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Post by Gludipow on Feb 22, 2017 1:18:01 GMT
It would be like Khal Drogo and Daenerys when they first met. You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. Its worse if you read the books and find out that Daenarys at the time is still a very young teenager.
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Post by Crim on Feb 22, 2017 1:18:23 GMT
It would be like Khal Drogo and Daenerys when they first met. You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. She's no more than a child when she marries him in the book. *sips tea* edit: ninja'd lol
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Post by Rynnju on Feb 22, 2017 1:19:45 GMT
Even if I don't believe the leaks, I have a strong feeling Jaal will be bi. People have asked for a bi non-Asari alien a lot, and I think he has more of a chance of being that alien than Vetra. Only because BioWare has tried and true proof that people responded well to the alien looking male alien LI. They've never had a test with a very alien looking female alien. All the female alien LIs had safe and practically human designs, and that isn't so surprising considering how you see some groups of players talk about their LI options. So they may have seen Jaal as the safer bet than someone like Vetra. Plus the whole NEW AND EXCITING aspect of him probably factored in.
Not saying Vetra won't turn out to be bi, but yeah.
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Post by Jaal Ama Darav (Kierro) on Feb 22, 2017 1:19:53 GMT
Is that a goodnight or goodbye? he's dying... to play the game She's* dying...
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Post by lilyenachaos on Feb 22, 2017 1:19:58 GMT
It would be like Khal Drogo and Daenerys when they first met. You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. I have never watched GOT, and now you have me curious as to what the heck you're talking about.
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Post by Salty Drell on Feb 22, 2017 1:21:22 GMT
It would be like Khal Drogo and Daenerys when they first met. You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. Yeah alot of people claimed it was sexist because they only watched the first episode then stopped watching and made a judgment without watching everything after that like her asserting dominance over the relationship, and her epic rise to power. In fact, a large amount of that show is women rising to power and making their own way with Daenerys, Aria, and recently Sansa and Cercei in S6. The majority of rulers in that show right now are female.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2017 1:21:32 GMT
he's dying... to play the game She's* dying... Solas is the dread wolf. Who knows whether this being is a he/she
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Post by Crim on Feb 22, 2017 1:22:47 GMT
You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. I have never watched GOT, and now you have me curious as to what the heck you're talking about. Read the books instead, they're better *this is some great tea*
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Post by fialka on Feb 22, 2017 1:25:16 GMT
10th Page Summary!1. Some more talk about how Jaal's still being compared to Garrus for superficial reasons. (The fat turian remark is my favorite... ) For reference (yes, I know we've seen this one already, but we only have the two pictures OKAY!?): 2. I normally don't post fanart in these things because I'm sure I'd leave someone out and then I'd feel bad. But... I like this one very much, and it's a slow news day and this is my summary so here : Like, seriously. Also: "Sir Pharaoh Buff Sea Pancake Bunny Cat Lobster Squid." (a collaborate effort in naming) 3. Annoyance over the lack of Black Emporium-like feature in MEA to let us change our character face later in the game (confirmed by devs). 4. Cora got a new phone wallpaper: 5. How we choose our squadmates: tactically for combat, or based on who your romance is, or for the banters? And some talk about our companions in DAI (I agree that Cole, Cass, Solas is the best group for banter!) 6. More info on this guy (thanks to @beautesombre for the tweets - I don't think they're new but I hadn't seem them before here): Really cool stuff! Can't wait to meet him! 7. And some general romance-related talk. Which led to Game of Thrones talk... see you in 10 pages! (or 20... depending on if I'm around... )
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 22, 2017 1:29:51 GMT
You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. I have never watched GOT, and now you have me curious as to what the heck you're talking about. To give you the relationship in a nutshell, in the novels, Daenarys is only 13-years-old when we first meet her, and she is sold to Khal Drogo as a wife by her older brother who is actively seeking an alliance with Khal Drogo's people in order to reclaim his throne. Khal Drogo's doesn't speak English, or "the common tongue" and so despite Daenarys's protests he rids her of her virginity on their wedding night. The series made the understandable executive decision to age her a little, bumping her up to all of 15-years-old in Season 1. But Daenarys eventually learns the ways of Khal Drogo's people, becomes a chieftess in their eyes, learns their language, and falls in love with Khal Drogo who also falls in love with her(he even calls her his sun and stars). Khal Drogo and his people protect Daenarys from her abusive, power-hungry brother and she becomes pregnant with Drogo's child. But her generosity is taken advantage of as she becomes a pawn in a revenge plot, only to lose her unborn son and husband.
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Post by Artemis on Feb 22, 2017 1:33:07 GMT
You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. Its worse if you read the books and find out that Daenarys at the time is still a very young teenager. Believe it or not I actually read the books when they first came out; I was still a teenager myself. I remember really liking Sansa lol I think I skipped all the Daenarys chapters because I found them boring. (17 year old me was a real connoisseur of literature...)
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Post by Artemis on Feb 22, 2017 1:34:50 GMT
You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. I have never watched GOT, and now you have me curious as to what the heck you're talking about. It's addictive and the characters, well, you fall so in love with them (especially the kids), but that sort of makes it hurt all the more when they suffer Nevertheless I suspect if I went back and rewatched the earlier seasons my tolerance for depictions of rape and abuse of women would be far lower than circa 2012.
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Post by maskedbird on Feb 22, 2017 1:37:35 GMT
I have never watched GOT, and now you have me curious as to what the heck you're talking about. Read the books instead, they're better *this is some great tea* I don't watch the show but I remember one of my old teachers would punish misbehaving students by threatening to spoil/spoiling episodes of GOT and it worked really well.
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Post by Artemis on Feb 22, 2017 1:37:59 GMT
You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. Yeah alot of people claimed it was sexist because they only watched the first episode then stopped watching and made a judgment without watching everything after that like her asserting dominance over the relationship, and her epic rise to power. In fact, a large amount of that show is women rising to power and making their own way with Daenerys, Aria, and recently Sansa and Cercei in S6. The majority of rulers in that show right now are female. That is true, but to be fair, the show has been sexist in many ways, the most obvious way being that it lazily depicts a world where AS USUAL... women are oppressed, people of color are the foreign "other," and LGBT people are considered gross and weird. Dragon Age is like all of those things but the "light" version which I suppose I'm sort of thankful for ME does way better but isn't perfect... and has no excuse on account of it being "in the future."
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Post by Artemis on Feb 22, 2017 1:38:47 GMT
I have never watched GOT, and now you have me curious as to what the heck you're talking about. Read the books instead, they're better *this is some great tea* Disagree!! I find the writing to be pretty bad, but I'm also super picky with high fantasy since I've been reading that crap since I was a kid
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Post by Artemis on Feb 22, 2017 1:41:21 GMT
I have never watched GOT, and now you have me curious as to what the heck you're talking about. To give you the relationship in a nutshell, in the novels, Daenarys is only 13-years-old when we first meet her, and she is sold to Khal Drogo as a wife by her older brother who is actively seeking an alliance with Khal Drogo's people in order to reclaim his throne. Khal Drogo's doesn't speak English, or "the common tongue" and so despite Daenarys's protests he rids her of her virginity on their wedding night. The series made the understandable executive decision to age her a little, bumping her up to all of 15-years-old in Season 1. But Daenarys eventually learns the ways of Khal Drogo's people, becomes a chieftess in their eyes, learns their language, and falls in love with Khal Drogo who also falls in love with her(he even calls her his sun and stars). Khal Drogo and his people protect Daenarys from her abusive, power-hungry brother and she becomes pregnant with Drogo's child. But her generosity is taken advantage of as she becomes a pawn in a revenge plot, only to lose her unborn son and husband. "Rids her of her virginity" That's a euphemism to end all euphemisms... Ugh just reading your summary highlights how icky the whole plot is. And on top of all that is the fact that the Dothraki are ridiculously sexist, such that she only has power because she is his woman, essentially.
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 22, 2017 1:42:03 GMT
Read the books instead, they're better *this is some great tea* Disagree!! I find the writing to be pretty bad, but I'm also super picky with high fantasy since I've been reading that crap since I was a kid I hate to say it, but GOT is actually in the category of low fantasy. It aims more toward realism but has fantastical elements such as dragons and religion-based or indiginous "magic" which is portrayed more or less as very rare. High fantasy would be more Tolkien Lord of the Rings type stuff with elves, dwarves, wizards, dragons, etc.
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Post by Sifr on Feb 22, 2017 1:49:53 GMT
It would be like Khal Drogo and Daenerys when they first met. You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. What's odd to me is; People were utterly livid in Season 5 when Sansa was raped by Ramsey on her wedding night, saying that the show had crossed the line... seeming to forget that the exact same thing happened to Dany in the first freaking episode!
Was the moral dissonance because Ramsey is a complete monster, whereas Drogo is a decent guy (for a barbarian)?
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Post by kissed by fire on Feb 22, 2017 1:52:23 GMT
Ah, Game of Thrones... I absolutely HATE that show, I shudder every time it comes up... but I adore the books! Sansa is my favorite character; I also love Catelyn and Brienne too. I like Jaime, too, and Daenerys's story is... interesting, if a tad boring later on.
But I digress.
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Post by Solas on Feb 22, 2017 1:52:57 GMT
to you folks, take care of your lovely selves. Is that a goodnight or goodbye? its a sleepy poorly-phrased iloveuguise wellwishing post ♡( ◡‿◡ )
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Post by Gludipow on Feb 22, 2017 1:55:30 GMT
You know, GOT is so weird. That was so hard to watch, and so awful. SO AWFUL. Yet I ended up falling in love with the couple, even though I know deep down I shouldn't have. What's odd to me is; People were utterly livid in Season 5 when Sansa was raped by Ramsey on her wedding night, saying that the show had crossed the line... seeming to forget that the exact same thing happened to Dany in the first freaking episode!
Was the moral dissonance because Ramsey is a complete monster, whereas Drogo is a decent guy (for a barbarian)? That could be it, Drogo was kind... For the most part... To her even before he raped her on their wedding night. He gifted her a pure white horse on their wedding day. Which I guess doesn't say much to his kindness, but he wasn't portrayed in the same way for what... 2 seasons...? Before the rape occurred. We grew to hate Ramsey where a lot of people may have sensed the grey-ish area surrounding Dany and Drogo's relationship.
Or maybe people just gave Drogo the benefit of the doubt because he is more attractive? I mean, c'mon... Jason Momoa!
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Post by lilyenachaos on Feb 22, 2017 1:58:33 GMT
To give you the relationship in a nutshell, in the novels, Daenarys is only 13-years-old when we first meet her, and she is sold to Khal Drogo as a wife by her older brother who is actively seeking an alliance with Khal Drogo's people in order to reclaim his throne. Khal Drogo's doesn't speak English, or "the common tongue" and so despite Daenarys's protests he rids her of her virginity on their wedding night. The series made the understandable executive decision to age her a little, bumping her up to all of 15-years-old in Season 1. But Daenarys eventually learns the ways of Khal Drogo's people, becomes a chieftess in their eyes, learns their language, and falls in love with Khal Drogo who also falls in love with her(he even calls her his sun and stars). Khal Drogo and his people protect Daenarys from her abusive, power-hungry brother and she becomes pregnant with Drogo's child. But her generosity is taken advantage of as she becomes a pawn in a revenge plot, only to lose her unborn son and husband. "Rids her of her virginity" That's a euphemism to end all euphemisms... Ugh just reading your summary highlights how icky the whole plot is. And on top of all that is the fact that the Dothraki are ridiculously sexist, such that she only has power because she is his woman, essentially. I have to admit reading that killed any chance of me ever reading the books. Doesn't sound like my cup of tea, especially with all the violence/death added in. Speaking of tea, mine is tasty. I wish I had a muffin or something to go with it though.
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Post by Solas on Feb 22, 2017 2:02:16 GMT
She's* dying... Solas is the dread wolf. Who knows whether this being is a he/she
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Post by Artemis on Feb 22, 2017 2:05:03 GMT
What's odd to me is; People were utterly livid in Season 5 when Sansa was raped by Ramsey on her wedding night, saying that the show had crossed the line... seeming to forget that the exact same thing happened to Dany in the first freaking episode!
Was the moral dissonance because Ramsey is a complete monster, whereas Drogo is a decent guy (for a barbarian)? That could be it, Drogo was kind... For the most part... To her even before he raped her on their wedding night. He gifted her a pure white horse on their wedding day. Which I guess doesn't say much to his kindness, but he wasn't portrayed in the same way for what... 2 seasons...? Before the rape occurred. We grew to hate Ramsey where a lot of people may have sensed the grey-ish area surrounding Dany and Drogo's relationship.
Or maybe people just gave Drogo the benefit of the doubt because he is more attractive? I mean, c'mon... Jason Momoa! I think you're onto something. Jason is/was gorgeous. Also I think there was something of Beauty and the Beast about their "relationship." In essence... it was a rape fantasy. Falling in love with your attacker who "just so happens" to turn out to be a decent guy. I get it and am not criticizing women who enjoyed it. Even the way he rapes her is almost "romantic"... standing in front of what, was it like a beautiful plain or ocean vista with the sun setting? LOL
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