Judging Those Other Fancy-arse People In That Fancy-arse Party.Selene Shepard And Thane Krios Are Still

Judging those other fancy-arse people in that fancy-arse party. Selene Shepard and Thane Krios are still having a blast. Selene Shepard & art © me Mass Effect, Thane by Bioware, do not copy

REASONS TO LOVE CARTH ONASI:

1) For a 10 pixel worth character, HE'S HOT YOUR HONOUR! 😍😍😍

2) Siths are raiding the ship, boy stays behind to make sure everyone of the crew has a chance to get to safety pods. 😌

3) He a smart boy! 😀

4) He always compliments you when you do something nice and he sounds so happy. Even if they are proper dumb things like casually giving random people hundreds of credits. 😛

5) Even thought he must at first really hate Canderous, he manages to push that aside for the greater good and isn't even really vocal about his annoyance. 😗

6) He immediately goes dad mode on Mission. 😎

7) He can be sassy and snarky as hell! 😂😂😂

8) In the cut 'Neutral' - 3° ending he goes back to Revan, declaring his love for her, ready to die, fully believing that in the end she will do the right thing. 😭😭😭

9) Even though he's suspicious about Revan and Bastila and could easily be reassigned to another ship, he sticks with them through thick and thin. 🙃

10) He's the kind of guy who takes torture but doesn't speak. He's so sweet though when he admits that he sorta hoped Revan and Bastila would spare him the pain. I dunno, it's such a human thing to say. 🥺

11) When baby falls in love, he really falls hard. He really just declared his love and admiration for Revan in front of everyone. 🥰

12) His annoyed remarks are funny! 😛

There I said it! I really like him and I can't wait to see him in HD in the remake!

Ack, I forgot to post this here – well, it’s still Sviat Vechir so it’s in the holiday season :D

For the @kotorgiftexchange, I wrote for @alyssalenko and her lovely Revan Triya.  We have some serious Carth love here.  Happy hols again!  It was a joy to write for you .

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“But take heart. Look around you. You’re not in this fight alone.” – Commander Shepard Been doing this piece quite some time now ‘cause wanted to fit all my peeps in one picture. I just love Mass Effect. Selene Shepard & art © me Mass Effect by Bioware, do not copy

one of those things that's really striking and interesting to me is how often it's simply not addressed when discussing low approval Solas + inquisitor that Solas is, in many ways, acting out his role as the fantasy trickster god. he comes to you in a very humble format; an apostate mage elf, which in the social dynamic puts him veeeeery low on the podium. one of the first things he does in his first conversation is address the fact that HOPEFULLY, the Inquisition will remember who helped, and who did not -- because it is a very real possibility, again, in the context of the social dynamic, for him to be fucked over supremely by the inquisition -- to put him back into a circle, etc. once it's over. of course, Solas knows, and we the player know, that this will never happen, because he's Fen'Harel and such and such. but when interacting with him IN GAME? that social dynamic is vital to understanding why Solas acts the way he does around you. it's fairly easy to rack up approval--simply make the effort to consider a perspective other than your own, a perspective from someone who society has deemed very low (elven mage). slam him down and be belligerent? it only confirms that the leadership here is rooted once again in power hungry individuals who will step on the lowest classes for their own gain.

it's quite literally... fantasy trickster god testing the hero to see if they will treat the humblest person with kindness, or need to learn the error of their arrogance. solas APPROVES almost entirely of things that promote elven and mage freedom, helping the needy, freeing those who need freeing, not playing into being an arrogant leader. when you punch him, in the social dynamic, you are exerted an abuse of power and authority that now goes beyond the verbal, into the physical. could HE, if he were a simple elven mage, defend himself? no. because an elven mage hitting the leader of a holy army back could have him be put to the death. none of this excuses Solas' own flaws, his faulty reasons for his actions, etc. but like, taking into consideration the actual social structure of the game and what kind of power dynamics are going on here, it's necessary to UNDERSTAND the character and what kind of choice you make here, and how it all informs Solas' idea that either 1. he's wrong, this world has things worth saving, but he cannot diverge from his course, even if he on some level wants to be stopped, or 2. this world is just as terrible as the one he left behind, and it needs to be undone.