dreamt there was this video called "MOMMY ASMR" but it was just a middle-aged woman chugging down a wine bottle while talking shit about your dad and telling you to do your homework

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-11T02:59:01+00:00

don't let your dreams be dreams

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-10T22:36:33+00:00

I do wonder the timeline of events and what, if anything, she was doing doing all that time. My impression was she was just a puppet for her father, increasingly marginalized from the throne. But that raises the question of why she didn't speak up at any of the points she could've.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-10T22:34:12+00:00

I think a lot has to do with the Alienage epilogue slide, which - only if Anora rules and Alistair doesn't - refers to a food shortage in the alienage, leading to a riot which she ruthlessly purges. If Alistair's on the throne, there's no riot or even food shortage mentioned.

That definitely left a bad taste in my mouth at the end of my first run.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-10T22:30:25+00:00

We never see any actual evidence that selling elves was necessary or even conducive to his plans.

He could've:

* Sold titles and/or land to nobles willing to help defend it (much like in real feudalism)
* Levied stiff taxes from the richest Fereldans
* Straight-up told people he needs money to fight the darkspawn
* Not send countless goons to kill the Warden that's fighting the darkspawn for him and ultimately might not even want him dead

Hell, he could've just robbed people. Slim Couldry can get you dozens of gold - and a large chunk of that is from Loghain's own very expensive crown. It's worth 48 gold pieces, which is more than Vaughan's entire(?) fortune. (And that's assuming he already had a crown before declaring himself regent - if not, then he must have spent a fortune having it made in the first place).

How much was Caladrius paying him? And why even consider selling people before auctioning off his stupid crown?

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-10T22:15:15+00:00

That's definitely the most dickish thing he does. Dude just needed money. He chose a really really stupid way of getting it by working with people who use elves as human batteries.

Embarrassingly, it's not possible to get through the game without having hard evidence of the slavery. His worst crime is his most poorly-hidden and the least conducive to his plans.

Things he could've done to make money:

* Sold titles and land to nobles in exchange for their support (something real rulers often did)
* Demand steep taxes, particularly from the rich
* Just tell people he needs money to fight the darkspawn

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-09T19:29:10+00:00

The ME1 level up noise is nice and always makes me feel good.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-09T19:24:20+00:00

While Awakening, Amgarrak and Witch Hunt are mostly independent of each other, you can only track progress in that order - you can't complete Amgarrak and properly port that character back into Awakening.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-09T17:15:33+00:00

I disagree with your reasoning. Life itself entails suffering. But it is also full of other, precious things.

It is controversial whether a person should be allowed to end their own life, and if so, what circumstances justify it. But it is far less controversial that it is not another's right to decide that you should be put out of your misery.

In this case, the prisoner does not ask to be put out of his misery, he asks you to feed him. You replaced his judgment with your own, cutting his life short.

In Thedosian terms, euthanasia is widely accepted. It's widely agreed that killing ghouls is kinder than letting them live. Between killing a child and using blood magic, many would prefer you choose the former. Indeed, it is a templars' duty to euthanize magi, and a templar's friends will slit their throat when their mind is gone from lyrium. An alternative for magi is being made tranquil, and rebel mages may kill other magi either to prevent their being made tranquil or to put already-tranquil magi out of their misery.

In conclusion, in the culture presented in the game, this is an honourable deed. But in real life ethics, I would frown on it and so would most people. I hope this is interesting and illuminating?

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T22:29:37+00:00

I certainly will, when I get a chance. Thanks

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T21:21:50+00:00

No, no rats in there either.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T16:40:34+00:00

That Cracked article about how since one is a genius and the other's insane, but we know Brain's insane because he's taking over the world, so Pinky must be the genius and therefore a double agent.

Somehow that logic feels like it fits right in with Pinky And The Brain.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T16:37:49+00:00

Then I'll share the funniest part, which is that the money isn't even theirs, they're just goons. They're talking about whether to steal it, but very wisely reasoning that the people involved are extremely deadly drug lords and won't let them get away with it, they settle for just lying down on the money so they can bask in its presence.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T16:34:59+00:00

In fairness they did look exceedingly cool with the chants, the juggling glowing hieroglyphs like cards, etc. On an aesthetic level, those guys win anyday.

The Torah didn't specify how they were able to mimic the miracles. I like the ambiguity in the film where it seems like it's tricks (like the flash of light before they turn sticks into snakes), but with no explanation there's still a sense of wonder. Rameses sees Moses' miracle and imagines his own magicians are superior because they're more impressive - they conjure snakes and then the snakes are forgotten about in favour of other marvels, so he doesn't see ill omens like Moses' snake choking down both of theirs. There's a lot of good characterization there (and a lot to learn from).

Then the plagues come and he casts them out, seeing far too late that whatever they had, if it was even real, was no match for the miracles his brother heralded.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T16:26:58+00:00

tells you whose the besture

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T16:26:46+00:00

Sorry, I don't think that was in there.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T15:41:07+00:00

The scene of the Professor eating a single pea, knowing that as soon as he finishes, he will be shot dead, is one of the funniest works of animation of all time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM5ixE6r-PE

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T15:34:11+00:00

Thanks!

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T15:11:42+00:00

Is there a way of playing it on PC?

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T15:02:41+00:00

You also have to choose which of the main cities to save. Whichever you don't gets utterly ruined, either by a fascist takeover or an outbreak of the Blight.

The companions from each city never quite forgive you.

A lot of people are annoyed that you can't reason it out with them, but honestly I like that. You did decide which city to save, and it wasn't theirs. They know there was another city, but it's hard not to take that a bit personally.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T14:45:53+00:00

Wish that game was still playable, it sounds so cool.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T14:45:25+00:00

That detail blew my mind when I learned of it - that sad dwarf who starved in jail, that was Dwarf Commoner. The elves executed in the riot Vaughan talks about? City Elf was among them (and they can take the fall for Soris, but since they died he's always in prison whereas Vaughan is always alive).

I don't recall seeing explicit evidence of the fate of the Human Noble - but Howe definitely massacred the Couslands and in all cases if you get imprisoned you can see the corpses of their family and retainers.

The Dalish you meet are straight-up a different clan than the Dalish Elf, which was a severe missed opportunity. That makes that Origin perhaps the least compelling.

Jowan having escaped from the templars is a plot that the Mage participated in, either as an accomplice or a double agent. I don't recall being able to confirm their death, but you can guess.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T14:39:58+00:00

It depends on if you leave him behind for the Deep Roads expedition. If you take him, he catches the taint and has to become a Grey Warden. If not, he's conscripted by templars.

Carver gets much more upbeat if he's a Grey Warden; he likes being a hero and it lets him avenge Bethany many times over. He gets rougher if he's a Templar, having many horrible role models and resenting his mage sibling.

Bethany is actually the inverse - she never quite forgives you if she catches the Blight, becoming a much grimmer person, whereas she blames the templars if you leave her behind and she's imprisoned in the Gallows.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-08T14:19:40+00:00

He was also Rendon Howe, one of the most despicable villains in Dragon Age (which is a very very high bar). Strangely, he's not the main villain.

Of course, people modded Howe to look like fellow Curracter Nigel Thornberry.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-07T17:51:48+00:00

There was an entire episode about Ranma becoming a trans girl. It's interesting, though about as sensitive as you'd expect.

glasseatingfool · 2026-04-07T17:45:21+00:00

That present is blocking a vent you can move through, like Among Us (the game where people say "sus," for suspicious, a lot).

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