[ SECRET POST #3126 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3126 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i.imgur.com/Vu6W7JU.png

[dethtoll]

Wait 40 hours and they'll be back?

[(Anonymous)]

I came here to say this.

[kallanda_lee]

Well, maybe 85 or so if they're thorough.

[(Anonymous)]

120 if they're trying to friendship-romance Fenris.

[kallanda_lee]

But it's so rewarding though.

[(Anonymous)]

I did all the side-quests and DLCs and got full-friendship on everyone and I only clocked in around 42 hours. Have... have I missed something or am I just really efficient?

[kallanda_lee]

mostly I just like to derp around.

[elaminator]

Haha, like 40 hours is long enough to complete a Dragon Age game. (...Okay, it probably is, but I don't think I've ever done less than around 70 or 80.)

The game will eventually end though, so unless there's something else going on IDK why OP wouldn't get their friend back.

(Uh...unless said friend hasn't played Inquisition yet, and plans to do that after DAII...then gets into the fandom. They might very well disappear for a couple months in that case.)

[dethtoll]

Can't be longer than Dead State. I'm 60 hours in and I'm not even halfway done!

[(Anonymous)]

If they get into the fandom all bets are off. I lost a fandom friend to that earlier this year. She picked up Inquisition and dropped off the face of the earth. Stopped responding to messages (it's not like we only talked about our shared fandom either!), made a new tumblr and completely abandoned the old one (even though the old one wasn't just a fandom blog but was an EVERYTHING blog), and basically just doesn't talk about anything but DA now and doesn't talk TO anyone who isn't part of DA fandom.

It's making me really sad to type out man. This was seven months ago. I'm pretty sure she's just gone to the world.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I know my RP stalled for something like two or three months when I was playing DA:O, and then when I came back, Kizár had a backstory that included living in Thedas for a thousand years.

I'd say that counts as falling into the fandom, even if I personally held onto LotR as well.

[(Anonymous)]

PLASSSSTIIIIIIC CHIIIIIPPPSSSSSSSS

[fishnchips]

This has so much room for interpretation!
Did OP lose them because they are too immersed in the game to still care about their friendship?
Did OP's friend fall in with the more batshit parts of the DA fandom and has becom insufferable?
Is it as simple as a "Anders did nothing wrong" dispute or something similar?

[diet_poison]

MTE. I want to know exactly what OP means.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

You have a point there.

[(Anonymous)]

It's okay, OP. Just Rival them instead!

[(Anonymous)]

News flash: you never lose your friend to a video game. You lose them because the two of you change and no longer have compatible personalities and 99% of the time when someone blames the canon it's because they don't want to admit they fucked up.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that's not true. It'd be nice if it was. It'd mean the world makes sense. But sometimes people get really caught up in frivolous shit and let their friendships go to the wayside because of it.

[(Anonymous)]

LOLNOPE. Sometimes your friend just has issues being dragged out of the fictional world they're enraptured in enough to realize, "Oh, hey, I have responsibilities, like maintaining friendships and taking care of myself."

I don't have a friend like that, noooope! (In this case, it wasn't fandom, but a poorly-chosen college major she wasn't cut out for.)

[ex_mek82]

I'm sorry, OP. DA2 is pure poison, I know. :(

[(Anonymous)]

I kept hearing about DA from multiple people, and when I finally played it without knowing anything about the canon, I pretty much lost them all too. and yes, it's Anders and general worship of absolute lack of any responsibility.
I also thought Sebastian has a point and liked him best. another crime of mine, apparently.
still loved the franchise a lot. it was all worth it, hehehe.

[cbrachyrhynchos]

It's the fandom that turns templars vs. mages and modding into SJW wank.

[(Anonymous)]

it's not really strange to turn it into a dialogue about human rights, but the loudest part of this fandom is batshit insane, imo.

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh, Anders stans. It's a very opinionated fandom but there's a lot of support for the less popular characters out there, too. Don't let the fanatics get you down. :)