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Feb. 7th, 2015 10:18 pm
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I need to dig some of my anatomy books out and start studying. I've been really lax about that over the past few years, and no doubt it shows in my work. I say to myself a lot that I'm going to study anatomy, and then I just don't.

I did a bit of drawing from anatomy photos that I've got on the computer, but it's not the same as looking at a book and studying muscles and bones (which I find fascinating) (and actually I think lessons about such things are a thing my college could've done with. I think knowing how they work and come together and move the bones are as important as knowing what's on top of them).

(Every time my mum watches an antiques programme, and there's a skeleton, I'm all, "WANT!" because anatomy, and she responds with, "NOT IN MY HOUSE" because she finds them creepy).

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My inquisitor is not showing in the Keep, and it irks me.

(Lies, actually. Nikolai is there, but not Leila. Since I've spent the most time on Leila, this irks me even more. I may have to go and so the forced saved thing to see that works).

(I actually think the Keep is full of flaws. I customised my world state for Nikolai two days ago, and when I went to change something this morning (whether or not Circe freed Sten), it had lost all changes I'd made, in spite of telling me it'd saved. So I had to redo the entire thing - luckily I have a broad-ish idea of how both women would've dealt with what was handed to them. ANYWAY. Yeah. I wasn't happy about that. I realise it's still a work in progress, and perhaps I should give Bioware some feedback re: my experience, but right now I don't really feel like doing that).

P.S. I thought Solas had a butt chin like me, but apparently it's a scar?
I finished Awakening again yesterday. I let the Architect live and killed the Mother (is there an option where you don't kill her, or does she always die? I mean, I don't EVER want to let her live, but is it an option?) Also I did not manage to save Vigil's Keep AGAIN (although I think I know how to save Amarathine and it involves smugglers, GDI).

Reading the bits at the end, where it said Circe and Alistair probably just ran off together where no-one could find 'em made me feel all fuzzy. Alistair's about the only person I ship in Origins (with Leliana, because reasons, also LELIANA) and I only did Circe's playthrough so she could be queen of Ferelden. I was not expecting WARM AND FUZZIES. And yet, here we are.

(I'm actually quite pleased about that, because my shipping tendencies lean far, far away from warm and fuzzies a lot of the time. As an example, see my Ur-OTP, which is Stark and Zhaan**)

(Fandom waffling on about Cullen all the freaking time and going, "BUT YOU DIDN'T DO A MAGE GAME SO YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE'S REEEEEEEEAAAAAALLY LIKE!!!"*** makes me think maybe I should at least play a mage once in Origins. I mean, I don't have to finish it, do I?)

Then I put DAII in, and was utterly confused when Bron's next quest that wasn't storyline was to go off and sort out Feynriel. I could've sworn I'd done that already (I did. What I didn't realise until, like, an hour later, was that I'd gone back a whole bunch of saves because Fenris is a pissy elf and I wanted to complete his romance, damnit!*)

And then I got distracted thinking about my man Hawke (Merrick) and Anders, so I decided to actually commence that game, since I've done nothing with it.

I forgot how easy it is to max out Bethany's friendship gauge. She's not going to be happy with me once I don't let her come down the Deep Roads, but hopefully less so than when she yelled at Eirian because she got darkspawn taint and then she had to be a Grey Warden. (I'm sure Merrick'll have some witty quip about it for her. I'm playing as Sarcastic/whatever Hawke (apart from a couple of sentences here and there) and it's making me lol quite a lot already. Also amazing how well Aveline and Varric respond to being snarked at).

EH WHATEVER. I'm just here to set up boyfriends.

So that's what I'm doing. I hope you lot (who are playing it) are enjoying Inquisition****.

*I know I can fix it in the Keep, but I'd actually like to see the whole thing play out.

**For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, all you need to know is that it really doesn't end well.

***Actual true fact: I only know/remember who Cullen is (prior to DA:I) because of dragon age confessions on tumblr, and people going about him non-stop (or, at least, that's how it feels to me). I know he's in DAII more than in Origins, but he's just not that memorable to me. Also a templar, but not very memorable.

****I have a vain hope that I might get it for Xmas from rellies, but it really is very vain.

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Nov. 22nd, 2014 09:55 pm
muladhara: (dragon age)
So while everyone else is playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, I am sitting here playing Awakening because a) I don't have a copy of DA:I, and b) FERELDEN BOYFRIEND.

Well. And. I now have a PC capable of playing DAO and DAII, which is good, since I own the PC version of Origins (I bought it years back; I have the Ultimate edition). And I want to mod the crap out of both games. I suspect I'll have to use Windows to play both games, but I suppose that's no hardship? (I'd rather use Linux, but that means installing WINE but I suppose I have no problem with that either? OH GOD I DON'T KNOW ANY MORE).

Also I've been storing (or whatever it is) my choices on Dragon Age Keep, and I didn't know till then you could avoid recruiting Oghren in Awakening, and I nearly avoided him completely (I really don't like him, because I have no truck with alcoholics, and I know he's like comedy relief or whatever, but I really don't find him funny) except hey guess what. OH WELL. At least I have Nathaniel *happy sighs*

Oh and, I imported Circe into Awakening (who's my Cousland, whose playthrough I haven't finished yet, but who romanced the crap out of Alistair) to play instead of making someone new or using Julius (my Mahariel). When Alistair came to visit, I must admit that that scene was super cute because of his having been romanced. Awkward kissing at the end notwithstanding.

(I don't hate Alistair, I actually think he's a huge dork, but he doesn't really do much for me).

I am going to attempt to save both the Keep and Amaranthine, as well as leave the Architect alive (I honestly don't know what Circe would do, because I can't remember if what her personality is because I don't play her much. The entire point of her existence was to romance Alistair and become Queen).

So. Um. Yes. So much for my plans to spend this weekend writing!

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