#DORIAN is that man lbr

[invinciblerodent]

Hello!! I am so in love with the Veilguard companions already and I am 👀 very curious about your own opinions. Do you have an idea of what companion you would want to romance with your first character? Did you have a character that really stood out to you as a character you want to get to know better?

For Inquisition my immediate favourite character was Dorian for many a reason, but with Veilguard I'm less sure - from appearances alone I'm a little in love with Davrin and Bellara but I honestly find them all really interesting.

Oooh, bless your little SOUL for giving me a reason to rant!! Thank you for asking, I am blowing you many, many kisses and offering many an apology for the unfiltered thoughtstream below, lol.

As much as I've been yearning for a romanceable dwarf companion for a literal decade and a half, and as delighted as I am to see Harding most likely fill that niche (fingers, toes, and all crossable appendages crossed), I can't deny that I'm just.... immediately drawn to Davrin, to a degree I absolutely did not expect. Which is honestly not like me at all, but there is just something about the introduction, his voice, and the fact that he is (or seems to be) a genuine Grey Warden, from Weisshaupt (who probably knows the Warden-Commander!!!!), that just struck such a chord with me.

I've always loved the sheer dramatics of the Wardens: that sense that a happy ending is pretty much impossible for them, them being duty-bound and required to throw their lives at the threat in the event of a Blight regardless of their personal feelings, the constant ticking of the clock from the moment of their Joining that's counting down to their tragic deaths, the undercurrent of doom that they inherently carry just by being who they are, them being both the sickness and the cure at the same time, it just.... I love it.

Even if in the game there will be an opportunity to cure him of the Taint (which I'm guessing might happen, since it's been kind of a thread that's been following the story since Origins, and it sounds like a fitting story arc to give to the one Warden character guaranteed to show up), I think without knowing anything else, that already makes for a nice, solid base for a story, even a romance. And, him being described as a bold and charming monster hunter on top of that, that's just really, really appealing to me. He's got kind of a slight Wyll Ravengard, but there are a number of characters that fit that description that I really like (my partner's first thought was Xenk Yendar from Honor Among Thieves)- AND he's gonna share a voice actor with Javik from ME3, so I'm like, sold immediately. Like, listen to this man speak. Come on now.

...... This, of course, could be overwritten in a second- my immediate first impression is that the character I have planned (only in the vaguest of terms) might very reasonably fall for someone like that, but it's almost equally likely that any one of them will just bat their eyelashes at my girl, and she'll (I'll. lbr, I'll.) be a lost woman, lol.

There's honestly not a character in this lineup that I can't see myself getting very interested in. Davrin is a definite standout (god I hope we'll get to call him Dav), but Bellara is is kind of giving me a similar feeling as Peebee did when Andromeda was revealed, so I'm very curious as to how that'll work out (she's SO CUTE??? and described as a ROMANTIC????? HELLO??????), and Taash's vibe, I really like so far- especially her name. Like, I'm sure it's derived from "ataashi" (yknow, qunlat for dragon) and means something like "Glory" or "Greatness", but I'm very curious to see how she and these "Lords of Fortune" will play into the overall plot. I only vaguely recall them being mentioned in the netflix show (Absolution) which I've only seen once when it was released, so I'm flying totally blind on them, lol.

But also, a Mortalitasi companion is inherently just really cool, especially considering how little we know about Nevarra, Neve is the POV character in Streets of Minrathous (from Tevinter Nights) which I'll HAVE to reread but remember also being cool (upon a quick googling that's not the one Dorian shows up in, I got excited because I could have sworn and thought she'd know him then), and Lucanis is in The Wigmaker Job (same book) which I'll ALSO have to reread but ALSO remember being one of the stories I liked most in that book, and just.....

Head in my hands, they all sound so fun, every last one of them. I'm reading The Missing (the comic, I think the only one I've not read yet) in another tab literally right now, and I'm like bouncing in my seat over the buddy-cop back-and-forth between Harding and Varric. I don't remember being this giddy about a game release.... literally ever. The only comparable event was Andromeda for me (I didn't have time to be excited about Inquisition, I was still oblivious and playing DA2 for the first time when it came out), but even though I love both, deep in my heart of heats I'm so much more of a Dragon Age girlie than I am a Mass Effect fan.

..... For my Rook, I decided I think sometime around 2017-2018 or thereabouts that her name is going to be Verbena (like the plant, Ver for short), and I think she's going to be human warrior, or the closest thing to it, depending on how classes are gonna work- because as much as dwarves are my favorite, and as much as I think the trade relationships with dwarves that Tevinter have could play really interestingly into the story, I've learned my lesson from playing a Cadash, and I'm gonna go with a standard height race for my first run. (I don't wanna miss the action the first time around because of a slightly off camera angle and a misplaced table leg, lol.)

I've only thought of Ver in the vaguest of terms, no backstory, just vibes and associations (primarily based on the name), and kind of a voice, but I don't wanna plan too far ahead or too specifically on anything, I'm just very excited to just explore things as they come! ❤️❤️❤️

[nochi-quinn]

campaign 3 episode 50: there's only seven of you (for now)

Let's see if I can do a liveblog after six weeks of not watching!

(it started to feel like a job)

I miss jester

IT IS BEGIN

I know we're probably getting Keyleth but god would I love a Dorian cameo

aw, I miss marisha's "girls" tank

liam with the thumbhole hoodie is very good tho

liam

"orgy 2.0"

if a skyship leaves the dock at 8pm going 120 feet per round

"ira get the FUCK up here"

enjoying the corruption arc of the changebringer entirely through fcg

anyone: ludinus liam: >:[

"bacchanalian" greek mythology exists in exandria, canon

"you would turn into a bird - " "and fly far, far far away" what a reference

man I got noise canceling headphones for christmas for the first time ever and I've barely taken them off since, imogen is a mood

this whole "crash the ship" plan is big "ram the blade ship" energy

stop saying final destination

oh THAT was a throwback

oh we've reached Marisha Chair Perch and we're not even in combat yet

relax she's just putting it out there

"no plan survives contact with bells hells" is not as catchy as "no plan survives contact with the mighty nein" but is equally as true

matt changing the light to move them along like turning the light off in a daycare to signal naptime

uh oh spaghettios

laura literally stopping mid-sentence to let them meme sdkfjsl

matt stop death flagging xandis

meanwhile ira is living his best life

"I'll look for a tree" oh the flashbacks

laudna puts on skin tone foundation but doesn't blend the neck

fearne: you shut the FUCK up

"don't do anything stupid" "oh this is ALL stupid"

I am not prepared

neither are they

if xandis dies I riot

sam

I'm not okay

ASHTON

where the fearne/ashton shippers at, come get your juice

you know liam's distracted, he didn't reach up instead of out

no plan survives etc etc

DISLIKE

"that's above your pay grade, son" holy shit imogen

oh shit

DON'T SPLIT THE PARTY kdjflks

tag urself I'm ashley

"welp, we gotta kill them" sam reads my persona 5 liveblogs

guards: purple sus

TRAVIS

sam

HIM BIG

all this cool stuff I can't afford makes me wish I had an in-person game

or any game, lbr

TREE OF DREAD

"titties?"

"good thing I got this ring of fire protection" slkdfjf

"now we're playing with portals"

IN-TENTS

"testicles" I heard that liam

"can I try to - fuck it" right in front of my salad?

their bane noises are starting to sound like furbies

ykw travis had a point can we have fjord's ring of fire protection

"I'm gonna use a toy" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

YEAH

hey

hey matt

hey matt what the fuck

SHE??

"she looks like an asshole" marisha: fuck yeah she does

"is the dirt wizard here?"

"he's quite a loyal dog" something something dog of the military FMA joke

HE

liam exploded

the accent

travis also exploded

extremely funny to hear beau try to talk shit about anybody else's stealth plans

"cool if we kill your mom?" beauregard

"shut the fuck up, wolfy"

l i a m

"they're level nine you guys"

(level nein)

quick somebody ask caleb what time it is

all of the german is slowly leeching out of matt's accent

travis had the same thought as me sldjfsk

marisha's goblin crouch perch

chetney

liam finally got to be on the other side of that

nobody told you to wolf out, chet

laudna's crush on ira is funny when it's fucking around but when she starts genuinely arguing he wouldn't do some fuck shit in a heartbeat it's annoying

I THOUGHT SO

oh that timing gives me anxiety

[aglaecan]

have you ever seen a man so beautiful you started crying

[danielnelsen]

i already have negative feelings towards non-mlm who obsess over mlm ships (especially when you're preoccupied with their sex lives), but yall really act like you wanna be progressive and break stereotypes then make the skinny guy feminine and a bottom and make the larger guy masculine and a top and like............ please just have some imagination

[lillotte17]

I am definitely half asleep, which should tell you about the quality level of this post straight out the gate, but i was going through my old saves and watching the romance scenes for my different PTs (as one does) and like...

Everyone else has this slow build up to the Love end of things. Some of them don't even get there until Trespasser (looking @ you Dorian- yes yes he feels it but he doesn't say it.) And that's not a complaint! That's normal! You start with affection and attraction and see where it goes, and lbr all of the DA companions have some...Things to work through before nailing down Big Feelings.

And then we have Solas.

One kiss. One (1) singular kiss, and that man is gone. Lost. Sunk. Out to sea. Lost in the Sauce. Flung into the depths.

And I would argue that he's actually gone before that, but that's when he knows it. And he freaks out because 'oh no oh no this is literally the absolute WORST timing for this to happen holy SHIT.'

And he tries to fight it off, or figure out if there is some like...magical mark-induced reason for why he's absolutely banana-grahams for this mortal woman he has only known the tiniest fraction of his impossibly long life, but there isn't one except that he's lonely as fuck and her genuine awesomeness is just apparently the kryptonite to his rational thinking power.

This man, who is so so careful with the way he says everything always just... Once he caves, it is his first admission. In his native tongue, no less, as though he cannot help himself.

I cannot lose you. I love you. You are my heart. I love you, I love you, I love you.

Back in ye olden fandom days, there was a whole bunch of fights about the sincerity of Solas' affections, since he 'lies' and dumps you, but like...things are a mess because this whole-ass man is a mess and he doesn't do anything that is NOT a mess, but just...fucking hell. He has loved her for so long. He doesn't strike me as love-at-first-sight kinda guy, but like I'm giving him like...a month at Haven tops before he's a goner.

Solas is the one who falls first and hardest out of all of them.

[sapphim]

Which D&D do you think would best suit each companion in Inquisition?

d&d wouldn’t be my system of choice to emulate dragon age. that said! wicked grace night turns into d&d night?

varric is, of course, both the dm and the instigator.

cassandra and cullen both show up with human paladins. they're predictable like that. lbr it takes cassandra a while to get comfortable with the whole roleplay thing but once she's got it (much later) varric can probably encourage her into something more out of the box.

josephine wants to play a face role, and goes for bard, one of the cute small or furry races. her character comes across as extremely innocent but has quite the devious streak.

leliana begs out of participating like "oh no I am much too busy with my important spy things I simply cannot commit" but tbh she feels kind of weird about cheating on the home game with another campaign. (the home game is, of course, a west marches-style hexcrawl that's been running out of vigil's keep for the past decade and has built up entire tomes of lore) varric badgers her into acting as the bbeg, giving her post-game updates on the party's actions and asking what she'd do in response. it's a big reveal when they meet leliana as the bbeg at the end of the campaign and she really hams it up.

vivienne plays a wizard and attains a level of system mastery that proves devastatingly effective.

iron bull crossplays, tbh, a great big strong sexy muscle lady. barbarian seems obvious but tbh I'd like to see him get creative with hexblade. either way, he's the main cause of most of the trouble the party gets into.

sera is the other main cause of most of the trouble the party gets into. varric indulges her with expanded crafting rules so she can play the grenade and trick-shot arrow build she wants. likely also a great big strong sexy muscle lady lbr.

dorian plays a tiefling because he's gay and they're fancy. maybe a warlock for that extended family disappointment vibe. playing a disaster tiefling is a babygay rite of passage tbh. just let it all out, dude.

cole plays a life cleric. he just wants to help. he highkey doesn't understand the concept of not metagaming but varric loves him anyway, even if he does occasionally reveal important campaign secrets at the most inopportune times.

blackwall plays a no fuss no muss fighter man who has absolutely no deep dark backstory secrets he's keeping hidden from the party, varric, so stop asking.

solas is. awful let's be honest. this is so much worse than the system he used to play 50000000 years ago. he also has a tendency to argue with the dm when things don't go how he planned and sulk when the party ignores his brilliant suggestions. he drops out of the game pretty quickly and it's for the best.

dagna (alchemist) and lace harding (ranger) join in later as his replacement.

hawke finds out about the game and excitedly breaks out their character sheet for their busted 3.5e epic level prestige-classed dragon disciple/whatever/whatever to join in and varric has to break it to them that he's running 5e now and the party is only like level 5. the good news is that varric has been using the characters from the kirkwall campaign as gods in this one and he's not going to pass up this opportunity for hawke's character to make a guest appearance. hawke spends quite a bit of time trying to cajole the party into worshipping them and very nearly succeeds in cassandra's case.

[omoghouls]

You’ve talked a lot about Ethlam omo, but do you have any hc about the rest of the inquisition’s pee habits? :O

ùwú heck yyye i do!

- Sera doesn't give a fuuuck she'll pee whenever and wherever if you allow her (or even if you dont, she ain't following the rules 😂)

- Dorian being Mr tevinter isn't always too keen on picking up the habits of those around him- aka he haates the idea of having to pee anywhere that isn't a proper washroom, god knows what's in the woods or who could sneak up behind and back stab.

- Josephine being that of nobility, would also have a bit of a tricky time adjusting to these new customs, she's a bit shy/reserved about her pee needs and would rather not bring that to attention of anyone around her

- Cole, if choosing to become more human than spirt has a hellla hard time with that whole human's have functions. Varric basically has to remind him to pee in the beginnings bc/ Cole will just straight up not realize that what he drinks eventually needs to leave his system xD

- Iron Bull, mans has the bladder of a damn bull and probably loves literal pissing competitions lbr

Ahwjwjwjiw thats all i have for rn ;0;💕

[nochiquinn]

exandria unlimited episode 6: opals opals everywhere

ah they got her

how did I forget robbie has full sleeve tattoos

"questionable in all things" is my new twitter name

aabria leave this man alone

sparkly omar can stay

dorian no

opAL

"I am Aware of Purple"

did opal miss ted's extremely stressed tone or did aimee

or am I projecting

aabria throwing this hook full-force at aimee's head

don't chase the waterfall

shades of the cannonball competition in c1

A Rotten Birdsomething

the dad instincts are irrepressible

I Want To Go To There

"did you see the cat face?!" "that's not polite" Dad Instincts

"do you have time? don't answer that, yes you do"

DOG

ashley has encountered a dog, dog will now recieve scritches

GOOGAL I love him

please stop saying cow penis

googal bbeg

I was gonna mention the pressure point in the top jaw

"I have more opportunities to make this go bad"

lbr googal taking the crown would be the BEST bad end

"he's looking at you like you are a betrayer god"

poor bb

fuck I want frybread

opal

shakes dorian until his backstory falls out

yeah that tracks

What's A Tal'dorei

man I want a vat of stir-fried vegetables

hell is nausea while having delicious vegetable stir-fry described at you

BRONTE

Secret Royalty theories given credence, why would he be so cagey about the last name

where's that post about liam not being able to not fall for matt's characters

a little faun with the little fur and a little fire boy

I can't believe dariax had a parasocial relationship with tharla starr

dariax you can't just say that in front of people

matthew your dice. you're killing me.

dariax???

I do not mtg but my partner has roughly four million ygo cards that I need to place in this box thing immediately

is this going to be Meeting With the Bright Queen bad

this fucking dwarf istg

matt's face every time opal is Like That

dariax is doing His Best and I love him

I really enjoy this explanation of magic

can. can stress give you heterochromia.

opal :(

excuse

opal is just so refreshingly straight forward. "no, stop the mystic bullshit, just t e l l m e"

mala: happy sibling moments for everyone

like how are we going to resolve this in two episodes

can we have a season two? can this be a recurring summer series?

"that was robbie daymond sighing" he got what travis calls tv face

excuse

mala: webmd self-dx me: you have dart cancer

"I'm just giving you a moment to self-actualize before I KNOCK YOU THE FUCK OUT"

liam got his bisexual disasters mixed up

flurry of robes

they're stealing opal. jewel heist.

"be the cool one that's pretty"

"I was about to fight THE RULES" listen I'm trying to get a tiny oneshot together for the child and I 100% expect this exact attitude

"YOU DUMB DWARF" (affectionate)

robbie is so fucking relateable. that kind of "what-if" freeze-up is my biggest fear of playing any tabletop

please give me princess mononoke but on fire

"to my girl" 👀

rip dorian

"not going according to plan" "not according to YOUR plan"

I need that animated

I would assume the dart hit fy'ra's hair and burned up

the "I apologize" is my favorite reference

(it has also permeated my house)

welp I wanted princess mononoke

I would both die and kill for dariax

My Monkness

y'all it's 2:30. mercy.

SEE YOU NEXT THURSDAY

jfsk liam's instinctive counterspell

the head the size of orym's whole torso

what? no! give her back.

"not all family is blood. much family is chosen."

"I would do anything for my friends" DORIAN

"there is something extremely special about him" as matt/dariax picks his nose

“you played TWO different beautiful women!!”

“head juice” “I’m gonna cry bc that was so gross”

PLEASE let “see you next thursday” become a Thing

for brian if no one else. it feels like brian’s brand.

LEAVE TED ALONE

[tabriscadash]

I was asked this on my old blog right as I set about transitioning to this one, so...

The first character I ever fell in love with: for DA:O, dare I say Daveth? What can I say -- I irrationally got incredibly attached to him. otherwise, DEFINITELY Morrigan, and I have crystal clear memories of my first run through Lothering and looking at Morrigan like 😍 the whole time. For DA:2/E, Carver -- unless you count Anders & Justice since I knew of them from Awakening beforehand, in which case probably Justice. For DA:I, it’s a toss-up between Vivienne or Cole -- I technically liked Cole first but SPECIFICALLY in the supporting material (Asunder), and didn’t vibe with him anywhere near as much in the game, AND I got him as a companion after I got Vivienne, so probably Vivienne.

A character that I used to love/like, but now do not: for DA:O, I guess Oghren? I never loved him, but I liked the idea of him because I really liked the dwarves/Orzammar side of DA’s worldbuilding -- but he’s such an unlikeable character that I just.. don’t vibe with him at all. I debate recruiting him every single time now, and I don’t think I ever do his personal quest (in the base game OR Awakening). for DA:2/E, I don’t really have anyone that fits -- but I REALLY wanted to like Merrill and Aveline more than I did, and especially in Aveline’s case, I can’t stand her and genuinely think she’s the unintended, secret Big Bad of the whole game. for DA:I, probably Cole, bc I was really into the idea of a little walking-corpse serial killer animated by a spirit as per the book, but that’s not really the vibe in DA:I, and combined with the somewhat patronising/ableist language and how significantly he is infantilised (including by the fandom) I just got put off him. I do still like him, but not as much.

A ship that I used to love/like, but now do not: for DA:O, I don’t really have one? I guess see my DA:I answer, lol... for DA:2/E, has to be Anders - I don’t think he’s OOC in 2, but I think his writing does so little with him and he feels v. reductive. Where his relationship could be SO interesting and angsty, it instead is written in a really dull and/or cringey way. It would have been nice to see Anders more like the Anders of Awakening near the beginning of the game (rather than random, infrequent and questionably rare snippets), and then see the progression of his relationship with Justice as the game went on -- I want more interesting abominations, PLEASE. for DA:I, listen I cannot express to you HOW EXCITED I was for my planned Lavellan to romance Sera… also I used to be way more tolerant of Cullen x Amell/Surana ships because, like, hey dark ships are fun, right? But since Cullen’s ~wholesome whitewash~ in DA:I, and his fandom clamouring to absolve him of any wrongdoing ever.. it’s boring to me.

My ultimate favourite character™: for DA:O, probably Sten? or Morrigan. They’re both fantastic, and also are significant comfort chars for me. for DA:2/3, honestly, probably my own Hawke -- I feel so hugely proud of her, and can’t imagine I’d enjoy the game anywhere near as much had I not played it as my Hawke. If not her, maybe Sebastian or Carver? for DA:I, I really love Vivienne, as well as Blackwall, and Solas is a great character even if I probably would not say I liked him.

Prettiest character: for DA:O, we all know it’s Zevran. for DA:2/E, I think Aveline -- although her aggressively bland colour-scheme lets her down in a major way (although I respect her dedication to all orange all day every day). There’s just something about her arms -- very Abby from TLOU:2. for DA:I, maybe Josephine? Ser Barris is very pretty, too...

My most hated character: for DA:O, I really didn’t like Alistair, Wynne and Oghren, and of my companions - Oghren is probably my least favourite. He’s vulgar and also profoundly uninteresting. for DA:2/E, it has to be Aveline. There’s just something about ineptitude and a complete, wilful refusal to take accountability for your actions that I can’t stand. It would be okay if it was an intentional character flaw, but the game/narrative treats her like she’s lawful good and it really annoys me. for DA:I, maybe Iron Bull? He was a huge disappointment for me. I also really dislike Sera, Cassandra, and Varric. I’m so sick of Varric - I never want to see him again.

My OTP: for DA:O, I really loved Zevran’s romance -- but I am also very amused by the fact that Leliana got to ‘love�� status with Kallian accidentally, AND I got the ‘love’ glitch for Justice (👀) and Velanna. I do sometimes wonder about an AU where Kallian is forced to make a politically expedient marriage with Nathaniel Howe for diplomatic reasons in order to consolidate her position as Arlessa, and it being an entirely platonic arrangement (it’s not like anyone expects an heir from an infertile Grey Warden) -- and maybe Zev and Nate kiss sometimes, who knows? I also LOVE my Darkspawn Chronicles AU where Kallian and Nelaros are a happy, married couple each hiding their skills with weapons from each other like dumb, cute sweethearts. They shelter Zevran when he fails to kill Alistair and a poly couple evolves. for DA:2/E, I love the IDEA of a Seb romance that isn’t so strictly conditional around the structures that abused him -- he should be allowed to love, chastely or otherwise, but free from the Chantry OR his position as prince/heir. I’d LOVE to actually have a romance with him where you can actually challenge the abuse he’s experienced. for DA:I, Malika doesn’t have a canon romance (although I think when I replay, I’m going to romance Josephine!) but I think Blackwall has an amazing romance. Solas’ is also iconic, it must be said. 

My NOTP: for DA:O, I really dislike Alistair in a shipping capacity; he’s immature and says a lot of misogynistic shit and I don’t think he’s the worst for it, but I don’t really vibe with shipping him, having played the game as a female city elf. for DA:2/E, I wouldn’t say I have one, particularly? although I really dislike Aveline’s relationship with her husband simply because it seems incredibly inappropriate, given that they work together and she has power over him -- and because I dislike her, generally, I don’t feel inclined to do something nice for her. for DA:I, I suppose Sera/Lavellan -- although I’m not AGAINST it, it just really isn’t for me, having attempted it. I also don’t really vibe with Dorian x Iron Bull. Something abt the way the game handled BDSM and their relationship banter specifically I don’t really like.

Favourite episode quest: for DA:O, probs Orzammar/the Deep Roads. I really love the dwarven lore! and, of course, Fort Drakon is really funny, even though it’s not canon in my game iirc. for DA:2/E, maybe the murder mystery with the serial killer, where ultimately Leandra dies? I also really enjoyed all the companion quests. for DA:I, The Descent (just, all of it, lmao) and everything to do with the Avvar. Crestwood also BANGED.

Saddest death: for DA:O, it’s frankly a fucking INJUSTICE that Shianni gets murdered if you make her Bann of the Alienage -- the idea of that happening whilst Kallian is in Amaranthine and unable to protect her :( genuinely very upsetting. I go back and forth on who is made Bann, tbf, so idk how canonical it is: I think maybe Cyrion would get it, but I’m also endeared to Soris holding the position, with Shianni as Hahren. for DA:2/E, Bethany. I wish both twins had had the chance to reach Kirkwall :(. Let Leandra die instead. for DA:I, maybe not the saddest death, but the most memorable for me was that one sleeping dragon in the Hissing Wastes.. leave her alone. Stay out of a womans’ business.

Favourite season game: DA:O!

Least favourite season game: DA:I.

Character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but I hate: for DA:O, Alistair. I cannot deal with his complacency and hypocrisy. for DA:2, I really disliked Merrill but I honestly cannot remember why. DEFINITELY Varric -- I hated how the game forces you to be his best friend, and if you’re low approval, you have to endure these pointless pissy little comments with this little anti-dwarf centrist pissant. After the expedition, I literally have no reason to put up with him, and I NEVER take him out. I hate that he plays the same role in DA:I, too. for DA:I, the Iron Bull was hugely disappointing, and I also really don’t vibe with Cassandra. She just seems very wishy-washy and complacent and hypocritical, and many of her comments about other cultures seem snide for literally no reason other than bigotry. 

My ‘you’re a piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: for DA:O, lbr probably Sten. Mans is gonna launch a HORRIFYING invasion in the next game iirc and frankly, I’m ok with it. Just wanna see that big bastard again ❤🥵. for DA:2/E, I LOVE Gamlen, ok? for DA:I, I am not sure if I have one.

My ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: for DA:O, if any of you so much as LOOK at Velanna wrong, it’s hands. That includes Bioware. I also feel incredibly protective of and sad for Morrigan. for DA:2/E, probably Sebastian -- I feel so sad for him, and so frustrated by the limitations with the game. for DA:I, I’m honestly not sure.. maybe Josephine? I don’t really feel this way about Sera, but I do think she deserves better from the game and its writing, and also from fandom: there are valid criticisms of her, but the hate she gets is not proportional to any valid issues with her -- and gee, I wonder why that is.

My ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: for DA:O, I did use to find Cullen x Surana/Amell intriguing as a dark ship -- I actually hc that Neria Surana is actually Nelaros’ sister, and have dabbled with it as a dark ship. I also am interested in Loghain/Alistair - which each pretends the other is someone else. Alistair is wooby, hate ships are, in general, fun -- so long as we acknowledge that they are, indeed, unhealthy ships. for DA:2/E, I kind of feel like Sebastian romances are, invariably, kind of dark... and, similarly, Anders romances -- especially with certain red Hawkes, The way it ends is, invariably, bordering on fucked up. ALSO Hawkecest is weird and wonderful: GET WITH IT. 

My ‘they’re kind of cute, and I lowkey ship them, but I’m not too invested’ ship: for DA:O, I joked about Velanna x Leliana once and I’ve not been able to stop thinking about it ever since… Velanna x Sigrun is also something that can be so personal. Ariane x Finn is adorable and are paid DUST by Bioware AND fandom. I actually am really into Anora x Nathaniel & NO I will NOT explain myself; it’s a crackship but it’s MY crackship. for DA:2/E, Isabela x Fenris is super cute, but I don’t pay enough attention to them to really have super committed thoughts & feelings on them. for DA:I, Blackwall x Josephine is cute as a background ship; I also think Maryden x Cole is sweet.

[trickstercaptain]

𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 . repost, don't reblog.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞? 

rum and smoke and gunpowder and tar and the sea.

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩? 

in fits and starts, is probably the best way to sum it up. this is of course all very dependent on whether Jack is sleeping alone or with company ( naturally he sleeps better with somebody else ), but he’s a bit of an insomniac and is very much a night owl as opposed to an early riser. he’s more likely to be awake until very late and then sleep through most of the morning and so in a professional capacity as captain will tend to take on late watches rather than early starts. when he does actually sleep? he will either sleep on his back or on his side, and either in a light sleep which means he’s very easily awoken ( lingering hypervigilance from the mutiny ), or essentially the sleep of the dead lmao, there’s not much in between. he also occasionally talks in his sleep -- most of the time he’s completely unintelligible but sometimes you might be able to pick out words and phrases. getting his mind to shut up long enough to let him sleep is a constant struggle of his.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲? 

sea shanty noises intensify. in modern it’s a real eclectic mix of 60s/70s rock, 80s new romanticism and your over-the-top power ballad, and some nonsense pop too. his modern playlist is honestly such a joy for me to listen to because it contains a real range of genres and styles lmao.

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠? 

i want to say not a lot of time but that’s an absolute lie, he has a morning Routine lbr. but the extent to which he goes about putting together all of the careful jigsaw pieces that make up the puzzle that is Captain Jack Sparrow does vary: on a typical day at sea on the Black Pearl he would likely keep to the bare minimum of effects. there are two things that will go everywhere with him, however, and that’s his bandana and his pistol.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜����? 

anything with sentimental merit. despite being someone who’s not very openly feeling or romantic in any way, Jack has a hidden sentimental streak and will acquire and keep ( in many cases for years ) things that hold some kind of personal value to him or were gifted to him by someone he cares about, even if to a stranger’s eye they are completely worthless. it’s a wonderful visual metaphor for how Jack very rarely takes people at face value or actively dismisses them once they’ve gotten his attention.

𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝? 

technically right handed, but he can confidently wield a sword and pistol in his left hand if required.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧?

this is complicated because Jack is certainly not religious, but he has also seen enough in his life ( both in the canon presence of multiple gods in the potc universe and in his exposure to other religions around the world ) to be polytheist and acknowledge that multiple gods exist and that he would like nothing much to do with any of them ( while still respecting those who do, an important thing to point out ). at the same time, however, five years masquerading as someone who wasn’t brought up in a melting pot pirate haven and was trying to advance in the English merchant service, and having a best friend in Robby Greene during that time taught him to affiliate himself with protestantism when asked. despite some complicated feelings of identity he has ( being a pirate = a man of no nation vs. being a begrudging subject of the British Crown and therefore beholden to it if/when he is ever caught ) and the fact he once impersonated one of its clerics, that would theoretically be his go-to, but it’s not really something he ever thinks about.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭? 

sailing and swimming are sports, right? they are also two hobbies that transfer over to his modern verse too. aside from those two, he’s not hugely into sport for the most part. even with football, which is a way of life over here in the UK and the fact that both his age and cultural background mean he would know a lot of ardent football supporters in his life ( nights with the modern black pearl crew watching football on telly while drinking beer are a thing, let’s be honest ), he’s not hugely into it --- but knows enough that if he ever had a reason to care about it he would surprise himself with his learned-via-osmosis knowledge.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠? 

Jack’s not really the tourist type, he’d much prefer to throw himself into a country and culture headfirst, and certainly in his modern verse would rather go off the beaten track, as it were. I suppost the most tourist-y thing he’s guilty of is his fondness for souvenirs of his travels and adventures.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? 

storms. they’re definitely not the most practical type of weather, particularly at sea, and a warm sunny day with a strong tailwind is also very welcome, but there’s something deeply appealing to him about watching the sky scream.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐝 / 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞? 

i’m not sure if Jack has any obscure fears that I haven’t already covered in depth ( the Locker, being forgotten/abandoned/not being remembered, fire ), but I can tell you for an absolute fact that Jack has no fear of heights or claustrophobia whatsoever.

tagged by : @lighthouseborn <3 tagging: @valorsworn ( jack votes james but i vote cullen, so you pickkk ), @iniziare ( AERITH !!!!!! get ready for me to tag her in everything now ), @piraticalwit, @sicsemper ( cloud or alistair!!! ), @aglaecan ( mar or dorian!!! ) @hangtherules, @thecodekeeper & anybody else who would like to do this!!

[asteeledheart]

❃

❃ = dancing with them /  / send one for my muse’s reaction to your muse (ACCEPTING)

the first thing she does when she sees him, immediately and upon instinct, is groan in defeat. head is placed DEJECTEDLY in her hands, a restless SIGH following. “of course you look DASHING in that. everyone looks so TERRIBLY lovely and i look like a portrait that would hang in my great uncle’s dusty old library.” 

she knows it’s AWFUL of her to complain. josephine certainly has no small amount of reasoning behind the garb, (sidri’s certain the SASH must represent something to the orlesian nobility), and it was undoubtedly difficult to procure, but she nonetheless thinks she looks like an outright fool. “i’ll be the laughing stock of the winter palace,” arms LIFT as if somehow a full view enforces the idea, “and i can’t even DANCE. you know how we free marchers are, one forgotten bit of dinner etiquette away from being outright SAVAGES and-” 

what she doesn’t expect, however, is that he’s on her in a FLASH and has taken advantage of upright arms. she’s suddenly SPINNING with an elegance that’s all thanks to him. before sidri can so much as blink, he’s stating DIRECTIONS and guiding her and she’s taking CAREFUL note while it’s available. it doesn’t seem all that difficult now, most likely being she can at least step LEFT when told to. 

when he finally slows to a halt, she’s torn between being stunned and PROUD, instead resigned to her most base reaction: outright GAPING. “you need to teach me how to do that. AGAIN. please. for the sake of the inquisition.” 

[ramonadecember]

11, 12, and 13 for the fan fic writer's asks!

fanfic asks.

11. Who or what do you find yourself writing about most?

As far as who, lbr, I write so much about Cullen. I just have so many head canons and have projected on him… so much. Even in like… roleplay/collaborative writing/etc types of things, I tend to take over for his voice. But in general, I find myself writing for a lot of once/currently broken characters who… maybe don’t have the best past, but are trying to do better. And I think that shows in what I write about too.

12. Tell us about a WIP you’re excited about.

Maybe this is cheating but I have two WIPs I’m jazzed about and they’re both entirely indulgent, though one in particular is like... I think I’m basically writing it For Me since it features an OC as the main character haha.

One is the Cullrian western AU which... isn’t at the forefront of my queue of WIPs I’m working on, but I’m so fond of it. We’ve got Cullen, a deputy under Sheriff Lavellan in the town of Haven, and new in town, a little mysterious a little shady Dorian who’s part of this group that came down from the north with an interest in a mine outside of town for equally mysterious and shady reasons. It’s a ‘there’s still magic’ AU, but the practice of magic is punishable by imprisonment or death in the south. Cullen and Dorian kind of clash in the beginning, Cullen’s no nonsense attitude going against Dorian’s outlaw vibes, and once things start to be going good it gets complicated all over again once Cullen learns two things: Dorian is a wanted man, and he can use magic. 

The other one that I keep just blocking out scenes in my head for is the skyrim fic I’ve mentioned here before featuring my messy but well meaning wood elf Faenrir LastNamePending. But it starts with him leaving Valenwood, angry as a wet cat over a crime he was set up for (which… he does do a lot of crime… but this time he didn’t lmao) and which no one believes he wasn’t responsible for, and swearing revenge on the person he loved and trusted who tried to pin it on him. So it’s him going from bitter and dejected and lost to establishing that love doesn’t have to be conditional, but it’s a hard road to get there full of Fae running from every problem that crops up (which… since he falls in with the skyrim thieves guild, there’s a lot of trouble. Plus his past getting dragged up to the present when the ass who framed him shows back up wanting his help).

13. First fandom you ever wrote for?

Harry Potter lmao. I wrote two chapters of a fic that honestly... I don’t know if it had a plot. I was just 12 and obsessed. Then I was 13 and obsessed with Naruto, and that fic fared a little better/longer 😂 (then I didn’t write any fic again til I was 26)

[muchymozzarella]

It's amazing how much of the claim that "Adoribull is abusive" comes from people who hate that Bull has explicitly set sexual boundaries as a man who is, as a rule, larger and stronger than his sexual partners, who has a long history with sexual congress that has allowed him to understand how not to hurt his partners but only through very careful control over the situation.

"You can't start a relationship with him if you don't follow his rules and that's abusive" no buddy, demanding he put away rules in something as important as safety and consent in sex when his actual canon greatest fear is madness, and he needs to maintain a sense of control in something as vulnerable as sex, is abusive.

Immediately assuming the worst of Bull because of a line where he and Dorian had sex "after drinking" and interpreting it as only Dorian bring drunk as opposed to neither or both of them being drunk is actually disturbing.

98% Adoribull hate is just Bull character assassination lbr

[laufire]

For the fandom thing: TVD? (Feel free to stick to the series itself or include the rest of the 'verse, its up to you!)

It’s probably best if I only do TVD, otherwise this could get long xD

the character I least understand: this question is always a rocky start because I do pride myself on understanding characters lmfao, so I often don’t know what to say... I’m going to go with Elena, I think, because although hers is a mentality I understand well and interpret accordingly (I... kind of grew up alongside a few Elenas lmfao), it’s not one I can find myself sharing.

interactions I enjoyed the most: anything Caroline-centric goes first, lbr. But I’ve rewatched a few random episodes and I have to say, I didn’t appreciate Caroline-Elena as much as I should’ve the first time around. I feel that if I did another rewatch now, I think I’d enjoy their relationship a lot more.

the character who scares me the most: Stefan at his peak was TERRIFYING OMFG. That man could manipulate anyone into anything. And then eat them. Not to mention he could compartimentalize like a pro. And there’s the whole “being able to let the love of your life DIE because it was more important to still come across as The Good Brother”. Who fuckign does that!!! COLD, SCARY-ASS PEOPLE, THAT’S WHO.

the character who is mostly like me: although there are key moments and traits I relate a lot to in quite a few characters, I’ve never really felt this with anyone in TVD. I think the closest was Dorian’s tirade to Stefan about how the “poor Stefan” thing was bullshit lmfao. “All your friends keep talking about poor, self-hating Stefan. Like getting to live is the biggest torture of all! You know what’s worse that getting to live with all that guilt? Surviving murder! You know what’s worse than surviving? Being murdered!!” Like. Did I ghost-write that somehow... ?

hottest looks character: Bonnie Bennett, especially in season seven. GODDAMN.

one thing I dislike about my fave character: I mean, I wasn’t a fan of the period of time where Caroline’s go-to was slut-shaming other women but like... I get it given her history (and it always, always pings me the fact that it was over once she fucked Klaus... one day I have to make a post about all that plot regarding Delena vs. Caroline vs. KC because it was supremely interesting).

one thing I like about my hated character: Matt grew to be Caroline’s errand boy AND prioritized honoring Caroline’s mother’s legacy,and I think that’s very, very funny. In a less tongue-in-cheek way, he had some good moments with Bonnie where I could stand him.

a quote or scene that haunts me: I will never, ever be over, “Caroline, it’s not a competition.” “... Yeah, it is”.

a death that left me indifferent: I did tend to care about the deaths of this show, one way or another, except for some red shirt exceptions a la that guy Anna was using in season one lol.

a character I wish died but didn’t: MATT FREAKING DONOVAN.

my ship that never sailed: that’d be Bonnie/Kai, obviously. OTOH I feel compelled to say that I crackshipped Caroline/Klaus back in season TWO so hey, the show wasn’t completely ungenerous to me xDD

[classicdecadence]

ღ dorianxcesca

Who’s the first to wake up in the morning: Dorian as running a criminal empire is often hard and long work ;)

Who’s the one to make breakfast: Cesca bc she’s very traditional about catering for her busy man

Who’s the one to serve the other breakfast in bed: I feel Dorian does this on a weekend for Cesca tho despite her usually making breakfast during the weekdays

Who would suggest a quickie in the morning before work: Both lbr but moreso Cesca given she needs a dose of bae before work

Who suggests they both ditch work to lay around all day: Dorian does this more but Cesca also often asks for this haha

Who chooses the movies: Cesca and Dorian lets her ofc

Who initiates kissing during the movie, thus distracting the other from the movie all together: Again both but moreso Dorian

Who orders lunch: Cesca

Who steals food from the other’s plate without asking: Cesca lbr

Who curls up next to the other and falls asleep due to a full tummy: Again Cesca haha

Who distracts the other from trying to work at home: Cesca especially when she’s feeling bratty and ignored ;)

Who asks to go get ice cream like a five year old: Ofc this is Cesca haha

Who takes pictures of their partner eating ice cream: Cesca for the Insta likes lmao

Who makes a sexual joke about the dripping ice cream on their partner’s face: Dorian bc he can never resist a blowjob joke ;)

Who cooks dinner: Cesca for when Dorian comes home

Who cleans up the kitchen afterwards: They both do it

Who stays up until 2 reading: More often Cesca but sometimes Dorian bc of work

Who stares at their partner while their sleeping: Cesca does this more but they both do it I feel

Who kisses their partner while they sleep: Dorian, esp when he’s late home

@utterxdesires

[chellick]

dragon age: 💔💩💚💦💣 (i would ask 👅 but we both know it's u/gamlen) xoxoxoxoxo

first of all, blocked. if im going to ship myself with an older man, it’s loghain and loghain only (but between u and me the gamlen from my first two da playthroughs could get it)

💔 - ship i find sadlbr everything is sad, but i pick either anders/karl or zevran/revasa. kanders is fucking tragic and the reversal of tranquility absolutely ruins me, and zevasa deserved a chance that i didn’t give zevvy purely bc i missed alistair. he loves her so much :((

💩 - ship i find disgustinguhhhhh most don’t rly bother me??? i will say that alistair/morrigan rly upsets me. other than that??? uhhhhh other than that i can’t rly think of anything. im sure i’ll remember in a sec

💚 - secret shipum this one is fairly recent, but anora/nate has taken me by stoRm. i do like some sebanders content, but it’s gotta be treated just right lmao. also sten/kallian.

💦 - taboo shipi can’t rly think of many?? i guess i rly like one of my mage wardens w templars, but that’s more sexual and manipulative on both ends. the drama is interesting. um?? i recently read cole/dorian and im here for that too

💣 - ship that pisses you offvarric/merrill. without question. i hate it. absolutely despise it.