#DoS2

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OMGGGGGGGG Thanks for tagging me @divinityiswasted!!!!!!!!! This has been sitting in my drafts for ages, but I just remembered it and thought I'd finish it up!

Who are they?

This is Artemisia! (Artie to her friends) She was a dopey hedge witch who got picked up by the magisters because she was too oblivious to the current political climate to know that maybe she shouldn't do source magic in public. She's now the de facto leader of the Riot Girls, a strictly ladies-only team consisting of herself, Lohse, and Sebille (later expanded to include hired-muscle-turned-bestie Yastara). She's smart but a massive herbo, and she's none too sure about this divinity stuff people keep bugging her about.

What is their damage?

Her experience at Fort Joy fully radicalized her, and she doesn't trust anyone in a position of power further than she can teleport them. Which is all well and good, but her whiplash journey from the terrifying powerlessness of her Fort Joy stint to the overwhelming power of godwoken-hood has left her with a lot of anger and a lot of fun ways to vent it on the world.

Are there any differences between their in-game model and how you imagine them?

I know elves are canonically telephone poles in this world, but I like to imagine Artie is on the shorter side, at least compared to her fellow elves.

What is their fighting style?

Pyro/necromancer who also knows how to hit stuff real good. Her go-to strategy is to bring in her faithful bone widow (Spiderella) early in the fight, then start chucking fireballs.

Who do they love and why?

Artie didn't stand a chance the moment Sebille put that needle to her throat. She'd go to the absolute ends of the earth for Sebille, and if Seb wants to go on the occasional murder spree, Artie's certainly not going to judge and she's probably going to help out. The more Sebille finds that her darker side isn't going to scare Artie off, the more she feels able to let her softer side show.

DOS2 fandom, show me your Godwoken? Tell me about your Godwoken? (For example:) Who are they? What is their damage? What do they look like? Are there any differences between their in-game model and how you imagine them? What is their fighting style? Who do they love and why? Anything else you'd like to share about them?

Everyone who sees this post, consider yourself invited. And feel free to tag your friends if you'd like.

@flower-khajiit, @divinityiswasted

Just do it. This is a threat.

[asphodelles]

[ladysantos]

play dos2? for them 🥺

[trisexyual]

rb and respond with your top unromanceable video game character/s that you think should have been romanceable

[aspho-bell]

ok, the results are there so i'm gonna summarize and draw some conclusion.

There's a majority who ship him with nobody. Can't say i'm surprised : pretty sure people often ships their fav w/ nobody if not with their custom character.

Then, a quarter of people for sebille and ifan. It is, this time, a surprise, tbh : i only encounter one shipper for them during my wanderings on this site, whereas there is around 9 people shipping them ? Where are you all ? Why don't you share some thoughts ? I guess Lohse and Sebille have taken over this community ( they're that great aha )

For the other origins characters, people propose me : Fane, Lohse, Beast. Well, some arguments were convincing, others not, but again, this is a ship, it doesn't have to be coherent. I'm favoring Beast and Ifan, because revolutionary couple.

Kinda funny that no people choses Roost. They saw that possibility, they probably said "nah, i'm good" and tossed him some things each time he would look at Ifan a bit too long.

Not much of shipping with his wife : logical, once again. She doesn't even have a personality.

Some have chosen Lucian and Ifan, and I. love. it. I'm glad people see the same view as me. The utter tragedy. The drama. The ultimate pinning that they'll never confess. This is my call for starting my Lucian/Ifan propaganda. It will start soon.

I'll also add : there's 39 people who answer to this poll. That's way more than I expected. It means that at least 39 people are slightly interested in Ifan ben-Mezd. I cannot say less than to convince you to post about him, even a thought. I read wonderful takes on my reblog and, as this is a small community, the conversation is even more needed.

very happy about the outcome of this poll. if you didn't answer this at the right time, please take a look at the reblogs : people have great thoughts, and don't hesitate to share your own as well.

special love for those who took time to answer. it's was delightful to read you all.

I'll developp under cut

LUCIAN : Ok, from all the characters I have cited ( let alone Ifan's supposed wife ) Lucian is the man I ship the more with Ifan. Because Ifan is inherently rootless, and I headcanon him as always trying to find the place where he belongs ( tbh it'd need a post for itself ), because he is not an elf, but he is no human either. And he seeks that place. And we know that he was very close to Lucian, so maybe what he felt for him was not only friendship, but also admiration, even some kind of love. The kind of love you feel when you idealizes someone, and when this someone makes you feel at home. I will dig into that later, but I headcanon Ifan to have a one-sided love for Lucian, as the man was like, father of two children.

As for Lucian ? Ifan's love wasn't that one-sided, after all. I talked a little about Lucian's tragedy here, but I imagine there is some kind of feeling of desire for Ifan. Desire for his humanity, his golden heart, as he is, maybe, Lucian's idealized reflection. There is some complicated feelings he feels, feelings he cannot understand. Lucian does not love him like a human could, but he defintly loves more than a god should.

I think it makes Lucian's betrayal all the more tragic.

ROOST : I say dark romance because there is no way Ifan could love that man and not suffers from it. Well, if we follow the idea that Ifan longs for human relationship, then Roost is the perfect candidate after Lucian. He's very human, and like Ifan, has nothing left. He's a Lone Wolf, and the way Ifan speaks of him, he was a good friend of him. They may have shared something more - and that something would be horribly toxic. Roost is a cruel man, and Ifan probably had closed his eyes more than once instead of confronting Roost's horrible deeds. The violence flows between both of them. That's why it would be toxic. That's why I say : dark romance forever.

HIS DEAD WIFE : It appears from the alpha version that Ifan was married and father of a child, and I saw people keeping that idea of a dead wife. And I like it ! I always like when characters don't meet their first and only love in the course of the story, meaning that they have a romantic backstory, before the actual love interest. Moreover, his wife's identity ( whether she is an elf or a human, or her job, her personality ) can give some interesting headcanons about Ifan's background. Of course, it's a matter of interpretation, but I think we may have something here.

SEBILLE : From all the origin companions, she is the one that strikes as the most coherent one for a potential lover, due to all the parallels between both of them. Both outlaws, both raised by the elves, both rootless since the tragedy, both having unwillingly commited great crimes against the elves. They would certainly understand each other's suffering, and have their redemption arc together. I am no convinced myself, as they are too similar, but this is a coherent ship I can't deny.

NOBODY : To be honest, if there is no customed godwoken, I tend to ship Ifan with nobody. Because his final journey is, for me, a lonely one, and Ifan has so much good dynamic with the origins characters as friends.

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the post i'm currently writing is taking longer than expected, so I give you that while you're waiting for it. There is actually no good answer for Ifan, but personally, I think his relationship with elves and human men is to be developped. This poll is a way for me to see what other people think about Ifan's relationships.

I also invite you to share, if you want so, the way you consider your ship between your godwoken and ifan, or any ship you have between ifan and someone. it may be a good way to see different people's vision. might even do this myself.

Anyway, that is all. Until I post again.

[orinthered]

sourcewielder

[quibbs]

recently started divinity original sin 2 and now i'm drawing the predictable

[gothicspork]

Luckily, there are ethically-sourced corpses across town.

[ultra-baklan-the-ovosh]

[eliseliedl]

Divinity Original Sin 2's companions portraits in Baldur's Gate 3 art by Jane Katsubo

[socialprawn]

DOS2 campaign is upon us 🪻💀🪻

[swerellind]

a minute ago I spied on him and the red princess

[madameoni]

To find a life beyond your own obsessions.

More Fane x Godwoken because its just ✨perfect✨ aesthetic for me.

[skintartan]

Listen! I'm calling you.

Lohse fan art from Divinity: Original Sin II

[riense]

Successfully accomplished “In search of perfect gouache paper” quest. So here is a little Ifan portrait as result

[orinthered]

i like lohse normal amount