Do You Think Dragon Age: Inquisition Wouldn't Have Improved Female Armour, If It Wasn't For Those Who

Do you think Dragon Age: Inquisition wouldn't have improved female armour, if it wasn't for those who spoke up about the misogyny in the past games?

Do you think Dragon Age: The Veilguard wouldn't have improved hair through working with Black consultants, if it wasn't for those who spoke up about the lack of diversity in the CC in the past games?

I could probably think of more examples if I wanted, but my point is this: Sometimes "fandom negativity" is necessary. Without people pointing out things like misogyny, racism, etc., we'd never see any improvement at all. By speaking about these things, we as fans tell BioWare that we are invested in their products enough that we care about seeing it get better.

The full glory of taash's alt armor,

Both the window AND the slit

𝐒̭ͫ̀𝐦̲̽͠͠𝐢̡͈͊̾̐𝐥̼͇̮̉͜𝐞̳̺͍̫̈ͦ̑́,̛̫͓̻̰ͤ̓̃̀́̀́ 𝐞̴̢̛̫̜̰̫̬̾͗͠͡𝐯̨̪̙̣͖͊̿̓̃͊̇͡𝐞̜̠̜̥͕͗̾͡𝐫̵̨ͨ͗ͤ̽ͯͤ̚͏͏̨̡̗̬̲̘̦͓́͝𝐲͛ͬͧͩ̂͊ͤ͗̈҉̶̴̢̟̙̭̹͈̺̯̼͇̕͠͠𝐨͉̪̻͙̫͙͔̓͊̿ͫ̒͒ͪ̎̚͘ͅ𝐧̶̶̵̢̡̘͚̦͓̜ͣͥ͌͘͞𝐞̷͐̂́͝҉̗̼̗̲̮ 𝐢͉̩͇̖̹̜͓̗̮͎̜̆ͧ͛ͮ͢𝐬ͩͣͣ͊ͪͭ̊̍ͫ̽̚҉̶̵̧̰̳̜̗̻͚̳̹͉̻͔̜͘͢͞͡ 𝐰ͫ͗̽͏͏̵̱̩͝𝐚̧͇̦̭͇͓̼̳̙̩̯̒ͬ̎̈̎̾̍̾̊̒̒̋͘𝐭̧̜̗̣͍̖͍̼̺ͨ́́́̕̕͝͠𝐜͚̥̺̰̣͉̲̝̖̩̫̲͈̱̻̞̍ͧ̽̄͊̎ͦ̂̑̂̌̉̍ͤͦ͡𝐡̵̨̤̯͎̝̞̟̟̬͕̲̮͖̆̾ͫͤ̂̿̽̄ͣ͑ͨ̌̀𝐢̧͈̠̊̾̾͋͆͆̽͛̀́̕͘͟͠𝐧̶̡̾͆̉̊̓̋̈́̾̑̌̾͗̋̿̆ͯ̽̾͘͟͝҉̝͍̲͈̜͚̮͇͖̣̲̯̘̼͈͖͎̀́͢͜𝐠ͥͤ̋̐ͯͩ̽ͮ͆̌̂ͧ́ͫͯͩ̈̅͏̡͞҉̛͈̠̣͔̼͙͍͔̱̮͕̼̼͖̱̥̮̬̀ͅ

I mean, once we've stopped the assassins and all that.

thinking about the ending of dragon age 2 as a mage hawke who sided with the mages at the end of the fifth blight, the warden defeats the archdemon and saves ferelden. they are paraded through denerim to the sounds of cheering crowds. if they don't survive, their memory lives on in a tale of great heroism and sacrifice for years to come. the inquisitor celebrates at skyhold with the rest of their companions after they beat corypheus, the threat finally ended, the inquisition a success.

but not hawke. you can fight with everything you have to support the mages, but there is no grand fanfare when it is over. the villain succumbs to corruption and dies unceremoniously - you don’t even get the satisfaction of striking the killing blow. you can’t get a round at the hanged man to celebrate. it’s time to go. you and your friends can never sit around your table at the hanged man again. you can’t be seen here when the templars come to clean up the mess. nothing will be the same. you have given seven years of your life trying to hold kirkwall together, accepted your accolades and played the part of champion, and you watch it fall apart anyway. and how much of that is your fault? this city has been stained in your blood since before you could remember, since before the blood was your own.

you lost your sister when you lost your first home. even so, you tried to live by the advice you gave fenris - when you stop running, you build a life. the estate that you clawed your family back into stands looming and empty. it is the last place you saw your mother alive, and you still can't bear to touch her things, and you will never even see her room again. bodahn and sandal are making preparations to leave for orlais, orana will find other work with the skills she's learned, and the house will remain, a hollow testament to your family's legacy. gamlen will hear only the stories. your brother fought by your side when it mattered, despite everything. even so, he will stay behind, and you might never see him again.

no, there is no time for a celebration. instead you get a cautious acknowledgement from the templars, a tense goodbye, and then you can never go home again. for the second time. you thought you could build a life, and you tried. you held on as long as you could, you made friends, you fell in love, you clung to the last vestiges of your family, but most of them will be forced to leave your side anyway. you won, but even that wasn't enough.

The list of Notable Blood Mages on the dragon age wiki is so fucking funny like it's literally

Ancient Blighted would-be god of death and misery, my uncle who fell for two different crypto scams, and the autism creature