#I JUST WANNA MAKE LAVELLAN IMMORTAL OKAY

[vir-tanadahl]

Quick little thought bubble before I head into work today about the ancient elves originally being spirits—because I had this idea last night, I like it, and now it’s officially my personal headcanon.

We know elves originally took physical form. But I think most of these early elves were probably more like how Cole exists in the world: spirits who managed to take on physical form independently, without literally crafting their bodies out of titan-flesh and lyrium.

So I started thinking…if the ancient elves were originally spirits who became physical and then essentially got stuck in the physical world after the Veil went up…

What if modern elves are descendants of a variety of spirits? Like, one elf might descend from a Spirit of Compassion, another from a Spirit of Purpose, and so on. And over time, as these elves had children and families, those original spirits became fragmented—but still exist, in some small way, within the elves of today.

And then my brain jumped to this: Plato wrote about how humans supposedly once had four arms, four legs, and two faces. Zeus split them in half as punishment for their pride, and ever since, humans have been wandering the world searching for their other half. (Yeah, I know it’s about soulmates, but stick with me here…)

What if modern elves could regain their immortality (or at least extend their life span by hundreds of years if not fully immortal again) by finding the type of Spirit they originally descended from? And what if, by allowing themselves to become semi-possessed—like how the Avvar do in Jaws of Hakkon—they could essentially reconnect with that fragment?

(Ethical and moral implications aside, how would they go about finding this other half? No idea--give me a day or two and I will think of something though.)

Anyway, just a fun little thought spiral. Okay, off to work!

[lvthiens]

i have a long and messy dragon age au that i wanna write down because i think it’d be interesting but it’s basically “what if zatharian’s clan was clan sabrae”

okay so this sorta disregards the whole “dalish leave extra mage kids in the woods to die” because

clan lavellan apparently never did this so it stands to reason that changes per clan

mages are the ones who pull aravels which would be sorta difficult with just two or three mages. especially with large clans like zatharian’s.

mages are revered and coveted to the dalish and they don’t really fear them also they need to move around to avoid templars regardless of the amount of mages in a clan

i hate that shit and it collided with this au so ya

this would also disregard the option to help the werewolves kill off the clan unless a few survived including marethari and merrill and they went to kirkwall (that would ironically be a good explanation for what happened to the halla in da 2) but this was made in mind with my dalish warden where she saved both the elves and werewolves

zatharian has the same backstory and was the one who started the curse due to the death of his family but still has a child with mahariel’s mother but she’s the one who dies not soon after mahariel is born. mahariel’s father was already canonically the keeper and ashalle could still be a mother figure. their mother would still be from another clan but mahariel was maybe an accident and left to zatharian after she died. i don’t imagine the whole “romeo and juliet” thing we got but even prideful morally gray immortal bald elf mages gotta hit it every once and a while (zatharian wouldn’t be the only one).

he has three apprentices - marethari (who was made first when she was younger, but since zatharian is an “immortal” she aged), lanaya, and merrill. i know merrill was the equivalent of a dalish transfer student from clan alerion(?) in nevarra because marethari needed an apprentice but maybe that clan did the whole “let’s abandon mage babies” but zatharian stepped in and took her in.

mahariel’s backstory is the same but zatharian keeps them alive from the blight with blood magic (bc that’d be insane healing magic marethari was pulling out) since we know he’s a blood mage and this is where merrill finds out that blood magic isn’t a total evil and perhaps it could purify the blighted eluvian. marethari would only see how he had just used blood magic to make him immortal and curse the wolves so when she sees merrill starting to use it to she’s reminded of zatharian and doesn’t trust her. i think it’d be interesting and sad to add to merrill’s story to be betrayed and loose her keeper twice (ily merrill).

i pictured clan sabrae to be in the southern part of the brecilian forest during the origin considering your warden manages to not be half way to a ghoul by the time you get to ostagar so the clan would’ve still moved north.

when the clan splits lanaya is made keeper of the clan in the kocari wilds - also this clan is named clan mahariel because they’re the HoF and a descendant of the emerald knights and lanaya would still wanna honor zatharian since he was very good to lanaya (considering he saved her) and good to his clan despite his definite definite issues. if zatharian lives then he’s the keeper of this clan and still names it clan mahariel (idk why he’s not the one fulfilling the debt to flemeth maybe guilt or wanting to settle on their would-be land after everything). marethari takes merrill and clan sabrae to kirkwall for the amulet.

i think it’d be good for dalish wardens considering the rest of the wardens have more confrontation with their past. brosca and aeducan can go back to orzammar and deal with their families, mages go back to the circle and also deal with jowan, tabris can see their family and the aftermath of killing vaughn, and cousland can slaughter that bitch rendon god bless but the most we get for mahariel is we see tamlen a ghoul and seeing the eluvian in witch hunt but not their clan and it kinda blows. we could get to see merrill (who ideally would be like da 2 merrill) and be best friends with her and have a more emotional connection to the events and be lied to by their father. like i still get emotional bc of the dialogue you get from his clan if you’re dalish and god dude that’d just make it worse. i don’t think zatharian would’ve been a good father considering he’s warped by vengeance and would still be focused on his first family instead of mahariel who they might resent more since they cheated death multiple times. maybe you could meet tamlen’s family and they would blame you for his death and not finding him while you were cured. and the ending where you fight zatharian and he realizes he has to free the wolves so you basically lead your dad to his death. god it’d just be so angst ridden and sad and i’m a whore for that shit so i love this au

i’m not like a da lore aficionado so if i’m missing something else thats conflicting with this au either deal with it bc it’s my angst ridden dragon age daydream or i’m sorry. it depends on what i’m missing.

[spokelseskladden]

Rules: Answer all questions, then add one question of your own

I was tagged by @evenunevenme thank you! I’ve missed doing tags :’) 

YOUR ANSWERS ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO MINE STOP BEING SO CREEPILY SIMILAR TO ME

Okay *ahem*

1: Coke or pepsi: I would only drink pepsi if i had gone two days without any form for liquid  and even then I’d hesitate. I can say this cause I’ve tried. Pepsi sucks man. Coke is the way to go 

2: Disney or Dreamworks: how about both? Both is good, I like both. Both produce great content I enjoy equally. If you put a gun to my head I’d probably go with dreamworks cause they made my favourite movie

3: coffee or tea: again,both. I say both is good.

4: books or movies: I have dyslexia so...movies  I guess? If I get the book read out loud to me it’s a different story though. I love being read to. 

5: windows or mac: Windows probably.  

6: DC or Marvel: I have a closer relationship with Marvel but DC and I are tight.

7: xbox or playstation: neither. I wanna say PC masterrace so bad but I aint no gamer son

8: dragon age or mass effect: aint no gamer son.

9: night owl or early riser:  yes

11: chocolate or vanilla: I’m on my period I can’t answer this objectively 

12: vans or converse: I owned a pair of converse. Slipped on the ice and broke my arm. 

13: lavellan, trevelyan, cadash, or adaar: what r u kids talking about these days..?

14: Fluff or angst: give me all. depends on my mood  

15: beach or forest: i hate ____ or ____ questions when the things are things I enjoy equally aaaah I love the aesthetic of the forrest and I love being in itm same with the beach, it’s lovely! But since I live in a cold place we mostly go to the forrest instead of beach, and when we do go to the beach it’s freezing af and often rainy. cause the weather hates us and tries to have us killed regularly. 

16: dogs or cats: SNAKES

17: clear skies or rain: my head gets all foggy in the rain but I like the atmosphere of it. Lucky for me we have all the weathers in one day where I live *cries* 

18: cooking or eating out: As much as i like to cook im all for takeout my fan

19: spicy food or mild food: SPICY ALL THE WAY *distant cries from my boyfriend* 

20: halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: no

21: would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot (and no the winter coats and AC’s are not an option)?: cold over hot. cause you can live with being cold but being hot = hell 

22: if you could have a superpower, what would it be?: The power to controll time and space I guess, like imagine. You’d never have to worry about sleep ever again. Or being late. it would be nice.  

23: animation or live action: yes 

24: paragon or renegade: what 

25: baths or showers: Showers cause i like feeling the hot water peel off all my worries. and I never feel clean after baths. I loved them when I waas a kid though

26: team cap or team ironman: team stop the violence and get over yourself you grown ass babies .

27: fantasy or sci-fi: how about....both

28: do you have three or four favorite quotes, if so what are they? If not do you think you will in future?: I guess I have one I wrote in my selfharm journal “nd if all you can do today is breathe, that’s okay. You’re doing your best now to hell with the rest”  

29: youtube or netflix: I just need background noise while I work and i ain’t picky 

30: classic disney, disney renaissance, or modern disney?: Classic disney is what I watched as a kid and it’s the only norwegian dubs that doesn’t make me want to kill myself so...yeah. 

31: what would you tell your younger self?: Hey, I know things are looking pretty bad right now. I know your friends kinda...do their things without you but you’re gonna meet someone amazing who’ll support you and see the good things in you and be so genuinely impressed by your silly doodles. You’ll meet this person and things will be so much better. All those things you worry about, they’re not gonna matter cause you’’ll be fine. 

32: make music or listen to music?: I love both! again! 

33: shakespeare’s comedies or tragedies?: neither. I’ve never read shakespeare ever. Or I was Juliet when we read the balcony scene in school once but I couldn’t pronounce the names right. 

34: what song do you have stuck in your head right now?: I have no idea and it’s bugging me 

35: favorite animal: Spiders or snakes...

36: favorite tv show: Endeavour, Scorpion and my boyfriend got me to watch Shameless and I like it so far 

37: what relaxes you the most? The draw 

38: musicals or plays? Never seen a real play. Or a musical on stage, only in movies 

39: name something on your bucket list/something you’d like to do or see before you die: right now im counting on not dying and since i haven’t died yet no one can prove im not immortal 

40. Each person in your current ship asks you to run away with them.  Who would you go with? i don’t have a ship now, I’m not really doing fandoms now. don’t have time for it

41. What was your first ship? Hiccup/Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon! They’re just the best ship I’ve ever had, so sweet :’) It’s not the best written romance, but I sure love it either way!

42. What is your absolute favorite fanfic trope and/or kink?  i dunno really 

43. What is your favorite type of weather? when it snows a git but there’s still blue skies and it’s great 

44. Jeans, sweatpants, or some other cool alternative?

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