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dragon age yaoi, we are so back

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Messaging people for the first time is so hard. What am I supposed to say? Like, "You seem really odd and your blog intrigues me. Do you want to have philosophical conversations or perhaps talk about fictional characters?" What! Whatever. I will just follow you back and stare at your blog with my big beautiful brown eyes.

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Keeping within the confines of DA:TV, here is how I'd "fix" the DAI romances in Veilguard. No, I won't address Solavellan, as this is about QUANTITY of content, not quality.

Talking to Harding about the Inquisition:

Rook could ask Harding about the Inquisitor's love life, and Harding will have a comment about it. Must be specific to the romance, no generic crap.

First meeting with the Inquisitor:

No changes except for the Dorian romance; the Inquisitor will not call him "a good friend" because WTF Inky.

If Minrathous was saved over Treviso, you will have a limited window to catch the Inquisitor and Dorian together in the Shadow Dragon hideout with some ambient banter. (There is no way for this interaction to exist if you save Treviso as the hideout is destroyed and Dorian's not a reckless idiot enough to just be hanging out in public; the man is in hiding and he will stay in hiding.)

Additionally, and this is just me being selfish! Ambient banter between Dorian and Mae, and/or Dorian and Tarquin (I doubt Viper would get in on it although if he would, I want it) about Dorian's love life would be hilariously wonderful, too.

Talking to Solas about the Inquisition:

No changes. (Honestly, while Solas having a comment about the Inquisitor's love interest would be delicious, I completely understand why he wouldn't say anything about the romance to Rook.)

Second meeting with the Inquisitor:

The "let's gossip about your love life, Rook" would not be limited to just Solavellans. There would also be a line from the Inquisitor about their romance and it will be very specific based on who they romanced, not some generic thing.

Choosing the Archon:

When discussing with Maevaris and Dorian who should be the next Archon, a special dialogue option to ask Dorian about what this means for his relationship to the Inquisitor would be SO appreciated. Dorian leaving southern Thedas to get involved in Tevinter politics was a Big Sticking Point in their romance in DAI twice, I was chomping at the bit to see if it was going to at least be addressed but noooo...

Final Battle:

The ambient dialogue between Dorian and the Inquisitor remains the same if Dorian was romanced. For everyone else, they will get a specific line of dialogue from Dorian and/or the Inquisitor about their romance in place of the dumb generic one that's already in game.

Epilogue:

Only for the Dorianmance, and tbh this is probably optional: if he is made Archon, then an additional line about the Inquisitor to close out their story, i.e., they stopped being in a long-distance relationship because the Inquisitor moved into the palace, or something. If he's not Archon, then it probably wouldn't make sense to have this line.

Ideally, we'd have text-only epilogues like in DAO and DAI so we can get more details for ALL the Inquisition romances, which can then include a Dorianmance epilogue if Mae was made Archon instead. It doesn't need to be long, just a sentence or two would satisfy many people.

Disclaimer/Conclusion: I'm no game designer, so to me, these seem like small things that could've easily been included. There are many reasons why I understand why we couldn't have the Inquisitor's love interest (who weren't Solas or Dorian) show up in the game, and as much as I would kill for a Dorianmance specific moment in a cutscene, I get why this may not have been in the cards. But non-Solavellans and non-Dorianmancers deserved at least a couple of more crumbs, and Dorianmancers deserved at least a tiny slice of the cake that Solavellans were able to enjoy.

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something something tarquin sees ashur's face for the first time

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Lighthouse Book Club

(Hc that my rook joined the club and to everyone's surprise became the most invested in it 👀)

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IDGAF if the women in my fiction are empowering or aspirational, I'm an adult, I don't need role models, I want the women in my fiction to be interesting, and if that involves being pathetic, hypocritical, amoral, or trapped in a delightfully dysfunctional relationship so be it

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since manfred is learning to read (+ speak), and spite/cole both like being read to, i thought it only made sense theyd have a little unofficial book club :) unfortunately some picks are more... ahem... educational... than others >_>

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I have a headcanon that the Inquisitor sent the Chargers in to save Dorian's ass. "Wait, the eclipse isn't supposed to happen for another-- BULL! Go through that eluvian and save my dumbass husband from his own martyrdom!"

Solavellan this, Rookanis that. Can we please talk about how funny it is that Dorian is an absolute husband guy for a romanced Inquisitor. [Dorian voice] I miss my husband, Rook. I miss him a lot. I'll be back.

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neve tops

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I love them so much!! They would absolutely be besties and you can't change my mind. <3

Thank you for this amazing and adorable doodle of my chaos gremlin nerd!!!

Borrowed @blkholeinfinity's Ziv (they/them) for a little doodle! You can't put Isra (he/him) in front of a fire and NOT expect him to dance.

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yet another adhd comic

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thinking about one of the first times rook flirts with neve and says “trouble’s not always a bad thing.”

then in the codex entry of neve’s notes after the dock kiss, neve writes “…but rook can back it. some trouble isn’t a bad thing. we really should get that supper sometime.”

MEANING that neve has been thinking about rook saying that since before the first major decision of the game.

rook, to me, is a person who has constantly gotten pushed away because they cause too much trouble when they try to do the right thing. their faction pushes them out of their home when they try to help people. varric gets killed hurt partially because rook tried a risky plan. and rook still tries to keep going and “causing trouble” in the eyes of some people because they know it’s right.

and here’s this woman, neve gallus, who chases trouble for a living and yet is terrified to let anything close to her because of how dangerous it is for both parties. neve gallus calls rook Trouble like it’s a good thing, because it is.

rook causes trouble and gets pushed away. neve chases trouble and tries to push people away who get too close. and somehow neve is still perhaps the first person (romantically) who likes that rook can cause trouble, even if it scares the part of her still trying to construct her emotional walls.

tldr: rook gets sent away for being too much trouble. neve gallus kisses them and calls them Trouble. the neve romance is everything to me

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i was going to do a rant about this before seeing this tweet but imma just leave this here

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I just think that.

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the full, concentrated power of THE SUN!!!