#-zev

[the-crystalized-cosmos]

-dawn Terms

[PT: -dawn Terms /End PT

Adaptdawn

[PT: Adaptdawn]

[ID: Two flags with varying stripe sizes. For the first flag there are 9 stripes and every other stripe is three times smaller than the rest. The colors from up to down are medium-dark pink-red, medium pink-red, medium-light pink-red, light pink-red, white, light turquoise, medium-light turquoise, medium turquoise, and medium-dark turquoise. In the middle there is also a flat style large white flower with 8 petals, with a smaller flower mandala cutout in the middle. The mandala cutout has several layers, which from outside in are a layer of tiny light pink-red triangles, a layer of light turquoise half circles, a layer of light pink-red petals and ending with a small light turquoise circle. The second flag is the same but without the symbol. /End ID]

A term for Sisasystems or other system groups whose origin is Adaptive, who in other words formed in response to trauma or other adversity.

Colors based on/from the Adaptive Origin flag, flags following the -dawn template.

Createdawn

[PT: Createdawn /End PT]

[ID: Two flags with varying stripe sizes. For the first flag there are 9 stripes and every other stripe is three times smaller than the rest. The colors from up to down are medium-dark blue, medium blue, medium-light blue, light blue, white, light purple, medium-light purple, medium purple, and dark purple. In the middle there is also a flat style large white flower with 8 petals, with a smaller flower mandala cutout in the middle. The mandala cutout has several layers, which from outside in are a layer of tiny light blue triangles, a layer of light purple half circles, a layer of light blue petals and ending with a small light purple circle. The second flag is the same but without the symbol. /End ID]

A term for Sisasystems or other system groups whose origin is Created, who in other words formed formed purposely for any reason.

Colors based on/from the Created Origin flag, flags following the -dawn template.

Spontadawn

[PT: Spontadawn /End PT]

[ID: Two flags with varying stripe sizes. For the first flag there are 9 stripes and every other stripe is three times smaller than the rest. The colors from up to down are medium-dark green, medium green, medium-light green, light green, white, light brown, medium-light brown, medium brown, and medium-dark brown. In the middle there is also a flat style large white flower with 8 petals, with a smaller flower mandala cutout in the middle. The mandala cutout has several layers, which from outside in are a layer of tiny light green triangles, a layer of light brown half circles, a layer of light green petals and ending with a small light brown circle. The second flag is the same but without the symbol. /End ID]

A term for Sisasystems or other system groups whose origin is Spontaneous, who in other words formed suddenly with no particular cause.

Colors based on/from the Spontaneous Origin flag, flags following the -dawn template.

Unknodawn

[PT: Unknodawn /End PT]

[ID: Two flags with varying stripe sizes. For the first flag there are 9 stripes and every other stripe is three times smaller than the rest. The colors from up to down are medium-dark magenta, medium magenta, medium-light magenta, light magenta, white, light gold-orange, medium-light gold-orange, medium gold-orange, and medium-dark gold-orange. In the middle there is also a flat style large white flower with 8 petals, with a smaller flower mandala cutout in the middle. The mandala cutout has several layers, which from outside in are a layer of tiny light magenta triangles, a layer of light gold-orange half circles, a layer of light magenta petals and ending with a small light gold-orange circle. The second flag is the same but without the symbol /End ID]

A term for Sisasystems or other system groups whose origin is Unknown, who in other words whose origin is unknown or uncertain. May also cover those who know their origin, and do not want to share it.

Colors based on/from the Unknown Origin flag, flags following the -dawn template

Mixedawn/Multidawn

[PT: Mixedawn/Multidawn /End PT]

[ID: Two flags with varying stripe sizes. For the first flag there are 9 stripes and every other stripe is three times smaller than the rest. The colors from up to down are medium-dark pink-red, medium red-orange, medium-light gold-orange, light green-yellow, white, light yellow-green, medium-light green, medium dull blue-green, and medium-dark blue. In the middle there is also a flat style large white flower with 8 petals, with a smaller flower mandala cutout in the middle. The mandala cutout has several layers, which from outside in are a layer of tiny light pink-red triangles, a layer of light blue half circles, a layer of alternating light green and light gold-orange petals and ending with a small light pink-red circle. The second flag is the same but without the symbol. /End ID]

A term for sisasystems or other system groups who have a mix of different origins, or who have multiple origins. These may be origins from different categories, such as being a mix of Createdawn and Spontadawn, or it could be multiple origins within one category, and example being having two Adaptdawn origins such as Stressdawn and Familydawn.

Colors based on/from a personal Mixed Origin flag (tho I believe a public version by someone else has been posted!), flags following the -dawn template

[ID: A thin light gray line. /End ID]

While the definitions can fall under their respective "parent" term (Adaptive, Created, Spontaneous, Unknown, Mixed Origins), we personally prefer using more specific terminology (so -dawn terms in general), and figured others might too!

As far as we are aware, none of these have been coined. However if they have, please let us know so we can credit the original coiner, and you can consider these alt flags (and potentially alt definitions if the definitions widely vary for some reason).

Tagging @pluralterms @radiomogai and @pluralitywords (please lemma know if you don't want to be tagged!)

[a-drama-addict]

not caring too much about a fandom’s favourite guy is the worst. you’ll think “oh i’ll look into the tag see if anything new and cool’s there” and it’s just that fucking guy again

[ruushes]

dancing lessons! have to pass the time at camp somehow 💃

[sashthesloth]

My original playthrough girls

[sparemoon]

Barbie and ken meme but with DAO companions

[perilegs]

I'm thinking about the Dalish conversation with Zevran and how he tells of the circumstance of his birth in the most matter of fact way and calls it the oldest tale in the book. If the Warden says it was horrible, Zevran plays it off with a nonchalant "Is it?" and says it's normal, especially for the boys he grew up with. But! He approves of you acknowledging that his past has been horrible to him. He keeps diminishing his own problems and trauma, and it's interesting because there are so many little aspects of him that show themselves in that tiny bit of dialogue.

Zevran, as a crow, is trained in the art of seduction and it has been one of the reasons he's still alive to this day. He knows it's typically unsexy to lament on how terribly your past has been affecting you. If you tell Zevran you're sorry for him, he immediately turns the conversation into complimenting the Warden.

It can be read as a test of character if one so chooses. Obviously Zevran isn't going to show a weak point to a person he just met, but, he is telling about himself, on a deeper level, and it's up to the Warden on how they react. Also, It's a good way to scope intentions and such. Zevran is still sharing information on himself, but on his terms. He chooses to tell the Warden about his childhood when all they asked was a question about the Dalish. And he sets a neutral tone to it.

Zevran's childhood is not a pleasant subject and he distances himself from it. It's far easier for him to talk about it that way, and it doesn't force him to process what he experienced and how it was horrible.

But he does enjoy someone, an outsider, reaffirming that what he went through was horrible, and it wasn't okay just because others have gone through the same and worse. Was there a moment in his past, where he even mildly suggested his childhood might have been less than ideal, and gotten back the reaction that it's no different from his peers? Or that he is lucky to have been bought by the crows?

"My first victim, as it were." Is that what the crows said to him? How they reassured Zevran time and time again how he was meant to be an assassin, it has been so since his birth.

[brambeag]

origins kick is kicking

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

My favourite recruitment is in Dragon Age, actually. Zev fails to kill you and languishes artfully on the ground as he tells Warden he's too sexy to die and the Warden agrees. No other meet cute compares.

[vigilskeep]

zevran in the dao epilogue is perfectly set on staying with a romanced grey warden and facing any danger from the crows together as long as they’ll have him, whereas in awakening his letter says that he has every intent of returning to them as soon as possible, but he “must deal with the crows” first. implying, to ME, a close-to-successful attempt by the crows between the two games, which made them a more pressing threat. perhaps an attempt in which he nearly lost the warden, explaining why he might insist on separating until the matter is resolved

[lomakes]

the trials of being married to a ranger with his animal bffs and his shapeshifting sometimes-gf

[the-crystalized-cosmos]

OCPD/AnPD Holder

[PT: OCPD/AnPD Holder /End PT]

[ID: Two flags. The first flag has a square diamond in the center. The diamond has two thin stripes extending from the right and left corners to the edge of the flag. The diamond is split in half top to bottom with the left half and left stripe being white, and the right half and right stripe being light gray. The top left corner is light blue and the bottom left corner is dark purple. Both of these corners extend at the same angle as the diamond sides, all the way to the top and bottom of the flag respectively. The top right corner is light purple and the bottom right corner is a medium-dark blue. The second flag has 6 horizontal stripes, from top to bottom the colors as dark purple, light purple, light gray, white, light blue, and a medium-dark blue. The white and light gray stripes are half the size of the other stripes. /End ID]

OCPD/AnPD Holder: A plural/system symptom holder subterm where someone holds symptoms related to Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder/Anankastic Personality Disorder.

[sotc]

Thank you to the absolutely INCREDIBLE @theesteppenwolf for taking on my commission of my warden, Milana Tabris and Zevran!

It's been a while since I've been able to treat myself to a comm and with having finished origins for the first time last month, these two have been on my mind A LOT!! This perfectly captures their little cute and flirty dynamic and I'm so so happy. 😻🫶

[friberchi]

"I have noticed that the painted elf seeks the attention of the Grey Warden" 🗿

[thoselittleboats]

BG3 text - Zevlor (8/?)

[bumblerhizal-art]

tell me this wasn’t basically zevran’s recruitment

[perilegs]