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I keep seeing posts about how sad it’ll be when the Sole Survivor dies because then Shaun/Curie/Danse will be alone for the rest of eternity and I keep trying to remember if it’s even canon that gen 3 synths don’t age? It’s actually make more sense if they did because they’re almost entirely made of organic material, y'know the same stuff humans are made out of, and as we are all well aware humans age. And the Institute obviously hasn’t found a way to halt aging (Kellogg’s cyborgness notwithstanding). Having them not age would also make the Institute’s mad science scheme of killing people and replacing them with synths kinda pointless because it’d never be feasible for long. Especially in Danse’s case, he’s been with th BoS for a while and they’d probably notice his eternal youth. Point is, I’m pretty sure gen 3s age. So can we please start making some happy headcanons instead of this eternal sadness?

as a hamster owner myself, i can confirm that baldur’s gate 3 accurately represents the hamster / hamster “owner” dynamic

The Sole Survivor’s Sentinel rank has nothing to do with Maxson’s trust

So if you play through the BoS ending, you get promoted to Sentinel for your part in helping take down the Institute. One criticism about this is that it seems incredibly strange that Maxson would come to trust you so quickly, especially if your decision in Blind Betrayal was to go against his orders. He even promotes you to Paladin immediately after completely Blind Betrayal, no matter what decision you made. It seems way too sudden and that Maxson is putting too much trust in you that has no basis whatsoever, something that reads like bad writing (and well, considering Bethany “four dead wives” Esda, I wouldn’t be too critical of anyone who says it’s just bad writing).

But what if your promotions don’t actually have anything to do with trusting you?

Let’s look at what happens after Blind Betrayal. No matter what happens during the quest, you get the same outcome; you are promoted to Paladin, you are given Danse’s quarters on the Prydwen, and you are given his power armor to use as your own. You effectively take Danse’s position, getting his rank, his quarters, his armor, literally everything he owned that was left on the Prydwen. You replace Danse in the Brotherhood. There’s a void in the chain of command that needs to be filled, so you’re put there.

And then, the promotion to Sentinel. The Sentinel armor was already on the Prydwen, so Maxson clearly intended to name a Sentinel while the BoS was in the Commonwealth. And if he was intending to name a Sentinel, he probably also had a person in mind already, because Maxson isn’t psychic and probably didn’t see you coming. But who was he considering?

Remember back to Danse’s quarters, which are now yours. Around his quarters are Maxson’s room and Kells’ room, the Elder of the Brotherhood and the Captain of the Prydwen, respectively. Danse’s room was right next to the two highest-ranking officers on the ship. That part of the ship is effectively the officer’s quarters. Danse is a Paladin, but he’s not as high up on the chain of command that he’d be equated with the highest leadership. So what’s his room doing there then?

So we’ve got a) Danse’s room right next to the rooms of the two highest-ranking leaders on the ship, b) the likely intention of Maxson granting the Sentinel rank to someone on the ship, and c) you replacing Danse in the chain of command.

Danse was going to be Maxson’s Sentinel, hence why his room was so close to the other high-ranking officers’ rooms. You’ve replaced Danse’s place in the Brotherhood, as established by you taking his rank, his room, and his belongings. So, as Danse’s replacement, you become Sentinel after the Institute falls.

It has nothing to do with whether Maxson trusts you or not. Maxson likely doesn’t know how to emotionally deal with Danse’s absence in a healthy way. The closest way to coping he has is to fill the gap with something else and act like nothing is wrong. He makes you the Sentinel not because he trusts you, but because he’s mentally replaced Danse with you.

That’s what the Brotherhood taught him, after all. When you lose someone in command, you just replace them. Just like how fallen Elders are replaced with new Elders, Maxson replaces a fallen Danse with you.

You know what? I am actually legitimately pissed off about the Shaun tags. 

Ya’ll are like “He’s so cold and unfeeling! I’m your fucking father/mother! You should love me! You should adore me!” 

Bitch, he lived for 60+ years never even fucking knowing you. You took a god damn nap, woke up 210 years later and spent a year collecting garbage and saying “Hm, I wish this game would have given me time with my kid so I could give a shit about him.” 

Don’t sit there and play the fucking victim card you hypocritical jackasses. You had more time with him than he did with you. You were there when he was a baby in the crib, playing with him. Running to the vault and seeing how much your characters friggin loved him. 

He. Never. Knew. You. 

He. Doesn’t. Remember. You.

“He treats me like I’m some…experiment!” 

He thinks it’s fascinating that you could unconditionally love someone you don’t know just because he’s your kid! You missed 60+ years of his life, found out he’s the head of this “evil organization” and you still love him just because he’s your son!

“It’s wrong that he thinks your husband was collateral damage!”

HE DIDN’T KNOW HIS DAD. HE WAS RAISED BY SCIENTISTS IN SAFETY UNDERGROUND NEVER KNOWING HIS PARENTS. 

My great grandmother killed herself by drowning herself in the river when I was a kid. When I found out, I didn’t actually…feel sorry. I felt bad that she committed suicide, but I didn’t miss her. I didn’t feel love for her. I didn’t feel shit past “Oh wow that’s horrible that you assholes just let her do it”. Why? I DIDN’T KNOW HER. 

Yet he tells you that he thawed you out, organized you to cross paths with Kellog and felt it was some sort of revenge on both of your parts that you killed him. 

He set you free to see if you would go off and look for him. If your love was really strong enough to push you through hell and high water to find your missing son. 

You were an experiment, but you were more than that. You were a reminder that he could have had a life filled with love instead of hard numbers and cold facts. Kellog was a reminder that the Institute took that away from him. Your survival was proof that you love him so much and it’s remarkable. 

He thawed you out because he wanted to know. 

If after all of these years, 

after all of the rumors and harsh and horrible things you heard about the institute

if you’d still love him. 

He’s a dying old man taking a break from his hard work he dedicated his life to to reflect on what he’d missed out on before he died. 

He just wanted to meet his father/mother. 

He just wants you to love him, even if he doesn’t know how to properly respond to it. 

Your dedication to him is remarkable. 

RIP Kentaro Miura

I can’t believe it was kept in the wraps for 2 weeks… but I’m a bit flabbergasted and still processing that Kentaro Miura has passed away.

It’s pretty easy to understate how big his influence is in art. Without him, we wouldn’t get Dark Souls and Bloodborne, and the animators and artists of Castlevania explicitly said he was in an influence in their work.

Miura, in my opinion, had one of the greatest eyes for detail and some STRONG, STRONG, STRONG visual imagery almost untouched by… well a lot of people really.

He pushed the visual imagery of fantasy and horror in new and exciting ways, and it’s a test to his timeless writing that we’re still invested in Berserk for decades.

RIP Mr. Miura.

Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, has been tormented by a Brazilian man named Osvaldo for the last several years.

Here’s my red rocket garage

(I put way too many images on this wall)