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girlofprey ([personal profile] girlofprey) wrote2013-09-08 11:55 pm

Vera, Coronation Street, and Dragon Age: Origins

I s2g Joe/Vera is the slashiest pairing that ever wasn't gay. I love them so much.

And tonight's story was really pretty dark, a genuinely terrifying and pretty realistic look at how psychopaths can start out and then flourish, when they know they can get away with things. And also, how fucked up private schools can be. Well done Vera.

And in Coronation Street, Stella - who has herself been raped - told her daughter that if Karl's creepy friend was harassing her, it was 'her own fault for being too desirable'. She also said that by complaining about him, her daughter was 'protesting too much' and 'probably had a secret desire for him'. I know it was said jokingly, but still. Weird continuity and weird values from Coronation Street there. Maybe Eva is supposed to fancy him. Maybe they want to bring Tez in as a main character and Eva's boyfriend when they eventually catch Karl. And they needed some weird dialogue to shoehorn it in. I hope they catch Karl soon. He keeps showing signs that he might actually start to get entertaining with his murdering and his craziness, and then never quite getting there. Obviously I'm glad he didn't kill Craig though. Anyway. I hope he is caught soon.

And I did love the various levels of family love and family betrayal at Max's birthday party tonight, but mostly I was distracted by how good David looked in that shirt. AMAZING. I have to say though, if you are a soap character who has done something wrong and managed to keep it a secret, the point at which you want to adopt a child is usually the point at which everything starts to go wrong. Tony wanted to adopt Liam Jr, and look how that turned out. Oh David. I hope he either adopts Max or breaks up with Kylie though, because them being David Platt, Kylie Platt, Lily Platt and Max Turner is creeping me out.

Also lately I have been replaying Dragon Age: Origins. I love is so much more than Dragon Age 2. And in the last couple of days I managed to get through the entire Fade section without changing the combat difficulty once. Even in the final fight with the Sloth Demon. Being a rogue and actually investing in stealth really helped. As did getting used to the shapeshifting system and all the benefits it could bring, like being able to use lyrium veins effectively in combat. Woo. I am trying to play it - with my Dalish female Warden - closer to the background I've found out about the Dalish since playing it the first time though, on wikis and in Dragon Age 2. And closer to how I think the culture clash would affect her relationships with the other companions. Which basically means I'm not making any great strides with any of them. Sten hates me because I won't massacre people, and I'm not willing to coddle Alistair just for his love either. Our relationship still continues apace, but still. It's such a weird relationship system. With a maximum of 100 'like' or 'dislike' points either way, conversations about your values and pasts can get you maybe 1 or 2 like points at the most, unless you pick the exact right ones. Like, I would love to get ridiculous and matey with Alistair. But I don't see my Warden doing it. I sincerely hope the romance system supports "we disagree over basically everything but how much we like each other, and justice" type relationships. The best relationships. Because that's basically the one I want to have with him. Or maybe I'll pretend we're having a mutually unspoken love affair held at bay by duty, and see how tragic I can make it. Knowing Dragon Age, pretty tragic probably.

One thing I am doing differently, though, is having more of my actual companions come along on adventures with me. It probably sounds limiting, but I kind of clung to Alistair and the dog I am apparently soul-bonded to in the first game, and then just had 'someone else' come along with us, probably a mage. I think we ran out of party banter conversations pretty early on. It's nice hearing the new stuff I never heard the first time around. Although it has been leading to situations like Sten hating me for not massacring people. Fuck you Sten. I have the Feastday Gifts DLC though, so I will probably just cheat all their allegiances at some point. Or maybe I won't, just to see what happens. Hmm.

And can anyone tell me, if they shop at Play.com, if the Play.com search engine is working for them at the moment? I go to the site and put something in the search box and hit return, and it either does nothing, or just puts a little # in the url. It doesn't seem to be loading anything, so I don't know if I'm just not waiting long enough. But it's frustrating. And it'd be nice to know if it's a problem with the site or my computer.

I don't have enough detective icons. Is what I've worked out from this post.

[identity profile] hestia8.livejournal.com 2013-09-10 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Joe is THE BEST. I love the whole show but he's always particularly great.

ETA: two days late so you've probably checked, but just looked on play.com and search is working for me.
Edited 2013-09-10 15:57 (UTC)

[identity profile] girlofprey.livejournal.com 2013-09-10 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I love Vera and Joe SO much. Did you see this week's episode, with nun who said Vera nearly got kicked out of school until she said NO, we need this child on the side of the ANGELS? I don't think the fandom is big enough for me to get the AU where Vera is a master criminal who keeps butting heads with a weirdly lovely new sergeant, and giving him tips on catching the low-level scum around there. THE AU I TRULY DESIRE.

Play.com is still doing nothing for me, so I guess it's a problem with my computer, or my IP at least. I've been having some problem with cookies lately, but I also keep clearing them. I did send Play.com an email asking what the problem was likely to be, but they haven't emailed me back so far. I don't know. At least I can still google "play.com [product]" when I want to buy something.