#slbfa

starlink: battle for atlas (2018) boldly asks the question “what if han solo was a lizard and a lesbian” and it answers this question with one zevram “shaid” va

on the topic of shaid (and eli), i really really love that on the way to arbor refinery in act 2, shaid reacts to chase’s assumption that eli’s a friend of hers by saying “hey, i never said we were friends.” neither a confirmation nor a denial. meanwhile, if you play as eli in act 2, he just casually says that shaid’s a friend of his when he introduces himself to skudd. he doesn’t call shaid his “associate” or his “colleague” or whatever. he says “a friend of mine named shaid.” and well i just think that’s neat.

shaid at the beginning of act 2 is so funny because she’s literally just like “lmaooo you guys sound just like this weird old guy i used to know. maybe you should go see him for advice haha— wait. wait no i was kidding. you know i was kidding, right? don’t go there. also i literally never said he was my friend. you’re making baseless assumptions. btw here’s his home address. i am only telling you this because you’ve forced my hand. just so we’re absolutely clear, i still think this is a terrible idea and i think you’re all dumb lol. i’ve also stated multiple times that he is not a reliable source of information so chatting with him will be a complete waste of time and he will not get us any closer to finding out what happened to your captain. but it seems we’re all out of options here and you all seem very desperate so i guess we’re just gonna have to visit the planet haven in search of arbor refinery—home of eli arborwood—on arbor island. i will now explain our history together in a manner one might consider wistful”