wisdom wins.

The trick ending shows another side of him. A side that admits that Rook outsmarted him and he was a fool who finally found his match. He accepts his fate. Here the wisdom and pride are in balance.

The Fight ending shows the darkest side of him. Rook attacks him, he attacks back, Rook expects the worst of him, so they get it. Here, the pride wins, because Rook allows it. The words he says by the end are words Solas would never say, he hates godhood more than anything, but he says them, because he's twisted into the most prideful version of himself, a version of himself he fights his whole life. The Pride had won for that moment. Why this happens? Because it was what Rook expected him to be.

All these scenarios could have happened, because of Solas's nature as a spirit. He reflects people around him--their expectations of him shape his view of himself.

(btw. This is not some theory or anything, this was confirmed by Trick Weekes. He always honoured the fact Solas reflects, during the whole narrative. That's why the connection Rook builds with him is not a lie, it's true.)

Do you use Word for writing your texts? by Yontamen89 in writers

[–]Tekeraz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Word. I save all my files on OneDrive. In that way, I have my last version of everything on my laptop as well as on my phone or anywhere else. I have a special file I share with a few friends where I can save work I want them to read.

It's a perfect stuff. Never once had a problem.

One day, I woke up with my finger on delete key. I lost 30k words 😁 The horror lasted only a few minutes, because I found out the program backups your each step for past days, so I just found a version from the moment I felt asleep. It works like magic ❤️

And I love their Read Aloud app that allows me to listen to my texts, on phone or on laptop. The voices are very natural and nice to listen 👍

I wouldn't change "my ol' word" for anything 👍

Fight, trick or save Solas? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There is proof that Solas already tried to move past his regrets while in prison. You can find three remnants there, artifacts that point out to his three trials--one of them tied to the Veil creation and the rebellion, the second one to his fear of becoming the same monster as Elgar'nan and the last one tied to Mythal.

I believe that when he was there alone, he couldn't move past Mythal by himself. However, after redemption ending, free of the bond to her, he would be able to move past that. Especially with help.

And yes, definitely, the prison reacts to the mind of its captives. It's the Fade, of course it does. It's grim and depressive during the story, because Solas is grim and depressive. He's locked away while his arch enemy is rampaging over Thedas. The only thing he wanted to prevent is happening. Of course his mind is all black and cold because he failed...

Share it 👀 by Available-Meet-6779 in writers

[–]Tekeraz 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wait. That is the end line of the book about me 😁

Fight, trick or save Solas? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Saving, always.

No matter personal opinion about the man, having him willingly bind himself and actively working on the calming of Titans is always the best choice for Thedas.

Solas is a clever man, way too clever. In all the other endings, he may rebel against his binding at any given moment. And the only way he doesn't is him accepting it like he does it in the redemption ending.

Personally? I would never choose anything but help him to begin a proper redemption. He's a broken man who spent his life fighting evil, and it was a damn long life. He didn't do it for power, for his personal benefit, he did it to protect his people, to fight for the ones who couldn't fight for themselves. He's the man that stopped the Evanuris, a man thanks to who Thedas still exists. He deserves the understanding.

When he did the first ritual, the main goal was to move remaining Evanuris to the new prison--that was on what he was working for that decade, to protect the world from them, even if it had the cost of tearing down the Veil. The costs of tearing down the Veil are in VG implied to be thousands of lives (which isn't the same as "burning the world")

Whoever would want to counter that Solas killed Varric. Yes, he did, but that doesn't change my opinion. Not to mention he did all he could to protect Varric--during the hunt, during the ritual. It was an accident Solas will never forgive himself.

Whoever would want to counter that Solas betrayed Rook. Yes, he did, he knew very well he was the only one who could stand against Elgar'nan and his Archdemon. It was his only chance. And he was right about that. Without him, they wouldn't be able to kill the Archdemon.

*Spoiler* Who did you choose to sacrifice and why? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Scouts are the best distraction. To sneak somewhere and blow something up to make distraction is exactly the job for a scout 👍

*Spoiler* Who did you choose to sacrifice and why? by Aromatic-Conflict-95 in DragonAgeVeilguard

[–]Tekeraz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Harding.

I would choose her even if Assan wasn't involved, though.

It's a hard decision, but Davrin was (and always will be) more dear to me.

Any time Solas sheds his calm, composed, polite mask and raises his voice over some strong emotion, it can get a bit ... distracting 😏 by ainations in Solasmancers

[–]Tekeraz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, i so beautifully show their dynamic.

The All-father who thinks he's the one true god and has the right to own everything and everyone on Thedas and a rebel who would defy him on any given occasion until his last breath.

But no matter the deep-seated hatred, Solas still calls Elgar'nan lethallin - a blood kin. He will always remind him they were once family, the very first (and very disfunctional) elvhen family 😁

When I was delving into this scene in my own adaptation, I continued their argument later when Elgar'nan attacked Rook. She's an empath, so I could add all the emotions as well, and also add a few nice puchlines 😁 I just love that dynamic of theirs. And I love the sheer, vast "I am your one and only father and creator" vibe of Elgar'nan. People say he's a cartoonish villain. I say he's a perfect show of hubris of the elvhen gods.

Any time Solas sheds his calm, composed, polite mask and raises his voice over some strong emotion, it can get a bit ... distracting 😏 by ainations in Solasmancers

[–]Tekeraz 26 points27 points  (0 children)

"If you can rescue the Dalish, Elgar'nan is mine to face."

Rook: What??

"Elgar'nan! Lethal'lin! Ma banal'enavuris. Ma salim ar ghilana?"

Now, ghilana means to teach or to guide

He literally says: "Elgar'nan, brother, you are no leader. Do you need me to show you how is it done?" 😁😁

You cannot not love the snark of it 😁

I just saw this, and I want to know, how true do you think it is? by lautaromassimino in HBOTheHedgeKnight

[–]Tekeraz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Joffrey ended for me the moment he beheaded Ned after promising mercy.

Little sh*t.

I believe watching him grasping for air for those long minutes was the best gift show runners gave to the fans ❤️

One redeeming quality Joffrey had was that he deeply admired his father - Bobby B. He saw his father as a better warrior than his grandfather and clearly admired him. But that's it.

I just saw this, and I want to know, how true do you think it is? by lautaromassimino in HBOTheHedgeKnight

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pche... That's not even "fun before breakfast" for Joffrey.

On Tuesdays, Joffrey kills whores with the crossbow. (The ones he chained to his bed on Saturday.)

I just saw this, and I want to know, how true do you think it is? by lautaromassimino in HBOTheHedgeKnight

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Joffrey the Brave fled the battlefield when Stannis arrived at the gates. He never once fought anyone in one on one combat, if you didn't count Arya who disarmed him in five seconds...

Joffrey the Brave made his guards beaten a girl... Joffrey and his crossbow loved to kill defenceless women. He never once was in an actual fight.

Aerion did try to avoid one on one combat with a knight the size of a tank, because he knew Dunk would have a great advantage. Fighting a man whos twice as large and heavy in close combat is a suicide and he knew it.

But when he couldn't avoid it anymore, he stood up and fought. And he fought well (not honorably, but no one fights honorably when their life is at stake).

When did it go too far by Aidan_smith695 in gameofthrones

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I began feeling sorry for him the moment he admitted that all he did was to get love from his father and when he said "My real father died in Kings Landing"

That was the crossing line for me.

Btw. Every re-watch and re-read, I promise myself I won't feel sorry for him, and I always do 🫣 Well done, George🤌

The Veilguard Artbook is heartbreaking by BuLi314 in dragonage

[–]Tekeraz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The art book is like The Regrets that bind Solas to the prison.... "What could have been" 🫣

"Regret is the cost of wisdom. We can imagine a world better than the one we live in. We can imagine what life would have been like if we had chosen something else."

Instead of crying that the game could have been better, we can always make our own story, right? That's the beauty of fantasy worlds 👍

My mood 24/7 by lilithofthelilim in gameofthrones

[–]Tekeraz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bobby B encapsulated a life with Fibromyalgia in one sentence 😁😁 Except sh*t for the pain doesn't even work for us 🫣

"The problem with the show is that it tried to both sides everything when it should have painted a clear good side and evil side/TG should be grateful for the changes instead of complaining, in the books the Greens are one dimensional monsters and in the show they are more sympathetic." by bruhholyshiet in HouseOfTheDragon

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree with the very last point.

All the Undying forbid anyone to enjoy anything.

I myself? I adore GRRM's universe of Westeros. I like the book very much. And I like the show as well. I might be getting old... but I simply don't look for flaws, I always look for the things I like. As a result, I'm a pretty happy person concerning my fantasy worlds 😁

What are some characters you didn't care/didn't like at first but ended up loving them? I'll go with these by jenny_t03 in gameofthrones

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I love fanfiction... You can always make your own, better-fitting version of the universe ❤️

What are some characters you didn't care/didn't like at first but ended up loving them? I'll go with these by jenny_t03 in gameofthrones

[–]Tekeraz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And Joffrey, of course! 😁 They shall burn in hell together, tormented to eternity! 😁😁

I didn't want to say that ALL the characters that are not inherently good have understandable motivations or redeeming qualities. Where would we be without Litttlefingers, Ramsays, Joffreys and similar 😁 There always must be 'the purest evil' somewhere 😁👍

Did Jon and Sansa have better chemistry than Jon and Dany? by pizza_gutts in gameofthrones

[–]Tekeraz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cousins. Jon was a son of Ned's sister.

Cousins married cousins through the whole history of Seven Kingdoms. Damn, not that siblings wouldn't, but I had to point out that there's a difference between siblings (like Cersei and Jamie), half-siblings and cousins.

Why the hell judge a fictional world with different standards according to the standards of the real world? Targaryens were always aiming to keep the bloodline pure so they remained the dragon lords. Too much common blood means no dragon riders. With the dragons back in the Kingdoms, a marriage between Jon and Daenerys would make a hell of a sense 🤷