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Noir Detective

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Six Thoughts on Neve x Rook

These have been rushing around my brain like feral animals so:

If you save Minrathous/romance Neve, DA:V is the story of how Neve begins to process past trauma. When she enters the game, she is the cynical detective with a heart of gold. By the end of the game, she's squishier - willing to let others in even if it means heartache. She's a softy at her core and I think it's important to remember that soft ≠ weak.

By the end of the game, Neve still has a lot of trauma to process. I mean hell, I'm in my 30s and I'll probably be processing mine the rest of my life.

The pace of the game makes it impossible for Neve to shore up her defenses. Whether it's another team member showing her kindness, Rook getting under her skin, or the way things come to a head in Dock Town, Neve's coping mechanisms are completely overwhelmed. I think the dock kiss was a slip up - something that would never have happened if they weren't running around, fighting a desperate struggle. But the aforementioned soft side is literally clawing its way out. It saw the opening in Neve's defenses and leapt at the chance.

Neve is a workaholic but not in the normal sense. For reference, I'm a workaholic - I just worked 25 days straight (12 hours a day at least) because I love my job and the work I'm doing. But, at the end of the day, I still felt some regret. I lost so much time I could've spent doing other things. If Neve was doing all of this purely out of her own curiosity - which seems to be her defining character trait - I'd say she was a simple workaholic. But the dock scene tells a different story. Neve is convinced that her efforts don't matter. That nothing she does sticks. So she fights. Works even longer hours. All in the hopes that someday, something will stick and she'll feel worthy of people's gratitude. She doesn't regret the time lost because she doesn't think she deserves it.

As @scripts4dreamers post pointed out, Neve isn't magically healed of her desire to run by endgame. It will probably continue to come out, and they (Rook and Neve) will have to work through it together. It probably won't be as dramatic as my fic makes it out to be, but there will be a lot of emotional blocks that Rook will have to fight through if she wants to stay with Neve.

This is my PERSONAL opinion but: some friends and I have a running joke about people who appear to be tops but are actually bottoms. We call them ATABs (Assumed Top, Actual Bottom). In all honesty, Neve is probably a switch, but I like the idea that Neve puts on an act so people don't know how soft she is - or, how touch starved she is. That she loves being taken care of. And for my service-top Rook, that's quite a treat. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )

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seems fine!

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we have to start smashing the computers of nexus modders goes w/o saying don't harass the fucker, we all know they want attention anyway, just report the mod for violating community guidelines

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hello beloveds ☺️

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write that down, write that down!

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I haven't done one of these in a while

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End of the day, I'm used to counting on myself. It's how it's been.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Neve Gallus/Rook Characters: Rook (Dragon Age), Neve Gallus, Bellara Lutare, Isabela (Dragon Age), Davrin (Dragon Age), Lucanis Dellamorte, Taash (Dragon Age), Myrna (Dragon Age), Vorgoth (Dragon Age), Emmrich Volkarin, Assan (Dragon Age), Mistress Trella, Viago de Riva, Andarateia Cantori Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Lesbian Sex (mentioned), Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Jealousy Summary:

5 times Neve isn’t jealous and the 1 time she is.

Here it is! A big thank you to everyone who voted in my poll. Jelly Neve was the clear winner, but I’ll be writing a 5+1 for the “Rook is frustrated with Neve’s hot/cold act” as well. 

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"You know I'll try."

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Fuck it, here's every Nobleheart kiss/hug variation ever

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redid my best girl's poster

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neve gallus

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i put shadowheart in this DATV outfit and fdhsjfhasdfhs

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Jesus, her hair....

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I can be trusted with photo mode