This Physically hurts to Read

himluv:

makocartwheels:

laur-rants:

Then count me out. Sorry, BioWare. 

Source.

Well, HZD doesn’t have romance and that game is amazing. I get that we all love Bioware games for the romances, and this is disappointing as fuck.

But, if they truly want Anthem to be different, to be something totally new for the company, nixing romances is definitely a way to establish that.

This news hurts and gives me pause, but I’m still holding out hope that this story can be good.

I take issue with the phrase “the romantic stuff”. Could that be any more dismissive-sounding? As though “that romantic stuff” is just silly and frivolous and can be brushed aside?

Sure, it’s not necessary for a good game to have a romance component – HZD as an excellent case in point – but they need to be cognizant of the language they use. Romantic relationships in games – in movies, comics, books, stories of all kinds – shouldn’t be disparaged.

pikapeppa:

While Aloy and Nil stand in the midst of a decimated bandit camp…


Nil: Wow. That was… amazing. So will I see you again?

Aloy: This was just a one-time thing. I have to go.

Nil: Wait. What are you doing this weekend?

Aloy: Oh. Um… I’ve got stuff going on. Hunting… There’s this bunker I’ve been meaning to check out…

Nil: There’s a really great bandit camp at the Gatelands. I’d love to take you there.

Aloy: Yeah, maybe. Um, so I’ll see you around. [starts to walk away]

Nil: I’ll be there at sunset. We should meet up!

Aloy: [running away] Yeah okay maybe byeeeeeeee

Ok so hear me out: Modern AU where Nil is a hitman/mortician and Aloy runs the local flower shop with Rost and co. Teb is a bridal dress designer, Erend runs the city police and Avad is the well-meaning city council member who pokes his nose where it doesn’t belong. Nil’s regular florist for his funeral service is unavailable one week and so he stumbles into Aloy’s shop, immediately infatuated with her. Shenanigans ensue.

@problematic-cinnamon-roll OMG I READ THIS DAYS AGO AND LAUGHED A LOT AND THEN FORGOT TO REPLY, I’M SO SORRY TT^TT

But yes: basically LOL. I encourage you to write this AU 😂 I’ve never really done AUs, but the idea of these modern AUs is so adorable and this one makes me think of Dexter meets Imagine Me and You and basically that’s ADORABLE. So omg. Please be inspired to write these shenanigans. 

Sincerely,

– Your friendly neighbourhood Pika xoxo

ocean-in-my-rebel-soul:

Yo DA fanfic writers and other cool fandom peeps:

reblog this post if it’s okay to trash you in random OC memes, WIP shares, and other cool fandom ask-y posts. I feel like I’m tagging the same few people, and I’d love to meet other content creators!

Like, I’m a fic writer and often share things about my fics or OCs and such, so I wanna find more friends down for being tagged in things like that!

Sounds cool to me! I’m always open to asks about my baes and ships 😍