#- that that part of him (his capacity for sex and romantic love) died and simon took his broken heart with him when he abandoned arthur

[camelliagwerm]

Arthur finding love with Bull is not what I'd expected, but something that happened nonetheless and I am so glad it did. Like, for Arthur to be the headspace he is in now in Inquisition and beyond, it's a perfect match. Someone he doesn't have to be the Inquisitor with at all. There's no idolisation, no 'Your Worship', no 'my Lord', no 'Inquisitor'. He doesn't have to be the saint, the Herald, he doesn't have to be perfect and he doesn't have to hide his relationship, like he had to for so many years before.

He's found someone who loves him openly, who talks about how much he desires and cares for him publicly while still keeping things private when it matters. And Arthur in return can openly express that desire when he wants to, gets a thrill out of being able to love in public and knowing for the first time, him being in love isn't something that will be perceived as wrong and he simply doesn't care anymore if it causes a minor scandal.

I can just imagine how freeing it must be for Arthur, a Circle mage who had to love a templar in secret for 20 years, to finally be able to not hide that part of himself away like it's something shameful.