#Vivienne de fer

[mohntilyet]

asked my brain 'have you had enough of veilguard yet' and it answered with 'remember when you wanted a vivienne romance so bad you made it up'

[esthesiaart]

The crossovers between Gale Dekarios and the mages of Dragon Age continue! Today it’s the turn of the magnificent Vivienne de Fer, whom I’ve dressed in Gale’s epilogue outfit!

If I were to continue the series, perhaps including the mages from The Veilguard, who would you like to see next? Let me know!

[magesforthedas]

Saw a picture of a Tumblr post on Pinterest lol (original credit to @dorianpavus !) of interesting party compositions... And I figured I'd add my take featuring Veilguard companions 😂

Lucanis & Zevran | We're here, we're Antivan, and we're out to steal your heart (but only one of us knows that's what he's doing)

Bellara & Merrill | Adorable ancient elven history geeks, skilled against (….or with) blood magic

Emmerich & Wynne | Our favorite wise elderly mages who do have game still, thank you very much

Davrin, Blackwall, and Anders | We may not all actually be Grey Wardens, but we bond through our shared respect for them

Davrin, Anders, and Alistair | We are all actually Grey Wardens, and also have issues with authority

Neve, Vivienne, and Morrigan | The W. I. T. C. H. party= Woman In Total Control of Herself (and, ya know, they're all powerful mages who could probably rule the world through sheer willpower if they wanted)

Harding & Shale | You can find them bonding over rocks, probably

Taash, Sera, and Merrill | Will be asking all the most uncomfortable and/or confusing questions

Lucanis, Cole, and Anders | We're all varying amounts of spirit. Some of us handle that better than others

Neve, Cassandra, and Aveline | We are the law and you will behave

Emmerich & Leliana | Let's all sit down and have some tea, oh yes Manfred you can play with the nugs, but be careful not to break anything!

Harding, Nathaniel, and Alistair | Wait, you've been flirting with me? This whole time?? (Please I know canonically you can't flirt with Nathaniel.... But a girl can dream 😆)

Lucanis, Fenris, and Anders | Two "mage killers" and one "mage, killer"

Bellara, Cassandra, and Varric | The trashy novel enthusiasts

Emmerich, Carver, and Oghren | The sheer chaos and annoyance that would abound between these people... Oghren would probably still have a great time, at least

Taash, Dorian, and Sebastian | You should never hide your true self.... Okay actually nevermind, Sebastian maybe you should

Davrin & The Iron Bull | The Dad™ team

Assan, Manfred, and Dog | The real MVPs, the Dream Team, the Feather, Fur, and Bone Brigade… they know they’re the favorites

I can’t do enough tags to get everyone, so companions just know you are all in my heart 🫶

[hallabun]

commentary on the inqusitor's anchor in trespasser from vivienne and dorian

commentary on the inquisitor's anchor killing him in trespasser from dorian

commentary on the inquisitor's well being in veilguard's finale from dorian

the inquisitor (especially when taking the stoic dialogue options) has always been someone who terminally "puts on a brave face", so the one (1) interaction we get with him and dorian in veilguard is like. so unbelievably in character.

dorian, who knows his amatus HAS pulled this bullshit in the past. the inquisitor, who has had character growth over the last eight years and now, like dorian, allows himself to be honest and vulnerable.

even the voice acting in veilguard sells it. dorian has noticeable worry in his voice. this is something that has lived in his mind for the past eight years, and is something he will desperately try to prevent from happening again. and the voice acting for the inquisitor too! in inquisition, any claims of being fine always felt forced or unconvincing. but here? yes, he is actually fine this time. no brave faces. he promises.

[abyssal-ilk]

the fact that severan was a rivaini mage and court advisor to king meghren during orlais' occupation of fereldan and volunteered for the position to escape templar control should be talked about more, me thinks, in relation to vivienne being a rivaini mage and court advisor to empress celene to escape the rigid power structure of the circle. idk just thinking about them atm

[bish-0-p]

"i miss when the dragon age companions were mean" y'all can't even handle vivienne

[chanafehs]

The Milfs/Dilfs of Dragon Age (Veilguard edition)

I'm currently selling these as stickers and donating all earnings to Eman Abuhayya's gfm to help the remaining members of her family evacuate Gaza - or donate to her directly here!

[weenwem]

Vivienne the jewel of the high court of Orlais

[kinascorner]

In Memoriam of the 3 party member system😔, a curated selection of some of my favorite three-way dialogues.

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100% support the devs on doing what they need to to balance gameplay, and i'm excited to try the new combat system, but I'll miss the surprise additions to chatter.

[percexe]

my favorite da:i party comp is what i like to call "mage gang" aka sitting back and letting these three argue over magic while i look for a tome or something

[jzargo]

Anyways while racism in the writer's room is definitely a thing and does affect how black characters are written and portrayed, to say "well this character wasn't written well (because of racism) so THAT'S why I find them boring!" is just disingenuous and trying to shove blame elsewhere.

Wyll may have been shafted in terms of writing, but he still clearly had more effort and time put into him than Halsin. And yet out of those two characters, which one is more popular in the fandom?

Dragon Age: Inquisition may bend over backwards to make Vivienne seem like a villain at times, and her opinion on the Circles is a bit complex, but that game also has Cullen in it - who was an antagonist for two previous games, and also has even stricter views on mages and the Circles. And out of the two of them, who's the one people are more forgiving to?

Preston Garvey might have a bugged radiant quest that means he says the same thing over and over and over again, but why is it annoying when he does it and endearing when it's characters in other games? (Brynjolf's "Sorry lass, I've got important things to do" comes to mind)

While yes, we should hold writers and developers accountable for the racism they bake into their games, this does not change that fandom is a transformative space. Fandoms will regularly take characters who were underwritten, who were treated poorly by their source material, or who were overlooked, and create beautiful works of art and fiction surrounding them.

So it's quite telling when they refuse to do this with the black characters.

[charmedcleric]

DAI + text posts 3/???

Part 2

[tshortik]

Your best friends, the Inquisition gang! 🎈

[classicteacup]

night in the skyhold

[hejee]

wip posting again lol (i love my lavellan sm)

[abyssal-ilk]

i need everyone to consider vivienne and dorian bonding over taking care of the inquisitor after the end of dragon age inquisition as the mark progressively gets worse and worse. vivienne with her past of watching bastien get sicker and sicker and dorian doing the same with felix, and seeing it repeat with the inquisitor. take my hand 🖐,,