#which made me remember this conversation and how much I hate the aery / sohm al and what they represent dvhbbjhgdf

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sorry I'm whinging about these dungeons again bc I just hate them

#saint.txt #spoilers #major spoilers #ishgardposting #estinienposting #sorry I started thinking again abt how utterly fucked up it is that dragoons are deliberately retraumatized over and over and over again #until they have instinctual reactions to the sound of a dragon roar bc their helmets are specifically designed to make that noise #as the wind passes over them during a jump or fall #and how utterly fucked up that is in the context of esti.nien being who he is and and what he has been forced to live through #and how much the process of the dragonsong war completely and utterly abused him moreso than literally anyone else in any other conflict #and how he's a literal child soldier and how this trauma means nothing to his character in the grand scheme of things bc his HW writing #never manages to live up to its potential bc he's just so flat and fails to fulfill even his role as the ishgardian foil to nid.hogg #bc as written he is not actually an angry character in a way that's actually a character flaw #which made me remember this conversation and how much I hate the aery / sohm al and what they represent dvhbbjhgdf #and like it's particularly disappointing bc even if we have to keep both they *do* have actual potential but they just don't. #both of the dungeons are fucking horrific events in the course of the war. this is never engaged with seriously bc the Horde have no nuance #They are just enemies for you to kill and the morality of immediately slaughtering dragons in their own sacred spaces and homes #esp. after you have literally just learned they are sentient and have lives and are not responsible for the war you're fighting #is never engaged with and is glossed over bc the Horde are mindless animals to kill and esti.nien as a man is always right #it just annoys me so much bc all the pieces are literally right there.