Did You Know: In Saarthal, when Tolfdir says “I’ve never seen this in Nordic ruins before. Look at all these coffins!”, he’s referencing the ceiling rather than the tombs on the walls?
never once in my life and hours of gameplay have i ever looked up in this chamber
you could probably write a paragraph or two about how they could have led the player’s eye upwards in some way since this is legit some cool environment design but they just completely failed to cause the player to see it
They could’ve done better certainly, but like, “Gamers Don’t Look Up” is a super interesting psychology/design problem that game designers have to work around. You have to try really hard to make people look up. They just don’t want to do it. If you’re gonna put anything at all above line of sight of your players you better have the equivalent of a giant blinking arrow pointed at it or they will literally never see it.
you know what could have made gamers look up? a large statue in the center of the room that is too large to see all of without moving your head
AU where Padme is a Jedi and Ahsoka is her padawan.
I’ll have the fic on your desk by Monday
The best part is the fact that Anakins not even like a tactful senator. He’s super popular but he and Padme have the exact same negotiation styles as they do in the normal canon
Senator: *starts insulting someone Anakin loves*
Anakin: *pulls out a gun on the Senate floor* say it again
Ahsoka always gets this wolfish grin on her face whenever she and Padme are assigned to protect Anakin because sure, Padme occasionally gets into aggressive negotions but mostly is pretty calm. Anakin, though?
Padme: Really, Ahsoka, I don’t see why you’re so eager for a dull bodyguard assingment with Anak—uh, Senetor Skywalker.
Ahsoka: The last time we were supposed to have a “dull assignment” with Skywalker he called Grievous “dooku’s punk clanker bitch” and blew up half his fleet.
Padme: I’m aware. I’m the one who had to duel Grievous while you held Skywalker back.
Ahsoka: And it was dope.
I offer this hasty sketch to this god-tier au
padme: We’ve been assigned to you as protection
Anakin: I dont need protection, I can handle myself!
Padme: No, you misunderstand, we’re here to protect people FROM you
One of my favorite tropes is post apocalyptic towns being named after dilapidated signs with missing letters, like Novac (no vacancy) and Eaden (dead end). There’s something inexplicable about it
I think it’d be funny if like. Black Mesa headquarters was directly across the street from Aperture
They weren’t initially, but due to them both building massive, sprawling underground complexes, eventually they both dug into each other. Trouble is, nobody noticed so now there are both Aperture and Black Mesa scientists running around in each others facilities, thinking “huh, this new wing has a VERY different aesthetic”
