Recent content by The Elf Herself

This makes me feel so much better. I have social anxiety. I'm not "shy" or "introverted," I'm actually really frigging terrified of people. I do not DO social interaction very well. It takes time with me. Video games are one of my safe havens, where I can go and be ALONE and have fun. If they...

I'm unsure how to answer this. Which of them is closer to me? Which looks like they're going to drown FIRST? Do I magically have enough strength and wherewithal to actually help a person (and yet not have the ability to, you know, throw a sodding rope)? Is my asthma also mystically gone? Am I...

People assume that because I'm an English major, I should never speak with any grammatical errors. Ever. "You just used a fragment as a whole sentence and began it with 'because'? Shock and horror! What did you pay $160,000 for a degree for?" Words have power and meaning. It is all about getting...

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I genuinely liked both games. I prefer DA:O by a lot - a lot a lot - but I thought DA2 was pretty okay. Outside of the copy-pasted environments and annoying wave combat, I thought it was basically inoffensive. It was just too jarring of a shift in tone, storytelling style, and gameplay for a...

I've never even thought of this as a problem, to be honest. The part that matters to me when I buy the game is the game. I'm not going to keep the box/case, I'm not going to buy it and not play it, I'm not going to re-sell it, and I'm not going to erect a shrine to the Game Gods - I'm going...

Irish - I love almost anything to do with potatoes as long as they still taste vaguely like potatoes. (Putting garlic and cheese and bacon in mashed potatoes so they've got a weird texture and I can barely taste potato in there is heresy.) I was raised Roman Catholic. I'm an atheist now. I...

There are some I would have posted, but others have talked about them already, like the Firefly and Land Before Time deaths. Here are some I haven't seen talked about yet.

That's awesome. I actually had to sit and think about my choice for a while. I played with a generally good character who makes fun of everything, but who took her commitment to the Grey Wardens really seriously underneath. So I had to sit and think about her choice for a while. It was a hard...

Thank you for saying this. Meredith could have been a much stronger antagonist. I agree that the Arishok was done much better. I can even see why his ideas would appeal to people. Now, I do think Loghain had some redeeming qualities in DA:O, especially if you talk to him early on at Ostagar...

You know, it's funny. I was just thinking about this the other day and I came to the realization that I have a "type." I didn't know I had a "type," and I'm sorry that I can't really apologize for it. I feel horrible and shallow, but give me a guy with pretty eyes, a sense of humor that borders...

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Ha! I never thought of that! Oh, Varric. You lovable mug. As for everything else you said, I hope you're right. I would love a Flemeth as Puppet Master kind of thing. That would be pretty neato.

I adore Dragon Age: Origins. I love the lore and get lost in the world. If Alistair were a real person, he'd have broken ribs from the hug I would give him, and Morrigan would be eternally confused because I keep being unexpectedly nice to her. I have four complete playthroughs of the game and...

Chicken nuggets + chocolate milkshake. I've gotten some weird looks, but I don't care. It's tasty.