is this a safe space to say that i’ve never understood the “don’t trust the mage” gimmick that da fans have been doing for like 10 years and are now carrying over to bg3. i think morrigan & anders are both very straightforward about the fact that they have semi-private agendas that the pc’s self-interest won’t always align with. i’ve never considered either of them having “too much” agency to be a betrayal—same with gale’s secret, which he shares in act 1 out of concern for you anyway. and what about merrill, dorian, vivienne, velanna, shadowheart, and wyll. solavellans it’s literally just your man who’s the problem 🫰
Have you ever hallucinated? (hallucinations differ from illusions, which is experiencing real stimuli but interpreting it as being something different from reality)
please answer honestly, or simply hit show results. if there’s interest, i can make one for illusions as well. If there’s any confusion on terminology, let me know and I’ll be happy to explain.
reblogs to increase sample size are appreciated, but nobody is under any pressure to reblog this.
truly, no harsh noise project can ever approach the sheer auditory torture of existing in the same room as someone scrolling tiktok, like professional bad sound engineers couldn’t make a listening experience this unpleasant if they tried
please excuse my hater moment but i hate when people see two characters that have the most insane dynamic and they’re like but what if it was wholesome :) okay well what if they fucked nasty style and tried to kill each other all the time also
This is a Moving Forward PSA for everyone using AO3. I am witnessing the results of a culture clash and communication failure. Not a lack of communication, but a misunderstanding caused by changes in fandom culture.
Before fic tagging was common, fics weren’t tagged. You had a pairing, if applicable, an author’s note about genre or general content, and if they were feeling charitable, a vague content warning. There are even a few genres of fic where even vaguely tagging literally spoils the plot and impact (such as horror, psyche thriller, in which the likely content is implicit to the genre). As a result, there is a basic category tag that permits this, as a courtesy to “old-fashioned” writers.
“No Archive Warnings Apply” means the fic is PG13 at worst, probably fluff, totally safe.
“Choose Not to Use Archive Warnings” is the polar opposite. It’s a glaring Enter at Your Own Risk billboard. It means: a shitload of warnings apply but I ain’t telling because this story requires shock value. It’s very important to read the author’s notes for those fics because they might be using that older format from above.
But without the context of fandom culture that generated AO3, it’s understandably easy to conflate the two categories, given their similar wording.
“No Archive Warnings Apply” means there’s no
graphic depictions of violence
major character death
underage
rape/non-con
“Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings” =
HERE BE DRAGONS. (implies that one or more of the above exists, but the author doesn’t want to give anything away by tagging)
