#also I think he's autistic and leaning on romance tropes is more like scripting for him (not inauthentic in terms of the feelings | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

vaguely-concerned · 1 month ago

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lucanis is a 'I could sit in our quiet kitchen on a grey tuesday afternoon drinking coffee and talking with you about nothing much in particular forever and be the happiest man who ever lived' romantic, not a 'classic tropes and grand gestures' romantic. this is a distinction and conceptual gap I personally feel is crucial to understanding what's going on with him when romanced. for all his almost painful sincerity and clear depth of feeling he's not a very effusive guy by nature, but in the history of time no one has ever, with their whole soul, chest and being, been so genuinely and openly happy to just do laundry and taxes with you.

#dragon age #dragon age: the veilguard #lucanis dellamorte #rookanis #rook x lucanis #his enchanting bordering on comical low-keyness in all his dealings and quiet but unflinching devotion is the point!#that is where the joy is stored. To Me. the mutual 'your company could make hell paradise to me' level of just...#*liking* between him and rook gets to me. they're best friends who enjoy doing everything together and also in love.#diversity win two demisexuals living the dream out there and incidentally also sometimes killing dragons together <3 #it's less about the butterflies in my stomach excited love more about the calm safe home/best friend kind of love. if you see what I mean #less dramatic and narratively explosive more realistic and soothing and exactly my shit haha #also I think he's autistic and leaning on romance tropes is more like scripting for him (not inauthentic in terms of the feelings #just some 'well as I understand these are the steps to *express* these feelings' not quite spontaneity going on)#but that is very much a personal headcanon and fully vibes-based and no one has to agree with me on it haha #if/when he proposes to rye I don't think he plans it all out or anything he'd just gaze at him in some very mundane everyday situation #and suddenly go '...hey do you want to get married' like he's noting that they're low on onions or something #because he's so utterly enchanted with rook's existence and being anything else seems kind of irrelevant right then #(rye knows him very well and is not particularly taken aback by this. if anything he'd been fretting #over popping the much bigger question of whether lucanis wants to get buried side by side with him lol #(reader... he said yes. and they were gravemates. (oh my god they were gravmates)))

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